THE LIBERTY GAZETTE Liberty County’s Only Home-Owned Newspaper Vol. 55, No. 10 Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Four schools to participate in Drive 4UR School event Agenda RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL LIBERTY - Area retired school personnel are invited to the South Liberty County Association of Retired School Personnel meetings. The meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, September through May. The next meeting will be Thurs., March 12, at 11 a.m. at Novrozsky’s in Liberty. A representative from Liberty Fire Department will be this month’s speaker. NATURAL HEALTH MIXER DAYTON - The public is invited to attend a free Natural Health Mixer Sat., March 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Parker Meeting House, 201 South Hill Street, next to The Old School Museum. Bobbi Branham will present “Healthy Cooking with Salad Master.” The public is welcome. For more information, call 832-229-4385. USHERS’ ANNUAL DAY LIBERTY - The Ushers’ Ministry of St. Miles Missionary Baptist Church cordially invites you to the Ushers’ Annual Day at 3 p.m., Sun., March 15. The theme will be “Glorifying Jesus Through My Weakness.” (II Corinthians 12:910). Guest speaker will be Dr. Airon Reynolds Jr., pastor of Borden Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Beaumont. The public is welcome to attend to receive a very powerful message of God’s word. Bring the family, friends and coworkers for a experience you will not forget. St. Miles is located at 120 E. Main (Hwy. 90). Reverend Ervin C. Victoria is the pastor. AMBASSADOR LUNCHEON DAYTON - The next Dayton Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Luncheon will take place Mon., March 16, from 12-1 p.m. in the chamber conference room. This month’s luncheon is sponsored by Jewels by Park Lane, Tammy Alexander. Membership in the incentive point program makes it worthwhile to be part of this program. For information, call the chamber office at 936-257-2393. DAYTON FFA RODEO QUEEN’S CONTEST DAYTON - It is time to get ready for the Dayton FFA Livestock Show and Rodeo, which will be held May 14-16 at the Anson Rigby Arena on Hwy. 321. Organizers will be hosting a Rodeo Queen’s Contest in conjunction with this event. The winner will receive a saddle donated by Cowboy Cleaners. If you are a girl in 9th to 12th grade in the Dayton ISD area and would like to participate or would like more information, please contact Susan Addington at 936-258-9044 or email: [email protected]. ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION LIBERTY - Enjoy and evening with an Irish flare and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Sun., March 15, beginning at 6 p.m. There will be singing, gaiety and a wonderful Irish feast. Please bring a covered dish. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 936336-3716. Mary Dyer (left) joined friends Debbie and Dennis Beasley at the CASA Boots & Bandanas fundraiser Sat., Feb. 28, at the Dayton Community Center. Mary crafted her beautiful western shirt just for this annual event. LIBERTY - Show your support for your school and get behind the wheel of a new Ford vehicle in the Drive 4UR School event taking place Sat., March 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at BJ Ford. For every test drive taken, Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to one of four area high schools – Liberty High School, Hardin High School, HullDaisetta High School or Anahuac High School. Simply come to the BJ Ford showroom at 3650 Hwy. 90 and indicate which school you want to take a test drive for. Individual schools will have tables set up. The more people who take a test drive, the more each school will earn. This event is sponsored by B. J. Ford and Ford Motor Company and no purchase is necessary. Drivers must be 18 years of age or older with a valid drivers license and auto insurance. Limit one donation per household. A maximum of 300 test drives will be allowed. TVE Cowboys & Crawfish Cowboy Boil this weekend Liberty Jubilee coming up March 27-28 LIBERTY - The 30th Annual Liberty Jubilee, a family-style fun festival, is set for Fri., March 27, and Sat., March 28, in downtown Liberty. Admission is free. Often described as one of the best small town festivals in the State of Texas, the Liberty Jubilee is held around the historic downtown area on the fourth weekend of March each year. The festival dates back to 1986 when it was designed as part of the Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration. The original event, however, was such a success that the City of Liberty decided to continue holding it each year. The festival opens at noon Fri., March 27, with various food vendors, arts and crafts vendors and the Liberty Municipal Library’s Book and Bake Sale. The popular barbecue cookoff competition gets up and running with teams setting up Friday afternoon and judging held Saturday. The carnival also opens Friday at noon and runs until midnight. Armbands can be purchased for unlimited rides for $20. The carnival reopens Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and runs through the close of the festival. Once again, armbands can be purchased for $20 allowing for unlimited