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Thursday, January 8, 2015
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Investigation ongoing
in Cat Spring shooting
Becky Berger - Republican
Carolyn Cerny Bilski - Republican
Leighton Schubert - Republican
The Austin County Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce has reported a fatal
shooting in Cat Spring.
On Jan. 1, at 4:11 a.m. Austin
County Dispatchers received
a call from a victim located on
Evelyn Lane, Cat Spring, who
reported a person entered
their residence. A confrontation occurred and the resident
shot the intruder.
Cecil R. Webster, Sr. - Democrat
Austin County Sheriﬀ’s Deputies arrived at that location
at 4:25 a.m. and found a white
male who had been shot inside
Candidate Forum in Bellville tonight
BY JOHNNY GRIFFIN, EDITOR
Candidates for the special election to ﬁll
the Texas House District 13 seat, vacated
by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, will all be present at a non-partisan Candidate Forum in
Bellville tonight.
Meet the candidates and get your
questions answered. The forum is at
the Turnverein Pavilion at the Austin
County Fairgrounds in Bellville tonight,
Thursday, Jan. 8. It starts at 7 p.m. Judge
Dan Leedy will be the moderator for the
event.
Early voting is now open for this Special Election and Election Day is Tuesday,
Jan. 13.
Four candidates are running in the spe-
the residence. Austin County
EMS were then called and
found the male intruder dead.
This incident is currently under investigation by the Austin County Sherriﬀ’s Oﬃce
and the Texas Rangers.
The Sheriﬀ’s Department
did not release the names involved, pending completion of
the investigation.
The deceased is Austin Burger, 19, of Cat Spring. He is the
son of Roy Burger and Mandy
Smith Burger.
cial election.
Candidates are: Becky Berger, 57, a Republican candidate from Schulenburg.
Carolyn Cerny Bilski, 61, is a Republican candidate from Sealy.
Leighton Schubert, 32, is a Republican
candidate from Caldwell.
Cecil R. Webster, Sr., 60, is a Democrat
candidate from Carmine.
Leadership Advisory Board to host meeting The Leadership Advisory
Board of Austin County was
formed eight years ago for
the purpose of promoting
Extension work in the community and strengthening the
programmatic eﬀorts of the
agents in Austin County.
In 2008, the board hosted
its ﬁrst Extension interpretation event in which all of the
program areas supporting
Extension work in the county
provided a brief look at their
individual programs. This
year’s event will take place on
Thursday, Jan. 15, at the Liedertafel Hall, 116 Lux Rd. in
Sealy. The banquet is open to
the public at a cost of $10 per
person and may be paid at the
door.
The event, now entitled
the “Annual Meeting”, is the
showcase event of the year
for the Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension Service of Austin
County. Each of the program
area committees that work
with the agents in their respective ﬁelds of Agriculture
and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Science,
4-H and Youth Development
and Community Development will be represented at
the program giving highlights
of their activities throughout
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the year and highlighting the
impacts made on the citizens New Austin County Judge Tim Lapham, left, took his oath of ofﬁce on
Jan.
1
from
retiring
Judge
Carolyn
Bilski.
of Austin County.
The program will kick oﬀ
with registration and a social
at 5:30 p.m. followed by a meal
and the presentations at 6 p.m.
Please RSVP by Jan. 9 at
http://austin.agrilife.org or by
calling 979-865-2072.
Special Election for House District 13, Tuesday
Early voting continues through Friday, Jan. 9
BY JOHNNY GRIFFIN, EDITOR
Early voting is open for the
special election to ﬁll the Texas
House District 13 seat, vacated
by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst. Election Day is Tuesday, Jan. 13.
Four candidates paid their
ﬁling fees for the spot. Candidates are Becky Berger, Carolyn Cerny Bilski, Leighton
Schubert and Cecil R. Webster.
The early voting period be-
gan Monday, Jan. 5 and runs
through Friday, Jan. 9. Counties in HD 13 include Austin,
Burleson, Colorado, Fayette,
Grimes, Lavaca and Washington.
In Austin County, early
voting will be at the Austin
County Election Oﬃce, 804 E
Wendt Street in Bellville from
7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily
from Monday, Jan. 5 to Friday,
Jan. 9.
On Election Day, Tuesday,
Jan. 13, polls will open from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. Austin County
polling locations will be:
Pct. 101, 102,103 and 104:
Austin County Election Oﬃce,
804 E. Wendt St., Bellville.
Pct. 205 and 206: Sens Activity Center, 200 Briar Ridge Dr.,
Bellville.
Pct. 207, 208, 209, 210: Industry City Building, 725 Main
St., Industry.
Pct. 211 and 312: St. John Lutheran Church, 480 Ross St.,
Cat Spring.
Pct. 313 and 314: W.E. Hill
Community Center, 1000
Main St., Sealy.
Pct. 415: Wallis Knights of
Columbus Hall, 703 Columbus Road, Wallis.
Pct. 416: Sealy American Legion Post 442 (Kitchen), 1630
Meyer St., Sealy.
Pct. 417 and 418: Frydek Confraternity Christian Doctrine
Building, 10471 Grotto Road,
Frydek.
The last ofﬁcial act for retiring Justice of the Peace Pct. 4 Dennis King,
right, was to administer the oath of ofﬁce for his son Doug King, left,
who was elected to his second term as Austin County Commissioner
Pct. 4.
2014: Year in review continues
Below are some of the events that
made headlines in April, May and
June in the Wallis News-Review.
The remainder will be published
in upcoming issues.
April
• Prairie Harbor is open
for business. Prairie Harbor
LLC, a residential treatment
center, is open and accepting
residents at their facility on
Highway 60 in Wallis. Randall
Bryant, owner and CEO of the
facility, has over 18 years experience in the ﬁeld of mental
health treatment. He has been
working closely with Brazos
Independent School District.
• Ellerbe found competent
to stand trial. On March 24.
an Austin County jury found
Thomas Edward Ellerbe, 62,
of Wallis, competent to stand
trial. Experts were questioned
by both sides on the issue.
• One dead in Wallis Wreck.
A wreck near Wallis on Friday, April 4, claimed the life
of Raymond Chittum, 39, of
Houston.
