Barton Terminators take Lego award
The Barton Middle School Contaminator Terminators Jonathan Gilliam, Stevie Peralta, Sam Pulis, Zachary Johnson, Matthew Sotebier, Juan Tiu, Ryan Hiller, Jacob Arthur, Clay Theriot and Norah Wartenburg took home the Research Project Presentation Award at the Central Texas First Lego League Championship Tournament at West Lake High School in Austin recently. The team competed against 60 other teams with more than 450 members. The Terminators research project looked at using UV-C light to kill bacteria on fresh produce. The team is coached by Katie Campbell, Melissa Garraway and Susie Kana with team mentors Anita Theirot and Kevin and Heather Wartenburg.
WELMA
Thursday Kid wins two awards at Fort Worth Stock Show
Kyle’s own Kameron Welma, 9, took two third place prizes in the miniature horse show in Fort Worth on Jan. 29.
Welma is one of the Thursday Kids – a group of school-aged kids who spend a few hours at a ranch in Buda each Thursday with Little America Miniature Horses.
The program, organized by Lauren Greaves, began when Greaves was in high school. She returned after graduating from Texas A&M this year to continue the program. Her father, Tony, ran Thursday Kids while his daughter was off at school. The Greaves family provides its 170 miniature horses free to Thursday Kids families.
Kids like Kameron, who is legally blind, learn about the horses by feeding, cleaning and brushing them.
Kameron cannot play team sports because of his eyesight. His father, Pete Welma, believes working with the horses has built his son’s self-confidence.
In an interview with the Fort Worth Star Telgram, Welma said, “Having a commitment one day a week to clean stalls, brush and clean the horses and practice showing has taught him a lot about responsibility. It has been incredible for all the kids.”
Local Scouts host Court of Honor
Boy Scout Troop 125 recently held a Court of Honor to formally recognize scouts for their achievements. The ceremony, held at St. Anthony Marie de Claret Catholic Church in Kyle, honored scouts for merit badges and advancement.
Troop leaders handed out more than 60 merit badges at the ceremony.
Mayor Lucy Johnson attended the event which was emceed by Joshua Waylon Hamill, a Star Scout and co-founder of The Jacob Project.
FELAN
Hays High cadet excels in national rifle championship
Hays High School senior, Cadet Major Erica Felan scored 1152 points out of a possible 1300 during the Marine Corps JROTC Air Rifle Service Championship event last week in Anniston, Alabama.
This Olympic-style shooting event requires the competitors to fire air rifles at a bulls-eye target located 33 feet away from them. They fire 20 “scoring” shots in each of three positions: prone, standing and kneeling. Rifle marksmanship, especially at this level of competition, is a sport that requires an extremely high degree of discipline and concentration, placing a pellet that is 3/8 of an inch in diameter into the center of a bulls-eye that is only 1 3/8 inches wide.
Erica’s performance earned her an invitation to compete in the All-Service JROTC Championship for the Civilian Marksmanship to be held next month.
Hays High golf tourney results
The NISD Boys Invitational golf tournament was held earlier this month at the Lost Pines Resort in Bastrop. Students from Hays High School ranked from 35th to 54th place out of 68 golfers in the tournament. The results follow:
Cameron Cook 35 89
Jacob Aden T36 90
Benton Pruet T42 92
Logan Brannen 49 94
Austin Monzingo 54 101
