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Candlelight Vigil
Candlelight Vigil

Candlelight Vigil

A candlelight vigil was held at Queen City High School in early August as hundreds of people showed up in love and support to remember Caitlyn Sponholz who passed away in a motorcycle accident.

Here’s another view of Wayne Mathews’ wooden car number two now taking shape at his home out in the Leek Creek Community. Mathews likes to transform items.
Wooden Car number two is underway out on the Wayne Mathews’ property in the Leek Creek area. Mathews is the artist who enjoys changing things.
Returning to celebrate their history and the unveiling of the historical marker designating their cemetery were these members of the Leek Creek Community.This was April of 2023.The cemetery was established in1896.
Do you see how Wayne Mathews’ workshop looks like a car over there on the right side? Who knows what this building will ultimately look like. It’s all in the mind of Mathews.
The St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church built in the early 1900s in the Leek Creek Community area. The educational building serves many community functions.
The St. Paul Baptist Church cemetery received its Texas historical designation in 2021. This marker was unveiled in 2023.
Cary (K.R.) Roquemore was known and respected affectionately as “Uncle Duck.” His headstone is appropriately inscribed by community artist Wayne Mathews.

WOODEN CAR 2

Wayne Mathews is building his second wooden car out in his family property on the Bivins No. 2 postal route and the Leek Creek Community. The area is quite rural. It’s out between Bivins and Huffines along County Road 4344. A lot of history and family homes are here but no longer cotton fields and farms.

Mobile health unit visits Atlanta
Atlanta’s Gabby Petrofsky prepares to send the ball blazing across the net, Photo by Susan Lindsey
ABOVE,Atlanta’s running back slices through the Redwater defense as he looks for an open route to the endzone. BELOW, worlds collide as the Redwater defensive line and Atlanta offensive line make pushes against one another. Photos by Kim Sheppard
Mobile health unit visits Atlanta
A Rabbit ball carrier tries to get around the edge with a Redwater defender closing in. Photos by Kim Sheppard
Atlanta’s Kherington Baca puts the ball in play for the Lady Rabbits in the Redwater tourney last week. Photo by Susan Lindsey

Mobile health unit visits Atlanta

The Special Health Resources mobile health unit was in the WIC office parking lot in Atlanta last week.The organization received a grant from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to address chronic maternal health issues and the lack of maternity healthcare options in this area. Photo by Raydeen Edwards

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