• Bellville St. Joseph Hospital
proposes EMS takeover. Representatives from Bellville St.
Joseph Hospital and St. Joseph
Regional Health Center in
Bryan appeared before Austin
County Commissioners Court
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to give a preliminary proposal
concerning their oﬀer to operate Emergency Medical Services in Austin County.
• Wallis passes resolution
supporting current EMS structure. The City of Wallis unanimously passed a resolution
in support of Austin County
continuing to operate Austin
County Emergency Medical
Services at their regular meeting on April 16.
May
• Early voting continues in
school board elections. Early
voting for the Brazos ISD
Board of Trustee Election began Monday, April 28 and
will be open weekdays until
Tuesday, May 6. Poll hours are
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City of
Wallis Municipal Complex
located at 6810 Guyler, Building B in Wallis. Three trustee
positions are up for election
this year. Candidates for Position 2 are incumbent Joyce
M. Stavinoha and challenger
Mark Fernandez, Position 3
candidates are incumbent Tamara Mager and challenger
Chris Nanes, and for Position
1, candidates Wayne Jetelina
and Audra Brorsen are each
seeking their ﬁrst terms.
• Brazos Trustees hire two,
authorize construction. Brazos
ISD Trustees met in special
session April 30. Following a
closed executive session the
board unanimously approved
hiring Terrance Walters for the
Social Studies/Boys Coaching position at Brazos Middle
School for 2014-2015 and also
unanimously approved hiring
Ross Sheﬃeld for the Agricultural Science.
• Commissioners halt talks
with St. Joseph Bellville concerning Austin County EMS.
Austin County Commissioners Court was held in the
basement meeting room at
the courthouse on Monday,
May 12. Commissioners Court
approved a motion authorizing County Judge Carolyn
Bilski to correspond via letter
to Bellville St. Joseph administrators that the court would
no longer engage in discussion
with them concerning Austin
County EMS operation.
• Store owner oﬀers reward
for burglary information.
City Food Market owner Amir
Poonawala has oﬀered a cash
reward of $1000 for information leading to the capture
and arrest of suspects in a burglary of that business in the
early morning.
Wallis
Weekend
June
• Lapham wins County
Judge Race. Tim Lapham was
the winner over John Graham
in the Republican Primary
Run-oﬀ Election on May 27
for Austin County Judge.
Lapham received a total of
1,365 votes to 1,357 votes for
Graham.
• Racy King wins in local
Mutton Bustin’ contest on Memorial Day weekend at the
U.S. Navy SEAL Danny Dietz
Memorial Team Roping and
BBQ Cook-oﬀ at the Fort Bend
County Fairgrounds.
• A little help means a lot
of hope. Thousands of miles
away from our little Texas
town, a small village in Kenya
will never be the same.” Those
are the words Shelby Sulak, of
Orchard, uses to describe the
eﬀorts of her organization,
Operation Africa, and the
communities of Orchard and
Wallis on Wagusu, Kenya. In
2011, Shelby organized Operation Africa and made her ﬁrst
trip to Wagusu. She has made
it her mission to return each
summer with medical supplies and volunteers to oﬀer
assistance. Many of the supplies come from donations
from our local communities.
WEATHER
Newly elected Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 Bernice Burger, left, took
the oath of ofﬁce on Jan.1 from Austin County Judge Tim Lapham.
County officials sworn in
BY JOHNNY GRIFFIN, EDITOR
New Austin County Judge
Tim Lapham took the oath of
oﬃce from his predecessor,
retiring Judge Carolyn Bilski,
at the traditional New Year’s
Day Commissioners Court
meeting at the county courthouse in Bellville.
After convening her ﬁnal
meeting as County Judge, Bilski swore in Lapham and presented him with three items
she said retiring County
Judge J. Lee Dittert gave her
when he swore her in 20 years
ago.
She gave him a gavel, a softball and the keys to the courthouse. She told him Dittert
said the gavel was for conducting meetings; the softball
was for when you couldn’t
ﬁnd the gavel and the keys
are necessary items. Lapham
thanked Bilski for her 20
years of service to the county.
Lapham then administered
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the oaths of oﬃce to the reelected and newly elected
county oﬃcials individually.
Reciting the oaths of oﬃce
were County Clerk Carrie
Gregor, Commissioner Pct. 2
Bobby Rinn, Commissioner
Pct. 4 Doug King (sworn in
by his father, retiring Justice
of the Peace Pct. 4 Dennis
King), Criminal District attorney Travis Koehn, District
Clerk Sue Murphy, County
Treasurer Brian Haevischer,
Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Rick
Yancey, Justice of the Peace
Pct. 3 Cheryl Kollatschny and
Justice of the Peace Pct. 4 Bernice Burger.
“This is an exciting new
experience for me,” said
Lapham, following the meeting. “I can’t wait to get to
work for Austin County. The
whole staﬀ, with the exception of Cathy (Noviskie), who
retired, is remaining. We have
experienced commissioners
and I’m ready to go.”
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Eighteen arrests made At a Glance...
in ‘No Refusal’ New
A big week
Year’s holiday event
The “No Refusal” event held
during the New Year’s holiday
produced 18 arrests made by
officers from the participating
agencies.
From 8 p.m., Jan. 1, through 6
a.m., Jan. 3, 15 people suspected of drinking while driving
consented to provide blood
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resulting in warrants being requested and signed by judges
to complete the task.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office served as the Command Center and personnel
from the Fort Bend County
Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police
Academy Alumni, the Department of Public Safety Alumni
and volunteers from Mothers
Against Drunk Driving assisted in the program.
Six law enforcement agencies participated. The Sheriff’s
Office had eight arrests; DPSRosenberg, three; Sugar Land
Police Department, three; Missouri City PD, two; Fulshear
PD, one; and Rosenberg PD,
one.
Sheriff’s Office Reserves
helped with inmate processing, and the County Jail Division assisted in making the
processing of inmates quick.
Fort Bend County District
Attorney’s Office personnel
stayed both nights, helping
with search warrants, and
Nurse Caroline Casanova conducted each blood draw.
In the Labor Day “No Refusal Weekend” held in September, 2014, 36 impaired driving
arrests were made with 29
drivers consenting to testing
and seven requiring warrants
for testing.
