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In 2004, the Southwestern Adventist University Board of Trustees, after due consid-eration and reconsideration, voted to remove the Pioneer Memorial Entrance Monu-ment which was then located on the west side of the school campus. The principle reason was to replace the old sign with a new, contemporary sign along that border of the campus bearing the name of the University. In recognition of the fact that

there are those who are very much interested in preserv-ing the monument intact, an ad hoc committee has been formed and had voted to bring into being a new entity, the Keene Pioneer Heritage Foun-dation. The primary objective of this Foundation is to fully restore this Memorial. Now that the monument finds

its home at the Keene Memo-rial Cemetery, the Foundation has expanded its concept by choosing also to honor the military veterans buried at the Keene Cemetery, by raising funds for the engraving of

the names of the veterans in an eighteen inches granite structure, at the back of the monument and along the wall bordering the monument. “This is the main project of the Foundation right now but it also calls for a monumental amount to reach its reality and completion,’ declares KPHF President, Myrna Castillo.

Furthermore Mrs. Castillo commented, “However, we’ll never reach this goal without the concerted effort of every-one and with strong determi-nation and hard work.”In conjunction, the Keene

Pioneer Heritage Foundation is currently updating their list of veterans who are buried at the Keene Memorial Ceme-

tery as well as their respective family or contact person. If you are a family member or a contact person for a veteran or veterans buried at the Keene Cemetery, please call Myrna Castillo (817-558-9379) or John Read (817-707-5844) to provide them with your name, telephone number, address and e-mail. This information

is very much appreciated for it will expedite the completion of the said worthy project. The following are the board

members and officers of the organization (KPHD):Board Members:Philip Payne – ChairpersonLenora Payne Myrna CastilloRobert Bischoff

John ReadLillian Davis Irene HerrMarjorie Stowe Robert RaelLoneta Pauly Officers:President- Myrna CastilloVice President- John Read Secretary- Irene Herr Treasurer- Robert RaelLast November 11, 2012

(Veteran’s Day), at the Keene Senior Center, the KPHF host-ed a Dinner for a Cause with its beautiful program rendition and sumptuous meal, honoring our local veterans. The event was a success. The proceeds from this dinner went towards its fund raining project. This coming November during Veteran’s Day, the organiza-tion is planning to continue its fund raising efforts by again hosting a Dinner for a Cause. Please don’t miss this event. Stay tuned for the date, time and venue. Hope to see you there!

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The Keene Pioneer Heritage Foundation is raising funds to honor our local war dead

PONZI SCHEME in KEENE? All Smoke & Mirrors?The following are the first two paragraphs of an article pub-lished October 23, 2012 by Paul Gnadt, Keene Star News

(Keene, Texas):“Energy plants to bring 210

jobs to Keene”“Two plants to be built in

Keene, each producing differ-ent types of power, could fuel the city’s economic engine for a long, long time. “Thursday in a conference

phone call with the principals of B.e Energy, the Burleson Area Star learned that B.e is in the final stages of geographi-cal studies and engineering surveys in preparation for building two manufacturing plants that may increase the city’s tax base by as much as $600 million.The conference call par-

ticipants were: B.e Energy President Greg Bowman, in Beamsville, Ont., Canada; B.e co-founder and advisory board Chairman Lawrence Bloom in London, England; B.e Chief Development Officer Don Guilian in Columbus, Ohio; City Administrator Bill Guinn, City Economic Development Director Keith Jilge, Keene Economic Development Cor-poration President David Pat-terson, resident Warren “Bud” Findley, who introduced B.e Energy to Keene, and the Burleson Area Star.”

The following are excerpts from an article published May 13, 2012 by Brendan Kirby, Mobile Press-Register (Mo-bile Alabama):“Derided as fraud, Baldwin

alternative energy company draws interest from Canadian investor”“...Nonetheless, a startup

named B.e. Energy, which its founder runs out of his Ontario (Canada) home, has been intrigued by *Cello (En-ergy) and wants to buy it (the abandoned Cello Energy plant at Bay Minette, Alabama). At a hearing this year in the bankruptcy case, B.e. Energy president Greg Bowman and his chief development officer expressed “extreme confi-dence” in the technology.“’…Success of the Current

