FOCUS ON TEXAS

Firsts
By Ashley Clary

There’s a first time for everything, or so the saying goes. It’s a great big world when you’re young—full of opportunities and plenty to experience. We enjoyed paying witness to these little ones from co-op country making their first big memories.

Bryan Texas Utilities member Clarissa Mobley shared a very special moment with us: This photo shows her 2-week-old grandson Zaidan Meyers meeting his dad, Staff Sgt. Scott Meyers, for the first time when Scott came home for his R&R during a 15-month deployment to Iraq.

Fourteen-month-old Korbin seemed a little indifferent at his first Texas Rangers baseball game on May 16, 2009. His parents, Kristy and Donnie Gregory, are CoServ Electric members.

Two-year-old Klayre Cook holds her daddy’s hand as he takes her on her first dove hunt. Klayre is the daughter of Alicia and Scott Cook and the granddaughter of Pedernales Electric Cooperative members Phillip and Cheryle New.

Jake Sanders really enjoyed his first birthday on December 6, 2008. (Or maybe it was the cake that sealed the deal.) Parents and Pedernales Electric Cooperative members Kelly and Gretchen Sanders sent us this shot of little Jake’s milestone.

The severe drought in South Texas kept 21-month-old Aeron Moses from ever experiencing rain—until September 9, 2009. “We had purchased the size-7 irrigation boots in hopes he would get to use them before he grew out of them. He did and we, along with the rest of the area, celebrated!” said his mom and Bandera Electric Cooperative member Annie Moses.

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BARNYARD BABIES is the topic for our APRIL 2010 issue. Send your photo—along with your name, address, daytime phone, co-op affiliation and a brief description—Barnyard Babies, Focus on Texas, 1122 Colorado St., 24th Floor, Austin, TX 78701, before FEBRUARY 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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