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By Amy Barnett Submitted Photos One conversation with Cody Johnson and there is no doubt he is the “real deal.” The Grovetonraised singing cowboy has an unmistakable smoky baritone filled with truth, emotion, and conviction. His music portrays his life as a God-fearing family man who, before playing music, was a professional bull rider and TDCJ prison guard. Postcards had the pleasure of visiting with him just before the release of his newest studio album Gotta Be Me. This amazing Texas Talent shares with us his journey in making music, how his faith has gotten him where he is today, and how he spends his “down time” at home with his family in New Waverly. What was your early introduction to country music? What inspired you?
Josie Drenner
Any country artist I was allowed to listen to as a child was someone that was a vocalist. Glen Campbell is a vocalist…Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, even the Statler Brothers. Those kinds of people who sang with that gospel kind of background, that is what I listened to. I used to try to emulate those artists because, as a young kid, that is what you do; you listen to something on the radio, and you try to sound like them. What made you want to become a performer? I am not sure what drew me to want to perform, to be honest. I was always curious about what went on in those honky-tonks; I could hear country music coming across Lake Livingston when I was out fishing on a Saturday night with my dad. When I graduated high school, I started a band (after being in a high school FFA band) and started hitting every
honky-tonk and bar I could, and Mama was Did working in a prison affect your music in right—nothing good happens after midnight any way? (laughs). Oh, absolutely. On my album A Different Your career first led you to professional bull Day, which was two albums ago, there is a riding. After your fair share of injuries, you song Guilty as Can Be, and it is pretty much a began working for the Texas Department of true story, with the name changed to protect Criminal Justice in Huntsville as a prison guard. the guilty. When you work in a prison, it really Obviously, rodeo life has influenced your music. puts life in perspective, and it toughens
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...none of us is perfect, but I know I can’t do what I am doing without the Good Lord behind me. Me debuted in the Top Ten on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. Now you are releasing your third album produced by friend Trent Willmon. What approach did you take in you up some, too—probably more so than bull making Gotta Be Me? riding. I don’t think rodeo life or life working in the penitentiary will ever leave me, because I felt in my heart that this album was gonna it is just a part of who I am and what shaped have more of a spotlight on it than anything I me through those growing years. had done so far, so it really needed to represent who I am. There are four outside cuts that I You were working at the prison and playing didn’t write, but I put aside my own material, gigs at night. At what point did you decide because I couldn’t deny how good these other you should play music full time? songs were and how they just fit how I wanted Whenever I met my wife Brandi, she gave me to represent myself on this album. the confidence I needed to do it. My manager The album’s title cut, Gotta Be Me, basically and the warden I worked for encouraged me, says, “You can polish me up, but you can’t too. So, it came down to saying a prayer, pulling change me.� That sums you up, doesn’t it? my hat down, and going after it. It does. David Lee and I wrote that, and Your last two albums were huge successes David is one of the greatest songwriters that in Texas Country Radio, and Cowboy Like
has ever lived, in my opinion. He knows how to get the best out of me. I think it is true with any cowboy—you can polish me up all you want, but the real thing has to remain. If not, there is no integrity in it. At the end of the day, there is a line drawn in the sand that I won’t cross, and I want to make that clear. With You I Am is your first release, and it is a great ballad. I always hear songwriters say it is important to write songs that women like to hear. So I have to ask, what does your wife think about this song? She loves it. Trent Willmon, David Lee, and I wrote it. You are talking about three guys in different age groups with different backgrounds, but we all have that one common thing, and for us it is our wives, hands down. I love the fact that people have told me, “Man, this song makes me think of this or that,� and
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sometimes it is not even a person. The believ- perfect, but I know I can’t do what I am doing ability and raw authenticity is what I love so without the Good Lord behind me. I try to pray much about it, and so does my wife. and be humble and keep God in my life, my band’s life, and my family’s life, and give it to You included a gospel song on the new album, him and let him do with me what he wants to as you have on previous albums. Why is that do; that’s kind of the point I make. important to you? You recently performed at Dosey Doe in The I have seen me try to do things without prayWoodlands as part of the Real Life Real Music ing every day. Anybody who knows me knows radio broadcast, and the crowd witnessed I am not scared to fight, I’m not scared to have two milestones that night. You were the first a beer, and I have been known to have a cuss person to sell out the newly expanded barn, word come out of my mouth every now and and you told the crowd it was the first time then. I am not going to put those songs on my that your little girl got to watch you perform album to try to be a preacher and claim that I live. Tell us about your experience that night am living some type of perfect lifestyle—I’m at Dosey Doe. not. I think that’s the point of it; none of us is
I love that place. I think it is one of the most beautifully sounding rooms ever. If I had my way, I would go there every day with just my guitar, sit in the empty room, and practice. It just sounds so beautiful. Clara has gotten to come to some sound checks, and she knows Daddy plays the guitar; I love to serenade my little girl at home, but she had never seen me actually sit behind a microphone while I am playing. To watch her reaction was something very special. It is hard to classify your music. I don’t call you the new Nashville Country. I don’t call you Texas Country. You think of Texas country artists as people who play Texas honky-tonks
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What do you do when you get a few days off to go home to New Waverly? I spend as much time as I possibly can with my family and friends and do normal things. I get on the tractor, go out on the property, get sweaty and work, and do everything that doesn’t have anything to do with who I am on the road. I do love my job, but I also have to make time to be normal Cody, too.
