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There’s more For the Record on Page A2 WEATHER WATCH This Week’s Forecast High Low Friday: 72 50 Partly cloudy Saturday: 68 58 Partly cloudy Sunday: 73 62 40% chance of rain Monday: 70 49 60% chance of rain INSIDE TODAY Society ........................ Page A4 Obituaries ................... Page A5 Sports ......................... Page B1 Weekend..................... Page C1 Classifieds ...............Page C2-4 Opinion ....................... Page D1 Crossword .................. Page D2 This news- paper is re- cyclable. Do your part to protect our future. INSIDE Copyright 2018, The Fayette County Record, Inc. La Grange, Texas 78945 Volume 96, Number 34 One Dollar per Copy THE F AYETTE C OUNTY RECORD FOR THE RECORD FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018 Burn Ban Is Lifted Scholarship Fund The Hostyn/Plum Annual Scholarship Fish Fry and Bake Sale will be Friday, March 2 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Plum. The drive through only meal will consist of fried fish, buttered potatoes, pinto beans, and cole slaw. Plates are $10. Advanced tickets are available from the KJT home office or call (979) 966-3597. Limited tickets will be available at the drive through. All funds from the fish fry and bake sale ben- efit the Hostyn/Plum Scholar- ship Fund. Muldoon Museum The Muldoon Museum will be open on Saturday, March 3 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. with the Muldoon Museum meeting on March 7 at 2 p.m. Graphic Design On Sunday, March 4, local graphics designer and entrepre- neur, Jerry Herring, will present a talk entitled “Graphic Design: Visual Storytelling.” Herring will be sharing interesting an- ecdotes from his career rang- ing from the advertisements he produced for former President George H. W. Bush, to a photo shoot with legendary American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, to climbing the outside of the Eif- fel Tower. The lecture is free and open to the public. Talk begins at 4 p.m. in the ARTS building on the town square in Fayetteville. Refreshments will be served along with a Wine tasting from Blue Mule Winery. Truck Catches Fire Near West Point A wreck turned into a vehicle fire on SH 71 Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24. According to La Grange Fire Chief Frank Menefee, the wreck happened around 1:14 p.m. Menefee said a pickup pulling a U-Haul trailer went over a guardrail on an overpass near West Point and crashed. The driver was able to get out of the vehicle before it caught fire. La Grange Volunteer Fire Department responded with two fire trucks and nine firefighters. By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record La Grange Animal Control Officer Dean Ahlschlager wish- es to remind residents about the City’s ordinance against animals running at large. The reminder comes in response to a dog at- tack on Sunday morning, Feb. 25, in which a German shepard knocked down an elderly wom- an and bit her. The attack happened on West Milam Street. Ahlschlager said the victim was walking down the street when the dog came out of a yard and attacked her. The victim was injured bad- ly enough to require a trip to St. Mark’s Medical Center. By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record Some teachers and staff at Fayetteville ISD began carrying firearms to school this week as part of the district’s new Guard- ian program. In a letter sent home to par- ents on Friday, Feb. 23, Fayette- ville Superintendent Jeff Harvey said the district implemented the program in response to the growing threat of mass shoot- ings around the nation. “Over the past couple of months, the Fayetteville ISD school board has been watching the devastation and has chosen to take action,” Harvey said in the letter. In an interview with the Re- cord on Tuesday, Harvey said the school board decided to ex- plore the Guardian program in December. Trustees voted unan- imously to start the program in January. Since then, the school selected an unspecified number of volunteer staff members who underwent training, background checks, psychological evalua- tions, drug testing, and have a li- cense to carry a firearm. Harvey said the volunteers would also have to show proficiency with their firearm. “This is a response to meet the needs of Fayetteville ISD,” Some Fayetteville School Staff Now Carry Guns This sign now sits outside an entrance to Fayetteville ISD. Harvey said. The City of Fayetteville does not have a police department. Fayette County Sheriff’s Office serves the community’s law en- forcement needs. “In many instances, trage- dies take place so quickly and re- sponse time is always an issue,” Harvey said. “For us, it was how can we be best prepared to take care of our kids. The board be- lieved this is the action to take.” Harvey said the reaction by parents has been positive. “In rural Texas, people know what it’s like when you don’t have a local police department,” Harvey said. “The parents have been very supportive.” Harvey declined to say how many staff members are part of the program due to security and confidentiality concerns. Signs will be posted around campus with the following By H.H.HOWZE The Fayette County Record The town of Round Top’s latest attempt to make its archi- tectural code legally enforceable died on the operating table Mon- day after objections to the pro- cess by Alderman Jerry Hinkel, ultimately joined by Aldermen Frank Hillbolt and Mark Mas- sey. After a vote to approve a ban on fireworks passed, a ban on burning brush in town stalled with a decision to consult fire chief Frankie Srubar before go- ing forward. Hinkle made the point that in his opinion and that of the town’s attorney, the last enforce- able Land Use Ordinance was the 2001 version and that tak- ing action to amend or ratify the current (2017) LUO was in ef- fect recognizing it as “the law of the land.” He also described the See Fayetteville, back page Family Business Dippels open ‘Farm, Mar- ket’ store. Page C1 Six Months After Harvey, Struggle Continues Round Top Code War Continues Woman Attacked By Dog City of LG Reminds Owners of Leash Law See Dog, back page See Round Top, back page By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record An argument over Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts broke out at the Fayette County Com- missioners Court meeting on Monday, Feb. 28. La Grange Area Disaster Recovery Team President Joy Cameron asked the commis- sioners to recognize her group as the official long term recov- ery team for Fayette County. That designation could gain the group access to state and federal recovery funds that may be com- ing to the area. But just before Cameron spoke, County Emergency Man- agement Coordinator Janet Car- rigan announced the County’s intentions to form its own long term recovery team. “We are looking at the Coun- ty being awarded two to three times what our annual budget is,” Carrigan said. The 2018 Fayette County budget stands at over $20 mil- lion. If Carrigan’s estimation proves correct, Fayette County could receive $40 million to $60 million in government disaster funds. Her proposal called for Commissioners Court to estab- lish a non-profit long term re- covery team and appoint board members from the community. “These are the doctors, these are the lawyers, these are the insurance agents, these are the realtors, these are the teachers, this is our county standing up to see how the County is going to move forward,” Carrigan said. “It’s like if the City of La Grange had two chambers of commerce, it’s just ridiculous,” Cameron said in an interview with the Record on Tuesday. Cameron said her group has been working with flood vic- tims and outside agencies since the disaster began. Cameron told the Record that her group has received about 180 requests for assistance from families af- fected by the flood. The group has assisted 68 families so far, she said. The group teamed with Mennonite Disaster Services to build two new homes for flood victims with two more homes under construction so far. She said ten of the 68 families are back in permanent housing. “That doesn’t sound like very much, but it’s really a lot when we’re doing it with all vol- unteers,” Cameron said. Cameron told Commissioners Battle Sparks For Control of Disaster Funds See Funds, back page Joy Cameron (right), president of La Grange Area Disaster Recov- ery Team, addresses the Commissioners Court on Monday. Boarded up mobile homes on Brown Street have sat empty since the flood. City Manager Shawn Raborn said the landowner has begun abandonment proceedings. Photos by Andy Behlen By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record Abandoned and boarded- up mobile homes have been sitting along Brown Street for six months now following the Hurricane Harvey flood. At the La Grange City Council meeting on Monday, Feb. 26, Councilman Ken Taylor asked why those homes are still sitting there. Raborn said the City be- gan condemnation proceedings against the damaged properties after the landowner failed to take action following the flood. But the landowner doesn’t own the mobile homes. The flood victims who owned those homes paid the landowner rent on the lots where the homes sat. “The (homes) that remain, those (owners) have all walked,” Raborn said. “They have aban- doned their property. In some cases, repairs may have cost more than the home was worth. In other cases, the home owners may not have been able to afford the costs of demo- lition and removal. Raborn said the landowner boarded up the broken windows and doors to secure the property and avoid condemnation. “Our issue was that they needed to secure the property, just as we would any other haz- ard area,” Raborn said. He said the landowner has since started abandonment pro- ceedings against the individual owners of the mobile homes. But until a court determines that the homes are indeed aban- doned, they still belong to the flood victims. Abandoned Homes Questioned
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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
Burn Ban Is Lifted
Scholarship FundThe Hostyn/Plum Annual
Scholarship Fish Fry and Bake Sale will be Friday, March 2 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Plum. The drive through only meal will consist of fried fish, buttered potatoes, pinto beans, and cole slaw. Plates are $10. Advanced tickets are available from the KJT home office or call (979) 966-3597. Limited tickets will be available at the drive through. All funds from the fish fry and bake sale ben-efit the Hostyn/Plum Scholar-ship Fund.
Muldoon Museum The Muldoon Museum will
be open on Saturday, March 3 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. with the Muldoon Museum meeting on March 7 at 2 p.m.
Graphic Design On Sunday, March 4, local
graphics designer and entrepre-neur, Jerry Herring, will present a talk entitled “Graphic Design: Visual Storytelling.” Herring will be sharing interesting an-ecdotes from his career rang-ing from the advertisements he produced for former President George H. W. Bush, to a photo shoot with legendary American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, to climbing the outside of the Eif-fel Tower. The lecture is free and open to the public. Talk begins at 4 p.m. in the ARTS building on the town square in Fayetteville.Refreshments will be served along with a Wine tasting from Blue Mule Winery.
Truck Catches Fire Near West Point
A wreck turned into a vehicle fire on SH 71 Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24. According to La Grange Fire Chief Frank Menefee, the wreck happened around 1:14 p.m. Menefee said a pickup pulling a U-Haul trailer went over a guardrail on an overpass near West Point and crashed. The driver was able to get out of the vehicle before it caught fire. La Grange Volunteer Fire Department responded with two fire trucks and nine firefighters.
By ANDY BEHLENThe Fayette County Record
La Grange Animal Control Officer Dean Ahlschlager wish-es to remind residents about the City’s ordinance against animals running at large. The reminder comes in response to a dog at-tack on Sunday morning, Feb. 25, in which a German shepard knocked down an elderly wom-an and bit her.
The attack happened on West Milam Street. Ahlschlager said the victim was walking down the street when the dog came out of a yard and attacked her. The victim was injured bad-ly enough to require a trip to St. Mark’s Medical Center.
By ANDY BEHLENThe Fayette County Record
Some teachers and staff at Fayetteville ISD began carrying firearms to school this week as part of the district’s new Guard-ian program.
In a letter sent home to par-ents on Friday, Feb. 23, Fayette-ville Superintendent Jeff Harvey said the district implemented the program in response to the growing threat of mass shoot-ings around the nation.
“Over the past couple of months, the Fayetteville ISD school board has been watching the devastation and has chosen to take action,” Harvey said in
the letter.In an interview with the Re-
cord on Tuesday, Harvey said the school board decided to ex-plore the Guardian program in December. Trustees voted unan-imously to start the program in January. Since then, the school selected an unspecified number of volunteer staff members who underwent training, background checks, psychological evalua-tions, drug testing, and have a li-cense to carry a firearm. Harvey said the volunteers would also have to show proficiency with their firearm.
“This is a response to meet the needs of Fayetteville ISD,”
Some Fayetteville School Staff Now Carry Guns
This sign now sits outside an entrance to Fayetteville ISD.
Harvey said.The City of Fayetteville does
not have a police department. Fayette County Sheriff’s Office
serves the community’s law en-forcement needs.
“In many instances, trage-dies take place so quickly and re-
sponse time is always an issue,” Harvey said. “For us, it was how can we be best prepared to take care of our kids. The board be-lieved this is the action to take.”
Harvey said the reaction by parents has been positive.
“In rural Texas, people know what it’s like when you don’t have a local police department,” Harvey said. “The parents have been very supportive.”
Harvey declined to say how many staff members are part of the program due to security and confidentiality concerns.
Signs will be posted around campus with the following
By H.H.HOWZEThe Fayette County Record
The town of Round Top’s latest attempt to make its archi-tectural code legally enforceable died on the operating table Mon-day after objections to the pro-cess by Alderman Jerry Hinkel, ultimately joined by Aldermen Frank Hillbolt and Mark Mas-sey.
After a vote to approve a ban on fireworks passed, a ban on burning brush in town stalled with a decision to consult fire chief Frankie Srubar before go-ing forward.
Hinkle made the point that in his opinion and that of the town’s attorney, the last enforce-able Land Use Ordinance was the 2001 version and that tak-ing action to amend or ratify the current (2017) LUO was in ef-fect recognizing it as “the law of the land.” He also described the
See Fayetteville, back page
Family BusinessDippels open ‘Farm, Mar-
ket’ store. Page C1
Six Months After Harvey, Struggle Continues
Round Top Code War Continues
Woman Attacked By Dog City of LG Reminds Owners of Leash Law
See Dog, back pageSee Round Top, back page
By ANDY BEHLENThe Fayette County Record
An argument over Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts broke out at the Fayette County Com-missioners Court meeting on Monday, Feb. 28.
La Grange Area Disaster Recovery Team President Joy Cameron asked the commis-sioners to recognize her group as the official long term recov-ery team for Fayette County. That designation could gain the group access to state and federal recovery funds that may be com-ing to the area.
But just before Cameron spoke, County Emergency Man-agement Coordinator Janet Car-rigan announced the County’s intentions to form its own long term recovery team.
“We are looking at the Coun-
ty being awarded two to three times what our annual budget is,” Carrigan said.
The 2018 Fayette County budget stands at over $20 mil-lion. If Carrigan’s estimation proves correct, Fayette County could receive $40 million to $60 million in government disaster funds. Her proposal called for Commissioners Court to estab-lish a non-profit long term re-covery team and appoint board members from the community.
“These are the doctors, these are the lawyers, these are the insurance agents, these are the realtors, these are the teachers, this is our county standing up to see how the County is going to move forward,” Carrigan said.
“It’s like if the City of La Grange had two chambers of commerce, it’s just ridiculous,”
Cameron said in an interview with the Record on Tuesday.
Cameron said her group has been working with flood vic-tims and outside agencies since the disaster began. Cameron told the Record that her group has received about 180 requests for assistance from families af-fected by the flood. The group has assisted 68 families so far, she said. The group teamed with Mennonite Disaster Services to build two new homes for flood victims with two more homes under construction so far. She said ten of the 68 families are back in permanent housing.
“That doesn’t sound like very much, but it’s really a lot when we’re doing it with all vol-unteers,” Cameron said.
Cameron told Commissioners
Battle Sparks For Control of Disaster Funds
See Funds, back page
Joy Cameron (right), president of La Grange Area Disaster Recov-ery Team, addresses the Commissioners Court on Monday.
Boarded up mobile homes on Brown Street have sat empty since the flood. City Manager Shawn Raborn said the landowner has begun abandonment proceedings. Photos by Andy Behlen
By ANDY BEHLENThe Fayette County Record
Abandoned and boarded-up mobile homes have been sitting along Brown Street for six months now following the Hurricane Harvey flood. At the La Grange City Council meeting on Monday, Feb. 26, Councilman Ken Taylor asked why those homes are still sitting there.
Raborn said the City be-gan condemnation proceedings against the damaged properties after the landowner failed to take action following the flood. But the landowner doesn’t own the mobile homes. The flood victims who owned those homes paid the landowner rent on the lots where the homes sat.
“The (homes) that remain, those (owners) have all walked,”
Raborn said. “They have aban-doned their property.
In some cases, repairs may have cost more than the home was worth. In other cases, the home owners may not have been able to afford the costs of demo-lition and removal. Raborn said the landowner boarded up the broken windows and doors to secure the property and avoid condemnation.
“Our issue was that they needed to secure the property, just as we would any other haz-ard area,” Raborn said.
He said the landowner has since started abandonment pro-ceedings against the individual owners of the mobile homes.
But until a court determines that the homes are indeed aban-doned, they still belong to the flood victims.
Abandoned Homes Questioned
A2 The Fayette County Record, Friday, March 2, 2018
FOR THE RECORD
Pol. Adv. Paid for by Michael Peck Campaign, Don Jones, Treasurer, 505 N. Jefferson, P.O. Box C, La Grange, Texas 78945
ELECT PECKELECT PECKELECT PECKELECT PECKELECT PECKELECT PECKELECT PECK
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• Practicing Trial Attorney, Flatonia, Texas• Former Municipal Judge• Former NCIS Agent• Retired Navy LCDR Intelligence Officer• Adjunct Law Faculty• Certified Mediator• UT Law School
[email protected]. Box C • 505 N. Jefferson
La Grange, Texas 78945361.865.2540
Monday, March 5:
Tuesday, March 6:
Wednesday, March 7:
Thursday, March 8:
Friday, March 9:
Saturday, March 10: CLOSED
BREAKFAST: M-F 6-9 am; SUN 7-9:30 amLUNCH: M-F 10:30 am - 2 pm
EVENINGS: M-F 5-8 pm w/ GrillGRILL INCLUDES HAMBURGERS & SUCH
SUNDAY: 11 am - 2 pm
Sunday, March 11:
LASAGNA
CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS
FRIED PORK CHOPS
CHICKENFRIED STEAK
FRIED FISH W/HUSHPUPPIES OR
SALMON CROQUETTES
ROAST BEEFOR FRIED CHICKEN
Tickets for Sale Now: $10/PlatePre-Purchased Tickets Required
Sunday, March 18, 2018 Pick up on between 10:30 am and 1 pm
at the KC Hall in Schulenburg
Roast Beef, Potatoes,Succotash & Fruit Cobbler
Provided by Werner Catering of Shiner
Roast Beef TO-GO Meal Fundraiser
Michele Prihoda (254) 289-8061
Andrew Sta�ord (979) 997-1207
David Carpenter(281) 221-7969
Debbie Fowlkes(979) 561-7189
Elroy Dieringer(979) 743-6823
James Daughtry(979) 562-2381
Leonard Korenek(281) 731-8191
Emma Nitschke(979) 561-6199
Dianna Zimmerman(979) 743-5584
For MealTickets,Contact:
SchulenburgHistorical Museum
SchulenburgHistorical Museum
PURCHASE TICKETS AT:The Museum, 631 N. Main Street,
Friday & Saturday 10am-2pm,or contact a board member for tickets.
Fayette County Offi ces ClosedFayette County offices will be closed Friday, March 2 in obser-
vance of Texas Independence Day.
Attention Middle & High School StudentsFayette County Community Theatre is announcing auditions for
their first annual Children’s Show brought to you in collaboration with Arts for Rural Texas. A fully-student cast production directed by Melissa Weltner Production will be held May 11-13. FCCT will be holding auditions for this production at The Historic Casino Hall in La Grange Sunday, March 4, at 3 p.m.; Monday, March 5 at 5:30 p.m; and after-school audition on March 6 at La Grange Middle School in Ms. Bouchard’s classroom. No Monologues are needed. Just come ready to play.
LG Noon Lions March Programs The La Grange Noon Lions Club meets every Thursday at noon
at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club in La Grange. March programs are as follows: March 1, “A Field Trip in the Libyan Desert Circa 1957” by Lion Stuber; March 8, “Events in Bastrop County and Be-yond” by Kathy Danielson-Bastrop Convention and Exhibit Center Executive Director; March 15, “The History of Money” by George Laigle; March 22, “Bite Me, Sting Me, Leave Me Alone” by Donna Mueller; and March 29, “Meet Your Airport” by Dick Peck.
