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Yddo Ortiz, who has since its inception, played a major role in the planning and coordinat-ing of the Annual Resurrection Pageant, gives an interesting behind the scenes report on this year’s Pageant:“At the end of each Resur-

rection Pageant we always say ‘this one was better than the one before!’ And that has been the story all through the years. Well, this year was no exception. I think it was one of the best, and it will be one of the best for the next few years. The reason why I say that is because I was able, privileged and honored to see, to hear, to smell, to touch the presence of God this time! “Most of you know that Fri-

day night we had a storm here in Keene. It rained one inch in 30 minutes. We had put all the market place together the day before and some of the tents already had items inside them, all set up and ready to go. About four o’clock in the morning I woke up. I

live about 4 miles from here and the storm was going on and immediately of course, I thought man, the market place is not going to stand this one! There’s just too much water, too fast with winds 30 miles an hour and thundering. So, I just laid there waiting and thinking how to pick this up. When it stopped raining, I got up and drove to the market place to see it. I got out of my vehicle on Hillcrest, I went to the market place and I stood there in the middle, just looking around. I said ‘man, all these tents are up!’ I could not believe it! Not only that, but I went to the tents that I knew had items already set up - very small items made out of delicate clay. And every item on the shelf was just as it had been placed there. All the tents had everything in place! There was only one tent that was turned over but in most of them, their roofs were full of water and had caved in. The middle of the tent had hit

the table so the weight of the water had actually served to hold the tent down! “After we emptied the water

and all that, we lacked one tent. And that one tent was in front of the (Hopps) museum. All by itself, the spikes were in the ground and the ground was soaking wet, but the tent was standing. We took that tent and we put it in the place where the other one had blown away. And we were ready to go at 9 o’clock in the morning! To me, that was only the presence of God there that night. “The guy who was in charge

of the electronics, the micro-phones, etc., he stood inside the registration building, and he could see the storm going on. He said ‘those tents just swayed like that and I was just waiting for them to just blow away!’ But all of then with-stood it and to me that was a miracle that we haven’t had on other occasions. That’s prob-ably one of my highlights of

the whole Pageant. “Besides that, we had the

biggest crowd – not only the biggest crowd, but the biggest crowd in one performance, which was 1,000 people in the last performance. We have never had that. And that was unusual and most special! “There were eight perfor-

mances, eight of them in Spanish. In years past we’ve had performances in Spanish, but this year was awesome be-cause these people really put a lot of passion into it! And people who did not understand Spanish could understand the story. That’s what made it so special. They had more people in the Spanish per-formances than in any of the other performances. “We had volunteers doing

different things and there was volunteer - a Spanish guy that was to play the blind character that Jesus would heal. Well, the performances went right on time, right on the second. But one of them was when Je-

sus came into the marketplace riding on a donkey, that one had to be timed just right. Well, the guy who was supposed to guide the donkey wasn’t present and there were only about 2 minutes left. So they went around looking for me and fortunately they found me. ‘We don’t have a donkey handler,’ they informed me. And so I ran over there and then I was just trying to find somebody dressed in character to help out. I could not do it because

I wasn’t dressed ap-propriately for the scene. So I saw this guy standing there and I said, ‘would you please lead the donkey?’ And he replied, ‘I can’t, I’m blind!’”

Yddo Ortiz, behind the scenes at the Resurrection Pageant

By C Weasley

It seems as old man winter wants to stick around a bit lon-ger than usual this year, and that has an effect on the spring flowers that need warm days to show their beauty here in Johnson County. It is a neces-sity that we get adequate rains in the winter for the flowers to bloom. This is especially critical to the Texas Bluebon-nets. Winters that produce small or no rain are often a telltale sign of what the fields of Texas Bluebonnets will be. By late March the roadsides in the southern part of Johnson County are blooming and any one of the roads that lead to or around the Cleburne State Park area can be good for a multitude of species of flow-ers.Try FM 1434, the State Park

