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Aust in County Commissioners Court had to pull the reins on an order to give county employees a 2 percent increase this week as calculations and questions

came up about whom it affects.

The county has the funds available, but is not sure how to allocate funds to certain employees.

Just three weeks ago, the court passed an order for the increase to be applicable for

the payroll following its March 11 meeting.

But, those plans are on hold for now.

Questions like will the 2 percent affect those new employees still on probation or if it will affect re-hires are being asked.

Would re-hires receive the 2 percent increase based on the rate they left at, or start at the bottom of the county’s payroll schedule again?

The county does not have a policy on re-hires maintain-

NEWSBITSFish fry

The Sealy KC’s will hold a fish fry every Friday in Lent through Good Friday, March 29. Serving is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., dine in or drive-through, at the Sealy KC Hall.

Easter servicesLifeBridge Community

Church will hold a Maundy Thursday ser-vice on March 28 at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday ser-vices will be held on March 31 with fellow-ship at 9:15 a.m. and the service at 10 a.m. The church is located in the Sealy Junior High Auditorium, 939 Tiger Lane, in Sealy. Visit www.lifebridgesealy.org for more information.

SJH course selection

There will be an infor-mational meeting for fifth grade parents on Monday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Sealy Junior High School cafeteria. The meeting will cover the 2013-2014 course selection process for the child’s sixth grade school year at Sealy Junior High School. Elective teachers will be at the meeting to talk about their programs. Please plan on attend-ing this very important meeting. Please call (979) 885-3292 with questions.

Hermann Sons to meet April 4

Hermann Sons Lodge 239-2 will hold its quar-terly meeting Thursday, April 4, at the home of

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By AMBER GONZALESStaff Writer

Looking to share your opinion? Friday marks the deadline for entering bal-

lots in this year's Reader's Choice contest.This is a chance for The Sealy News readers

to give their two cents on a variety of topics, from which restaurant has the best hamburg-er to who the best teacher is and the best financial advisor, youth group and the list goes on and on.

All these questions – any many more – will soon be answered by readers of The Sealy News as they take part in the annual Reader’s Choice contest, which is underway right now. This marks the third week of voting in the annual contest.

With the ballot comes a chance for readers to vote for what they think tops the list of best eateries, businesses and hangouts in Austin County.

All nominations are made by the readers.

Reader's Choice ballots due Friday

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County postpones 2 percent pay raiseFunds still available Kana

back at district post

Sealy ISD welcomed back district superin-tendent Scott Kana this month after a brief per-sonal leave.

Kana was present at last week’s school board meeting, one month after the board named Sealy ISD Assistant Superintendent Mary Hlozek as interim.

Kana had been on vol-untary personal leave since Feb. 8. for an indefinite amount of time. The district would not comment on the rea-son for Kana’s leave and noted the reason for his leave is protected by employee privacy law.

Kana was hired as superintendent in 2010. He has been with Sealy ISD for eight years serv-ing as Sealy Junior High principal for six years and as assistant super-intendent for one year.

His current contract with the district runs through the summer of 2014.


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On the huntHundreds of children turned out Sunday for the second annual Easter Eggstravaganza at Levine Park in Sealy. Above, young children are on the hunt for plastic eggs filled with candy. At right, John Smith gives JoJo Hall, 4, a hand while bouncing on balls with Karsen Hall. The children were treated with a visit from the Easter Bunny, a hunt for 10,000 Easter eggs, pony rides, a bunny and chick petting zoo, snacks, games and bounce houses. For more photos, see page 1B of this week's edition.

SPD looks for help in graffiti cases

The Sealy Police Department is turning to the public for help in finding who is responsi-ble for graffiti and other spray paint vandalism that has been left throughout the city this month.

There have been a series of criminal mis-chief incidents occurring within the City of Sealy this month, with reports of graffiti at public schools and area wor-ship centers.

Due to the similarities of the images, consis-tency of paint and hand-writing, Sealy officers believe that the suspect(s) belong to the same group.

The suspect(s) leaves a “signature” on each wall with the letters, “DMW.”

On March 11, Selman Intermediate School was vandalized with graffiti. The suspect used blue and red aero-sol spray paint to draw several inappropriate male and female imag-es, and expressed dis-like toward police authorities, according to the Sealy Police Department (SPD). Several buildings across campus were damaged that evening.

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Group plans well project fight

Battling the proposed well project to pump 20 million gal-lons of water out of Austin and Waller counties and how it will affect local communities were debated at a citizens’ informa-tional meeting Saturday morn-ing in New Ulm.

“This water situation is the new gold rush,” said Michelle Minns at the meeting.

The community group Concerned Citizens of Austin and Waller Counties hosted more than 70 residents at Fireman’s Park March 23 to get information out about the proj-ect’s impact – what they say was not included in the appli-

cant’s report – and how they can organize to defeat the pro-posal.

“We have to bear in mind, once you give it away, you can’t get it back,” said Debbie Zapalac, a local resident and geologist, about the water.

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SISD to have full-day pre-k program

Starting this fall, Selman Elementary School will begin its first school year with a full-day, open enrollment pre-kindergarten program.

The district is trying to provide an academic head start to students who fall into a gap: those who don’t qualify for state funding and who can’t afford a private pre-kindergarten program.

“One hundred percent of people attend kinder-garten because you won’t survive in first grade without going to kindergarten. I think that’s what pre-k has become, or is becoming,” said Selman Elementary School (SES) Principal Nicole Poenitzsch. “I honestly think within five to eight years the concept of not going to pre-k is going to be the same as currently not going to kindergarten.”

