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| Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide for Pecos Country of West Texas Lifestyle Wednesday, November 4, 1998 Club members visit Balmorhea park The Modern Study Club met at 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Calvary Baptist Church to carpool for a Conservation Department Field Trip planned and organized by Etta Sullivan, Conservation Chairman. These ladies were joined at the Balmorhea State Park by six membrs of the Tau Lambda Study Club of Monahans, who were their special guests. The groups were met at the park by Anthony Fleenor, Park Ranger IV, who directed a tour of the swimming pool and its canals. Ranger Fleenor was assisted by Lolo Escovedo, Park Ranger II, as the members toured the San Solomon Srings, where the water for the swimming pool and Balmorhea Lake first surfaces, and for a trek to the Cienega Viewing Window back at park. Ranger Fleenor described the work that is involved in keeping the park and the work to bring back the Desert Wetland - which protects the Commanche Springs Pupfish, now extinct in all other areas, as well as the Pecos Gambusia, another endangered species. The Refugium Canal also houses the Largespring Gambusia, Mexican Tetra, Roundnose Minnow, Channal Catfish and Green Sunfish. After the tour members had lunch at the Bear's Den in Balmorhea. Following lunch, dessert was served at the home of Nan Cate in Verhalen where the business meeting was also conducted. President Lena Harpham presided at the meeting. The thought-quote for this meeting was, "The conservation of natural resources is, and has been for half a century, the paramount domestic issue before the American people." - Henry Steel Commager. The Club Collect was led by Doris Moorman. The Pledges to the United States of America Flag and the Texas Flag were led by Iris Reddick, as the members repeated with her, in unison. The minutes of the previous meeting was read by Bobbi Lang, secretary, and Pearl Gustafson, treasurer, presented a report of club finances. Bonnie Cearley reported, by way of a written report presented by Nan Cate, on the 1998 Fall Board Meeting, Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Austin, at the Townlake Holiday Inn, Sept. 18-20. A fundraiser bake sale was held Friday, Oct. 30, at the Security State Bank, to raise money for the Pecos High School Senior Scholarship for 1999. Joyce Morton read a letter about the club's Community Improvement Project as involved with the committee to enhance highway entrances. She also told of paver blocks which would bear the names of organizations, companies or individuals that were being discussed, as a fund raiser. Margie Williamson, scholarship chairman, reported she had been asked by Western District President Frances Dunn to give more publicity to memorials, as a way to honor club members. She said that this had been done as Vivian Hudson, 51 years member, was honored. Roll call was answered, "What rare and endangered species of small fish are within the canals?" Hostesses Nan Cate and Etta Sullivan used a fall theme for the dessert table. As they served strawberry shortcake, chocolate cake, punch and coffee to members Mary Barfield, Pearl Gustafson, Gretchen Luna, Doris Moorman, Joyce Morton, Iris Reddick, Laura Teal, Catherine Travland and Margie Williamson. Tau Lambda Study Club members of Monahans taking the tour were Nancy Williams, Wanda Ray, Shirley Gibbs, Maxine Rowin, Doris Stevenson and Laverne Swarb. Search Entire Site: Pecos Enterprise Ned Cantwell, Publisher Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc. 324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772 Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321 e-mail news@pecos.net Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Copyright 1998 by Pecos Enterprise