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County talks landfill ordinance Larger swaths of Austin county to be left unprotected By JOE SOUTHERN
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Just when the Austin County commissioners thought they had nailed down a plan to protect the county from any potential landfills, they found themselves staring at a blank page again Monday morning during commissioners court. After several weeks of talks about an ordinance that would prohibit solid waste disposal within the county except for a small designated spot in the oilfields of Raccoon Bend, com-
missioners found themselves scrapping that plan and moving forward with one that leaves more of the county unprotected based on a model ordinance adopted by Webb County around Laredo. The commissioners formulated a plan that they are sending to an attorney for evaluation based on the Webb County ordinance that would prohibit a landfill within 5,000 feet of Interstate 10, Highway 36, all Farm-to-Market roads, and any railroad, 1,500 feet from the boundary of a floodplain, 1,500 feet from public
water system wells, 10,000 feet from an airport or air strip, and 25,000 feet from an incorporated town, subdivision or any recognized or future subdivision intended for residential use. State law already prohibits landfills in floodplains, which eliminates much of the southern end of the county from consideration. Prior to their discussion, commissioners allowed members of the public to speak about the landfill ordinance, treating it like an impromptu public hearing. See LANDFILL, page 5
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Alan Zahradnick passes out information to Commissioner Mark Lamp and other members of the Austin County Commissioners Court Monday morning while preparing to talk about a proposed landfill ordinance.
IT’S OFFICIAL City limits center parking on Main By JOE SOUTHERN
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Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes won re-election for his third term as sheriff during last Tuesday’s Republican Primary. He does not have a Democratic challenger this fall.
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or anyone who has not heard by now, it is illegal to park trucks, vans, SUVs, and other large vehicles in the center parking spots downtown on Main Street. The Sealy City Council made its new ordinance official at its March 3 meeting when it unanimously approved the parking prohibition on its second reading. “So, my recommendation to council is to pass this ordinance,” City Manager Lloyd Merrell said. “We’re going to put up some signs down there as well that will clearly state what vehicles can be parked in the middle area.” The parking spaces have faded “compact cars only” signs painted on them. They have largely been ignored and unenforced. That
will now change, as the city posted signs downtown on Thursday afternoon. Councilmember Chris Noack said he wants to make sure the public is aware of the ordinance before it is strictly enforced. “I just want to make sure we give people ample time to understand the change. I don’t want us to go off writing tickets if we don’t have to,” he said. Merrell said enforcement won’t begin for at least two weeks so the required notices can be publicized. “We’ll put it on our web page and Facebook page, and we’ve been discussing it now for two months. … I would say we’re not going to start for three weeks to a month anyway,” he said. See PARKING, page 5
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Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes handily won re-election over challenger Ronnie Griffin 4,004 to 843 (82.6%) in the Austin County Republican Primary Tuesday and will serve a third four-year term as there is no Democratic challenger this fall. “I appreciate all the people turning out to vote. I’m glad for all the support,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “I will work hard for all of you as your sheriff.” He added that he was “very humbled by the turnout.” According to the county elections office, 30.4% of eligible voters cast ballots in the election. There were 4,919 ballots cast in the Republican Primary and 1,045 votes cast in the Democratic Primary. Kim Rinn, the county’s election official, said
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New parking signs were posted on Main Street last Thursday indicating that the middle parking spots are reserved for compact cars.
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‘Presumptive’ coronavirus case in Fort Bend By R. HANS MILLER
Special to The Sealy News
A man in his 70s who recently travelled abroad has tested “presumptive positive” for the COVID19 virus – otherwise known as the coronavirus – Fort Bend County Health & Human Services officials announced in a March 4 press release. Since then, the county has identified up to six potential cases as of Monday, March 9. “Fort Bend County Health & Human Services has started an epidemiological investigation and is leading the effort to quickly
[identify] close contacts with the individual,” the press release said. Close contacts can include family members, coworkers, first responders and others who had contact with the patient, the press release said. The patient is currently in stable condition according to the press release. The press release said Fort Bend HHS understands the public’s concerns and reminded residents to follow some basic tips to ensure their risk of infection is reduced: • Do not go to the emergency room unless essential. Emergency rooms need to be able to serve those
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A Fort Bend County man in his 70s who recently traveled abroad has been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. Fort Bend County officials are working to identify anyone whom he has come in contact with to reduce the risk of the disease spreading.
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Interact Club hosts Mardi Gras party CONTRIBUTED REPORT Residents at the Colonial Belle Nursing Home in Sealy celebrated Mardi Gras last Friday courtesy of Sealy High School’s Interact Club. Interactors decorated the whole facility over the course of their two-day preparations and were complemented by the Sealy Rotary Club, which coordinated blackjack and poker tables for the residents to play. In addition, the Interact Club brought slot machines and had other games to play as well as a photo booth for the attendees. As the party was winding down, the residents were treated to gumbo made by Sealy High School culinary students while listening to members of the high school choir, led by Director Matthew Kent, sing some of their favorite tunes. The icing on the King Cake was the crowning moment for King Robert Galabeas and Queen Maria Delgado and the ensuing parade down the hall for dessert and punch provided by Colonial Belle’s activity director, Mary Logan.
Colonial Belle residents had a variety of games to play as well as a photo booth to celebrate Mardi Gras last Friday evening courtesy of Sealy High School’s Interact Club.
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Sealy High School’s Interact Club hosted a Mardi Gras celebration at Colonial Belle Nursing home last Friday evening and served punch and King Cake, and had live music performed by the high school choir.
Sealy High School’s Interact Club threw a Mardi Gras celebration at Colonial Belle Nursing Home last Friday with games, food and music to enjoy while also crowning a King and Queen.
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Fruit tree sale
The Bluebonnet Master Gardener’s 2020 Fruit Tree Sale online at txmg.org/ bluebonnet/. Select your trees and pay for them online by 5 p.m. March 15. Trees are to be picked up in Sealy on March 20-21 at 1333 Downey Road from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. or March 24 at the Extension Office in LaGrange at 255 Svobada Lane from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fish fry dinner
Friends of the Sealy American Legion is holding a fish fry dinner on March 13 at the Sealy American Legion Hall from 5-7 p.m. Dine-in (all you can eat) and drivethru plates available.
Barbecue chicken dinner
Friends of the Sealy American Legion is holding a barbecue chicken dinner Sunday, March 15, at the Sealy American Legion Hall from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drive-thru only.
Trinity’s love event
Trinity Lutheran Church’s Thrivent Action Team is assisting Brad and Maggie Kent with medical bills with a drivethru meal on Thursday, March 19 from 5:307 p.m. Tickets should be purchased by March 10.
Cat Spring Hermann Sons Life
Cat Spring Hermann Sons Life lodge will meet at the agricultural hall at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12. There will be installation of officers, and a soup supper and dessert will be provided. For information, call Pat at 979-627-3179.
Classic Cars to Stampede into Bellville
The 16th annual Classic Car Stampede, sponsored by the Austin County Cruisers, will take place on March 14, in downtown Bellville. Special designated parking area and judging for vehicles 1976 or older only. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free. Awards for the Top 15 cars, trucks and motorcycles will be at 1 p.m. For more information, visit austincountycruisers.com or call Danny Jacob at 979-865-3187 or Bob Dormois at 832-600-4888.
Safety seat checkup
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Safety Project and Austin County Family and Community Health Extension are holding a child safety seat checkup event on Thursday, March 19, in Bellville underneath the Austin County Fairgrounds Pavilion. Certified technicians will be available to provide on-site child safety seat inspections and education from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Beef Cattle Management Seminar
The Beef Cattle Management Seminar will be held March 20 at Four County Auction Center in Industry. The program will offer three CEU credits to anyone with a applicators license. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 1 p.m. Refreshments and snacks will be available. Program topics include brush control: yaupon and dewberry, importance of calf vaccinations, and replacement heifer selection and management. Preregister by calling 979865-2072 or by visiting http://austin.agrilife.org.
Community Bible Study
Community Bible Study is holding a six-week study in the book of James at Bellville United Methodist Church March 26 to April 30 from 9:3011:30 a.m. each Thursday. To find out more and/or to reserve a lesson book, call Missy Graham at 979885-9194 or visit http:// bellville.cbsclass.org.
Mill Creek watershed
The Texas Water Resources Institute will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 7 in Bellville for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Mill Creek watershed. The morning session will be at Concordia Hall, 952 South Tesch St. The afternoon session will include a walk and presentations along the creek. Attendees must RSVP by April 3 online at Texas A&M Marketplace, to Escamilla at 210-2770292 ext.205, or clare. entwistle@ag.tamu.edu.
encouraged to complete the application. The application is due to the fair office by 5 p.m. on April 3. For more information, call 979865-5995.
Sealy KC’s Lenten Fish Fry
The Sealy KC’s Lenten Fish Fry will be served every Friday during Lent, from Feb. 28 through April 10 at the Sealy Columbus Club (KC) Hall, 1310 Hwy. 90 West in Sealy. Drive-thru only plates are available from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
ACRTA Scholarships Offered
The Austin County Retired Teachers Association is offering scholarships to local graduating seniors who are pursuing a career in public education. Customarily, a scholarship is awarded to an applicant from Brazos, Bellville and Sealy high schools for $500 each. The amount may vary due to the number of qualified applicants. They are given in memory of three important past Austin County educators: Nelson Kieke, LeRoy Grebe Sr. and Maggie B. Selman. Any interested seniors should contact their high school counselor to get the application. Applications must be postmarked by April 17. Call 979-877-5643 for more information.
HOA – Meals on Wheels
A hot, nutritious meal is served Monday through Friday at HOA – Meals on Wheels at 915 Frydek Road for Austin County citizens 60 and over. Games and companionship are the extras in an airconditioned building. Call Debbie at 979-885-4188. Meals are provided without a stated cost regardless of finances.
By ED STERLING Capital Highlights
Incumbent President Donald J. Trump, who received 94% of the vote in the Lone Star State’s Republican primary election, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who received 34.5 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, were their parties’ top vote-getters on March 3, Super Tuesday. Biden’s closest rival was Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who received 30% of the Democratic vote. Sanders was followed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 14.4%, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 11.4%. Overall voter turnout figures posted by the Texas Secretary of State’s Elections Division show 4,084,431 of the state’s 16,211,198 registered voters cast a ballot — slightly more than 25% of total registered voters. That’s a higher participation rate than in the 2016 Super Tuesday vote. Then, 3,289,218 Texans cast a ballot, or 23% of the 14,238,436 voters who were registered at the time. In a major downballot race, state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, and former Air Force helicopter pilot M.J. Hegar, will face each other in a May 26 Democratic primary runoff. The winner will run against longterm incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, in the Nov. 3 general election. Complete election results are available at the Texas Secretary of State’s website, sos. texas.gov.
“local state of disaster” in response to what officials called an increasing concern over novel coronavirus — COVID19 — the deadly flu-like contagion that has developed into a worldwide health threat. Austin Mayor Steve Adler issued a related order canceling the South by Southwest festival, an event that has been hosted annually by the capital city since 1987. To illustrate the rapidity of the local decision-making process, only two days earlier, Austin’s public health department stated that “there’s no evidence that closing SXSW or any other gatherings will make the community safer.” Dr. Mark Escott, commenting on behalf of the department on March 6, said, “While there is no clear guidance on what local jurisdictions should do under these circumstances, our local expert advisory panel took a look at the risk factors and identified a number of concerns.”
