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Shooting Star Museum Quilt Show Oct. 19th and more

The long hot summer has not come to an end, but the calendar shows school starting and return to the events at the Shooting Star Museum. We are re-opening October 6th!! Open Sundays, 1 – 5 pm. Here’s what’s coming up!
Quilt Show and Sale – October 19th
The first even of this fall will be held in Castroville outside the Medina Valley Dental offices! The ladies have made many new Quilts for show and for sale. The Quilt Show and Sale will be Saturday October 19th from 10 am until 3 pm. Come out to see these beautiful masterpieces and perhaps find one that needs to live in your home!
Veterans Day show – Nov 10th – Cannon Shoot!!
The museum is again proud to have our Veterans Day event. Sunday Nov 10th we will be open early so that everyone can enjoy the “recreation” of WWI cease fire. Gate opens shortly after 9am so that you can walk the displays and watch the Fire Team prepare for firing the final shot at 11am.

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Autumn/Fall is here

According to everything I hear, it is officially fall, however, you would not be able to prove it by the weather! The nights are fairly cool, but the daytime temperatures are still in the high 90s most days. Today, Sunday was a beautiful day. I got to visit a bit with one of my nephews, as he was on his way back home a quick trip to the coast. We enjoyed Mass and then went out for breakfast. This afternoon and early evening, I visited with a friend and we played canasta. I hadn’t played two-handed in a very long time, and actually managed to win a game.
This week will find me back in Devine for my monthly bunco session and I am looking forward to it, as usual. I truly enjoy being with and seeing some of my children and grandchildren as well as six or seven of my great grands. It’s always amazing how much they grow in just a month without seeing them. They all have such awesome personalities. This coming weekend will be a fun one for me as my daughters are coming in for time with one another and with me. We haven’t been able to do this in quite a while as we’ve all been sort of going in different directions!
We all know that lots of peanuts are raised in the Devine area, but have you ever given peanut butter a thought? It made its debut at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. The original patent was given to Dr. John Harvey Kellog, who initially developed peanut butter as a meat alternative for his patients. However, George Washington Carver is considered by many to be the father of the peanut butter industry. He began his peanut research in 1903 suggested to farmers that they rotate their cotton crops and cultivate peanuts.

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I Should Have Seen It Coming

With the School Year coming upon us quickly, The Boss Lady and I decided we would take our Daughter’s Family on one last summer outing. We chose The Great Wolf Lodge Resort near Dallas. More Tales are likely to come from that adventure, and hopefully they will be about good/funny experiences.
48 hours before departing we decided to go buy a new clear plastic backpack in line with Resort recommendations. Once in the store more “needed items” began to appear to the point I went and got a shopping cart rather than try and hand carry all these unplanned additions.
Now to be VERY clear for two purposes: One, all the items “more or less” made good sense. And Two, I’ve got to live with the Chief Editor of these Tales! There were a few things left in that Mega Store when we departed. But there were sure a Big Batch more things placed in our vehicle than the original one item.
The real reason for this Tale may or may not be obvious to ALL the readers. Like many of you, this is not an isolated incident, and I should have anticipated the outcome. Mimi takes REAL good care of her Grand Babies. Along the same line of thinking, I am FAR removed from being uncared for and abused by that same Lady. So, it’ s probably best I stop this here Rambling now and quit while I am ahead!

Tid Bits

For the week ending September 22nd … Lytle Police officers handled 47 calls for service, which was down from the 68 calls last week. There were 105 traffic stops, 66 of those stops resulted in citations and 39 were warnings.
Officers made one arrest last week. An 18-year-old female was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia (class C misdemeanor). The initial stop was for disregarding a stop sign.
No property crimes were reported last week!
I forgot to thank H.E.B. last week for the Sept. 11 luncheon. The H.E.B. partners set up at the fire station and served a wonderful lunch to the area first responders. We are blessed to have such a nice, big H.E.B. Plus in our town.
Our National Night Out event will be on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Lytle Community Center (19031 Priest Blvd.) The event will run from 6 PM – 8 PM. We will be serving hotdogs, drinks, snacks, and snow cones. It’s not too late to reserve a table for your business or organization.

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Things & Stuff

Looks like we have entered the second half of Summer (the mild part) and will have to wait for the possibility of rain for a little bit longer. Got a couple more holidays to get through before we can put up the blinky, colored lights.
Found out the other day that I was appointed to the ESD #4 (EMS) Board. Hopefully, information will be more available and the public will be better informed when we really look into the possibility of creating our own service. Don’t think that we are ready for that just yet but, if the Board decides to go in that direction, the public will be involved.
Went to the ESD #2 (Fire) meeting the other night and found it to be more open and easier to understand. The Board is going to seriously look into offering a Homestead Exemption for residents 65 years of age or older. The State allows Special Service Districts (such as our ESD’s) to enact a Homestead Exemption of “no less than $3,000…… (I’d be OK with $10,000 or $20,000). If this was raised periodically, the outrageous increase in our Appraisals would not affect us as much.

