Jesse is a charismatic, energetic teen who is looking forward to his next adventure.
Jesse likes spending time assembling and fixing electronics. He is very tech savvy and handy in fixing things.
Always ready to provide a helping hand, Jesse likes to be involved in various activities, such as helping out around the home by cutting the grass and reading the Bible.
Jesse makes friends easily. He is a hardworking student, making A’s and B’s at school. He is thinking about joining the school football team and looks forward to getting a job.
Jesse wants to go to college, since he wants to be a shoe designer or pursue a career in law enforcement.
Jesse likes eating all kinds of food, with Mexican food being his particular favorite.
Jesse’s forever family will be one that is active and is up for adventures. Jesse looks forward to having a mom and dad and is open to older siblings he can look up to. He looks forward to being able to continue learning important life skills, and especially having a family who will be able to support him navigate his future goals.
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Lady Pirates fly by Eagles
Lytle Lady Pirate Basketball is on a roll.
Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The Lady Pirates continue embracing new roles on the court and new team challenges as they hit the Thanksgiving break. Even though the Falls City Beavers chewed their way past Lytle earlier in the week, the Lady Pirates landed a victory in Leakey last Friday evening.
vs Leakey
Lytle’s tenacious defense held Leakey for a scoreless stretch that began with a minute left in the first quarter and extended all the way into the second half in their 35-26 road victory.
The Lady Pirates actually trailed 9-8 after the first eight minutes before scoring the next 15 points of the game to take a commanding 24-8 lead.
vs Falls City
Lytle could not quite slide past the Beavers in Falls City last Tuesday as the Lady Pirates dropped a close one, 32-26.
“This was a close game that went down to the wire…
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Would your church or business like to host a Heart Gallery in Devine?
By Kayleen Holder- Editor
The Thru Project in San Antonio has put together a “Heart Gallery” of 30 South Texas kiddos waiting for adoption. In this project, professional photographers volunteer their time to capture more than just a photo, but each individual child’s unique personality on camera.
Posters with photos and information about each child are set out on easels in the traveling “heart galleries”.
The Thru Project would love to bring their heart gallery to Devine, and we are seeking businesses and churches willing to host 4-5 of the children’s photos for 2 weeks this DECEMBER. The photos are 18×24 pictures on easels.
Together, we should be able to accommodate all and help with this important mission.
Just a little space needed, and it’s a great way to help find children the forever homes they deserve.
If you are interested contact The Devine News 830-665-2211. Or contact Kayleen Holder on Facebook to sign up.
Lytle Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Trimmings
Giveaway Wednesday, Nov. 27
All Lytle Senior Citizens, please join Gonzaba and MS & Associates for a Thanksgiving Kit Giveaway on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Lytle Community Center. They will also be raffling turkeys and State Representative Henry Cuellar will be present.
This is a walk up event after all. Must be 62 years or older.
Golf Clubs Needed
Tid-Bits
Happy Thanksgiving week! Last week your Lytle P.D. officers handled 45 calls for service and conducted 68 traffic stops. Of those 68 stops, 40 resulted in a citation and 28 were warnings.
Our officers made one arrest last week. Ofc. J. Cortez was dispatched to the Stripes C-Store for a report of a person eating food without paying for it. When all was said and done, a 45-year-old male was arrested for theft, public intoxication, failure to ID, and felony possession of narcotics. He was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail.
There were three property crimes reported last week. Two, once you take off the above theft at Stripes. #1 – A complainant at H.E.B. Plus reported that an unknown person “keyed” their 2012 GMC Pickup. #2 – Family Dollar reported that a female shoplifted a basket full of merchandise.
Not too many arrests, not too many property crimes. That’s good if you are a resident, but not so good if you are looking for material to make your weekly report enjoyable.
Here is some vital information if you are a City of Lytle Waste Management customer: Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, Waste Management will pick up your trash on Friday versus Thursday. Please have containers out by early in the morning on Friday as they will start picking up trash in the early hours. This might be the most useful information that I provided this week.
DHS Students of the Month
Devine Lion’s Club recognizes Students of the Month for November. Pictured are: Kellen Nixon, Juan Gonzales, student Tate Wisenbaker, Lewis Stroud, and student Savannah Parker, and Bill Herring.
DHS Student of the Month: Savannah Parker
School and Community Involvement:
My involvement in school and the community is a huge part of my life. I stay active by playing sports, which not only keeps me fit but also teaches me teamwork and discipline. My time in the FFA gave me a chance to develop my skills of leadership and learn more about agriculture, which is really important to me. I volunteer whenever I can, either helping out at events or participating in community service projects. These experiences have helped me build strong connections and make a positive impact within my community.