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Irony-ing out the wrinkles J
ump into your DeLorean time machine for a moment and let’s travel back to the year 1996. Tickle Me Elmo is the hot Christmas item people are fighting over. Oprah just announced her first Oprah’s Book Club book. Dolly the Sheep just became the first cloned mammal. “ER,” “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” and “Home Improvement” are dominating the “TV Guide” headlines. Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls reign as NBA champions while MTV is still playing music videos. Now that we’re together at the end of the 20th century, let’s talk about “irony” and “coincidence.” I’m sure you know where I’m going with this. Canadian songwriter Alanis Morissette dropped this little number on us in her album “Jagged Little Pill” (which, by the way, has sold over 33 million copies worldwide by the year 2020) called “Ironic.” The problem is, the song “Ironic” includes several examples of coincidence. “Irony” is a situation where there is a striking contrast between expectation and reality. Think about a vegan who can’t bear to part with her worn-in leather jacket or an IndyCar driver who doesn’t have a driver’s license. Other examples of irony include a barista who doesn’t like coffee or the fact that Dr. James Naismith, who invented basketball, is the only Kansas University basketball coach with a losing record. Isn’t it ironic? “Coincidence” is when two
CURTIS HONEYCUTT Grammar Guy or more things happen seemingly by chance. Suppose it rains on your wedding day. Or how about if you get a free ride when you’ve already paid. Picture this scenario: you’re on your coffee break at work. You want a schmear of cream cheese on your bagel. All you need is a knife, but all you can find in the drawers is spoons (10,000 of them, to be exact). If you worked in France at Groupe SEB, the leading global manufacturer of butter knives, you’d have an ironic situation on your hands. Instead, all of Morissette’s examples in her song are examples of coincidence. Here’s the meta-irony: because “Ironic” doesn’t include any examples of irony, it’s actually incredibly ironic. When you take a song full of coincidences and title it “Ironic,” you’ve got a heaping pile of irony on your hands. For people who have made fun of this song for its non-irony, this realization can be a jagged little pill to swallow. Who would’ve thought? It figures. Curtis Honeycutt is an award-winning syndicated humor columnist. His debut book, “Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life,” comes out on May 1.
“‘Irony’ is a situation where there is a striking contrast between expectation and reality. Think about a vegan who can’t bear to part with her worn-in leather jacket or an IndyCar driver who doesn’t have a driver’s license.” The Sealy News is posing the following question to our readers: Should Sealy ISD be required to pave the overflow lot at the football stadium? A. Yes, it is in violation of the agreement with the city. B. Yes, it improves safety. C. No, the district can’t afford to do it without raising taxes. D. No, it could cause a flooding/drainage problem.
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or a city on the move, Sealy sure seems to have a hang-up with parking issues these days. City council has been talking a lot about parking in the center spots on Main Street. It has also been talking about the Sealy ISD’s gavel overflow parking lot at the football stadium, but more on that later. First, let’s get to the Main thing. In my last column I wrote about the parking situation on Main Street. I stood firmly behind City Manager Lloyd Merrell when he said the situation was not safe when he called to do away with center parking. He was met with a flood of resistance by downtown merchants and the council. Rather than making the tough decision, the council opted instead to reach a compromise. Center parking will be limited to compact cars only. To clarify what that means, no trucks, vans or SUVs are allowed to park there. It says so in the ordinance the council passed and on the signs that were posted downtown last week. I do, however, have issues with the new signs. For starters, they’re small and very hard to read from a vehicle in motion. Secondly, they say “Reserved Parking.” That to me means those spots are reserved for specific people, kind of like you see in a parking garage. Shouldn’t the signs say “Compact Cars Only”? Although I have to applaud the council for trying to do something to alleviate the situation, I think all it has done is complicated things. First of all, it will be an enforcement nightmare for the police department and
JOE SOUTHERN Faith, Family & Fun the municipal court as they have to iron out exactly what constitutes a compact car. Secondly, by continuing to allow parking in the middle spots, the city is ripe for a major liability lawsuit if someone is injured or killed while walking to and from those spaces. Many on the council, in addition to other city officials, have publicly admitted that parking there is dangerous. I get the feeling there are plenty of lawyers circling like sharks just waiting to pounce at first scent of blood in the water. As for the other parking issue, it’s a lot harder to say what should happen in the dispute between the city and the school district over the gravel overflow parking lot at T.J. Mills Stadium. The city was gracious enough to grant the district a variance to its ordinance requiring that parking lots be paved. It did so twice, and both times the district failed to act. Now the district is seeking a permanent variance so it can leave the lot gravel. From a legal standpoint, I don’t think the district has a leg to stand on. It’s clearly and willfully in violation. The question is, what will the city do to force the district’s hand? Can it bar people from parking there and/or issue fines to the district? Clearly the city must treat the school district the same as it would any other business in town. Or does it?
A school district isn’t a business that has an option to operate in the city. The school district is a separate governmental agency that must operate within the city. (Technically, the city operates within the school district.) Comparing the school district to any other business is a classic apples and oranges comparison. Does the city have jurisdiction over school property? I don’t know. For whatever it’s worth, the parking lot is a massive improvement over the cheesy hotels that used to be there. I’m also not a fan of covering up the earth with pavement if you don’t have to. This area is highly prone to flooding and the more impermeable surface we have, the worse the flooding becomes. The bottom line is there is no winner in this dispute. The clear losers are the district taxpayers because they have to foot the bill for paving or must pay any potential fines if the city goes that route. It’s my belief that there are more pressing issues for the city and school district to deal with than the surface of a parking lot. I feel that ultimately the district should probably pave it since that was clearly understood that would happen from the beginning. But I also think it’s ill will for the city to force the issue. Unless it becomes a problem or an eyesore, I say let it be. There is no harm being done. The real damage is in the relationship between two governmental entities that really need to be working in concert with each other to make Sealy the best place it can be. I think that’s something we all want and need.
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Mayor Janice Whitehead said she spoke to Police Chief Jay Reeves and he told her they would start by issuing written warnings before writing tickets to violators. In other action at the meeting, the council rejected a bid for a gas gate but accepted a bid for utility work on Highway 36 north. Merrell said the one bid received by the city for a gas gate needed for Hailiang Copper Texas came in too high and he recommended rejection. The bid council awarded a bid to Barclays Premier Utility Services for $334,610 for the Highway 36 utility work, which should begin soon. The city also started the process of cancelling the next municipal election, as Mayor Whitehead and Councilmember Dee Anne Lerma are running unopposed. It will be official with a
second reading at the March 17 meeting. Councilmember Larry Koy asked about the agreement the city has with the Sealy ISD to host their election. “What the school’s going to do, we are going to allow them to use the facility as we have agreed upon, however, for early voting they will have to do it from their administrative offices,” City Secretary Brooke Knoll informed him. Koy also requested an update about laws regarding tax abatements, a tool commonly used for economic development purposes. A business is often enticed to locating to a place where the local government gives them a property tax break over a certain period of time. City Attorney Tim Kirwin explained that the state Legislature may have done away with that incentive. “This policy is out of date,” Kirwin said about the city’s ordinance. “The problem is the Legislature, when they
LANDFILL
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“What we’re looking for is to restrict a landfill in the county to a place where the landfill doesn’t want to go,” County Judge Tim Lapham said. “Where it’s not economically feasible for them to put a dump,” added Commissioner Randy Reichardt. “If you tell us that it’s not a good place to put it, that’s the kind of place that we’re looking for. “They’re going to come to us and say, ‘we don’t want to be here. We want to be here along Interstate 10. What will it take to get a variance to your ordinance so we can be along Interstate 10?’ That lets us have control over what they do. We want trees around it so it’s not an eyesore, we want the road paved going in so we don’t have dust, we want these certain items and then we’ll give you a variance. So that’s the whole idea of this whole thing. If we don’t have this ordinance in place, what happens is, just like we ran into two years ago, is we don’t know anything about it until I get a packet about this thick (holding fingers about two inches apart) that I have to sign. When something comes in that I have to sign for, it’s usually a problem.” “They buy the land in the middle of the night and then they’re done, just like Waller County. So you could have one right next door to you,” Reichardt added. Alan Zahradnick of the Raccoon Bend area spoke first. “I’ve heard comments that we don’t understand what’s going on out there. We fully understand,” he said. “We don’t want a landfill in the county. We understand that. What you are doing, using a statute in the code and kinda twist it around and trying to find a place that is economically unfeasible. We understand that. “A working oilfield is worse than economically unfeasible. It’s overkill. You may be setting yourself up for a challenge. Also, what you’re doing, is fixing to do a takings impact assessment which tells me that you’re taking something from somebody and what you’re doing is a regulatory taking and what you’re going to do is take property values. That’s the way I understand it. “I think you need to step back and think about what you’re doing. You’re fixing to designate one of the safest places in the county from having a landfill come in. We’re protected. That’s a working oilfield. If a landfill company shows up on our steps today and offered us $20,000 an acre, we could not accept it because the oil company has the right to use that land to produce their product,” he said. He also didn’t like being asked to sacrifice his land for the sake of the rest of the county. “The second problem with your master plan is that somebody’s going to have to be sacrificed to bear the burden for the whole county in reduced property values. …Why should any individual landowner have to bear the burden to protect everybody else?” he said. The next to speak was Debbie Reichardt, wife of commissioner Reichardt, who commended the court for taking action to protect the county. “I understand the concerns on both
passed the property tax cap, one of the unintended consequences was tax abatement, true tax abatement, may go away forever. “So, you’re out of compliance right now; not a bad thing. It just means if you get an application in, we’ll need to up the guidelines… We’re not sure how the tax cap is going to affect things and if anyone is going to be able to do them again in the future at all,” he said. He suggested the city hold off making any changes to its ordinances in that regard. “Rather than spend a whole bunch of money on legal fees giving you a policy that you may never use again, we’re just in a holding pattern to see if you get an application and to see what happens in the future with these tax caps. So, my recommendation is to do nothing until it presents itself to be a problem and go from there,” he said.
sides and I’ve had a lot of people ask me questions about it. One thing I do want to say is thank you to the commissioners and the court for at least making an attempt to protect the county. Although it may not be the direction that is quite right, it may need to be tweaked, I don’t know, but at least y’all are making a stand to keep out of Austin County what happened in Hempstead. For that I appreciate it,” she said The last one to speak was Carolin Woodley, who angrily directed her comments at Commissioner Mark Lamp. She chastised him for selecting an area in an active oilfield that is full of pipelines and working oil wells. “We won’t sign anything. There is no need to come and designate this,” she said. “Are you discriminating because of the type of people that live out there? Because it kind of looks like that. I’ll tell you this, you won’t get a signature from anybody. And the Wilson property is not Wilson anymore. There are also other landowners and they are not going to sign… No cooperation from any of us!” After she finished, Randy Reichardt responded. “You both made our point. It’s not suitable for a landfill, which is the property that we’re looking for,” he said. Reichardt was asked why he didn’t designate his property for a landfill. He said he would, but he doesn’t have enough acreage for a landfill. “My property in Cat Spring would be for sale for that and I don’t think anybody next to me would appreciate it,” he said. Reichardt, who was absent at the last meeting when Cat Spring area residents appeared to protest their area from being considered for nonprotection, then turned on his fellow commissioners. “I’ll take the flak for it. I mean I don’t care. Somebody in this commissioners court, y’all didn’t stand up last week when I was gone. Somebody’s got to have balls enough to do it and say we’re going to protect the rest of the county, and that’s the whole thing. We need to protect the rest of the county,” he said. Lamp, who has been eager to get an ordinance in place, said the goal is to prevent a landfill from coming to the county, not to condemn anyone’s property. “There was no ill intent to bring it to anybody’s property. What I was looking for was five good citizens to take it upon themselves to protect the rest of the county and to see that this would never happen to Austin County,” he said. After he spoke, Woodley accused him of saying she wasn’t a good citizen and stormed out of the room. After the public finished speaking, Judge Lapham directed the court into a discussion about using the Webb County model with necessary modifications. As they started eliminating places around cities, roads, and other factors, the spaces left were very few. “Hey, you know those people from Cat Spring that came last week to complain, this puts them right in the bullseye and as far as I’m concerned. I don’t have a problem with that,” Reichardt said. The court took no action and Lapham said he will send the information back to the attorney for evaluation and another takings assessment.
