March 2009

FOCUS ON TEXAS

Caught in the Act
By Ashley Clary

Getting caught with a hand in the cookie jar has never been this much fun. Thank you, readers, for all of your hilarious entries—over 100 of them! Whittling down the dozens of fantastic shots to only five finalists was a very difficult job—that is, if you define difficult as laughing to the point of tears. Enjoy!

Rebecca Griffith was having a great time pushing her little bear around in its stroller. That is, until her cousin Olivia Harris came along and snatched it away. The girls and their grandparents, Robin and Burnice Whitmire, are Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative members.

“Is there a problem, officer?” Jaden Waldrip, in the driver’s seat, and his cousin Levi Victor thought they were just going on a quick joyride about town in the tiny motorized pickup that Jaden received for his second birthday. They didn’t know Uncle Buddy, a New Mexico state police officer, had his radar gun handy that day. The boys are grandsons of Glen and Freda Neie, Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative members.

Talk about a tight squeeze. This little guy was trying to escape a sprinkler control lid in the front lawn of Pedernales Electric Cooperative member Lara Pumphret. The froggie was eventually cut free with wire cutters.

“Ahem … a little help, please?” San Bernard Electric Cooperative member Anna Etzler of Hallettsville sent us this photo of a cow in quite a predicament, taken by her friend’s daughter.

“Hey, mind if we play?” the cows seem to be asking. Wil Herbst sure didn’t know what to think about that. Thanks to Denise Herbst of Bandera Electric Cooperative for sending in this photo.

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AT THE TEXAS BEACH is the topic for our MAY 2009 issue. Send your photo—along with your name, address, daytime phone, co-op affiliation and a brief description—At The Texas Beach, Focus on Texas, 1122 Colorado St., 24th Floor, Austin, TX 78701, before MARCH 10. A stamped, self-addressed envelope must be included if you want your entry returned (approximately six weeks). Please do not submit irreplaceable photographs—send a copy or duplicate. We regret that Texas Co-op Power cannot be responsible for photos that are lost in the mail or not received by the deadline. Please note that we cannot provide individual critiques of submitted photos. If you use a digital camera, e-mail your highest-resolution images to focus@texas-ec.org or submit on our website at www.texascooppower.com. (If you have questions about your camera’s capabilities and settings, please refer to the operating manual.)

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