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No matter where this thing goes, no matter what classification people put on it, I am just How do you want to be defined? me. I didn’t start doing this to try to become I want to be defined as what I am‌just me... rich or famous; I am just trying to play what my brand of country music. Country music is is in my heart—that’s who I am. so versatile, and I am so thankful for that. I am not going to hate on these guys that rap The Who I Am singer is now on the road on the radio; that is their version of country promoting his new album. Don’t miss an and rodeos, but you are playing in Kansas, music. It is what they want to do. I can’t do opportunity to hear him perform live. You Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma‌it’s like you are that, but I also think those guys can’t put on a can find his tour dates and purchase the new Chris LeDoux all over again. cowboy hat and be what I am, either. I just call CD at codyjohnsonmusic.com. I appreciate that; that is a hell of a compli- it playing my brand of country music. Thank you, Cody, for sharing your story and gift ment! I thank you for that. with us. You are a true Texas Talent!
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Back then parents were mean; that is, they meant what they said. They would rescue their kids from burning buildings and the like, but not from the consequences of their own foibles. Today’s parents, by contrast, seem to be unable to tell the difference between a burning building and forgotten homework or lunch money. They rescue indiscriminately at a moment’s notice. Child forgets something, mom is inconvenienced. Oh, she complains, but will do it again at the next moment’s notice, and her child knows it. Thus, her child never learns self-reliance, personal responsibility, and self-discipline, none of which can be learned by any process other than the old-fashioned “hard way.� Eventually, if the enabling is powerful enough, he might even earn a diagnosis, upon which his parents are told
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Vet Connect Article submitted by: Kim VanWagner, D.V.M. We now have a special time to raise awareness and show appreciation for the extraordinary work service animals do every day for the people in their care. National Service Dog Month in September honors these working dogs for making millions of lives better and safer. A partner and companion to us humans, dogs understand us and can read our emotions, and they have intrinsic therapeutic capabilities. Even an untrained dog can be an emotional anchor for a person with anxiety or depression, but a trained dog can bring specific techniques to bear. Therapy Dogs, Service Dogs, and Emotional Support Dogs (ESD) are all types of assistant dogs. A Therapy Dog is one that is trained with specific commands to provide comfort and affection to people in long-term care, hospitals, retirement homes, schools, mental health institutions, and other stressful situations to include disaster areas. Therapy Dogs provide people with animal contact--people who may or may not have a form of disability. Therapy Dogs work in animal-assisted activities and animal-assisted therapy. The dog is commonly owned by the person handling it, who considers the dog to be a personal pet. Therapy Dogs often work with their handler/owner during sessions. Handlers of these dogs might be health care professionals who are members of the staff of a particular facility, or volunteers. A Service Dog is a highly skilled dog that is to be used by the client themselves for their own rehabilitation. They are specialized to work with clients. The ADA defines a Service Dog as: any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the individual’s disability. An Emotional Support Dog (aka Emotional Support Animal – ESA) is a domestic animal that provides therapeutic support to a disabled owner through companionship, non-judgmental positive regard, affection, and a focus in life. If a doctor determines that a client with a disabling mental illness would benefit from the companionship of an ESA, a doctor may write a letter supporting a request by the client to keep the ESA in “no pets� housing or to