The district is moving forward with the pre-kin-

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their obligation to fully inform their children of what will happen

at a dental visit. This, regrettably, is unwise when dealing with

young children. Keep in mind that fear is a learned response. If

you tell your child that you are afraid, or even offhandedly say

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anxiety for your child. Similarly, if you mention needles and

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What's Cooking?Sealy third graders got to be the chefs at the second Sodexo Future Chefs contest at Selman Elementary March 21. Six students were chosen to make healthy salad recipes they submitted. The winner's dish is judged at a regional level. Above, Lexi Bardwell whips up her top winning Tropical Teriyaki Salad. At left, Briana Morales presents her healthy version of a taco salad to the judges' table. Below, all the participants got goodie bags with cooking tools. From left, Jada Joiner, Leroy Claborn of Sodexo, Bailey Koy, Brandon Danas, Lexi Bardwell, Francisco Reyes and Briana Morales.

BORDEN THIELEMANN

Borden Thielemann, 70, passed away on March 9, 2013 in Sealy.

Thielemann was born Nov. 5, 1942 in Rosenberg.

A graveside service was held on Monday, March 25 at Sealy Cemetery in Sealy.

A reception followed at Knesek Bros. Hwy. 36 Chapel, 1140 Meyer in Sealy.

CECIL LLOYD VERM

Cecil Lloyd Verm, 84, of Wallis, passed away on Friday, March 22. Funeral services were held on Monday, March 25, at Guardian Angel

Catholic Church at 11 a.m. with Rev. Thuy Quang Nguyen cele-brating the Funeral Mass and Rite of Committal. Interment was in Guardian Angel Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers: David Verm, Michael Dobson, Raymond Verm, Thomas Verm, Taran Verm, Chase Ashorn and Dale Toellner.

Born in Frydek, Texas to Lillie and Zenes Verm in 1928, Cecil has lived in Wallis with his wife, Virginia, for more than 60 years. Married in 1952, Cecil and Virginia first met in 1951 when she walked across the cot-ton field to return some canning jar lids she had borrowed from Cecil’s sister. The couple mar-ried at a ceremony held in Guardian Angel Catholic Church, and together have been members of the parish community ever since. A 1945 graduate of Sealy High School, Cecil believed in educa-tion and served as a school board member for the Wallis-Orchard

School District for 20 years. He was able to hand each of his five children their diplomas as they walked the high school stage, and he also ensured that each of them worked hard to earn their college degrees. He continued this support by encour-aging his many grand-children in their educa-tional endeavors as well.

Cecil worked for Tennessee Gas Pipeline in East Bernard and retired as a Chief Operator after 36 years of service in 1986. After this, a believer in work ethic and always busy, Cecil served the com-munity as a local elec-trician, crawling in attics and installing ceiling fans and finish-ing any other jobs peo-ple may have request-ed.

A loving husband and father, he took great pride in his large fami-ly and enjoyed spend-ing time with them: he spent many summers with his family skiing and boating on Lake Somerville. He watched

his sons, daughter, and grandchildren partici-pate in various sporting events and school activ-ities; he listened happi-ly each year to his grandchildren sing tra-ditional Christmas car-ols before opening gifts together around the family tree; and he was proud to have his fami-ly together for backyard Easter egg hunts, bar-becues where he grilled the best steaks and famous firework extrav-aganzas at the farm.

An avid outdoors-man, Cecil grew up in Frydek hunting in the woods and fishing along the Brazos River. He spent many hours dur-ing the course of his life working with the cattle on the Verm farm, cut-ting back huisache, and taking the grandchil-dren for tractor rides. In 2001, he received a certificate from the Texas State Genealogical Society commemorating Texas First Families whose descendants resided in Texas before 1846 when Texas officially became a state. Proud to have

raised his family in the church, Cecil was a third degree Knights of Columbus, and at one time served as treasur-er for his local chapter. Additionally, he was secretary for a Czech Catholic benevolence organization, RVOS, for several years. He was involved in run-ning Bingo for the Knights and the church, and was part of the first group of lectors and Eucharistic minis-ters to serve at Guardian Angel Catholic Church.

A generous man with a subtle quick wit, he enjoyed visiting with people and playfully teasing his grandkids. Cecil is survived by his wife of 60 years, Virgina Valerian Verm; son Richard Verm and his wife Claudia of Houston; daughter Barbara Verm Dobson and her husband Paul of Houston; son Michael Verm and his wife Joan of Houston; son Charles Verm and his wife Patsy of Sealy; and son Steven Verm and his wife Melody of La

Vernia; granddaughter Sherri Verm Ashorn and her husband Chase; granddaughters Diana Verm, Kristen Dobson, Rebecca Verm, Rachel Verm, Melissa Verm, Christina Verm, and Kelly Verm; and grandsons David Verm, Michael Dobson, Raymond Verm, Thomas Verm, and Taran Verm. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister Margaret Verm Toellner and brother-in-law Sydney; Mabel Verm Rushing and brother-in-law Gary; and grandson Matthew Dobson.

Visitation was from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Wallis with wake and Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 5 p.m. Memorial contributions in memory of Cecil may be made to St. Vincent DePaul, c/o Guardian Angel Catholic Church. Knesek Funeral Home in Wallis is in charge of the arrangements: www.knesekfuneral-home.com

As a pre-emptive measure to pro-tect the county from unwanted land-fills, the Austin County Commissioners Court on Monday began looking at adopting an ordi-nance to prohibit solid waste dis-posal in the county.

The discussion was a response to news last month of Hemstead’s law-suit against Waller County after Waller County commissioners approved a landfill project just out-side the city’s limits.

The landfill is planned to be at the

southeast corner of Hwy. 290 and Hwy. 6.

“This is not a problem for us,” said Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski. “This is us looking ahead for problems that could come in.”

As of now, the county doesn’t have anything to protect where solid waste is allowed. In the Waller County case, a private landowner is allowing the property to be used for a landfill in a similar situation as the private land being leased for a proposed well project in Austin and Waller counties.

The court said it plans to continue discussions on the subject. This was not an action item.

