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This month’s Gardeners Education Series topic is “Herbs for
Health”. The free class is open to anyone willing to learn and will
be led by Justin Dun-can, a Sustainable Agricultural Specialist
with the National Center for Appropriate Technol-ogy in San
Antonio, Texas. The class will be on Monday, June 12 at the Harker
Heights Ac-tivities Center, 400 Indian Trail from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m.
Duncan has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agronomy from
Prairie View A&M Univer-sity, an 1890 Land Grant Institu-tion,
and a Master’s of Science in Plant Breeding from Texas A&M
University. He’s spent years figuring out the nuts-and-bolts of
successful organic farm-ing in the humid South, concen-trating
mainly on sweet potatoes, strawberries, niche market eth-nic crops
and drought mitigation techniques. He formerly served as the
Houston region director of the Texas Organic Farmers
and Gardeners Association and has strong rapport with organic
farmers in Eastern Texas.
Duncan’s presentation will cover the most common chronic
illnesses that U.S. citizens die from and the research that shows
which herbs, or fruits and veg-etables ameliorate these illness-es.
He will also discuss the dif-ferent medicinal herbs and the
conditions that they alleviate. Finally, he takes you into the
kitchen to discuss culinary herbs and their medicinal benefits. He
will have handouts on the differ-
ent plant families, mushrooms that fight cancer, and the dirty
dozen: “fruits and vegetables you should always buy organic because
they are highly sprayed with gender-bending endocrine disrupting
pesticides.”
“We are happy to have Jus-tin back to speak to us about Herbs
for Health. I believe ev-eryone has basic knowledge about herbs,
but he will help us to dive deeper into this ever
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In a recent press release by the Parks and Rec-reation
department, the city has extended an invita-tion to families,
business, groups and organizations to come out for the Harker
Heights Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony.
On Saturday, May 27, the parade will begin at 9 a.m. The parade
route will begin at Knight’s Way, FM 2410 from Wildewood Drive to
City Hall at 305 Miller’s Crossing. At 10:30 a.m. the Memorial
Cer-emony will take place. The city asks citizens to come and show
support for military service members.
“We have a variety of veteran organizations and businesses
participating in the parade.” Said Events Cooridinator Nichole
Broemer in an email to the Eve-ning Star Activities Coordinator
Heather Buller was not available to comment in regards to the
origin and history of the parade.
The parade will start on Wildewood Drive and proceed on FM 2410,
turning right onto Miller’s Crossing and continuing past Harker
Heights City Hall. With approval from the Texas Department of
Transportation, FM 2410 from Wildewood to Wal-green’s will be
closed from 8:45 a.m to 10:45 a.m. for the parade. The ceremony
will take place at the Veteran’s Monument located in front of City
Hall; in case of a storm, the ceremony will move indoors to the
Recreation Center, 307 Miller’s Crossing.
The ceremony will feature a traditional wreath
laying to honor those who gave their lives for the freedom and
well-being of America. LTC Jason Da-vis, Squadron Commander with 3D
Cavalry Regi-ment and the City of Harker Heights’ Mayor Spencer
Smith will address the public at the ceremony.
The Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony is co-sponsored by the City
of Harker Heights and the Harker Heights Veterans Council, which
consists of organization representatives from the American Le-gion,
American Military Retirees Association, Mili-tary Order of the
Purple Hearts, Military Officers Association of America, Disabled
American Veter-ans, Department of Texas Korean War Veterans
As-sociation, Korean War and Korea Service Veterans, The Enlisted
Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America,
40/8 Bell County, Women’s Army Corps Veteran’s Association, Bring
Everyone in the Zone, Inc & Military Veterans Peer Network,
Friends of the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery and Wreath
Riders, Knights of Columbus, Star Group – Veterans Helping
Veterans, Killeen Heights Vets Center, and the Harker Heights
Cham-ber of Commerce, along with local government and military
officials.
Each year the City and the Veterans Council plan the Memorial
Parade and Ceremony as well as the Veterans Ceremony for the
public. For more informa-tion, parade rules and forms, please visit
the Harker Heights website at www.ci,harker-heights.tx.us/parks or
call 254 953 5465.
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Speed LimitSARA ESCOBAREvening Star
A picture of I-14 (formerly U.S. 190) when the speed limit was
75 mph. After the results of the city council meeting, the speed
will now be lowered back to 65 mph.
On May 23, the Harker Heights City Council held a pub-lic
hearing and approved chang-ing the speed limit from 75 to 65 on
I-14, formerly known as U.S. 190. The change in the speed is
causing some unrest with citi-zens, while others show no
op-position to it.
“I think it’s a terrible idea,” said citizen Brian Brown,
“Peo-ple already speed through that section of the highway and many
won’t notice or enforce the change. On top of that, it’s going to
affect traffic; it’s more danger-ous to lower speed limits than it
is to increase them.”
“It doesn’t really bug me,” said Zuri Reash, a Harker Heights
resident. “I’m from South Carolina, and over there most highways
don’t even go up to 60 miles per hour. I don’t think it will impact
the city in any way.”
Many other items were dis-cussed in the meeting as well;
proclamations were given for “The 2017 Southwestern District Senior
Quartet Champions” for their accomplishment in becom-ing champions
and advancing to nationals and to the American Legion Post 573,
Auxillary, Sons of American Legion and Rid-ers for their help in
providing and cooking food for the Harker Heights Senior
Picnic.
The Council also approved the minutes from the meeting from May
9, and appointed Pa-tricia Darnell as Runoff Election Judge and
Deborah Kimbrel as Alternate Judge for the June 3 Runoff Election.