travel with the ESA in the cabin of an aircraft. ESAs are not task trained like Service Dogs are. In fact, little training at all is required as long as the animal is reasonably well-behaved by pet standards. This means the animal is fully housebroken and has no bad habits that would disturb neighbors such as frequent or lengthy episodes of barking. The animal should not pose a danger to others or show any aggression. There is no requirement for basic commands or mitigating tasks since ESAs are not generally taken anywhere pets would not ordinarily go without permission (the exception being to fly in the cabin of an aircraft, even if the airline does not ordinarily accept pets). Many people are surprised to learn there are over a dozen different specializations for Service Dogs. Visual Assistance Dogs assist individuals who are blind or have low vision with navigation and other tasks, Hearing Dogs for the Deaf alert individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, Wheelchair Assistant Dogs can pull a wheelchair, Seizure Assistance Dogs assist an individual during a seizure, Severe Allergy Alert Dogs alert individuals to the presence of allergens, Medical Alert Dogs and Diabetic Alert Dogs retrieve items such as medicine or the telephone, Brace/Mobility Support Dogs provide physical support and assistance with balance and stability to individuals with mobility disabilities, Psychiatric Service Dogs help persons with psychiatric and neurological disabilities by
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By Mike Yawn Photos by K2 Images Dr. Bonnie Thorne moved to Huntsville in 1948, at the age of 20. With a husband in college, a newborn at home, a job, and taking classes part-time at SHSU, she arrived in Huntsville with a busy schedule. She’s maintained such a schedule in the community for almost seven decades, earning her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D.; working at SHSU well into her 70s; and serving as an active volunteer at the First Baptist Church. Having retired as volunteer librarian at the First Baptist Church, Dr. Thorne has been pondering how to expend her still prodigious energies. You and Oscar were married a long time, and both of you made strong contributions to the community. When did you meet him? When I was 7. I started going with him when I was 12, but that meant going to church picnics and that sort of thing. He was two years older than I was. So you met at church? Yes. His daddy was our Sunday School Superintendent and Choir Director, and he was a great person.
I loved Oscar’s mother and father, and people would say to me, “You just married Oscar so you could have them as a mother-in-law and father-in-law.” Where did you grow up? I was born in 1928 in Houston, and I grew up there. In 1945, I went to Lon Morris College, and Oscar and I got married the next year. We both got our associate degrees from Lon Morris and then moved to Huntsville in 1948.
that the congregation could select a prospective student to receive it. My mother called around to different churches and said, “if you don’t have anyone to give it to, Bonnie could use it.” So, we Was it unusual for you to want to got ten of those $50 certificates! go to college? What made you decide on Sam Before I graduated from high Houston? school, my dad was working on a scaffold, and it shifted; he fell Oscar’s mother had gone to Sam and was hurt so badly that he Houston, and we had heard good couldn’t work. When I brought things about the school. I got a job up going to college, my dad said, at Mallery & Smither Chevrolet, “But Bonnie, you are a girl.” I cried and I worked there for nine years and cried. My mother told me, while I was raising our son Corky. “You know your daddy wouldn’t Oscar got his bachelor’s degree, tell you that if he had money to and he started teaching school. It send you to school. He’s just too took me a while, because we were proud to say he’s broke.” Actually, raising Corky and working. It was my mother knew the President so hard to take a lot of classes of Lon Morris was distributing while doing both, but I finished $50 tuition certificates to various my bachelor’s degree in 1960 in churches in Texas, with the idea library science.