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This is a big week. Nothing
earth shattering, but important and memorable nonetheless.
First of all, Early Voting
started this week in the race
for House District 13, which
is the seat for our (your and
my) representative in the
state legislature. Election Day
is next Tuesday, Jan. 13. The
candidates, poll locations
and hours are listed in an article on page one of this issue.
Please vote. Low turnout is
always prevalent in Special
Elections, but whoever wins
this Special Election will
have the same vote as a representative elected any other
time. Your vote is important.
There is also a Candidate
Forum in Bellville, at the
Turnverein Pavilion in the
Austin County Fairgrounds,
at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday,
Jan. 8. All four candidates are
signed up to be there.
Second, it is supposed to be
very cold by the time this issue is published. I hope your
pipes are wrapped and your
tractor has a cab. I hope to get
the pipes wrapped, but my
tractor won’t be able to grow
a cab. I am going to vote
anyway.
And finally, Craig Biggio
was voted in to the Baseball
Hall of Fame. I have no idea
what took those voters so
long to get this done. He will
be the first player in the Hall
of Fame inducted with an Astros cap. Others have played
a while in Houston, but were
inducted with another team’s
colors. Biggio played for one
team for 20 years and was
still stretching those hits into
doubles in year 20.
His 3,060 career hits makes
him only one of 28 baseball
JOHNNY
Griffin
EDITOR
players in history to have
3,000 hits and he played three
different positions, catcher,
second base and outfield,
over those years. He earned
All Star honors and Golden
Glove awards multiple times
with the Astros.
The Astros will honor Biggio with a public celebration
at Minute Maid Park on Friday at 5 p.m.
Congratulations to a real
baseball player.
Hwy. 36A, Katy Prairie Conservancy update on tap
By Coastal Prairie ChaPter
texas Master Naturalist
In January of 2014, we heard
from members of the Highway 36A Coalition regarding
plans they are spearheading
to develop a high-speed, fourlane tollway that would link
Freeport to Hempstead via
Brazoria, Ft. Bend and Waller
Counties.
There is much concern about
the route of this highway, as
it has been slated to pass partially through the environmentally sensitive property of
the Katy Prairie Conservancy
(KPC).
Even proximity to this still
remote and unique area beloved by migrating birds, birders, hunters and naturalists
could cause great harm due to
increasing traffic, congestion
and noise pollution.
Mary Anne Piacentini, executive director, and Jaime
Gonzalez, conservation education director, will address
these issues this year to counterbalance the information
presented previously from the
point of view of the Highway
36A Coalition. Please join us
for another lively discussion
of this extremely controversial
issue.
This program will take place
at the Bud O’Shieles Community Center located at 1330
Band Rd. in Rosenberg. Social
time and snacks begin at 6:30
p.m., and the program begins
at 7 p.m. The meeting is free
and open to all interested persons.
The Texas Master Naturalist
program is sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
For additional information
about this program, call 281633-7033 or email [email protected].
New mix of lawmakers, officials heading for Austin
AUSTIN — When the 84th
Texas Legislature convenes
on Jan. 13 and oaths of office
are administered, the political
party split will be 21 Republicans to 10 Democrats in the
31-member Senate, and 98 Republicans to 52 Democrats in
the 150-member House.
The composition and leadership of committees, the flow
of legislation through those
committees and control of
floor debate will be according
to the wishes of new Lt. Gov.
Dan Patrick of Houston and
House Speaker Joe Straus of
San Antonio. Straus is subject
to reelection by his peers. He
is expected to retain the rostrum and gavel for a fourth
consecutive term, even if challenged by a subgroup within
the Republican party.
Fort Worth attorney George
P. Bush was sworn in as Texas
land commissioner on Jan.
2. He succeeds Jerry Patterson at the post. Son of former
Florida governor and possible
2016 presidential candidate
Jeb Bush, nephew of former
president and Texas governor
George W. Bush and grandson
of former president George
H.W. Bush, George P. Bush
is 38 years old and enters an
elected office for the first time.
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
State
Capital
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
Texans’ attention now refocuses on Austin as new leadership in state government
takes shape in the coming
days and weeks. To review,
general election voters in November picked a broad slate of
Republicans to replace Republicans, ostensibly to keep the
philosophy about the same
at the Capitol. At the top, 12year attorney general Greg
Abbott of Houston succeeds
14-year governor Rick Perry
as the state’s chief executive.
Abbott’s successor as attorney
general will be former state
Sen. Ken Paxton of McKinney.
After 11 years as lieutenant
governor, David Dewhurst, a
former Texas land commissioner, CIA member and Air
Force officer — and continu-
ing businessman and cutting
horse rider — will be succeeded by Dan Patrick, a state
senator since 2007 and a radio
talk show host.
Rice farmer and former state
senator Glenn Hegar of Katy
succeeds rancher-author-former state representative Susan
Combs as state comptroller.
Hegar took the oath on office
in a Jan. 2 Senate Chamber ceremony.
Ryan Sitton of Pasadena
was elected to the three-seat
state agency that regulates
the oil and gas industry, the
Texas Railroad Commission.
Commissioner-elect
Sitton
last week stepped down as
president and chief executive
officer of his own oil and gas
company, he said, to make
sure citizens “are confident as
I go to work for them.”
Farmer-rancher and former
state representative Sid Miller
of Stephenville takes up the
post of agriculture commissioner, assuming the position formerly held by farmer-rancher and former state
senator Todd Staples.
In special elections set for Jan.
6, state Reps. Trey MartinezFischer and Jose Menendez,
both San Antonio Democrats,
face off for the Senate District
26 seat vacated by Leticia Van
de Putte, who ran against Patrick for lieutenant governor
and is now running for mayor
of San Antonio. Six candidates
are vying for San Antonio’s
House District 123 seat long
held by Rep. Mike Villarreal,
who also is running for mayor
of San Antonio. And, there is
a five-way race for the central
Texas House District 17 seat
vacated by Tim Kleinschmidt,
who resigned from office in
November to become general
counsel for the Texas Department of Agriculture.
SCHOOLS CERTIFY
COMPLIANCE
Texas Education Agency
on Dec. 18 announced that a
majority of the state’s school
districts and charters certified
compliance with a state law
requiring fingerprinting and
criminal background checks.