Plan relies completely upon B.e. Energy obtaining a $29 million loan from a mystery lender (sound familiar?) as well as B.e. Energy success-fully having $500 million in bonds issued in Texas,’ the lawyers wrote.“Also, the lawyers ques-

tioned Bowman’s credentials, including images from Google Maps of the street where he lives and runs the company. The pictures show a modest, middle class neighborhood.“’The company has no sala-

ried employees and despite purporting to be an active

player in the cutting edge of clean energy, B.e. Energy does not have a website,’ they wrote in their objection to the bankruptcy plan.“And the lawyers railed

against the involvement of Allen Boykin, whom they accused of participating in the fraud.*Cello Energy is a now de-

funct, abandoned energy plant near Bay Minette, Alabama. The company officials said materials such as tires, trash, hay, straw, switchgrass and wood chips would be convert-ed to diesel fuel. In late June

2009, a federal court ordered Cello Energy to pay $10.4 million in punitive damages for fraudulently claiming it could produce cheap diesel-like fuel.Are Keene City leaders exer-

cising due diligence?In 2007, a tiny Alabama

start-up called Cello Energy was telling people that it had devised a way to produce cellulosic ethanol at $16 per barrel, using material like hay, switchgrass and wood chips. Investors listened and invested millions of dollars in the venture. The leadership

of California-based Khosla Ventures was so impressed with Baldwin County inventor Jack Boykin and his claim that he has unlocked the secret to turning wood chips and hay into cheap diesel fuel, that they agreed to give him $25 million to build three manu-facturing plants and to spend millions more each year to operate them. Scientific American reports

“In late June 2009, a federal court ordered Cello Energy to pay $10.4 million in puni-tive damages for fraudulently claiming it could produce

cheap diesel-like fuel. Cello’s owner, Jack Boykin, allegedly built a sham facility and lured pulp producer Parsons & Wit-temore Enterprises to invest $2.5 million in an ownership stake in 2007.” Cello was convicted of fraud,

so someone, somewhere, failed the due diligence test! Anytime anyone promises

to turn wood chips into cheap diesel fuel and produce 50 million gallons of diesel or aviation fuel per year, you’d better be very careful!

The now abandoned Cello Energy plant at 12020 D’Olive Street, Bay Minette, AL

In ReCELLO ENERGY, LLC Case No. 10-04877-MAM-11BOYKIN TRUST, LLC Case No. 10-04931-MAM-11JACK BOYKIN Case No. 10-04930-MAM-11Debtors

ORDER GRANTING CON-FIRMATION OF DEBTORS’ CURRENT PLAN OFREORGANIZATION WITH CONDITIONS AND RUL-ING ON RELATED MAT-TERSCello Energy is a com-

pany that owns technology

it developed that it claims details a process to turn cel-lulosic materials into fuel (the “technology”). Cello is owned by Boykin Trust. Jack Boykin was the sole owner of Boykin Trust. Jack died on August 25, 2011 and his estate is being probated. There is a dispute about whether the process that Cello has, can, or will ever work. The testimony of B.e. Energy executives, including a skilled engineer, indicated a high degree of expectation on their part that the technology can work. If the process does work, the technology is very

valuable. If it does not, the value of Cello is essentially limited to the value of a plant built in Bay Minette, Alabama to manufacture the fuel. The plant is shuttered at this time due to failure to produce com-mercial quantities of any such fuel and lack of funds to keep the plant open.

United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Alabama

Right:Allen Boykin talks in this 2009 file photo about how his Baldwin County com-pany, Cello Energy, plans to turn hay and other vegetative material into biodiesel fuel. New York-based Parsons & Whit-temore Enterprises Corp., which won a $10.4 million judgment against Cello, has objected to a bankrupt-cy plan that could allow Boykin to remain in charge of the company and earn a 6-figure salary. (Press Register/Craig Myers)

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divisions that will be racing – Adults age 16 and up and - Kids age 10 – 15. The racing format for the Kids Division is a double elimination straight speed race. The Adult Division will be a seeded double elimi-nation slalom race. The adults have to drive the course and not just point it straight down the hill. Awards will be given for the top three finishes in the two divisions and then also for a variety of other categories. The rules are designed to

let the creative genius come out. For example, the weight of the car cannot exceed 225 lbs. (that does not include the weight of the driver). For a

complete set of rules you can go to johnsoncountysoapbox-classic.com and read what all the requirements are and also to register your car and to pay for your car registration. The number of racing brackets is limited so if you are going to race you need to go ahead and register for your racing spot.Vendors will also need to

submit a request to partici-pate and they can do this by going to the same website and submitting a request form. On the website find the vendor request box and click on the tab and follow the directions. That form will be reviewed and then the party will be contacted and notified whether they have been chosen to be a vendor at this event. This is done so that there is a variety of food items that are being sold and not a lot of the same items.Johnson County Soapbox