The Mayor an-nounced he was taking the agen-da out of order and
started with
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Courtesy Photo Families sit along the parade route during the
parade last year. FM 2410/Knight’s Way from Wildewood Dr. to
Walgreen’s will be closed from 8:45 am – 10:30 am on Saturday, May
27, 2076 for the City of Harker Heights & Harker Heights
Vet-erans Council Memorial Parade. The section of FM 2410/Knight’s
Way from Verna Lee and Wildewood Dr. will be closed at 7:15 am for
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One of my brothers was fortunate enough to get a teach-ing
position, meaning that he has built-in vacation time several times
a year. At least three times each year – Spring Break, Sum-mer, and
Thanksgiving – he usu-ally brings his family up to visit my parents
and I. My brother and his wife usually have plans for things they
want to get done while they’re up here, like “meet with
friends”.
However, when it comes to their kids, things are a bit
dif-ferent.
For the younger readers out there, I’ll explain. Once upon a
time, “the internet” didn’t exist. When it did exist, it was
initially something that most people only saw in works of fiction.
Even when everyday individuals could have the internet in their
homes, few did. And when people did
have the internet, it was all anyone could do just to send text
and the occasional image.
YouTube? Hulu? Netflix? iTunes? Roku? Pipe dreams. The stuff of
science fic-tion novels. Never going to happen in anyone’s
lifetime.
When it came to shows and mov-ies on television, you had NBC,
ABC, CBS, and a few cable channels if you were lucky. Most places
didn’t broadcast 24 / 7, meaning that for about 8 – 10 hours each
night the channels would actu-ally be off the air unless some sort
of special event was going
on. If you wanted to know what was being broadcast when, you had
to either retrieve the television listings from your local
newspaper or find a publication such as “TV Guide”; yes, checking
the listings sometimes meant getting ink on your fingers. Short of
the station doing a marathon, you had perhaps one or two epi-sodes
of a show a
day, then had to wait for the next scheduled broadcast. And if
your favorite show was syndicated? Good luck. You risked missing
episodes if you went on vacation because there was no guarantee
the place you were going to had your show, and if it did have
your show there was no guaran-tee that it was going to air on a
regular schedule. For example, KCEN aired “G. I. Joe” on Saturday
mornings even though the 1985 – 1987 seasons were intended to air
on weekdays; the show wouldn’t go weekdays until KWKT picked up the
rights circa 1989 and began broadcast-ing the older episodes as
supple-ments for the newer episodes. And if you did miss anything,
you had to wait for the re-run… if re-runs aired.
Well, that still works for my parents and I. I’ll sometimes look
things up on YouTube or iTunes, and we’ll occasionally play with
our cable provider’s
This is a big week for our graduating seniors and they say
goodbye to their childhood school days. Some gradu-ates have a good
idea of what they’re going to “be.” Some have no clue, and that’s
okay, too. I was there once, with plenty of ideas of what I was
going to “be.”
But I think it’s a good idea for grads to know a few things
about who they are already. Because no matter what you say you want
to “be,” life will happen.
No matter what you say you want to “be,” life will hap-pen. It’s
awfully easy to start thinking ahead to the future, glowing with
promise, the yel-low brick road that will take you to the Emerald
City of hav-ing arrived.
You’ll see tough times ahead, worse than any dark for-est your
yellow brick road goes through. Flying monkeys, a field of poppies
that might look
and smell pretty can sidetrack you from your goal. Those are
people or situations that seem nice but will hurt you in the long
run. “Nice is different than good.” So watch out for them because,
yep, it’s going to get tough, no matter what you set out to
“be.”
Grads, even if you don’t know what you’d like to do, you already
are a lot of things that can help—or hin-der—your journey. The
choice is up to you.
You are full of promise and potential. A promise is something
that will eventually happen. Potential is the capac-ity to reach
something not at-tained...yet.
You are your own worst en-emy, or can be.
It is some-thing we don’t outgrow. We have the ability to
sabotage even the brightest possibili-ties. Sometimes, the bad
things that happen are the result of our own bad choices. You are
talented and gifted, even if a teacher or test never ever gave you
that distinc-
tion. So, you’re not in the top 10
percent. You didn’t get a scholar-ship. Maybe you’ve barely made
it. You already have natural gifts and talents and skills, many of
which can’t be judged by num-bers. Take time to discover them,
develop them, and follow your passion.
You are allowed to change your mind about what you’d like to
do.
Maybe you start out as a business major and hate it. Well,
change it. Most people don’t have the same career for 20 years or
more.
You are allowed to make mistakes. Try not to make the same
mistake more than once (or twice). We are all works in progress, no
matter how success-ful we look like.
You are a small fish in a big, big pond. I don’t care if you
were the best and biggest fish at CCHS or Crossroads. The world in
general isn’t very impressed with another big fish in the world’s
pond. There are millions, just like you. Be teachable, be willing
to say you’re wrong, and be willing to listen and put your ego to
the side for a few minutes.
You are already into your future. Enjoy the ride. As Dr. Seuss
said, “Oh, the places you’ll go!”
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Sara Escobar
GRAPHICS:Josh Rivera
Travis Martin
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Dear Sue Ellen,
I had a baby 3 months ago. I thought I would be so happy to have
a baby, but all I am feeling is tired and sad. I want to be a good
mother, but I am afraid I won’t be. Being a parent isn’t anything
like I thought it would be. Is there some-thing wrong with me?