Where did Oscar teach? Oscar taught 7th grade in the building David Adickes now owns. Oscar worked for HISD for about 32 years, first teaching, then as a principal, and then as director of personnel and curriculum. He did that until 1982, and then he served for 12 years as tax assessor collector for Walker County. He felt very honored to have served in both positions. When did you begin to work at SHSU? I began working in the Registrar’s Office in 1956 for Mr. Reed Lindsey. He allowed me to go to school while I worked there, so I was able to make some progress and eventually earned my Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. I began working in the Library in 1961, and I was offered a
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teaching job in 1972. It was that with Corky, and to focus on that. same month when Corky was Not everyone had a son. And killed. Corky really was a very special young man. We were so proud of Corky was only 25. How did he die? him, and we enjoyed having him He was unloading a bull at an in our lives. And I try just to thank auction barn, and the bull killed God for letting us have that joy in him. He was teaching school at our lives for 25 years, and I will Madisonville, after getting his not allow myself to dwell on not degree at Sam. All three of us— having him. That was the way I Corky, Oscar, and I—had earned coped. degrees at SHSU. When Oscar When did you get your Ph.D.? died, I took all three of our rings, and I gave them to the Alumni I got it at Texas Women’s Association to put in the ring University in 1975. display. You’ve seen a lot of changes at You were still working on your SHSU and in the community. You Ph.D. when you lost Corky. You were working as a librarian when had just begun your teaching the library was moved into the career. How did you cope? Newton-Gresham Building in 1969. I had lots of help. A lot of faculty members helped me, and God gave When the new building was me the strength. I don’t know; you approved, we also made the change just do it a day at a time, some- from the Dewey Decimal system times an hour at a time. I try to of classification to the Library of thank God for the time I did have Congress. And we did that over
a three-year period. When we moved into the new building, all of the materials that were on the open shelves had been classified in the LC system.
with the college students and see the light come on in their eyes. They were thrilled to have these opportunities. Even years later, the people who went on those trips will talk about them with You were also involved in the great excitement. Study Abroad program. When did you retire? I took students on Study Abroad programs. The first three years, we I retired in 1993, when I was went to London, and we went in 65. But I stayed on as an adjunct a chartered plane. Sam Houston until 2002. sponsored it as a university-wide When you first retired in 1993, did program. After that, we continyou think you’d be giving interued it through the Library Science views in 2016? Department. No, no, no. Oscar died in 1999. Where else did you go? We had truly worked as a team. I We went to Norway, Sweden, tried to support him in everything Denmark, Italy, Scotland, and he did, and he certainly supported Ireland. It was great to spend time me. I felt like I was just half
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so consider these as gifts for gardening friends, donations to local gardening clubs, or set up your own beautification project in your neighborhood. Fall is a great month to purchase your bulbs for December/January planting. Bulbs such as tulips, muscari, anemone must be refrigerated for 6-9 weeks before planting to ensure the bulbs get the “cool” time required to set blooms. Bulbs such as narcissi, amaryllis, and daffodils do not require “chilling time,” but can be force bloomed indoors for beautiful holiday blooms. Fungicide - The heavy rains and cool nights have brought dormant fungal spores into full bloom and the evidence is in almost every St. Augustine yard in town. Treat with a systemic granular fungicide, such as F-Stop. If you have been treating with F-Stop for several years and it does not appear to be working, switch fungicides to a liquid systemic and spray on. Fungal strains can develop resistance to fungicides over a period of years…much like antibiotics in people. Irregular dead patches of sod are appearing everywhere. Fungi is easily spread from one yard to another by mowers, pets, air currents. The easiest way to treat fungal growth is to stay aggressive and apply as a preventative at least twice a year--spring (April) and fall (October). Most of all, enjoy! We have been placed as good stewards of our gardens and homes, so enjoy the fruits of your labor. Happy Fall Gardening Kim Stewart Bius has more than 30 years experience in the garden and landscape industry. Questions or comments should be directed to Postcards Magazine via our website www.PostcardsLive.com or emailed to kim@kimshomeandgardencenter.com.