Under a law passed in 2007,
employees — certified, noncertified and substitute teachers — must be fingerprinted
before their first day of employment.
In October, Texas Education Agency notified school
superintendents asking them
to certify that their district or
charter school has complied
with the state fingerprinting
law and warned that failure
to certify “may be subject to
an investigation of the superintendent or chief operating
officer who has violated state
law by failing to complete the
certification.”
WARDENS GET HELICOPTER
Texas Game Wardens, a division of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department with
more than 500 employees, on
Dec. 23 announced the acquisition of a new Airbus AS350
B3e helicopter.
The aircraft, according to the
announcement, is outfitted
with the latest law enforcement technology and emergency response equipment including a rescue hoist, thermal
imager, searchlight, public
address system, satellite communication and night vision.
Some $5 million in funding for
the helicopter came through
an appropriation made during
the 83rd Texas Legislative session in 2013.
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Tough
break for
Cougars
BY JOHNNY GRIFFIN, EDITOR
The Brazos Cougars found
the going tough over the holiday break as they marked a
1-4 record over the two-week
period.
Brazos participated in the El
Campo Tournament on Dec.
29-30, marking up three losses
and a win over Yoakum.
On Jan. 2, they dropped their
district opener to East Bernard
by a score of 23-58.
Brazos hosts Van Vleck on
Friday, Jan. 9 and travels to
Boling on Tuesday, Jan. 13, as
district play continues.
Scores and stats:
Brazos 37 – Edna 46: Chris
Demny 2, Jeremy D’Rubio 10,
Dillon GONzales 12, Shane
Carpenter 1, Josh Janicek 9, Jeremy Mendieta 3.
Brazos 40 – Port Lavaca 76:
Demny 2, Clay Mayo 2, Gonzales 16, Carpenter 2, Janicek
14, Mendieta 2, Jemarcus Mayo
2.
Brazos 47 – Victoria St. Joseph 50: Demny 11, D’Rubio
8, Gonzales 13, Carpenter 1,
Janicek 12, Mendieta 2.
Brazos 52 – Yoakum 41: Demny 6, D’Rubio 15, Gonzales 14,
Janicek 12, Mendieta 3.
Brazos 23 – East Bernard
58: Demny 2, Gonzales 7, Jemarcus Mayo 3, Carpenter 3, Cougar Jeremy Mendieta, center, goes up for a tough shot against
Janicek 6, Mendieta 2.
East Bernard on Jan. 2.
Boys Basketball
Jan. 9 Van Vleck*
Jan. 13 at Boling
Jan. 16 Hitchcock
7:30
7:30
7:30
The Brazos Baseball Alumni
Game will be at Brazos High
School, Saturday, Feb. 21 at 11
a.m.
Everyone is encouraged to
come out for a great day of
Cougar Heart Fun Run set
Fundraiser planned to beneﬁt booster club
The Brazos Athletic Booster
Club (BABC) is hosting the
Cougar Heart Fun Run on Feb.
14 at Brazos High School. The
fundraiser event will beneﬁt
the Brazos Athletic Booster
Club.
The courses oﬀered are 5K,
one mile and Dominate/Conquer the Hill. Each van be
entered run or walk. Awards
will be given in the divisions
of 0-12 year male/female; 1318 year male/female; 19-49
year male/female; and 50 plus
male/female.
The registration deadline is
Feb. 11. Entry fees are $15, 0-18
years; $25, adults 19 and older;
$10 late fee for registration after Feb. 11. Guaranteed t-shirts
to all early registered and paid
participants.
Check-in and late registration will be from 7:15-8 a.m.
on Feb. 14 at the Brazos Team
Meeting Room. The 5K run/
walk is at 8:30 a.m.; 1 mile
run/walk, 9:15 a.m.; Awards,
10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Chili
meal; bowl of chili, cornbread/
crackers and drink for $6.
Registration forms can be
picked up at the Wallis News
Brazos schools
Lunch Menu
Monday, Jan. 12
Pepperoni pizza, baby carrots/
Ranch, corn, fresh fruit
Tuesday, Jan. 13
Chicken nuggets with wheat
roll, broccoli, cheese, sweet
potatoes,
chilled
pears,
ketchup
Wednesday, Jan. 14
Chicken
fajitas,
whole
wheat
tortillas,
lettuce,
tomato, pinto beans, chilled
pineapple, salsa
Review, any Brazos ISD school
campus oﬃce or can be downloaded from the Brazos Athletic Booster Club webpage at
http://classroom.brazosisd.
net/default.aspx? BrazosAth-
leticBoosterClub.
Mail check and registration
form to Brazos Athletic Booster Club, Box 326, Wallis, TX
77485 or turn it in at any Brazos ISD school campus oﬃce.
Amanda Huddleston 2, Talicia
Lang 5, Chelsea Garbs 2, and
Tomia Lang 7.
WNR PHOTOS BY JOHNNY GRIFFIN
The Cougarettes host Van Cougarette Paige Hamm, No. 23,
Vleck on Friday, Jan. 9, and puts up a shot against East Bernard on Jan. 2.
travel to Boling on Jan. 13.
baseball and support the 2015
Cougars.
Contact
Brazos
Baseball Coach Ben Ahrens at
[email protected]
for
more information.
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- CBC (Complete Blood Count)
- CMP (Complete Metabolic Pane)
- Lipid Panel (Cholesterol Tests)
- HemoglobinA1c
Each week will be different screens and tests.
THINGS WHICH CAN BE CHECKED AT EVERY VISIT
Blood Pressure
Glucose (finger stick)
Pulse Ox (Oxygen saturation)
EENT (Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat)
MINOR AILMENTS THAT CAN BE SEEN
Colds/Flu
Sore throats
Allergies
Rashes
Bronchitis
Muscle strains
More involved or identified issues will be
referred to RMA-EB, RMA-EL or RMC ER
PATIENT EDUCATION TOPICS
THuRsday, Jan. 15
FRIday, Jan. 16
Appointments can be scheduled
by calling 979-234-2551 or 979-335-4433.
Walk-ins (work-ins) are also welcome.