Road as we often refer to it. Take By-Pass US67, cross over the head waters of Lake Pat Cleburne and turn left at the Elks Lodge. The next 8-14 miles are usually great for spring flowers. Any county roads, sometimes referred to as “CR”, are worth check-ing out. These roads are not private, but should be treated with respect and you should always try and pull off the main part of the road. Respect all land owners. If they stop and question you tell them you are enjoying nature and what God has given us.Fields of Bluebonnets, Indian

Paintbrush, Fire wheel and many various species of sages are always a welcomed sight to the nature lover. Stop and walk the ditches and carefully examine all the small flow-ers. You should find Puccoon, Rattlesnake and mealy sage, Blue-eyed grass, Texas Star, Meadow Pink, Spiderwort, Lemon Horsemint and many others.As you drive toward the

Cleburne State Park area you will be crossing a different habitat from the one in Keene. The limestone covered hills will produce a completely

new group of flowers. Any creek or water-way should be searched for special flowers like Frog Fruit, button Bush, and Leather Flower. The one in Central Texas is bright red; the one we have here is purple. The edges of any pond, lake or tank are also a good place to see different species. What is here today will usually be around a few days later. Ask anyone who has studied flow-ers to help with your identifi-cation. There are some sharp people in Keene & Cleburne who know and study flowers and who are willing to help.Always keep good notes and

if you have questions about your identification of a certain species, take a good digital camera along, snap a quick picture for reference, when you get back to your home and have better references handy, you should be able to ID the flower.There are many good books

on Texas flowers and there are as many authors who use different names for flowers in their books. I use the books, Texas Wildflowers by Geyata Ajulvsgi and Texas Wildflow-ers by Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller.Three excellent web sites for

Texas flowers are:1. www.texaswildflowers-

sightings.org2. www.wildflowersoftexas.

com3. www.texaswildflowerspic-

tures.comUnless you are a botanist,

the reality of making a correct identification of all the flow-ers you see is not necessary. After all, the beauty and fun of a collection, by camera or pressed out in a book, as we did years ago, will be of great fun and satisfaction. Now what are you waiting for? The flowers are out there for your enjoyment and pleasure.

A Rainbow of Colors for You

Jean Murray, Melba Bower and Esther Rodney recently enjoyed a vacation in Riv-erside, California. Their residence faced the foot of Mt. Rubidoux and they were able to sit on the back patio and look at snow covered mountains in the distance. They were able to attend the Dr. Phil show and the Price is Right. Esther’s husband, David, joined them the first weekend and drove them to Lake Arrowhead. He and Esther hiked up Mt. Rubidoux, about a 5 mile hike. They also enjoyed the beach on Balboa Island. Melba’s grandchil-dren, Dr. Kimber and MJ Kopf came down for dinner and games. On their way home, they stopped at Tombstone,

AZ and en-joyed their stay there. Melba and Jean decided to drive their car to California so they could take their dogs, Myah and Holley, and of course included their KEENE CHRONI-CLE.

Road trip for Keene Chronicle

By Tammye Nash

For the family of 11-year-old Kinzie “Kiki” Wilson of Rendon, the worst nightmare of their life began on a sunny March afternoon at a horse ranch near Keene.“We spent five days in pure

hell,” the girl’s father, Alan Wilson, said of the days after his daughter’s near-fatal horseback riding accident.The Wilsons were visiting

friends, and Kinzie was rid-ing one of their horses. The nightmare started when Kinzie fell from the horse, struck her head on a metal pipe fence.The family knew right away

the injury was serious. They called 911, and paramedics with Keene Fire Department responded.Keene Fire Chief Matt Gillin

said his department received the call at 5:50 p.m. and im-mediately notified a CareFlite helicopter to stand by “be-cause of the nature of the injury.”“When we arrive at a scene,