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SEXUAL ASSAULT & ABUSE FREE ENVIRONMENT By Samantha Barker Photos by Libby Rogers The SAAFE House in Huntsville, Texas is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides crisis intervention, advocacy, and support services empowering abuse survivors to seek new beginnings and rebuild lives free from the effects of violence. They provide services to all victims of family and sexual violence. They also provide a program called Violence Intervention Program, developed to help abusive individuals, believing that there will continue to be victims unless the issues of an abuser are addressed. We sat down with Jolene Miller, Executive Director since 1988, to find out more about services offered and how the community can get involved in ending abuse in Walker County. 36
“We started in July 1984, and we started with a group of community members who knew there was a need for services in Walker County. It was originally called Walker County Family Violence Council, but changed to SAAFE House (Sexual Assault & Abuse Free Environment) in 1988 when we added services for sexual assault. There was a mining company from Duluth that had a house here for their workers to live in when they came to town to save on hotel costs. They let us use their house as a shelter in lieu of repair costs to the house – which, we had no money for repairs – but we had a house! That was a good thing. We were able to extend our services to the shelter. In 1989, we did our
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first capital campaign to raise half the value of the house, which is what the mining company sold it to us for. It wasn’t used that much at the time, but right now the house is never empty. Because of that, the house is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.” SAAFE House has since extended their service area from the office and shelter in Huntsville to include an office in Trinity open four days a week, an office in Livingston open five days a week, and a second shelter house in Polk County. They offer services in New Waverly one day a week and in San Jacinto County as needed. As with any emergency situation, things don’t always happen between
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9 and 5. The 24 hour a day hotline is available to provide crisis intervention and safety planning, give referrals to needed resources, or to simply answer questions in a confidential and non-judgmental setting. Given the nature of your services what is one thing you would like the people in the community to know? “You really have to help the individuals meet their basic needs. A lot of people in the community think ‘Well, just get out. Just move away.’ It just seems right or left, a do or don’t kind of thing, and that is such a gross misrepresentation of what our clients go through. They are not with people just because they are roommates; that’s not the way it is. And it’s a very complex issue to try to get out. ‘Okay, so I get out, where am I going to work?’ What are the options for our clients? What does housing look like? Average rent is $800-1,000 in this community. How do you get that working a part-time or even full-time job at minimum wage? It’s very easy to see a child that’s been abused, and that child had no choice in that and they have no responsibility in that, so let’s go in and do everything we can. We are right on target—we need to be there for that child. But it is very hard for society to see adults as children that have often been abused. It’s not like they just woke up and they were 25 years old, and they were abused and they got
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SAAFE House is going 24 hours a day, every weekend, every holiday. We had to take someone someplace, and that’s what we do, so we are always open to new volunteers. We need volunteers who would help with transportation, who would help work at the shelter. Having volunteers frees up time for our advocates to do other things for the clients. As far as needs, we need groceries. At the shelter, we serve three meals and two snacks a day for the people living there, 26 or 27 people right now. We pack lunches for the kids and all of that. And paper goods! We are always in need of paper goods—toilet paper, paper towels, those kinds of items are very critical and costly to our program. Donations are great, and the people in the community have been very generous and supportive over the years, but beyond the items, there is a need for financial support as well. We have a roof that needs repair, but we have to have reserves to be able to do those types of things. We are really needing to build a new shelter. Our house was originally built in 1952. We are so thankful to have gotten the house, but we have added all we can, and there is no way to make it airtight anymore. There is a lot of wear
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By Leah Lamp Photos by Libby Rogers The idea of a library for New Waverly was born of the dream of Marie Underwood, longtime English teacher and high school principal of New Waverly. Current Library Board Vice President Sue Smith remembers Mrs. Underwood fondly, “She started her own library. She would loan her personal books out at school.� It was the efforts of Mrs. Underwood that brought the community together to open its first public library in a small room in city hall in December of 1987. It was filled with donated books and staffed by volunteers. The school district provided financial assistance, and the Houston Area Library System provided some equipment. When Mrs. Underwood passed away, Mrs. Betty Smith stepped in and kept the library going at city hall. Sue says, “It grew from one little room to three rooms, and city hall was ready to kick us out. We were growing and taking over.� Hundreds of hours of volunteer
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Most bring them back or bring their own books to add to the section.� The New Waverly Library is especially dedicated to serving students. Children’s literature has its own area of the building, decorated especially for the young readers. The teens have an area all their own as well. Chanel Maybin is the children’s librarian and director of all the children’s activities. There are three after school programs—one for elementary age, an intermediate program for middle school kids, and a teen program. The free program is held once a week from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, and any student is invited to attend. Students of New Waverly ISD can ride a bus from school to the library. The program typically runs once a week, but is subject to change due to holidays, school testing days, or other major events at the library, so please contact the library for the most up to date Children’s Program Schedule. The library has something for everyone in the community.
Every Tuesday at 11:00 am, Senior Center of Walker County provides lunch and fellowship for senior citizens in the community room. Library Board President Judy Vaughn says, “Judge Stephen Cole, Walker County judge, has been awesome sending community service workers to help us with grounds work or cleaning of the building if needed. But, he also helps start new programs. He and a detective from Huntsville PD, Scott Bennett, put on a great program about Identity Theft.
