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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 7 No. 49
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December 13, 2017
Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce Christmas Season Success by Julie Becker
OVER $8,000 TO NON PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS
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REAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WANTED PERSONS AND FUGITIVES ............................ Page 3
THE HILL COUNTRY HERALD WILL NOT PUBLISH THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 27TH, 2017
Edwards County Commissioner’s Corner
LtoR Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce Treasurer Kathy Suttle, Amee Odem, PTO President Brenda Gonzalez and Chamber President Russell Glass
Law enforcement academy graduates 41 in Uvalde
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INDEX Legals/Jail Register ... . Page 3Community News ......... Page 4-7 Feature Story ............... Page 8-9 Obituaries ...................... Page 10 Classifieds ..................... Page 14
Canyon Chamber of Commerce Treasurer Kathy Suttle, Librarian Gale Huckaby and Chamber President Russell Glass are pictured with students of the homeschool group.
NATHAN T. JOHNSON ANNOUNCES RUN FOR REAL COUNTY SHERIFF
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CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS THE WAY OUR GRANDPARENTS DID- AN OLDFASHIONED CHRISTMAS
The Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce hosted the Annual Christmas Gala and distributed over $8,000 to local nonprofit organizations. The Leakey PTO received a check from the Chamber for $6,219. The Real County Library kids’ Gingerbread Houses auction brought $2,195. Each of the children participated in decorating 5 gingerbread houses for the auction and WOW! the competition was tough. Funds for both organizations directly affect the lives and education of local children. The Chamber of Commerce wishes to Thank all of the participates, guests, bidders, sponsors and volunteers for all of their support.
I am very thankful for the opportunity to serve as Sheriff of Real County after the unexpected passing of Sheriff Bruce
Carr. The support of the community has been overwhelming as we push forward in our goal and duty to PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY, KEEP THE PEACE, AND ENFORCE THE LAW. We have made great progress in the past eight months. We built two impound yards and began using them to thwart crime in our community. We remodeled the Sheriff’s office to prevent escapes of prisoners and give a heightened level of safety to our dispatcher/jailers at night. We honored our former Sheriff’s with a plaque that respects their dedication and service to the community. We reduced our warrant list from four typed pages to just over a page, locating, arresting, and bringing criminals back to face justice from as far away as Georgia and California. We
are coordinating efforts with Federal and State agencies in a concentrated effort to identify, investigate, and incarcerate local drug dealers who are a plague to our community. Several targeted drug dealers have already been caught and are already in or on their way to prison, and others are awaiting trial or sentencing for drug related offenses and will soon be removed from our county. We are organizing our records and automating our reports for more efficiency. We have written and implemented detailed job descriptions and a meritbased pay scale so that the people of Real County can get the greatest level of performance possible from the people they hire to protect and serve them. We equipped our officers with necessary equipment to effectively do their job in the field, and we obtained more 4x4 vehicles so we can routinely patrol the remote areas of our county as well as our main streets. We implemented Officer Monthly Reports and a Sheriff’s
Monthly Report to track what we are doing for the community and show accountability for the resources we use. We are doing all we can to make the Real County Sheriff’s Office a key resource for the folks of Real County, and to insure the office makes a difference in as many lives as we can while we are there. Our standard performance measure is this question, “Is this the BEST we can do for the people of Real County?” I want to thank the people for their support and I ask that each one of you support us as we seek election to serve out the unexpired term of Sheriff Bruce Carr. I greatly value your prayers and your support as we move forward in our community. Editor’s Note: Each candidate in the upcoming election will have an opportunity to publish their announcement and platform free of charge through the Herald. Please note this is not a political advertisement or endorsement.
DOES THIS LEAK MAKE MY TANK LOOK BIG?
Editorial by Julie Becker
Leakey City Council Says City Councilmember Not Required To Connect to Sewer System For over five years I have reported the progress or lack of progress of the Nueces River Authority/ Leakey Wastewater project. I have reported the funding issues. I have reported employment issues. I have discussed the issues with the Leakey City Council, Nueces River Authority and Texas Water Development Board. This article is listed as an Editorial because I have come to the end of my patience. At Monday’s Leakey City Council meeting, Councilman Roel Gonzalez asked questions regarding an Amendment the City was seeking. Gonzalez stated to councilmember Ken Auld, “Are you wanting this
amendment because you don’t want to connect to the sewer system? Auld replied “No, I would vote for this either way, but I am not going to connect to the sewer system.” He lives in the City Limits! If you are in the process of improving the city with a sewer system, but you are not going to connect to it, it is reminiscent of Washington healthcare for the citizens of the United States, but you as the governing body don’t have to enroll! The picture you see is of another attempt at the lift station at Alto Frio Encampment. I have published a letter from the Texas Water Development Board on page 9, it says it all.
DAR MEMBERS ENJOY CHRISTMAS PARTY
Today’s Weather
High: 62° Low: 39°
Pictured are musicians Jerrie Anne Salvato, Toni Hull, Nathan Lafrenz, and Anna Lafrenz.
Uvalde de las Encinas Chapter members, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), meeting at the beautifully decorated home of member Toni Hull near Uvalde on Saturday, December 9th, enjoyed a delicious pot-luck luncheon, a time of visiting, and a delightful program presented by musicians Nathan Lafrenz with his violin, Anna Lafrenz on guitar, Jerrie Ann Salvato singing, and Toni Hull on the piano. The group participated in a Sing-Along as the program ended.
These musicians are well known locally and in the surrounding area and will be doing several programs in January, February, and March in Uvalde and our area. Watch for announcements in our newspapers. About thirty members and guests attended the party. Chaplain Alice Hicks offered a prayer of thanks prior to the meal. All business was suspended until the next meeting. The next meeting of the Uvalde de las Encinas Chapter, NSDAR, will be at El Progreso Library on Saturday, Janu-
by Karen Collins
ary 20, 2018. The program will be given by Dr. Reading and his subject will be the Women’s Imaging Center in Uvalde Memorial Hospital. This organization meets on the third Saturday of each month at 10:30 am at the El Progreso Library in Uvalde. Any woman 18 years of age or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership in DAR. For more information, contact Regent Lesley Jones at 830.563.2347.