New Mom
Dear New Mom,
Having a baby is never what we expect it to be. Sometimes it is
better…sometimes not. In my case when I had my first baby, I
totally thought it was the same as when I played dolls as a little
girl. When it was time to stop play-ing I would put my dolly in her
baby bed and go outside to play, or eat dinner, or watch Bonanza on
our black & white TV. My dolly would wait patiently for me to
return and never cry or need anything. When I had my first baby I
was shocked the first time I laid him in his crib, thinking he
would go to sleep, but in-stead he protested loudly. I called the
pediatrician every day. I am sure his office hated me.
All families have issues and no parent is perfect. As adults, we
must come to terms with our own parents’ shortcomings. When we
become parents, we vow we will do it better than our parents did,
and yet…we end up raising our children like we were raised if we
don’t learn new ways to parent. It’s tricky business.
Being a parent will be the best and worst experience of your
life. Take a deep breath and don’t beat yourself up for not meeting
your own expectations. It is differ-ent for all of us. There is a
thing called post-partum depression, but I think another
description for the “new mommy blues” is exhaustion and unrealistic
expectations. Of course, you are very emotional and sleep-
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What is a natural gar-dener? - someone who has a ‘green thumb’
and can grow anything – someone who likes to grow veg-etables –
someone who enjoys seeing beautiful flowering plants – one who
grows plants organically? It can be any or all of these. To be a
successful gardener, one must learn all aspects of gardening. The
wind, the sunshine, rainfall, the soil and in-sects are all main
ingredi-ents in growing a healthy and bountiful garden.
Our area of Central Texas is in USDA plant hardiness Zone 8, as
are Georgia and South Carolina. However, there is a significant
differ-ence in the terrain and the amount of rainfall our area
receives yearly compared to those two southeastern states.
For instance, I have seen large camellias and azaleas growing in
Georgia. These flower-ing shrubs do not do well in our area. The
different zones in your yard will dictate what plants will grow
best. It is important when selecting plants to know the growing
habits and water requirements. All the beautiful blooms you see in
our garden centers aren’t guaranteed to survive in our specific
conditions.
There are microcli-mates in your yard. A microclimate is an area
of your yard that is slightly cooler or hotter than other areas of
the yard. The lo-cation of the house, trees, shrubs, driveway and
side-walk contribute in making up the microclimates. The structures
affect how the shade, sunshine and wind will be going across the
yard. All factor in to how well plants will do in the microclimates
in your yard.
Another major con-cern when you garden is how to keep all those
bugs off the plants. You are defeating your purpose of a healthy
garden if you spray chemicals to get rid of all the bugs. I am
telling you, all bugs are not bad. In fact, some bugs are very
beneficial to vegetables and flowers. One good guy that you should
invite into your garden is the praying mantis. He is a very
effec-tive predator. The ladybug is an aphid eating wonder; the
garden spider is harm-less to humans. This is an important garden
insect predator.
And don’t forget the wasps and the bees. Yes, they are our only
pollina-tors that visit vegetables (like zucchini and squash) and
flowers to assure they bloom and multiply. These pollinators are
among the gardens most important
Grizzly Tennis results
On Saturday the griz-zlies of Union Grove MS took the court for
the KISD district tournament. The grizzlies represented Union Grove
well on Saturday against tough competition. Nhur Fernandez Reagan
Quinn and Serenity Hoff-man both played well in the 7th grade girls
single and doubles matches but lost in close matches. Cassidy
Mel-vin and Grace Constantian played close matches in the 8th grade
girls singles tour-nament but lost in the end. Jaylin Rawls
represented the grizzlies in the 8th grade boys singles tournament
but fell in a close match. Yazan Chtay won the 7th grade boys
singles tournament playing 3 matches winning the championships
match with a shut out 8-0. Yazan ends the season undefeated.
Jeffrey Tran won the 8th grade boys singles tourna-ment playing 4
matches and winning the final match in a shut out 8-0. Overall the
grizzlies did very well this season playing every oppo-nent to
tough. Coach Ross is proud of the athletes and
wants to thank the parents and fans for supporting the team this
year.
Union Grove 7th grade Boys soccerThe Union Grove
Grizzlies 7th grade boys’ soccer team defeated the Nolan
Mustangs 4-2 Sat-urday. Joseph Ahn scored three goals for the
Griz-zlies and Josh Liddell scored one goal. Evan Ernst, Alex
Quiroz, and Michael Berrios led the Grizzly defense.
The Union Grove Grizzlies 7th grade boys’ soccer team lost to
the Patterson Cavaliers 0-2 Saturday in the Champi-onship game.
Evan Ernst, Alex Quiroz, and Michael Berrios led the Grizzly
de-fense. The 7th grade boys ended their season with a record of
4-2-1. Both los-es were to Patterson MS.
Union Grove 8th grade Boys soccerThe Union Grove
Grizzlies 8th grade boys’ soccer team tied the Sal-ado Eagles
1-1 Saturday, then lost in overtime with
penalty kicks. Mark Levin scored a goal for the Griz-zlies. Jack
Byse, Quintin Howard, Daniel Goldberg, and Derrick Mandell led the
Grizzly defense. The 8th grade boys ended their season with a
record of 5-1. Their only loss was to Salado MS.
Union Grove 7th grade Girls soccerThe 7th Grade Lady
Grizzlies met Nolan Mid-dle School in the semifi-nals of the
KISD Cup and came away with a 5-0 vic-tory. Mackenzie Mansell and
Evi Romero domi-nated the attack. Evi had two goals and two assists
and Mackenzie Mansell had three goals and two assists. The Lady
Griz-
zlies met Salado in the championship game and led from beginning
to end ending with a 5-2 final. Nora Heely scored two goals, Emily
Blakeney, Evi Romero, and Mack-enzie Mansell each added one goal.