Hamburger on whole wheat
bun, lettuce, tomato, tater
tots, fresh fruit, mustard,
mayo ketchup
The Brazos Cougarettes saw
their district record got to 1-1
following a loss to East Bernard on Jan. 2, by a score of
16-44.
Scorers for Brazos included:
Open every Thursday from 8am-5pm
Dietary Teaching
Diabetic Foot Care
Skin Cancer Prevention
Corn dog, mixed vegetables,
baked beans, fresh fruit,
mustard, ketchup
Brazos girls fall
to East Bernard
Alumni game planned
Brazos Athletic Schedule
Girls Basketball
Jan. 9 Van Vleck*
6:30
Jan. 13 at Boling*
6:30
Jan. 16 Hitchcock*
6:30
*District contest
Brazos shooter Makayla Dickerson attempts a shot over East Bernard
players.
703 COluMBuS ROAD (KC HAll)
WAlliS, TExAS
Carolyn Cerny Bilski will provide conservative leadership and
understands the importance of agriculture and rural Texas.
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND
ENCOURAGES YOU TO SUPPORT
CAROLYN CERNY BILSKI.
EARLY VOTING
January 5, 2015 – January 9, 2015
ELECTION DAY
January 13, 2015
Contact your county elections office for voting
times and locations. Bring Photo ID.
Pol. Adv. Paid For By Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund (AGFUND), Inc.
Page 4, WALLIS NEWS-REVIEW, Thursday, January 8, 2015
DEANERY ATTENDS LUNCHEON
Bluebonnet Deanery ACCW attended the luncheon and mass offered by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, the
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Seafarer’s Center at the Port of Houston.
Earlier the deanery stuffed and wrapped 144 shoeboxes that are given to the seafarers from various countries that come to the port in Houston during the holiday season. Pictured, l-r, are Bluebonnet Deanery
President Doris Sodolak, Galveston-Houston Spiritual Advisor Msgr. Daniel Scheel, Mary Etta Layden,
Maxine Rudloff, Billie Jean Nichols, Victoria Aguirre, Mariam Janczak and Mickey Ondruch.
CDA COURTS VISITS RESIDENTS
CDA Court Our Lady of Faith #2607 at St. Mary’s in Frydek enjoyed Christmas caroling visiting and distributing gifts to the 100 residents of The Oaks and Silver Lake Retirement Homes at their Christmas dinner
and party at Tony’s Restaurant on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Pictured, l-r, are Suzanne Sodolak, Vice Regent
Doris Sodolak, Manager Shirley Meadows, Owner Tom Lord, Debbie Zapalac, Regent Betty Joe Mazac,
Sheriff Jack Brandes, Mickey Ondruch and Maxine Rudloff.
SAVON
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Ritz Chicken
Casserole
Submitted by JoAnn Conrad
4-6 chicken breasts
8 oz. sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
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Roast chicken breast in oven on 375 degrees until done. Cool and cube
up. Mix chicken with the rest of ingredients.
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Pour into a 9x9 baking dish. Crush one tube of Ritz crackers over top
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PARKER CHAPEL AME CHURCH
21107 Hwy. 36 S. – Wallis
Alice Kindred, Pastor • 979-532-3751
Worship Services – 1st &
3rd Sundays – 11 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m.;
Youth 4th Sunday; Sr. Missions
1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesday 7 p.m.;
Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m..
THE SHEPHERD’S WAY
A Non-Denominational
Christian Fellowship
Frank Lucas, Pastor
1225 Eagle Lake Rd., Sealy,
979-885-1225
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
ORCHARD UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
979-478-7451
Rev. Pamela Jackson, Pastor
Worship Service 9 a.m.
Seniors Game Day, Monday 1 p.m.
GREATER NEW FAITH
BAPTIST CHURCH
6406 Guyler St., Wallis
Clay Spears, Pastor
Church Services every Sunday;
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning
Worship 10 a.m. Evening
Worship 5 p.m. Bible Study
Wednesday night 6 p.m.
HOPE EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)
Beasley • Supply Pastor
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Holy Communion
Every Sunday of the month
CROSSROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
301 Wallace St., East Bernard,
979-335-7706 Joe Barbee, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Service 7 p.m.
Nursery provided for all services.
Virginia Gilbert, Agent
sealytxinsurance.com • 979.885.7497
Anderson Paint & Body Shop
1125 Miller Road, Sealy, TX 77474
Tel: 979-885-3929 Fax: 979-885-1376
[email protected]
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
10471 Grotto St., Frydek
979-885-3131
Thuy Quang Nguyen, Pastor
Mass Saturday 4:40 p.m.
Sunday 7:30 a.m.
WALLIS CIRCUIT EVANS
CHAPEL AME CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning
Services every 2nd & 4th
Sunday at 11 a.m.
FRIENDSHIP ASSEMBLY OF GOD
301 Wallace St., East Bernard
979-335-7706
Sunday School 10 a.m.; Sunday
Morning Worship Service
6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Service
7 p.m. Nursery provided.
FIRST WALLIS BAPTIST
CHURCH – Hwy. 60
Dr. Eddie Carder, Pastor
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:30 a.m.
GALILEE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Wallis 979-478-7336
W. M. Hatton, Pastor
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.;
Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting;
Every Other Saturday, Choir Rehearsal,
10 a.m.; Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Community Bible Class; Missionary
Meeting Monday at 5 p.m.;
Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.
BROOKSHIRE CHURCH OF CHRIST
803 Waller, Brookshire
J. Wilhite, Pastor
Sunday 8:45 a.m. Bible Classes
10:45 a.m Worship; 6 p.m. Worship;
Wednesday Bible Classes 7:30 p.m.
ORCHARD TExAS COUNTRY
CHURCH
R. O. Murray, Pastor
15408 FM 1489 281-239-0725
Services each Sunday 10 a.m.
RIVER BEND BAPTIST CHURCH
John C. Crowe, Pastor
27600 FM 1093, Fulshear
281-346-2279
Sunday Morning Bible Study 9 a.m.;
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.;
Wednesday Night Youth Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Need prayer? 281-346-2279
option 3 or [email protected]
SWEET CORNERSVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Tommy J. Blackmon, Pastor
13230 Hwy. 36 N, Wallis
979-478-6614; Pager 713-804-7604
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Bible Study 10:30 a.m.;
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
CALVARY TABERNACLE
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
309 Joseph St., East Bernard
979-335-6504
Robert W. Means Pastor
Sunday School 10 a.m.;
Worship 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.;
Thursday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
1415 Marek Rd. Wallis
Rev. M. Young, Pastor
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 11:30 a.m.