CORONAVIRUS
using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe The press release encourages residents to stay informed regarding the virus’s spread and prevention. Information on both is available at www. fbchealth.org/ncov and on the CDC’s website. Fort Bend County Judge KP George said residents should use basic precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 such as covering coughs, washing hands frequently and staying home from work or school if they are ill. “We are working around the clock with all local, regional and statewide health
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available, use an alcoholbased hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. • Avoid close contact with people who are sick. • Stay home when you are sick. • Cover your coughs and sneezes. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands. Remember to wash your hands after coughing or sneezing. • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces
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everything went well on Election Day and noted results were late coming out because of the volume that had to be tabulated. “Did we have issues, no. Did somebody falter, no,” she said. She said there are 16 precincts in the county and two parties running elections, which amounted to twice the normal tabulations. She said the ballot itself was much bigger than normal, measuring 17 inches compared to the normal 14. Even though most local races were uncontested, they still had to be counted, along with lengthy presidential choices and 10 or more propositions for each party. Rinn also noted the county is using new ExpressVotes machines in combination with traditional ballots. She said it took time to get everything tabulated and she made her final report to the Secretary of State around midnight. The following are results showing how voters in Austin County voted in major contested Republican and Democratic primary races. All totals are unofficial until they are canvassed.
Austin County Primary Election results REPUBLICAN Sheriff • Jack Brandes 4,004 • Ronnie Griffin 843 President • Donald J. Trump 4,662 • Matthew John Matem 9 • Bob Ely 5 • Joe Walsh 22 • Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Guerra 9 • Zoltan G. Istvan 2 • Bill Weld 28 • Uncommitted 142
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authorities to monitor the situation and update the public,” George said. On Monday, Fort Bend County Health & Human Services reported six presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in a Fort Bend County residents that recently traveled abroad. A presumptive positive result is when a patient has tested positive by a public health laboratory, but results are pending confirmation at CDC. For public health purposes, a presumptive positive result using the CDC test is treated as a positive. An epidemiological investigation has been started to quickly identify close contacts with the individual.
U.S. Senator • John Cornyn 3,467 • John Anthony Castro 148 • Virgil Bierschwale 44 • Mark Yancey 337 • Dwayne Stoval 683 Railroad Commissioner • James “Jim” Wright 2,738 • Ryan Sitton 1,626
DEMOCRAT President • Joseph R. Biden 460 • Cory Booker 2 • John K. Delaney 2 • Elizabeth Warren 54 • Michael Bennet 1 • Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente 0 • Amy Klobuchar 22 • Bernie Sanders 214 • Pete Buttigieg 33 • Michael R. Bloomberg 205 • Julian Castro 3 • Andrew Yang 2 • Robby Wells 3 • Marianne Williamson 2 • Tom Steyer 18 • Deval Patrick 2 • Tulsi Gabbard 4 U.S. Senator • Mary (MJ) Hegar 269 • Royce West 79 • Chris Bell 209 • Jack Daniel Foster Jr. 22 • Michael Cooper 65 • Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez 61 • Adrian Ocegueda 19 • Amanda K. Edwards 54 • Victor Hugo Harris 17 • D.R. Hunter 12 • Sema Hernandez 54 • Annie “Mama” Garcia 75 U.S. Representative • Mike Siegel 406 • Shannon Hutcheson 317 • Pritesh Gandhi 230 Railroad Commissioner • Kelly Stone 282 • Mark Watson 224 • Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo 196 • Chrysta Castaneda 209
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Sniffing out West Texas scat I
’m no expert on scatology, although I’ve dealt with plenty of it. The dictionary defines it as “the study of excrement.” Wildlife biologists understand “scat” as a sanitized word for animal droppings. Although I attended a respected college offering wildlife science degrees, I majored in English. They didn’t teach about scat, just how to write it. On a hunting trip once, my hunting partner, David Baxter, former editor of Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, and I walked up on something unusual near the top of a low hill in the Solitario on the Big Bend Ranch State Park. If the world is too much with you now, especially during this election cycle, Google “Solitario” and then click on “The Road to Nowhere” and you’ll see the terrain we were in. I got nostalgic for that country watching the video, having camped south of Tres Papalotes (Three Windmills)
JOHN JEFFERSON Woods, Waters and Wildlife on several trips and consider those jaunts some of life’s treasured moments. It’s so primitive that the park ranger told us his crew hadn’t been there in several years. But I digress. Before us on the hard scrabble ground lay about a four by six-foot rectangular patch totally covered with mummified animal droppings from multiple species. We identified deer, javelina and coyote scat, but only imagined about several others. Possibly Chupacabra? We did, however, collect a few samples of what we guessed was “bear sign.” Bonnie McKinney, a respected wildlife biologist with TPWD in Alpine, affectionately known as TPWD’s “Bear Lady,” verified it for
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An intrepid hunter leans against a weathered gate post, the tallest structure available in the arid Big Bend country of West Texas. us. I remembered that excursion last week and contacted several credentialed wildlife authorities. Dr. Jerry Cooke, retired TPWD big game program leader, said he had seen his cats marking the same “spot” several times. That made me think about my own dogs. We called one of them “Marks-a-Lot” due to her incessant marking of
her presumed territory every time she encountered another dog’s “mark.” Could that instinct be the answer? I was referred to Jonah Evans, a TPWD mammologist in Boerne. Evans said it was not altogether uncommon for one species – like a deer – to use a spot and maybe come back down the same trail and use it again. Then another animal – per-
haps a carnivore – would do the same. That could explain bears. Javelinas, coyotes – even mountain lions. Calvin Richardson is the TPWD regional wildlife director for West Texas, and said even foxes and bobcats could do that, too, explaining the unidentified scat. Bonnie and Billy Pat McKinney are both former TPWD wildlife staff members respected for their savvy of all things Chihuahuan Desert. They said one animal probably leaves scat and possibly urinates and the next one coming along does likewise. And it grows. They both agreed that if it’s on a common game trail, it likely will have multiple visitors. The trail Baxter and I were on ran along a narrow ridge. It was the logical path for critters, too. We didn’t think about adding to it, but wouldn’t that have confounded future archeologists!
Kolkhorst receives award CONTRIBUTED REPORT State Sen. Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) received the Texas Travel Industry Association’s (TTIA) Silver Spur Award at the association’s 30th annual Unity Dinner for her instrumental work in passing Senate Bill 26 and Senate Joint Resolution 24 during last year’s legislative session. The Silver Spur is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated leadership and exemplary service to the Texas travel and tourism industry. Senate Bill 26 and Senate Joint Resolution 24 became Proposition 5 in last year’s constitutional amendment election and passed overwhelmingly statewide with 88 percent of the vote. For many years, Texas state parks were funded primarily through a one-penny-per-pack tax on cigarettes. In 1993, the 73rd Legislature replaced the cigarette tax funding with a portion of revenues derived from the sales tax on sporting goods. The sporting goods sales tax was designed to create a steady stream of funding for state parks, but the amount of the tax has fluctuated over the years. Under Proposition 5, the entire amount of the already existing state sales tax on sporting goods will be permanently dedicated to state parks and historic sites. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission are already
beginning to alleviate an estimated $800 million backlog of deferred maintenance and repairs across the state’s parks and historic sites. “It is indeed an honor to receive such a prestigious award and to share the stage with my colleague and good friend, Representative John Cyrier (R-Lockhart),” said Kolkhorst. “Ninety-Five percent of Texas lands are owned privately. This is why it is so important for every Texan, from the largest cities to the smallest towns, to have the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and to learn about Texas’ history by visiting our state’s rich historic sites.” In accepting the award, Kolkhorst told the crowd of nearly 500, “This was a bi-partisan effort and supported by so many outdoor and history advocate groups. Finally, I want to thank all the voters in our state who share a vision of preserving Texas’ unique and storied history while also guaranteeing future generations of wide open spaces and outdoor experiences that are created by our state and local parks.” Cyrier and Kolkhorst both represent Gonzales and Lee counties in their districts. Kolkhorst is the only person in Texas to be a twotime recipient of the Silver Spur Award and she said she accepted the award on behalf of the Texas Senate and the Texas House that passed the bills unanimously 2019.
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Sealy Junior High boys’ choir took the top spot from the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation last week in Waller for the first time in program history. Choir director Kristin Howard (with trophy) led the Tigers to win both the boys’ and girls’ competitions, bringing home two more trophies in addition to the symphonic band’s sweepstakes win.
Junior high symphonic band wins sweepstakes By COLE MCNANNA sports@sealynews.com
The junior high UIL Concert and SightReading Evaluation was held last week in Waller and Sealy brought back a multitude of superior ratings as well as the symphonic band sweepstakes. The Roaring Tiger Symphonic Band received first division, superior ratings from all three judges on stage in the concert discipline as well as in the sight-reading room to earn the sweepstakes trophy. “These amazing ratings were earned by some outstanding, hard-working, dedicated students,” said junior high band director Sterling Burton. On top of that, the junior high boys’ choir also received superior ratings in both disciplines for the first time in program history. Choir director Kristin Howard and her students were presented the UIL trophy although that wasn’t
The Sealy Junior High girls’ choir received superior ratings in both disciplines at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation last week in Waller, bringing one of three trophies back to Tiger town.
Sealy’s junior high symphonic band achieved superior ratings at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation last week in Waller, helping the group win the Sweepstakes Trophy. the only one returning to Sealy.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Catholic Daughters’ turkey-dressing dinner. Special thanks to Prasek’s for their donation to the live auction and to the members who worked so hard to make this annual fundraiser a success.
The junior high girls’ choir similarly received superior ratings in both competitions for the first time since 2014 to earn their trophy-hoisting moment. Another program record was broken when the two UIL trophies came back to Tiger town. “It was an outstanding day for the choirs and we are all so proud of how hard they have worked,” Burton added.
SPORTS
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Area varsity results for the week starting March 2:
BOYS’ SOCCER TUESDAY, MARCH 3 La Grange 1, Bellville 0 THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Sealy 1, Royal 1 (3-1 PKs) FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Bellville 2, Smithville 0
GIRLS’ SOCCER TUESDAY, MARCH 3 La Grange 1, Bellville 1 (3-1 PKs) THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Sealy 3, Royal 0
BASEBALL MONDAY, MARCH 2 Bellville 9, Sealy 8 TUESDAY, MARCH 3 El Campo 10, Brazos 0 THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Bellville 11, Fulshear 2 Katy Paetow 11, Bellville 1 Klein 7, Sealy 2 Sealy 10, Klein Collins 5 FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Kinkaid 8, Bellville 2 Klein Oak 10, Sealy 4 Sealy 8, Hou. Heights 0 SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Bellville 6, Cy Ridge 6 Giddings 6, Sealy 4 Rudder 9, Sealy 7 Strake Jesuit 9, Bellville 3
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Senior captain George Regalado put the nail in the coffin for Sealy to win Thursday night’s penalty kick shootout against the Royal Falcons, 3-1. Pictured is Regalado evading a Needville defender in the district showdown at T.J. Mills Stadium on Feb. 28.