Disaster Recovery Team Day of ServiceFayette County Day of Service will be held Saturday, March 3
sponsored by the Disaster Recovery Team of La Grange. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall for a day of work. Wear comfortable clothing for outdoor work. Bring work gloves and eye protection.
FEC Scholarship Deadline March 5 Fayette Electric Cooperative will award six $1,500 scholarships
to area high school students whose parents or guardians are mem-bers of the cooperative and reside in Fayette Electric’s service area.The scholarship guidelines and application form may be obtained from area high school counselors or can be downloaded by visiting the co-op’s website www.fayette.coop. Scholarship applications must be returned to Fayette Electric’s office no later than 5 p.m. on Mon-day, March 5. Students needing additional information may contact Catherine Poppe at (979) 968-3181.
La Fayette Masonic Lodge Meeting La Fayette Masonic Lodge will have it’s regular stated meeting
on Tuesday, March 6. The Lodge will welcome the newest District Deputy Grand Master, R.W. Gary Olive. Doors will open for coffee and fellowship around 5 p.m. There will be a good meal served start-ing at 6:30 p.m. with the business meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. All area masons are encouraged to attend, and visitors are welcome.
Rutersville Hermann Sons Meeting Rutersville Hermann Sons Life No. 152 will have their monthly
meeting on Wednesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. The lodge will furnish chili and members are asked to bring a side or a dessert.
Hermann Sons Life Lodge Meeting The Hermann Sons Life Lodge No. 8 will have its regular month-
ly meeting on Thursday, March 8 at Riverside Cafe at 11 a.m. Mem-bers can bring a guest and enjoy a wonderful buffet meal.
Financial Literacy Programs Neighbor to Neighbor is sponsoring a new series of Financial
Literacy programs presented by Pioneer Bank at the Meadows build-ing at 275 E. Ellinger Rd. in La Grange. The first program is called SAFE-Stopping Adult Financial Exploitation on Friday, March 9 from 5 to 6 p.m.
Oral History Class Fayette County Historical Commission is sponsoring a class on
conducting Oral History hosted by First Presbyterian Church, 205 S. Franklin in La Grange. Class is scheduled on Saturday, March 10 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.
Head Start Accepting Applications The Head Start program in Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, and Colorado
counties will be accepting applications for the 2018-19. This year, the program will be offering online applications that will be available through their website at www.ctfhs.org. Families can, also, obtain ad-ditional information about the program by going to the website or calling 1-800-433-7570.
Fayette Co. Retired Teachers MeetingThe Fayette County Retired Teachers Association will meet on
Monday, March 12 for a “field trip” tour of the Texas Wendish Her-itage Museum in Serbin. Members who need or want to carpool should meet in the First United Methodist Church parking lot no later than 1:15 p.m. The museum tour will begin at 1:45 p.m. There will be a short business meeting there after the tour. All public-school retir-ees are invited to attend. For more information, visit http://localunits.org/Fayette/ or call (361) 772-3068.
AMEN Helping FEMA Clients FEMA clients can visit the AMEN Food Pantry and visit the
FEMA Disaster Room as often as needed. Items such as toothpaste/brush, toiletries, pet food, laundry items, etc. will be free to you and will be available for those with a FEMA number in Fayette County. Bring a box or bag to put your items in. You do not have to be a be pre-registered with AMEN to take advantage of these donations. Hours are Monday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Thursday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Frozen and refrigerated food items are also available.
CVICA held their annual dinner at the Ellinger Hall which brought in close to 600 cattlemen and families. The yearly gathering included a tradeshow and live auction. The Tradeshows sponsors for the 4th year was M-G Inc. of Weimar and pictured from left is: Patrick Janda, CVICA, Mickey Mangum and Kent Ohnheiser of M-G, Les Mallory, CVICA, and James Schramek of M-G.
The Colorado Valley Chap-ter of the Independent Cattle-men’s Association recently held their annual dinner at the El-linger Hall, which brought in to-gether nearly 600 cattlemen and families. The yearly gathering included a tradeshow and live auction. The Tradeshow’s spon-sor for a fourth year in a row was
M-G, Inc. of Weimar. This year’s dinner was catered by Peters BBQ from Ellinger. Participants have complimented the catered dinner over the last three years, so the chapter was sure to bring back the crowd favorite a fourth year in a row. Three hundred and fifty meals were served at the dinner on site and another two
hundred were take-away meals. The CVICA has over 500 asso-ciates and serves Colorado, Fay-ette and Lee counties.
CVICA Dinner And Tradeshow Held
Two volunteers from La Grange attended a workshop in Schul-enburg presented by the FMH Foundation for volunteers of non-profi t organizations. Speaker was Eileen Piwetz, Executive Di-rector from Midland. Pictured are Carol Montgomery-Texas Quilt Museum, Piwetz, and Jo Ann Gore of the La Grange Girl Scouts.
LG Volunteers Attend Workshop
Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reminds citizens of Fayette County that the Sheriff’s office is receiving calls again from citizens who are getting calls supposedly from the IRS demanding payments.
These phone scams may make the caller ID appear as if the IRS is calling, and then a second call may threaten that a law enforcement agency may make an arrest if payment not received. First, the truth is the IRS generally contacts you by mail, not by phone about unpaid taxes. The IRS will not ask for payment by using a debit card or wire transfer.
If you get a call from some-one claiming to be with the IRS asking for payment here is what you can do; if you think you may owe, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and workers can help you with payment options, if you do not owe taxes you can call the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1-800-366-4484 about the scam and file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov, please add IRS scam to the com-ments in your complaint.
Sheriff Korenek Warms of IRS Phone Scams Reported Here
Washburn University is pleased to announce its graduat-ing class of students in fall 2017.
Washburn University has out-standing students and I am confi-dent they will go on to do great things in their careers,” said Dr. Jerry Farley, Washburn Univer-sity president.
Jillian Sikes of Schluenbug received her Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction.
Washburn University is ac-credited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.
Jillian SikesGraduates FromWashburn
The Fayette County Record, Friday, March 2, 2018 A3
political ad. paid for by Kyle Hartmann campaign, Laurie Karisch, Treasurer, 6513 Sand rock Road, La Grange, Texas 78945. (979) 639-1439
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Dear Precinct 1 Voter,My name is Kyle Hartmann and I am one of the Republican candidates for
Fayette County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1. The purpose of this letter is to tell you about myself and my goals for office in order to aid in earning your trust and support. Ultimately, I would appreciate your vote in the upcoming Republican Primary Election on March 6, 2018. I am a fourth generation, lifetime resident of Fayette County. After graduating from La Grange High School, I continued my education by earning both an Associate of Science degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Blinn College and Sam Houston State University, respectively. I currently work as an electrician for my family’s business, Hartmann Electric and reside near Rutersville. I have been active in the La Grange and Rutersville communities all my life. I am a member of the Rutersville Herman Sons Lodge 152, the Fayette County Community Theater, St. John Lutheran Church in Rutersville, and Shared Lutheran Ministries. Fayette County has always been my home and I aim to continue to serve our community. With your vote I can be one step closer to doing so as Justice of the Peace of Precinct 1.
The responsibilities of a Justice of the Peace include hearing traffic and misdemeanor cases punishable by fine only, hearing civil cases under $10,000, setting bonds, and conducting inquests. I believe that honesty, integrity, and humility are important characteristics for any public official to possess. Combining these characteristics with a practical approach to public office, my goal is to provide an honest, nonpartisan service for the residents of Precinct 1. I will accomplish this by treating every individual equally, being compassionate and respectful during inquests, and encouraging and facilitating mediation in civil cases. I will provide fair and equal treatment for all by using my understanding of Fayette County to maintain a court that represents you and our fellow neighbors within Precinct 1.
In conclusion, my background in criminal justice along with my understanding of Fayette County and its residents make me an ideal candidate for this office. I have good health and stamina, and I will devote the time necessary to do the job you deserve and expect. Being elected as your Justice of the Peace would be an honor. I would appreciate your support and your vote in the upcoming Republican Primary Election.
Thank you for taking the time to get to know me.
Respectfully,
Kyle Hartmann
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The Parent-Teachers Club of Fayetteville I.S.D. will have a fundraiser on Thursday, March 8 at the school cafeteria from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A catered to go meal of chicken fried steak with trimmings will be served. Plates are $10 each and advance tickets are available from any FISD student. Proceeds will benefit the Fayetteville ISD PTC which in turn gives monies to the teachers and scholarships to deserving seniors that apply for the scholarship.Turkey Stew
Shelby Post 602 of the American Legion will have its annual original homemade tur-key stew fundraiser on Saturday, March 10 at the Post Home lo-cated at 4019 FM 1457 in Shel-by. Sale begins at 3 p.m. Cost is $25 per gallon, bring your own containers. The auxiliary will be having their annual bake sale in conjunction with the stew fundraiser.Clean Food Booth
A clean-up of the food booth
at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Warrenton is scheduled for Saturday, March 3 beginning at 9 a.m. This is in preparation of the upcoming Antique Fair. Anyone is welcome to come and help.Lenten Service
Wednesday night Lenten worship is scheduled for March 7 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Warrenton. The evening begins with a soup supper at 6 p.m. with worship at 7 p.m. The Road Sign for the week is “Yield”.Zumba
Zumba exercise will be held Thursday, March 8 at 5:15 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Warrenton.Men’s Bible Study
The Men’s Bible Study is
scheduled for Saturday, March 10 beginning at 7 a.m. at River-side Cafe in La Grange.FotoFest 2018
FotoFest 2018 will be open-ing Saturday, March 17 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Red & White Gallery with Arthur Meyerson, recognized as one of America’s finest photogra-phers. A book signing of “The Journey” will be held during this time.
Also at the Moravian Gal-lery in the Grand Fayette Hotel Jerry Herring will be featured from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with his book “Fayetteville Reconsid-ered”.March Birthdays
March birthday celebrants include Randy Noviskie-3; Jerry Sauer-4; Luke Korenek-5; and Maxine Dominey-8.Have News?
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FAYETTEVILLENews
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Storytelling for the graphic designer is much more than words. It includes the use of photos or drawings, color and form, size and pacing.
That is the subject of local graphic designer Jerry Herring’s talk to be held in the Ross Gal-lery on the town square of Fay-etteville at 4 p.m. on March 4. “Graphic Design: Visual Story-telling” will touch on projects from Jerry’s career that range from ads for George H. W. Bush to a photo shoot with Ella Fitzgerald.
This talk is part of the on-going Spectrum Lecture Series sponsored by the non-profit Arts for Rural Texas. The lecture is free and open to all.
Jerry formed Herring De-sign in 1973 in Houston. The graphic design, branding and communications firm is now owned and managed by his son, Stephen, while Jerry continues his design work from his studio
in Fayette County. The firm’s list of past and current clients is enviable: they include Exx-onMobil, Saudi Aramco, Shell Oil, Merck, Schlumberger, AT&T, the Kennedy Center, Texas A&M University, Hou-ston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony, MD Anderson Can-cer Center and numerous other domestic and international cor-porations. Herring has served on the national board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and still attends monthly board meetings in London for retail mall developer McArthur Glen.
“Being a graphic designer has allowed me inside some of the greatest corporations and in-stitutions in the country. I have had the chance to interview CEOs and scientists, to pho-tograph politicians and artists, and to see the inner workings of these companies from a vantage point that few see,” comments
Jerry. “To learn the stories I had been brought in to tell, I’ve climbed up the outside of the Eiffel Tower and hovered in a helicopter staring into the Statue of Liberty’s face. I’ve set up just off the runway taking photos of a super-sonic jet taking off and been held captive on an oil tanker in the gulf. All in service to a client.”
The creative thinking pro-cess is so very important to all our lives. Herring has shared his knowledge of design with audi-ences around the country, speak-ing to design organizations, col-leges, and high school students. The different types of design these students, and all of us, see around us every day, architectur-al, industrial, fashion, graphic, product, and app design share some of the same principles and frequently overlap.
The main goal of a graphic designer is to communicate and share the clients’ stories be
Spectrum Lecture Series to Feature Designer Jerry Herring this Sunday
During their February 2018 monthly meeting, the members of American Legion Quade-Werchan Post 338 voted to make another donation in support of the Round Top-Carmine Educa-tion Foundation.
A check for $1,500 was presented to the foundation at their annual fund raising event held Feb. 10. This donation, the fourth consecutive contribution by the post, was made in honor of the numerous post members who have graduated, taught or served the Round Top-Carmine ISD.
The mission of the foun-dation is “to support enrich-ment, innovative teaching, and the success of the Round Top-Carmine students and staff by utilizing community and corpo-rate resources.” The work of the Round Top-Carmine Education
American Legion Post 338 Makes Donation to Education Foundation
it with words, illustration, pho-tography or typography. Herring will share examples of his trade-marks, brochures, and market-ing materials that demonstrate these skills, and share some of the background stories around his projects.
Herring with his wife Joan, also own and operate Herring Press, a book publisher that has designed and issued over 30 books on subjects that range from Galveston architecture and pictorial views of Houston and Santa Fe to monographs on artists such as William Anza-lone, Jesús Moroles, Jack Un-ruh, Charles Schorre and Mark Kohler. In 2014 the press pub-lished “Images of Fayette Coun-ty’, a visual essay photographed by Joan and Jerry. The couple documented the sites, people and events that make up this unique area of central Texas.
The Herrings live on Black-bird Farm, which also has an event center and cabins for guests.They own and oper-ate the Red & White Gallery, Blackbird Lodging and are co-owners of The Grand Fayette Hotel and Market Street Inn in Fayetteville. They are creative forces in Fayette County.
Representing the post at the event were: Lynn Reavis (Post Com-mander), Glenn Fox (Vice Commander), Otto Fuchs, Jr. (Historian), and Al Gross and J. C. Pohl (members). Accepting the donation was Linda Patterson, Director of the foundation.
A Honor Roll
Grade 1Lovie BurkhamConnor FrickeMiriam LambertHolden PaceRebekah SacksLiliana SalinasTytan Sanders
Grade 2Facundo CerdaBree DooleyAdrian HernandezKandyce HughesHayden KasmierskyLeah SotoCAden ToveyReagan WilliamsBailey Wunderlich
Grade 3Lisandra AlvaradoJaylen Bage
Kaleigh BeardAmma BurkhamAvery DavisPhoebe Ritch
Grade 4Georgia BockmanKaitlin BradfordRosa CarriasLinleigh CoilCarter MarburgerAvery NeliusJessica RohdeCarter Wunderlich
Grade 5 Jaime AlvaradoKinsley BageEvan BlazekJill EilersGabrielle JenningsAddyson MaassKendra PeschBayley PittsDaylin Pitts
Jaida RodeaRolando SotoHannah Williams
Grade 6 Mallory KrauseTanner SchobelBrianna SteakleyAbby Wunderlich
A/B Honor Roll
Grade 1 Keely DallmeyerGraham GoehringKolton MartinLaylah McCulloughCaydan NeliusMorgan neliusCassi Williams
Grade 2 Colben CarllBrooklyn GoldJake Smith
Grade 3Kylie AmosKylee KasparAngelica LeBouefKinsey LunbeckNinfa MartinezAudrey SaucedaMandon Thompson
Grade 4 Emma BairdLizeth HernandezGretchen SacksMakayla Smith
Grade 5 Joshua BellueChloe Ritch
Grade 6 Emme DallmeyerFaith NanceKimberely RohdeMagali SalinasLucero Soto
RT Elementary 4th Six Weeks Honor Roll
Foundation is governed volun-teers serving on the Board of Directors representing the com-munities and businesses served by Round Top-Carmine ISD. The foundation is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization that was established in 2010 to create
support for the music and aca-demic programs of Round Top-Carmine ISD.
American Legion Quade-Werchan Post 338 meets the first Thursday of each month at their facility located on High-way 237 just east of Round Top.
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A February birthday party was hosted by Church Women United/Mt. Calvary Mary Martha Guild at Care Inn in La Grange. Pictured from left are Faye Winkler, Stell Midgett, Gladys Teinert, Jeanette Huelsebusch and birthday cel-ebrant Lou Bohuslav (seated).
Bohuslav Celebrates Birthday
Erwin and Betty Kovar of Fayetteville are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Stacey Lorene Kovar, to Kyle Ryan Kuskie, son of Kendall and Mary Jo Kuskie of Hurst. Stacey is the granddaughter of Ellen Vasek and the late Charles Vasek of Frelsburg and the late Lo-rene and John W. Kovar of Fayetteville. Kyle is the grandson of Darlene Kuskie and the late Bernard Kuskie of Grant, Nebraska and the late Julia and Leo Wisniski of Omaha, Nebraska. Sta-cey is a 2005 graduate of Fayetteville High School and 2010 graduate of Texas A&M University with Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in both Finance and Supply Chain Man-agement. She is employed with BP in Houston. Kyle achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1998 and is a 2001 graduate of Law-rence D. Bell High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 2005 and Master of Science degree in 2011 in Bio-medical Sciences from Texas A&M University. He is employed with Fujifi lm Diosynth Biotechnologies in College Station. The couple will exchange vows on April 14 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fayetteville.
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Helping celebrate Lou Bohuslav’s birthday are John Cole (guitar); Faye Winkler, Jeanette Huelsebusch, Lou Bohuslav, Pearlie Tumis, Stell Midgett, and Donna Cole (fi ddle).
Lee BabyMegan and Jon Lee of San
Antonio are proud to announce the birth of their first child, So-phia Grace. Sophia was born on Jan. 28 at Brooke Army Medi-cal Center in San Antonio. She weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. and was 21 inches long.
Sophia is welcomed home by her maternal grandparents, Jim and Jennifer Sanders of La Grange, great-grandparents Henry and Naomi Sanders and great-great-grandmother Helen Guinn all of Navasota.
She is also welcomed home by her paternal grandparents, Robert and Lillian Lee of Cop-peras Cove and great-grand-mother Kyung-ja Kim of Seoul, South Korea.
Navidad Valley Community Connections celebrated it’s Feb-ruary birthday celebrants. Mem-bers wished Ted Kolek, Rene Sustr and Alton Hafer a very happy birthday.
From Feb. 26 through March 19 (Mondays) at noon, Jenifer Boening and Sally Garrett are conducting the NVCC Lunch and Learn program series en-titled Eat Smart, Live Strong which includes nutrition and exercise. On Monday, March 5, NVCC Senior Center will be operating at Blinn College in Schulenburg in Room No. 120 and will be closed the remain-der of the week through Friday, March 9, due to work on the floors at the Center by the Schu-lenburg VFW Post 5623. Regu-lar hours resume on Monday, March 12, at 9 a.m.
The Lunch and Learn held on Monday, Feb. 19 was with
NVCC Celebrates February Birthdays
Birthday celebrants were Ted Kolek, Rene Sustr and Alton Hafer.
speaker Chanda Gallaher, RN, with First Texas Home Health of Weimar. A program was given on “Fall Risks and Safety Tips” on keeping your home to be a safe environment.
A day trip is planned for April 16 to San Antonio for the eighth in the series of “Getting to Know Texas.” The first trip will be to the SAS Shoe Fac-tory for a tour; next stop will be to the Buckhorn Saloon and Texas Ranger Museum—lunch will be at the Buckhorn Saloon followed by a tour of the Texas Ranger Museum which was es-tablished in 2006; last stop of the fun-filled day will be at the River Center Mall and boarding the Go Rio Cruise Barge or a narrated cruise round the River Walk. If you are interested in this trip, call Nancy Hay at (979) 561-5092.
