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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Schubert wins state
house runoff election
Will join 84th Legislature already in session
The voters in House
District 13 ﬁnally have
a representative in the
Texas House of Representatives -- Caldwell
attorney Leighton
Schubert.
Schubert defeated
former Austin County
Judge Carolyn Bilski by
a 6,350-4,763 margin in
the seven-county balloting. Schubert led 1,18172 in Burleson County.
With Schubert’s win,
he will be the ﬁrst Burleson County resident
in decades to serve in
the Legislature.
Voters from Lavaca,
Austin, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes
SCHUBERT
and Washington counties cast 11,113 total
ballots in the special
runoff election on Tuesday, Feb. 17, between
Schubert and Bilski.
Schubert will replace
Lois Kolkhorst in the
House. Kolkhorst was
recently elected as state
senator for District 18
to replace Glenn Hegar,
who was elected as the
Texas State Comptroller.
Tuesday, Jan. 13, was
the ofﬁcial start of the
84th Legislature, so,
once sworn in, Schubert
will join the House already in session.
The Jan. 13 special
election resulted in no
candidate obtaining a
clear majority of the NEWLY ELECTED STATE Representative Leighton Schubert greets
vote. Of the approxi- supporters at a Tuesday, Feb. 17, gathering at the Old Post Ofﬁce in
See ELECTION, page 10A Caldwell. Schubert defeated Carolyn Bilski for the HD 13 seat.
Two cars collide
on F.M. 50, 60
A two-car accident late
Saturday, Feb. 14, at
the F.M. 50 and 60 intersections sent five
persons to the hospital.
The accident occurred
at 7:55 p.m. as Jimmy
Moises Revolorio-Avila,
27, of Charlotte, N.C.,
driving a white, 2005
Chrysler 300 car attempted a left-hand
turn from F.M. 60 onto
F.M. 50 headed south,
according to a report
by DPS Trooper Lee J.
Grifﬁn.
Edward Charles Lister, 35, of Somerville,
was driving eastbound
in a silver, 2002 Mazda
Millenia in the outside
lane when his car collided with RevolorioAvila’s as RevolorioAvila made the turn,
the report stated.
The report stated that
Revolorio-Avila failed to
yield the right-of-way
when making the turn.
Lister then lost control, struck a stop sign
and a light pole, the
report stated.
Revolorio-Avila’s car THIS CAR DRIVEN by Edward Charles Lister of Somerville was damreceived damage to the aged on Saturday in an accident at the intersection of F.M. 50 and 60
See WRECK, page 5A near Snook. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
More file
for cities,
schools
School and city election ﬁlings for the May
9 elections end Friday,
Feb. 27, and a few more
incumbents have ﬁled
to retain their seats.
Caldwell City Aldermen Kavon Novak and
Adrian “Buddy” Carlson and Somerville city
council members Kim
Camarillo and Dottie
Rhodes have ﬁled.
Previously, Somerville school trustee Melissa Tharp, Somerville
See FILING, page
Caldwell hospital rooms renovated
Completion celebrated at
blessing ceremony
CALDWELL’S CHASE Stewart is pictured
in the Hornets 87-67 win over La Grange last
Friday in Caldwell. Caldwell made the playoffs for the ﬁrst time in 10 years. See story 1B.
Aquifer
model
studied
The Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) is continuing an
investigation into the
shallow portions of its
aquifers as part of an
updated model for long
term water manageSee AQUIFER, page 4A
Substation named after Lyle Wolz
DEDICATING THE SUBSTATION on State
Highway 21 West to Lyle Wolz were, from left,
Ben Flencher, Bluebonnet board chairman,
Esther Wolz, Lyle’s wife, and Mark Rose, Bluebonnet general manager.
Somerville ISD eyes
possible Nov. bond
In preparation for a
possible November bond
election, the Somerville
School Board met on
Wednesday, Feb. 11, to
hear an architect’s presentation about their
previous work.
No specific plans for
Somerville were discussed or approved.
Charles Camarillo,
Somerville ISD super-
Major renovations to the patient rooms at Burleson St. Joseph Health Center in Caldwell were
recently completed, and hospital ofﬁcials held an
open house and blessing on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
The renovations, made possible by St. Joseph
Health Systems and the taxpayer supported
Burleson County Hospital District, included new
bathrooms, lighting, paint, ﬂoors, blinds, window
replacements, bed upgrades, artwork and televisions.
It was a joint project funded by the hospital
district, St. Joseph Health Systems and private
donations.
Brian Stanford, Burleson St. Joseph’s new ad- BRIAN STANFORD is pictured with Sister
ministrator, complimented the staff, St. Joseph Penny Dunn at a Feb. 11 blessing and open
house at Burleson St. Joseph Health Center.
See BLESSING, page 9A
Bluebonnet Electric
Cooperative recently
dedicated their substation on State Highway
21 West near Deanville
to the late Lyle Wolz
of Burleson County, a
longtime Bluebonnet
board member and supporter.
Wolz’s family, friends
and fellow Bluebonnet
directors and co-op employees dedicated the
substation on Feb. 5
to honor and recognize
his 30 years of service
on the co-op’s board of
directors.
Wolz served on the
board from 1983 to
2013, including a 10year tenure as board
chairman. He succeeded his father Ben Wolz
on the board, giving the
Wolz family nearly a
75-year legacy of lead-
intendent, said the
board is looking at two
architect firms and
heard from one of them,
Singleton-Zimmer-Haliburton of Bryan, at the
meeting.
The firm briefed the
board on their previous
work with other school
districts.
Goodwin-Lasiter of
Lufkin is the other ﬁrm,
and they will address THE MOBILE VET Center visits Caldwell on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at
the board at the March the Caldwell VFW Post. Pictured above are Franklin Karasek, Burleson
regular meeting, Ca- County’s veterans affairs ofﬁcer, Jaime Nicoletti of Austin and Pedro
Esquivel of San Antonio. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
See SISD, page 7B
ership with Bluebonnet.
Ben Flencher, Bluebonnet’s current board
chairman, said no one
would ever forget Wolz.
“Lyle loved Bluebonnet and serving its
members on the board
of directors,” Flencher
said. “This is a perfect
way to honor his memory and service to Bluebonnet. Lyle and I came
See WOLZ, page 10B
New info
on cancer
offered
Burleson County has a
cancer rate that exceeds
the national average,
and the public should
be aware of some new
scientiﬁc ﬁndings concerning cancer, according to one researcher.
Dr. Nathan S. Bryan,
Ph.D., a professor of
molecular medicine at
the Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston,
will speak on Thursday,
Feb. 26, in Caldwell
See BRYAN, page 3A