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City of Devine Police Department History

By John DeLaCruz
I obtained most of the following information from news articles published by the Devine News, some from my recollection, and information from the City Secretary.
On October 1, 1970, the Devine City Council adopted a resolution, ordinance, setting up the Devine Municipal Court and appointed Mr. C. O. Williams as Municipal Judge and appointed Mr. Ray Macias as City Policeman. It appears that during the time Ray Macias served as a police officer, he was eventually promoted to the position as Devine Police Department Chief of Police, making him the first Police Chief for the City of Devine. Ray Macias served as Police Chief for approximately 5-years.
At some point Ray Macias left the Devine Police Department and Paul Winters who had been the Constable for the Devine area was appointed as Devine’s Police Chief.
On August 22, 1977, the City Council decided the Department needed to go through some reorganization and Ray Macias was again appointed Chief of Police for the Devine Police Department, and Paul Winters remained on the force as a patrolman.
On or about March 1979, the Device City Council conducted interviews for the next…

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Volunteer force constructs 60 ft ramp for Somerset family

The Texas Ramp Project volunteers came with preassembled pieces for the ramp. Most of them have taken up this work in retirement. The two groups worked together to construct the 60 ft. ramp. The volunteers with the black hats and shirts are some of the executive leaders of Rise Broadband, who flew in from around the country.

By Catherine Richard
After suffering from a seizure last November, Israel and Gloria Garza’s 32 year old son has had limited mobility. When he was released from the hospital in Feb., a door was quickly installed in the side of his parents’ house along with a steep makeshift plywood ramp to get his mobile bed in and out.
A nurse at the hospital urged the Garzas to reach out to The Texas Ramp Project, and on Wednesday, Sept. 18, construction began for a new ramp.
A group of 22 people assembled to complete the project, six of which were volunteers for The Texas Ramp Project.
Roland Guzman, the team leader for The Texas Ramp Project volunteers, said that without a ramp, many ill or disabled people end up unable to leave their homes, unable to go to doctor appointments or make other essential trips.
“We need to make sure we get people out and about,” Guzman said.
The Texas Ramp Project has built 27,917 ramps in the state. With its origins in Dallas, in 2006 the organization was officially started in order to build wheelchair ramps to for low-income elderly or disabled Texans. It now operates in 132 counties.
The Texas Ramp Project crew arrived early in the morning, equipped with a plan and…

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US Troops deployed

By Kayleen Holder and Catherine Richard
Did you know that the US has more than 200,000 air, ground, and naval personnel deployed overseas? Key areas of deployment include approximately 5,000 in Africa, approximately 100,000 in Europe, approximately 10-15,000 in Southwest Asia, and more than 80,000 in East Asia (2024), according to the CIA’s World Fact Book which can be accessed online.
The World Factbook defines “deployed” as a permanently stationed force or a temporary deployment of greater than six months. Paramilitaries, police, contractors, mercenaries, proxy forces, and deployments smaller than 100 personnel are not included in these figures. The numbers provided are estimates.
With the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 and the beginning of the War on Terror having just passed and with the approach of Veteran’s Day, Americans can take this time of remembrance and support the service members that are currently serving their country.
There are a few programs in place designed to bring encouragement to deployed service members. Some organizations offer letter-writing programs, where personal letters can be sent in care packages to service members. Other organizations take donations and send out packages to either specific individuals or to an unspecified unit that requests them. Listed below are a few of these organizations.
For the Troops offers a letter program along, where donated handwritten letters…

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Natalia National Night Out

Tuesday, Oct. 1st

Natalia has been hosting National Night Out since 1985. The annual event has grown with hundreds in attendance. Along with free food, goodie bags and prizes there will be games for kids with local businesses to get aquatinted with. Our Natalia Police and Fire Departments will be there joined by Medina County Sheriff’s Office. The goal of NNO is to heighten crime and drug Prevention Awareness. We continue to strengthen neighborhood and community partnerships. The event is held every year at the Natalia Police Department, the entire block of 300 3rd Street from 6:00pm-8:00pm.

Meet Misty …

Meet Misty, who is a kind and warmhearted 17-year-old teenager who likes to care for animals and others. She is very career driven, and would like to better her community, as she is looking into joining a law enforcement agency sometime in her future. But first she plans on attending college.
Academically, Misty works hard to her grades in the A- B zone. She is currently on the tennis team and thinks she would like to also try some additional extracurricular activities her school offers.
In her personal time, Misty develops her creative side, as she creates art with oils, pastels & paint … and in addition to being an artist… she loves to read adventure style novels.
Misty does not have any current animals of her own, although she volunteers at pet facility, where she helps out in various ways, and hopes her future family will have pets.

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