County looks at solid waste disposal rules


dergarten program expansion after Sealy ISD board members unanimously approved the change at its March 20 meeting. Action came after several pre-sentations on research of the benefits of the program and surveys from the community.

The program is only approved at the local level.

It still has to be approved by the com-missioner of education, which will take a month or so, and the district needs to create rules for payments and non-pay-ment.

What will it cost?The district will

charge $300 per month in tuition for non-quali-fying students, which is the amount covered by the state for qualifying students in the half-day program.

State revenue won’t increase even with making the program a full day.

“I understand the concern for parents who don’t qualify. I think we have to look at the big-ger picture – this bet-ters our kids,” said S e a l y I S D Superintendent Scott Kana at the board meet-ing.

Although the state allows the district to charge up to $782 a month to cover the entire cost of the pro-gram, that would mean some people’s tuition would be paying for the cost of others, said Poenitzsch.

The cost for the pro-gram at SES is esti-mated at $27,600 for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Those would be one-time costs to set up the program like gener-al classroom supplies and technology.

Additional costs of the expanded program are estimated at $262,700, for adding personnel and transpor-tation and other incurred costs.

The current, half-day program, which enrolls 85 students, doesn’t cost the district any-thing. It actually has a $17,700 surplus from the revenue received by the state for tuition of qualifiers, $300 per month per student. Those students do not pay to attend the pro-gram.

Of three options given to vote on, the school board selected creating a full day for qualifiers and tuition-based stu-dents.

By estimating having 140 students (90 quali-fying and 30 non-quali-fying), the revenue is expected to be $351,000. Total cost for a full day program is estimated at $517,600 with addition-al personnel to work

with the 140 students. That number is high-

er than what the dis-trict anticipates will register for the pro-gram, Poenitzsch said.

Subtracting the reve-nue, the budget impact for the district is esti-mated at $166,600.

Future costs, like the need for more class-rooms as classes grow, were briefly talked about in previous board meetings. An overall district facilities review is expected at the April meeting.

“It’s a huge undertak-ing and it’s money, and it’s hard to approve to spend that amount of money, to even suggest that we should,” said Poenitzsch. “But the data was just incredible and the things that were shared by parents in surveys and in the data and in the public meetings.”

Benefits of pre-kindergartenPre-kindergarten cur-

riculum in public edu-cation is thoroughly outlined by the state in 10 different skill domains. Part of the struggles in the half-day program was trying to cram all that is required into three-hour sessions.

“Our curriculum is really planned for a full day and we’re having to go in and select certain things because we don’t have time to do our whole curriculum,” said pre-kindergarten teach-er Helen Williams, who’s been at SES for 25 years.

Sealy and Bellville are the districts that have half-day programs in the area. But Sealy is more demographically equivalent to Columbus, which has a full-day program.

Sealy and Columbus have 57 percent of its demographic character-ized as economically disadvantaged and more than 40 percent as at risk.

At risk is a state clas-sification and Sealy’s kindergarten has the most at risk students under this classification than any other grade.

“Most of the teachers will say, this is not a child that’s at risk, this is a child that hasn’t had exposure. I guaran-tee you by December they’re going to be right where they need to be, but in October they haven’t had enough time of exposure to be at that level,” said Poenitzsch.

Looking at the 2011 third grade TAKS scores, Columbus scored well above Sealy - 95 in reading and 93 in math compared to 78 in read-ing and 85 in math.

“It’s really, I guess, having the prepared-

ness to learn because having to remediate so much in kindergarten-the end of your goal in kindergarten is reading and they begin working on fluency in first grade,” said Poenitzsch.

Which means that kids who haven’t had previous exposure to the alphabet, vocabu-lary and even motor skills like hopping on one foot and pedaling a bicycle are going to be left behind.

“That’s just a massive amount of ground to make if there’s no foun-dational skills,” she added.

That makes it com-petitively difficult because SES goes up to third grade, the only standardized testing level on the campus, which it has to base its rankings on.

“When you look at being ranked only on one grade level, that’s hard,” she said. “And it’s not that it can’t be done, but if you don’t start early it can’t be done.”

What does the community think?After a parent pre-

sented to the board in April 2012, the campus began looking at an expanded pre-kinder-garten program. By January 2013, the school was sending out community surveys to parents and holding public meetings, three in English and three in Spanish.

“I had a parent in tears saying, ‘both of my sons are going to enter unprepared next year because I can’t afford the daycare pro-gram that provides a structured curriculum, and I don’t qualify for yours, and so I know they’re coming in unpre-pared and they deserve better than that and I can’t do anything about it,’” said Poenitzsch.

According to surveys, about 27 percent of stu-dents entering kinder-garten not have any prior schooling. The other 73 percent gets half-day of pre-kinder-garten from SES or full-day from another com-munity provider.

The school looked at local providers and its own enrollment and saw more than 50 stu-dents who were not enrolled in any pre-k.

In March the school also sent community interest surveys out with city utility bills.

In total, 392 surveys were collected and 71 people attended the meetings.

According to the sur-vey, 84 percent agreed that it’s important for the campus to offer a full-day pre-kindergar-ten program and 95 percent agreed that it

was important for the campus to provide a pre-kindergarten pro-gram for all students.

When asked about the cost of full-day tuition, 79 percent of respondents said $300-400 was most reason-able for non-qualifying students. That was also the lowest dollar range listed.

Thirteen percent said $400-500 was most rea-sonable and 5 percent said $600-700 was most reasonable.Community ImpactThe board briefly dis-

cussed concerns about the affect of the dis-trict’s expansion on local daycare and pre-kindergarten providers.

SES says it sent let-ters to local providers and met with the ones that responded.

“I hope the popula-tions that they serve continue to be served by them and we serve the population that falls in that gap of couldn’t qualify but can’t afford the other providers,” said Poenitzsch.