The defense was led all day by great play from Clarissa Rodriguez,
Linzie Baker, Damaris Ayala, Abigail Laitano, Kanaiya Blackmon,
Anal-ese Villa, and Reese Wil-son. This victory made your 7th grade
Lady Griz-zlies district champions. Coach Thomason is proud of all
of the girls soccer players and their work. Please remember to turn
your jerseys and shorts in to Coach Thomason today after school to
avoid be-
ing fined. Great Job Lady Grizzlies!
Union Grove 8th
grade Girls soccerThe 8th grade UGMS
Lady Grizzlies started the KISD Cup tournament with a 2-0
quarterfinals win against Manor. Aali-yah Hatton and Waverly
Hairston were the goal scorers for the Grizzlies. The clean sheet
was led by great defense from Gloria Kim, Claire Rodriguez, Jasmine
Crutcher, Caitlin Whiteley, and Dezaraye Brown. The Grizzlies
bat-tled a tough Salado squad in the semifinals and came up short.
Coach Thoma-son is proud of how this squad battled throughout the
season.
Special to the HHES
The Bell County Mas-ter Gardener Association received a 2016
First Place Award as the Outstanding Master Gardener Associa-tion
from the Texas Mas-ter Gardener Association during the State
Confer-ence awards luncheon at Galveston on May 1st. The award was
given in the large county category which is made up of
asso-ciations with 100-200 cer-tified Master Gardeners
The Outstanding As-sociation award recog-nized Bell County
Master Gardeners’ many contri-butions to the community, reflected
in large part by the 11,813 service hours performed by its 142
ac-tive members in 2016. These hours, at the De-partment of Labor
rate of $25.11 per volunteer hour in Texas, returned to Texas
A&M AgriLife Extension Service $296,624.43 in manpower hours.
The as-sociation was also recog-nized for it 5,513 contacts with
Bell County citizens
through its outreach pro-grams and projects.
Additionally, Bell County received First Place recognition in
the State Association’s Proj-ects category for its in-volvement
with the Fort Hood Community Gar-dens. These two gardens,
both on-bases, were origi-nally designed by Master Gardeners in
conjunction with the Fort Hood Com-munity Services Manager and are
located in the Co-manche III and Montague housing communities.
The project was recog-nized for its contacts with
over 935 Fort Hood fami-lies who were taught by Master Gardeners
to plan, grow and harvest edible vegetables. These veg-etables were
shared with over 600 families from the Comanche III garden, and
over 325 families in Mon-tague Village.
Bell County’s Master Gardeners received a 2nd place award in the
Junior Master Gardener/ Youth division from the State Association
for a Learn, Grow, Eat, Go program taught in the fall of 2016 as an
elective course to St. Mary’s Catholic School 5th graders. The
award recognized Bell County for the 30 minute, 3 times weekly
classes which were attended by 14 students. The students were
taught garden planning, sowing seeds and transplants, ir-rigation
and journaling, as well as how to read, evalu-ate and prepare new
reci-pes.
Bell County Master Gardeners are volunteers who work with the
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to improve garden-ing
skills throughout Bell County. Master Gardeners are trained
volunteers who work with the Bell County Texas A&M AgriLife
Ex-tension Service to increase the availability of horti-cultural
information to the county’s many citizens.
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on-demand feature, but that’s it. We don’t have Hulu, Netflix, a
DVR, or anything else like that. And the less said about dad’s
attempt to hook up the Roku, the better.
My brother, however, has all
that. So much so, in fact, that his kids rarely watch TV in and
of itself. Whenever they get to watch something, they want what
they want, and when that episode’s done they hop on to the next. As
such, when they were up here,
all they could do was somewhat longingly inquire what the kids’
channels were and when the next episode of their favorite show was
scheduled. They were rather upset to learn that some shows weren’t
scheduled until after they had to
go back home.It’s rather funny. My gen-
eration grew up without, and are learning how to do with. My
brother’s kids grew up with, and are learning how to do without. I
wonder if time is laughing.
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Public radio/television sta-tion KNCT will host its ninth
an-nual KNCT Wine Classic on Sat-urday, June 3 at the Killeen Civic
and Conference Center from 7-10 p.m. The fundraiser features a
Sommeliers Select Tasting event ahead of the grand wine tasting and
a silent auction.
The Sommeliers Select Tast-ing is a special paired tasting
with
local sommeliers Steve Hanik, Leah McGhee and Clinton Har-well.
From 6-7 p.m., guests can enjoy premium wine and food for the
ultimate in wine tasting and food pairing experience. Space is for
the select event is limited to 100 people and tickets are $100 per
person in advance or $110 at the door. Tickets will also include
entry into the Grand Tasting from 7-10 p.m.
The Grand Tasting will be
from 7 – 10 p.m. Guests can sam-ple a variety of domestic and
im-ported wines from a complimen-tary KNCT Wine Classic glass and
enjoy an assortment of hors d’oeuvres. Tickets for the Grand
Tasting portion only are $60 in advance and $70 at the door.
A silent auction for various high-end wines and other items
including art, wine baskets, wine regrigerators, trips to area
winer-ies and much more will be held
during the evening. Tickets for the KNCT Wine
Classic are available online at www.knct.org or by calling
toll-free 877-533-5628. Participants must be 21 years of age or
older. Proceeds from the event benefit the local public television
and radio stations KNCT-TV and “Simply Beautiful” 91.3 KNCT-FM.
More information about the KNCT Wine Classic is available at the
KNCT website.