We had a great turnout for that. He has other seminars in the works, like Cyber Crimes.” All these programs are free to the public. “You can find out what is going on with the library through our website, our Facebook page, and we advertise through KSAM,” Kameron explains. “We also have book sales occasionally, where we sell our duplicate and out of date books. But there is always a book cart full of books for sale in the library.”
An especially fun event everyone looks forward to is the annual Christmas Program. The library is decorated, and the public is invited to come enjoy a selection of desserts while touring the building. It is an elegant event featuring Belle Chanson, the Huntsville women’s choir. With its resources and programs, New Waverly Public Library is a jewel of the community, but it wouldn’t exist without the help of that same community. Sue Smith explains, “We have
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been blessed to have so many people who have helped us get to where we are now. We had many donations for this building and grants for furniture. So many people gave both their money and their time. When this building was finally finished in ten years, it was completely paid for.� Judy Vaughn says, “The high school Beta Club helps us out a lot, as does the 4-H club. We employ a lot of the community services to help out with things, because we need the help.� Kameron’s pride shines through when she talks of the volunteers, “We couldn’t do this without the community. We couldn’t do our job and keep the doors open if it wasn’t for the volunteers that care so much and show up every day wanting the best for this library. We have about 15 dedicated volunteers.� Judy adds, “This place is
awesome, and we get so much help. I don’t think there’s anyone that volunteers here that doesn’t have a smile on their face.â€? Their biggest source of funds comes from the annual fundraiser. Scheduled this year for Saturday, October 8th, the event features a dinner and an auction. Judy says, “It is a lot of work to put together, but it’s a blast. You should come!â€? It’s a real community effort with chicken fried steak supplied by Waverly House Restaurant and the dessert provided by the 4-H students. The Beta Students also help out the night of the event. Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm. The auction will begin at 7:00 pm and will feature a wide variety of items. Past items include deer feeders, fire pits, gift cards, deer stands, hay feeders, quilts, gift baskets, fall dĂŠcor, children’s toys, and much more. Constable
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Along the Road In the 1840s and 1850s, citizens of this area were traveling fifty miles to the county seat of Trinity County to conduct business, while it was only fifteen miles across the Trinity River by ferry to Huntsville, the county seat of Walker County. A group of thirty citizens petitioned the state legislature to annex this area to Walker County. On January 20, 1858, an act was passed and took effect on March 1, transferring this area to Walker County. Dr. Pleasant Williams Kittrell, a large land owner of the region, was a member of the sixth and seventh sessions of the legislature, and the area was named for him.
Frank J. Robinson, made a presentation before the state highway commission in Austin regarding the needs for a highway crossing of the Trinity River to join Kittrell Cutoff with the rest of Walker County. Present were county commissioners, Huntsville Mayor Jane Monday, state highway department roadhand award member Thomas L. Randle, and many other interested citizens.
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The commission acted favorably and funds were designated for the extension of FM 3478. The necessary rights of way were obtained in 1992, and the construction began in 1993. The project was completed in November 1994. When ferries ceased to cross the river, citi- After one hundred thirty-six years, the two zens had to travel thirty miles into Trinity sections of the county once divided by the County and then back into Walker County, thus river were joined. making a sixty mile round trip to Huntsville. The marker is at the intersection of FM 3478 On March 22, 1988, the Walker County and FM 230 in northern Walker County. Metropolitan Committee, chaired by Judge
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(936) 291-2171 1802 Normal Park Drive www.walkercountyfcu.com By Claudia Kirkwood Photos by Lisa Saleme For friendly, personal service, you have come to the right place! Walker County Federal Credit Union is pleased to offer a full range of financial services to anyone who lives, works, or worships in Walker County, and to their immediate family members as well. Established on October 23, 1957, by eight professors of Sam Houston State Teachers College, this financial institution has continually served the Huntsville and surrounding areas with integrity, sound principles, and neighborly hospitality. WCFCU is governed by a seven-member board of directors who are elected by credit union members during the annual meeting. The current board, comprising a wide range of age, experience, and professional backgrounds,
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Toi Williamson (22) – President/CEO Nancy Harbin (21) – CFO Robert Logston (15) – COO Ruthie Johnson (10) – Head Teller Audrey Deimel (5) – Member Services Specialist
