Miles and Miles of Texas.
A Fundraising Round-Up benefitting
the Bastrop Public Library

ColoVista Country Club / Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004

Joe Newman and Susan Nogues enter the Gala at ColoVista Country Club.


Joe Newman of the Bastrop Economic Development Corp. with Susan Nogues, the owner of Iron Bridge Antiques, enter the Library Gala for a casual night of food, music, dancing, and socializing.


Guests beneath the Miles and Miles of Texas banner at the ColoVista Country Club.

Happy trails to all!


We appreciate you saddling up and making the ride with us. Your support is so appreciated and we trust that your library will offer miles and miles of resources throughout the coming years.


Thanks to All Our Sponsors
and Trail Partners!

The Library Board and Friends Executive Committee welcome everyone. Library Hosts, Marty and Mickey DuVall (Library Director).
The Library Board and Friends Executive Committee welcome everyone. Library Hosts, Marty and Mickey DuVall (Library Director).
Guests at the Library Gala. Guests at the Library Gala
The country band Texas Fever performing.

A special brand of entertainment by
TEXAS FEVER

Since 1979 TEXAS FEVER, featuring DAVE CLARK and DEBORAH LYNN, has been entertaining country music audiences all over the Lone Star State. Thoroughly modern and professional, TEXAS FEVER features country and western music, both contemporary and traditional, as well as material from the pop, rock and roll, and rhythm and blues fields.

The band and dancers.
Waltz across Texas, ya'll!
The country band Texas Fever performing
Couples get close.
The country band Texas Fever performing The country band Texas Fever performing
Jimmy Cottle served as auctioneer at our Bastrop Library Benefit Auction. A variety of Texas traditional items for auction.

Jimmy Cottle served as auctioneer at our Bastrop Library Benefit Auction.

A variety of Texas
traditional items for auction.
A variety of Texas traditional items for auction.

A variety of Texas traditional items for auction.
A variety of Texas traditional items for auction.

Jimmy Cottle served as auctioneer at our Bastrop Library Benefit Auction. Sondra and Richard Black bought the horseshoe cross.
Jimmy Cottle gets the bids! Sondra and Richard Black bought the horseshoe cross.
Roger and Stephanie Gordon bought the dart board set. Clay Ramlow bought the handcrafted platter.

Roger and Stephanie Gordon bought the dart board set.

Clay Ramlow bought the handcrafted platter.
Willie Schlickeisen welcomes with a smile. Anne and Marvin Beck.
Willie Schlickeisen welcomes with a smile. Anne and Marvin Beck.
Sharon and Jim Irwin. Lisa and Gene Crick.
Sharon and Jim Irwin. Lisa and Gene Crick.
Marty DuVall (left) with Lisa Crick. Julia Dunn, Friends Treasurer.
Marty DuVall (left) with Lisa Crick. Julia Dunn, Friends Treasurer.
Lesa and Michael Neese
Lesa and Michael Neese, champion events coordinators. Thanks for all your hard work!
Bob Hoover, Ellen Moore, Jimmie and Rebecca Jones. Marty DuVall (left), Lisa and Gene Crick have a chat with Ellen Moore (right).
From left: Bob Hoover, Ellen Moore, Jimmie and Rebecca Jones. Marty DuVall (left), Lisa and Gene Crick have a chat with Ellen Moore (right).
Steve and Kathleen Venzon. Anne Beck (center) with Lori Tuggle and James Allen of State Farm Insurance.
Steve and Kathleen Venzon. Anne Beck (center) with Lori Tuggle and James Allen of State Farm Insurance.
From left: Sam, Rebecca Jones, Robbie and Terry Sanders. Anne Beck and friend laugh it up.

From left: Sam, Rebecca Jones, Robbie and Terry Sanders.

Anne Beck and friend laugh it up.
Blas Coy and Rebecca Bennett. Guests in animated conversation.
Blas Coy and Rebecca Bennett. Foreground:
Anne and Marvin Beck 'tell it like it is'.
Mary Jo Jenkins makes an announcement. David Kahn talks with Dr.Neil Gurwitz.
Mary Jo Jenkins makes an announcement. David Kahn talks with Dr.Neil Gurwitz.
Evelyn and Gene Syrnek. Mr. & Mrs. Chris Duggan
Evelyn and Gene Syrnek. Chris and Sharon Duggan
Guests enjoy the buffet Guests enjoy the buffet.
A ranch hand chow line with class! Barbeque and fixin's for all.
Blas Coy with Bob Hoover. Jim & Sharon Irwin.
Blas Coy with Bob Hoover. Jim & Sharon Irwin.
Dorothy Crawford and Betty Hetzel at the table. Guests enjoying the atmosphere.