2nd & 4th Sundays.
Missionary Meetings 2nd & 4th
Thursday, 12 noon; Choir Rehearsal
2nd & 4th Saturday 4 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
202 Sabine, Orchard, 979-478-7543
Andrew Bedo, Pastor
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.
EVERGREEN MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
“The Church with the
Community at Heart.”
208 S. 8th St., Wallis, 979-478-6662
Kevin L. Love, Sr. Pastor
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH
608 5th St. Sealy 979-885-3868
Eric J. Pitre, Pastor
Masses: Saturday 5 p.m. English;
Sunday 8 a.m. & 9:30 a.m. English;
noon Spanish www.iccsealy.com
5243 Hwy. 36 N. 979-885-3113
Rusty Griffin, Pastor
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship 10 a.m.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
(Missouri Synod) Cedar St., Wallis
Ray Spitzenberger, Pastor
Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship
9 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st and 3rd
Sundays of each month.
SEALY CHURCH OF CHRIST
6th at Fowlkes Sealy, 979-885-3277
David Massey, Pastor
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m.& 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Classes 7 p.m..
GUARDIAN ANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH
5610 Demel, Wallis, 979-478-6532
Thuy Quang Nguyen, Pastor
Masses; Saturday 6:30 p.m., Sunday
9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.; Sacrament of
Penance-Reconciliation Saturday 6:15
p.m., or after 6:30 p.m. mass or anytime
by appointment. Religious Education
(CCE): Sunday 8 a.m., Jr. High & High
School Wednesday 6:30 p.m.; High
School Youth Ministry Program
WALLIS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Ric Walters, Pastor
Birch at Guyler, Wallis
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Meyer St. at 6th St. Sealy
Eric LeBrocq, Pastor 979-885-2359
Worship 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist
every Sunday 10 a.m.
SIMONTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
(Non-Denominational)
9703 FM 1489, Simonton
Steve Littlefield, Pastor
Sunday School 9 a.m.Worship 10:30 a.m.
ALL AROUND COWBOY CHURCH
5812 Crosstree Lane, Sealy
979-885-1155
Sonny & Gloria Rice, Pastors
Sunday 10 a.m.; Bible Study, 5 p.m.;
Wednesday 7 p.m.
NEW LIFE SANCTUARY UNITED
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
129 2nd St. Sealy
979-627-7194 or 832-876-9011
Martin Villarreal, Pastor
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.,
Worship 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
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WORDSERVE: A UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Nolan Donald, Pastor
Huggins Elem. School, Fulshear
Sunday services 9:45 a.m.
www.wordserve.org
1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
172 Selman Dr, Sealy
Pastor Tim Narquez
Sunday School: 9 a.m.Worship: 10 a.m.
289 Gebhardt Rd., Sealy, TX
.
330 Main Street Suite 4
Sealy, TX 77474
979-885-4787
281-347-6200
State Farm, Bloomington, IL
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Lary Rosenbaum
Sales Mgr.
Financial Advisor
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330 Main Street Suite 4
Sealy, TX 77474
you? Let’s talk.979-885-4787
Andy Krampitz
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Financial
Advisor
.
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. 330 Main Street Suite 4
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201
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979-885-4787
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228 East Front Street, Sealy
(979) 885-2967
34350 I-10 West, Brookshire
(281) 934-2479
18821 F. M. 1488, Magnolia
(281) 356-2530
1331 Highway 6 West, Alvin
(281) 388-0388
6401 FM 359, Richmond
(832) 595-9500
820 Bus. Hwy. 290 N, Hempstead
(979) 826-3273
4323 Ave. H, Rosenberg
(281) 342-2452
Mon. - Sat. 8 aM to 6 pM • Sun. 12 to 5 pM
www.steinhausers.com
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
(ELCA) Wallis,
Kirstin Springmeyer, Pastor
Worship 9 a.m. Holy Communion
Every 1st & 3rd Sunday
CHRISTIAN CITY FELLOWSHIP
If you’re not at your
last
(Inter-Denominational)
If
you’re
not at your
last
job, why is your
401(k)?
First National Bank of Bellville
979-885-6140
job,
why
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your
401(k)?
Wallis Branch
Andy Krampitz
Serving the Community Since 1890
Andy
Krampitz
6404
Railroad
St. Wallis, TX 77485
Jeff GIlbert, Agent If you’re not at your last
979.478.6900
26440 FM 1093 Rd. Ste 310 If you’re not at your last
Fulshear, Texas 77441
job,
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401(k)?
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Financial Advisor
1000 Meyer St. • Sealy
www.allenscreekstorage.com
Wallis
138 S. Dill
East Bernard, TX
77435
979-335-9900
THIS SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR
ONLY $10 PER WEEK.
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979-478-6412
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SERVICES
MOBILE HOMES
FOR RENT
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FOR
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FOR RENT, 3-2-2 BRICk
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HERITAGE SQUARE APTS.
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FOUNDATION
REPAIRS
Slabs-Piers & Beams
Replace rotten
sills & wood
Wayne Ivy, owner
281-232-6268
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w/Lifetime Warranty
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Warranty Aluminum
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FREE QuotES
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REGISTERED
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MOBILE HOMES
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@ 1-855-582-4460
THE SEALY NEWS has an
immediate opening for a fulltime AD Sales Representative
and Reporter. The ideal candidates must be attentive to
details, able to meet deadlines,
enjoy working with people and
have reliable transportation.
Email resume [email protected] or Drop it by at 193
Schmidt Rd, Sealy, TX 77474
THE CITY OF WALLIS is accepting applications for a full
time receptionist/clerk for City
Hall. Must be computer literate and trainable to handle
bill collections, deposits, telephones and any other assigned
duties. Application will be accepted at Wallis City Hall 6810
Guyler Bldg. B until position is
filled.
