The Eagle Lake Headlight — News for Southern Colorado County, Texas Thursday, March 16, 2000, Page 5 Gannon chosen as 'Yard of Month The Gannon home at 400 N. donated for the lawn around the those who give to help keep Eagle McCarty has been chosen as Yard of square. Lake a beautiful place to live. the Month by the Eagle Lake Garden The Garden Club appreciates all of Club. The front of the house is bordered by huge azalea bushes. The bushes ABOUT TOWN were in full bloom producing a beau- •Southwest Texas State (SWT) all up for the birthday party given in tiful explosion of pink across the en- University announced that Carrie D. Radical Navarre's honor at Silver tire front yard. Engstrom of Garwood earned Wings in El Campo Saturday, March Many of the yards throughout our "Dean's List" recognition for excel- 11. town were filled with blooming azalea lent academic performance for the She loves to skate and decided to bushes, but the Gannon's 35-year-old Fall 1999 semester. SWT students have her birthday party there. bushes were truly unbelievable. must complete 12 semester hours and Racheal' s dad sent her a pair of skates Julie Gannon informed Garden earn a minimal GPA of 3.5 to be rec- all the way from Minnesota for her to Club member Tanya Wiesc that the ognized for the "Dean's List". break in, and she had a good time bushes were planted by Pete Canaris •Bumps and bruises about sums it doing so. in 1965 and he has tended them ever since. Canaris feeds and waters the azaleas. CHARLIE MARTIN Julie attributes the success of the healthy azalea bushes to Canaris Nur- TREE SERVICE sery. Thank to the Gannons for all of All Types off Tree Service their help in maintaining a beautiful yard. 16 Years Experience The beautiful azaleas at the Gannon home on N. McCarty caught the eye of the Garden Club this month. The Garden Club would like to FREE Estimates Headlight Photo by Carol Nebon thank Darrell Pagel for the grass he Senior Citizens Discounts 409-732-9135 The Raider Review is published by the 1-888-732-9135 Columbus Journalism Department of Rice High School. The opinions reflected arc those of the students and not the administration nor The Eagle Lake RAIDER REVIEW Headlight unless otherwise stated. SPECIALS

Spring Sports (Part II) By Sharla Wauls 2 Large Rice High School is springing into whole team is great and very strong. boys on the team this year. Roark ex- action this millennium in spring Right now in practice the team is fo- pects the team to be better than they 2-Topping sports. With coaches Wendy Dietrich, cusing on relays. have been in the last 10 years because girls track; Patrick Willis, powerlift- Willis, the powerlifting coach, is they have a bigger team. Some of the ing; and Larry Withrich and Rusty very confident in his team. There are team's greatest strengths are that the Pizzas Roark, boys track; all the teams are 14 girls and 12 boys on the powerlift- team is vast and varsity will be more expected to do well. ing team. Willis said the whole team is improved than last year. Also JV will $14" Coach Dietrich was glad to talk full of hardworking people and he win district again this year. about the girls track team. There is an expects the entire girls team to stand- People who Roark expects ID estimate of 25 girls on the varsity and out. The team is currently working on standout are Benny Glover, Adrian J V teams. Dietrich expects the team to qualifying totals for state. Middlcton, Jessie Upson and Dante Monday & Tuesday Special... have good potential to do their best in Roark reported on the boys track Fuller. district. She also explains that the team. There are approximately 42 With these reports, all the teams will do well this year. Good luck to all Adrian Middletnn is one of the pro- Large Pepperoni Pizza Meet the Lady Raider of die teams at RHS. jected standouts in track this year. $599 By Heather Henske team is going to attend Regionals. B] Jamie Christ This week, the Lady Raider spot- Coach Willis has been such a great Who's Zat? fXTTXll'l NOW OPEN: >)UlUAt-*J Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. light is shining brightly on junior coach because he encourages every- This picture was passed around the After graduation, he plans to go to "v-irvTx-WW/? Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Stacy Schneider. one to try their hardest. He always says halls to the students and faculty of WCJC for two years, then transfer to < When asked how the powerlifting that no matter the results, he will be Rice, and the only clue given was he is Texas A&M University and go into > Uu\2JLiJ& Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. season has gone she replied, "It's gone proud of us." currendy a junior. wildlife biology. Sm/ 222 E. Main Eagle Lake really well. There are many more If you haven't seen Stacy in pow- Everyone recognized this as He is the son of David and Betty people that are participating this year erlifting, you might have seen her Chriss Schiurring. Schiurring of Garwood. pOEtyS 409-234-7519 than last year. I think it has been really playinc volleyball, running track or Chriss participates in FFA. and he successful because die majority ol'ihe cliccrleading. is also in athletics « here he is goinum After high school, Stacy plans to play football next year for the Mighty go to UT and major in medicine. She Raiders. plans to become a surgeon. In his spare time, Chriss enjoys Pictures On the weekends, she likes to partying with his friends, and loves to Musi See Performance!! Continued from Page 1 sleep and go out with friends. hunt and fish. Her proud parents arc Leon and By Special Engagement GRAMMY Award, Vocal Event of 1996 234-2601. You may also wait until Sandy Schneider of Garwood. coupons are made available for sale to ELPS students on March 27. Every S5 coupon entitles a family to a 1 Ox 13 portrait. Other poses can be taken after the initial portrait. Chil- Shenandoah dren must be photographed with adult family members for the S5 portrait. Every time a student sells a S5 coupon and returns the stub to the school, he or she will receive a toy by way of re- ward. Please mark your calendar for this wonderful opportunity to get your Easter pictures taken and help the ELPS at the same time. For more in- ^AlDEfi formation, call Reed at 234-2601.

RICE CONSOLIDATED ISD SEXUAL ABSTINENCE PROGRAM SCHEDULED Rice Consolidated ISD is pleased to announce that Aim for Success will be presenting their program for parents on Thursday, March 16, 2()(X) at 7:00 P.M. and for our students in the fifth through twelfth grades the following week, March 21-23, during regular classes. Aim for Success is a nationally acclaimed education organization that promotes sexual abstinence among young people. This year over 100,000 students and their parents will hear these powerful programs. Aim for Success believes parents should be their children's primary source of sex education, but many parents do not know how. Sex is an awkward subject for parents and their children; there are few role models to follow. The adult program offered by Aim for Success will provide you with tools and information needed to start a dialogue with your children. The parent presentation includes a preview of the student program that is given in SATURDAY, MARCH 18 public and private schools throughout the nation. The following topics will be Entertainment starts at 9:00 p.m. discussed in the program: Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Emotional Scars, "Safe Sex," and "How Far Is Too Far." 12 #1 Hits • 5 #7 Videos The unique teaching techniques and factual medial information offered in this Opening Band program will also help parents know why, when, and how to talk to their children Some of their Hit songs: (toddlers to teens) about sex. Creative ideas will be given to help you talk openly "" with your children and encourage your family values without embarrassment. If you "Church On Cumberland Road" are a parent, grandparent, or just care about today's youth, this is a must see program. "" Thursday's Parent Program will be presented by Lori Kuykendall (last year's "" student program presenter). Eric Tooley will present the student programs. "See If I Care" The following is a schedule of the programs: "Next To You, Next To Me" ' Thursday, March 16 Parent Program 7:00 P.M. RHS Commons "IfBubha Can Dance (I Can Too)" (enter student parking lot side) Chris Cftttsey Tuesday, March 21 ELMS Programs 2. 3. 5, 6 periods Cafeteria Wednesday, March 22 RHS Programs 2, 3, 5, 6 periods Gym Thursday, March 23 Sheridan Programs 2 and 3 periods Gym * + Thursday, March 23 Garwood Programs 5 and 6 periods Gym * Just 2 miles South of Rosenberg on For further information, please contact Interstate 59 (Southwest Freeway) at Spur 529 Debra Ugarte, R.N., at Rice CISD WS&& Rosenberg, Texas • 281-238-0000 979-234-3531 For Information on Future Events, Check us out on the Web: www.rudolphsplace.com