Classic is part of the National Adult Soapbox Derby Associ-ation headquartered in Marble

Falls, TX. They were estab-lished in 2009 to promote the sport of adult soapbox derby racing. The goal is to promote this sport in the North Texas area in a manner that not only benefits the community but pulls the community together and does it in a family friendly environment.For further questions and

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The folks who are getting the free stuff don’t like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.And the folks who are paying

for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop.And the folks who are getting

the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!Now... the people who are

forcing the people who pay for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff are being mean, preju-diced, and racist.So... the people who are

GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place.We have let the free stuff giv-

ing go on for so long that there are now more people getting than paying for the free stuff.Now understand this. All great democracies have

committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?The voters figured out they

could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.The United States officially

became a Republic in1776, 236 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuf-foutnumbers the people paying for the free stuff.Failure to change that spells

the end of the United States as we know it.ELECTION 2014 IS COM-

INGA Nation of Sheep Breeds a

Government of Wolves!

CLASS WAR2013At the Keene City Coun-

cil Meeting held on May 30, 2013, Council Member James Chapline indicated he had scouted 4 locations for a prospective Keene City Hall: “The former Hour of Prophesy building (ON 67), the former Color Graphics building on Fairview, the vacant land on the corner of 4th and College and the property that the City of Keene owns just to the north of the car wash (on N. 2280).” “What I asked for” contin-

ued Chapline while formally addressing the Mayor and the other Council Members in attendance, “was a fairly brief look at these to see what the feasibilities were. I visited with the fire chief, and the fire marshal and the code enforcement official about the two existing spaces that had buildings on (them)… Those buildings have to be brought up to date.” Bill Guinn, City Adminis-

trator also brought up some issues regarding fire code (sprinkler) and ADA com-pliance costs for these two prospective sites, plus an addi-tional A/C installation cost at the Color Graphics building. “I think there are some serious (cost) issues there… that are virtually impossible to esti-mate.” stated Guinn. Chapline concurred with Guinn’s cost concerns regarding these 2 sites. “Old buildings are going to

end up costing you tons of money,” added Keene resident and council meeting attendee Robert Bischoff. “My recom-mendation is that you look to build a new building, whether it’s going to combine the police department or others to it.” He supported building on the city owned property just north of the car wash on N. 2280, but expressed a concern about ample parking availabil-ity at this 3 acre location. “Three acres will accom-

modate a 6,000 square foot building with a parking lot,” stated Guinn. He expressed the urgency for making a

decision on a prospective City Hall location. The property on 4th and College Drive is also 3 acres in size. “It seems to me,” continued

Chapline “that the property on (4th and) College needs too much dirt work. I personally like that location, but I don’t like anything else about it! And so it kind of comes down to the three acres in my mind, next to the car wash. To add a little bit to that, I agree that we need to build a city hall now, and then we’ve got to address the fire and police issues in the not too distant future, but not address them as part of this. I think that we can build an adequate size building there of 6,000 square feet; has been thrown around quite a bit. We could have plenty of parking. What I would like to see in the entrance, is a covered awning coming into a window where people can go pay their water bills and can handle minor city business without getting out of their cars. We have a lot of elderly people in town and in bad weather they can drive under there and handle their business without ever stepping out of their car.” “My last choice” Chapline

added, “was what I now believe is the best choice and that is on the 3 acre city owned property out there (2280). I think that is the way we should go.”Chaplain then made the mo-

tion “that we proceed with planning of the new city hall building on the city owned property.” The motion was seconded by Donny Gore and it was carried unanimously by the remainder of the council members. The following were other

key items on the agenda for discussion and possible action:1. Request by the City Coun-

cil for items to be placed on a future agenda for discussion.City Council Member Cheryl

Schram proposed that she “would like to see a discussion item at least concerning the emergency management situa-tion, specifically a schedule of

the chain of command, I’d like to see what work is in prog-ress and plans for an emer-gency situation. …It is time that we understand what we have and what we don’t have and put together a presentation as to how it is.”City Council Member Donny

Gore made the observation that “the internet (service) is lacking in the City of Keene. He requested a meeting with AT&T to discuss internet ac-cessibility issues for the City of Keene and its residents. In a later interview he informed the Keene Chronicle that an email was sent out request-ing a meeting “so by the next council meeting we’ll have something to bring back to the table.”Gore further requested that

the City of Keene put on the agenda for the next Council Meeting the purchase of a new staff vehicle for the City. 2. Consider approval of re-

newing special use permit for Lisa’s Learning Center, prop-erty located at 204 E. Oakdale, owner – Lisa Parrish.Council Member Donny

