Sunday, June 14, 2009

No More Hiding...

In the midst of everything that has been going on we have decided there is no reason to conceal our names and identities any longer. If you have any information thus far as to the situation at hand, you already know who we are. We are going to pause momentarily from dates, descriptions, and situations to put a brief bio of us up. Just remember that we are in fear for our lives and retaliation from the events that have been posted here and this is a very big step for us to take.

My name is Bette O’Steen. I am married to Robert P. O’Steen. We have 10 beautiful dogs ranging from a corgi to a newfoundland hound. Most of them have been rescued from the dirt road we live on where people have dumped them and drove away. Our newfoundland hound, Bear, was a puppy given to George Allen who couldn’t take care of him anymore and has ended up with us. Our smallest, Momma Dog, is a corgi that fended off coyotes trying to eat her newborn puppies. We have found a home for her twice in the past. However, she has escaped both times and found her way back to us. It was meant to be that we found her. We have had a couple of our dogs bitten by copperheads and then nursed back to health. People who know Robert call him “The Texas Dog Whisperer”. We love all of them as if they were the children we never had.

I am a 100% disabled Army veteran. I retired from the Army JAG Corps because of a physical disability. I hold both a Master’s Degree is Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington and an intern Master Gardner in the state of Texas. I am a past Matron of the Eastern Star, a division of the Masonic Lodge. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 1980. During an unrelated surgery years later, I was partially paralyzed in my right arm. I am often called “Betty Crocker” by those who know me because I am an avid herb and vegetable gardener and cook. When I cook, people come and sit down for dinner :o)

Robert is a Vietnam combat veteran. He is a Master Mason and was Senior Steward of his Masonic Lodge for 3 and one half years. He is also a Sir Knight through the Knights of the Templar and a past Patron of the Eastern Star. Robert has been an election judge and Democratic Party Precinct Chairman for many years. He is a retired general contractor. Congresswoman Kay Granger (while Mayor of Forth Worth) presented Robert with a “Golden Hammer Award” from the Fort Worth Habitat for Humanity foundation for designing and building their first handicapped adapted home. He loves to be a farmer, take care of the land, and raise his livestock. He was developing an RV park and Par 3 Extreme Golf Course on the land when he was shot.

We met at the VA hospital in Dallas and have been married for 15 years. We looked for land on water for ten years before we bought on the Brazos River.


The Brazos River at Tracts 9, 10 and looking up the levee at the mobile home at some of the cottonwood trees.

Now that you know a little bit more about who we are, hopefully it can help you understand some of these events.

B

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