http://bastropadvertiser.com Just another ACN Websites weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you look up the word perseverance, there should be a picture of the Bastrop Lady Bears soccer team. Perseverance is defined as a steady persistence in a course of action in spite of difficulties, obstacles or discouragement. That’s the Lady Bears in a nutshell. The girls have shown tenacity as they have ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/11/lady-bears-deserve-credit-for-persevering-through-obstacles/ As of Monday, seven candidates – two of them incumbents – have filed to run for the BISD Board of Trustees May 8 election. Bastrop ISD Board Places 5, 6 and 7 are up for grabs this year. For the Place 5 seat, Carol A. Armstrong will be challenging incumbent Glenn ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/11/candidates-for-city-school/ McKenna Grace Dodd, seven months old, died Monday, March 1 at Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin. McKenna was born July 26, 2009, the daughter of Jamie and Randy (Sherill) Dodd of Kyle. Survivors include her parents; brothers and sisters Curtis Dodd, Kyler Hardy, Kaitlyn Dodd, Debbie Dodd, Abigayle Hardy and Loryn Hardy, ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/mckenna-grace-dodd/ The last Bastrop Gardener column was about the state bird of Texas the mockingbird. I have a wonderful little book, “The Mockingbird,” by Robin W. Doughty, published in 1988 and printed at the University of Texas Press in Austin and most of my information came from this book. Mockingbirds ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/joan-russell-mockingbirds-their-habitat/ “Debut” was the catchword in Bastrop County last weekend. About 40 of Carol Lyon’s new photographs made their debut at the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild gallery. This show, called “Emotions,” is well worth a visit. Friday night was special because the artist was there to share the background on many ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/jo-watts-watts-new-in-the-arts-3/ For the sixth year, the free 2010 Texas Parks and Wildlife Summer Family Fishing classes are kicking off this spring break. Parents and kids (six and older) are invited to come out to the Lost Pines state parks to learn and improve their fishing skills. On Saturday, March 13, come ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/free-spring-break-fishing-camps/ The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet in the community room at First National Bank on Main Street in Smithville on Saturday, March 20 at 9:30 a.m. The subject of the meeting will be American heritage. Hostesses will be Marjorie Matetzschk and Pat Small and ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/nsdar-meeting-march-20/ The Red Rock Community Center All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry and Annual Spring Fundraiser will be Friday, March 26, from 5-7 p.m. All plates are $8 and to-go plates will be available. Drawing prizes have been greatly increased this year with the first prize being a $250 Visa gift card donated by First ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/red-rock-community-fish-fry/ Less than two weeks after being arrested on a charge of sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl, Bastrop County Sheriff‘s Office Lt. Eddie Matthews has resigned. The 45-year-old Matthews officially tendered his resignation on March 5, according to Bastrop County Sheriff Terry Pickering. Pickering said an internal investigation into the allegations against the ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/deputy-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-resigns/ SMITHVILLE — Mention Jaimie Kadlecek’s knee pads around the Smithville girls basketball team and you might get a few chuckles. “Man, those things stink,” said head coach Robin Ramsay. “I have tried every year to get rid of those things, but she won’t let me. It must be a superstition thing.” All kidding ... http://bastropadvertiser.com/2010/03/10/with-her-worn-out-knee-pads-kadlecek-got-physical-on-court/