Royal ties game late but Tigers prevail in shootout By COLE McNANNA
SOFTBALL TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Weimar 10, Brazos 0 THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Bellville 12, Van Vleck 5 Brazos 18, Port Arthur 0 Columbus 9, Bellville 5 F.B. Dulles 11, Bellville 7 Foster 11, Sealy 1 Hamshire-Fannett 2, Brazos 1 Sweeny 1, Sealy 0 FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Brazos 12, Hull-Daisetta 1 Brazos 2, Hempstead 1 SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Brazos 6, Rice 3 East Bernard 15, Sealy 4 Hamshire-Fannett 8, Brazos 0 Sealy 11, F.B. Terry 10 Van Vleck 4, Bellville 3 Victoria West 11, Bellville 2
STANDINGS
District standings entering play on March 9 DISTRICT 23-4A BOYS’ SOCCER Stafford 9-1 Fulshear 8-2 Royal 8-3 Sealy 5-5 Needville 4-6 Columbus 2-9 Rice 0-10 See AREA SPORTS, page 11
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ith all the pressure on him to end the penalty kick shootout, Sealy senior captain George Regalado came through with the winning goal to lift the Tigers over the Royal Falcons, 4-2, on Mark A.
Chapman Field at T.J. Mills Stadium in Sealy Thursday night. “When I was walking up and everyone on our side was cheering and everyone on the other side was booing, telling me to miss, I was scared honestly,” Regalado explained. “I was nervous but once I got the ball, I placed it down, took a deep breath and knew I had this and it went in.”
He sent the home crowd into a frenzy while his teammates mobbed him in the middle of the field in a moment he said he couldn’t quite describe. “There are no words to explain it, you have to be in there to know,” Regalado said. “I couldn’t have done it without my See TIGERS, page 10
Austin County lifters take regionals By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
A quartet of Austin County female powerlifters competed at the regional championships at Del Valle High School last Saturday, March 7, and 10 more male powerlifters will hit the regional stage this Saturday to determine who advances to state. The top 12 lifters in each weight class punched a ticket to the regional round and three did just that from Sealy: Broccisha Williams, Melanie Nieto and Sabrina Terrill. Halie Gonzalez represented Brazos in the 181-pound weight class and came away with seventh place, similar to Nieto’s finish, while Terrill took fourth. Williams bombed out one of her attempts and the rest of her results were void but Nieto registered a 20-pound increase from her year-best set at the final meet of the regular season at Rice on Feb. 15.
Although Terrill’s total was 15 pounds shy of her seasonrecord, she was 50 pounds behind the second-place finisher from Giddings who secured a trip to state as being one of the top-two finishers in a weight class. The Cougarettes’ Gonzalez entered the regional competition at Academy High School in Little River-Academy the 10th-ranked 181-pound lifter and walked away in seventh after a 60-pound increase on her personal-best lift at the final meet of the regular season at Rice on Feb. 15. For the boys, three Sealy Tigers, three Bellville Brahmas and four Brazos Cougars settled into the top 12 of their weight classes and will compete this Saturday to shake out the state-qualifying lifters that finish in the top two at regionals. Dylan Thaxton is Sealy’s top lifter and finished ranked See LIFTERS, page 10
Wall of Honor fund set up CONTRIBUTED REPORT A fund has been created to maintain and add to the Wall of Honor monument between the football and baseball fields in Sealy. Those interested in making a donation can do so by way of mail to Sealy High School, Monument Account (Karen Naida), 2372 Championship Drive, Sealy, TX 77474. The tax-deductible donation will help in a multitude of different maintenance-related topics that could provide benches or a new gold dot flag or new plaques to name a few.
HOW TO DONATE SEND DONATIONS TO: Sealy High School Monument Account (Karen Naida) 2372 Championship Drive Sealy, TX 77474
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Brazos High School’s Halie Gonzalez added 60 pounds onto this year’s personal record at the right time, securing a seventh-place finish at the regional competition at Academy High School in Little River-Academy last Saturday, March 7.
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Becky Mills, the widow of the namesake of the football Stadium, T.J. Mills, added that community members can make a donation in the honor of someone’s name or just make a general donation. She also hopes to increase the number of plaques with different athletes going to state in various sports.
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Softball opens district with win By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
The Sealy Lady Tiger softball team kicked off district play with a 20-4 win over the Royal Lady Falcons Monday morning in Brookshire, using an eightrun fourth inning to seal the run-rule win. Coach Mendi Nelson talked about the importance of opening district on a positive note and took an early look ahead at some areas of improvement. “It’s nice, we definitely wanted to start district on the winning side so that was good,” Nelson said. “Still have to do things right and we’re going to try to shorten up our game some. We need to work on the short game and take extra bases to see what we’ve got.” The visitors scored four, three, five and eight runs each inning of play, building up to the explosion that secured things in the end while also capitalizing on some errors and miscues made by the hosts. “In the field we didn’t get much action but when we did, we only had the one error and I’ll take that,” said Nelson. “We’ve just got to stay focused because it does get a little boring when it’s strikeout after strikeout. Our hits took a little bit to get going but once they got going it was a good game.” Kayla Camacho, Callie Cooper, and Haley Reese led See SOFTBALL, page 11
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Avery Oliver scored the Lady Tigers’ seventh run after a rundown in the second inning of Sealy’s 20-4 district-opening win over the Royal Lady Falcons Monday morning in Brookshire. She finished with one hit, one RBI, and two runs scored.
Sealy was able to take advantage of plenty of Royal miscues which led to more scores in the Lady Tigers’ 20-4 district-opening win Monday morning in Brookshire. Pictured is Justice Jett sliding into third base while the Lady Falcons’ Salma Reyes reaches for an overthrow.
Emily Luther took the pitcher’s circle for Sealy and finished three innings of work, allowing only one hit and the four runs to score, although only two were earned, in the Lady Tigers’ 20-4 road win over the Royal Lady Falcons Monday morning in Brookshire.
Raegan Newsome came off the bench and supplied a hit, run scored and an RBI to help the Sealy Lady Tigers kick off district play with a 20-4 win over the Royal Lady Falcons Monday morning in Brookshire.
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The Brazos softball team bounced back from a tournament-opening loss to win four games in a row and finish as runners-up in last weekend’s Anahuac Tournament. Cole McNanna
Bellville sophomore Cody Pfeffer registered a two-hit game against Cy Ridge in the Brahmas’ tournament game in Lamar last weekend although the teams tied at six apiece with a time restriction. Pictured is Pfeffer ditching his bat after drawing a walk against Sealy in a non-district game at Aubrey “Mutt” Stuessel Stadium last Monday.
Bellville collects win By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
Both the Bellville baseball and softball teams competed in tournaments last weekend although each squad came away with only one win in five-game sets. The Brahmas hit the baseball diamond at the Lamar Tournament in Houston and opened with an 11-1 loss to Katy Paetow but bounced back to beat Fulshear 11-2 on the first day of play last Thursday. Although Bellville fell behind 2-0 after three innings of play, the Brahma bats came to life to provide a seven-run fourth and a four-run sixth to provide some comfort room for starting pitcher Brett Heintschel who nearly went the distance. After allowing one-run first and third innings, Heintschel racked up 15 first-pitch strikes and five strikeouts over 5.2 innings pitched where his WHIP finished at 1.41.
At the plate, Colton Peschel led the way with three hits and a walk, Colby Lange registered two hits and two RBIs, Carson Baker collected a pair of hits, an RBI and walks and Brandt Okonski registered two RBIs. Bellville returned on Friday for a lone game against Kinkaid where the Falcons took an 8-2 decision. Saturday brought two more games for the Bulls who started things with a 6-6, time-restricted tie against Cy Ridge. Lange, Cody Pfeffer and Tyler Fishbeck all registered two-hit games before the tie where Baker and Kannon Meissner both reached base on balls twice. Okonski provided five innings pitched where he collected 12 first-pitch strikes and two strikeouts, leading to a WHIP of 1.80. The Brahmas closed things with a 9-3 loss to a Strake Jesuit team See BELLVILLE, page 11
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Cougarettes are runners-up at Anahuac softball tourney By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
The Brazos baseball and softball teams were in action last week and although the Cougars ended up on the wrong end of a 10-0 decision on the baseball diamond, the Cougarettes collected a runner-up plaque from the Anahuac Softball Tournament over the weekend. Brazos traveled to El Campo for a non-district baseball matchup last Tuesday, March 3. Nick Oliver and Julio Reyes registered the Cougars’ hits and Jared Demny and Kody Ressler collected a walk each. Oliver provided three innings of work on the mound, registering 10 first-pitch strikes and three strikeouts for a 1.67 WHIP. Kaden Kneip threw an inning in the loss to the Ricebirds as well and registered four first-pitch strikes and added a strikeout. The Cougars are back in action later this week as they will play host to the Stafford Spartans for a Friday non-district doubleheader. On the softball diamond, Brazos traveled to the other side of Houston for the Anahuac Tournament where things opened on the losing end of a 2-1 decision against HamshireFannett. Although Allie Gonzalez provided 5.1 innings pitched, 17 firstpitch strikes and eight strikeouts for a 0.56 WHIP, a two-run top of the third was all the damage needed to down the Cougarettes. It wasn’t long before Brazos had another crack at it and the Cougarette bats seemingly could not miss, breaking open the second tournament game in the very first inning by jumping out to a 13-0 lead over Port Arthur Memorial. Gonzalez and Savannah Ozuna both collected two hits and three RBIs en route to an 18-0 win. Hannah Browning and Jessica Buford each drew two walks and Haley Martinez added an RBI. In the pitcher’s circle, Caitlyn
Snedaker shut things down in her two innings of work, registering five first-pitch strikes which led to four punchouts and a .50 WHIP to close play on Thursday. Brazos battled out a 2-1 win over Hempstead where Meagan Demny provided an RBI and Gonzalez struck out four in four innings pitched. The Cougarettes supplied another large first inning in their second game on Friday, helping defeat HullDaisetta 12-1. Martinez supplied two hits and three RBI and Laura Durrett collected two hits and two RBI. Taylor Brzozowski got it done on both sides, supplying two RBI at the plate and four innings pitched in the circle where she registered 10-first pitch strikes for nine strikeouts and a 1.00 WHIP. That set Brazos up in the semifinals against Rice Consolidated on Saturday where the Cougarettes clinched a spot in the championship with a 6-3 win where Gonzalez supplied four innings pitched and 13 first-pitch strikes. Snedaker collected two hits, two RBI and a walk to help Brazos score five runs in the second inning. The Cougarettes met with the same Hamshire-Fannett team that handed them their first loss of the season with all the marbles on the line and the Panthers once again prevailed, this time by an 8-0 margin. Although Snedaker racked up seven strikeouts in four innings pitched for Brazos, HamshireFannett scored every inning, starting with a three-run first, two-run second and one-run innings the rest of the way to claim the top spot in the tournament bracket. Despite the spring break release from school, the Cougarettes were back on the diamond earlier this week, hosting Moulton for a district showdown Tuesday evening before Fayetteville makes the trip to Wallis for a Friday-night district matchup at Brazos High School.
