Amy Hopper Named First Princess Elect For 1998 Peanut Festival
Floresville senior Amy Marie Hopper is chosen as First Princess Elect for the 1998 Peanut Festival Court of Enchanted Peanut Harvest. She ranks 29th in her class, participates in Mighty Tiger Band and Business Professionals of America, and has 4-H and rifle team accolades. She plans to attend Baylor University after graduation and thanks her escort Trey Baring and the Peanut Festival Association.
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Amy Marie Hopper
Amy
Floresville High School
Mighty Tiger Band
Business Professionals of America
Floresville
Yorkshire
Wilson County
Trinity Baptist School of Music
Bluebonnet Girls
First Baptist Church
Farmer's Insurance Group
Baylor University
Gree
Trey Baring
Roy
Mary Baring
Peanut Festival Association
Floresville Festival Crown Prince Elect Trey Baring III
Floresville High senior Trey Baring III known as Trey, son of Roy J. Baring Jr and Mary A. Baring of Elmendorf, Texas, is honored as Prince Elect for the Floresville Peanut Festival. A longtime 4-H leader and band member, Trey has held several offices and earned UIL recognitions.
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Roy J. Baring, III
Trey
Roy J. Baring, Jr
Mary A. Baring
Elmendorf
Texas
Roy J. Baring
Mary
Louise" Baring
Patricia A. Roumaya
Louis E. Roumaya
Boerne
Ryan
Anne
Floresville High School
Mighty Tiger
Bexar County 4-H
Bexar County Council
Machost Named To All State Baseball Team
Justin Machost from Floresville High School earned third team first baseman honors on the Texas Sports Writers Association 1998 Class 4-A All State baseball team as a junior.
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Machost
Justin Machost
Texas Sports Writers Association
Justin
Floresville High School
Wilsons Lose Home In Fire
Last week Gary and Sharon Wilsons lost their home and possessions to a ground level ing fire. Benefit accounts have been established at Security State Bank Stockdale Texas Account No 9447-342 and First National Bank of South Texas La Vernia Texas Account No 550308162 for contributions to assist in their recovery.
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Gary
Sharon Wilson
Sharon
Security State Bank
Stockdale
Texas
First National Bank of South
Wilsons
Notification of Warehouse Removal from Texas Facility List
The Wilson County FSA Office said that grains stored in Farmers Cooperative Gin and Elevator Warehouse Code 87812 in Kenedy Texas are no longer eligible for loans while the facility is removed from the CCC approved warehouse list. The FSA also removed the Fashing Texas facility in Atascosa County. Removal followed the operator’s cancellation of the Uniform Grain and Rice Storage Agreement at the CCC office in Kansas City Missouri.
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Farmers Cooperative Gin & Elevator
Kenedy
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wilson County Farm Service Agency
FSA
Fashing
Atascosa County
Kansas City
Missouri
Uniform Grain & Rice
Friends Scholastic Book Fair at Wilson County Library
The Friends of the Wilson County Library host a Scholastic Books sale in the Jackson Room from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 14 to 16 and until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Proceeds fund new children's books. call 393 for more information.
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Friends of the
Wilson County
Scholastic Books, Inc
Jackson
Governor Bush visits Floresville for courthouse preservation
Governor George W. Bush toured Wilson County and Floresville City Hall with county officials and residents. He advocated restoring all 225 Texas courthouses, seeking 200 million dollars plus private funds, to renovate Floresville’s 1884 courthouse, and spoke of a 1999 budget surplus enabling tax cuts and education spending.
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George W. Bush
Wilson County
Bush
Texas
Wilson
Floresville
Martha Schnabel
Wife Suffers Severe Burns At Sutherland Springs Mobile Home
Bonifacio Guerrero, 35, allegedly beat his wife in a Sutherland Springs mobile home until she burned. Bonnie Guerrero, hospitalized at Brooke Army Medical Center, identified the assailant. Guerrero remains jailed in Wilson County awaiting charges of aggravated assault. A search warrant covered burned clothing. Fire Marshal results due in about two weeks.
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Sutherland Springs
Bonifacio
Bonnie" Guerrero
Brooke Army Medical Center
Jesus Antonio Guerrero, Jr
Wilson County
Bonnie
Olin Strauss
Guerrero
Converse
Texas
San Antonio
Tri City Babe Ruth Hosts State Championship Softball
The Tri City Babe Ruth Association with teams from Poth Falls City and Kosciuszko hosts the State Championship Babe Ruth Softball Division Girls 13 15 All Star Games against Eagle Pass on Saturday July 18 at 6 00 pm and 8 00 pm in Falls City Admission has a fee with four and under free Concessions will offer hamburgers A potential third game will be played Sunday July 19 in Eagle Pass The winner advances to the Regional Tournament in Abbeville Louisiana Local 13 15 All Stars listed with coaches and invites the community to attend
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Tri-City
Babe Ruth Association
Poth
Falls City
Kosciuszko
Tri- City
Eagle Pass
Texas
Abbeville
Louisiana
Babe Ruth
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Floresville Peanut Festival
Prince -Elect
Roy J
Trey" Baring, III
Scholastic Book Fair
LaJuana Newnam
Krystle Burks
Gov
Floresville City Hall
Allison Albrecht
Megan Boenig
Kim Druik
Brooke Jurgajtis
Melissa Kolodziej
Courtney Macaluso
Morgan Macaluso
Brittany Moy
Kayci Moy
Pamela Poth
Laurie Stavinoha
Melissa Strum
Mignon Talk
Kelly Theis
Leslie Winkler
Chris Kotara
Gary Moy
Wilfred Druik
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