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The Risk is Real - Serving our Country
Remembering those that have served and those that are serving our country.
You know sometimes it doesn't hit you until it is personal.
Please remember these Santa Anna folks that are serving our country in combat, training, or support: Maricela (Marty) Siller, Eddie Dawson, Ike Garza, Clay Hubbard, James Watson, Austin Voss, Randy Casey, Mike Montgomery II, Mark Rutherford, Allen Tucker, James Culpepper, and Shane Watson.
1442 American soldiers or sailors have died in Operation Enduring Freedom as reported by the
Department of Defense and the
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count. Pray for our country, its' leaders, and our soldiers and sailors.
I read in the Coleman paper where Marty Siller recently returned home from Iraq. Please pray for others safe return home.
I also heard on the ABC Radio news this morning that the Abe Lincoln and Clay Hubbard aboard are headed to Singapore from the Tsunami area.
You know sometimes it doesn't hit you until it is personal.
Many service men and women return home safely. Operation Tribute to Freedom Homecoming Photographs.
Mountaineers head to Robert Lee
As the Santa Anna Mountaineers and Lady Mountaineers head to Robert Lee they will need lots of support. The Lady Mountaineers will need to win the next two ballgames to clinch a playoff spot. They will face one of the two teams Friday night that have already beat them once this season as the Ladies lost to Robert Lee earlier this year on the home turf. The Lady Mountaineers know what to expect from the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' 17th ranked Robert Lee girls.
Hope you have a good Friday and we will see you at the game.
New Classifieds Section
I have been adding to the "look" and content of SantaAnnaNews.com here lately. I hope that you are enjoying some of them like the weather and Yahoo News. The Weatherroom has been a little flaky here lately. Check out the new page buttons on the left and the new Classifieds Page.
Mountaineers take on the Bronte Longhorns
The Santa Anna teams took on the Bronte Longhorns in District basketball action Tuesday afternoon in Bronte. The JV Girls game was canceled and the Varsity games start time was moved up to 4:00 because of the expected bad weather that so far didn't turn out too bad. Cindy and I had the pleasure of Lois Ann Harper's company as she went along with us. Her usual sidekick, Mrs. "Coach" Fields, was under the weather. We hope Mrs. Fields is OK soon.. not that we didn't like Mrs. Harper going with us! We had a great time talking school, basketball, Santa Anna sons and daughters. I grew up with her sons Damon, Shawn, and Rex. Damon was in my class and we were all in Scouts together. They were all pretty darn good kids and have grown into good men and Mrs. Harper should be, and is rightfully so, very proud of them.
Back to basketball; the Lady Mountaineers won 54-24 and the Mountaineers lost their game 55-35. It took me most of the first quarter of the girls game to get my camera adjusted back to game conditions after taking some other pictures over the weekend. The regular settings made for some pretty ghostly pictures most of which I had to delete... anyhow Jessica said I wasn't getting enough defensive pictures so her ya go Jesse:
Jessica challenges a rare shot in the paint.. at least the girl was about her size!
Tazerati, Weezur, and Raelee playin' some big "D".
Ben McIver gets another jump ball.
Patrick Kerr takes and makes another of his favorite shots.
Game photo albums are on the Sports Page.
Coleman County Woodshop
Dont let the outside fool you.. one of the most interesting of Santa Anna's downtown businesses is Gary Patterson's Coleman County Woodshop.
Please read more about the Coleman County Woodshop on the latest edition of the Business Page.
Sammie Joe and Imogene Powers to Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage
Sammie Joe Powers and (Lena) Imogene Ingram were married February 6,
1955 at the First Baptist Church in Coleman, Texas. At the time
Sammie, originally of the Buffalo Community and the son of Martin
Willard and Jewell (Russell) Powers, had recently served in the army
in 1951 during the Korean War, was then working in the oil industry.