rides on Saturday. The Liberty Jubilee Street Dance, held between the courthouse and city hall, features live music. The year, country music artist and Texas native Tracy Byrd will perform along with Liberty County’s own Southern Breeze Band. The music kicks offs at 8 p.m. and admission to the dance is free. The Friends of the Liberty Municipal Library will hold their famous Jubilee Book and Bake Sale again this year inside the Humphreys Cultural Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The Book and Bake Sale is known far and wide for delicious baked goods and great books at rock bottom prices. Tasty casseroles, beautiful cakes, fresh home baked bread, a wide variety of cookies, candy, mouthwatering brownies, jelly, and more will be available for purchase. The book sale will be held in the upstairs library storage area and will feature hundreds of great ti- LIBERTY - Liberty County Commissioners met Mon., March 2, in special called session and voted to replace the entire Liberty County Housing Authority Board. Current board members Ann Richardson, Jackie Payne, Michael Lillie, Debra Goudeau, and Durlene Davis are being replaced. Each of the four Liberty County Commissioners was tasked with naming their selection for a new board member as well as an alternate. Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike McCarty nominated Juan Venegas and named Dennis Beasley as an alternate. Commissioner Precinct 2 Commissioner Greg Arthur nominated Neil Thornton with Alan Tidwell as the alternate. From Cleveland, Eddie Lowery, commissioner Precinct 3, nominated Mike Penry as his selection with Danny Lee as the alternate. Leon Wilson, commissioner Precinct 4, nominated Josephine Perry with Marion Quiroz as the alternate. To fill the fifth spot on the board, Liberty County Judge Jay Knight nominated Eisha Jones and Eliza Guidry as alternate respectively. By a unanimous vote, the nominees were appointed to the board. If for some reason a nominee cannot serve or chooses not to serve, then the alternate will take the nominee’s place. LIBERTY - On Sat., March 14, TVE will be holding a new event at the TVE Fairgrounds. The TVE Cowboy Boil will replace the familiar Cattleman’s Ball and will feature crawfish with all the trimmings. Serving time will be from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. There will be free parking and free bouncy houses will be provided for the kids in the arena during the day. Live music will be provided during the day by Brady Hanson with the Crooked River Band and Fred Lemond with the Bayou Texas Band. In the evening, beginning at 7:30 p.m., Jamie Bergeron and his great Cajun Band will take the stage. TVE will bring to the stage for the first time Jeff Woolsey and the Dancehall Doctors starting at 10 p.m. This great band will be playing traditional country music that is perfect for dancing under the pavilion. Ticket prices will be from $25 per person for crawfish only with a $50 ticket for crawfish and the concert. There will be a VIP ticket for $100, which includes crawfish, a catered meal, the music and dancing as well as all beverages. Tables for the VIP experience with seating for eight people are $800 a table. Tickets are available at Cowboy Cleaners all locations, Prosperity Bank including Winnie, TVE office at the TVE Fairgrounds or any TVE director. For more information visit www.tvefair.com or call 936-336-7455. Proceeds benefit the youth of Liberty and Chambers County. Let the Good Times Roll on Saturday March 14 at the TVE Fairgrounds. LIBERTY-DAYTON - The Fri., Feb. 27, filing deadline came and went with no new candidates filing during the final week for the upcoming May 6 election. Key races in that upcoming election will include city, school board, and hospital district. Over in Liberty, voters will also determine the fate of a $33.5 million bond proposal. In the race for Liberty City Council, incumbents Dianne Huddleston, Libby Simonson and Dennis Beasley all have no opposition. As for the Liberty School Board, trustees Bruce Bell (Posi- tion 1) and Lance Lawrence (Position 2), both filed for new terms without opposition. Newcomer Rachel Odell has officially filed as a candidate for Position 6 on the Liberty school board. Ron Mayo, who currently holds that seat, is not seeking a new term. In the city of Dayton, voters will be electing a new mayor. Outgoing Mayor Felix Skarpa has decided not to seek a third term in office. Skarpa was first elected as Dayton’s mayor in May 2011 after May 6 election field set See ELECTION, Page A-3 Commissioners name new LCHA board See JUBILEE, Page A-3 We met beekeeper and vintner Jim Frascone at the Beekeepers’ Bee Hive and Box Building Workshop at the AgriLife offices Sat., Feb. 28. This event was hosted by the Liberty County Beekeepers, an extremely helpful group whether you’re a rank beginner or an experienced beekeeper. For more information check out their website: http://www.libertycountybeekeepers.org. Jim’s vineyard, Frascone Winery located in Oak Island, recently hosted a Beekeepers’ Meade Contest. If you’re interested in visiting his vineyard or seeing what wines he has available, go to frasconewinery.com.
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