NVCC is a gathering place for those 60 and over and is open Mondays and Wednes-days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lunch served at 11:30 each opening day and projects on Fri-days starting at 12 p.m. NVCC is located at the Schulenburg VFW Hall in Wolters Park.
For more information, con-tact the center at (979) 309-9592, Nancy Hay at (979) 561-5092, or email [email protected]. Visit their updated website at navidadval-leycc.com or on Facebook at @SchulenburgNVCC.
BIRTHS
Rheagan Karisch partici-pated in the East Central LSJ (livestock judging) Contest in San Antonio on Saturday, Feb. 24. She placed second in lamb/sheep, fifth in questions, and twelfth overall in the Pee Wee division.Spring Break
The La Grange ISD will be closed for spring break March 12-16, 2018. Classes resume on Monday, March 19, 2018.Shared Lutheran Ministry
The Shared Lutheran Min-istry has scheduled Lenten ser-vices. The regular Wednesday services include a soup supper at 6 p.m. followed by worship at 7 p.m. The theme for the midweek services will be “The Signs of Lent”. Familiar road/traffic
signs will be used to convey the meaning of the season along with special music, scripture, and sermons.
The schedule includes: March 7-“Yield” in Warrenton; March 14-“One Way” in Rut-ersville; and March 21st-“Dead End” in Ellinger. Maundy Thursday, March 29-services will be held at 7 p.m. in Rut-ersville; Good Friday, March
30-services at noon in Ellinger and 7 p.m. in Rutersville. The offerings are designated for a lo-cal charity. Ellinger VFD
The Ellinger Fire Depart-ment will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m.Ellinger Sewer & Water
The Ellinger Sewer and Wa-ter Supply Corporation will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 12 at 7 p.m. at the Ellinger Fire Station.Birthdays
Birthday greetings to the fol-lowing March celebrants: Doris Ripple-1st; Greg Hunger-2nd; Rae Worrel-3rd; Kathy Hinton Lietz-9th; Dave Weishuhn and Julia Thomas-10th; David Ott-13th; Kathy Horndt Bagley-14th; Jo Ann Divin-15th; Ryan Polasek-17th; Larry Marusik-21st; Dale Braswell-22nd; Scott Fritsch-23rd; Mary Vrazel-25th; Doug Divin and Billy Kubena-26th; James Allen Horndt-29t; Kendal Smidovec-31st.Have News?
If you have news for the El-linger News column, email [email protected] or call (979) 966-3275.
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lost her three-year battle with cancer on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Oct. 1, 1968 to Everett and Frances Kana Drawe in Houston.
Denise was the Assistant Di-rector at St. Paul’s Early Child-hood Ministry in Houston. She almost single-handedly got the ECM up and running at their new location in 2017. Family was very important to her and she would support them in any endeavor they started. She had a knack for planning and decorat-ing events for all occasions. She planned birthday parties, showers and wedding for friends and fam-ily.
When our Sissy was diag-nosed with cancer she did not be-moan her situation. She did what was normal for her. She made the decisions that were hers to make to fight it to the end. Anyone who did not know she had cancer would never have guessed it. That is how Sissy was in life. She was
unafraid to take on anything and see it to completion.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents: Jim and Annie Kana, Conrad and Agnes Drawe, her uncles, Jim “Unkie” Kana and Clinton Drawe, aunt Lor-raine Drawe and nephew Dylan McGee.
She is survived by her parents: Everett and Frances Kana Drawe, sisters Debbie (Doug) McGee and Donna (Cliff) Riggs, special cousin, Jodi (Steven) Langley, nieces Jessica Riggs and Darci McGee, nephews Justin Riggs and Dusty McGee. She is also survived by great nephew David Bragg and “honorary” nephew Kyle Langley, aunts Mary Kana and Margaret Guettler and cous-ins Michael, Gary, Dennis and Patricia. She will also be greatly missed by her faithful companion and adopted dog, Speedy (Pup Pup).
Denise was loved by so many and will truly be missed by all. She touched our lives in many ways and her spirit will live on through us.
The family would like to thank Dr. Anita Sabichi and the staff at Baylor College of Medi-cine and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Medical Center for their loving care of Denise over these last three years.
A celebration of her life was held on Saturday, Feb. 24 with visitation at 4 p.m. and the me-morial service at 5 p.m. at Earth-man Funeral Home, 12555 W. Kirkwood, in Stafford.
Earthman Southwest Funeral Home in Stafford was in charge of arrangements.
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Fayette County Sheriff’s K-9 narcotics team confiscated $6 million-worth of methampheta-mine from a fuel tank with a false compartment on Monday, Feb. 26.
According to a report from Sheriff Keith Korenek, Sgt. Ran-dy Thumann and his canine part-ner Lobos stopped a 2007 Chevy Tahoe for traffic violations on In-terstate 10 about three miles west of Flatonia. The stop happened around 2:27 p.m.
“During the course of his
investigation, Sgt. Thumann ob-serves several criminal indicators in the stories that were provided by the driver and passenger of the vehicle,” Korenek’s report stated.
The report said the driver consented to a search of the ve-hicle. Thumann deployed Lobos, who alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. Thu-mann eventually removed the Tahoe’s gas tank. The Sheriff’s report said the gas tank had a false compartment built inside, which contained about 60 kilo-
grams of liquid methampheta-mine oil. Korenek estimated the street value of the narcotics at $6 million.
Thumann arrested 35-year-old Miguel Angel Lozano Alva-rez and 24-year-old Alma Ro-sario Nieto Villarreal, both of Mexico. Alvarez and Villarreal were charged with possession of a controlled substance and booked into the Dan R. Beck Justice Center. Bond was set at $50,000 for Alvarez and $10,000 for Villarreal.
K-9 Unit Finds Meth Oil in a Gas Tank
Sgt. Randy Thumann of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and his canine partner Lobos found about $6 million-worth of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside a gas tank during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 this week.
The City of La Grange Main Street & Visitors Bureau is proud to announce that Hello Beautiful Day Spa And Laser Center, located at 1417 W. Hwy. 71, is the most recent recipient of a sign grant. The sign grant program is open to businesses both on and off of the Square. For more information, call (979) 968-3017 or email Kim Newton at [email protected]. Pictured from left is: Rodney and April Krhovjak-Owners of Hello Beautiful Day Spa and Laser Center and Kim Newton-Assistant Main Street and Tourism Manager.
La Grange Main Street Awards Sign Grant
Girl Scout cookie sales ended on Feb. 25, but these two girls went around the La Grange square selling cookies out of their wag-on hoping to sell the last of their stock. A cookie captain from Troop 1914 helped a brownie from Troop 9025 with the sale of her cookies.
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The adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836 is celebrated as Texas Independence Day.
Fifty-nine delegates of set-tlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Repub-lic of Texas with this document.
This was the first time Texas seceded from a political body. Through a series of remarkable events, it succeeded and resulted in the founding of a republic and later, a state. The second seces-sion was to join the Confedera-cy at the beginning of the Civil War. That one did not go so well, but turned out pretty good in the end.
agenda for the Monday meeting as “totally inadequate” for lack of specifics.
When the mayor asked for re-approval of an ordinance des-ignating the town council as the LUO board of adjustment, the motion failed. The mayor then asked for re-approval of a deci-sion in 2017 to abolish the ar-chitectural review board and re-place it with a building official.
That motion also failed. In both cases, council members Hinkel, Frank Hillbolt and Mark Mas-sey voted no.
After that, Albers called for a motion to adjourn which passed, ending the meeting. He made the point that the council “must move forward in this process in order to keep the town you see today.” The next regular council meeting is Monday, March 5 at 7:30 a.m.
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Ahlschlager said the owners of the dog surrendered it to the City pending court proceedings. La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath said the dog could be subject to several conditions if the owners are allowed to keep it. Some of those conditions include keeping the dog inside a secure enclosure at all times
and the owners purchasing a $100,000 insurance policy in case of a future attack.
The La Grange leash ordi-nance imposes a $50 to $500 fine to owners who allow their animals to run at large off their property. The ordinance also re-quires dogs and cats to be vac-cinated for rabies.
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Round Top Council News
Dog Attack Prompts Warning
Sheriff Keith Korenek re-ports that Deputy Rick Bohl-mann, while on patrol in the area of Highway 71 near Lady Bird loop, was advised by a passing motorist of a white vehicle on the East bound side of Highway 71 near the rest area and what appeared to be a large amount of blood near the vehicle.
Bohlmann observed a male subject sitting in the driver’s seat
of the vehicle with severe lacera-tions to the inside of his forearm from wrist to elbow. Bohlmann radioed for emergency medical services and additional Depu-ties. The subject advised Bohl-mann that he wanted to commit suicide but had been unable to find the magazine for his pistol. Bohlmann secured a pistol and box cutter from the vehicle and promptly began bandaging the
warning, “Attention: Please be aware that the staff of Fayette-ville ISD may be armed and will use whatever force is necessary to protect our students.”
In the letter he sent home last Friday, Harvey told parents, “These signs are to serve as a warning that shooters should pick some other target. Our campus will no longer be an easy target where troubled indi-
viduals chose to act out violently without being challenged.”
According to a story that appeared last week in the Cor-pus Christi Caller Times, 172 school districts around the state allow staff to carry firearms on campus. That represents about 17 percent of the 1,023 school districts in the state. Another 15 percent of districts have their own police department. About 24 percent of school districts
hire a school resource officer, including La Grange ISD. The Caller Times got the data from the Texas Association of School Boards. Harvey said the pro-gram’s cost would be minimal. The only expenses he expects are the costs of the background checks, drug testing and psy-chological exams.
“There are some funds set aside to make sure we go through a strenuous vetting pro-
cess,” Harvey said. “Other than that, that’s basically it because these are volunteers.”
Harvey said Fayetteville ISD has never experienced any security threats on campus that required armed intervention. The school’s enrollment stands at 256.
“This is just to make sure we have the best security that we can for the kids in our care,” he said.
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Fayetteville: ‘Our Campus Will No Longer Be an Easy Target’
on Monday that 40 families still remain in hotel rooms.
At the meeting, Cameron questioned County Judge Ed Janecka’s decision to award a $200,000 donation to Second Chance Emporium follow-ing the flood. Second Chance, a non-profit resale shop ben-efiting local churches, was destroyed by floodwaters last August. In the days following the flood, Second Chance set up a disaster recovery center on Reynolds Street. They were one of several local organizations coordinating flood relief efforts while parts of La Grange were still under water.
In October, Lower Colorado River Authority presented a $1 million donation to five counties affected by the flooding along the Colorado River.
At Monday’s meeting, County Judge Ed Janecka said LCRA directed each of the five county judges to dispense the money as they as fit. Bastrop County donated their share to the Bastrop County Long Term Recovery Team. Colorado County Commissioners Court
formed a committee to dis-perse the funds to flood victims there. Wharton County used the money to identify and remediate water wells that were contami-nated by floodwater. Matagorda County gave their $200,000 to the “From the Heart Fund,” a non-profit set up there to help Hurricane Harvey flood victims.
“This was a hush-hush kind of deal,” Cameron said at the meeting.
The argument heated to a point at which assistant County Attorney Harold Streicher asked for someone from the Sheriff’s Office to remove Cameron. Chief Deputy Randy Noviskie was sitting in the back of the room, but he did not intervene.
“At the time I thought the best decision was to help out Second Chance,” Janecka said in an interview after the meeting on Monday. “I thought it would help more people and that it was the right decision to make.”
Cameron said her group could have used the money to help get more people in perma-nent homes.
“We have not received one piece of help from the county in
all of this,” Cameron said.After Cameron’s complaint
about the donation, Janecka asked her to account for the $237,000 donation made by the Czech Republic for flood recov-ery efforts in La Grange.
“Anyone can look at our books anytime. We are an open book,” Cameron said.
LGADRT provided the Re-cord with financial statements presented to its board of direc-tors last month. As of Feb. 5, the documents show, LGADRT received $473,174.32 in dona-tions and grants. The organiza-tion spent $76,674.37 during the period of Sept. 27, 2017 to Feb. 5 of this year. Major ex-penses were $33,341.61 for construction supplies, $12,350 for outside service contracts and $11,610 for contractors. At Monday’s meeting, Cam-eron said her group had about $380,000 in the bank.
LGADRT set the salary of executive director Kenny Couch at $50,000 annually. In an email on Wednesday, Couch said he is currently accepting a lower amount of $31,200 annually un-til administrative funding can be
secured. His salary is being paid for with a grant from Austin Disaster Relief Network.
In addition, LGADRT em-ploys two case managers who are paid $30,160. Couch said Texas Workforce Commission is paying those salaries.
“They will be paid through Oct. 2018, at which time we hope there is an extension of one more year,” Couch said.
“Long term recovery groups are not government entities,” Cameron said. “They are enti-ties set up by the community, because there is so much red tape involved with government. People can’t get the help they need in a timely manner.”
Cameron said one of the group’s biggest needs is a paid construction manager. Cameron said her organization has filed a DBA to operate under the name “Fayette County Disaster Recov-ery Team.” The group is hosting a Fayette County Day of Service on Saturday, March 3. Cameron invited anyone interested to meet at the KC Hall parking lot on Brown Street to help with de-bris removal and home repairs. Sign-in starts at 9:30 a.m.
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subject’s wounds and applying pressure to stop the blood flow. Bohlmann kept the subject talk-ing and alert while bandaging
the wound until Fayette County EMS was able to arrive on scene. Thanks to the assistance of the passing motorist in notify-
ing Deputy Bohlmann, his quick response and first aid training, the subject was able to be trans-ported to the Seton Smithville
Regional hospital emergency room by EMS to receive medi-cal treatment and Mental Health services.
Funds for Hurricane Recovery Disputed
Sheriff’s Deputy Saves Life of a Suicidal Subject on Lady Bird Loop
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The La Grange baseball team got a strong start from pitcher Ryan Cooper (who aided his own cause with a pair of hits) and extras base hits from Travis Ferley and Parker Gage as the Leps went on the road to beat Wimberley 7-2 Monday.
The victory improves the Leps record to 3-1 as they get ready to play at the Kilgore Tournament this weekend.
2/26/18 –Non-district baseballLa Grange 7, Wimberley 2La Grange 023 101 0 – 7 9 0 Wimberley 000 101 0 – 2 1 1Winning pitcher: Ryan Cooper 4 IP, 0 hits, 1 run.LG highlights: Travis Ferley 1 hit, 3B, 2 runs; Cooper 2 hits, 2 RBIs, 1 run; Noah Blackwell 1 hit, 1 RBI; Weston Aymond 1 hit, 1 run; Mason Muras 1 hit, 1 run; Recek 1 hit, 1 run; Cameron Chorens 1 hit, 1 run, 1 RBI Parker Gage 1 hit, 2B, 2 RBIs; Cole Hen-sel 2 IP, 1 run; Dawson Loehr 1 IP.
The La Grange softball team improved its record to 7-4 this season with a 3-1 victory Tues-day at Cuero.
The Lady Leps got a com-plete game four-hitter from pitcher Mikaylee Supak and Alyssa Dela Rosa and Sydney Fritsch each had one hit and one run scored to lead the offense.
The Lady Leps play at the Lamar Consolidated Tourna-ment this weekend.
2/26/18 –Non-district softballLa Grange 3, Cuero 1La Grange 100 002 0 – 3 4 1 Cuero 000 001 0 – 1 4 2 Winning pitcher: Mikaylee Supak (com-plete fame four-hitter with 4 Ks)LG highlights: Jones 1 run, Dela Rosa 1 hit, 1 run; Fritsch 1 hit, 1 run; Trlicek 1 hit; Fitzpatrick 1 hit
The 20-4A all-district bas-ketball team was released this week, and three La Grange players were included.
Lep junior A.J. Grant was named to the first team and junior Kayton Powell and sen-ior Hunter Kasper were named to the second team.
Caldwell’s Domonique Chambers was named the District MVP. Jaylon Joiner of Giddings was the Offen-sive MVP and teammate Wy-att Walther was the Defensive MVP.
Tavarus Baker of Navasota was the Newcomer of the Year.
Lady Leps Beat Cuero
Leopards Defeat Wimberley 7-2
The Schulenburg boys bas-ketball season came to an end Tuesday in Seguin with a 56-45 loss to Marion in the 3A region-al quarterfinals.
This was the third time Mar-ion and Schulenburg had played one another this season and Marion won all three match-ups.
The Shorthorns end their season with a 23-13 overall re-cord.
This was a one-point game late in the fourth quarter with Marion clinging to a 46-45 lead, before the Bulldogs scored the final 10 points of the game.
Senior Myles Thomas led Schulenburg in scoring with 12 points.
Marion (29-6) advances to the regional semifinals where they will play Santa Rosa (17-10) Friday at 6 p.m.
Schulenburg senior Jack Seyl looks to make a pass in Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal game against Marion. Photo by Audrey Kristynik
Shorthorns Fall in Regional QuarterfinalsSchulenburg Ends StrongSeason With 23-13 Record
Trio From LG Earn All-District Accolades
The Round Top-Carmine baseball team has started the season with a 2-1-1 record in-cluding Tuesday’s 9-1 victory over Granger.
Jason Sotebier and Ryker Goehring each had two hits and Ethan Schobel hit a dou-ble and drove in two runs.
Pitchers Schobel, Goehring and Aiden Wagner combined to limit Granger to just one run and four hits.
The Schulenburg baseball team has started the season with a 2-2 record including Tuesday’s 11-1 victory over La Vernia.
The Shorthorns pounded out 10 hits. Garret LeBlue, Kolbe Kutac, Justin Stang and Kaleb Kubesh each had two hits in the game. Kutac pitched four in-nings of two-hit ball and struck out 11.
Colby Guzman hurled a scoreless final inning.
RTC, Schulenburg Baseball Squads Snag Big Victories
Ethan Schobel pitches Tuesday for Round Top-Carmine against Granger. Photo by Paul Kipp
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Archery is offered as part of the Texas - National Archery in the Schools Program (TASP), which is an affiliate of the Na-tional Archery in the Schools Program (NASP). NASP pro-vides international-style target archery training and competition for students in 4th-12th grade. It is an individualized activity that enables students to learn through focus, self-control, discipline and patience. It helps students build self-confidence, which is not determined by popular-ity, athletic or academic ability, gender or age - basically anyone can do archery, and anyone can do well.
Faith Lutheran High School was able to purchase bows, tar-gets, and arrows with the sup-port of a generous donor. Stu-dents have completed classroom instruction and safety courses and have begun shooting as part of the P.E. curriculum. FLHS will host instructional target ar-chery training camps later this spring and summer for area stu-dents interested in learning this new skill. Faith Lutheran High School of Central Texas, housed in Warda, is a private Christ-
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Faith Lutheran High School was able to purchase bows, targets, and arrows with the support of a generous donor. Students have completed classroom instruction and safety courses and have be-gun shooting as part of the P.E. curriculum.