Dorothy Crawford and Betty Hetzel at the table.

Guests enjoying the atmosphere.
Anne Beck with Dorothy Crawford and Betty Hetzel. Lesa Neese (far left) and Mary Jo Jenkins (seated) finalize plans before the Gala.

Anne Beck with Dorothy Crawford and Betty Hetzel.

Lesa Neese (far left) and Mary Jo Jenkins (seated) finalize plans before the Gala.
Guests enjoying the gala. Guests enjoying the gala
Beer, barbeque and the band; the essential B vitamins! Excellent.
Bandana napkins and blue jean place settings. Beginning of the buffet line.
The Bastrop Library thanks everyone who
worked so hard to make this Gala a refreshing evening!
Library Mission

The mission of the Bastrop Public Library is to provide unrestricted access to informational, educational, cultural and recreational library materials and services in a clean, comfortable, secure environment for people of all ages.

(Speakin' of Missions...."Remember the Alamo!")


Trail Partners & Sponsors
We are much obliged to our Trail Partners!

Chisholm Trail
$1000
Goodnight-Loving Trail $500
First National Bank
Dr. Neil & Betty Gurwitz
Thomas A. Scott, Jr.
Tom & Nancy Scott


Kathryn Rogers, Attorney at Law
Owen, Bogart & Rogers, Attorneys at Law
Franklin Bank – Lost Pines Bank
Aqua Water Supply Corporation
Carolyn & Wayland Oatman

Potter-Bacon Trail
$250
El Camino Real Travelers $100

State Farm Insurance -
Lori Tuggle & James Allen, Agents
Barnard Tire & Wheel, Inc.
Cindi Murdock
Bluebonnet Electric
Bastrop Abstract
Tom & Lyn Phillips
David & Sharah Johnson
Stephen & Kathleen Venzon
Rosco State Bank
Michael & Lesa Neese
LCRA United Charities
Employees-Bastrop Chapter
First State Bank



Jim & Sharon Irwin
Texas Telecom
Mary Jo & Russell Jenkins
Comet Cleaners
Saunders Insurance
Griffin Industries Bastrop Travel
Anne & Marvin Beck
Ellen Moore & Bob Hoover
W.E. (Bill) Chess
Broker Minnie Bartsch
Rev. Patricia Herndon
& Rick Herndon
David & Maribel Rozendal
Rabensburg Rent Property
Mickey & Marty DuVall
Michael & Christy Prokop
Margaret Hunt Bailey
Chris & Sharon Duggan
Alan Jaeger & Vera Preston-Jaeger

In-Kind Donors
Sterling Affairs Jean Lang of The Petal Patch
Auction Items... Celebrating Texas Traditions

Handpainted Bluebonnet Bowl

Jaime McDonald
Texas State Flag

Rep. Robby Cook
Turquoise Belt Buckle
designed & created by Amy Hughes

Amy Catherine’s
Two UT Football Tickets

Dr. Neil & Betty Gurwitz
Two Night Stay in the Galveston
Home of Dan Hays-Clark

Dan Hays-Clark
Autographed UT Ladies Basketball

Tammy Johnson
Hand-crafted Candleholder
&Horseshoe Cross created
by Grace & Arnie Cramor

Cramor Ranchette
Western Cast Iron Metal Crafts
Original Sumi Ink &
Watercolor Painting

Carole Jordan
Dart Game with Oak Cabinet

Chris Duggan
Overnight Stay at Elgin House
Bed & Breakfast

Ronnie & Graceanna Holder
Plastic Surgery Procedure

Dr. David Wishnew
Conference Desk & Chair

Jimmie Cottle-Marrs Jones Newby Funeral Home
Handcrafted Platter

Ella Bedford
3 Night North Padre Island
Condo Stay

James & Vivian Froncek

A special thanks to the following vendors for their donations:

ArborVista / ColoVista
Lost Pines Golf Club
Pine Forest Golf Club
Griesenbeck's Furniture Company

Bastrop Public Library Board Friends of the Bastrop Public Library Executive Committee

Mary Jo Jenkins, President
Lisa Crick, Vice-President
Becky Schaefer, Secretary
Willie Schlickeisen
Jimmie Cottle,
Guest Auctioneer
Barbara Wilson
Ellen Moore
Rebecca Bennett
Lesa Neese,
Event Coordinator

Chris Duggan, Interim President
Michal Hubbard, V.P.
– Public Relations
Angular Adams, V.P.
– Outreach

Marty DuVall, V.P.
– Volunteers
Betsy Pharis, Secretary
Julia Dunn, Treasurer
Anne Beck, Member at Large

Bastrop Public Library Friends of the Bastrop Public Library