Trinity Lutheran Preschool, which offers a half-day program and daycare, doesn’t think it will affect its enroll-ment.

Trinity offers its half-day program for $175 a month if the student goes five days a week. There are other options for less attendance.

“I think it’s going to be a good thing for the future,” said Maggie Kent, director of Trinity preschool. “I’m just hop-ing we hit some of these kids out there who can’t go (otherwise).”

Other providers believe their businesses will be strongly affect-ed.

Greg Powell, owner of Creative Care, feels like the district is going to monopolize a business by providing this ser-vice for below-market rates. Creative Care, which has eight loca-tions around the Houston area, charges $104 a week for its full-day pre-kindergarten program.

“We’re concerned because it’s using tax-payer money to fund a business,” he said.

SES met with a few local providers in January, including Small World, which provides a full-day pre-kindergarten program. Small World charges $560 a month in tuition.

“I’m expecting to lose a full classroom next year,” said Linda Reichle of Small World, who is also a former SISD employee with 18 years in education.

Small World, like the other providers, bases its pre-kindergarten curriculum on what is being taught in kinder-

garten. They’ve invest-ed in Smartboard tech-nology and curriculum.

She believes that the district should have looked more thoroughly at working with or even contracting with the private providers, which is part of Texas Education Code as a viable means of expand-ing a pre-kindergarten program.

And if funding is an issue for the students in the target gap, publicity of programs like fund-ing provided by Workforce should be highlighted, said Powell.

The school board said that it will look at the program again in a few years to asses its prog-ress and will make changes if need be, but nothing specific was mentioned.

“It’s not that harm doesn’t exist, it will

have some,” said Poenitzsch.

Because the district is waiting for approval from the commissioner of education and still needs to put together policy on payment and non-payment of tuition, registration will be staggered.

Early registration for anticipated qualifiers will take place as sched-uled on April 16, 17 and 18.

The school just will not have the paperwork for open enrollment reg-istration until later.

Open enrollment reg-istration will take place May 14, 15 and 16.

Registration is not limited.

Any questions about the program and regis-tration information can be directed to the Selman Elementary campus at (979) 885-6659.

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Only original ballots from the newspaper will be accepted and must be returned to the newspa-per office no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, March 29.

Only one ballot per person will be accepted. All ballots must be brought into the office at 193 Schmidt Road in Sealy or mailed to P.O. Box 480, Sealy, Texas, 77474.

Results will be announced in a special section published in The Sealy News on April 25. For more infor-mation, contact The Sealy News at (979) 885-3562.

DON'T DESTROY OUR DREAMS

Dear Editor,Re: Zach Holland, Bill

HutchinsonI am a concerned citi-

zen of Austin County, Texas. I live in a ranch in the Austin County area raising cattle. My livestock consume 1,000 gallons a day in drink-ing water on our ranch from our water well. Your study has several holes in my thinking and raises considerable caution flags. Looking at the current drought and draw down on our wells in Austin County, I see this project could head the citizens of Austin County to a train wreck. My neigh-bors have lost water and had to extend their water well depth. Coupled with the cur-rent draw down of 25 to 50 feet in our water level, we are seeing change in our under-ground water supply. Your facts on the water supply are very old and are out of date.

The main source of our water comes form the Evangeline and Chicot Aquifers and our overall elevation of our properties vary in Austin County from 350 feet above sea level to 200 feet in some of our farming areas.

Please reconsider this project because my life’s savings and labor are threatened if we lose our water supply. My wife and I have invest-ed every penny we have earned and saved to live our dream. Please do not destroy our dreams.

When I asked about “retention water ponds” the speculators seem to want to blow me off. The underground water aquifer is not your answer; you need to look into other means to meet your goals.

Sincerely, William L. HodgesCat Spring, Texas

GET BEHIND RELAY FOR LIFEDear Editor,There have been sev-

eral notices in the paper lately about Relay for Life on May 3 at Brahma Stadium in Bellville. For those readers who are unfa-miliar with Relay, I would like to explain why we are there over-night.

The light and dark-ness of the day and night parallel the expe-riences of the cancer patient undergoing treatment. The Relay begins around sunset, which symbolizes the time a person is diag-

nosed with cancer. As the evening progresses, it gets colder and dark-er—this represents the patients’ struggles as they endure the emo-tions of being a cancer patient.

The time between 1 and 2 a.m. represents when the cancer patient starts treatment. They become exhausted, some sick, not wanting to go on, possibly want-ing to give up. As a participant in the Relay, you have been walking and feel much the same way. Like the cancer patient, you can-not stop or give up.

The time around 4 to 5 a.m. symbolizes the completion of treatment for the cancer patient. Once again, they are tired, but they know they will make it.

The sun rising repre-sents the end of treat-ment for the cancer patient. They see the light that life will go on. The morning light brings on a new day, full of life and excite-ment for new begin-nings. As a participant, you will feel the bright-ness of the morning and know that the end of the Relay is close at hand.

When you leave the Relay, think of the can-cer patient leaving their

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March 18 was day 70, midpoint of the 140-day regular ses-sion of the 83rd Texas Legislature.

On March 22, the Senate approved its version of the state budget, a plan to spend $95 billion in general state revenue in 2014 and 2015. The Senate version would spend $7 billion in general revenue more than the current 2012-2013 budget. The full bud-get is close to $195 bil-lion, counting dedicat-ed funds and federal dollars.

Also on March 22, the Texas House Committee on A p p r o p r i a t i o n s approved its $97 bil-lion version of the bud-get — Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1. This was the last step before all 150 members of the House vote on it. CSSB1 fea-tures an additional $2.5 billion for public education on top of a base budget that already accounts for student population growth.

With the clock tick-ing, the two chambers must agree on a single version before sending it to the governor.