Gore made the motion to approve this action. It was seconded by Council Member James Chapline and carried unanimously by the remainder of the council members. 3. Discussion and possible

action on appointing the fol-lowing person; David McCor-mick to the Athletic Associa-tion for a 2 year term.Council Member James

Chapline made the motion to approve this action. It was seconded by Council Member Gore and carried unanimously by the remainder of the coun-cil members. 4. Discussion and possible

action on Black Board Enroll-ment Process (Blackboard Connect automated emergency notification system).City Administrator Bill

Guinn shared a sample enroll-ment card to the council mem-bers and informed them and the meeting attendees that at the recent Chamber Expo the City of Keene was set up to

inform and sign up interested Keene area residents. “We also do it at Starfest” informs Guinn, “we have a table set up to sign people up.” I will double check on this but we want to make sure that any-time anyone opens a water ac-count that they’ve been given a card that so they can sign up for it. And then of course, it’s a prominent link on our cur-rent website (www.keenetex.com). It’s got a good link; it’s clear and people can sign up in both English or Spanish. That’s the registration process in a nutshell.” Council Member Cheryl Sch-

ram – who is also the Keene Chamber Volunteer Coordina-tor - requested registration cards for dissemination by the Keene Chamber and stated that she would also put it on the Chamber Facebook page. “Our new website is coming out soon and I want to make sure we include a link for enrollment,” stated Schram. She also suggested that enroll-ment information “be released to the paper,” to which Guinn responded “we will be glad to do that on a quarterly basis.” 5. Discussion and possible

action on renting or leasing an office space the Economic Development Director (Keith Jilge).Several office options were

presented, discussed and rejected as unfeasible. Coun-cil Member James Chapline also proposed and promoted an office space location at the Northside Station on N. 2280. For this location, Chapline stated he was quoted a rate of $1,000/month by the owner Mark Miosi, which includes utilities. “That includes a reception area out front that is 12’X17’. And then there is a space that would be the meeting room which would be a little over 22’ square ft. But that didn’t include the main part of it; and that’s the of-fice that’s directly behind the meeting room. And that to me is really the key to the whole thing - without that it’s kind of useless. …Miosi quoted a

price of $1,750 for this which seemed high for that space.” Chapline suggested “going back to try to re-negotiate” on this rate as “this space is ideal for getting all of our eggs in one basket. We need and must have economic development in this town and we need to give them the tools that they need to do the job!” Chapline further proposed with team-ing with the Keene Chamber of commerce for utilization of this space along with the Type A & Type B Boards for more effective communication and coordination of services between these respective enti-ties.Council Member James

Chapline made the motion to approve this action. It was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Dale Janes and carried unani-mously by the remainder of the council members. 6. Discussion and possible

action on approving Ordi-nance No. 2013-469 of the City Council of the City of Keene, Texas, approving and adopting rate schedule “RRM – rate review mechanism” for Atmos energy corporation, mid-tex division to be in force in the city for a period of time as specified in the rate sched-ule.Mayor Pro Tem Dale Janes

made the motion to approve this action. It was seconded by Council Member Gilbert Perez and carried unanimously by the remainder of the council members. 7. Discussion and possible

action on approving Ordi-nance No. 2013-470 amending the fee schedule that is associ-ated with using or renting the park or ball fields.Council Member Gore made

the motion to approve this action. It was seconded by Council Member Chapline and carried unanimously by the remainder of the council members. Council Member Lorena

Morin was absent from above referenced proceedings.

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Retirees Fellowship

Monthly MeetingThe Retirees Fellowship will hold its monthly meeting on

Thursday, June 20th at 5:30 pm in the Keene Senior Citizens Center at 207 E. 1st Street. The dinner will be catered by Mandy’s Catering. There will

be a vegan and gluten free option. Luz Arauzo will provide wholesome entertainment.This organization is open to all community retirees who

wish to attend. If you have any questions or need more information please contact Betty Taylor: 817-790-2077 or 817-648-6908.

