Children’s acitivities at the festival included slides, rides, and games for all ages. Bishop residents woke up to some dark clouds, thunder, lightning and heavy rain early Saturday morning.

The first thought on everyone’s mind... this is not going to be good for Bishop’s 100th Birthday celebration.

But big hearts and minds overpowered the storm in Bishop.

Bishop’s Centennial Celebration festivities continued through the storm Saturday morning. There were about 60 participants in the 5K Run/Walk event.

According to Race Director Tom Wolter, all the time cards and age bracket boards were blown down and soaked by the storm.

“I want to thank all the brave people that lined up and ran/walked through sideways rain and hammering thunder. I saw several smiles and heard good natured comments as runners sloshed towards the finish (line),” Wolter said.

Bishop High School Band marches in the Bishop Centennial Parade Some attended the centennial breakfast as well. While barbecue cook-off competitors began cooking up some brisket, ribs, and chicken.

There were 34 teams that competed in the barbecue cook-off.

Judges chose the best tasting brisket, ribs, chicken, and chef’s choice.

Shortly before the parade began, Mother Nature stopped the rains and the parade went on as scheduled.

Several local businesses, pioneer families, motorists and the BHS band participated in the parade.

The skies were clear and the festivities continued for the rest of the day.

Festival activities included children’s rides to giant slides, a rock wall, food, games, vendors, farm equipment display, a hospitality center which included the display of the 1960 time capsule contents, (pictures, letters, and other items) a Centennial museum featured a general store, novelties and memorabilia.

Parade participant holds up a sign “Farmers Like Rain” Aurora Guajardo, 98, was named the oldest woman with continued residency in Bishop and her brother, Santiago Guajardo, 88, was in a tie with Harold Hickman, 88, both named as the oldest man.

Bill Hickman traveled the farthest from Washington State to attend the centennial celebration.

A fireworks display that was put on across Lake LaCour for all to see wowed the crowd.

The events held on Friday, May 14 were a huge success as well. Residents participated in an old-fashioned tea and style show, domino tournament, Pioneer Family Recognition (Pioneer family photos will be published in an upcoming issue of the Kingsville Record and Bishop News), street dance, and booths and vendors.

As far as from an onlooker’s perspective, everything seemed to go smoothly throughout the celebration.

Berkman’s Service Station was one of many businesses in Bishop back in the day The few committee members that took on this great task of organizing this event did an outstanding job.

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5K Run/Walk Results

The results of the 5K run/2 Mile walk is as follows:

2 Mile Walk - First place, Cathy Hoyle;

2 Mile Walk participants were Michelle Smith, Sara Harlan Kliewer, Nancy Rogers, Janie Vera, Christy Bernhardt, Debby McKnight, Norma Martinez, Nancy Batey, Carol Weber, Sharon Roewe, Ann Harlan Whitis, and Carol Harlan Rainbolt.

5K Run - First place male, Justin Perez, first place female Daysha Schuep.

10-14 Age Group

Heston Hoyle, Garret Harlan, Jaedon Canales, Cassidy Hoyle

This giant blow-up dinosaur was one of many fun activities for all ages. 15-19 Age Group

Jennifer Simon, Morgan Vassaur, Victoria Ramirez, Leah De La Paz

20-24 Age Group

Andy Griffita, Erin Thornberry

25-29 Age Group

Holly Thornberry, Melissa Jones, Matt Felder, Tiffany Ranly

30-34 Age Group

Ryan Jones, Menda Eulenfeld, Jennifer Ranly, Gary Eulenfeld

35-39 Age Group

David Macareno, Loralee Salinas

40-44 Age Group

Sherrie King, Diana Perez, David McGinniss (masters first)

45-49 Age Group

Penny Leake, Patricia Ehresus, Wayne Ames

50-54 Age Group

Billie Hara, John Harlan, Adolfo Espinoza, Jennie Morrissette

60-70 Age Group Chole Devera, Pat Edwards

Treybig Pioneer Family 70+ Age Group Frank Devera

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Parade Winners

Best vehicle - Berkman Pioneer Family; Judges Choice - Treybig Family; Best Theme Float - The Bertram Family; Best Band - Bishop High School Marching Band; Best Commercial Float - Dairy Queen of Bishop; Most Creative Float - Missionettes for Christ & Royal Rangers; Best Float - St. Paul Lutheran Church & School; Best Mounted Unit - Kleberg County Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol.