Tickets available for KNCT Wine Classic set for June 3 in
Killeen
Bell County Master Gardener Association wins award
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254-813-3210
Adams Chapel AME Church125 E. Arlo RoadHarker
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Anointed Christian Church802 North Gray St.Killeen, TX 76542
254-987-0212
Calvary Fellowship Bell County
204 E. Cherokee DriveHarker Heights254-690-7080
Christ Cathedral260 Commercial Dr.
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Church of God in Christ-Zion Temple
702 Harley DriveHarker Heights254-699-4346
Cornerstone Baptist Church484 FM 3210
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Crossroad Missionary Baptist Church
1212 E. Veteran’s MemorialHarker Heights254-535-3322
Divine Faith Ministry2201 W. Stan Schlueter Loop,
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Encourageroflife Ministries805 Mustang Trail Harker
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First Assembly of God1901 Herald Drive
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First Baptist ChurchCorner of S. Ann &
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First Church of Harker Heights (UPC)
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First United Methodist-Killeen
3501 E. Elms Rd.Killeen
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Grace Awakening Church5400 E. Veterans Memorial,
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Grace Bible Church1203 Winker Ave.
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Harker Heights Community Church
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Harker Heights UnitedMethodist Church208 Cardinal Lane
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Heart of Texas Church445 Central Texas Expressway
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Korean American Grace Baptist
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Mountain View Baptist Church
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New Beginnings Assembly of God
859 Copperhead DriveHarker Heights254-698-1030
New Beginnings Christian Church
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St. Paul Chong Hasang Catholic Church1000 E. FM 2410Harker
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Trinity Baptist Church403 E. FM 2410 Rd
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My love affair with cast-iron cookery began when my mother,
Ange-line, gave me the heavy, black, cast-iron skillet that
originally belonged to my grandmother, Wil-lie Mae Davis. What I
love most about cooking in my grandmother’s skil-let is that it’s a
direct con-nection to my history and heritage. I don’t fry foods
very often, but my heir-loom skillet is my pan of choice for the
task. As I stand there, turning pieces of fish or chicken in the
bubbling hot oil, I think about all the other women in my family
who have done the same task with this same pan.
In times past, properly seasoned cast iron was the nonstick
cookware of its day. It can stand up to high heat and almost any
type of utensil without damag-ing its surface. Cast-iron cookware
also leaches small amounts of iron into the food, a benefit for
those who have iron defi-ciencies. Cast iron heats
up slowly, so using it re-quires a little planning, but once
it’s hot, it distributes the heat evenly and holds it steady like
an oven. Sea-soned cast iron doesn’t re-quire oil to sear or
blacken meats.
Recently, I received a beautiful, mid-sized (10 1/4-inch)
cast-iron skil-let with “love” handles on each side as a gift from
Lodge cookware. It’s per-fect for serving directly from the stove
to the table. I also could use my new pan right away because Lodge
pans are already seasoned with a baked-in factory coating of
oil.
Seasoning is simply oil baked into the pores of the iron, which
prevents rust and provides a natu-ral, easy-release finish that
continues to improve with use. Seasoning can refer to both the
initial finish of the cookware as well as the ongoing process of
maintaining that finish.
Lodge uses a soy-based vegetable oil to sea-son its traditional
cast iron and carbon-steel cook-ware. No synthetic chemi-cals are
added. The oil is highly refined, and all pro-
teins that cause soy-relat-ed allergies are eliminated. The oil
contains no animal fat, peanut oil or paints.
Here are a few tips for cleaning your cast-iron pans:
1. Wash cast iron by hand with a nylon-bristle scrub brush. If
needed, use a pan scraper for stuck-on bits.
2. For extra-sticky situations, simmer a lit-tle water for 1
minute, then use the scraper after cooled.
3. Dry promptly and thoroughly with a lint-free cloth or paper
towel.
4. Rub with a very light layer of cooking oil or Lodge Seasoning
Spray, preferably while the cook-ware is still warm.
5. Hang or store cook-ware in a dry place.
6. Occasionally, you may notice some dark resi-due on your towel
when cleaning. This is perfectly safe -- it’s just the season-
ing reacting to foods that may be slightly acidic or alkaline.
It will disappear with regular use and care. Soap isn’t necessary,
but if you like, a little mild de-tergent is fine ... promise.
7. It’s very important to maintain the seasoning of your cast
iron and sea-soned steel cookware by applying a very thin layer of
oil after each cleaning. This will help keep you cooking for
decades.
I gave one of my large, cast-iron Lodge skillets to my daughter,
Deanna, which she immediately put to use to pan-sear fish. So, from
mother to daughter to granddaughter and great-granddaughter, the
cast-iron tradition continues in
our family, one fabulous meal at a time. And to think that it
all started with a single cast-iron pan from my grandmother, Willie
Mae.
This recipe for Black Pepper Shrimp is the per-fect dish to
prepare in a cast-iron pan.
CAST-IRON BLACK PEPPER SHRIMP1 pound large shrimp2 tablespoons
olive oil2 tablespoons peeled
and shredded fresh ginger2 teaspoons ground
coriander 1 1/2 teaspoons
cracked black peppercorns1/2 teaspoon stevia or
agave syrupJuice of 1/2 lime 1/2 teaspoon kosher
salt, or to taste 2 tablespoons thinly
sliced scallion greens
BY DARREN BLAIRCove Leader-Press
The film starts with the cre-ation of David (Michael
Fass-bender), an advanced android so lifelike as to be
indistinguishable from humans. David intelligent enough to
recognize his nature as an android and what it means. Even his own
creator has cause to soon regret creating him…
The film then cuts to the Cov-enant, a colony ship in the middle
of a multi-year mission. With the humans on-board in suspended
animation, the ship’s operations are down to artificial
intelligence Mother (Lorelei King) and an-droid Walter (also
Fassbender), an upgraded version of David’s line. David and Mother
deploy the Covenant’s solar sails as part of a normal recharge
cycle, but shortly after the sails are at full a neutri-
no burst hits the ship. David and Mother try to hastily revive
the crew, but the wave causes a mal-function that cooks the captain
to death in his chamber.