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will pass its version this week or the fol-lowing week, the next step would be for a conference committee of five House members and five Senators to work out the differenc-es. And once again, assuming common ground will be found, the agreed-upon ver-sion goes back to the full House and full Senate for a simple majority vote to accept the changes made by the conference com-mittee.

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A constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, would impose term limits on state-wide elected officials, including the governor and lieutenant gover-nor.

Eltife’s Senate Joint Resolution 13 was approved by the Senate 27-4 last week and now the House will have to consider it. If the House approves, Texas voters will have the opportunity to give it a thumbs up or

thumbs down on Nov. 5, when proposed con-stitutional amend-ments approved by the Legislature will be on the statewide ballot. The four votes in oppo-sition were cast by Sens. Brian Birdwell of Granbury, Craig Estes of Wichita Falls, Glenn Hegar of Katy and Tommy Williams of The Woodlands. In the Senate Journal, Williams explained his vote, this way: “I do not support term lim-its for statewide offi-cers only.”

Under Eltife’s mea-sure, voters would decide whether or not to limit statewide offi-cials to two consecu-tive terms, but officials could serve more terms non-consecutively and currently elected offi-cials wouldn’t have terms served before Jan. 1, 2014 count against them.

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott joined Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, on March 19 to express support for SB 1292, legislation written by Ellis proposing that DNA testing be required for all biologi-

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Conservation District, represented at the meeting by general manager Zach Holland, is not with the appli-cant, he clarified. The district was created by the five counties it serves to mediate between state laws about right of capture with regulations about the effects of ground-water use on neighbors and communities.

To defeat the propos-al, the district and the counties have to show that the wells will cause subsidence issues, that it will not create conditions that are part of the district’s defined desired future conditions (DFC) and that they will have unreasonable affects on local wells.

“What they deem is reasonable is not what the district deems as reasonable,” said Holland.

Subsidence has not been an issue in the district in the past.

“But with a project like this, it certainly could be,” said Holland.

Locals with back-grounds in engineering, geology and law attend-ed Saturday to present information and dis-cuss citizen concerns. The top questions out-lined by the group’s impromptu leader, Tom Sherman, were 1) Who are the stakeholders? 2) Is federal money involved? 3) Was cer-

tain geological survey data not provided? And 4) What was the crite-ria used to figure the well locations?

The applications filed by Houston-based Electro Purifications ask to build 10 wells, seven in the Brookshire area in Waller County and three in the Sealy in Austin County.

The wells would be 20 inches in diameter and would go be between 700 and 1,500 feet below ground level. They will be targeted at the Evangeline Aquifer, which most wells in Austin and Waller county use.

Electro said it planned to pump 10 million gallons a day to Richmond and Rosenberg for benefi-cial use and 10 million a day for municipal and industrial purposes within or transported outside the district.

Essentially, Electro is leasing the land and water rights to sell to the two cities while looking for other buyers as well.

Federal money is not being used, according to Sherman’s findings.

But there does seem to be a lot of informa-tion omitted by the application’s report about how the area will be affected, those attending said.

One of the fears brought up at the meet-ing concerned the

Brookshire salt dome, which sits just north of the proposed well field.

Fears of hydrosulfu-ric acid (hydrogen and sulfur), which is a poi-sonous substance, leak-ing into the water sup-ply came up as well as drawdown and subsid-ence.

Engineer Hubert Yoist presented infor-mation from the U.S. Geological Survey that reported widespread water level declines during a one and five year period. Some of the one-year results showed 20-50 feet of decline.

Those declines are attributed to an increase in groundwa-ter withdrawal and drought conditions, he said. And the Evangeline Aquifer has seen more declines than rises at the moni-tored well sites.

The relationship between the aquifers is hard to define as well, he said. They can flow into each other in some places and be separated by clay in others. They can affect each other.

What that means is, those wells that dip into the Chicot Aquifer, which is shallower than the Evangeline being pumped out of, could see drawdown and have to deepen their wells.

Another issue Yoist talked about was re-charge.

“We don’t know what

the groundwater is like below the wells,” he said.

The re-charge depends on the amount of rainfall and other precipitation in the area, but they can’t really nail down how much the aquifer, which changes depths and surfaces at some points, totally adds each year.

Population growth was also a concern Yoist felt was not addressed by Electro.

Since the 2010 Census, the population of Austin County has increased by 20 per-cent. Waller County has increased by 32 percent and Fort Bend has increased by 65 percent, which means increased water usage.

As far as criteria for where the wells are being placed, they are just across the political line of the Fort Bend Subsidence District. “A stone’s throw away” from where subsidence mandates are prohibit-ing the Fort Bend County cities to restrict groundwater access, said Sherman.

To legally combat the proposal, Holland says the district is still tak-ing public comments and questions. He is currently going through several hundred responses he’s received from the community.

The district will let everyone know when or

how a contested hear-ing will take place.

The district is also in the midst of doing its own research report on the project’s effect on local wells. Part of determining that is to make sure that all wells are registered. If a well existed before the dis-trict, 2002, then it is likely not registered.

The majority of wells are exempt including those for household use and ag wells. To regis-ter a well visit the dis-trict’s website at www.blubonnetgroundwater.org to download a form. Copies of the form are also available at The Sealy News office at 193 Schmidt Rd. in Sealy.

The Concerned Citizens of Austin and Waller Counties has a mailing list and is put-ting out copies of the presentation and a video of the three hour meeting online for those interested. Contact Sherman at [email protected] or at (713) 444-5315.

They are looking to create committees to organize themselves including a steering committee, one for tech-eng. geology geophysics and hydrology, one to go through administra-

tion and legal council to study certain rules and one for PR media and interfacing with the district and state legis-lators.


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Just three days later, Sealy Presbyterian Church reported images spray painted on the outside walls of the worship center and in the parking lot area of the property. Officers observed several images that resembled the intermediate school incident along with satanic symbols throughout the property. The color of the spray paint matched the colors used at the previous incident.