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Cook Off Winners

Grand Champion: Adrian Benavidez / Rackem & Stackem

Reserve Grand Champion: Shawn Wilke / Rodeo Q Cookers

Brisket category: First place - Jason Bray / Verti- Bray BBQ; second place - Shawn Wilke / Rodeo Q Cookers; third place - Bryan Schroeder / Backyard BBQer’s; fourth place - Lars Flores / Piping Hot BBQ; fifth place - Rudy Rodriguez / Backoff Cookers; sixth place - Josh Atkins / South Texas BBQ Co.; seventh place - Danny Luera / Big D’s BBQ; eighth place - Hector Valverde / Powered by Frijoles; ninth place - Lenny Ybanez / Coastal City Smokers; 10th place - Rick Santos / Brush Country Smokers;

BARBEQUE’N — Pictured from left are Ashlin Scott, Jay Scott, Darrin Horner, and Greg Bade. Scott, Horner and Bade are three Bishop residents called the Brew’n N Que’n crew that participated in the Centennial cook-off. About 34 teams participated. Ribs category: First place - Cal Ortega / South Texas Grillers; second place - Adrian Benavidez / Rackem & Stackem; third place - Danny Luera / Big D’s BBQ; fourth place - Heraclio Gonzalez / Sabor De Tejas; fifth place - Johnny Rodriguez / Puro Party; sixth place - Sonny Heaton / Burnin Memories; seventh place - Bryan Schroeder / Backyard BBQers; eighth place - John Thornberry / Outlaws Best; ninth place - David Perkins / Two Beans and Cracker; 10th place - Aaron Stehle / Texas Style;

Bishop High School students pictured are Leo “Lucas” Carmona, Travis Charles, Garrett Lee, and Jacob Najera. Chicken category: first place - JR Longoria / Rockport Cookers; second place - Heraclio Gonzalez / Sabor De Tejas; third place - Adrian Benavidez / Rackem & Stackem; fourth place - Shawn Wilke / Rodeo Q Cookers; fifth place - Josh Atkins / South Texas BBQ Co.; sixth place - Lars Flores / Piping Hot BBQ; seventh place - Russ Schmidt - Wild-n- Wooly Cookers; eighth place - Jason Bray / Verti-Bray BBQ; ninth place - Tobin Scarborough / Tobin Scarborough; 10th place - Greg Bade / Brew’n-N-Que’n;

Color Guard leads off parade Chef’s Choice category: first place - Danny Luera / Big D’s BBQ; second place - Sonny Heaton / Burnin Memories; third place - David Huser / Camp Boss Cookers; fourth place - JR Longoria / Rockport Cookers; fifth place - John Thornberry / Outlaws Best; sixth place - Noe Urrea / Rosewood Smokers; seventh place - Shorty Tijerina / Border Bandits; eighth place - Greg Bade / Brew’n-N-Que’n; ninth place - Rick Santos / Brush Country Smokers; 10th place - Tobin Scarborough / Tobin Scarborough.
CHICK’N — Darrin Horner loads some chicken into the hot box.
SMOK’IN — Pictured from left are Damian Hubbs, Derek Schulze, Jason Schroeder, Gary Vassaur and Paul Schroeder. This Bishop based barbecue cook-off team chose the name N’Bred because they are all related. (Photos by Tina Morales Salinas)
Branding the aprons for the souvenir committee
Ryan Beaver Band plays for the audience at Bishop City Park Pavilion
Pioneer family of D.W. Taylor waves to the crowd
Portable post office promotes stamp collecting
This Bishop pioneer family cruises along in vintage car
SAY ‘CHEESE’ — Co-chairs Dr. Tanya Lawhon and her husband Darrell Lawhon, along with Miss Bishop Meaghan Vassaur bring out the camcorder to record the day’s festivities.
TASTE TESTERS — Cook-off judges are ready for the tough challenge of judging the chicken category of the cook-off. Four categories included chicken, brisket, ribs, and chef’s choice. There were 15 judges for each category. Pictured from left are Lauren Richerson, Pam Ham, Lucy Alvarez, and Hal Ham.
This fancy car transports the Leal pioneer family
John Deere displays farm equipment from old to new.
BHS cheerleaders and staff show their support for the Bishop Badger baseball team
St. Paul Lutheran Church & School float models the look of their church tower
Cook-off participants of Corpus Christi pass the time with a game called “Washers.” The concept of the game is to get the three-inch washer in a very small opening in the box.
City employees participate in centennial parade
Kleberg County Mounted Patrol show their support for Bishop’s 100th Birthday
HEB’s semi-tractor trailer shows its support for the City of Bishop
It’s DQ Country in Bishop