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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 ISSN-07458800 VOLUME 91 NUMBER 20
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Best Wishes SIUST Graduates. We're proud of your accomplishements! May a sunny and successful future be yours!
District Seven Spring Meeting hosted by Lodge 133, San Antonio at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Lodge 80, Holland Annual Picnic SPJST Texas Barbecue Lunch Benefitting the Children's Advocacy Center. See page 5 for details. Lodge 25, Ennis May Fest SPJST Education and Nature Center Retreat at Greene Family Camp in Bruceville Memorial Day • SPJST Home Office Closed Lodge 148, El Maton Appreciation Dinner lodge 47, Seaton Annual Picnic/100th Anniversary Lodge 88, Houston Homecoming Lodge 87, Temple Member Appreciation Banquet Leaders-in-Training Workshop in La Grange Flag Day —SPJST—
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2003 SPJST GRADUATES!
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JANET NICOLE BACA Janet is a member of Lodge 47, Seaton and a graduate of Rogers High School. She is the daughter of Larry and Donna Baca and the granddaughter of Odell Baca and Evelyn Hause. Janet will be attending Temple College and later Texas A&M University where she will pursue a career in the medical/science field. —SPJST-
CRYSTAL BACAK Crystal is a member of Lodge 40, El Campo-Hillje and a 2002 graduate of the University of Houston College of Education with a bachelor of science in interdisciplinary studies elementary education. She is the wife of Brad Bacak, the daughter of Jimmy and Rhonda Bard and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Mitchell. Crystal teaches third grade in the Katy Independent School District outside Houston. —SPJST—
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Crystal is a member of Lodge 47, Seaton and a graduate of Rogers High School. She is the daughter of Heidi Bartek and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lange and Margaret Dukatnik Bartek and the late Wilmont Bartek. Crystal's future plan is to study pre-med, attain a bachelor's degree, continue with her master's, and complete her residency to become a pediatrician.
Anna is a member of Lodge 79, Corpus Christi and a homeschool graduate. She is the daughter of Michael and Michelle Burke and the granddaughter of George and Anna Pesek and Bill and Mary Sue Burke. Anna plans to continue her studies in music education. —SPJST-
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