Imogene, daughter of James and Lena (Green) Ingram, was working at the
Coleman County State Bank. She had attended school in Santa Anna
through the 7th grade and graduated from Coleman High School in 1949.
The two had been set up by friends the previous year.
Sammie Joe and Imogene Powers - 1955.
After their marriage, Imogene quit work temporarily and the couple
relocated as required with Sammie's job, living briefly in Snyder,
Kermit, Bangs, Cisco and Coleman, where a year later Imogene resumed
her job at the bank. She remained there until the adoption of their
daughter, Laurie in 1971. In 1958, Sammie and Imogene moved to their
current residence at the Powers homestead outside of Santa Anna.
Sammie continued to work as an oil field supervisor and served on the
school board in Santa Anna for a term. After adopting their second
child, Michael, in 1972, Imogene remained a stay at home mom until the
late 1980s. She then worked 2 years as the elementary school
librarian in Santa Anna and then put in ten years with the US Postal
Service in Brownwood. In addition, she taught pre-school Sunday school
for near 40 years.
Sammie retired from the oil industry in 1995 and continues to farm and
ranch. Imogene retired from the post office in 2000, and continues
her job as a homemaker as well as teaching an adult Sunday school
class.
The couple currently resides in their home of 47 years near Santa Anna
and both are active members of the First Baptist Church there.
Sammie Joe and Imogene Powers - Present Day.
To celebrate their parents' 50th wedding anniversary, Laurie and
Michael will be hosting a reception on Saturday, February 5, 2005 from
1:30-3:30 at the First Baptist Church CLC in Santa Anna.
Refreshments will be provided and all friends, family and
acquaintances are invited to attend. Donations may be made to the
church in their honor in lieu of gifts as per the couple's request.
Anyone requiring directions or additional info is requested to contact
Laurie via email at lawree@gmail.com or via phone at 323-401-1847 or
contact the couple directly.
Thanks to Laurie for sharing this with SantaAnnaNews.com. Laurie also shared with me that Bill Day of Santa Anna was Sammie's friend that insisted on him meeting Imogene. Imogene already knew of him through one of her friends, Lois
McCarty of Coleman. Lois said of Sammie, "You know him, you've seen Sammie around town! He's the one who always has such clean fingernails."
I had the pleasure of working for Sammie in the early 80's, along with Cecil Ellis, Roland Duus, and my Step-Dad Tex Wright, when we worked for Norman Pautsky. I had told Laurie when she first asked me if I would post this, "I won't say that he was the easiest person I ever worked for because he had pretty high expectations of us. But I always respected him very much and he certainly set a great example for us by working just as hard, if not harder, as he expected us to. Your Mother is a super nice lady as well. And I know they are both very proud of you and your brother."
At the time we were working in the Oil Patch was towards the tail end of the oil boom and I remember when Mr. Pautsky ordered Sammie Joe a diesel Buick Riviera. The Rivieras had become a sort of status symbol for those that had "made it big" in the oil business. Sammie Joe drove it for several years but I don't think he was ever very comfortable in it with all that flashy stuff, because he was more of a pickup truck man. We also had two-way radio's back then for communicating, that was before cell phones in case you are too young to remember. Anyhow I used to hate hearing him call our number, 108, on that darn thing, "102 to 108, Come in 108", especially when Cecil wasn't around to answer it which meant I had to talk on it. It usually meant we had done something wrong or were fixing to have to go do something... wrong! Sammie Joe had a horn honker for his radio on his Riviera and if he was around us, I used to like to hear it ring because of the diesel air horn sound it made and because it usually meant Sam was probably fixing to go home for dinner!
Laurie is an Artist/Designer and has created and maintains the Santa Anna Texas website, Santa Anna Chamber of Commerce's website, and the Santa Anna Historical Development Organization's website.
I read in the Coleman paper recently where Michael recently returned from a Christian educational stay in Russia.
I am proud to announce the celebration of the Powers' 50th Wedding Anniversary and I hope to see you there.