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Villagomez lifts Lady Tigers in 3-0 win By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
Valerie Villagomez supplied the first two goals in a 3-0 Lady Tiger win over the Royal Lady Falcons last Thursday evening at T.J. Mills Stadium in Sealy. “She got that confidence to be able to do those long shots,” head coach Adrian Rocha said. “She took risks to be able to go to the goal and it played a big role for her today and made a big difference.” The game-opening score came with 21:30 left in the first half and although that was the lone tally from the opening period the hosts owned the advantage in time of possessions and
chances although it was the beginning of the second half that ended up being the deciding factor. “The girls have to be challenged so if they know they can beat them. They’re not as strong,” Rocha said. “As soon as they see they’re getting beat or their guard is lowering, that’s when they pick it back up so that’s what happened in the second half. We talked at halftime that this isn’t the team that we know, this isn’t what we want. We needed more effort and that’s what helped us in the second half.” Royal got its best chance of the evening within the first five minutes of the second half, getting three
looks at an open net as Sealy keeper Hailey Arteaga fell out of position but all three attempts failed and the Lady Tigers retained their lead. What had started as competitive play spilled over in a fight for the ball up the sideline in front of the Lady Falcon bench that turned into a scrap between Sealy’s Daniela Acosta and a Royal player who were both given red cards and dismissed from the game. Not long after, Villagomez supplied her second goal off a rebounded shot from Destinee Castillo which took the Lady Falcon keeper out of her net, leaving it See VILLAGOMEZ, page 11
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Valerie Villagomez scored in both halves of Sealy’s 3-0 win over the Royal Lady Falcons last Thursday on Mark A. Chapman Field at T.J. Mills Stadium, the Lady Tigers seventh win in district play. With two games remaining, Sealy sits comfortably in the playoff picture and wraps up its season next Friday, March 20, in Columbus.
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Garret Nedd finished as the top shooter for Sealy at the Waller Golf Tournament last Thursday, helping the Tigers place fifth although they were 10 strokes from the top three.
Golfers take on Waller tourney By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
Both the boys’ and girls’ golf teams took trips to Waller last week for their penultimate regular-season matches before the district preview on March 25. The Lady Tigers competed on Tuesday on the Mustang Cat Golf Course and had only three representatives which rendered them unable to factor into the team competition. Senior Maddie Goad led the way with a round score of 81 which was just five strokes off the leader, Brenham’s Megan Lampe, who shot a 76 to help the Cubettes take the team title with a total score of 343. Summer Burleson followed with a score of 119 and Karrigan Berry turned in a scorecard of 121 and Sealy will have the rest of this week off for spring break and will return to the course in El Campo on March 19 for the final tournament of the regular season. Last Thursday was the boys’ chance to hit the Mustang Cat Golf Course in Waller and the Tigers finished fifth out of six teams but were just 10 strokes shy of medaling. Columbus (337), La Grange (351) and Brenham (362) took the top spots with Bellville (368) also ahead of Sealy’s total of 372 which featured four sub-100 finishers. Garret Nedd was the Tigers’ top finisher with a score of 89 while Steven Dorenbach (91) and Hunter Thielemann (93) weren’t far behind. Cade Fink totaled 99 strokes and Brayton Beam registered 111 to round out the scores. The boys are also off the rest of this week but will be back in action the following Monday, March 16, at Brenham Country Club for their final match of the regular season before the district preview on March 25 precedes the district championships on March 30 and 31 at Greatwood Golf Club in Sugar Land.
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Joel Gassiott provided one of four first-place finishes for Sealy at Needville’s Ketchum Relays on Feb. 28, registering a pole vault of 13 feet to win the event. Pictured is Gassiott on the runway at T.J. Mills Stadium during last year’s Sammy Dierschke Relays in Sealy.
Track runs Ketchum Relays By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
The Sealy track and field teams took a trip to Needville for the Ketchum Relays on Feb. 28 and came away with third place in the boys’ team competition and eighth from the girls’ team competition. The Tigers were paced by four first-place finishers, four more runners-up and seven third-place contributions to compile 68 team points which were good enough for a tie with El Campo for bronze with a one-point margin over host Needville. Only Fulshear (146) and Angleton (96) finished in front of the thirdplace finishers. Emmanuel Aguilar (42.25 in the 300-meter hurdles), Joel Gassiott (13 feet in the pole vault) and Luke Thielemann (51 feet, 1 inch in the shot put and 152 feet, 5.5 inches in
Ally Dickens was one of six Lady Tigers taking second from their heat at Needville’s Ketchum Relays on Feb. 28, providing a high jump of 4 feet, 10 inches to finish fifth overall in the event. Pictured is a high jump approach at last year’s Sammy Dierschke Relays at Sealy’s T.J. Mills Stadium. the discus) provided the top finishes for the black and gold and contributed the biggest chunks of points to the team total. Matthew Lord (11.16 in the 100-meter dash and 22.98 in the 200), Xavier Olvera (4:52.22 in the 1600-meter run) and Kaden Thielemann (16.85 in the 110-meter
hurdles) finished as the runner-up in their respective heats to score more points for their team. Jacob Montoya (59.32) and D’vonne Hmielewski (56.17) competed in different heats of the 400-meter dash and both took bronze. Gassiott (18.27) and Draper Parker
(17.86) did the same in the 110-meter hurdles with the former also taking third in the 300meter hurdles in 44.18 seconds. Daniel Medrano finished just behind Olvera in the 1600-meter run, compiling a time of 4:54.17 for third. In addition, the 4x400-meter relay team of Connor Krenek, Emmanuel Aguilar, Mason Klotz and Gassiott registered a third-place finish in their heat, registering a time of 3:43.79. On the girls’ side, the Lady Tigers had only one first-place finisher but had six runners-up and two more thirdplace finishers to contribute the biggest chunk of their 31 total team points which left them eighth, 10 points behind Boling. Waller was the girls’ champion with 101 team points. Raegan Newsome See RELAYS, page 11
Sealy Tiger baseball steps up in Ferrell Classic By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
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Junior pitcher James Statham provided six innings of shutout pitching for the Sealy Tigers against the Houston Heights Bulldogs last Friday, March 6, as part of an 8-0 win in the Ferrell Classic played at Klein Oak High School. Pictured is Statham pitching against the Bellville Brahmas in a non-district matchup at Aubrey “Mutt” Stuessel Stadium last Monday, March 2.
The Sealy Tiger baseball team participated in the Ferrell Classic at Klein Collins High School last weekend, finishing with a 2-3 record against solid upper-classification teams. The Tigers split their doubleheader days on Thursday and Friday and lost their lone Saturday game to the 5A Rudder Rangers 9-7. The other four teams were all 6A teams, three of which made the postseason last year. The first day of competition got underway with a 7-2 loss to a Klein Bearkats team that finished fourth in District 15-6A last year. The Tigers bounced back with a 10-5 win
over Klein Collins, who took second in District 15-6A last year, where Carter Cryan earned the win on the hill after 5.1 innings of work with five hits and five runs charged to him, only three of which were earned, and eight strikeouts. Sealy’s next two games were played at Klein Oak High School and the first one was a shutout of the Houston Heights Bulldogs who finished runners-up in District 18-6A last year. James Statham got the victory on the mound, supplying six innings of work where he let up only three hits and didn’t allow a run or walk and added a strikeout. On the other side of the ball, Garrett Redden collected two of his
team-leading four RBIs over the course of the tournament, minus the opening loss to Klein. The host Klein Oak Panthers met the Tigers in the second game of the day and handed them a 10-4 loss where eight runs, five earned, were charged to Sealy starter Luke Kovar who supplied four innings and collected a strikeout. The Tiger nine returned to Klein Collins for their final game against 5A Rudder who secured a 9-7 win over Bass Blundell who was on the hook for four earned runs, four hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.1 innings pitched. Blundell got it done at the See BASEBALL, page 11
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Roughnecks remain undefeated By COLE McNANNA sports@sealynews.com
A pair of fourth-quarter connections from Houston quarterback P.J. Walker to wide receiver Cam Phillips helped complete a Roughnecks comeback over the Seattle Dragons and keep them a perfect 5-0 after their 32-20 win Saturday afternoon at TDECU Stadium. A record turnout of 19,773 fans saw the visiting Dragons score the first 14 points unanswered with less than 10 minutes remaining in the first half only for Houston to bounce back and tie the game before halftime. Walker recorded his first score on a 50-yard pitch and catch to Nick Holley and James Butler supplied a 1-yard rush with only 13 seconds to play before intermission. Roughnecks head coach June Jones said the conversations in the locker room at the break helped the team rally and complete the comeback. “There’s nothing magical to it. I wish I could tell you that,” Jones said. “I just know that every halftime we talk about hanging together and playing the play longer than the other guy and if we do that, we’re going to end up winning some games.” Despite the Dragons scoring on their first two possessions of the second half to take a 23-14 lead with just less than 24 minutes left in the game, another Butler touchdown provided some momentum the Houston defense took advantage of. The Roughnecks forced Seattle to punt away its next two possessions before the Dragons lost a fumble that sealed the win for Houston after the pair of fourth-quarter connections from Walker to Phillips. Free safety Cody Brown said some of the team’s preparation for the Seattle squad was challenging because they were unaware of who the quarterback would be to start the game.
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Houston Roughnecks safety Cody Brown (25) pressures Seattle Dragons quarterback B.J. Daniels (7) during Saturday’s XFL game in Houston at TDECU Stadium. Brown ended with a tackle and a sack which helped the Roughnecks come from behind to beat the Dragons 32-23. “When you don’t have a lot of film on a guy, you have to get a feel for him and it just takes a couple of drives to do that,” Brown said. “After that first quarter, we kind of figured out how their game plan evolved around (B.J. Daniels). We didn’t know who was going to be the starting quarterback coming into the game so we game planned for both guys. After seeing that and seeing how they did, we just figured out what adjustments we were going to make.” Brown, a Bellville High School alum, also mentioned the camaraderie the defensive group has been building in their time together which translates to them making plays on the field. “We spend a lot of time with each other,” he said. “We’ve been here since December or January and a lot of us have similar backgrounds so that helps to be able to mold to each other and understand where each other is coming from and what the main goal is at the
end of the day and what it takes to get there.” They were able to do that, ultimately retaining the title of last remaining undefeated team in the league, which Jones said has his squad motivated. “We certainly weren’t expecting that,” Jones said of an undefeated first half of the season. “We talk about it all the time but to actually do it I feel good for those guys. For me, I’ve been fortunate enough one time to be on an undefeated team in 50 years and I don’t know how many guys have been through that in the locker room but you try to win them all and whether you do win them all or not, you go out each week to get that win and we found a way to win this game.” After the game, Jones was asked how he and his staff fight complacency on a team with an unblemished record and he explained that Saturday was the perfect teaching opportunity. “I think they learned a lesson today,”
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XFL statement regarding Seattle-Houston game
The Seattle Dragons-Houston Roughnecks game should not have ended as it did. Replays showed clearly that the knee of Houston quarterback P.J. Walker touched the field, rendering him ‘down’ and the fourth-down play officially completed, with approximately two seconds remaining on the clock – effectively turning the ball over to Seattle on downs. With a nine-point differential in the score, Seattle was denied an opportunity to tie the game. The XFL sincerely regrets this error. In addition, Wes Booker, who served as officiating supervisor for the game, has been reassigned.