HELP WANTED
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Simon’s Tree Nursery
Specializing in Container Grown Trees
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Orchard, TX 77464
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TEXAS INVESTMENT
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21 Comm’l, Development & Land Properties
Auction Location: Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre, LBJ
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Single Family Lots • Undeveloped Land Zoned Residential & Comm’l
Located in various towns throughout TX • Mixed-Use Comm’l Development Land
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Residential
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Mike Jones, TX Broker #9002372, AUC TX #6756
TERMS: 10% Buyer’s Premium. The properties are being sold
subject to seller’s confirmation. See website for full terms.
Rod Pavlock
832-868-6647
TexasInvestmentAuction.com ● 816-420-6295
Let us
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Experienced drivers, new Class A CDL holders
and owner-operators should apply ($6,000 tuition
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Tanker, Dedicated, Van Truckload, Dray Work
Some drivers home weekly
New compensation rate increase for owner-operators
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979-885-9542
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TAX SALE
Bolten’s Dozer service
Michael Bolten
Owner
979-877-4408
979-877-8557
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3006 FM 949 • Sealy, Texas 77474
Land Clearing • Fences • Roads • Ponds
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AUSTIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TAX SALES AND RESALES FOR
FEBRUARY 3RD, 2015
AUSTIN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE
SCHEDULED FOR 10:00 A. M.
Tax Sale Information*
STEVEN’S SERVICES
1) Tax foreclosure sales are conducted by the Sheriff of the county where the property is located. These sales are held on the
first Tuesday of the month between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the courthouse steps at a place designated by the
commissioners’ court.
Building & Cleaning of Lakes & Ponds, House Pads, Shop Pads, Roads &
Land Clearing, Demolition & Hauling of Road Material, Sand & Gravel, etc.
2) All sales are without warranty of any kind. Purchasers receive a Sheriff deed that is without warranty. Bidders should
satisfy themselves concerning title and location of the property and improvements on the property including any
encroachments prior to bidding. Neither our firm nor our clients can guarantee the title to any property. The tax sale is
an “as is”, “where is”, “buyer beware” sale. If you have any questions about specific liens or ownership of the
property, you may research the title yourself or through a title company. The judgments in these cases list the parties
included in the tax suit.
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
Dump Truck
Box Blade
Track Hoe
Dozer
Motor Grader
Back Hoe
Free
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Serving AuStin And Surrounding CountieS
Steven Zientek, Owner - Wallis, TX • 979-257-4055
LIC# 59348
KEN CLAY
Taxes may be due beyond what is listed in the minimum bid amounts and must be paid independently of the bid amount.
For more information on the properties listed below please contact Kevin Davidson, mailing address 1235 North Loop West,
Ste. 600, Houston, TX 77008, contact phone number (713) 862-1860 ext. 6903, E-Mail address [email protected] or you
may also contact Tina Swonke @ Austin County Appraisal District (979) 865-9124.
Austin County
Appraisal District
(979) 627-5188
[email protected]
www.claywaterwell.com
February 3rd, 2015
2012V-0075- Brazos
Independent School District,
ET AL vs. Rodriguez,
Marina Robles
TRACT 2: GEO: R46208
PART OF LOT 9, GLEN-JO RANCH SUBDIVISION,
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN CLERK'S FILE NUMBER
030597 OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF AUSTIN
COUNTY, TEXAS.
Value $49,127.00
2012V-0108- Brazos
Independent School District,
ET AL vs. Cooper,
Earnstine, ET AL
Subject to 2014 taxes.
GEO: R11762
A STRIP OF LAND BEING 32 FEET WIDE OFF OF THE
NORTH SIDE OF LOT 5, BLOCK X OF THE A. J. MAY
ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF WALLIS, AUSTIN
COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 416, PAGE 841 OF THE
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
Value $5,638.00
Subject to 2014 taxes.
AUSTIN COUNTY TAX RESALES
PREVIOUS OWNER
CASE NUMBER
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
MINIMUM BID
AT ORIGINAL
TAX SALE
APPRAISED
VALUE AT TIME
OF JUDGMENT
ACCOUNT
NUMBER
R20285
$3,750.00
07-06-2012
Cause # 2008V-0101
Austin County vs. Blackmon, Sandra, Et Al
LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK FORTY-ONE (41),
WALLIS TOWNSITE, AS SAID TOWN IS
RECORDED IN VOLUME X AT PAGE 7
Estimated Minimum Bid
or Value (whichever is the
lower amount)
$2,171.38
$5,638.00
DATE OF
INITIALTAX
FORECLOSUR
E SALE
OPENING
BID FOR
RESALE
$2,612.14
$870.00
Page 6, WALLIS NEWS-REVIEW, Thursday, January 8, 2015
COMMISSIONERS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE
Austin County leadership for the New Year is pictured l-r: Pct. 4 Commissioner Doug King, Pct. 3 Commissioner Randy Reichardt, Austin County Judge Tim Lapham, Pct. 2 Commissioner Bobby Rinn and Pct. 1
Commissioner Reese Turner.
OFFICIALS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE
WNR PHOTOS BY JOHNNY GRIFFIN
Re-elected and newly elected ofﬁcials for Austin County took their Oaths of Ofﬁce in a special New Year’s
Day Commissioners Court meeting at the courthouse in Bellville. Pictured, l-r, are: County Treasurer Brian
Haevischer; County Clerk Carrie Gregor; Pct. 4 Commissioner Doug King; County Judge Tim Lapham;
Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Rick Yancey; Commissioner Pct. 2 Bobby Rinn; Criminal District Attorney Travis
Koehn; District Clerk Sue Murphy; Justice of the Peace Pct. 4 Bernice Burger; and Justice of the Peace
Pct. 3 Cheryl Kollatschny. Absent were Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 Wilfred Krause and County Court at
Law Judge Dan Leedy.
Blood drive set for next Thursday
A blood drive in Cat Spring
will be Thursday Jan. 15 from
4-8 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall.
Please come and give the gift
of life. Someday soon it could
be you or a loved one who
needs an emergency transfusion…no time for rounding up
donors. Your donation truly
will save three lives.
To sign up for speciﬁc time,
contact Frances Sechelski at
979-865-5676. Walk-ins are always welcome.