Tuesday Night Mixed LeagueResults for the Week of 2/20/2018
1. Can You Dig It 622. Leward Anders & Sons, Inc. 54.53. Ballz Deep 504. A-Prime Water Well Service 495. Texoil Services 496. Halpain Construction #2 487. Taki’s 488. Reindrop Ranch 469. KC Knights 41.510. Halpain Construction #1 41.511. CRS 4112. Lone Star Cleaning 4013. Survivors 39.5 14. Joe’s Place 34
High Team Game: Scratch – A-Prime Water Well Service 982; Handi-cap – A-Prime Water Well Service 1145
High Team Series: Scratch – A-Prime Water Well Service 2784; Handi-cap – A-Prime Water Well Service 3273
High Individual Game: Scratch – John Droemer 268; Courtney Zingel-mann 194; Handicap – Ryan Haas 301; Denise Woodyard 242
High Individual Series: Scratch – Casey Namken 633; Laurie Womack 535; Handicap – Freddy Kovar 716; Denise Woodyard 647
200 Games: Deric Hayek 258; Michael Tofel 247; Ryan Haas 246; Blane Heinrich 243; Casey Namken 235, 204; Leroy East 230; Richard Halpain 224, 200; Charles Srubar 223; Mike Mackey 220; Bruce Bolfik 213, 204; Frank Green 210; Kevin Kalina 207; Mark Vasek 205; Edward Halpain 205; Ralph Dunk 205; Gary Anders 203; Dusty Wagner 200
600 Series: Deric Hayek 627; John Droemer 627
500 Series: Charles Srubar 596; Mike Mackey 593; Richard Halpain 592; Leroy East 588; Michael Tofel 582; Bruce Bolfik 573; Blane Heinrich 571; Dusty Wagner 562; Matt Halpain 557; Dale Tanner 550; Danny Gerecke 547; Kevin Kalina 547; Matt Henneke 546; Lynn Gibson 546; David Poncik 542; Dennis Ahlschlager 538; Freddy Kovar 530; Ryan Haas 518; Gary An-ders 516; George Eilert 516; Frank Green 515; Chris Proske 511; Jane Beck 510; Ralph Dunk 505; Paul Boen-ing 505; Edward Halpain 500
Splits: Casey Namken 3-4-6-7; Don Patton 3-10, 3-10, 3-6-7-10; Den-nis Ahlschlager 9-10; Clarence Malota 6-7-9-10; Faye Rau 3-10; Kevin Kalina 2-7; Danny Gerecke 6-7-10; Charles Srubar 3-10, 2-4-10; Mark Vasek 4-6.
Results for the Week of 2/20/20181. Can You Dig It 642. Leward Anders & Sons, Inc. 57.53. Ballz Deep 534. Texoil Services 525. A-Prime Water Well Service 516. Taki’s 517. Halpain Construction #2 508. Reindrop Ranch 479. Halpain Construction #1 43.510. KC Knights 42.511. CRS 4212. Survivors 41.5 13. Lone Star Cleaning 4114. Joe’s Place 36
High Team Game: Scratch – Ballz Deep 1037; Handicap – Halpain Construction #1 1174
High Team Series: Scratch – Ballz Deep 2971; Handicap – Ballz Deep 3181
High Individual Game: Scratch –
Jason Oncken 270; Cindy Novak 216; Handicap –Jason Oncken 277; Eliza-beth Votaw 266
High Individual Series: Scratch – Matt Halpain 693; Cindy Novak 586; Handicap – Cindy Novak 721; Matt Halpain 702
200 Games: Michael Tofel 257, 202; Kyle Dornak 254, 207; Casey Namken 254; Matt Halpain 248, 233, 212; Charles Srubar 247; Chris Proske 243; Dusty Wagner 232, 211; Allen Keilers 222; George Eilert 218; John Droemer 216, 202; Frank Green 215; Carlo Triolo 213; Dale Tanner 212; Raymond Washington 210; De-ric Hayek 205, 202; Matt Hepner 202; Elizabeth Votaw 202; Zane Deen 202; Zach Holub 201; Bump Ellis 200; Kevin Kalina 200
600 Series: Kyle Dornak 640; Dusty Wagner 633; Michael Tofel 627; Jason Oncken 626; John Droemer 605
500 Series: Deric Hayek 599; Charles Srubar 597; Casey Namken 582; George Eilert 572; Chris Proske 571; Edward Halpain 570; Carlo Triolo 564; Matt Konvicka 552; Dale Tanner 543; Allen Keilers 537; Bruce Bolfik 537; Jaye Weishuhn 537; Frank Green 535; Leroy East 534; Jonathan Miku-lencak 529; Kevin Kalina 523; Zach Holub 518; Blane Heinrich 516; Mike Mackey 514; Bump Ellis 510; Thomas Petras 509; Elizabeth Votaw 506; Zane Deen 502
Splits: Christie Mertink 3-10; Zach Holub 5-7, 5-10; Bethany Loper 2-7; Jaye Weishuhn 3-7; Charles Sru-bar 5-10; Allen Keilers 3-10; Becky Munsch 2-7; Jennifer Henneke 5-7; Bruce Bolfik 3-9-10; George Eilert 3-10
Bowling Results
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The La Grange boys soccer team lost 2-1 Tuesday at Gid-dings.
With a big crowd on hand, the Leopards struck first with a penalty kick from Alan Orona, his 15th goal of the season, to put the Leopards up 1-0 going into halftime.
In the second half, within the first minute the Buffaloes were able to score on a misplay. Roughly ten minutes later, the Buffaloes added yet another goal to take a 2-1 lead.
The Leps nearly tied it up on a late scoring attempt by Cam-eron Staggs.
La Grange looks to bounce back Friday at home against Smithville in a 5:15 p.m. game at Leopard Stadium.
Tuesday’s loss dropped the Leps record to 4-3-2 in district and 9-6-2 in district.
The La Grange girls soccer team lost at Giddings Tuesday 4-0. Defensive standout was Lauren Huenefeld. The Lady Leps return to action Friday at Leopard Stadium at 7:15 p.m..
The La Grange girls now have a 10-6-3 overall record and 6-2-1 mark in district.
Giddings Sweeps La Grange In Soccer
Fayetteville Varsity Girls Basketball district honors are as follows:
Amber Canik: Offensive
Player of the YearGracie Dyer: 1st Team All
DistrictHaley Bertsch: 2nd Team All
District
Emma Lapeyre: 2nd Team All District
Cloe Schulle: Honorable Mention
Academic All District:Haley BertchCeCe MitchellEmma LapeyreGracie Dyer
Amber CanikCloe SchulleJulie KorenekStormy Kasmiersky
Amber Canik Gracie Dyer Haley Bertsch Cloe Schulle Emma Lapeyre
Fayetteville Girls All-District Honorees
Schulenburg Beats Nixon-Smiley 18-0
Kyndal Kutac slides into third base in Monday’s game. Photo by Audrey KristynikAlyssa Otto pitched a complete game Monday.
The Schulenburg softball team improved to 5-1 with Monday’s 18-0 win over Nixon-Smiley.
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The La Grange 8th Grade Girls Basketball ‘A’ Team was the district champ this season with a 9-0 district record and a perfect 14-0 record during the regular season.
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Here are the results from tennis tournament in Shiner on Monday, February 26.
Mixed doubles: Ashlynn Wobus & Colton Roscher fin-ished 3rd (Third place).
Boys doubles: Daxton Given & Justin Faldyn finished 3rd (Third place).
Girls Doubles: Divya Raja & Abbey Weyand lost the con-solation match; Emily Mag-ness & Emily Saunders finished 2nd (Second place). They rolled through the tournament 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 before losing champion-ship 0-6
Girls Singles: Claudia Mar-tinez Finished 2nd (Second place)Went through the Tour-nament with scores of 6-3, 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 then lost championship 0-6.
Boys Singles: Cesar Labrada finished 2nd (Second place) Also breezed through early rounds 6-3, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 before losing 1-6 in the Championship.
Lauren Lehman lost her first round singles match to the tour-nament champion, before going on a tear through the consolation bracket falling one game shy of making the consolation match.The La Grange athletes who won medals at the Shiner tennis tournament Monday.
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The Art Jam Artists are tak-ing their show on the road.
After two annual shows at Stepanie Shroyer’s studio near Schulenburg, the group has de-cided to branch out and bring their show to new venues. The first stop on the Art Jam road trip will be ARTS (Art for Rural Texas) located on the Square in Fayetteville, Texas. The show opens March 17th with a recep-tion in the Ross Gallery from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
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Their official grand open-ing isn’t until March 16-17, but CHB Land Management and Sand Rock Gardens is already open for business at their new location at 395 FM 155 on top of the bluff outside La Grange (near the KBUK radio station).
That location on the Farm to Market road led co-owner Kay Dippel (a former English teacher at La Grange) to aptly describe the new business as a “farm to market establish-ment.”
Kay and her husband Don-nie and their son Dustin are all managing the business, which seems to have something for everyone already, even as new items arrive daily in advance of that grand opening.
For the gardener the store sells seeds, potting soil, plants and an array of tools.
For those who like garden fresh items but don’t want to do the work themselves, the Dippels are selling fresh pro-duce they grow themselves and plans are in the works for an on-site two-acre garden.
There’s even an industrial kitchen where Kay does can-
ning of jams, jellies, etc. that are also for sale on site.
Right now those jellies are displayed on an old wagon inside that belonged to Kay’s great-grandfather.
The Land Management side of the business handles fertilizer sales and spraying and they’ll even come to your place to cut brush.
At the facility there’s also a meeting room where farmers and ranchers can take classes to get those government required Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for various operations.
They are open from Mon-day through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Donnie, Kay and Dustin Dippel stand behind a refurbished wagon that belonged to Kay’s great grandfather. It now serves as a display case for jams, jellies and pickles sold at the family’s new business, CHB Land Management and Sand Rock Gardens at 395 FM 155 outside La Grange. Photos by Jeff Wick
Dippels Farm/Market Business Now Open
The outside of CHB Land Management and Sand Rock Gardens in La Grange.
The sign outside CHB Land Management and Sand Rock Gardens now says “Open.”
Art Jam Coming to Fayetteville March 17Examples of some of the work you can fi nd from local artists at the upcoming Art Jam show.
See Art Jam, back page
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OLD WORLD ANTIEKS is HIRING! We are currently seeking high energy, self motivated individuals for both sales and warehouse staff. An ideal candidate is available on the weekends and experi-ence is a plus! Apply in person at 5414 W State HWY 71, La Grange, TX 78945 between 10a - 3p M - F.
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Now hiring WAITERS, BUSSERS, COOKS, PREP & DISHWASHERS for 2 new restaurants in Round Top. Se habla espanol.Please call 832-752-2438
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KLEIBER TRACTOR & Equipment is looking for a individual to work in Service Department doing assembly and small engine repairs. Must have knowledge of tractors and equipment operation. Apply in person at 1701 W. Travis St., La Grange and ask for David Kleiber.
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ACCOUNTING CLERK - Knowledge of Quickbooks, Microsoft Word and Excel. Bilingual a must. Please send resume with references to [email protected]
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PERMANENT FULL TIME Bookkeeping position - Duties include: Payroll - Quickbooks, Excel, Communication skills. Send resume or apply in person - Joel’s BBQ, I10 at FM609, P.O. Box 529, Flatonia, TX 78941
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Busy chiropractic and acupuncture offi ce in Columbus, TX needs an energetic, personable Offi ce Manager/Front Desk.
In addition to performing front desk duties (answering phones, scheduling patients, etc.) and chiropractic assistant tasks
(as needed), this person will handle billing and fi ling insurance. Previous experience with insurance/collections desirable but not necessary. Excellent interpersonal skills and willingness to be
trained in the skills needed for working in our offi ce are essential. Full-time position. www.burtonchiro.com
Call Amber: 979-702-1434.
HELP WANTEDGonzalez Healthcare Systems has immediate opening for the position of Chief Nursing Offi cer. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and current
Texans licensure required; Master’s Degree in Health Care Administra-tion preferred. Five years Management experience preferred.
Full-time position with competitive salary and benefi ts.
Applications are available at the Memorial Hospital switchboard or contact Human Resources Department
at 830-672-7581, Extension 1003. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Fiberglass Finisher: L. F. Manufacturing, Inc., a manufacturer of fi berglass tanks and wastewater products, is currently accepting
applications for shop production personnel. The company offers full benefi ts.
You can apply directly at L. F. Manufacturing, Inc. at 5528 E. Hwy. 290, Giddings, Texas 78942.
Applications can be printed from our website at lfm-frp.com or picked up at our offi ce. Our phone number is (979) 542-8027
or (800) 237-5791, Fax number is (979) 542-0911.
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SERVING FAYETTE & LEE COUNTY SINCE 1992Positions open Part-time & weekends Direct Care Staff in our
La Grange, West Point & Giddings homes
Training is provided to qualifi ed applicants for these positions
A VALID TX DL & HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED ARE REQUIREDBenefi ts available for full-time employees
Applications/Resumes accepted at: 339 West Colorado St., La Grange, TX
Contact us at 979-968-8502 or 800-805-7625 - 979-968-5210 fax
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Production Employees needed for J Bar B Foods at our Waelder and Weimar facilities.
Must be able to perform a variety of job duties including: operating mixing, stuffing and cooking machinery, placing
and removing product from racks, washing items used in the production of our products, inspecting and packaging the
finished products. Qualified candidate must have the ability to work in a COLD environment. Must be able to follow
instructions and have the ability to interact cordially with our employees to accomplish common tasks. MUST be available
to work overtime and weekends.Also hiring Maintenance Mechanics. Must have at least
2 years’ experience with electrical and hydraulic machinery repair.Excellent benefits offered.
If interested please apply in person at: J-B Foods, at 505 US Hwy 90 West, Waelder, TX or
J-B Foods, at 1078 Hwy 90 West, Weimar, TX
The City of La Grange Recreation Department is now accepting applications for
Summer Part-time Recreation Assistants-Camp Counselors and Lifeguards.
Applicants must be available to work various hours through-out the Summer months.
Applications may be picked up at La Grange City Hall or online at CityofLG.com.
The City of La Grange is an EOE. For more information, please call ( 979) 968-5600.
538 W COLORADO, LA GRANGE: house in need of repairs, or buy it for the lot. $19,500. 3 1/2 ACRES, ROHDE RD., ROUND TOP, TX: In between Warrenton & Round Top, in the heart of antique alley. Unimproved land. No utilities. $169,000227 W TRAVIS: Historic bldg on square in downtown LG. 2,960 sq ft, 2 separate offi ces, occupied with long term tenants. Automatic income! $295,000.2609 S HWY 77: Great location just past Korts Korner on Hwy 77, set back into the trees. Farmhouse w/ great bones & potential. Ship lap walls, wood fl oors, 2 BD, 1 BA, 1,032 sq ft, 2 enclosed porches, metal roof. Garage or Storage Bldg, rural water, septic. All on ½ ACRE: $115,0001920 GEORGE RD, LG: Custom home on 15 ACRES off Guenther Rd. 1 ½ story, Hardi construction, 2500 sq ft, 4 BD, 3 BA, open living spaces, form din, screened in porch w/outdoor kitchen. Pool, spa, outdoor fi replace, cov back porch, pergola. Ag Exempt, wildlife, fenced, cross fenced, cattle pens, pond, water well. Det carport w/stg & ½ BA, det ofc. Many extras. Well maintained. 305 S JEFFERSON: Great commercial location on S Jefferson (Hwy 77 S Business). Corner lot w/partially remodeled 2 story building. Business on bottom & apartment on the top fl oor. 2 potential incomes! $89.000439 S COLLEGE: Affordably priced, charming home located in a great area. 3 bed, 1 1/2 bath, newer wood look fl oors. Living & dining combo. Large fenced back yard, with storage bldg. $155,000245 W TRAVIS: 5143 sq ft historic, completely renovated, 2 story w large lot, located on the square. $565,000.
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PENDING3140 HWY 71 W LG: 65 ACRES, working farm w/ turn of the century farmhouse. 1320 sq ft, 2 BD, 1 BA, CA/H. pond, cleared in the front & wooded in back. $340,000 1240 EBLIN: Country Cottage on 11 ACRES, partially wooded, Live Oaks, creek, pond, wildlife, ag exempt, partially in city limits w/city utilities. 2 BDs, 2 BAs, cov front porch, some updates, $350,000817 KIRKHAM, WINCHESTER: Brick, 3 BD, 2 BA, 2251 + sq ft, big rooms, FP, great condition, workshop, barns, 5 acres $350,000
6411 ST HWY 159, RUTTERSVILLE: On the road to Round Top: 5 AC, 3600 sq ft shop w/show room, ofc, shop area & unfi nished 2nd story, ½ BA. 2008 Doublewide, 1600 sq ft 3 BD, 2 BA. Stg Bldg, carport. $295,000385 N MAIN, LG: Comm Bldg 2 blks from town square. 1500 + sq ft on 1 +AC operating as LG Lanes Bowling Alley. 16 lanes, kit., furnishings, TV’s etc. $198,500. 235 WEST TRAVIS: Historic commercial building located on the square in La Grange. For-merly a restaurant, it could house any commercial business. A barber shop currently leases a small section of the building. $225,000475 E LAFAYETTE ST OWNER FINANCING! Large commercial tract located in town. Perfect for apartments, duplexes, or a business. 5 ACRES504 N JEFFERSON: 2 for 1, 1600 sq ft main home has 2/2, remodeled, C/AH, Apt has 1/1 Liv Rm & kit. Rent out or use commercially. New price $198,500. 125 S MAIN: Warehouse, cinderblock, 4854 SF, concrete fl oor, newer metal roof, 4secw/exterior access. Great for storage, antiques, vehicles, etc. Res or Comm $165,000.6933 HWY 77 N: Comm, 5 miles N of LG. 2904 SF, 7 0fcs, 3 ba, kit, supply rm, reception area, waiting rm, main frame rm, cov porch, asphalt parking, 1/8 AC pond, btw LG & Giddings. $199,000.1 ACRE HWY 71: Across from Sutherlands and in between Pizza Hut and Round Top State Bank. Rural water and city sewer in area, but no connections.2 ACRES, OLD PLUM HWY: COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL. Rural wa-ter meter, city sewer available, outbuildings. $190,0003722 ST HWY 159 LG : Great Commercial spot, minutes from LG. Currently used as antique venue w/many dealers during antique fair. 16 RV hooks ups, 2450 sq ft in main bldg, barns, outbuildings, pond, creek, parking. $795,000..138 S JEFFERSON: Perfect commercial location, heavy traffi c, located downtown, ½ AC additional parking. Previously a gas station/conveni-ence store1379 sq ft bldg. $385,0003544 HWY 71 W,LG: 5.89 AC, Great commercial location with hwy frontage, just outside city limitsPRAUSE MEAT MARKET: On the square, downtown La Grange, 4th generation since 1904, full service, BBQ restau-rant. Historic bldg, 4,200 sf, w/parking.227 W TRAVIS: Great investment opportunity! Own a piece of history on the square.This early 1900’s building currently has 2 tenants. $295,000.
