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Texas Co-Op Power • March 2021 Texas RevoluTion’s GeTTinG cReaTive The painTed chuRches First casualty With tacos oF central texas For electric cooperative members m a r c h 2 0 2 1 Room foR Blooms NATURE’S PALETTE CAPTIVATES TEXANS EVERY SPRING contents March 2021 04 currents The latest buzz 06 tcp talk Readers respond 18 co-op news Information plus energy and safety tips from your cooperative 29 Footnotes in texas history Wounded—Then Rejected By Michael Hurd 30 tcp Kitchen Tacos By Megan Myers 34 hit the road Where Artistry Congregates 08 By Chet Garner 37 Focus on texas Flower Power Photo Contest: Wildflowers proliferate in an explosion of color along the Diners highways and byways of texas each spring, inspiring artists to capture the state’s wild beauty and luring travelers off the beaten path. 38 observations Few and Far By Sheryl Smith-Rodgers By Eli Winter On the COver A red patch of Indian paint- brush highlights a field of wildflowers near new Berlin. ABOve A firewheel. Photos by Rob Greebon texAsCOOppOWer.COm mArCh 2021 TEXAS COOP POWER 3 Currents Month of Tweets of birds documented in Texas, over half are migra- oF the 654 species tory. Millions of these will fly the Texas skies starting this month on their way to northern breeding grounds after wintering in Mexico and Central and South America. Some species, such as the prothonotary warbler, below, and red-eyed vireo, will go no farther north than Texas, where they’ll make their home scout’s honor since the Boy scouts of until the fall, when they migrate south again. America created the eagle scout rank in 1911, about 2.6 million Americans have earned one of scouting’s highest honors. until last year, all eagle scouts were boys. When Abby Winkelman, whose family is a member of sam houston electric Coop- erative, became an eagle scout in October, when she was 14, she made history, becoming one of the first girls to reach the rank. “I don’t think I’ve ever set a goal this ambitious for myself, so I’m just really proud of my- self that I met my goal,” said Winkelman, of troop 5131 in Austin, “and I planned and I got help from all my friends and all my community.” Texas’hank coolest the cool dog meets Dog Texas’ coolest character. A new podcast series stars Matthew McConaughey as Hank the Cowdog, based on the long-running series of children’s books written by Texan John R. Erickson, illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes and set in the Panhandle. The podcast, which debuted in the fall, is available on all major podcast platforms. WArBler: frOde jACOBsen | shutterstOCk.COm. WInkelmAn: COurtesy dOn WInkelmAn. glAss: Alter-egO | shutterstOCk.COm. fAmIly COOkIng: BBernArd | shutterstOCk.COm 4 TEXAS COOP POWER mArCh 2021 texAsCOOppOWer.COm “I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son.” —José anTonio navaRRo Finish this sentence THE SONG THAT GOT ME THROUGH A YEAR OF PANDEMIC IS ... tell us how you would finish that sentence. email your short responses to [email protected] or comment on our facebook post. Include your co-op and town. here are some of the responses to our january prompt: Drink to That? life was better … as a model, researchers at Rice University have When my skate key was hanging around using houston my neck, my knees were scabbed and the developed a plan to recycle wastewater economically and make it wind was blowing my hair from my face. drinkable, which could reduce the need for surface water—from jAnICe f. COnWAy rivers, reservoirs and wells—by 28%. trInIty vAlley eC k e m p “All the technologies needed to treat wastewater to drinking water quality are available,” Rice researcher Qilin Li said. “The Before COvId-19. issue is that today they’re still pretty expensive.” gAry gAllOWAy trI-COunty eC This proposed system makes up for that by bringing down the WeAtherfOrd cost of a city’s water supply. Recycled water doesn’t have to travel as far and is therefore cheaper. When we could reach out and touch some- one, literally. I miss hugs and handshakes. Cheers. CArmen lOCkstedt vICtOrIA eC v I C t O r I A When the only screen we had was in our Contests and More door, and we could see through it. pAtrICIA rApACkI mIdsOuth eC on texascooppoWer.com m O n t g O m e r y $500 recipe contest kids Cooking After I recovered from ovarian cancer. sherrI jeffery Focus on texas photos grAysOn-COllIn eC night life m C k I n n e y Win a booK enter to win Texas Wildflowers: to see more responses, read A Field Guide. Currents online. texAsCOOppOWer.COm mArCh 2021 TEXAS COOP POWER 5 TCP Talk captured! “Katmai National Park and Preserve holds a contest every year to name the fattest bear at Brooks Falls.” Julia FRankenField MidsouTh ec M o n T G o M e R y russell A. grAves no Fan of the span a World opens Dialect in Danger My wife drove across it with our teenage The Carnegie library of my The Texas German dialect and son in 1985 and could not drive back Crossed it pulling a hometown of Terrell did in- culture are slowly dying out [The Scariest Bridge in Texas, January six-horse trailer with deed fill a real need [Literary as they are not passed on to 2021]. It was so traumatizing for her that a truck full of squeal- Fortunes, January 2021]. As a younger generations [Burgs in she has not been able to drive over any ing little girls [The boy I was able to jump on my a New Land, December 2020]. Scariest Bridge in multilevel highway overpass, interstate bike and spend time looking Within the next 20 years, the Texas, january 2021]. or other even moderately high bridge not something I care through the stacks and espe- Texas German dialect will be- since. to repeat. cially enjoying the reference come extinct after being spo- It should have a warning sign. k Ay m Ot l e y room. The whole world ken for close to 200 years. vIA fACeBOOk opened for me. In 2001, I founded the William hamlin Texas German Dialect Project tri-County eC dan Wood jr. at the University of Texas to keller trinity valley eC record this unique dialect. terrell Thank you for the article about the fear hans Boas of crossing bridges and high overpasses. pedernales eC I am that person. I will go out of my way Austin to avoid the flyovers in Houston and any other high or narrow bridge. Write to us I no doubt annoy drivers behind me [email protected] when I have no choice but to use one of these structures, and I crawl across it, editor, texas Co-op power 1122 Colorado st., 24th floor white-knuckled, at 40 mph. Austin, tx 78701 linda secrist please include your electric san Bernard eC co-op and town. letters may magnolia be edited for clarity and length. rOBert seAle texas Co-op power texas electric cooperatives boarD oF Directors texas co-op power volume 77, number 9 (usps 540-560). Texas Co-op Power is published chair robert loth III, fredericksburg • vice chair gary raybon, el Campo monthly by texas electric Cooperatives (teC). periodical postage paid at Austin, tx, and at additional secretary-treasurer kelly lankford, san Angelo • board members greg henley, tahoka offices. teC is the statewide association representing 75 electric cooperatives.Texas Co-op Power’s website is texasCooppower.com. Call (512) 454-0311 or email [email protected]. 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