That same day, Kingdom Hall Jehovah Witness Center also reported criminal mischief that includ-ed the use of spray paint. The images were simi-lar, if not identical to the images that were found at Sealy Presbyterian Church and Selman Intermediate School.

Also on March 14, Selman Elementary School reported spray paint vandalism.

The suspect used similar images that were placed at Selman Intermediate School on March 11. The aerosol spray paint used matched all of the previous incidents.

On March 23, Sealy Junior High School and Selman Intermediate School discovered graffiti on three separate walls along the property. The sus-pect used a darker red aerosol spray paint and disclosed the same images that have been used on the previous four incidents. The suspect placed the images above the walls that had been cleaned of the previous graffiti.

Anyone who has any information regarding the incidents should call the Austin County Crime Stoppers at (979) 865-2949. Austin County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for the first caller with information/ tips leading to the arrest of the suspect(s).

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The Lady Tiger soccer team bounced back from a 2-0 shutout at the hands of Bryan

Rudder to finish the regular season with a solid victory, 7-1, against the Royal Lady Falcons in Pattison Friday evening.

While Sealy had

clenched a playoff berth due to how the rest of District 36-4A’s teams fell Tuesday night, the Lady Tigers wanted to power through their last league game with Royal. Their victory moved them up to a 13-8 season record.

While the rest of Sealy’s athletic compe-titions are played at the 3A-level, the soccer teams are forced into battling in the Conference 4A arena due to the small num-ber of otherwise-3A schools competing in soccer.

“We’ve come a long way in developing,” said Robert James, the Lady Tigers’ head coach, about his play-ers’ talent levels. “I like how we’ve developed and I’ve spent a lot of time building bench depth that can play and keep us fresh.”

The team has been able to play in this dis-trict, last year it was losing to the likes of Richmond Foster and Lamar Consolidated, but they were big loss-es, James added. Now the team feels more competitive.

Some of the really good teams it lost to were close losses to teams that will go far in the playoffs.

Throughout this sea-son, he’s implemented various strategies and training concepts to refine his players’ skills and tactics.

“We’re really working on the outside game and moving to put pres-sure on defense,” the

coach said. “I’m excited for the girls and I’m glad that we ended (the regular season) on a good note against Brookshire.”

On top of the Friday night victory, one of Sealy’s seniors nearly doubled the school’s soccer scoring record. Brittany Stevenson, a senior, finished the year with 36 goals, which according to James almost doubled the previous record. He added that Stevenson selflessly offered her offensive position up to help the team in a defense role after league play had start-ed.

“I’m glad they put it all together and are really ready to make a run in the playoffs and we’ll have to see what happens,” James con-cluded.

Sealy def. Royal, 7-1The Lady Tigers

opening the scoring with a Miranda Machala goal at the 32:45 mark in the first half.

Stevenson drilled another goal as 11:30 stood on the first half clock. She struck again with 36 minutes left in the second half, and again at the 32:50 mark.

Royal’s Taylor Heavirland broke the shutout at 4-1, with 23:50 left to play.

Machala scored another goal, 5-1, with 18:50 on the game clock. Lauren Thielemann quickly shot another goal as 17 minutes remained, 6-1.

Sealy’s final goal came from Yulissa Arredondo as 9:20 remained in the game, 7-1.

The winner of the bi-district championship held two nights ago, between Sealy and Nacogdoches, will bat-tle the victor of the Brownwood vs. Waco Connally game.

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Carry yourself into the new century. We still have weekly ag papers, daily radio broadcasts, television has become a factor, not to mention bloggers, consultants, brokers, economists and professors whose content runs from aquaculture to EPD’s! Not only do we have mountains of information, it is offered through a blizzard of sources!

Today those people responsible for bringing you this wealth of ag info are no longer just radio, just internet, just newsletter, just magazine, just weekly paper, just television, or just blogger, No, they are any number or combination of sources by any number of columnists, reporters, broadcasters, journalists, commentators or salesmen!

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Sealy dominated Needville in the Lady Tigers’ lone softball game last week with a 9-0 win Tuesday night.

The Lady Tigers batted their way to victory with 12 hits and runs com-ing home in the fourth through sev-enth innings. Sealy holds a 21-3 overall record and is perfect in District 25-3A with a 5-0 record after

defeating the Lady Blue Jays.Morgan Menke batted in four runs

on three hits. Jenna Schroeder brought home three runs on a pair of hits, while Mendi Nelson batted in one run and made three hits.

Mariah Holub retired batters left and right with 49 strikes in 76 pitch-es. The winning pitcher controlled the mound for all seven innings and gave up only four hits and walked

two batters.The Lady Tigers were scoreless in

the first three innings, but brought four runs home in the fourth inning. Sealy scored two more runs in the next inning, another run in the sixth inning and closed out the game with two runs in the top of the seventh, before skunking Needville after com-pleting the last half inning on defense.

After having a week of recovery, the Lady Tigers hosted Columbus two nights ago and were scheduled to visit El Campo with the game start-ing at 7 p.m. tonight, due to the Good Friday holiday tomorrow.

Follow the Sealy News online at www.sealynews.com, on Facebook and on Twitter at @SealyNews to keep up to date with the Tigers and Lady Tigers.

Lady Tigers overpower, shutout Lady Jays' softballBy CREIGHTON HOLUB

Sports Writer

Brenham Tournament, March 21.Team Scoring – 20, Sealy, 432

points.83, Josh Kecka, 103 points.90, Taylor Collins, 107 points.100, Casey Resendez, 110 points.106, Derek Dabney, 112 points.122, Bradley Wood, 122 points.

El Campo Boys Invitational Tournament, March 18.

Team Scoring – 8, Sealy, 384 points.