Girls’ results from Region 2 Championships at Del Valle High (Sealy) and Academy High (Brazos)
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Three Sealy powerlifters qualified for the regional competition at Del Valle High School last Saturday, March 7. From the left, Sabrina Terrill took fourth from the 259+ weight class, Broccisha Williams bombed out, and Melanie Nieto took seventh from the 165-pound weight class.
he said. “We talked about it all week; Seattle was 1-3 coming in here but I kept telling them that this might be the best team we play defensively. Had they not had all their injuries, I still believe that to be true, but they came back held together and we won the game.” The Roughnecks were able to emerge with the victory thanks to some record-setting performances; Holley’s 50-yard score is the longest reception of his career, Mobley set the same personal record with a 42-yard catch as part of a career-high 95 yards receiving, Andre Williams ran for a career-high 54 yards and Butler’s two scores was the first time a Houston player recorded two rushing scores in the same game. In addition, Walker increased his lead league-wide in the passing-yard column, eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark with career-highs in yards (351) and completions (27) in his fifth game with at least two passing touchdowns. The Roughnecks will travel to the Big Apple for their next game Saturday, March 14, at MetLife Stadium against the New York Guardians who owned a 2-2 record entering play this week.
third in the 132-pound weight class, just ahead of teammate Weslee Novosad who checked in at No. 7 to extend his season. Juan Perez, the fifth-ranked 114-pound lifter, rounds out the Tigers’ representatives that will compete for the top spots at Smithville High School. The latter two turned out their best performances of the year in the final meet of the regular season while Thaxton’s was the second to last meet at Rice that helped him secure his ranking. For Bellville, Wayne Rinn (No. 5 in 181), Alex Marek (No. 5 in 198) and Dalton Bills (No. 6 in 220) similarly finished on positive notes
Class Place Athlete Team 132 BO* Williams, Broccisha Sealy 165 7 Nieto, Melanie Sealy 181 7 Gonzalez, Halie Wallis Brazos 259+ 4 Terrill, Sabrina Sealy
Weight Squat Bench Deadlift Total 127.6 0 0 0 0 160.6 305 130 270 705 174.2 295 140 300 735 262.2 325 205 285 815
* BO = bombed out, failed attempt by providing their best totals at their final regular season meet to help build some momentum. The Brahmas will join the Tigers in Smithville for the Region 2 Division 2 Championship. Three of Brazos’ four regional qualifiers were 12th in their weight class but Joseph Townsend registered eighth in the 165-pound
weight class and will represent the Cougars this Saturday at West High School. Both Bryan (No. 12 in 123) and Brandon (No. 12 in 148) Maldonado, as well as Hayden Pearson (No. 12 in 220), punched their tickets to the Region 2 Division 3 Championship and will be looking to extend their seasons as well.
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teammates, they deserve everything. The coaches, the fans, the teachers; we couldn’t have done it without y’all.” Despite holding a 1-0 lead for the final 15:25 of regulation thanks to Erick Balderas’ goal, Royal tied the game with only 8.8 seconds showing on the clock to confirm the thoughts in the mind of Tiger head coach Juan Perez. “I had the feeling like a minute before,” Perez said. “I was asking them to go all the way back to get the ball then they scored, what else. I had a feeling.” That do-or-die situation after regulation didn’t go Sealy’s way many times last year but this year’s Tigers were determined the rewrite that history. Samuel Ramos was the first choice for the home team and buried his chance to put Sealy in front 1-0 after the first round. The Falcons evened things in the second round after Erick Balderas’ shot was saved even though the bounce off the keeper’s hands nearly spun the ball back into the goal, but it found the post instead. Royal’s next two shots sailed wide and high of the net while Joshua
Paz and Regalado found twine with their shots to help the Tigers prevail with their fifth win in district play. “We’ve been practicing because we always used to lose in PK’s so I’m happy we got them,” Perez said. He added, however, that the Falcons played a great game as well and certainly made things interesting down the stretch. “The feeling is great because we had a lot of promise and we played pretty good in the last game,” Perez said. “In this one, I have to say that (Royal) played better than we did but when you play any game, the score is what you’re looking at in the end and we got them. That’s a good team; they played really good. I like the way they play.” Sealy will have the rest of this week off with spring break and will host Fulshear next Monday for the last home game before a trip to Columbus finishes off the regular season next Friday. Last Thursday’s shootout win helped the Tigers hang on to the fourth and final playoff spot behind Royal, which has ended up on the losing end of its last three contests, and ahead of a Needville team that Sealy beat the previous week.
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wide open for the Lady Tigers to go up 2-0 with 31:32 left in the game. The hosts continued to get shots and chances and Castillo provided the icing on the cake in the final minute with the third goal to solidify Sealy’s seventh win in district play, leaving them comfortably in third place in District 23-4A with only two games remaining after this week’s spring break.
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plate over the four games in the stat book, leading the team with six hits and tying Redden’s teamleading four RBIs while adding two runs scored. James Gassiott collected five hits over the Tigers’ games and registered a team-best in runs scored (6) and walks (3). Tyler Hennessey also drew three walks to help lead the team and chipped in
five hits, five runs scored and three RBI as well. Redden finished with five hits, four runs scored and the four RBI, Jose Bludau added a threeRBI, four-hit, five-run effort and Dylan Thaxton compiled four runs scored, three hits and an RBI. Sealy skipper Dane Bennett said he was looking forward to the tournament after last Monday’s home opener. “We scheduled that tournament particularly for a reason because we’re
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was the most productive for Sealy, taking first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.52 which was good for second overall in the event. She came back and took second in her heat of the 300meter hurdles with a time of 49.63. Brylie Bond won second in her heat of the 200-meter dash in 29.92 seconds and Breanna Brandes did the same in the 400, crossing the finish line in 1:08.24. In the field events, Ally Dickens took second with a high jump of 4
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that finished as runnersup in District 23-6A and will compete alongside county rival and soon-tobe district foe Sealy at the La Grange Tournament this weekend. On the softball diamond, the Brahmanettes similarly collected their lone win on the first day of competition, bouncing back from a tournamentopening loss. Bellville’s first loss in the Weimar Tournament came to Fort Bend Dulles, 11-7, despite three hits
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DISTRICT 23-4A GIRLS’ SOCCER Fulshear 10-0 Needville 8-2 Sealy 7-3 Stafford 3-7 Royal 3-8 Columbus 2-6 Rice 1-6 DISTRICT 25-4A BOYS’ SOCCER La Grange 9-1
Rocha feels confident heading the home stretch will continue preparing the team for the postseason. “We’re basically getting ready for playoffs,” he said. “I was telling them, ‘You’re a playoff team, you’ve got to act like it.’ It’s going well. They’re beginning to see that they’re able to do it. We are going to have a tough first round but their experience and their willingness to do it will come out.” He elaborated on some things he hopes to see more of in the Lady
going to see the type of pitching and the type of baseball that we’ll see in district,” Bennett said. “If we’re able to make the playoffs that’s the kind of baseball we’ll see then as well.” The Tigers will head to their final tournament action this weekend in La Grange where the head coach was also looking forward to gaining some knowledge that could be used down the road. “Going into La Grange, that’s always a good one
feet, 10 inches, Darrel’Nae Johnson launched the shot put 30 feet, 7 inches to earn second in her heat and Brooke Kram threw the discus 98 feet, 6 inches, finishing as the runner-up in her heat. Briana Morales contributed a third-place finish in her heat of the 100-meter dash with the other coming in the 4x400-meter relay. Ariel Burton, Dickens, Brandes and Krystal Bludau passed the baton from one to the other and registered a time of 4:30.57 to win bronze in their heat. Another positive sign coming out of this meet for the Lady Tigers was the return of Zoee Jeffrey who
and five RBIs from Madison Walton. The Brahmanettes carried the positives into their next game against Van Vleck and came out on top 12-5. Daelyn Warmke outscored the Leopards herself by collecting six RBIs on top of three hits and runs to provide plenty of offensive support for starting pitcher Emma Eckelberg who scattered seven hits and five runs, only two of which were earned, over seven innings pitched to collect the win. Also supporting the offensive explosion was a three-hit, three-run effort from Taylor Knode; a hit, three runs scored and two Bellville 9-2 Giddings 8-2 Smithville 5-6 Navasota 2-7 Hempstead 1-7 Caldwell 0-9 DISTRICT 25-4A GIRLS’ SOCCER Giddings 8-0 La Grange 7-2 Bellville 6-2 Smithville 3-5 Navasota 1-7 Hempstead 0-9
Tigers’ final home game against the Fulshear Lady Chargers next Monday before the regular-season finale is played in Columbus the following Friday. “What I see is that they’re playing together; they’re starting to communicate more,” he said. “That experience that we’ve been working on since the beginning is coming out so all of it is coming together and now it’s just a matter of polishing it up and going to that playoff game because we are there.” just to get a good feel of where we are with the talent that’s around us,” Bennett added. The coach also said the mentality the team carries into each matchup and how he hopes that will pay off in the long run. “We always try to stay true to our foundation which is having a tough mindset and being a bunch of junkyard dogs,” Bennett said. “If we bring the attitude and effort and stay locked in, good things will happen.”
has been a staple of the team the previous two years. This year, the senior missed a majority of the volleyball season and all of the basketball season with injury but served as the anchor of the 4x200meter relay team that finished seventh in their heat with a time of 1:54.66. The Sealy tracksters were off this week for spring break but will return for their host meet next Thursday, March 19, with the Sammy Dierschke Relays bringing area teams to Mark A. Chapman Field at T.J Mills for a day of track activities.
walks from Chloe Neumann; a pair of hits and runs scored as well as an RBI from Kayla Froebel; and a two-RBI hit from Chandler Wehring. Columbus was the next opponent for Bellville later that Thursday afternoon and took a 9-5 decision to end the Brahmanettes’ first day a 1-3. The final day of competition on Saturday saw a pair of Bellville losses, first to Victoria West by an 11-2 margin before Van Vleck got revenge with a late-inning rally to secure a 4-3 win. After tying at two apiece after the first inning, neither Bellville nor Van
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13 BASEBALL Sealy, Bellville at La Grange Tournament Stafford at Brazos, 4 & 6 p.m. SOFTBALL Fayetteville at Brazos, 7 p.m.
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Vleck scored until the Brahmanettes did in the top of the fifth to take a lead going into the last inning. The Leopards responded with a two-run bottom half of the inning to steal the win and spoil Eckelberg’s performance. The pitcher went 5.1 innings and allowed five hits, four runs, two of them earned, and three walks. Offensively, Knode led the way with a hit, two runs scored and two walks and Haley Breaux collected a two-RBI hit. Bellville is off for the rest of this week with spring break and will return to the diamond on March 17 for its district opener at La Grange.
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the way with three-hit games each while the latter compiled a team-high five RBIs and added three runs scored. Camacho totaled three runs scored and chipped in a pair of RBIs and Cooper scored twice as well. Brooke Kram scored a team-best four runs and added a hit and and RBI each, Justice Jett recorded two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored and Raegan Newsome came off the bench to provide an RBI hit and scored a run. Nelson said the week off from school for spring break left the bench a little depleted but those present picked up the slack. “We had some girls out, we had some girls choosing volleyball, we had some that went to regional powerlifting and some that went on vacation early,” Nelson said. “We didn’t have as many subs as we would have liked but the ones we had came out ready to play.” One of those newer additions was Emily Luther who has been pitching for the Lady Tigers’ junior varsity squad, but coach Nelson explained the reasoning behind giving the ball to her to start the game for Sealy in the pitcher’s circle. “We (threw Luther) because we wanted to keep Camacho ready for tomorrow,” Nelson said after Monday’s win. “We’ve got a big game tomorrow probably for the top seed in the district, so it’ll be tough and we have to be ready to play.” Luther finished three innings of work allowing only one hit and two earned runs out of the four runs that scored while also registering four strikeouts. Camacho came in for the hold and got the final two Lady Falcons to strikeout to end the game, securing the first district win for the Lady Tigers. Tuesday’s contest was a home matchup with the Needville Lady Jays who took the District 25-4A crown last year with a 12-0 mark and returned plenty of athletes to remain competitive in the group. “I would love to see our girls score first right off the bat,” Nelson said looking ahead to Tuesday’s game Monday afternoon. “(Needville will) obviously be hitting first but we’re just trying to shut them down early. They have seen Camacho throw before, but it’s probably been a while so hopefully she throws her A-game and it works for us.” Moving into the showdown with the Lady Jays and heading into the rest of their district slate, Nelson elaborated on some other areas of improvement for her team. “Minimizing our errors here and there,” she said. “We’re just making mental mistakes that we shouldn’t be making anymore now that we’re in district so just seeing those and hopefully our bats come along.” After Tuesday’s tilt with Needville, Sealy’s next chance to get the bats going will come next Friday, March 20, with the Wharton Lady Tigers making the trip to town for the third game within District 25.