we assess the patient. We have to make a decision within the first minute or so on whether we need to call in CareFlite so we can get them there as quickly as possible,” Gillin said.In Kinzie’s case, “We called

them right away,” Gillin said.The CareFlite helicopter

landed in a nearby field to pick Kinzie up, then carried her to Cook Children’s Medi-cal Center in Fort Worth. She was rushed into surgery where doctors worked to relieve pressure on her brain caused by the fractures in her skull and around her left eye, and to repair the damage.Doctors told Kinzie’s parents

her prognosis was bleak.“Doctors won’t even know

for sure if she’ll make it three more days,” Alan Wilson wrote in an email to friends as

he waited for his daughter to come out of surgery. And even if she lived, doctors told the parents, Kinzie could suffer damage to her brain and eye.Kinzie’s condition improved

by bits and pieces. Alan Wil-son, in his now-daily email update to friends, noted on March 28 that Kinzie “had a real bad night but she fought through it and is a little better today.” By the next day, he said she “seems to be getting a little better. But we’re not out of the woods yet.”

And then, on March 30, came the news they had all been praying for: “She’s gonna make it!” Alan Wilson wrote. “99 percent certain, but that’s close enough for me! Still won’t know what, if any, the long term effects may be ... and I don’t care, as long as she makes it.”Now, a week and a half later,

Kinzie is recovering well, and Alan Wilson credits the fast

Girl recovering after horseback accident

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L-R: Jean Murray, Melba Bower and Esther Rodney

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City Contracts for 5 acres of land and looks for more land for a new city hallAt the recent meeting of the

recent Meeting of the Govern-ing Body of Keene at City Hall on April 4, 2013 the Council held two public hear-ings for the consideration of the annexation into the City of Keene, the 56 acres owned by the Keene Economic Develop-ment Corporation. “It’s just a formality,” stated Councilman John Chapman.There was also a discussion

and possible action on ap-proval of the Keene Business Development Corporation

signing a real estate contract to purchase land located at lots 1-21, block 1, Summer Estates, approximately five (5) acres located on Wallen Ridge near the intersection of South College, Keene, Texas. City Administrator Bill Guinn informed the council members that that closing costs for this deal would be “in the vicin-ity of $5,000 with no realtor fees.”City Councilman Donny

Gore made a motion to table this action until an “official

member of the Keene Busi-ness Development Corpora-tion could be present.” This motion failed for lack of a second. City Councilman John Chapman then made the motion for approval of the contract and it was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Dale Janes and carried unanimously by the Council members. There was also discussion

on a future City Hall with a number of sites suggested including College Drive and 4th Street (the old New

Cushion site), the former Color Graphics building site on Fairview and the old “Hour of Prophesy” building on State Highway 67. Keene City Councilman John Chapman made the motion for the “City Administrator be tasked for finding 4 prospective sites – 2 new and 2 old, for discussion and possible action on approv-al within 60 days.” Mayor Pro Tem Janes seconded this motion and it was carried unanimously.

Happy Birthday to Mrs Arauzo!!

Keene Chronicle Thanks VolunteersThrough the years, the Meal-on-Wheels delivery program

has had a number of local, dedicated volunteers. The Keene Chronicle would like to give recognition to the volunteers who are currently involved in the delivery of the meals to Keene area recipients. These include Maurine Evans, Louie Mikesell, Bill Kilgore,

Dr. Stewart Nelson, Benjie Leach and Virginia Thurber. A total of 25-30 meals are delivered daily by these dedicated volunteers who give of their time to improve the quality of life of many of Keene’s “children of yesterday.”

