By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
The ladies work their magic with yarn and crochet hooks.
Called the Circle of Friends, they meet once a week at Sammons Community Center to make afghans, shawls, hats and satchels for residents of area nursing homes.
'It's a strong, close-knit group. A real social group,' said Lisa Potts, director of the community center. 'They enjoy each other, and they enjoy what they do.'
Eva Brown didn't know much about crocheting when she first joined, but she figured she could learn what she needed to know.
'And I was right,' Ms. Brown said, smiling. 'What you don't know, somebody will show you.'
She's glad she got involved.
'For some of us, this is our only day out,' Ms. Brown said. 'It's an excuse to come out, visit and see other people.'
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Car man remembers the Model T craze
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
A portrait of Henry Ford hangs in the garage.
It overlooks a multitude of Model T photographs, some Ford signs and a mechanic's set of tools.
The word 'Ford,' however, doesn't show up anywhere on the two cars parked inside.
'Yeah, I'm a Mercedes-Benz man now,' said John Flanagan of Temple. 'I've owned more than 10 Model Ts in my life, and I've worked on hundreds of Fords, but now I'm interested in the Mercedes-Benz.'
But that's no sin against Mr. Ford, said the 89-year-old retired GM mechanic.
'I admire him,' Flanagan said. 'They said he couldn't do it, but he did it. There's nothing but cars on the road today, and that's because of Henry Ford.'
Yes indeed, Mr. Ford's dream of mass producing the automobile came true.
Telegram Staff Writer
A portrait of Henry Ford hangs in the garage.
It overlooks a multitude of Model T photographs, some Ford signs and a mechanic's set of tools.
The word 'Ford,' however, doesn't show up anywhere on the two cars parked inside.
'Yeah, I'm a Mercedes-Benz man now,' said John Flanagan of Temple. 'I've owned more than 10 Model Ts in my life, and I've worked on hundreds of Fords, but now I'm interested in the Mercedes-Benz.'
But that's no sin against Mr. Ford, said the 89-year-old retired GM mechanic.
'I admire him,' Flanagan said. 'They said he couldn't do it, but he did it. There's nothing but cars on the road today, and that's because of Henry Ford.'
Yes indeed, Mr. Ford's dream of mass producing the automobile came true.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Temple woman learns a new language to spread the Word
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
Language is no barrier for the Mormon message.
The last decade has shown that Spanish speakers are among the majority of the Church's newest members.
Between 2000 and 2006, the number of Spanish-speaking congregations in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints grew by 64 percent, according to a recent Associated Press report.
The U.S. total was recalculated to 639.
Arizona was the state that experienced the highest increase of Spanish-speaking congregations, citing a total of 44. In 2000, there were only 20.
Texas didn't have that kind of growth, but the number of Spanish-speaking Mormons was high when the race began. Bilingual Houston already had an entire stake devoted to Spanish-speaking Mormons. (See the info box for definition of stake.)
The individual wards reported minimal increases.
For the Mormon church in Temple, that minimal increase meant the addition of a Spanish branch.
'In 2004, there were more Spanish people coming to meetings, about 30 of them,' said Holly Billings, Relief Society president of the Spanish branch. 'But they couldn't participate because of the language.'
Telegram Staff Writer
Language is no barrier for the Mormon message.
The last decade has shown that Spanish speakers are among the majority of the Church's newest members.
Between 2000 and 2006, the number of Spanish-speaking congregations in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints grew by 64 percent, according to a recent Associated Press report.
The U.S. total was recalculated to 639.
Arizona was the state that experienced the highest increase of Spanish-speaking congregations, citing a total of 44. In 2000, there were only 20.
Texas didn't have that kind of growth, but the number of Spanish-speaking Mormons was high when the race began. Bilingual Houston already had an entire stake devoted to Spanish-speaking Mormons. (See the info box for definition of stake.)
The individual wards reported minimal increases.
For the Mormon church in Temple, that minimal increase meant the addition of a Spanish branch.
'In 2004, there were more Spanish people coming to meetings, about 30 of them,' said Holly Billings, Relief Society president of the Spanish branch. 'But they couldn't participate because of the language.'
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Temple art professor adds color to history
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
They're both dead, but the story of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and foe Sitting Bull, leader of the Cheyenne tribe, isn't over.
Maps of the Battle of Little Bighorn are giving new insight to the infamous brawl, said Michael Donahue, local historian.
'Each map tells a story,' Donahue said. 'It's according to the person who drew it, how the map maker saw things happen.'
He's spent the last seven years sifting through and examining every map he could find that concerned the Battle of Little Bighorn. His work culminated two weeks ago with the publication of a four-inch thick book entitled, 'Drawing Battle Lines: The Map Testimony of Custer's Last Fight.'
Telegram Staff Writer
They're both dead, but the story of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and foe Sitting Bull, leader of the Cheyenne tribe, isn't over.
Maps of the Battle of Little Bighorn are giving new insight to the infamous brawl, said Michael Donahue, local historian.
'Each map tells a story,' Donahue said. 'It's according to the person who drew it, how the map maker saw things happen.'