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520 North Holland St., Bellville Rev. Andrew Bell 865-2081 S.S. 9:15 a.m.; W.S. 8 & 10:30 a.m. Sat. 6 p.m.
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF PUBLIC TEST OF LOGIC AND ACCURACY AND TEST OF TABULATION EQUIPMENT Notice is hereby given that Austin County Emergency Services District No. 1 will conduct a public test of the logic and accuracy of direct recording electronic voting machines and precinct scanners which will be used in the election to be held on May 2, 2020. The test will determine that the voting machines will accurately record the votes cast for all offices and all propositions.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Of property to satisfy landlord’s lien. Sale is 5:30 PM Friday March 13th 2020 at ALL Mini Storage at 1811 Eagle Lake Rd., Sealy, Texas 77474. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Cleanup and removal deposit may be required. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property from sale. Property includes contents of spaces of the following tenants: Steve Aguado; household items, refrigerator Ana Dailey; household items, fish cooker Earlene Hewitt (estate); 2 units, household items, wood furniture, antique sewing machine, rod and reel. Gary Hewitt; household items, couch, aquarium Eugenia Korenek; household items, window AC unit, Courtney McFarland; household items, entertainment center Cassie Morris; household items, freezer, rods and reels. Era Palmer; 2 units, household items, chairs, garden tools, bicycle, antique furniture Vicky Silva; household items, furniture Contact: ALL Mini Storage 403 Columbus Rd. Sealy, TX 77474 979-877-0530
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Austin County Emergency Services District No. 1 will also conduct a public test of tabulation automatic tabulating equipment used for counting ballots at a central counting station.
The Sealy 4B Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) will receive public comments for the following proposed project incentives and the expenditure of funds:
The tests will be conducted on March 16, 2020 commencing at 10:00 AM at the following location: Cy-Fair Fire Department, Operations Building, 9520 Telge Road, 77095.
1). The SEDC will receive comments for proposed project incentives and the expenditure of funds for the Tony’s Family Restaurant project to promote new or expanded business development. Proposed project incentives and the expenditure of funds may be used for building improvements being facade improvements. Total of all project incentives and the expenditure of funds not to exceed $20,000.00.
AVISO PĂšBLICO DE LA PRUEBA DE LĂ“GICA Y PRECISIĂ“N Y PRUEBA DEL EQUIPO DE TABULACIĂ“N Se notifica por el presente que el Distrito de Servicios de Emergencia Nro.1 del Condado De Austin realizarĂĄn una prueba de la lĂłgica y precisiĂłn de las mĂĄquinas de votaciĂłn electrĂłnicas de grabaciĂłn directa y de las mĂĄquinas escĂĄners que serĂĄn utilizadas en la elecciĂłn a celebrarse el sĂĄbado 2 de mayo de 2020. La prueba determinarĂĄ que las mĂĄquinas de votaciĂłn registrarĂĄn con exactitud los votos que se emitan para todos los cargos y proposiciones. El Distrito de Servicios de Emergencia Nro.1 del Condado De Austin tambiĂŠn realizarĂĄn una prueba del equipo de tabulaciĂłn automĂĄtica que se utilizarĂĄ en la estaciĂłn central de conteo para contar los votos. La prueba se llevarĂĄ a cabo el 16 de marzo de 2020 comenzando a las 10:00 a.m. en el siguiente lugar: Cy-Fair Fire Department, Operations Building, 9520 Telge Road, 77095.
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YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. YOU MAY EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY DO NOT FILE A WRITTEN ANSWER WITH THE CLERK WHO ISSUED THIS CITATION BY 10 A.M. ON THE MONDAY NEXT FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF 20 DAYS AFTER YOU WERE SERVED THIS CITATION AND PETITION, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU. THE PETITION OF DOROTHY MAE VINSON DILWORTH, PETITIONER, WAS FILED IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 25, 2020 AGAINST BRIAN KEITH DILWORTH, RESPONDENT(S), IN THIS CASE ON THE DOCKET OF SAID COURT NUMBERED AND STYLED: NO. 2020L-7565 IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF IN THE COUNTY COURT DOROTHY MAE VINSON DILWORTH AT LAW OF AND BRIAN KEITH DILWORTH AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE PLAINTIFF IS: DOROTHY MAE VINSON DILWORTH, PRO SE. THIS SUIT REQUESTS DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS SUIT TO ENTER ANY JUDGMENT OR DECREE DISSOLVING THE MARRIAGE AND PROVIDING FOR THE DIVISION OF PROPERTY THAT WILL BE BINDING ON YOU. ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT AT BELLVILLE, TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 25, 2020. ATTEST:: ________________________ ___ _____ ____ ____ ___________ ____ __ ____ __ _________ ____ _ _ SUE MURPHY, DIST TRICT TC LE DISTRICT CLERK
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Bellville provides closest ER CONTRIBUTED REPORT Knowing community resources in advance gives one power and control over their health and healthcare. When accidents, illnesses, strokes or heart attacks occur, help is as close as Bellville Medical Center. With the Level IV Trauma- and Level III Stroke-certified emergency department, BMC staff is ready to take over the moment of arrival. In the event of a stroke or heart attack, acting within 60 minutes reduces or prevents permanent damage. Bellville
Medical Center is the only hospital located in Austin County and, for most of Austin County, is the closest emergency room to provide that immediate help. Austin County EMS response shortens preparation time by communicating to the ER that a stroke patient is en route, allowing the Stroke Team to act immediately upon arrival, saving more of those crucial minutes. Lab and imaging services are available 24/7 to provide further diagnostic support. No traffic, no construction, no time-wasting drive, no
lengthy wait once you arrive. Emergency treatment can occur within that critical hour. Knowing Bellville Medical Center treats strokes and heart attacks within that allimportant 60 minutes allows one to plan for emergency care locally. A current list of medications with dosages, prescribing physicians and medical conditions helps staff assess and stabilize the patient. Emergency contact information should be kept with the medication list and preferred emergency room/hospital. This can be kept on a cell phone, in a wal-
let or on the refrigerator (where EMS typically looks). Keep emergency contact information in the cell phone as ICE (In Case of Emergency) followed by name, phone, and relationship, enabling first responders and medical personnel to locate the contact if the patient is unable to do so. Local doctors follow patients at Bellville Medical Center, which is not only comforting but equates to better care with accessible medical history. Quality personalized care and convenience make Bellville Medical Center a sound medical choice.
Having a plan and notifying others of it in advance of an emergency enable patients to retain control of their care. Once stable, ER patients are discharged home or admitted for observation or a brief hospital stay, keeping them close to home. Early preparation to get medical care as rapidly as possible keeps one in control and advocating for his or her healthcare. Knowledge of Bellville Medical Center’s emergency services provides patients the power to make the best possible choice in advance of a health crisis.
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San Felipe Alderwoman Cynthia Kelly was recently awarded a certificate of recognition from the Texas Municipal League Institute for completing 42 or more continuing education units in 2019.
Kelly awarded TMI certificate CONTRIBUTED REPORT San Felipe Alderwoman Cynthia Kelly, in recognition of her commitment to continuing education, was recently honored with the Texas Municipal League Institute (TMLI) certificate of recognition. The award was presented at the TMLI Awards Ceremony at the Texas Municipal League and Texas Association of Mayors, Councilmembers and Commissioners’ Elected Officials’ Conference on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The recognition is awarded to individuals who completed 42 or more continuing education
units during the 2019 calendar year. Kelly was one of 14 elected officials statewide who earned certificates of recognition. The TMLI program is designed to enhance the leadership and problemsolving capabilities of Texas’ elected city officials. Participants are offered educational sessions on social media, city revenue, ethics, governance, leadership, legislative issues, and more. More than 200 elected officials from all over the state attended the threeday conference. The Texas Municipal League is a voluntary association of 1,160 Texas cities. The Town of San Felipe is a member of the Texas Municipal League.
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Sealy Police Sgt. Fred Palmer (right) and Animal Control Officer Melissa Meyer (left) assisted in helping a loose cow return home from The Sealy News back yard Thursday afternoon. A hole in the barbed-wire fence allowed the cow to escape although she wasn’t separated from the rest of her herd for too long.
Sealy Police Sgt. Fred Palmer assisted Animal Control Officer Melissa Meyer (not pictured) with corralling a loose cow in the back yard of The Sealy News office Thursday afternoon. A hole in the fence allowed the cow to meander over to some greener pastures but soon enough she was back with her herd.
TxDOT advises Texans to ‘Plan While You Can’ CONTRIBUTED REPORT Jamie Chapman was a 20-year-old college student when he made the fateful decision to drive after drinking at a party. He slammed into a tree and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Although he survived the crash, it left him physically debilitated. “Jamie was no different than any other college kid. He loved a good time with his friends, and he had so much to look forward to in the future,” said Katrina Chapman, Jamie’s mom. “Jamie’s decision to drive drunk has affected our entire family’s life, even eight years later. I hope young adults will see Jamie’s story and make the right decision to find a sober ride.” The Chapman family is sharing their story through TxDOT’s “Plan While You Can” campaign, which aims to save lives and decrease alcohol-related crashes. As many college students enjoy spring break in the coming weeks, the campaign
focuses on younger drivers who may engage in activities involving alcohol. During last year’s spring break in Texas, there were 417 crashes involving young drivers who were driving under the influence of alcohol. Those crashes killed 26 people and seriously injured another 52. “Drinking and driving is a dangerous and often deadly choice that can ruin the future of a young driver and all those involved in a crash,” said TxDOT Executive Director James Bass. “This spring break, be responsible and plan ahead for a sober ride.” The “Plan While You Can” campaign will tour the state featuring the “Plan to Win” virtual reality game. The game poses questions related to drinking and driving, and illustrates the consequences of getting behind the wheel through an immersive experience. Driving under the influence of alcohol not only risks death or serious injuries, but it can also be costly. Drivers can face up to $17,000 in
fines and fees, jail time and loss of their driver’s license. Instead of getting behind the wheel, here are some alternative options: • Designate a sober driver.
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Arrests from Feb. 27-March 5, 2020: Officer conducted a traffic stop which resulted in the arrest of Desirre Aguirre for out of county warrant. Officer dispatched to 1700 block Highway 90 in reference to an accident which resulted in the arrest of Cortni Mckinney for DUI. Officer dispatched to 300 block of Overcreek Way Road in reference to a theft which resulted in the arrest of Anthony Moore for theft. Officer dispatched to 200 block Old San Felipe Road in reference to assist medics which resulted in the arrest of Ovidio Zuniga for public intoxication. Officer conducted a traffic stop at the 200 block Meyer Street which resulted in the arrest of Mark Tomlinson for DUI. Officer dispatched to 300 block of Overcreek Way Road in reference to theft which resulted in the arrest Kenneth Young for PSC and theft.