Southwestern Adventist Uni-versity’s CABL (Collegiate Adventists for Better Living) chapter is hosting a 5K Splash of Color run on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. The run is open to the community. A $25 entrance fee (with regis-tration by April 9) guarantees a t-shirt and color packet. Late registrants are welcome at the 7:30 a.m. registration (t-shirts are first come, first serve the morning of). Southwestern’s CABL chap-

ter, under the supervision of campus chaplain Islem Mattey and directed by freshman The-ology major and Keene local Austen Powell, is responsible for implementing activities on campus that promote healthy living concepts and practical

experiences. The race benefits future community CABL events. Sunday’s run includes the

popular organic paint packets. Students from Keene Adven-tist Elementary School will participate by motivating run-ners with their cheers and their own paint packets. Small chil-dren and strollers are welcome at your risk. The organic paint is washable. Please no pets on the run. For more information or to register, call Austen at 817-723-7350 or register on-line at http://iamsouthwestern.thankyou4caring.org/run. Austen Powell, student direc-

tor for Southwestern’s chapter, says, “We wanted to offer an activity for the community that was fun, promoted health-

ful living, and provided for greater interaction between our alumni, our community, and current students. We plan for this to be an annual activ-ity. I’m excited to have fun with the community.” Southwestern Adventist

University has offered Chris-tian education since 1893. The beautiful campus is home to

quality professors, technologi-cally-advanced classrooms, 67 academic programs including three masters programs, and many ways to get involved both on campus and abroad. Southwestern is perfectly situated to provide students with the atmosphere and tools necessary to begin their career in a Christian atmosphere.

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response of Keene FD and CareFlite and the excellent care of the physicians and nurses at Cook Children’s with her recovery.“The Keene guys were great.

They did everything they pos-sibly could for us, and they certainly did the right thing by calling in CareFlite,” he said. “And the CareFlite guys were awesome. The pilots that brought her to Cook Chil-dren’s even came by to visit her and check on her after she woke up.“And the doctors and nurses

[at Cook Children’s] are amazing. If anyone ever has to take their children to the hospital for something, they should bring them here. I can’t say enough good things about this hospital and the staff.”But the real credit, Alan

Wilson said, goes to God, to Kinzie’s own deep and abid-ing faith and to the nonstop prayers of family and friends since the accident happened.“Kinzie has such a deep

Christian faith, and her faith has helped us all get through this,” he said. “And so many people have been praying for her, for all of us. Our church, our friends, our neighbors — even people we don’t know. Everyone praying for her is what really pulled her through and saved her life.”Kinzie’s story caught the at-

tention of a lot of people who don’t know her or her family. A Facebook page set up by a family friend to chronicle her recovery — Kiki’s Amazing Journey — collected more than 1,300 likes. And she has made a lasting impression on the first responders who deal with accidents and injuries every day.In 2012, Gillin said, Keene

Fire-Rescue responded to 1,622 calls, “but we don’t run on calls like this every day.”Gillin added, “We are so

glad to see that she is doing so well. And I was telling my firefighters just yesterday that I am so proud of them for the work they did on this call. I told them this is a great example of how we can be an awesome link in the chain of saving someone’s life.”Friends have set up a fund to

help cover Kinzie’s medical expenses. But Alan Wilson said the family has insurance, and that any money donated to the fund that isn’t used for his daughter’s expenses will be donated to Cook Children’s. To donate, visit www.give-forward.com/fundraiser/fd52/kinziewilson.Matt Gillin, KFD Chief

shared the following statement to the Keene City Council Members on April 4, 3013: “It’s really a neat story, there’s really not a whole lot I can say

about it. On March 26, there was a horse riding accident that we responded to and the patient was in a condition where they required Careflite Air Ambulance transport. The injuries were serious and I was very proud of my guys! We don’t always get to see what happens to people after we’ve treated them. But in this case I found out about this website from The Cleburne Times Review actually. It’s a page that her parents have created on Facebook.” “We’re so glad to see that

she’s doing well now and that she came out of her surgery.”