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HWY 159 FOREST HILLS EAST: 9.4 AC in popular Forest Hills East Subdivision. Call for details. $415,000.248 ACRE RANCH, HWY 77 N, LA GRANGE: Current cattle operation, 8 pastures w/cus-tom grasses, 2 water wells, 2 ponds, live creek, wildlife, road frontage on 2 roads, hay barn, equipment stg bldg, working pens, beautiful building sites w/breathtaking views. OLD LOEWE LN, CARMINE: Quiet 57+ Ac, 3 ponds, wildlife, scattered trees, open pasture, wooded areas, no restrictions. $449,900.13 ½ ACRES, ROOK RD./LG: heavily wooded, great for hunting or building site. La Grange ISDFOREST HILLS E, LOT 2: 2+ ACRES, wooded, creek,light restrictions, Live Oaks, $48,000
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266 TIMBERLAKE DR., LG: Fabulous Lakeside Views, 4 AC, private, restricted, well main-tained & manicured rural sub-div. 2 story, 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, formals, fi replace, wood fl oors, barn style track doors, lots of stg, jetted tub, att 2 car gar, almost fi nished out & great for extra entertaining space, det 2 car gar w/ attic stg, extra concrete, sprinkler sys… $399,000
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★ HOMES ★600 E PECAN: Tree shaded lot on the corner of Pecan & S Meyer. Pecan, Oaks & fruit trees. 80’s model double wide mobile home in need of repairs. 2 storage buildings. $39,500623 E PECAN : 3 BD, 1 ½ BA, 1136 sq ft, fresh paint, newer comp roof. Call for details. 114 COWBOY LOOP, SMITHVILLE: 3 BD, 2 BA, mfg home, 1456 sq ft on 1 ACRE, $149,500859 UPPERLINE: Great family home w/good living spaces! Huge, open liv/din/kit, laminate fl oor-ing, den, 2 BD, 1 ½ BA, bonus area for 3rd BD or ofc, 2100 sq ft, interior utility room. $161,000.266 TIMBERLAKE DR. : Fabulous Lakeside Views, Private, restricted Sub Div, 4 ACRES. 2 story, 3 BD, 2 ½ BA, Formal living & dining, den. Wall of windows to appreciate views, many updates & extras, move in ready. 2 car gar, det 1 car gar. Call for details. 118 ALUM CREEK EAST, SMITHVILLE: 4 BD, 2 BA, mfg home w/1836 sq ft on 2.9 AC. Spa-cious, remodeled & move in ready. 1200 sq ft garage & stg bldg.. $249,500
★ HOMES Cont.★504 N JEFFERSON: 2 for 1, 1600 ft main home has 2/2, remodeled, C/A/H. Apt has 1/1 Liv Rm & Kit. Rent out or use commercially. New Price $198,500.
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440 N. Madison- 4 bedrooms and 5 total bathrooms, 2709 sqft., large kitchen with breakfast area, formal living, dinning, great room, pool, pool house, attached carport, shed, well maintained $285,000
21 acs. Rabbs Prairie Rd.- One of a kind tract...large lake. Live oaks, new home con-struction, hill top views, wildlife, rural wa-ter, septic, must see.
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General Carpentry, Framing, Wood Fence, Porches, Trim, Siding, Leveling, Hardwood Flooring, Tile, Vinyl, Painting, Sheetrock
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SERVICESTOPSOIL, MUSHROOM compost, box blade & dump truck services. We build roads and house & barn pads. Tommy Price Trucking (979) 242-5203 or (979) 966-8158 (cell).
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FIXIN’ THINGS: Carpentry, painting, repairs, maintenance. Experienced, reli-able, reasonable. (979) 247-4200.
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CLOCK REPAIR - Experienced clock-maker for all kinds of clocks. Free est., pick-up & delivery. (979) 249-4013.
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ANTIQUE FURNITURE Restoration. Saving family heirlooms since 1979. Restore, Don't Replace. Free estimates. (361) 865-9326.
(98-tfc)(17-tfc)
COMPUTER SERVICE - Round Top, La Grange. Anti-virus, troubleshooting. Your home or remotely. Call John, (832) 660-3856.
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HOLLIE'S HOMEMAKING, let us help your home or business sparkle! Including new construction & move out clean, car-pet cleaning, windows, errand running, you name it. Licensed & Bonded - Call (979) 530-3174
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JA TREE Service - Need your trees trimmed or removed, fence cleared, or your brush chipped? Call us for free estimates! (979) 212-1233. Insured, 26 plus years experience.
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G & C FENCES - Custom Barbed Wire & Net Wire Fencing. Free Estimates. (979) 250-1594
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TAYLOR AUTO Electric, Inc. - 219 East Third St., Taylor. Est 1946 - Contact: John Polasek or Johnny Zuehlke (512) 352-2411.
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WILL DO Yard Work - mowing, edging & weed eating. Call (361) 217-0743
(45-24p)(69-tfc)
CLEANING SERVICES - Let me help your home or business sparkle! General & deep cleaning available. Call (979)702-1275
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SOUTHWESTERN FOUNDATION Co. - House Leveling - Slabs - Pier & Beam - Mobile Home's Sill and Joist Replacement - (979) 968-6703.
(26-10p)
AGUILAR PAINT Services - Interior and exterior painting. All types of fences. Free Estimates. (979) 525-6461
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LIGHT DOZER & Fence Work. All types of fencing. Fence clearing, brush work & clean up. Wallace Meiners, (979) 249-5317.
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REMODELING/CONSTRUCTION Handyman/General Carpentry - We do it all! Free Estimates. Fully insured with reasonable rates. No job too small. We even specialize in manufactured homes! James Lewis, La Grange, TX (830) 302-9030
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ROCKIN L Garage & Overhead Doors - Sales & Service - James Lewis (830)302-9030
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HOUSE CLEANING Services - For all your cleaning needs. Servicing La Grange, Warrenton, Round Top & Fayetteville areas. Call Shannon (979) 203-5529 for a free quote.
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SERVICESSEPTIC PUMPING Service - Call Lee County Ace Hardware (979) 542-2413
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AIR COMPRESSORS in stock - Ingersol-Rand. Also, Victor torches & Miller welders & supplies. See @ Electric Motor Service. 840 N. Jefferson, La Grange.
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GOOD WOOD Pallets for sale - $2 each. You pick them out. (979) 247-4592.
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2008 STARCRAFT 2800 RBS Travel Trailer for sale. 30ft with clean inside and all features work. Dining room and couch combined for bump out. New roof and skylights. Call (713)962-3867 for additional details.
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COBRA INDUSTRIAL Generator model #ES-9500. Asking $5,000 but will consider reasonable offer. Call Ryan (210) 219-2045
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LIVESTOCK / HAYBULLS FOR Sale - Black Angus and Black Limousin Bulls Gentle. Breeding Ages. Top bloodlines. Family owned since 1975. Delivery available. Also Heifers. (979) 263-5829
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FOR SALE - 2-3/8", 2-7/8", 4-1/2", & 5" pipe. Also sucker rods. (979) 966-3447.
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HAY FOR Sale - 5x6 round bales - mixed hay on pallets - Will Load. Call (979) 247-4592 or (979) 966-8357
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HUGE MOVING Sale! Fri., March 2, 8-3 & Sat., March 3, 7-12, 175 S. Lynnwood. No Early Birds. Multiple Families. Furniture, appliances, house-wares, clothes, etc.
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MOVING SALE - Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 5203 East Old Highway 71 at Joiner Road. 5 miles outside of La Grange toward Ellinger. (33-2p)
4 FAMILY YARD Sale - Fri., March 2 & Sat., March 3, 8-until, 118 Blackfoot, Smithville (five miles of 153). Furn., glassware, tools, tables, lamps, baby clothes, toys, refrigerators.
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GARAGE SALE - Thurs., March 1, Fri., March 2, Sat., March 3, & Sun., March 4, 8-5, 518 E. Franklin, Fayetteville. Tools, motorcycle ramp, misc.
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ESTATE SALESESTATE SALE - Fri., March 2, 9-4 & Sat., March 3, 9-4, 360 North Pointe, La Grange - Furniture, household goods
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MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE Sale - Sat., March 3, 9AM–2PM, 935 Panorama Rd. - Rain or Shine. Small fur-niture pieces, like new children and adult clothing, children’s toys. Brand new boutique items – all ages. Craft Supplies.Electronics, Collectables and sporting goods. And Much More!
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MULTI FAMILY GARAGE Sale - 214 Richard Rd., Sat., March 3, 8 am - 12pm. Household items, golf accesso-ries, clothing and shoes for teen girls, women, and men. Christmas decora-tions, bedding, rugs, home decor and furniture.
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HOMESBrick 3 bd/2ba: 1,758 sq. ft. on .36 acre lot. Open fl oorplan, appliances, attached 2 car garage w/ electric opener. Lg covered back patio. 336 sq. ft. storage bldg w/ 110 electric and water. $199,900. 439 S. Lester.
LAND/LOTS65.6 acres: Rolling with hilltop views for miles. Pond, beautiful cluster of large live oaks. Fence, Ag Exempt, Electricity & County Water. Hostyn Area $549,900. 5840 S. Hwy 77 #10742712 ac: Gently rolling w/ scattered trees, cleared meadows, partial woods & pond. 4 bd, 2 bath, 1,847 sq.ft. brick home. 20’X46 metal bldg w/ 1 bdrm, 2 car garage, lien to & covered entertainment area. 25% mineral 2621 Reiss Road $309,900.43.3 acres with scattered Live Oaks & farmhouse: 2,260 sq. ft. dog trot farm-house (needs TLC), dense vegetation, rich in history, seasonal creek and spring. Hwy 71W. $399,000. #101082
Commercial or Residential: 0.38 ac lot, minutes from downtown & hospital. $59,000 #1026892.2 acres: Seasonal creek, county water & electricity. 1433 Park Road 1C Unit B, Smithville #102325 $40,0004.73 acre on W. Guenther Road: Highly sought after restricted Willmann Estates. Beautiful live oaks. Partial to heavy woods with creek. $99,500.264.741 ac: Scattered live oaks, 253.23 acres, Creek, ponds, paved rd frontage on 2 sides, county water, water well, 3bd/2ba 1,536 sq,ft. hm w/ detached garage, lg covered carport, 8,000 sq.ft. metal barn w/ tack room, pens & squeeze chute, 2,400 sq.ft. equipment shed & 25% income producing minerals. 2501 FM 154.#102073
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62.68 ac.: w/ 30’X60’ metal barn w/ 5’X16’Attached shed & pens. Nice co-bination w/ hay pastures, woods, scat-tered trees, 2 ponds & creeks. Frontage on FM 153 & Schramm Rd. $349,900. #
94941 OR.... 40 acre hay patch w/ creek-boundary $139,900. OR... 22.59 ac. w/ barn, woods, 2 ponds, creek $244,900.Individual Lots .4/Ac: Elevated with all city services. Restricted. El-linger Rd. $30,000/each #348857.191 GORGEOUS ACRES within City Limits of LG w/ City Water, Sewage & Electricity: Large mature live oaks & pe-can trees. Commercial or residential with several beautiful building sites. Hwy. 159 Frontage. $37,500/Ac. #91290
COMMERCIAL1.949 ac. within city limits of LG: Property includes 13,350 sq.ft. multipurpose metal bldg., 12,212 sq.ft. brick church bldg. & add’l 750 sq.ft. metal bldg. Road front-age on 3 sides w/ great visibility along Business 71. $1,250,000. 121 S. College #101319
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT The City of La Grange has received a Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) contract under the Community Development Fund from the Texas Department of Agriculture. In order to comply with the Civil Rights requirements of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act and the Fair Housing Law, the City of La Grange has established policies, plans and resolutions to ensure that equal opportunities are afforded to all persons and that no person shall be excluded or denied program benefits on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age. Policies include the following:
Equal Opportunity Section 3 Policy Affirmative Action Excessive Force Policy
Section 504 Non Discrimination Policy Fair Housing Policy Limited English Proficiency Plan Citizen Participation Plan
A copy of the above mentioned plans, policies and resolutions are available at the City Hall. Citizens may also request the procedures be mailed to them by calling Lisa Oltmann, City Secretary, at (979) 968-5805.
FAIR HOUSING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT To promote fair housing practices, the City of La Grange encourages potential homeowners and renters to be aware of their rights under the National Fair Housing Law. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin in the sale or rental of units in the housing market. For more information on fair housing or to report possible fair housing discrimination, call the Texas Workforce Commission at (888) 452-4778 or (512) 463-2642 TTY: (512) 371-7473.
NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY STATUS
The City of La Grange does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or employment in, its program or activities. Lisa Oltmann, City Secretary, has been designated to coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) regulations implementing Section 504 (24 CFR Part 8. dated June 2, 1988).
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION & GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES NOTICE
FOR THE TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM The City of La Grange has adopted complaint and grievance procedures regarding its Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) Programs. These procedures outline the steps for a citizen to follow if he/she wishes to file a complaint or grievance about TxCDBG activities. Citizens may obtain a copy of these written procedures at the City Hall between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday (except holidays). Citizens may also request the procedures be mailed to them by calling Lisa Oltmann, City Secretary at (979) 968-5805. A person who has a complaint or grievance about any services or activities with respect to a TxCDBG project may submit such complaint or grievance in writing to Lisa Oltmann, City Secretary, City Hall, P.O. Box 449, La Grange, Texas 78957 or may call (979) 968-5805. The City of La Grange will make every effort to respond fully to such complaints or grievances within fifteen (15) working days where practicable after receipt of the original complaint or grievance.
Notice to Proposers
Request for Proposals forCity of La Grange Splash Pad
and Supporting FacilitiesLa Grange, Texas
The City of La Grange, Texas is seeking Competitive Sealed Proposals (CSP) for the con-struction of a concrete parking lot, bath house, and support-ing facilities. The Project will be constructed at 653 E. Pearl Street, La Grange, Texas 78945. The project shall be constructed in two phases. The successful proposer shall coordinate with the owner’s splash pad and play-ground vendor.Attendance at a Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference is required for all proposers.
MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: DATE: Thursday, March 15, 2018 TIME: 10:00 amLOCATION: 653 Pearl StreetLa Grange, Texas78945
COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS will be received, publicly opened and read by the
City of La Grange not later than: DATE: Thursday, March 29, 2018 TIME: 4:00 pmLOCATION:155 E. Colorado StreetLa Grange, Texas 78945
A 5% Bid Bond is required that includes the highest possible combination price of the Base Bid and any Alternates. There are no Alternates at this time. A 100% Payment and Perfor-mance Bond is also required.The City of La Grange is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals or to waive any informality in the bidding subject to statutory guidelines.Bid Documents can be obtained from Cutright & Allen for a re-fundable deposit of $100 per set of documents payable to the City of La Grange. Contact Cutright & Allen, Inc., Archi-tects, 111 E. Travis Street, Suite 222, La Grange, TX 78945, or call 979/968-8888 or email [email protected], or [email protected] to provide shipping information. All shipping costs are borne by the bidders.
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
The Cummins Creek WCID #1 is requesting sealed bids from qualifi ed, responsible bidders for the repair of Cum-mins Creek, Structure Site 15, a fl ood prevention structure located in Winedale, Fayette County, Texas. The repair will require estimated quantities of 13,967 cubic yards of excava-tion; 13,241 square yards of top-soil; 13,860 cubic yards of lime treated earthfi ll, 2,340 linear feet of fi eld fence and 5.3 acres of vegetation seeding. All qualifi ed fi rms including Small, Minority, and Women Owned Businesses
are encouraged to submit bids in response to this bid invitation.
A pre-bid conference begin-ning at 10:00 AM on Thursday, March 8, 2018, to be held at the Fayette County Agricultural Building, 255 Svoboda Lane, Rm # 104, La Grange, TX 78945. Attendance is not man-datory however; prospective bidders are Highly Encouraged to attend.
Bids may be submitted to the Cummins Creek WCID #1, 255 Svoboda Lane, Rm # 130, La Grange, TX 78945, until 10:00 AM on Thursday, March
22, 2018, and shortly thereafter will be opened publicly and read aloud. Solicitation package may be obtained by contacting Kevin Ullrich at [email protected].
Bids should be sealed in sepa-rate envelopes for each bid and clearly marked: BID – Cum-mins Creek WCID# 1, Site 15 Repair, CCWCID-18-CC15-02; ATTN: Kevin Ullrich.
The Cummins Creek WCID #1 reserves the right to accept or re-ject any and all bids at its option and to waive any formalities.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Neil Richard Seidel, Deceased, were issued on February 22, 2018, in Cause No. 12360, pending in the County Court of Fayette County, Texas, to: Karen Seidel.
All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.
c/o: Bradley LingoldThe Law Offi ce of Derek R. Van Gilder
916 Main StreetBastrop, Texas
DATED the 26th day of Febru-ary, 2018
BRADLEY LINGOLDAttorney for Karen SeidelState Bar No.: 24087930916 Main StreetBastrop, TX 78602Tel: (512) 303-4747Fax: (512) 332-0900E-mail: [email protected]
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ORDINANCE NO. 2018-02-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING OR-DINANCE NO. 2016-04-13-2 REGARDING MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ADVISO-RY COMMITTEE; PROVID-ING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFEC-TIVE DATE; AND PROVID-ING FOR PROPER NOTICE AND MEETINGS.
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Neil Richard SeidelEstate Claims Sought
City of La Grange SeeksSealed Proposals for
Splash Pad Construction
Cummins Creak WCID Seeking Repair BidsFayettevilleAmending Ordinance
Car thieves in Texas steal close to 100,000 cars and trucks annually, and burglarize thousands more. It’s enough to make you scream. When you leave your vehicle, HIDE your things, LOCK your car, and TAKE your keys. Remember...YOU HOLD THE KEY.
AT SHOPPING MALLS, PARKING LOTS, THEATERS, APARTMENT COMPLEXES & CITY STREETS
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Pol. Adv. Paid for by Brenda Weber, Treasurer, P.O. Box 103, Round Top, Texas 78954
Cause No. 2017V-260THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: The following Defen-dants who are heirs to the Estate of Margaret Wilkerson and said Defendants are either unknown to Plaintiff or their whereabouts and locations are unknown to Plaintiff and therefore they shall be served with citation by publi-cation:
Defendants, The Known and Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Margaret Wilkerson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of John Wilkerson, De-ceased; The Known and Un-known Heirs of Willie Wilker-son, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Katherine Wilkerson Williams, Deceased; Willie Lee Thompson, and if Deceased his Unknown Heirs; Vernon Thompson, and if De-ceased his Unknown Heirs; Seth Hudspeth, Jr., and if Deceased his Unknown Heirs. Laverne Hudspeth Robinson, and if De-ceased her Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Jennie Mae Wilkerson Gates, Deceased; Delorice Gates, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Dorothy Maria Gates Lewis, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Mattie Lee Thompson Wilk-erson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Gerald Wayne Mills, Deceased; Samuel Kenneth Mills, and if Deceased his Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Wal-ter Wilkerson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Walter David Wilkerson, Jr., Deceased; Walter David Wilk-erson, and if deceased his Un-known Heirs; Charles Everett Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Patricia Ann Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Earl Louis Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs, Teresa Evon Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Margaret Dolores Carter, Deceased; Clif-ton Hill, and if deceased his Un-known Heirs; Clarance Hill, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Darlene Hill McIntyre, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Lowell William Carter, Deceased; Stella Marie Carter, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Danny Carter, and if de-ceased his Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Willie LJ Wilkerson, Deceased; Abraham Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Joyce Marie Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Debra Ann Wilkerson, and if de-ceased her Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Lloyd C. Wilkerson, Deceased; Donald Wilkerson, and if de-ceased his Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Curly Wilkerson, Deceased. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Aaron aka Ed Wilkerson, De-ceased; Alexis M. Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Dorothy M. Balls, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs.
The Known and Unknown Heirs of Nollie Vaughn, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Cora Mae Longs Jones, Deceased; The Known and Un-known Heirs of Hardy Jones, Sr., Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Alvin Jones, Deceased; Olivia Jones, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Inez Jones, and if Deceased her Unknown Heirs; Dollie Jones,
and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Curtis Jones, and if de-ceased his Unknown Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Oscar Lee Newton, Deceased; Charles Newton, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Stephanie Newton Clark, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs.
The Known and Unknown Heirs of Leon Wilkerson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Gladys Wilkerson, Deceased; LV McKinney, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of L.C. Wilkerson, Deceased; Lawrence Wilkerson, Jr, and if Deceased his Unknown Heirs; Tonya Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs.