Multi County New Landowners program begins this month
The Multi-County New Landowner Education program is a series of
nine informational meetings/seminars/ﬁeld days designed to make
new landowners in Austin, Colorado, Fayette and Washington Counties aware of what types of agricultural enterprises are best for their
property.
Participants in the program will
hear from experts in certain ﬁelds of
agriculture about the best manage-
ment practices that they can implement on their own property. This
innovative program assists new
landowners in understanding the
concepts of rural living.
Participants in the program are given exposure to ideas on raising livestock and horses, plant identiﬁcation,
fence building, applying pesticides,
soil testing, stock pond management,
pond construction, fruit and nut production, and much more.
The program also serves as a way
for new residents of the four counties to network and meet new people
in their communities, ﬁnd out what
can be done on their land, what operations can be proﬁtable, and possibly what opportunities they have to
serve the community.
The program will be held on the
third Friday of the months of January, February, March, April, May,
August, September, October and No-
vember. Each month’s meeting will
be held at diﬀerent locations in each
county.
The meetings begin at 1:30 p.m.,
and last about 4 hours.
The ﬁrst meeting for the 2014 series
will take place on Friday, Jan. 16, at
the Washington County Fairgrounds
in Brenham. Cost is $125 per person
or $200 per couple for all nine meetings or $20 per person per individual
meeting.
CEUs for Pesticide Applicators
will be given at each meeting, and
refreshments will be served at each
program session Participants will
receive a notebook full of timely and
useful information.
For more information on the program, contact Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension Service of Austin County
at 979-865-2072, or visit the extension
service website at http://austin.agrilife.org.
Learn job-search survival tips at Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library
Have you been searching
for a job and not having any
luck? Maybe it’s time for a
change in your game plan.
Fort Bend County Libraries’
Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton
Branch Library will present a
free workshop on “Job-Search
Survival Tips,” on Monday,
Jan. 12, from 4:45-7:45 pm, in
the Meeting Room of the li-
brary, located at 8100 FM 359
South in Fulshear.
The workshop is designed
to help all job-hunters, from
those applicants applying for
a position at a fast-food restaurant to executives looking
for a position in a large company.
The tips that are presented
can help any applicant plan
a more eﬃcient job hunt and
make a more favorable impression.
Learn tips on writing a
better resumé, researching
prospective employers, interviewing and non-verbal
skills, making a great ﬁrst
impression, networking, and
much more. By developing an
organized plan of action, the
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applicant is able to experience
a more eﬃcient job hunt with
an increased chance of success.
A team of professionals,
with decades of experience
in corporate America between them, will share their
insight and the experiences
they themselves have had in
the business world – from the
perspective of the employer
doing the hiring as well as the
employee looking for a job.
The job-search survival team
includes business owners,
ﬁnancial and mortgage advisors, computer consultants,
sales and marketing professionals, and advertising and
communications executives
– all of whom volunteer their
time for this workshop.
The program is free and
open to the public.
Registration is not required,
and late arrivals are welcome
to attend.
For more information, call
the branch library at 281-6334675, or the library system’s
Public Information Oﬃce at
281-633-4734.
Glenn Hegar was sworn in
Jan. 2, as Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts by Gov.-elect
Greg Abbott in a ceremony in
the Senate Chamber.
In his inaugural speech,
Hegar said he could assure
Texans he would do everything in his power to keep the
Texas economy on track.
“Texas is a land of economic
opportunity with no equal,
where private property rights
are respected, where people
can raise families in safety,
and entrepreneurs can pursue
their dreams and create jobs,”
he said.
Texas Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Patrick, who gave the welcome
address during the ceremony,
said he looked forward to
working with Hegar.
“Texas is lucky to have Glenn
as its next Comptroller — he is
a man of great integrity who
will faithfully serve as the
chief ﬁnancial oﬃcer of this
state,” Patrick said. “Glenn
and I came into the Texas Sen-
ate together, and it has been
a pleasure working with him
for the past 7 years. His ﬁscal
experience and proven leadership will serve the state well.”
“The state of Texas will
have a faithful advocate of
our growing economy and a
watchful steward of Texans’
taxpayer dollars in the Ofﬁce of the Comptroller with
Glenn Hegar,” Abbott said. “I
look forward to working with
Comptroller Hegar to ensure
Texas’ continued success in
reducing government inefﬁciencies and a more ﬁscally
responsible future for generations to come.”
Of the goals for the agency,
Hegar said he will focus on
“constitutional functions including tax collection, accounting and providing a clear revenue estimate to legislators.”
Regarding the Comptroller’s
role in the continued economic strength of our state, Hegar
said he will focus “more than
ever on customer service”
and will continue to “root out
waste, fraud and ineﬃciency
in state government to maximize ‘shareholder value’ for
Texas taxpayers.”
He added, “We will never
forget that we work for the
Texas taxpayers and not the
other way around. Our job is
to handle the basics then get
out of the way.”
He also spoke of his love and
gratitude for his family, most
notably his wife and three
children.
In
conclusion,
Hegar
pledged to work with Abbott
and Patrick to “ensure Texas
remains an example to the nation and the world of personal
freedom, game-changing innovation and unlimited opportunity.”
Hegar, who was the youngest member of the Texas Senate before leaving to become
Texas Comptroller, is a sixth
generation Texan who farms
on land that has been in his
family since the mid-1800s.
Hegar sworn in as new Texas Comptroller
Learn about caring for roses in the garden
Fort Bend County Libraries’
Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton
Branch Library, 8100 FM 359
South in Fulshear, will present the program “Roses!” on
Monday, Jan. 26, beginning at
noon, in the Meeting Room of
the library.
Fort Bend County Master
Gardener Barbara Buckley
will talk about how to select,
plant, and prune roses for successful growth and maximum
beauty. Learn about the diﬀerent varieties, shapes, and sizes
of roses, and which types of
roses grow best in this area.
The program is free and
open to the public. For more
information, call the Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch
Library at 281-633-4675 or the
library system’s Public Information Oﬃce at 281-633-4734.
Judge Daniel W. Leedy, using a 164 year-old family Bible, was sworn-in for his third term as Judge of
the County Court at Law by Comptroller-elect Glenn Hegar. The Judge’s wife, Cleide, and his son,
Austin, a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, also attended the ceremony.