First mate Oram (Billy Crud-up) becomes captain as a result, and
immediately tries to make his authority felt. It turns out that
Oram was passed over for captain-cy, and is desperate to prove
him-self. He gets his chance they pick up a stray broadcast of a
woman singing in English, which that lets the crew know someone
else is out there. When it’s determined that the source of the
signal is a nearby planet whose ecology seems well-suited for human
life, Oram wants to divert and investigate, both to see who it is
and if the planet is a better choice. Daniels (Kather-ine
Waterston), the ship’s terra-forming expert and the captain’s widow
opposes it on the basis that
they have no idea what’s there or who is sending the message,
but Oram writes her off as being up-set over the death and defiant
now that Oram is in charge.
Oram, Daniels, and several others land on the planet, and are
immediately impressed by how Earth-like it is… until they find
wheat that has been sewn near their landing site, evidence that
someone from Earth was in fact there before them. This someone
turns out to be David, who claims to be the last survivor of the
Pro-metheus expedition. According to David, after the events of the
last film, he and Elizabeth Shaw stole an alien military craft in
or-der to arrive at this planet, where their crash landing
accidentally released a biological weapon that wiped out the native
population and eventually Shaw… a weapon that soon also kills two
of the crew
and leads to the deaths of two more.
David leads the survivors to a central facility he’s claimed as
his own. It’s supposed to be a sanctuary against the monsters
un-leashed by the weapon, and is also tall enough to where they can
set up a transmitter. But as the night goes on, it soon becomes
apparent that David knows far more about what’s happening than what
he’s told anyone.
As the film ended, another audience member asked me if my
intelligence felt as insulted by this film as his was. The film was
pre-dictable from start to finish, such that if you’ve seen other
horror films there’s no real surprises here. The fact that the crew
contains married couples only makes things worse, as it’s an excuse
for people to act on emotion instead of logic (which is why
something like this
shouldn’t happen in real life). I… honestly can’t think of
anything redeeming about this film; it that completely collapses
under scru-tiny. If you’re not a fan of the fran-chise, there are
better horror films out there.
Total: 0 / 10Rating: RRun Time: 122 minutes
n It was beloved American author of Western stories Louis
L’Amour who made the follow-ing sage observation: “A wise man
fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible
de-feat.”
n You might be aware of the fact that penguins mate for life,
but did you know that before they mate, there’s a proposal? It’s
true -- a penguin will spend a significant
amount of time searching for the perfect pebble to offer to its
pro-spective mate.
n Swedish chemist, inven-tor and businessman Alfred Nobel is
best known for inventing dyna-mite -- and for using his fortune to
institute the Nobel Prizes after he was condemned as a “merchant of
death” for profiting from the sale of arms. You might be surprised
to learn, though, that he also had a
literary bent, writing poetry, novels and plays.
n If you’re like the average American, you spend about 17
minutes a day exercising -- and 10 hours a day looking at a
screen.
n On Christmas Day in 1075, while he was in the middle of
cel-ebrating mass at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Pope
Greg-ory VII was kidnapped by a Roman nobleman.
n Those who study such things say that the light produced by a
single bolt of lightning is equivalent to that produced by 100
million flashbulbs. And the fact that flashbulbs are being used as
a comparison may indicate some unrelated data about the age of the
researchers.
n n n
Thought for the Day: “The tragedy in the lives of most of us
is that we go through life walking down a high-walled lane with
peo-ple of our own kind, the same eco-nomic situation, the same
national background and education and re-ligious outlook. And
beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and
untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives.” -- Florence
Luscomb
(c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Cooking With Cast Iron
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Game Warden Field Notes
Kitchen - From Page 4
ADOPTION CENTRAL
For more information about any of the other pets waiting for
their new homes, call (254) 953-5472 or stop by 403 Indian Trail in
Harker Heights.
Barker HeightsBed & Biscuit
We Love Your Pets Like Family!
628 E. Veterans Memorial Blvd.Harker Heights, TX 76548
254-519-BHBB (2422)Fax (254) 680-4623
[email protected] barkerheightsbb.com
Lion is a hefty 18.2lb boy who is just about as nice as they
come! He is about 7 years old, already neutered, current on his
rabies, and will be microchipped prior to adop-tion. He loves to
talk and will follow you everywhere. He has lived with other cats
and dogs, and is used to being indoor and outdoor. Lion has such a
great personality and will surely win over the hearts of even non
cat lovers (if there is such a thing!!) Come meet Lion today, his
adoption fee is $50.
Punky is a very sweet and absolutely gorgeous 7 year old female
kitty who is looking for a new
place to call home! Punky is already spayed and current on her
rabies vaccine. Her owner loved her very much but had to give up
all of
their kitties due to serious health issues. Punky is used to
living with other cats and dogs, and
has lived inside/outside her whole life, but would love to be an
indoor kitty only. Punky
will be microchipped prior to adoption, and her adoption fee is
$50. Come meet this beautiful
girl today!
Public Hearing number five, concerning property valuation
increases.
“At least 12 people spoke of their experiences with recent tax
appraisals,” said City Manager David Mitchell, “And a crowd of
around 60 were present to listen to this item.”