The Known and Unknown Heirs of Louisa Wilkerson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of James Burle Anderson, De-ceased; Michael Anthony An-derson, and if Deceased his Un-known Heirs. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Herbert Lee Paige, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Leon Paige, Jr., Deceased; Lorene Paige Dory, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Alberta Paige, Deceased; Henry Albert Warner, and if deceased his Un-known Heirs; Alice (Annie) Lee Warner, and if deceased her Un-known Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Prince Albert Warner, Decease; Bolton Al-lan Walker, and if deceased His Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Lee Roy Paige, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Andrew Paige, Deceased. The Known and Unknown Heirs of Lau-rence Paige, Deceased; Anthony Earl, child of Laurence Paige and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Rivers Earl, child of Lau-rence Paige and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Crystal Paige, child of Laurence Paige and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Lawrence Paige, child of Lau-rence Paige and If deceased his Unknown Heirs.
The Known and Unknown Heirs of Dallas Wilkerson, Deceased; Dallas Wilkerson, and if deceased his unknown heirs; Iscar Wilker-son, and if deceased his unknown heirs, Arta Mae Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Odessa Beatrice Taylor, aka Odessa Wilkerson Brown aka Dorsil B. Wilkerson and If de-ceased her Unknown Heirs.
The Known and Unknown Heirs of Landrus Wilkerson, Deceased; Leonders Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; The Known and Un-known Heirs of Ida Lee Wilk-erson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Landrs Johnson, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Henry Wilkerson, Deceased; Henry Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Patricia Ann Wilkerson Caeser, and if De-ceased her Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Willie Ann Wilker-son, Deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Janie Wilkerson, Deceased; Jacque-line Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; La Tonya Armour, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Doris Wilker-son Graves, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of James R. Carson, Deceased. Anjanette Harvey, and if deceased her Un-known Heirs; Marchele Harvey,
and if deceased her Unknown Heirs. The Known and Un-known Heirs of Roy Wilkerson, Deceased; Horace Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs. Alton Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Ada Wilkerson, De-ceased; Henry Lee Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Janet Lee Wilkerson, and if deceased her Unknown Heirs; Elroy Hunter Wilkerson, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Bruce Alan Cartwright, and if deceased his Unknown Heirs; Charles Henry Cartwright, Jr., and if deceased his Unknown Heirs.
The below described tract is the property the subject of this suit:
First Tract: All that certain tract or parcel of land, in Fay-ette County, Texas, part of the Franklin Lewis League, about one (1) mile South of Rutters-ville, described by metes and bounds in the Exhibit “A” attached to Plaintiff’s Origi-nal Petition and containing one-half of an acre of land and being the same tract of land described in a deed from A.H. Meinert, et ux into Wil-lie Wilkerson, et ux in Volume 216, Page 171 and dated June 6, 1947; fi led in the Offi cial Records of Fayette County, Texas.
Second Tract: All that cer-tain lot of land, part of the Franklin Lewis League, in Fayette County, Texas, part of a 96.97 acre tract conveyed to A.H. Meinert by H. Ambert, with said metes and bounds in the Exhibit “A” attached to Plaintiff’s Original Petition and containing 1 acre of land and being the same tract of land described in a deed from A.H. Meinert, et ux into Wil-lie Wilkerson, et ux in Volume 216, Page 169 and dated July 21, 1947 and fi led in the Offi -cial Records of Fayette Coun-ty, Texas.
You are commanded to appear and answer before the 155th Ju-dicial District Court of Fayette County, Texas at or before 10:00 a.m. on the fi rst Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this citation, being at or before 10:00 am. On Monday, the 26th day of March, 2018, then and there of answer the Plaintiff’s Original Petition in Cause No. 2017V-260. The petition, fi led on October 31, 2017 discloses that the nature of the suit is to confi rm title of real property by adverse possession, said property situated in Fayette County, Texas, that is the subject of the above suit.
If this citation is not served within 90 days after the date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.
ISSUED AND GIVEN UN-DER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THIS COURT ON THE __6th__ day of Febru-ary__, 2018, at La Grange, Fay-ette County, Texas. ATTEST:
Linda Svrcek,DISTRICT CLERK FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS By: S/S Katie Janda Deputy Clerk Katie Janda
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Heirs to the Estate of Margaret Wilkerson Notice
Eleanor Carey, 4th grader at Hermes Intermediate School in La Grange, was awarded Best of Show in the elementary division (grades 1-5) for her oil pastel drawing titled “Dizzy Daze at the Rodeo.” The art contest is part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo School Art Program. Eleanor’s piece will be displayed in the Hayloft Gallery during the rodeo.
Eleanor also tied for first place in the district UIL Music
Memory contest held at the end of January.
Lillian Carey, 2nd grader at Hermes Elementary School in La Grange, won first place in the district UIL Storytelling contest held at the end of January.
Eleanor and Lillian are the daughters of Richard and Sarah Carey and granddaughters of Danny and Judy Jurk of Warda.
Emily Eindorf, a Senior at La Grange High School, and Alivia Eindorf, a 6th grader at
St. Paul Lutheran in Serbin, participated in the San Antonio Rodeo last week. Emily was on the Senior Horse Judging Team which placed 4th overall. Alivia was on the Junior Horse Judging Team which placed 3rd overall. Alivia placed 2nd individually in Junior Horse Judging. Emily placed 3rd and 6th in Showman-ship, 3rd in Halter, and 3rd and 5th in Hunt Seat Equitation at the San Antonio Rodeo Paint Horse Show with Stella’s Im-
pulse.Emily and Alivia are the
daughters of Candace Kaiser and granddaughters of J. C. and Wilma Kaiser, all of Warda.Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Worship Schedule: Worship Service begins at 9 a.m. each Sunday. Communion is held every first and third Sunday of the month. Bible Class and Sun-day School begin at 10:15 a.m. Rev. Dennis Tegtmeier is the Pastor. The Holy Cross website is www.holycrosswarda.com.
Lenten services will con-tinue each Wednesday at 7 p.m. through March 21 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.Holy Cross Ladies Aid
The Holy Cross Ladies Aid will be hosting a painting party on Tuesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at the picnic grounds. Each partici-pant will be given a canvas, easel and paint with which to create her very own masterpiece. The cost is $35 per person, payable at the door and refreshments will be provided. Space is lim-ited to first 50 people to RSVP, so don’t wait. Contact Cyndy Zoch at (979) 966-3166 or [email protected]. Reserva-tion must be made by Sunday, March 4.
The Ladies Aid is also ask-ing for donations for their Bas-kets of Promise. Items needed are: Individual wrapped bars soap, toothbrushes (adult), combs (not a pick), bath towels (dark colored) and nail clippers. These items are made in kits that are sent to Lutheran World Relief. They may be placed in a large basket in the church hallway. Kits will be assembled Thursday morning, March 29. They also accept monetary do-nations to pay for the shipping. For more information, call (979) 540-8774.Youth Group
The Holy Cross Youth Group is once again selling yard signs for Lent/Easter as a fundrais-er. The signs are 2- sided and have a purple background with white lettering. They come with a stake, ready to be put in the ground. Cost of each is $20.00. They are available from the church office. Faith Lutheran High School
FLHS is sponsoring a spring raffle with various great items. Please contact any FLHS
delegate, student, staff member, at Holy Cross church office, or drop by Medack & Oltmann CPAs (both Giddings or Bas-trop) Jones & Cowen Therapy (Giddings of La Grange) of call FLHS at 979-242-2889 to get your ticket now.
Registration- FLHS registra-tion for the 2018-2019 school year is now underway. The school is looking to add more freshman and sophomores. Are you looking for a Christ-centered education, a rigorous college prep curriculum, small class sizes? Check out FLHS. Registration fees are waived through April 3rd. you can re-ceive registration materials by calling 979-242-2889 or on the website at www.faithluthera-nhighschool.comGame Days
The Senior Citizen Game Days will resume their regular Game Days in February gather-ing on the first and third Tues-day of the month. All seniors, spouses and friends are invited to attend. Time is 2 to 5 p.m. in the church Fellowship Hall.Lutheran World Relief
The Sewing and Quilting group meets every Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon in the old parish hall. All ladies are invited to come on Thursday morning, and help them make quilts for Lutheran World Relief. Stamp trimming is also done dur-ing this time. Please continue to save your stamps. They can be dropped off at Holy Cross and deposited in a box marked Stamps in the hallway.AMEN Food Pantry
Holy Cross Lutheran Church is a drop off point for the AMEN food program. Items can be placed in the gray basket in the hallway. Donations are ap-preciated at any time. The Amen Pantry is always in need of Dry boxed staples, Caned meats, soups, cereals, oatmeal, and baking items. Be sure and check the expiration date.
The Holy Cross Ladies Aid extends a big Thank You to the congregation, along with the Ladies Aid monthly meeting donations, Holy Cross was able to donate 530 pounds of food to AMEN food program, based in LaGrange. They look forward to continuing this service through-out the year.
Aluminum CansThe Youth Group is thank-
ful for all those supporting them by placing Aluminum cans in the recycle bin at the Picnic Grounds. Please remember, Only Aluminum cans, can be re-cycled for where they are taken.Recycle Trailer
A recycle trailer is based at Gnipp’s Storage Units, for the convenience of the residents of the Warda area. Please place items in bins specified, includ-ing, newspapers, metal cans, cardboard, glass and plastic.Post Office Hours
The Warda Post Office hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 to 10 a.m. on Sat-urdays. Birthdays
Upcoming area birthdays for March include: Peggy Henk, 1, Elaine Kieschnick, Curtis Wedgeworth, 3, George Dunk (80), 4, Eric Schulze, 5, Ann Bamsch, Evelyn Jurk (91), Judy Jurk, 6, Dee Herbert, 7, Brian Varner, Megan Lamont, 8.Weather
The total recorded rain through Sunday at the Giese residence was 2.60 inches.Personals
John & Lisa Gay enjoyed a visit from their friends Mel & Sandy Austin of Friendswood on Feb. 18 and 19. Mel loves history and the rain held off enough for them to visit Monu-ment Hill and brush up on the history of the Black Bean Mas-sacre as well as take in the beau-tiful scenery from the overlook there and the surrounding area.
Maude Kingsbery of Bur-leson visited with her parents, Jerry and Joyce Kingsbery over the past weekend.Have News?
If you have news to share, e-mail Gladys Giese [email protected].
Warda Area Students Participate in Various Events
By GLADYS GIESEWarda News Correspondent
WARDANews
C6 The Fayette County Record, Friday, March 2, 2018
Family Crisis Center extends its most heartfelt appreciation to everyone who helped make our 26th annual dinner
and dance gala - Superhero Soirée a success!
SPONSORS Goodwill Guardians Bastrop Energy Center Bluebonnet Electric Coop., Inc. Buford & Betty Farris Colorado Valley Communications, Inc. Colovista Golf Group First National Bank of Bastrop First Presbyterian Church-
Giddings MS Energy Services Round Top State Bank The Parts Source Courageous Crusaders Flatonia Knights of Columbus Jatzlau Construction Powerful Protectors Classic Bank-Giddings Colorado Valley Communications, Inc. Smith Power Line Construction Daniel & Jamie Welch Super Sidekicks Carmine State Bank Daring Defenders Capital Farm Credit Fayette Electric Cooperative Bob & Carol Heinsohn Albert & Margie Matus Raymond & Sandra Matthijetz Neil & Marceil Prestridge Texas Associates Insurors The David Grimm Family Susan Wendel Head Table Donors Jones Insurance Services, Tracye
& Tony Jones Linda Hart, FB Taylor Real Estate Betty Richter In-Kind Sponsors KTEX/KWHI Radio-Brenham KBUK/KVLG Radio-LaGrange KULM/Radio-New Ulm
IN-KIND DONORS Ashley’s Attic Auto Zone-Giddings Bits & Pieces Thrift Store Bloomin Junction Bluebonnet Electric Coop., Inc. Bob & Phyllis Barker Bodega Brookshire Brothers-Giddings Michele Brower Carmine Feed & Fertilizer City of Giddings Municipal Golf
Course City Meat Market Cment2b Bill & Peggy Colbert Cottage Gatherings E.H. Mercantile Farmer’s Lumber Company Fayette County Community
Theatre First National Bank-Giddings Flair & Company Gerline’s Quilting Angels Hanks Express Hello Beautiful Day Spa Cathy Henzen It’s All Good Katy Sweets Keith & Trish Korenek KGS Masterpiece Portraits Larryland Music, Larry & Deb
Wilson Le Petite Gourmet Shoppe Lee County Ace Hardware Lee County Peanut Co. Brian & Milca Lemelle Heidi Lersch Life Check-La Grange Mason’s Foundation Raymond & Sandra Matthijetz Albert & Margie Matus Meme’s Quilt Meyerson Custom Builders Larry Moomey & Susan Farris NAPA Auto Parts–La Grange Pete’s Hobby Shop Prauses Meat Market Prince & Sherry Murphy Orsag’s, Inc.
Patricia Wolf Designs Robert & Charlotte Pietsch
W. Rogers Creations Prosperity Bank-La Grange Maria Rangel Reba’s Village Deli-Giddings Barry & Gretchen Rodstrom Round Top State Bank-Giddings Schmidt Jewelry & Gifts Schultz Texas Properties Schultz Texas Properties-
Charles Otto, Realtor Starbucks-Bastrop The Bull Pen Sports Bar & Grill The Glass Anvil Art Foundry Larry & Carolyn Wachsmann Wal Mart-Giddings Michael York VOLUNTEERS Peggy Colbert Susan Farris Alan & Kathy Ford Lee Fritsch Levi Garlick Jon Hart Doug Hartfield Alyssa Jones Albert & Margie Matus Darlia Maxwell BJ Murphy Prince Murphy Maurice Pitts Gary Smith Larry Wachsmann Special thanks to Ashley’s Attic and First National Bank in Giddings, and Fayette Savings Bank and Heritage Hallmark Shop in La Grange or selling tickets. Our sincerest appreciation to all who attended and contributed to the event. Thank you for your support!
Family Crisis Center extends its most heartfelt appreciation to everyone who helped make our 26th annual dinner
and dance gala - Superhero Soirée a success!
SPONSORS Goodwill Guardians Bastrop Energy Center Bluebonnet Electric Coop., Inc. Buford & Betty Farris Colorado Valley Communications, Inc. Colovista Golf Group First National Bank of Bastrop First Presbyterian Church-
Giddings MS Energy Services Round Top State Bank The Parts Source Courageous Crusaders Flatonia Knights of Columbus Jatzlau Construction Powerful Protectors Classic Bank-Giddings Colorado Valley Communications, Inc. Smith Power Line Construction Daniel & Jamie Welch Super Sidekicks Carmine State Bank Daring Defenders Capital Farm Credit Fayette Electric Cooperative Bob & Carol Heinsohn Albert & Margie Matus Raymond & Sandra Matthijetz Neil & Marceil Prestridge Texas Associates Insurors The David Grimm Family Susan Wendel Head Table Donors Jones Insurance Services, Tracye
& Tony Jones Linda Hart, FB Taylor Real Estate Betty Richter In-Kind Sponsors KTEX/KWHI Radio-Brenham KBUK/KVLG Radio-LaGrange KULM/Radio-New Ulm
IN-KIND DONORS Ashley’s Attic Auto Zone-Giddings Bits & Pieces Thrift Store Bloomin Junction Bluebonnet Electric Coop., Inc. Bob & Phyllis Barker Bodega Brookshire Brothers-Giddings Michele Brower Carmine Feed & Fertilizer City of Giddings Municipal Golf
Course City Meat Market Cment2b Bill & Peggy Colbert Cottage Gatherings E.H. Mercantile Farmer’s Lumber Company Fayette County Community
Theatre First National Bank-Giddings Flair & Company Gerline’s Quilting Angels Hanks Express Hello Beautiful Day Spa Cathy Henzen It’s All Good Katy Sweets Keith & Trish Korenek KGS Masterpiece Portraits Larryland Music, Larry & Deb
Wilson Le Petite Gourmet Shoppe Lee County Ace Hardware Lee County Peanut Co. Brian & Milca Lemelle Heidi Lersch Life Check-La Grange Mason’s Foundation Raymond & Sandra Matthijetz Albert & Margie Matus Meme’s Quilt Meyerson Custom Builders Larry Moomey & Susan Farris NAPA Auto Parts–La Grange Pete’s Hobby Shop Prauses Meat Market Prince & Sherry Murphy Orsag’s, Inc.
Patricia Wolf Designs Robert & Charlotte Pietsch
W. Rogers Creations Prosperity Bank-La Grange Maria Rangel Reba’s Village Deli-Giddings Barry & Gretchen Rodstrom Round Top State Bank-Giddings Schmidt Jewelry & Gifts Schultz Texas Properties Schultz Texas Properties-
Charles Otto, Realtor Starbucks-Bastrop The Bull Pen Sports Bar & Grill The Glass Anvil Art Foundry Larry & Carolyn Wachsmann Wal Mart-Giddings Michael York VOLUNTEERS Peggy Colbert Susan Farris Alan & Kathy Ford Lee Fritsch Levi Garlick Jon Hart Doug Hartfield Alyssa Jones Albert & Margie Matus Darlia Maxwell BJ Murphy Prince Murphy Maurice Pitts Gary Smith Larry Wachsmann Special thanks to Ashley’s Attic and First National Bank in Giddings, and Fayette Savings Bank and Heritage Hallmark Shop in La Grange or selling tickets. Our sincerest appreciation to all who attended and contributed to the event. Thank you for your support!
Family Crisis Center extends its most heartfelt appreciation to everyone who helped make our 26th annual dinner
and dance gala - Superhero Soirée a success!
SPONSORS Goodwill Guardians Bastrop Energy Center Bluebonnet Electric Coop., Inc. Buford & Betty Farris Colorado Valley Communications, Inc. Colovista Golf Group First National Bank of Bastrop First Presbyterian Church-
Giddings MS Energy Services Round Top State Bank The Parts Source Courageous Crusaders Flatonia Knights of Columbus Jatzlau Construction Powerful Protectors Classic Bank-Giddings Colorado Valley Communications, Inc. Smith Power Line Construction Daniel & Jamie Welch Super Sidekicks Carmine State Bank Daring Defenders Capital Farm Credit Fayette Electric Cooperative Bob & Carol Heinsohn Albert & Margie Matus Raymond & Sandra Matthijetz Neil & Marceil Prestridge Texas Associates Insurors The David Grimm Family Susan Wendel Head Table Donors Jones Insurance Services, Tracye
& Tony Jones Linda Hart, FB Taylor Real Estate Betty Richter In-Kind Sponsors KTEX/KWHI Radio-Brenham KBUK/KVLG Radio-LaGrange KULM/Radio-New Ulm
IN-KIND DONORS Ashley’s Attic Auto Zone-Giddings Bits & Pieces Thrift Store Bloomin Junction Bluebonnet Electric Coop., Inc. Bob & Phyllis Barker Bodega Brookshire Brothers-Giddings Michele Brower Carmine Feed & Fertilizer City of Giddings Municipal Golf
Course City Meat Market Cment2b Bill & Peggy Colbert Cottage Gatherings E.H. Mercantile Farmer’s Lumber Company Fayette County Community
Theatre First National Bank-Giddings Flair & Company Gerline’s Quilting Angels Hanks Express Hello Beautiful Day Spa Cathy Henzen It’s All Good Katy Sweets Keith & Trish Korenek KGS Masterpiece Portraits Larryland Music, Larry & Deb
Wilson Le Petite Gourmet Shoppe Lee County Ace Hardware Lee County Peanut Co. Brian & Milca Lemelle Heidi Lersch Life Check-La Grange Mason’s Foundation Raymond & Sandra Matthijetz Albert & Margie Matus Meme’s Quilt Meyerson Custom Builders Larry Moomey & Susan Farris NAPA Auto Parts–La Grange Pete’s Hobby Shop Prauses Meat Market Prince & Sherry Murphy Orsag’s, Inc.