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Feb. 14 Krystal Denise Chandler of Glenn Heights was arrested for fraudulent use/possession of identifying information, unlawful use of criminal instrument, and possession of marijuana. Esther Jane Buchanan of Sealy was arrested for assault causing bodily injury, interfering with an emergency call, resisting arrest, search or transport, and criminal mischief. Jacob Lyn Joseph of Sealy was arrested for driving while intoxicated and possession of a dangerous drug. Alexus Jade Rhoades of Sealy was arrested for possession of marijuana. Feb. 15 Augustus C. Sherman, address unknown, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Javon Francisco Johnson of Houston was arrested for failure to appear/burglary of a building. Feb. 16 Maryam Habab of Houston was arrested for possession of marijuana. Jahamzaib Khan of Houston was arrested for possession of marijuana. Volley Jerome Seymore of San Felipe was arrested for tampering with identification numbers. Feb. 17 Deandre Latrell
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Johnson of Sealy was arrested for three counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Feb. 19 Ramiro Herrera of Schertz was arrested for assault causing bodily injury. Feb. 21 Ann Marie Manzano of El Campo was arrested for two counts of possession of a controlled substance, tampering/fabricating physical evidence, and driving while license invalid. Feb. 22 Harry Sallet III of Schertz was arrested for possession of marijuana. Feb. 24 Keith Ryan Porter of Bellville was arrested for assault causing bodily injury. Daniel Ray Knight of Richmond was arrested for burglary of a building, speeding, and violating a promise to appear. Taurus Lewayne Lindsey of Bellville was arrested for PV/bail jumping and failure to appear. Feb. 25 Marcus Jacoby Ray of Houston was arrested for two counts of theft of property, two counts of BF/theft of property, and two counts of failure to appear/theft of property. Kenneth Lee Weems of Weimer was arrested for manufacture/deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of marijuana. Alejandro Agguire-Avila of Sealy was arrested for false alarm or report. Feb. 26 Joe Charles Johnson Jr. of Sealy was arrested for three counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Lakesia Malone of Sealy was arrested for three counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Maribel Rojas Perez of Katy was arrested for contempt of court. William Matthew Harkrider of Houston was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and unlicensed carrying of a weapon. Feb. 27 Jeffrey Thomas Robertson of Bellville was arrested for false drug test/falsification device. David Adam Kehlenbeck of Bellville was arrested for PV/criminal trespass. David Eusebio Salinas Jr. of Wallis was arrested for assault on a family/ household member.
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Don’t bet the farm on hemp before getting information CONTRIBUTED REPORT Texas farmers soon will be able to legally plant fields of hemp for the first time since the 1930s. Much has changed since then, but one thing hasn’t: Texas farmers can count on Texas A&M AgriLife for practical information and expert insight. The Texas A&M AgriLife Hemp Team traveled across the state this winter holding meetings in halls packed full of farmers who paid up to $20 each to learn about the pitfalls and possibilities of industrial hemp production. “There’s a lot of hype out there about growing hemp, but Texas farmers know where to go for the straight facts,” said John Sharp, chancellor of The Texas A&M University System. “AgriLife experts have advised growers for more than 100 years, cultivating a level of trust and credibility they appreciate.” Topics covered in the meetings included the botany of cannabis, the cost of growing and processing industrial hemp and expected potential yields, THC and law enforcement and the development of markets for industrial hemp. “We’re not selling anything,” said Dr. Reagan Noland, AgriLife Extension agronomist at San Angelo. “The goal of AgriLife Extension is to help Texas farmers make informed decisions.” Farmers need all the information they can get before they decide to apply for a license from the
“There’s a lot of hype out there about growing hemp, but Texas farmers know where to go for the straight facts. AgriLife experts have advised growers for more than 100 years, cultivating a level of trust and credibility they appreciate.” — JOHN SHARP, CHANCELLOR OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Texas Department of Agriculture, which is in the process of finalizing the program’s administrative rules and expects to begin issuing licenses and permits by mid-March. For more information on growing industrial hemp in Texas, including the AgriLife presentation to farmers this winter, visit: https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/browse/hemp/hot-topics/.
Blinn offering special registration, support services forum for veterans one-stop process for our veterans and military families,” said Caryn Hawkins, assistant director of academic advising. “Blinn wants to ensure that military-connected students have access to all the resources available in our community. This event is one way we can show our appreciation and support the educational goals of all of our servicemen and women.” At Honoring Our Bravest, military-connected students can meet with admissions, advising, and financial aid to register for classes and certify their Veterans Affairs benefits. Blinn’s Offices of Disability Services and Counseling and the Student Veterans Association also will be on site
CONTRIBUTED REPORT The Blinn College District will show its appreciation for veterans, active duty service members, and their families with focused registration and support resources from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Blinn-Bryan Campus Student Center. The event, titled “Honoring Our Bravest,” will be hosted in Room F-120, and will provide admissions, advising, disability services and counseling, and veterans services for veterans and their dependents seeking to register for the May Minimester and the summer and fall semesters. “Honoring Our Bravest is a
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OBITUARIES CHARLEY CALVIN CRISWELL Charley Calvin Criswell left us to States Army at the age of 18 and go work the cattle in heaven on served during World War II in the March 4, 2020. He was born on May 6th Army Airborne in the European 7, 1925 in Sheridan, Theatre. He retired Texas, the fifth child of from Todd’s Shipyards nine. after a successful career He was preceded in as a Hull Steel death by his father Superintendent. He Albert Jefferson spent the remainder of Criswell and his mothhis years working on er Bertha Maude the Criswell Cattle McDowell Criswell, his Ranch in Sealy, Texas. brothers McDowell, Charley enjoyed Howard, and Harvey, spending quality time and his sisters Audrey with his wife, children, Walters and Ora and grandchildren; Spittler. working with his cattle He is survived by his and in his garden; and CHARLEY CALVIN CRISWELL watching his beloved sisters Mildred Eskine, 1925-2020 Margie McIntosh, and Houston Astros. Elsie Oakley. His Celebration of He is lovingly remembered by his Life was held at Henneke Funeral wife of 68 years, Marjorie Howe Home, 1515 Montezuma Street, Criswell, daughter Sharla Criswell Columbus, Texas, on Saturday, Bell (Kenneth Bell), son James March 7, 2020, at 2 p.m. Criswell (Rhonda Couch Criswell), In lieu of flowers, memorial donagrandchildren Cristalynn Bell Dillon tions may be made to the American (Michael Dillon), Cody Criswell Cancer Society, 2500 Fondren Rd., (Alexandra Criswell), and Haley Suite 100, Houston, TX 77063 and Criswell Jones (Jordan Jones), and the American Diabetes Association, great-grandchildren Charley and 2400 Augusta Dr., Suite 175, Lillian Dillon. Houston, TX 77057-4989. He attended both Columbus and Online condolences may be given Sheridan high schools, graduating in at www.hennekefuneralhome.com. 1942. He was drafted into the United Henneke Funeral Home, Columbus.
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Brick Upton Diemer Jr., 79, of friends on Friday, March 6, at Brookshire, Texas, passed away on Schmidt Funeral Home Chapel in Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Bellville, Brookshire. Texas. Funeral service was Brick was born Aug. held at noon on Friday, 15, 1940, in Houston, March 6, at Schmidt the son of Brick Upton Funeral Home Chapel Diemer Sr. and Lasetta in Brookshire with the (Ehlert) Diemer. He Rev. Wm. Patrick grew up in the Bennett officiating. Brookshire area, gradInterment followed at uating from Pattison Pattison Methodist High School. Brick was Cemetery in Pattison. employed as a truck Pallbearers were driver. In his spare Brick Diemer, Brad time, Brick enjoyed Diemer, Neal Diemer, playing dominoes. Tanner Stilts, Brett He is survived by his Mikeska, and Eddie BRICK UPTON DIEMER JR. sons Brick Morris Canales. Honorary pall1940-2020 Diemer of Houston and bearer was Allen Bradley Wayne Diemer Williams. of Scottsdale, Ariz.; grandchildren; Friends who wish may make brother Ted Diemer and his wife, memorial gifts to the Alzheimer’s Debbie, of Pattison; sister Leda Association, 6055 South Loop East, Sturm of Pattison; and a number of Houston, TX 77087-1005. nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were under Brick is preceded in death by his the direction of the Schmidt Funeral parents Brick and Lasetta Diemer; Home, PO Box 248, 819 Waller daughter Tammala; and sister Ruth. Avenue, Brookshire; 281-934-2424; Family was present to receive www.schmidtfunerals.com.
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Cultural arts winners are, from the left, Cindy Slator, Pat Byas, Joan Buenger, Barney Zimmerman, JoAnn Reichle, Doris Glenewinkel, Barbara Vohs, Carolyn Balke and Jessie Kokemor.
Commissioners celebrate annual luncheon, cultural arts contest By MICHELLE WRIGHT County Extension Agent
During the month of February, the Extension Education Association of Austin County sponsored a soup, sandwich, and dessert meal in honor of the Austin County Commissioners Court and many of its community partners. The theme for this year’s event was “TEEA – Springs into Action.” This is an annually sponsored event which recognizes the hard work and efforts of many of the TEEAs community partnerships. The event was coordinated by the expansion committee, which was co-chaired by Mary Smentek and Jessie Kokemor of North Austin County EEA. Committee members include Annette Balke, Marie George, Eugenia Kulhanek and JoAnn Reichle. This opportunity gave EEA members the chance to visit one-on-one with the court in order to share organizational highlights and the benefits of Extension Education in Austin County. In addition, the group recognized collaborative efforts and the long-standing relationship between EEA and the Austin County Fair Association.
In addition, a host of EEA members participated in the 2020 Cultural Arts Contest. The event was coordinated by the cultural arts committee, which was co-chaired by Joan Buenger of Bleiblerville EEA and Gaye Farr of West End EEA. Committee members include Malinda Schramm, Karen Landrum, Debra Kollman and Gloria Havemann. The cultural arts contest gives members an opportunity to exhibit knowledge and skills which express individualism and creativity. Members who placed first and second in their individual category will advance to the district competition in Bellville this spring. Those advancing to district are: Category 1- Afghans, Tablecloths, Blankets, Bedspreads, and Throws 1. Barney Zimmerman Category 3 – Craft Painting 1. Joan Buenger 2. Jessie Kokemor Category 4 – Decorated Garments 1. Barney Zimmerman See LUNCHEON, page 18
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Category 19 – Quilts smaller than 50x70 – hand quilted 1. Bonnie Schulz
Category 5 – Fabric Creations 1. Doris Glenewinkel 2. Bonnie Schulz
Category 20 – Quilts larger than 50x70 – hand quilted 1. Bonnie Schulz
Category 6 – Fiber Arts 1. Pat Byas 2. Barney Zimmerman
Category 21 – Quilts smaller than 50x70 – machine quilted 1. Bonnie Schulz
Category 7 – Garments and Accessories – Handmade 1. Bonnie Schulz 2. Cindy Slator
Category 22 – Quilts larger than 50x70 – machine quilted 1. Bonnie Schulz
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Category 8 – Hand-Stitchery 1. Bonnie Schulz 2. Barbara Vohs Category 10 – Holiday Decorations 1. Bonnie Schulz 2. Barney Zimmerman Category 11 – Jewelry 1. Barney Zimmerman Category 12 – Painting and Drawing 1. Bonnie Schulz Category 13 – Paper 1. Barney Zimmerman
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The Austin County Commissioner’s Court delegation includes, from the left, Shannon Hannath, Chip Reed, Randy Reichardt, Tim Lapham, Bobby Rinn, Mark Lamp and Sheriff Jack Brandes. 2. Bonnie Schulz Category 14 – Traditional Scrapbook 1. Joan Buenger Category 15 – Digitally Produced Scrapbooks 1. Joan Buenger Category 16 – Photo Black/White & color 1. Bonnie Schulz
Category 23 – Quilts Twin size or larger – hand or machine quilted 1. Bonnie Schulz Category 24 – Recycled Items 1. Bonnie Schulz 2. Barney Zimmerman
2. Doris Glenewinkel Category 17 – Photography – Photo Paper – color 1. Carolyn Balke 2. Doris Glenewinkel
Category 25 – Wall Hangings 1. Pat Byas 2. Doris Glenewinkel
Category 18 – Photography – Any Other Medium 1. Joan Buenger 2. Bonnie Schulz
Category 26 – Misc. 1. Barney Zimmerman 2. JoAnn Reichle.
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