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Lady Tigers reach play-offs after Royal finish

By CREIGHTON HOLUBSports Writer

The Sealy News/CREIGHTON HOLUBYulissa Arredondo surprises a Bryan Rudder player while Elizabeth Brown (left) prepares for the ensuing play. The Lady Tigers earned fourth place in District 36-4A and battled Nacogdoches for a bi-district championship Tuesday night. The winner of that game will play the victor of Brownwood vs. Waco Connally later this week.

The Sealy News/CREIGHTON HOLUBMiranda Machala battles Royal’s Taylor Heavirland for control of the soccer ball during the regular season fi nale Friday in Pattison.

The Sealy Tiger baseball club slipped at the most oppor-tune time of the dis-trict season.

While league play in District 25-3A is for keeps, the Tigers had an empty week-end Friday and Saturday they could have let pass by. Instead, the coaches set up games with solid ball clubs from Huffman and Brazosport.

H o w e v e r , Saturday’s 7-0 loss to 4A Brazosport came as a wakeup call for the team about a third of the way through league play. The loss pushed Sealy’s overall record to 7-5.

Between a 3-1 loss to Needville on Tuesday and Saturday’s defeat, the Tiger team sand-wiched in a huge 6-3 win against Huffman Hargrave at Baseball USA on Friday.

“I think it’s a call for us to realize that we’ve got to have all engines running for district,” said Brett Montier, the Tigers’ head coach. “The rea-son why I scheduled these two games was to prepare us for the (remaining) district race against Columbus, Bellville and El Campo in this first round.”

The Tigers have faced off with the rest of the district with a 2-1 league record after Tuesday’s loss in Needville. The remaining teams – Columbus, Bellville and El Campo – will finish out the first go-round of league play for the Tigers.

“I wanted to be able to see some good competition and good pitching,” Montier added about playing a pair of non-district games instead of just sitting out for the bye game. “I felt like we saw that (compe-tition) and hopefully it will help us out. We’ve got some things that we’ve got to work out and improve on, and we’ll start that on Monday.”

Ultimately, the head coach wants his players to enjoy and be masters of the athletic opportunity in their hands.“If you’re given the

opportunity to play baseball, take advan-tage of it,” Montier remarked about his post-game pep talk with the Tigers. “When your high school career is over – it’s over with – you might as well play to the best of your ability every single time you come out here because before long it’s going to be done.”

With that in mind, the Tigers will hit the halfway mark in league play on Tuesday as they host Sealy’s Mill Creek rivals from Bellville.

Brazosport def. Sealy, 7-0

The Tigers were skunked, but avoided giving the visiting 4A team a no-hitter as multiple Sealy batters put the ball into play and advanced as far as third base. However, the Tigers couldn’t reach home plate to break the shutout.

“(Kameron) Craft did a good job for us,” Montier said, compli-menting his pitcher and the rest of the bullpen. “He got in some innings that we’ve been need-ing to get in for him, and he kept us in the ball game, but our hit production and offen-sive productivity just wasn’t here.”

Brazosport got onto the scoreboard in the first inning and kept a solid offense going for the majority of the game.

The Exporters scored one run in the first inning, three runs in the second, two runs in the fourth inning and a final run in the fifth inning before Sealy’s defense shut them down in the sixth and seventh innings.

Sealy def. Huffman Hargrave, 6-3

The Tigers’ bats were hot at the beginning of the game with seven hits that led to five runs in the first inning, before cooling off for the majority of the game.

“For the most part in

that first inning, we showed up and played against Huffman,” Montier stated. “But then, once again, we got relaxed and they fought back.”

The Tigers finished the game with 11 hits, but they also commit-ted five errors. Sealy’s final run came in the fifth inning.

Reed Hoffpauir took the win on the mound with four strike outs, one walk, an error and Hargrave’s three runs.

Seth Hill and John Moore led the hitting attack with three hits out of four at bats. Holten Einkauf went 2-3 with a triple. Craft was 1-3 at the plate while Eckhardt and Bronson Ulrich each went 1-4.

“Seth Hill and a bunch of others had a heck of a game hitting baseball,” Montier added. “I felt like Reed Hoffpauir did a great job on the hill for us. We’re still committing some errors that are going to hurt us, but we’ve got to continue working to improve and get better.”

Needville def. Sealy, 3-1

The Needville Bluejays simply out-scored the Tigers last Tuesday.

Sealy got on top with

a run in the second inning, but the Jays answered back with three runs in the third inning.

Both teams made three hits and three errors, as Hill took the loss on the mound. He picked up six strike-outs, but gave up three runs and an error.

Hill also hit a triple while Ulrich went 1-3 at the plate. Byron Simpson batted in the Tigers’ lone run.

The Tigers are sched-uled to visit El Campo tonight with the varsity game starting at 7 p.m. Sealy is then set to host Bellville on Tuesday at 7 p.m.


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Boys Basketball Tyler Eckhardt Ricky Seals-Jones Cord Roberts Adam Viertel D’Undrae Harris Austin Pratt

Girls Basketball Kelsie Maxwell Jenna Schroeder Tomara Jones Caroline Owen Shandi Nelson Morgan MenkeMarissa BoldenRachel KohlerBrianna Foley

Boys BasketballMVP: Ricky S e a l s - J o n e s (Unanimous) First TeamKris BrownSecond TeamTrenton Campbell

Sealy’s local select softball team finished fifth out of 18 teams during the fifth annual Spring Spectacular tournament in Seguin.

The Blazin’ Angels missed placing into the championship brackets, but took fifth place after a weekend full of non-stop pool play action.

“This team played hard all day at one point playing five games in a row in the heat,” said Dwayne Cooper, the team’s manager. “This team is really coming together as a and it shows in the results.”

They entered the tour-nament with a 4-5 record and finished with an 8-7 overall record this season.