The Council held a public hearing and ap-proved changing the
speed from 75 to 65 on I-14. “No one spoke at the hearing.” Said
Mitchell. The Coun-cil held a public hearing
and approved a settle-ment with Atmos through the Atmos Cities
Steer-ing Committee. Michael Street with Atmos stated that Atmos
recommended approval of the settlement. The Council held a public
hearing and adopted an ordinance creating Chap-ter 103 which will
govern donation containers placed around the City. No one spoke at
the hearing. The Council held a public hear-ing and adopted an
ordi-nance amending Chapter
160.07 (A) of the Code of Ordinances to more clearly define
standards for the Building Standards Com-mission. No one spoke at
the hearing. The Coun-cil appointed Hal Schiff-man as the Mayor
Protem. Councilmember Nicholas was the Mayor Protem for the
preceding year and her excellent work in that posi-tion was
acknowledged.
For more information on upcoming City Council meetings, call
City Hall at 254 953 5600.
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deprived right now. Be kind to yourself and everyone around you.
If you need a break from your baby to get some rest, ask someone
you trust to babysit for a couple of hours. The amazing thing about
babies is their ability to love
unconditionally. Your little baby girl’s life depends on you.
Make sure you are taking care of both of you.
Please email your parenting ques-tions to [email protected]
and put “Parent’s Corner” in the Subject line.
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Our tomato plants were doing well and we were eagerly waiting
for the luscious red fruit to grace our table. When I walked past
them one evening, I noticed some-thing on one of the leaves. As I
took a closer look, I saw a large black and green striped
caterpillar
happily chewing away the leaves on a tomato plant! I stood there
watching it and was amazed at its size and bright colors. When I
pointed this out to my husband, he picked it off the leaf and
disposed of it. He said they would eat the whole plant by morning!
Well, so much for that cool-looking worm! My
husband brought home a cement birdbath the next evening. As the
birds began using the birdbath, we no longer had a pretty
caterpillar problem on our tomato plants. When you come to realize
how these aspects come into play you can be a better natural
gardener. Knowledge is the key.
1. Peel and devein shrimp, leaving the last shell segment and
tailfin intact.
2. Heat the oil in a 9-inch or 10 1/4-inch Lodge cast-iron
skillet over high heat until very hot, about 3 minutes. Add the
ginger and cook, stirring, until the shreds turn light brown and
caramelize, about 2 minutes. Stir in the coriander, peppercorns and
sweetener, and let heat for 15 seconds.
3. Add shrimp and cook, shaking and tossing, until they turn
pink and curl up, about 2 minutes.
4. Sprinkle with lime juice, salt and scallion greens. Gently
mix together and
serve from the skillet or as a topping for brown rice or
whole-wheat pasta with roasted red bell peppers.
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Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author,
culinary histo-rian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new
cookbook is “The Kitchen Di-va’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is
www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more,
Like An-gela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes
may not be reprint-ed without permission from Angela Shelf
Medearis.
(c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
Harker Heights City Council votes
to reduce the speed limit on I-14 to 65 mph instead
of the current 75 mph speed limit.
Class - From Page 1growing subject on how we can use herbs to
heal and prevent chronic dis-eases that so many Ameri-can’s suffer
from.” said Dorian Evans, Activity
Specialist. “The goal for the Gardeners Education series remains
the same. We are bringing knowl-edgeable instructors into the
community, so that
anyone with an interest in gardening can become a healthy,
successful gar-dener.”
For more informa-tion, call 254 953 5466.
Central Texas College confers spring 2017 graduatesSpecial the
the HHES
Central Texas College (CTC) held its spring com-mencement
ceremony today at the Bell County Expo Cen-ter. More than 420
graduates received associate degrees in science, arts, applied
science as well as certificates of com-pletion. Keynote speaker for
the event was U.S. Congress-man Roger Williams. Gradu-ates also
heard welcoming remarks from 36th Engineer Brigade Command Sergeant
Major Ron Patterson of Fort Hood.
While most graduates were from the central Texas area, some
students traveled to the ceremony from CTC con-tinental campuses in
Hawaii, North Carolina and Georgia as well as from Oregon,
Colora-do, Louisiana and Michigan. The average age of the CTC
graduates is 34 years with the oldest graduate at 65 years of age
and the youngest at 17.
In addition to associate degrees, CTC recognized a graduate of
its CTC Online High School. Katherine Ortiz-Quinones traveled with
her family from Italy to be a part of the ceremony and receive her
high school diploma.
Included in the graduat-ing class are nearly 150 stu-
dents currently serving in the U.S. Army. Four are in the U.S.
Air Force and five gradu-ates are in the Navy, four in the Marines
and one in the Coast Guard. Graduating mil-itary dependents and
family members totaled 129.
In total, more than 200 Associate of Arts degrees were conferred
and 120-plus Associate of Applied Science degrees. More than 50
gradu-ates earned Associate of Sci-ence degrees and nearly 50
merited Certificates of Com-pletion.
The CTC spring 2017 graduates are:
Harker Heights:Associate of Applied Sci-
ence degree:Lisa-Marie Fischer,
Christina Jones, Travis Jones, Sarah Schwartz, Laura Wag-goner
and William Wendt.
Associate of Arts degree:Amy Carouth, Esteban
Cruz, Evan Early, Clint Edens, Iris Gilkes Anderson, Heather
Hage,
Andrea Harrison, Tracie McMurry, Curtis Mitchell, Samantha
Montgomery, Ceci-lia Patterson,
Gillian Pons, Ryan Rous-seau, Abigail Sachnik, Ner-vanel Soto
Castoire, Kenrick Torres-Serhan,
Benjamin Verell, Sheila
Watson and Jacob Young.Associate of Science de-
gree:Marietta Canino and
Craig Sanders.Certificate of Comple-
tion:Gary Humphrey, Jr. and
Mollie ThomasBelton:
Associate of Applied Sci-ence degree:
John Ogunmuyiwa, Mi-chael Ramos, Walter Smith, Lisa Dayton and
Jamie Val-dez.