Veteran’s Omissions from our published listIn the last issue the Keene Chronicle published the list of veter-ans buried in the Keene Memorial Park as was provided by the Cemetery Association. We have been notified that at least three veterans have been overlooked. They are Frank Beeson, WWII Navy; SSG David “Sonny” Henry, Vietnam War, Army; Richard Woodall, Civil War Veteran.Upon further research we have identified 4 other CIVIL WAR VETERANS: James W Clark, born Aug 27, 1836 died July 18, 1924, UNION SOLDIER; Cpl James S Hampton, born 1842 – died 1929, UNION SOLDIER; Cpl Benjamin Harrison Warren, born April 12, 1844 – died November 20, 1918, CONFEDER-ATE SOLDIER; Dave M Jackson, born July 1841 – died May 23, 1915, CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.

At last month’s city council James Chapline was quoted as saying:“...Keene has 2 newspapers,

the newspaper from the Star Group which you pay for and the Keene Chronicle which you don’t. Occasionally the Cleburne Times (Review) will show up as well… Isn’t it in-teresting that there are 3 news-papers that report on Keene as well, except there is one that stands head and shoulders above the crowd; reporting on the real issues in a fair and positive manner. The City of Keene should honor the Star Group and Paul Gnadt for fair and honest reporting, for being part of the fabric of this com-munity with an eye always trained on the real issues and ignoring the malicious gossip and unsubstantiated rumors. I enthusiastically bring to the council tonight the recom-mendation the we bestow to the Star Group, at the next city council meeting, and declare that day ‘Star Group.’”Way back when I was in

the sabbath school primary division I had a very kind and sweet sabbath school teacher that I adored. Her name was

Mrs Stovall and she told us little people it would be best if we would never drink Coca-Cola and never read the Sunday newspaper com-ics. I also had a wonderful Bible teacher in academy, Dr. Thomsen, and he would tell us that he played a game with his children on Sunday morning to see who could run and get the Sunday paper first and throw the comic section in the trash. Well to this day I have never read a Sunday comic and it was years before I ever had a Coca-Cola and I now I will drink Coca-Cola only if it is the only thing to drink. My point is Mr Chapline...there are lots of comics out there on Sunday mornings and there are lots of Coca Colas in the stores, however, no one forces me to read the comics or to drink Coca-Colas and likewise Mr Chapline no one forces you to read the Keene Chron-icle. I can only hope that you spend more time critique-ing city council actions than examing the Keene Chronicle. However, it doesn’t take a lot of effort to vote with the mayor on every issue!Dan E Roberts

COUNCILMAN JAMES CHAPLINE takes aim at the Keene Chronicle

In recent weeks the city council has held various closed door sessions to the public. Some have been for discussion of personnel, whether to keep or terminate their services and other have been to discuss the possibil-ity of B. e. Energy and other companies coming to Keene that the leaders have talked up in the past 9 months. It appears that Keene has only spent money to purchase new properties in the industrial park, spent money to have an aerial survey ($65,000.00) completed and paid for law-yers to listen to their story. In only 4 meetings the attorney’s fees amounted to $5,264.00 for their participation in the closed session. Information gathered from Open Records Request dated May 7, 2013 disclosed this amount. At-torney’s fees are calculated at $235 per hour.Greg Davis and Drew came

to visit Lillian Davis this week. Greg is Lillian’s son and was on the way to Atlanta, GA. Drew, Lillian’s grandson was accepted in a residency program at Emory University and they were enroute to get him settle for the next couple of years.97 year old Morris Lowry

passed his driver’s test one more time and is now legal to drive for another 2 years. He just doesn’t understand the State of Texas only making his license good for 2 years. Don’t they know I will need to drive when I am 100! Oh yes, Professor Lowry audited a religion class at the Univer-sity this spring… he might be thinking of teaching religion after he matures a little.After 40 years of service to

SWAU…Larry Garrett is retir-ing as the Vice President of Finance. His replacement will be Joel Wallace, he has been the assistant treasurer for the

Southwestern Union the last decade or so.Artie Loignon, father of

Austin Loignon, suffered a heart attack this past week. Had a stint put in and is now home recuperating. He claims he was not able to rest much at the hospital and now he hopes to get some rest. Keep him in your prayers.It appears that the Keene

High School has too many names. Officially the board of trustees 6 years ago voted to change the name to Wanda R Smith High School and that is what is on the front of the building. The sign on the en-trance fence reads Keene High School. At graduation this year the program read Keene Wanda R Smith High School and so did the diplomas. Keene is not Wanda’s first name. A little confusing for those that has not grown up in Keene. Perhaps, it should be known and written as Keene

High School on all communi-cations, except for graduation announcements, programs and diplomas and then and only then it should be known as WANDA R SMITH HIGH SCHOOL as it is officially. Less confusion and everybody would know where the Keene High School is located. What do you think?Perhaps, before Wanda leaves

the superintendent’s job….she could educate the people in charge that a $10,000 plus grooming mower is not made to mow pastures as they are doing, but rather manicured lawns. And we wonder why they need to purchase a new grooming mower!! The district owns a really nice John Deere tractor with a rotary mower that is designed to mow pastures and weeds. Would that not be a more logi-cal solution long term?