Mountaineers take on the Veribest Falcons
The Santa Anna teams took on the Veribest Falcons in District basketball action Friday night at Perry Gym in Santa Anna. The JV Girls won 50-18, the Lady Mountaineers won 60-33, and the Mountaineers lost an exciting game in overtime 52-61.
I caught the tail end of the JV Girls game as they celebrate with Coach Herrod one more time.
Senior Angel Deleon takes a shot at a three.
Bianca Dean takes a shot from the lane late in the game.
Senior Bryan Fellers gets some hangtime after he stole the ball and put it in for two.
Mountaineer Cheerleaders cheer the boys on.
Patrick Kerr gets the shot of the day to send the game into overtime as he nails one of his favorite shots with one tenth of a second left on the clock after the inbounds pass from Bryan with 1.1 seconds left to play in the game.
Game photo albums are on the Sports Page.
SantaAnnaNews.com Photos for Sale
I have debated whether or not to do this but I am going to try it out and see how it works for a while.
Several have asked me for copies or prints of various photos on the site. Based on my experience and what I have read in various publications, photos printed at home just are not lasting very well, especially in the Sun or bright rooms. Some that we have printed out look good for a couple of weeks and just seem to fade too fast. So I have found a site that will do a pretty good job of printing and of course all the photo places can print from a floppy or compact disk now.
Many want photos of some of the various school games and since this whole deal really started after the Booster Club asked if I would take some photos for the programs and maybe to give each athlete a CD with some photos on it at the Sports Banquet in the Spring, I want to be sure that each of you knows about it. The CD's given to each athlete won't have all of the photos but will have some of the better ones, simply because they all won't fit on a single CD. Of course you can always just right click on any image on this site and print it out (please note that they are copyrighted but I will grant you personal use.. especially if they are of you or one of your children!). For other use please get my permission before using them.
The photos on the site are also not the original quality or size in most cases, because they have to be redone for the Internet and faster loading. Some of the older photos won't be suitable for printing larger than 4x6 prints because of adjustments made when using my old camera. My new camera is an 8 megapixel so most of the new ones will work for up to 20x30 prints and possibly larger if I can find a place to print them.
Here is the picture resolution recommended for each print size to help ensure that you get a high-quality print:
Wallet size: 320x240
4x6 prints: 1024x768 (640x480 resolution is acceptable but not always recommended)
5x7 prints: 1152 x 864 pixels (1 megapixel)
8x10 prints: 1600 x 1200 pixels (2 megapixels) (1280x960 is acceptable but not recommended)
8x10 prints (cropped from original image): 1920 x 1600 pixels (3+megapixels)
16x20 prints: 1600 x 1200 (this is a bare minimum, for best results 2048 x 1536)
20x30 prints: 1600x1200 minimum, for best results 5 megapixel (2560 x1920)
With that said I will be selling season CD's for $5 each and you can get the whole season for each sport and then print out whatever you want. The 2004 Football season with pep-rallys, homecoming parade, and some halftime activities is on one CD and the 2004 Volleyball season on another. The Basketball season should be available at the end of the season but will probably be on two CD's.. one Girls and one Boys.
The following pricing will be for professional quality commercial prints:
Photo Size |
Per Print |
4 wallet size |
$6 sheet |
4" x 6" singles |
$1 each |
4" x 6" multiples |
6 for $5 or 15 for $10 |
8" x 10" |
$10 each |
16" x 20" |
$25 each |
20" x 30" |
$30 each |
Prices are subject to change but I will give you notice before ordering. Plus shipping and handling which is currently $2 for any amount. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back upon return of photos in original condition. Please allow a few weeks for delivery... which I will have a better idea of as time and orders go by.
To place an order just locate the photo or photos you want, identify them by game and photo number (right click on the photo to see the filename and number), and then send me an e-mail at photos@santaannanews.com.
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