Associate of Arts degree:Erik Melomontoya,
Brooke Ortega and Bradley Wheeler.
Certificate of Comple-tion:
Pablo PerezKilleen:
Associate of Applied Sci-ence degree:
Kingsley Achu, Keren Aguiñaga, Mabel Balque, Matthew Barber,
Athlene Blaize, Kiyasha Brews-ter, Jesseca Bryant, Jeffrey Buttke,
Richard Clubine, Hoa Thi Danh, Malcolm Davis,
Cedric Davis Sr., Jennifer Deikye, Joe Dennard II., Dan-ielle
Finelli, Johnathan Flores, Linda Flores-Morales, Des-mond Forteau,
Felicia Garri-son, Edith Gonzalez, Christine
Graupmann, Sandra Greving, Kyle Hartz, Ismael Hernan-dez III.,
Thomas Hill, Marie Hobbs, Douglas Huey, Lalita Jackson, Desiree
Jiles, Sharita Jones, Yvonne Jones, Courtni Jordan, Latanza Kemp,
Tanae Kennedy, Heather Kroboth, Connell Lewis, Jr., Denise Marion,
Tkakl Mekreos, Pa-tricia Merced-Hernandez, Lonyé Miller, Lindsay
Mur-phy, Michael Odeh, Tony Palmer, Eugenia Parker, Fran-cisco
Perea, Tara Pratt, Nicko-las Quinones, Megan Rincon, Raul Rios,
Jr., Melissa Rob-inson, Kristin Rosario, Jesse Salaiz, Melodi
Schnepp, Jer-mey Schwenke,
Carlos Sepulveda, Sung Jae Shin, Grace Smith, Shawn Stephens,
Easter Stevenson, Christian Stroud, Ayele Tete, Antonio Tysor,
Ailyn Valle, Samantha Wheeler, Altonia Whipple, Jenny Williams and
Ricky Wilson II.
Associate of Arts degree:Eddimus Abon, Lilia
Acevedo, Lady Achu, Del’Re Adams, Alonzo Alvarez, Dar-rius
Armstead, Jr., Aleah Bar-rera, Cecily Batalla, Lewis Bell, Jr.,
Koree Benard, Mar-cus Berry, Carlos Bourne,
Daniel Broman, Tyan Brown, Michelle Carridge, Kinten Cash,
Javier Cedeno-Munoz, Kristal Chapple,
Auriauna Christopher, Julia Claudio, Michelle Cobb, Jus-tus
Codemas, Zaire Coley,
Ervin Rodriguez, Kace-lyn Cuellar, Be thao Danh, Daniel Davis,
Kara Demers-Stringer, Amanda Devillier, Desmond Easterling,
Patri-cia Flores, Gladys Fontanez, Kristian Frazier, Angela
Gar-cia, Adrian Garrett, Raymond Gipson, William Glover, Quiana
Gray, Jondeairr Di-Jion, Domenique Hawkins, Jasmine Hemingway,
Ro-berto Heron, Matthew Isaac, Franina Johnson, Christo-pher Jones,
Sheena Kershaw, Alyxus Key, Romaine Kirton, Shenika Knox, Jackalynn
Lister, Curtis Lyles, Jr., Darien Mackey, Georgina Martinez, Talia
Martinez, Nicole Ma-tias, Leslie Middleton, Iddi Mohammed, Beverly
Monk, Amy Montes Rhiannon Mor-gan, Rayniesha Morris, Dani Mundle,
Johnny Nelson, J’Nissia Owens, Tracy Ow-ens, Christopher
Paschall,
Mahnaz Patterson, Olivia Perea, Shcobie Pettway-Lew-is, Dwayne
Phelps, Damon Pickens,
Lakisha Powell, Anetria Price, Jessica Price, Bren-dan Rall,
Philip Rasco, Ga-bina Rios, Adam Robinson, Ma’Kayla Rogers, Bertha
Ruben, Erika Ruelas, Anetone
Sailiata II., Abdoul Sanou,Adam Schindler, Brit-
tany Smith, Phyllis Smith, Tamatha Smith, Tommy Smith, Jr.,
Jonathan
St. Rose, Shelby Sul-livan, Catherine Teese, Ka-lyn Thomas,
Kayla Tjaden, LaToya Torres,
Pamela Townsel-Jamer-son, Jessica Trahant-Carlin, Amanda
Trainer, Christina Trevino, Saskia Varnador, Christopher
Villarreal, Janese Walton, Darniqua Washing-ton, Bhamini Wilson,
Ashley Yates, William Yates and Mar-ian Zamor.
Associate of Science de-gree:
Lyndsey Amundson, Al-exander Bendyna III., Davon Brewton,
Levander Brunette, Burnice Buie III., Zachary Coyle, Leilani
Crumpton, Ka-tie Emblen, Nancy Flores, Christopher Garcia, Monica
Gomez, Jazmine Gonza-lez, Guillermo Gonzalez IV., Geneice Harris,
Jeannie Koch, Diana Gutierrez, Mary Ludolph, Jeremiah Malveaux, Joe
McCray, Jr., Eric Middle-brook, Francis Oakes, Chris-topher
Roberts, Jr., Kimberly Robinson, Crystal Rodriguez, Kipyegon Rutoh,
Jennifer Schweigert, Melody Shaw-Brown, Sherri Sorter and Mi-chelle
Sticht.