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Whether it be lobby, drive-thru, or online, Walker County Federal Credit Union offers the full range of services their members expect including savings, checking, VISA debit cards, online and mobile banking, and free bill pay. Needing a loan? WCFCU can help you with a personal loan, a new or used auto loan, ATV and RV loans, and lines of credit loans. VISA credit cards are available as well. Success spells growth, which means Walker County Federal Credit Union has outgrown their current space. This may mean a few growing pains as remodeling is in progress, but all services will continue as before, and when the job is done, new amenities will be in place such as the new curbside ATM, where nighttime deposits can be made, and an additional drivethru banking lane with 2-way audio/video for quicker daytime service. Additionally, more square footage and a new interior layout will give added space for more expedient lobby services, as well as the ability to upgrade technology and online services and to move forward with future innovations. As CEO Toi Williamson says, “We are growing, but will never grow out of our commitment to offer the personalized financial services our members can count on. We value our members and listen to their banking needs, and plot our growth from there. We have been in this location for 15 years, and it is only natural we have reached a point where expansion is necessary. And, it is important that we grow in a logical and careful way.� Walker County Federal Credit Union not only offers a wide array of services at its Normal Park Drive location, but is also involved in a number of community service endeavors. When the opportunity presents itself, WCFCU likes to sponsor and donate to the Chamber of Commerce events. Toi is very pleased that they are able to support the community by
helping with group and individual needs. These include purchasing school supplies for children, handling medical expenses for a family in need, and contributing to scholarships through fundraisers such as the Walker County Area Go Texan Crawfish Boil. WCFCU is a member of the HISD Buyer’s Group who helps purchase Walker County Fair animals for students, and contributes to other fair-related events as well. One highly effective service endeavor in which WCFCU participates is the CU 4Reality
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3. After melting butter in microwave, cream sugar and butter together.
Ingredients 1/2 cup butter (no substitutes, melt in microwave)
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1 cup granulated sugar
5. Add vanilla extract.
4 eggs
6. Add flour, and mix well.
1 tsp vanilla extract
7. Add Hershey’s syrup, and mix well.
1 cup flour 1 (16 oz) can Hershey’s syrup 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
8. Add chopped nuts, if using. 9. Pour batter into pan.
Icing 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
10. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until brownies test done with a toothpick.
1/2 cup butter, melted (no subs)
14. Add 1 tsp vanilla extract. Add the rest of the milk. Add enough to get the desired spreading consistency.
11. When the brownies are almost done baking, prepare icing.
15. Let brownies cool about 5-10 minutes.
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12. Bring to boil in the microwave, the butter, cocoa and 1 Tbs milk.
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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16. Spread icing on brownies. Sprinkle with some more chopped nuts, if desired. The icing will harden to a fudge-like consistency. 17. Let brownies cool completely before cutting into squares.
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce 1 bay leaf salt and pepper, to taste Directions: 1. In a large pot, brown onion, garlic, pork and beef. Drain any fat. 2. Stir in chopped cabbage and let cook until slightly softened (about 3 minutes). 3. Add all remaining ingredients, bring to a boil and reduced heat to medium low. Cover and simmer on low until rice is fully cooked (about 25-30 minutes). 4. Remove bay leaf and serve.
CABBAGE ROLL SOUP Ingredients: 1 large onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 lb lean ground beef 1/2 lb lean ground pork 3/4 cup uncooked long grain rice 1 medium head cabbage, chopped (core removed) 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes 2 Tbs tomato paste 4 cups beef broth 1½ cups V8 or other vegetable juice 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp thyme
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AVOCADO AND THREE BEAN SALAD CHICKEN DUMPLING CASSEROLE Ingredients 3 boneless chicken breasts, boiled and shredded 2 cups chicken stock (from boiling breasts above) 1 stick butter 2 cups milk 1 can cream of chicken soup 3 tsp Wyler’s chicken granules 1/2 tsp dried sage
1 tsp black pepper and salt as desired 2 cups Bisquick Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Place boneless, skinless chicken breasts in sauce pan with enough water to cover the chicken. Bring to a boil, then turn off the heat; place a lid on your pot and allow to sit for 10-15 minutes to finish cooking.
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