Just So You Will Know…

Wanda R Smith High School

Graduates 2013

Sean Aqui Jay Ayala Mason Bendell Clarity Chola Rachel Conover Andre DoneskeyMarco Facundo Emily George Stevan Gonzalez Courtney Hanna Blaine Holder Megan HoltEryn Hopps Tyler Hoskinson Anthony Liberto Isabella Lopez Emily Mansano Angelica MendezClarissa Merrills Clarisse Metzger De-Armond Mitchell Damian Muff Megan Owen Emily Peterson Miranda Poski Raelein Racero Sabreena Reid Kevin Reinke Damian Romo Mike RotanKatherine Ruch Sammy Sheppard Ashley Smit Jennifer Sousa Zac Thomas Johnathon TurnerKilory Weis Nikki Weis Sarah Zaneta Ashlen Zapara

Chisholm Trail Academy

Graduates 2013

Nick Acevedo Eric Allen Julie Armstrong Laurie Bajo Heather Baker Suemina Bohammy Peter Bokadrik Mon ‘Twuan Boykin Nestor Cano Catherine Chastain Erica Chrusciaki Alec Elliott Brian Foley Dennis Garcia Naomi George Jiron Gibson Manuel Gonzalez Kierston Green Steven Hadley Brittany Hanks Reagan Higgins Areli Jacquez Ariana Jacquez Saulson Joash Benjamin Jordan Kaylee Kirkpatrick Patrick Krajewski Taylor Lane Lean Langadrik Amanda Langmos Lee Lanki Ritok Leban Timothy Machado Alex McKnight Andrew McNight Andy Montenegro Keishla Morales Angel Ortiz Viviana Ozuna Windy Payne Emily Pierce Michael Price Kasey Reeves Edwin Rivera Jennifer Rivera John Robert Priscilla Rosendo Pauline Rubio Wallace Santana Melissa Servin Mary Shaw Nicholas Shawn Tiffany Tallido Gerardo Villalobos Stewart Walker Brittany Webber Kaylee Whiteside Nicholas Wiggins Xavier Winlan

Alternative Learning Center

Reymen Armenta Zachary Brady Stephanie Cortez Sonia Prince Arthur Smith Tony Thomas

The SouthwesternerTwo Nursing Students Receive $1,000 ScholarshipsBy Glen Robinson Two nursing students at

Southwestern received $1,000 scholarships recently from a local organization. Grace Ann Porter and Joan Lauren Stew-art, both junior nursing majors, received these awards.Ridglea Lone Star TBW is

a local organization affiliated with Texas Business Women, Inc. According to Suzanne Schlabs, scholarship chair for the organization, the mission of Ridglea Loan Star TBW is to provide resources for leadership, networking and advocacy to empower women to succeed personally and

professionally.“TBW promotes equity and

economic self-sufficiency for women,” says Schlabs. “One way to accomplish our mis-sion is to give scholarships for higher education.”Any man or woman inter-

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The parking lot at Elisa Carv-er Park was filled to capacity on the evening of June 4, 2013, as Keene softball season threw out its first pitch. The softball season runs through the Month of June. Game times are Tues-days and Thursdays, 7-10 PM.The purpose of the Keene

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Lisa’s Learning Center held a Pre-K/K Graduation Cer-emony in Keene on June 6, 2013 for three graduates. Halyn Montgomery, daugh-ter of Michael and Rochelle Montgomery of Cleburne, and Travis Williams, son of Daniel and Diana Williams of Cle-burne, graduated from Pre-K. Analisa Nichols, daughter of Angie Chapman of Keene, graduated from Kindergarten. Both Analisa and Halyn have been attending Lisa’s Learn-ing Center for four years and Travis have been attending for two. The program theme was “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” It included songs sung by all the toddler and preschool children, as well as a special skit entitled, “My Tooth is Gone” by Travis Williams and Isabella Cruz-Dilligard. Each graduate received a special tribute, followed by a Media Show Presentation of their accumulated experiences. Parents and Grandparents were also recognized for their all-embracing school support including Rochelle Montgom-ery, Daniel Williams, Geri Montgomery, Vidalina Perez, and Lisa Muniz. Lisa’s Learn-

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