Patricia Wolf Designs Robert & Charlotte Pietsch
W. Rogers Creations Prosperity Bank-La Grange Maria Rangel Reba’s Village Deli-Giddings Barry & Gretchen Rodstrom Round Top State Bank-Giddings Schmidt Jewelry & Gifts Schultz Texas Properties Schultz Texas Properties-
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entertaining. You’ll also find hats and scarves from these tal-ented artists to fight off the early spring chill or plan in advance for holiday gifts. Included in this Art Jam show are Grace Walker’s truly unique embroidered photographs, Kathy Durst’s mixed media to-tems and Pat Wymore and Am-
ber Bartek’s interesting mixed media pieces. La Grange artist John Schaef-fer’s images of vintage vehicles featuring amazing reflections add shopping opportunities for the men. Spring is the theme, so for your outdoor living spaces, Stephanie Shroyer is showing her wonderfully unique garden sculptures, serving pieces and
fountains of concrete which work beautifully with the suc-culent garden scapes by Cindy Meridith of Hallettsville.
The show will be up until the end of April, giving you many opportunities to shop for your-selves and gifts for friends and family.
Come enjoy the opening re-ception on March 17.
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Fayette County Commis-sioners’ Court signed a Procla-mation Monday, Feb. 26, declar-ing the first week of March 2018 as “Law Enforcement Apprecia-tion Week in Fayette County”. Unfortunately there will be no dinner to honor our law enforce-ment officers due to the damage the KC Hall sustained during Hurricane Harvey. Commis-sioners’ Court still encourages the citizens of Fayette County to show their appreciation and gratitude to all law enforcement officers.
Fayette County is privileged to have devoted officers who safeguard our communities and lives. Fayette County greatly ap-preciates the outstanding dedi-cation and sacrifices made by law enforcement each and every day.
The following is a list of all law enforcement that serves in our communities and all of Fay-ette County.
Sheriff Department:Sheriff Keith Korenek Chief Dep. Randy NoviskieLieutenant David BeyerSergeant Randy ThumannSergeant Ron NaumannSergeant Charles JobbInvestigator Angela LalaInvestigator Garret DurrenburgerInvestigator David SmithCrisis Intervention Investigator Jeremy CastleberryDeputy Hunter EmbesiDeputy Marc Bennett
Deputy Rick BohlmannDeputy Colin GodmintzDeputy Joe GonzalesDeputy Terry GuentertDeputy Kenn KretzDeputy C.J. LehmannDeputy Joe MartinDeputy Darrell MazeDeputy Jonathan RichardsonDeputy DaiTwan WalkerDeputy Ben WilsonDeputy Mark ZimmermannReserve DeputiesDeputy Jason FowlerDeputy Arvin GreshamDeputy Justin PannellDeputy Ted ThomasDeputy Randy WalcikDeputy Michael York
JailJail Administrator: Edward SawyerSergeant Bradley NevilleSergeant Charles WeishuhnJailer Brian BlowJailer Dalton DuderstadtJailer Johnny Hillman, Sr.Jailer Charles JakobeitJailer Jared MichalecJailer Priscilla MirelesJailer David PerryJailer William SemoraJailer Jason StarkJailer Dustin Trench
DispatchSupervisor: Brenda ParkinsonDispatcher Cindy AndersonDispatcher Lisa BlahaDispatcher Kim HabaDispatcher Renee Moreland
Dispatcher Mark PinkleyDispatcher Mimi RichterDispatcher Nancy TrumpDispatcher Sheryl Young
ConstablesConstable Precinct #1Billy RoenschPrecinct #1Deputy Havard MacikConstable Precinct #2 Roger WunderlichConstable Precinct #3 Robert ChamberConstable Precinct #4 Jason Strickland
La Grange Police DepartmentChief David GilbreathSergeant William AndersonSergeant Steve PohorelskyInvestigator Troy StevensSchool Resource: Brian AdamsPatrol Officer Bret MeinardusPatrol Officer Joseph GatesPatrol Officer Justin KoehnePatrol Officer Kristi AnguianoPatrol Officer David MohrPatrol Officer Jeffrey SchultzPatrol Officer KennySchmidt
Animal Control Dean Ahlschlager
Flatonia Police DepartmentChief Perry KramSergeant Adriana PritchardOfficer Cody GeorgeOfficer Ryan MeagherOfficer Herman Olvera Officer Nicholas Saldarriaga Reserve Officer Kevin Cur-rington
Law Enforcement Appreciation Week ProclaimedSchulenburg PoliceDepartmentChief Troy BrenekSergeant Kyle HengstSergeant Tobey McFaddenDetective Cody WeiserOfficer Jonathan AstonOfficer Duane MeagherOfficer Terry RoggenkampOfficer Devan TaylorCode Enforcement Officer: Richard SchneiderPart-time Animal Control: Pete Garcia ReserveOfficer Rick AguirreOfficer Darren FlorusOfficer Allen MutasOfficer Richard SchneiderOfficer Michael Wagner
DPS OfficersSergeant Jeremy WeiserTrooper Mario GarzaTrooper Paul KohleffelTrooper Darrell KolekTrooper Austin LynchTrooper Keith McFaddenTrooper John MiethTrooper Patrick MladenkaTrooper Steve MooreTrooper Gregory TrojacekTrooper April Galvan-Usher
Texas RangersRanger Brent Barina
Texas Parks & WildlifeGame Wardens
Captain Erik NygrenCaptain Edward TanuzGame Warden Calvin Harbaugh
LCRA RangersRanger Lacey CarvinRanger Stephen CrowRanger Dave Ehler
Cattle RangerRanger Kenny Murchison
Gov. Greg Abbott on Feb. 21 sent a letter to Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Mor-ath ordering immediate action to ensure the safety of children in Tex-as schools following the multi-fatal-ity shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school on Feb. 14.
Abbott listed steps for Morath and other state education leaders to take to respond to and prevent such tragedies, including:
— Catalog and share all avail-able information from the Texas School Safety Center on school safety programs and distribute this information to all school dis-tricts, charter schools and education service centers across the state;
— Ensure that all Texas public schools have completed their statutorily required school safety audits and have submitted confirmation of these audits to the Texas School Safety Center;
— Publish on the Texas Education Agency website and via agency press release a list of any school districts that have not completed the statu-tory requirements referenced in point two above within 45 days; and
— Work with the Texas School Safety Center, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the governor’s office to draft recommendations to the Texas Legislature on changes to the school safety architecture of our state.
“All of Texas grieves the tragedy that occurred in Parkland last week. As governor, I take seriously the safety of all Texas residents, and as an Ameri-can, I mourn the loss of 17 Floridians in a cruel and senseless act of violence. Immediate steps must be taken to keep our students and communities safe,
with the understanding that more will be expected in the future,” Ab-bott said.
State laws allow marshalsAcknowledgement of the threat
of school shootings came years ago in the form of House Bill 1009, a law passed by the 83rd Texas Leg-islature in 2013.
The law allows public school districts and open enrollment char-ter schools to appoint school mar-shals.
In 2015, the 84th Texas Legisla-ture passed Senate Bill 386, to include public two-year junior colleges in the list of institutions that can appoint school marshals.
And, in 2017, the 85th Texas Legislature passed House Bill 867, a law that allows private schools to appoint school marshals.
According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, “The sole purpose of a school mar-shal is to prevent the act of murder or serious bodily injury on school premises and act only as defined by the written regulations adopted by the school board/governing body.”
Abbott spares prison inmateShortly before state prison inmate Thomas Bar-
tlett Whitaker, 38, was scheduled to die by lethal in-jection on Feb. 22, Gov. Abbott signed a proclama-tion commuting the death sentence to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Abbott, in making the proclamation, agreed with a recommendation by the Texas Board of Par-dons and Paroles.
Whitaker was convicted and sentenced in 2008 for conspiring to kill his parents and brother, but he did not shoot the gun that caused the murders of his
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Unpopular Vote Costs Houston Senate Seat In the eyes of Texas and the
whole South, the Hero of San Jacinto failed a loyalty test on Feb. 28, 1854 by voting against passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
Negotiations with the Plains tribes, which concluded in the summer of 1853, opened 13 mil-lion acres north and south of the Kansas River to immediate set-tlement. When Congress con-vened in December, legislation was introduced for organizing the vast new region.
By the time the bill reached the U.S. Senate, amendments had been added dividing the domain into the Kansas and
Nebraska territories and, more importantly, leaving the question of slavery up to the future inhab-itants. The second refinement effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise, which for more
than three decades had prevented the westward expansion of Dix-ie’s “peculiar institution.”
The historic debate started in the Senate on Jan. 30, 1854. Sam Houston came out early against the proposal provok-ing a spiteful outburst from the Richmond Enquirer. “Nothing can justify this treachery nor can anything save this traitor from the deep damnation which such treason may merit.”
Would the living legend from the Lone Star State really break ranks with the solid South? The whole country held its breath in anxious anticipation.
The star attraction took the
Senate floor on Feb. 14 and de-livered a marathon two-day ad-dress. Ever the outspoken cham-pion of Indian rights, he opened with a lengthy recitation of the promises to the original Ameri-cans broken by the U.S. govern-ment. He asked what would become of the 40,000 Indians in the region only to answer that any appeal he might make on their behalf was bound to fall on deaf ears.
Resuming his remarks the next morning, Houston argued the act would do the South more harm than good. “The vast
Howdy Folks, It’s me again, Tex Parker,
The Singing Cowboy from La Grange.
You may recall, if you’re a regular Record reader, that I in-stalled some columns on these pages at a more or less pretty ir-regular basis for several years, up to early in 2017.
I stopped them for several reasons. Just got tired of doing it, was one. It became sort of like bragging, to me, at least, and you know, Texans do not brag.
Plus, my health was not the best. Had a bug in my liver and it fought real hard to re-main un-evicted. Left me feel-ing really draggy and grumpy.
Got rid of the bug, but still having walking problems.
Now, I’m ready to write again.
I’ve lived here for almost 50 years now, but when I moved here, in 1970, to Fayette Coun-ty, running from a divorce in Houston, thoughts were, it’d be for only a short time.
My first wife was a Soci-ety Lady, as were the next two. Fortunately, there have been no more. First one lasted eleven years, second one about thirty or forty-five minutes and the final vows were good for nine-teen beautiful years.
I married all of them for the same reason. They were well bred high society girls and that world held great appeal to me.
They all married me for one reason also. I was the one man in the entire world their mothers hated the most.
Since 1992 I’ve been gen-erally content living alone. Throw my dirty socks on the floor, come and go and cook all my meals in Grandma’s old cast iron skillet, which I never wash.
One thing that makes me happy is that no one in our area, can truthfully say I came over to their house and did a bum job. I’ve done almost fifty years of good work around here.
Not enough, some will say. Man, I have stirred up
some hate. Remaining the Sec-ond Most Hated Man in Fayette County has been a challenge and it’s not over yet.
The Number One Guy is still there. Ran into him at Farmers Lumber about three or four months back.
I saw him coming. I was at the front door, stood and wait-ed, big smile on my face.
He walked on, almost pass-
By PAUL PARKER
How I Came to La Grange
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Thanks to my guardian angel – always at my side!
In my early school years starting in 1950 and up until 4th grade, I went to Radhost School. I then entered 5th through 8th grade at Hostyn. Both of these parochial schools were located about six miles southwest of La grange. Sisters of the Divine Providence taught me most of these years and we had the up-most respect for these teachers. Their words to us farm kids were like gospel and many of their teachings are still embedded in my brain and subconscious to this day.
Every day before any of our classes started, we had ½ hour of Catechism. Our school day would start with a short prayer followed by the pledge of alle-giance to the flag. You can bet your boots it included “One na-tion under God.”
The one fact or teaching from that catechism I still vividly recall is the fact that every soul born on this earth is assigned a special personal guardian angel. From the day we are born till the day we die. This special angel is to keep or help keep us from serious harm As far as I know, angels are of neither gender but throughout this story I will refer to mine as “he.” Being an active boy growing up and getting into all sorts of situations, I can’t help but think of my guardian angel as another boy just to keep up with me!
My first recollection of hav-ing a close shave – and I mean a really close shave – was when I was about five years old. I didn’t grow tall until my teenage years and maybe I should be thankful for that because of my harrow-ing experience. One Sunday my older cousin of 14 years came to visit us. He lived about two miles from our farm and would just walk over to visit my old-er brother, George. I usually tagged along with them wher-ever they went. On this day, no adults were around and for some reason; they came across my Dad’s Winchester 38-40 rifle. It was standing upright next to my Mom’s ironing board in a corner closet. My dad was not a hunter but inherited this high powered gun from his Dad. Well, my cousin decided to take it outside. This was a lever action rifle, the kind used by actors (like John Wayne) in Western movies. So I happened to be standing in front of him when he lifted this gun and started to work the lever and dry fire it several times. I
suppose, even though the gun was empty of shells, there prob-ably was one stuck in the tube and dislodged with the mecha-nism being worked a few times. When he fired it once more, the gun fired and my cousin almost dropped it in surprise. He hast-ily ran back into the house and put the gun back. Being scared to death, he ran all the way back home. I can’t help but thank my guardian angel for maybe nudg-ing that barrel of the gun just high enough to keep that bullet from parting my hair.
My next recollection of his help is the day I ventured out with a group of farm boys - all older than me. I had only one cousin that lived close by that was my age and we played to-gether. Any other activity going on was by these older boys that were my brother, George’s age. George is five years older than I am. Anytime they came around, it would be by bicycle or on foot. One day about five of them came by our house and asked my brother to go with them and walk the creek. I asked if I could tag along with them and they said “OK.” But they said since I couldn’t swim I’d have to take along an inner tube because they would be crossing some deep water holes. So with an inner-tube slung over my shoulders I happily trotted along in my bare feet. At one of these water holes, they swam across and left me in the rear paddling along as fast as I could. In my haste, I hap-pened to slip out of the tube and while splashing around, I went under twice. Lucky for me, the oldest of the boys happened to notice me struggling and as I went down for the third time he swam over, scooped me up and placed me back into the tube. I really believe my guardian angel literally tapped Charlie Kolek on the shoulder to make him turn around. OR my guardian angel even helped put me back into that tube.
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Jarred awake by violent rock-ing, I crawled to hide under the bed, before remembering “earthquake, not tornado,” and changed directions to find the nearest doorway.
Lights flashing, Jack yelling and coughing, shrill moaning as the house bucked, and suffo-cating dust blocking my vision, deafening my ears, and choking my throat. Every sense reacted competing for attention and comprehension.
“What? What? What?” echoed through my half-awake mind as I struggled to make sense of the noisy chaos.
Then silence, a precarious calm, while light from shorted out transformers danced across the 4:31 a.m. sky.
The 10 second, 6.7 magnitude January 17, 1994 Northridge, California earthquake had just ripped through our lives.
The earthquake’s first jolts threw us from the bed to the floor. On hands and knees, we inched to opposite safety zones, me to a doorframe, Jack to the nearest closet.
Was he hurt? Could he breathe? What do we do now? Ques-tions fought for priority, tumbling into each other as I struggled to assess the situation.
“Where are you?” I called.“In the closet. Where are you?”We met between my safe doorway and his protecting shel-
ter, grasping each other, hoping sanity would break through our muddled minds.
Jack’s insistence for an emergency plan didn’t look as foolish as it had 24 hours earlier. For the six years we lived in California, I teased in my less than supportive tone as he gathered multiple five-gallon bottles of water, blankets, tools, propane bottles for the small cook stove, canned food, and whatever else he deemed necessary if an earthquake rumbled and rocked nearby.
The ‘just in case’ had kicked in.Immediate action was vital.No electricity, find a flashlight Make one phone call to a loved one reporting our status be-
fore lines overloaded.Fill the bathtub with clean water.Maneuver the car out of the garage and around broken roof
tiles littering the driveway.Move emergency supplies to a safe and accessible place, Stumbling around in the darkness, I ticked off the short list
of immediate chores before dawn when we could eye physical damage caused by the initial quake and several aftershocks.
As the sun lifted above the hills surrounding the San Fer-nando Valley, we sat in our Dodge Caravan parked in the street away from falling light posts and erupting water mains seeking news reports to affirm what we knew…this earthquake was big and nearby.
Disoriented and shaking with fear, my muddled mind blocked judgement. Our bodies were intact, but my emotional well-being was cracked and reverberating, impersonating the convulsions playing out beneath my feet.
Sunlight brought visual reality. Houses tilted, driveways cracked, highways toppled and lives lost. Damage and devasta-tion engulfed us. I stared at a war zone.
I debated returning Jack to the hospital where he was be-ing treated for pneumonia 12 hours earlier, but through ragged breathing he insisted he would survive. Besides, who knew if the hospital was safer than our street-parked vehicle.
We slept in the car the next two nights anticipating the calm-ing of upheavals, and avoidance of dust saturating the house with new shakings. Communications with friends and family opened, but the horror of learning 60 people died and 9,000+ injured rocked me.
Unlike most people harmed, dislodged and displaced after the catastrophe, we had 90 percent of our belongings packed for an anticipated and slated exit from the sunshine state.
My resignation letter accepted, bags and boxes stuffed, a moving van reserved, and the van gassed, we were ready to go. Four days after this exhausting and life-threatening cataclysm, I pulled to the side of the road after crossing into Arizona, stepped from the car, and raised my hand in a weary wave of farewell to fires, floods, droughts, riots, and a life changing earthquake, heading east to an unwritten chapter in my life.
that little voice
By MARGO JOHNSON
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northwestern portion of our con-tinent, unadapted to slave labor, will not be filled up by southern men with slaves,” he reasoned. “Northern people will increase that preponderance until the North is connected with Califor-nia.”
Senator Sam closed with his heartfelt concern for future gen-erations. “Our children have two alternatives presented. They are either to live in after times in the enjoyment of peace, of harmony, and prosperity, or the alternative remains for them of anarchy, dis-cord and civil broil.”
Thirty minutes before mid-night on Feb. 27, Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois called for the long-awaited vote. Houston interrupted with a motion to ad-journ in a desperate parliamen-tary attempt to delay the decision but was shouted down by his im-patient peers.
The Texan did, however, have the last word with an impas-sioned three-hour plea for pres-ervation of the status quo. As the sun rose over the capitol, he roared, “Maintain the Missouri Compromise! Stir not up agita-tion! Give us peace!”
But it was far too late to change any minds. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill passed 37 to 14 with Houston registering one of the two nays from a south-ern state. Although the margin was narrower in the House of Representatives, the watershed measure was never in danger of defeat. Houston went home to virtually universal condemna-tion. The ferocity of the criti-cism from friends as well as foes shocked and saddened the old warhorse, who was genuinely mystified by the backlash. After all, he had voted in 1848 to ban slavery from the Oregon Terri-tory and two years later to admit California as a free state and to abolish the slave trade in the Dis-trict of Columbia without incur-ring the wrath of his constituents. Typical of the press reaction was this tirade in the Corsicana Prai-rie Blade: “Will Texas endorse this course and tamely submit not only to be misrepresented, but have her interest assailed by Houston in conjunction with his abolition allies? Is there not enough of the spirit of ’76 and ’36 in Texans to defend their own interest from the attacks of their own Senator?”