Matt Gil-

lin, Keene Fire Chiefmgillin@

keenetx.com

Keene Fire Rescue provides courteous, professional service to the City of Keene and the surrounding district. KFR serves a population of approx-imately 18,000 people over an area of 36 square miles for fires, emergency medical services, and rescue calls.The City of Keene Fire

Department is comprised of a combination of 7 full-time and 12 volunteer personnel. Keene Fire Rescue (KFR) runs ap-proximately 1,600 calls per

year from one station. KFR staffs two full-time personnel per shift that work an A,B,C 24/48 work schedule. A fire marshal works Monday thru Friday from 8 to 5.Keene has an automatic-aid

relationship with the Alva-rado Fire Department on all structure fires. KFR also has mutual-aid relationships with the Alvarado Fire Department, Cleburne Fire Rescue, the Joshua Volunteer Fire De-partment, the Liberty Chapel Volunteer Fire Department, and the Briaroaks Volunteer Fire Department on all types of fires, medicals, and rescues. KFR also provides the county ambulance service, CareFlite, with mutual-aid ambulance service to Johnson County.

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Seventy three years ago Southwestern Junior College, now Southwestern Ad-ventist University, had a different look. However the philosophy is still the same. Here is a message from H. H. Hamilton, college president in 1940 and the designer of the Mizpah Gate.

This children’s book was written by former Keene resident Howard Sinclair, Tim Sinclair’s father, now 94 years old and lives in Ava Mo. It is dedicated to his great grandchildren: Nolan, Ava and Logan Sinclair. Check the ABC to see if you can pick up your copy or email howardn-catherine@gmail.com to get Howard to send you a copy. It is a true story, of course, suit-able for all ages.

The Little Spider Monkey and the BIG FAT HEN Some changes are being

made around the big City of Keene…Sweet Peppa’s , local restaurant has made a change in days of operations….they will only be open Tuesday thru Friday. Their catering side of the business is taking up more and more of their time. Dr Luis Retamozo will be closing his office on Hill-crest Drive at the end of this month. The new ATM in front of the Pinnacle Bank should be operational after next Tues-day, if weather permits. Sat-

urday morning should be busy with the 114th SWAU alumni weekend and the 200 or more Ride 2 Recovery bicycle rid-ers stopping for breakfast at Callicott Park served by area Pathfinder Clubs. These are wounded soldiers on their annual ride from Austin to Arlington to view the Texas Rangers baseball club in ac-tion. The ticket that was given to the former KISD board member a few weeks ago will cost him $287…so be careful in those school zones!! KISD

board has not made a decision as to the new superintendent. Interviews are still being con-ducted by the board. The City of Keene did sign a contract to purchase 5 acres of land at the corner of South College Drive and Hwy 67 for a future business. The council did not want to see the property be developed as residential as was planned by the property owner, so the City elected to purchase the property for $200,000.00. That is one way to slow the growth in Keene!

Just So You Will Know…

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Wanda R. Smith High School Art Department, just wanted to let the community know that the 8th Annual KISD Art Show will be in the Keene Jr. High gymnasium on April 30th, from 6-8pm. Our students have been working hard on their projects all year and can’t wait for everyone to see them! Art from Keene Elementary, Keene Jr. High and Wanda R. Smith will be displayed together on this

one evening. Like last year, we hope to have Karen Walker a local ceramicist, demonstrat-ing on the potter’s wheel and Ms. Kitty Stallcup’s fashion design class

giving a runway production.

8th Annual KISD ART Show

“O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t’untie,” wrote Wil-liam Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. Southwestern Adventist University’s English Depart-ment presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Directed by English Professor Dr. Renard Doneskey with cast and sup-port provided by Southwestern students and faculty, the play will be sure to delight you with its tangled web of egos, decep-tion, and love-sick hilarity. Viola, a survivor of a ship-

wreck, finds herself in an unknown land. Knowing that a woman would face great peril deprived of friends and family, Viola disguises herself as a man and takes a position as a servant in the household of Duke Orsino, a noble gentleman.Viola quickly falls in love

with Orsino, but all he can think about is Olivia, a duch-ess who is mourning the death of her father and brother. Orsino sends “Ceasario”—