Future Plans
In the future I plan to take flight classes and acquire my private pilot’s license. Once I have my license, I aim to work for a company like UPS or Amazon, delivering packages. This career path excites me because it combines my passion for aviation with the opportunity to play a crucial role in logistics and delivery services. I’m looking forward to the adventure and responsibility that comes with being a pilot.
It’s Here! Happy Thanksgiving
If you don’t have your turkey thawed and almost oven ready…. you may have a problem!! I’m so very lucky my son and his wife do most of the cooking for Thanksgiving. All I need to do is one side dish, which as always is Sweet Potatoes and Apples, and make the dressing. My week has run away from me, I’ve messed up a recipe by having my butter too soft to cut into some cake mix, doubled part of a recipe and forgot to double the rest…and the list is not finished. Luckily for me, with the recipe using the butter, I remembered a bar cookie recipe I could use, the other recipe, I caught it in time to double the rest of the ingredients.
My daughter was here this past week, and we (mostly she) put my tree up and decorated.
The following recipe is fairly quick, just requiring several varieties of sliced apples. Just one word of advice, be sure to use the Marzettti’s Caramel Apple Dip, I made it using caramel ice cream topping and there was sticky caramel over several surfaces in my kitchen!
Green Jell-o® Salad
1 large or two small boxes lime gelatin
1 can (15-oz) crushed pineapple in juice
1 carton (8-oz) small curd cottage cheese
1 can whipped topping (i.e. Cool Whip)
Pour pineapple into pot: add gelatin, cook and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and chill or 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in cottage cheese. Place whipped topping into a serving bowl and gently fold gelatin mixture into topping. Chill before serving
Missy’s Apple Dip
2 blocks cream cheese, softened
½ cup sifted powdered sugar
1 carton Marzettis Caramel Apple Dip
1 to 2 cups Heath toffee bits
Apples to slice for serving (I used 1 Granny Smith, 1 Gala, and 1 other red apple)
Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar, then spread this mixture onto an aluminum disposable pizza tin. Evenly spread the caramel apple dip over this and then sprinkle with the toffee bits. Serve with sliced apples of various types.
Sweet Potatoes and Apples
5 sweet potatoes or use 2 or 3 cans sweet potatoes
5 cooking apples (I use Granny Smith)
½ to ¾ cup of each Brown sugar, Cinnamon
½ stick Butter
½ cup Water
Preheat oven to 350º. Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch-thick slices, set aside. Peel core and slice apples into ½-inch thick slices. Place a layer of sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven or stockpot, top with a layer of apples, sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon; repeat layers finishing with apples. Melt butter and pour over apples. Pour water into pot, put in oven and bake for about 1 hour or until potatoes are done or about ½ hour if you have used canned potatoes. Check the apples for doneness.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!
Painting your own picture while helping other paint theirs
I have a former student who is great at helping others in terms of their Life and Career Choices. Insightful, Empathetic, Supportive, the adjectives of Advance Awesome could fill the page.
I was discussing this wonderful ability with her recently and listened as she spoke of some of her own lack of clarity in certain parts of her Life. It caused me to “sit back and ponder a while” on why someone can be so good at something and not seem to be able to help others do the same.
BUT ALSO, how someone could help others so well, and still feel a sense of incompleteness in their own personal development.
The effort of moving towards a sound and logical solution to such a challenging question is something akin to mastering Einstein’s’ Theory while riding a bike with one leg when it comes to my own feeble thought processes. But I did give the above question some considerable effort, although that might NOT mean much of a quality conclusion was formulated. However, I DID try!
Here is where I kind of “landed” on the above subject.
I am not sure anyone’s Life Picture is completed UNLESS we give up on trying to make it a little clearer and better. But if we can offer up a little bit of support and encouragement to others as they struggle with the same process of discovery, maybe we are, at the same time, bringing our OWN Picture into a better focus.
WOW. That was SOME SERIOUS Mental Effort for this Old Aggie Doc. Maybe I better stop this strenuous Brain exercise and go take a Nap!
For Liz.
$1000 Pull Tab at VFW
First Wednesday Bingo
No Bingo the Night Before Thanksgiving
VFW Post 3966 will have a $1000 Pull Tab on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. The $1000 Pull Tab is a monthly occurrence on the “First Wednesday” of the month. VFW Bingo has moved to Wednesdays every week. There is no Thursday Bingo currently.
There will be no Bingo on Wednesday, November 27 due to Thanksgiving.
Bingo was moved to Wednesdays so that it did not conflict with middle school and high school JV and freshman youth sports. Fall normally has smaller crowds and it is hoped that this move will increase attendance. Despite the smaller fall season attendance, the Post has maintained full pay outs for Bingo. If attendance increases, we will have larger jackpots.
As a charitable organization, bingo profits go to support veteran aid programs and community organizations.
Pull Tab sales start around 6 pm. Regular bingo starts at 7 pm. Doors open at 5 pm. Food, snacks and drinks are available so come early and get a good seat.