He's spent the last seven years sifting through and examining every map he could find that concerned the Battle of Little Bighorn. His work culminated two weeks ago with the publication of a four-inch thick book entitled, 'Drawing Battle Lines: The Map Testimony of Custer's Last Fight.'
Saturday, May 3, 2008
God trains man like the cowboy trains his horse
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
The horse gets tamed, but it's not because of anything the cowboy whispers.
'It's a body language thing,' said Paul Daily, founder of Wild Horse Ministries. 'I guess they call me the horse whisperer because of the movie, to give it some glit and glam, but I ain't about that. I'm about God.'
In a one-man, one-horse show called, 'The Round Pen of Life,' Daily says he demonstrates how the horse-trainer relationship is the same as the man-God relationship.
'The way the horse kicks and fusses, that's me, and it's you too, if you'll be honest. A horse is a mirror with hair on it,' Daily said, explaining. 'He fights until he's sure he can trust you and then when he figures out you're not all that bad, he'll calm down and do as the trainer says.'
The roles of the trainer and God are therefore similar, Daily said. Both have nothing but love aimed at their student.
Telegram Staff Writer
The horse gets tamed, but it's not because of anything the cowboy whispers.
'It's a body language thing,' said Paul Daily, founder of Wild Horse Ministries. 'I guess they call me the horse whisperer because of the movie, to give it some glit and glam, but I ain't about that. I'm about God.'
In a one-man, one-horse show called, 'The Round Pen of Life,' Daily says he demonstrates how the horse-trainer relationship is the same as the man-God relationship.
'The way the horse kicks and fusses, that's me, and it's you too, if you'll be honest. A horse is a mirror with hair on it,' Daily said, explaining. 'He fights until he's sure he can trust you and then when he figures out you're not all that bad, he'll calm down and do as the trainer says.'
The roles of the trainer and God are therefore similar, Daily said. Both have nothing but love aimed at their student.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Man finds more than roots in childhood: Memory inspires him to teach young gardeners
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
Grandpa was the gardener.
He knew what to plant where and when, and he knew how the big shovel worked.
The little boy's only job was to follow his grandpa and drop a seed in each hole new hole.
'What a feeling it gave me when the plants started growing,' said Neil Cochran of Georgetown, the little boy all grown up. 'I was part of it. I was there to plant it, and I was there to pick it, whatever it was my grandpa had planted.'
But, as they do for most people, the rigors of earning a living and having a family came to take precedence over things enjoyed in childhood.
'I didn't garden while I was in the Marines,' Cochran said. For several years after graduation, he worked as a series officer for the Marine Recruit Depot at Parris Island in South Carolina.
'And when you're a parent, you're too busy running around after the kids to bother with a garden.'
So it wasn't until Cochran was in his 40s that his passion for gardening was rekindled. The trigger that did it was a child's excitement.
Telegram Staff Writer
Grandpa was the gardener.
He knew what to plant where and when, and he knew how the big shovel worked.
The little boy's only job was to follow his grandpa and drop a seed in each hole new hole.
'What a feeling it gave me when the plants started growing,' said Neil Cochran of Georgetown, the little boy all grown up. 'I was part of it. I was there to plant it, and I was there to pick it, whatever it was my grandpa had planted.'
But, as they do for most people, the rigors of earning a living and having a family came to take precedence over things enjoyed in childhood.
'I didn't garden while I was in the Marines,' Cochran said. For several years after graduation, he worked as a series officer for the Marine Recruit Depot at Parris Island in South Carolina.
'And when you're a parent, you're too busy running around after the kids to bother with a garden.'
So it wasn't until Cochran was in his 40s that his passion for gardening was rekindled. The trigger that did it was a child's excitement.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Retired preacher honored for church services
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
He was living the life of a happily retired preacher, expecting nothing but next week's fishing trip.
So when the Austin Seminary Association started contacting him, Ralph Person was more than a little surprised.
'They had to be dusting off the history books to find out about me,' said Person, a former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Temple.
But contrary to what Person thought, the Association wasn't writing an anthology.
The group wanted to inform him that he was the 2008 winner of the seminary's Distinguished Service Award.
'It's a big honor to be recognized in this way,' he said. 'In the way it's worded, it symbolizes everything that I worked for in my career.'
The script at the bottom of his award thanked Person for his 'service to the church.'
'Notice that it doesn't say Presbyterian,' Person said. 'It says, 'to the church,' the whole church. That's speaking to the kind of ecumenical work I was about.'
Telegram Staff Writer
He was living the life of a happily retired preacher, expecting nothing but next week's fishing trip.
So when the Austin Seminary Association started contacting him, Ralph Person was more than a little surprised.
'They had to be dusting off the history books to find out about me,' said Person, a former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Temple.
But contrary to what Person thought, the Association wasn't writing an anthology.
The group wanted to inform him that he was the 2008 winner of the seminary's Distinguished Service Award.
'It's a big honor to be recognized in this way,' he said. 'In the way it's worded, it symbolizes everything that I worked for in my career.'
The script at the bottom of his award thanked Person for his 'service to the church.'
'Notice that it doesn't say Presbyterian,' Person said. 'It says, 'to the church,' the whole church. That's speaking to the kind of ecumenical work I was about.'
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