Viola dressed disguised as a man -- to woo Olivia on his behalf. While Olivia rejects the suggestion that she should marry Orsino, she finds Ceasa-rio irresistible.Meanwhile, Olivia has two

other men vying for her affec-tion: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who has a great deal more money than he has good sense, and the household steward, Malvolio, who is easily tricked into believing that Olivia has fallen in love with him.Also in Olivia’s household

we find Feste, an entertainer. His quick wit and lovely songs provide ironic commentary for many of the other characters’ moods and foibles.Join us on Southwestern’s

campus in Wharton Audito-rium at the Mabee Center, on the corner of Old Betsy and Magnolia Street. The play will run three times on April 18, 20, and 21. Tickets are $5 and may be reserved by calling 817-202-6629.

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Comes To Southwestern

The Retirees Fellowship will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, April 18th, in the Keene Senior Citizens Cen-ter, 207 E First Street. This organization is open to all

community retirees who wish to attend. The dinner will be potluck so plan to bring your favorite dish and a friend. The entertainment will be

presented by the Texas Tradi-

tional Chorus.If you have any questions or

need more information, please contact Betty Taylor, 817-790-2077 or 817-648-6908.

Retirees Fellowship holds monthly meeting

Brazos Chamber Orchestra Free ConcertSpring ConcertTuesday, April 23, 2013 at

7:30 pm - First Baptist Church CleburneThursday, April 25, 2013 at

7:30 pm – First United Meth-odist Church BurlesonThe Brazos Chamber Orches-

tra presents its spring concert as we celebrate 15 years of continuous free concerts to the Johnson County community. We are excited to present our pianist Mr. Dean Peiskee, a TCU Artist Diploma Gradu-ate in a performance of Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major. This is a thrill-ing concerto for piano and orchestra one you do not want to miss. Also on the program

is the exciting movie music to ‘The Sea Hawk’ by Erich Korngold.As well as a medley of

Journey’s Greatest Hits; from the famed Broadway musical ‘Wicked’ the strings will pres-ent ‘For Good’; other titles include Chaconne in e minor by Buxtehude, Prelude and Fugue in d minor by Handel and to close out the concert the much beloved medley from the Broadway musical ‘The Sound of Music’. Come join us as we celebrate 15 years of live orchestra music. Keep the Music playing. See you there.BCO SPRING CONCERT

April 23, 2013 First Baptist Church Cleburne April 25, 2013

First United Methodist Church Burleson ProgramAmazing GraceThe National Anthem -- Fran-cis Scott KeyPrelude and Fugue in d -- Handel/freely transcribed for orchestra by Hans Kindler Chaconne in E minor -- Dietrich BuxtehudePiano Concert No 1. -- Franz LisztINTERMISSIONThe Sea Hawk -- Erich Wolf-gang Korngold/arr. BrubakerFor Good -- Stephen Schwartz/arr. Kazik Journey’s Greatest Hits -- Lopez The Sound of Music -- Rod-gers and Hammerstein

Brazos Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert

Southwestern Adventist University’s Class of 1973

Come Celebrate our 40th!!

Our party is located at: 310 Oakhill Drive, Keene, TX 76059

(The home of Danny Roberts ‘73)817-229-1995

Food and fellowship begins a 6pm

You don’t have to be a member of the Class of 1973

If you are a friend of a friend of a friendYou are encouraged to come and

fellowship with former classmates and faculty.

Who knows Sleepy Read may even be there!

So Ya’ll come!

