Ms. Harper Butch was the big winner of the News' prize pile giveaway at Friday's Meet the Jackets. Harper walked away with a handful of loot from Sumerland Public House, Los Abuelos, Hill Leathercraft, and FINDARANCH.com. Harper, a mini-cheerleader who performed Friday evening, is the daughter of Yancy Butch and Chelsea Nicholas. TMN photo.

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ON THE BIG SCREEN- Award-winning Director Jose Lopez Linares (left center) and Presidio Restoration Corporation president Terrell Kelley (right center) take a break with the film crew on a hot Texas summer day. The crew was in the area to gather footage of the Presidio de San Saba for an upcoming documentary on 'important but lesser-known' Spanish Colonial sites. Courtesy photo.