Houston confided to his
personal pastor that the Kansas-Nebraska vote “was the most un-popular I ever gave.” But he was quick to add with characteristic conviction that “it was the wisest and most patriotic.”
Instead of blowing over, the political storm intensified. Twenty-two county conventions passed resolutions in the fall of 1855 taking Houston to task for his unforgivable heresy. Hays County Democrats declared that his unique contribution to Texas independence and presiden-tial service to the Republic did not balance his recent betrayal. Even his neighbors in Huntsville called for his resignation.
On Nov. 11, 1855, the Texas legislature formally censured Sam by a lynch-mob vote of 77-3. Since lawmakers instead of the people would pick U.S. Senators for 60 more years, the reprimand served notice that Houston’s second term, due to expire in 1859, would be his last.
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ing me, finally grumbled: “Mr. Parker.”
I answered, “Why, I’m fine, Sir, thanks for asking. And you?”
In the Sales Business there is a saying: First one talks, los-es.
That’s probably in the Sher-riff’s Interrogation Manual also, I’d bet.
Back in Houston 1969, Painfully Divorcing Society Bride #1: Her well connected family threw me in jail almost every Friday night. Nothing ever came of all their trouble making except it took all my money and then some. Law-yers.
I was playing softball at the time. Probably some of you fellers are old enough to re-member when Men’s Fast Pitch was a popular game. Lots of ac-
tion, fun to play and watch. I was a pitcher and just
coming into my own. My catcher was Monte Blackmon, Union Electrician, super all-around athlete and pretty good guy.
After a game one night; Monte says, “Hey Parker, I need a favor.”
Told me about this little town, about a hundred miles from Houston, where he had bought a lot on a golf course.
“La Grange Texas,” he said, “Have you ever heard of it?”
“Well, yes, I have,” was my answer. “Truck broke down there, in 1967, on the way to Austin to take my Master Plumber’s Exam.”
Had made it in to Mr. Pet-zold’s Gulf station, where the Life Chek Drug Store now sits. Across the street was the Green Lantern Cafe.
A feller named Jesse was
the mechanic. I was very im-pressed. Jesse was not only a First-Class Fixer of Trucks, also played guitar in a band. Totally cool dude.
He worked late into the night to get me going. Called the parts house. Gentleman got out of bed to open up and bring my parts. Small town goodness.
So, when Monte asked about La Grange, sure, I’d heard of it. He talked about a house he’d built on golf course. Said they had a square foot minimum to keep the riff-raff out. His neighbors were all big-shots; doctors, lawyers, chiefs of many stripes.
And here was Monte Blue Collar. Worse yet, to get around the footage minimum, he’d gone down to Galveston and bought himself a beach house up on poles to keep it out of the flood tides and moved it to La Grange And it was ugly, proud-
Parker: Tex Rides Writes Again
Letters to the Editor
To the editor: Will the liberal Democrats
ever learn? In the aftermath of the Florida school shooting we see liberals and the media want-ing to take our guns away. Not much has been said about the people who pick those guns up and shoot those kids. Read a newspaper and you will see that crime is out of control, with the latest favorite crime in Houston being carjacking women.
Read the Fayette County Re-cord and read each week about all the drug busts being made right here in our county on I-10.
More kids are dying from opioids and drug overdoses than
school shootings. Our society is becoming a freak sideshow and liberal democrats are staging the performance. Drugs are pouring over the border and Trump wants a wall to stop it. What are the Democrats doing? Trump wants to be hard on crime. Democrats are giving them sanctuary.
Trump is pushing traditional values and putting God back in our society, yet we hear the lib-eral media making fun of Chris-tianity like on the ABC show “The View.” The liberal media and Democrats are making our society so that Christianity will be the new freak side show. Re-member at the 2012 Democratic
party convention when they vot-ed to take any reference to God out of their party’s platform. We have a problem in our society, but guns do not shoot themselves. If we outlaw all our constitutional rights to protect ourselves from ourselves, what kind of country have we become.
Remember what the Japa-nese General said when it was debated during WWII about in-vading the U.S. mainland “we can’t invade the U.S. because there will be a rifle behind every tree.”
Now listen to what the liber-al media and Democratic politi-cians are saying about protecting
our country. Our military under Obama was so underfunded that half of our airplanes could not fly. During the cold war Rus-sian dictator Nikita Khrushchev said that America could be over-thrown without even firing a shot. He said that because free-dom is not free, and it takes a lot of work to keep it free. He did not think that a free society like ours could keep it without a dic-tator in charge. As you can see today, it is hard, and we better be up for the fight.
Sam NiesnerDubina
Will the Democrats Ever Learn?
To the editor: A few weeks ago, when I
shared Senator Cornyn’s emailed comments on rural healthcare, I reported that he was the only government official who had responded to my letter regarding the closing of the birthing center at St. Marks. My concern is rural access to quality healthcare. Last week, I received a letter (dated 1/27) from the White House with the signature of President Trump. Rather than addressing rural healthcare, it mostly criti-cizes “Obamacare,” the ACA, but promises: “In the coming months, millions of Americans will have a broader range of af-fordable coverage options and have greater control over how to
finance their healthcare needs.” The Administration works to shift the burden for healthcare from the federal government to the states. “This replacement will ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions have ac-cess to coverage.” In this letter, providing access to “coverage” and “access to health care” is the goal.
Surely all of us don’t want, for instance, to have grandchil-dren, other family members, friends, and community mem-bers to be treated as lepers be-cause of pre-existing conditions. That fate would be the case if they could not be hired because they cost more as employees covered by company/state/coun-
ty health insurance policies. Nor would we want them to have “access” to coverage they could not afford because they were pooled only with the sick.
The White House letter did not directly address ru-ral health care with the detail and concerned attention that Senator Cornyn did. The WH letter closed, “As President, I am committed to providing Americans with more afford-able health insurance, access to more choices, and quality care.” He recommends that we visit www.whitehouse.gov to learn more about his executive order on this matter. While you are online, you might also ac-cess http://www.modernhealth-
care.com/article/20170523/NEWS/170529966 to learn more about President Trump’s concern for rural health, as re-flected in his proposed 2019 budget. “The Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant, at $42 million, is proposed for elimination.” “The Rural Hospital Outreach Grant program, which helps small rural hospitals get resourc-es to create collaboratives with long-term care facilities or with ambulance services, is slated for a reduction of $13 million, to $51 million annually.” The HHS budget is proposed to be cut by $17.9 billion.
Bob HeathCarmine
The Letter I Got From Donald Trump
ly standing there on the green golf course.
Monte planned to cover the bottom with plywood siding and call it a two-story building.
Which he did, much to the chagrin and hatred of the local elites. Did his own electrical but could not find a local plumber. The word was out, do not help this guy. He’s gotta go.
“C’mon on down,” he said, “You can do the job in a day’s time and I’ll pay cash.”
So, the spring of 1970 found me on the golf course in La Grange, trying to earn some money – for lawyers.
More story later, until then, as always, Love from La Grange, Tex
Tex Parker has lived in Fayette County for almost fifty years. Contact: [email protected]
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Festival Hill looks forward to the Quaternaglia Guitar Quar-tet with James Dick on the piano scheduled for Saturday, March 3 at 3 p.m. Celebrating 25 years, the quartet will premiere a Quin-tet with piano by Sergio Molina. Tickets are $30 adults and $10 for students.
The 23rd Annual Herbal fo-rum at Round Top featuring “the spicy world of gingers” as Herb for 2018” is scheduled for Friday through Saturday, March 16-17. Reservation for this weekend forum is required. In addition is the annual plant and gift sale hosted by the Herb Society of America Pioneer Unit starting on Friday, March 16 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bed-ding plants will be offered for sale to replace all those dam-aged by the recent freeze. For more information contact them at (979) 249-3129 or www.festi-valhill.org.Round Top Chamber
Music at the Stone Cellar this weekend. Friday in the Pub is the Black Cat Trio and Satur-day night at the Pub Keith Hick-le from 7 to 11 p.m.
Saturday is a big night at the Round Top Dance Hall at the Stone Cellar when Gary P. Nunn and his full C&W band will be playing from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door. Join the Stone Cellar on Thurs-day for their dinner special of pork chops and a little karaoke.
March 10th is the annual Gumbo Cook Off at the Stone Cellar joined by a car show.
The Red and While Gallery in Fayetteville will have a grand opening and book signing on March 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. for Arthur Meyerson, photographer. April 7 at 3 p.m. is another book signing and visit with the pho-tographer himself for a talk with the artist. He is the author of two books of photography: The Color of Light and The Journey. His works have caused him to travel to ninety countries on all
seven continents to get that “just right” photo.
Also in Fayetteville on March 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. is the grand opening of photogra-phy by local Jerry Herring with his works about Fayetteville-an entire town in the National Reg-ister of Historic places with 345 registered historic structures. This exhibition will take place at the Grand Fayette Hotel.
Graphic Designs: Visual Storytelling at ARTS in Fay-etteville on Sunday, March 4 at 4 p.m. as part of their lecture series. This event hosts Jerry Herring, photographer. Follow-ing the talk will be refreshments served and Blue Mule Winery offering a tasting of their wines produced in Fayette County. This is a free will donation event that will benefit the children’s programs of Arts for Rural Tex-as. For more information, con-tact them at (979) 378-2113.
Looking ahead, the Spring 2018 Antique Fair dates are March 22 through April 8.
To see a complete list of events sponsored by the cham-ber, go to www.roundtop.org or contact the chamber at (979) 249-4042 or [email protected]. Round Top Family Library
The Round Top Family Li-brary has scheduled events for the new year.
Yoga class is on Monday at 5:30 p.m. with instructor Betty Melton and on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with Betty Porter (or Heidi Geyer).
ESL classes will be offered every Tuesday in March starting
at 5:30 p.m. This is a free event provided by the library.
The next FYI event is on Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. Debbie Nelson-Campbell, a frequent traveler to France will clue you in to the most unique experience in Paris that few peo-ple know. Come and visit Paris like a native.
WiFi is available 24/7 at the library. Library hours are Mon-day through Saturday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and closed Sunday.
For more information of upcoming events, go to il-ovetoread.org. Round Top Historical Society
The Round Top Area His-torical Society Museums will be open Saturday, March 10 from noon until 3 p.m. Docents will be on hand to show you a slower but much harder take on life that our forefathers lived. Come see some surprising inventions from the past century such as the coal heated iron and one of the first lady’s permanent hair curling contractions.
Check out their website for photos and more information about their organization and historical community as well as upcoming events at www.rtahs.com. See how well you think you know Round Top with their interactive game on the website.
Consider joining the Histori-cal Society and stay updated on all of the events.
Remember, the pavilion is available for rental for your next gathering. For more information call (979) 249-5850. Round Top-Carmine ISD
The Students of Round Top-Carmine will enjoy Spring Break beginning March 12 through March 16. There will be another school holiday on Fri-day, March 23 for students.
If you need any information about you student, call the el-ementary campus at (979) 249-3200 or the high school at (979) 278-3151.Hermann Sons Life
Lila Garlin, Hermann Sons
Life No. 151 President, called the regular meeting of Hermann Sons Life to order at the Round Top American Legion Hall on Thursday, Feb. 22. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was recited. Fifteen members were present, including all but one of-ficer.
Minutes were read from the previous meeting and Financial Secretary, Mary Rauch, gave her report. There were no new members. The Join Hands day project, the Country Store at the Round Top-Warrenton Fire-man’s Feast, was briefly dis-cussed. Agent Linda Mattocks spoke about the upcoming area agent’s meeting on Feb. 28 in Sealy. She also discussed ad-vantages of the SAFE insurance plan. Valentine and other cards were sent to members. A get well card was sent to Lana Lim-mer following her knee surgery. Sympathy cards were sent to the families of Genell Rhode and Ora Lee Levien.
A moment of silence was observed in remembrance of Rhode. Ted Stardig made a mo-tion which was seconded by Sedalia Ullrich, and approved by the members, to make a contribution to the Round Top-Warrenton VFD in memory of Genell Rhode.
Birthday wishes went to Linda Mattocks for her March 19 birthday. Douglas and Seda-lia Ullrich observed their 54th wedding anniversary on Feb. 15.
Attendance prizes went to Mary Rauch, Ted Stardig, Mela-nie Rauch, Linda Mattocks and Leonard Meinkowsky. Door prizes were won by Lila Garlin and Orville Glaesmann.
The meeting adjourned with a motion from Ted Stardig and seconded by Mary Rauch. A meal of sandwiches, sides and desserts were enjoyed by all. Appreciation was shown to the outgoing serving committee of Jocie and Floyd Braun, Jim and Linda Mattocks, Max Baranoski and Jeanette Hancock and Vir-
gie Hall. The April, May and June committee is Barney and Doris Georges, Ted and Margie Stardig, Barton and Lila Garlin, Randy Wied and Cordell Lev-ien. There will be no meeting in March due to the antiques fair. The next meeting will be April 26, 2018.March Lunch Bunch
March Lunch Bunch will be hosted by Frances Pittman at her home on Monday, March 19 at noon. Directions will be sent out via email. As usual, bring a dish to share and enjoy lunch with your friends.Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Bethlehem Lutheran Church has regular services at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings with Rev. John David Nedbalek.
Special worship schedule prior to Easter on April 1 is Mid-week Wednesday services with light meals being provided by the host church are: March 7 at St. Paul in Shelby 6 p.m. for light meal and 7 p.m. for Lenten Services; March 14 at Bethle-hem, March 21 at St. Paul in Shelby. Palm Sunday is March 25 with an 8 a.m. service at St. Paul in Shelby and a 9:30 a.m. at Bethlehem. Maundy Thursday is March 29 with a 5:30 p.m. service at St. Paul (no meal) and a 7 p.m. service at Bethle-hem (no meal). Good Friday is March 30 with a joint service at Bethlehem in Round Top at 7 p.m. (no meal and no service at St. Paul).
Easter lilies to be placed on the alter need to be ordered by March 19 and they are $15 each. Decorating the church for Easter at Bethlehem will be Saturday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Please bring your own flowers to deco-rate the Cross.
Sunday Easter early service will be at 6:45 a.m. under The Oaks (weather permitting) and at St. Paul at 8:30 a.m. A light brunch and Easter Egg Hunt will follow the worship service at Bethlehem and all young chil-dren are welcome to participate.
Noisy offering is March 4. Sewing Circle will meet at
the Education Building on Tues-day, March 13 at 9 a.m. Visitors are welcome. Nursing Home devotionals will be Tuesday, March 13. If you would like to participate, be at the church at 2 p.m. for visits to the nursing homes in La Grange.
The Richter Cemetery Asso-ciation meeting will be held on Sunday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at the Round Top Rifle Association Hall. Everyone is invited and elections of new officers will take place at this time. Early Voting
Fayette County Commis-sioners announced Early Vot-ing at the Fayette County Court House in La Grange on week-days until March 2 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Fayette Coun-ty Courthouse.Round Top Town Council
The Round Top Town Coun-cil should be meeting March 5 unless notified differently. You will find the agenda posted in front of the town offices and the court house on the Friday before the set Monday meeting date. Meetings are usually held the first Monday of the month 7: 30 a.m. at town square courthouse unless there is a holiday the weekend prior to that Monday.
Permits/applications may be attained from the Town of Round Top Secretary during regular of-fice hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. or applications can be found online at www.townofroundtop-texas.org. You may contact Steve Cain, permit official, with any questions at [email protected] or email the town at [email protected]. You can also call the town of-fices at (979) 249-588.Birthdays
Birthdays celebrants in-clude: March 2-Leroy Mathis, Danny Riebeling, Ben Laskoski, March 3-Jaxon Reyna, March 7-Kaitlyn Pieper, March 8-Rob-ert Wagner.
Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet Returns to Festival Hill Saturday
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The Rotary Club of La Grange donated $2,500 to the rebuilding of the KC Hall in La Grange. The KC Hall was submerged in water due to the rising fl ood waters from Hurricane Harvey. Pictured from left is: Allison Shimek, Stacey Norris, Gary Schellberg (Knights of Columbus), Phil Oest-reich, Martha Schultz, Randy Albers, and Michael Peck.
LG Rotary Donates to KC Hall Building Fund
Ricky Schilling won Reserve Grand Champion for Tractor Restoration with his John Deere 435 representing the Fayetteville FFA Ag Mechanics at both the San Antonio and San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo. Ricky will next compete in Houston.
Schilling Wins Reserve Grand Champion
The Texas Women’s League Gala is sold out and the ladies are in high gear decorating the Fair Pavilion. The Texas Women’s League is excited for their March to a Million this Saturday eve-ning. Thirty-fi ve non-profi t organizations who serve Fayette County will benefi t from this one event.
TWL Prepares for Saturday Gala
Blinn College encourages Fayette County residents to ap-ply for endowed scholarships.
Blinn offers a variety of scholarships established specifi-cally to support Fayette County residents. Blinn College is en-couraging Fayette County resi-dents to apply for scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year.
The College has more than $320,000 in endowed scholar-ships available, including a va-riety of scholarships designed specifically for Fayette County residents. Scholarships include:
· The Cutright and Allen Ar-
chitects Scholarship for Fayette County residents.
· The Friends of Fayette County Scholarship for incom-ing freshmen attending the Schulenburg Campus who have a financial need.
· The Lions District 2-S5 Scholarship. Students with pre-vious college credit must have a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 to be eligible.
· The Myrtle Gebert Isensee Scholarship for students attend-ing the Schulenburg Campus.
· The R.F. Hackemack Me-morial Scholarship for Fayette
County residents with a GPA of 3.5 or better.
· The Nancy Sheppeard At-kinson Scholarship for history or English majors with a GPA of 3.5 or better.
· The Dorothy Kunrad Wehring Memorial Scholarship for business majors.
Current high school and col-lege students can apply for all Blinn College endowed scholar-ships by completing the single application at www.blinn.edu/finaid/scholar.html. Prior to ap-plying for scholarships, students must complete their application
There are Numerous Blinn Scholarships For Fayette Co. Residents for admission to Blinn College at www.applytexas.org and sub-mit their high school transcripts to the Blinn College Admissions Office.
College officials recommend that students and prospective students submit their application and letter(s) of recommendation by April 1, to be considered for the first round of awards. Stu-dents will be notified of scholar-ship awards beginning in May.
This year, funds from ap-proximately 200 endowed schol-arships are available to incom-ing and returning students from a wide range of backgrounds, majors, and experiences.Though some scholarships are restricted to students who fit specific cri-teria, if a student who exempli-fies those requirements does not apply, the scholarship may be offered to a wider range of stu-dents. Students are considered based on high academic achieve-ment, participation in student ac-tivities, and community involve-ment.
A full list of the College’s en-dowed scholarships is available at www.blinn.edu/CatalogPDF/Scholarships.pdf. Students also can fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAF-SA) at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Insti-tutions will begin processing information from the FAFSA in March and April.
“When students file for aid and apply for scholarships early, they significantly increase their chances of receiving funds,” said Brent Williford, Dean of Finan-cial Aid & Scholarships. “In ad-dition to filling out their FAFSA forms, students should follow up and make certain they aren’t missing any information.”
Students who have applied for admission to Blinn College will be notified through MyB-linn when their aid processing has begun and can find updates throughout the process at www.blinn.edu/finaid/index.html.
For more information, con-tact a scholarship advisor at [email protected].
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