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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the ...environment.The woman apologized and

explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.” The young clerk responded, “That’s our prob-lem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment f or future generations.”She was right -- our gen-

eration didn’t have the green thing in its day.Back then, we returned milk

bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and

refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truly re-cycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.Grocery stores bagged our

groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable be-sides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to en-sure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribbling’s. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But too bad we didn’t do the green thing back then.We walked up stairs, because

we didn’t have an escalator in

every store and office build-ing. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the

baby’s diapers because we didn’t have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.In the kitchen, we blended

and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric ma-chines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspa-pers to cushion it, not Styro-foam or plastic bubble wrap.Back then, we didn’t fire up

an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run

on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she’s right; we didn’t have the green thing back then.We drank from a fountain

when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.Back then, people took the

streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical

outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.But isn’t it sad the cur-

rent generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

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Jessie MilesFuneral service

for Jessie Owena Miles, 93, of Keene, Texas will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in the Rosser Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Larry Moore officiating.Burial will be held

at 3:00 p.m. at Ev-ergreen Cemetery in Slocum, TexasThe family will re-

ceive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2013 at Rosser Funeral Home.Ms. Miles passed away on

Saturday, April 06, 2013 in Keene.She was born in Houston

County on September 2, 1919, the daughter of Jesse Elexander Lock and Mary Ann (Dorsett).Ms. Miles was a member of

the Keene Seventh-day Adven-tist Church.She was preceded in death by

her parents; husband, Elmer Miles; 3 sisters; and 2 brothers.Jessie Miles is survived by

her sons, Larry Miles and wife, Judy of Keene, and Edwin Miles and wife, Sharon of Burleson; brother, James Curtis Lock and wife, Mary Lou of Kilgore; grandchildren, Brian Scott Miles and wife Dee Dee, Jeff Miles and wife Ashley, Jennifer Miles Bow-ron and husband, A.J., and Stephanie Miles Spruill; and great-grandchildren, Chase Anderson, Bailey Anderson, and McKensey Miles.

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services for Dr. Harold Den-nis Frank, 87, of Keene, Texas will be conducted at 2 p.m. today, Friday, March 29, 2013, in the Rosser Funeral Home Chapel.Dr. Frank passed

away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Keene. He was born in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada on June 11, 1925, the son of Grace Leota (Henry) and Alfred Henry Frank.He married Afton Ann

Proctor on Sept. 6, 1955 in Glendale, Calif. Dr. Frank was a member of the Grand-view Seventh-day Adventist Church.He was preceded in death by

his parents and three brothers.Dr. Frank is survived by his

wife, Afton Frank of Keene; son, Bryan Frank of Rifle, Colo.; daughter, Cindy Barton and husband, Don, of Grand Junction, Colo.; and grand-daughters, Linzi and Andrea Barton.

Paul GilleyKeene, TX—A

memorial service celebrating the life of Paul Gil-ley, 69, of Keene, Texas will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013 in the Rosser Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Larry Moore will officiate.A private family

burial will be held at a later date at Whitehouse Ceme-tery in Whitehouse, Texas.Paul Gilley passed

away on Monday, April 1, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born in Tyler, Texas on Feb. 23, 1944, the son of Pau-line P. (Epperson) and John Wesley Gilley. Paul married Eveline Weber on Aug. 25, 1968 in Swampscott, Mass. He was retired as a purchas-ing agent with MTES Corp. Anyone who knew Paul knew his love of music, especially opera and southern gospel. He enjoyed singing at weddings, funerals and at church.Paul was preceded in death

by his parents, one sister and one brother.He is survived by his wife,

Eveline Gilley of Keene; daughters, Rhonda Anderson of Seattle, Wash., Tes Hutchins and husband, Mark, of Sur-prise, Ariz., Andrea Bunch and husband, Shay, Zanna Gilley Lovett and Heather Boldon, all of Seattle; brothers, John Rob-ert Gilley and wife, Martha, of Tyler, Texas and James (Jim) W. Gilley and wife, Camille, of Thompsonville, Illinois; grandchildren, Alexa, Gar-rett, Damien, Hadyn, Victoria, Mary, Carrie and Dallas.Memorials may be made to

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