The Blazin’ Angels started with a 3-1 win against Adrenaline Fastpitch Navy, but was shutout by Texas Blaze-Lowke, 7-0. The Angels took flight and beat Texas Style, 5-2, then Texas Diamonds, 8-5, and Adrenaline Fastpitch Navy again for a close 8-7 decision. The Texas Bombers ended the Angels’ streak with an 8-0 loss.

Follow the Sealy News online at www.sealy-news.com, on Facebook and on Twitter at @SealyNews to keep up to date with the Tigers and Lady Tigers.

Sealy Tennis at Somerville Tournament, March 21Girls Singles: Joni Baxley – Tournament ChampionFirst round: beat Amber Glacona (Richards) 8-4Quarterfinals: beat Morgan Vinklarek (Smithville) 8-4Semi-finals: beat Ecaroh Jackson (Caldwell) 6-3, 7-5Finals: beat Alex Crank (Smithville) 3-6, 6-4, (11-9)

Klarissa FaudoaFirst round: lost to Emma Remlinger (Smithville) 8-1Consolation round: lost to Ashley Gilbert (Caldwell) 8-2

Boys Singles:Caleb Prince First round: lost to Tanner Stefka (Caldwell) 8-3Consolation Round: lost to Alex Martinez (Giddings) 8-2

Clay MillerFirst round: lost to Nacho Zermeno (Caldwell) 8-6Consolation Round: beat Bradley Scott (Smithville) 8-5Consolation Finals: lost to Alex Martinez (Giddings) 8-3

Boys Doubles: Marco Juarez/Everett PayneFirst round: ByeQuarterfinals: lost to Mantey/Trout (Somerville) 8-3Consolation: lost to Jaeger/Zwernemann (Giddings) 8-2

Girls Doubles: Leanna Williams/Jacquelyn CashdollarFirst round: beat Becker/Dock (Giddings) 8-1Quarterfinals: lost to Brinker/Hairgrove (Smithville) 8-1

Rebecca Presley/ Shelby MossFirst round: Bye

Quarterfinals: lost to Brinke/Segel (Smithville) 8-4Consolation round: beat Kirby/Meschke (Navasota) 8-3Consolation finals: lost to Gonzales/Orozko (Somerville) 8-1

Julianne Cashdollar/Allison PresleyFirst round: beat Kirby/Meschke (Navasota) 8-4Quarterfinals: lost to Gaas/Piwonka (Somerville) 8-2

Mixed Doubles: Brooke Kaiser/Corey KrenekFirst round: lost to Coronado/Jerkins (Somerville) 8-6Consolation round: lost to Cochran/Scott (Caldwell) 8-5

Diane Arriaga/Jordan GarzaFirst round: lost to Petit/Zeyka (Waller) 9-8 (7-3)Consolation round: lost to Deyo/Garza (Somerville) 8-2

Angels fly up to fifth place

By CREIGHTON HOLUBSports Writer

25-3A Academic

All- District players named

Somerville tourney results


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Tigers stumble through three-game weekBy CREIGHTON HOLUB

Sports Writer

The Sealy News/CREIGHTON HOLUBBronson Ulrich battles a Brazosport runner at second base during Saturday’s 7-0 loss.

The Sealy News/CREIGHTON HOLUBKameron Craft races toward second base on a frozen rope double in the bottom of the sixth inning.

While the Tigers didn’t get the ending they wanted for the 2013 season, they man-aged to increase their individual skills and set the foundation for a program the under-classmen can build upon next year.

The Royal Falcons defeated the Tigers to cap their third-place playoff berth and end Sealy’s playoff hopes simultaneously in the season finale at Tiger Stadium with a 4-1 decision.

The Tigers were with-out Juan Perez, their head coach, due to a family emergency all week and JV Coach Emmanuel Garcia took the reigns for the last two games of the sea-son.

Once the Tigers fell behind Royal by a point,

2-1, he made a gamble in changing up his team’s tactics in hopes of scoring more goals to upset the playoff-bound Falcons. Garcia admit-ted the change was risky, and the Falcons took advantage of the changes to score the final two goals in the 4-1 loss.

Javier Arriaga scored Sealy’s lone goal in the contest.

Despite the Tigers missing out on the play-offs, more and more Sealy fans have been in the stands cheering on their soccer team.

A ballpark estimate is that two to three times as many fans were rooting on the Tigers at the season finale compared to attendance at earlier games this season.

“I was surprised,” Garcia said of the num-ber of Tiger fans that showed their support of

the soccer team. “There have been more fans little by little. Hopefully, that means that they

like something.”While the season has

closed for the Tigers, Garcia and his players

were hopeful for the future.

Four seniors will graduate this school year, but the under-classmen have already been stepping up all season.

“We have two pretty good freshman goal-keepers and they did great in my opinion,”

Garcia added. “In JV, we have three guys who will be pretty strong on varsity next year.”

Follow the Sealy News online at www.sealynews.com, on Facebook and on Twitter at @SealyNews to keep up to date with the Tigers and Lady Tigers.

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* Editor’s Note: All results were provided by Wharton ISD. While all events were ranked, not all official results (length, time, etc.) were provided for partici-pants including first place finishers.

Varsity BoysTeamSecond-Sealy, 97

Shot Put Second-Pratt, 48’

DiscusFirst-Pratt, 148’2.5”Fifth-Luttrall, 114’8.5”

High JumpThird-Brown, 6’2”Fifth-Wallace, 5’8”Fifth-Eckhart, 5’8”

Triple JumpFirst-Brown, 44.6”Sixth-Campbell, 39.1”

3200-Meter RunFifth-Cartez, 11:14.13

4x100 RelayFourth-Sealy, 43.81

100-Meter DashSecond-Ramirez, 10.96

4x200 RelaySecond-Sealy, 1:31.04

300-Meter HurdlesFirst-Ramirez, 41.56

1600-Meter RunSixth-Santana

Varsity GirlsTeamFirst-Sealy, 213

Shot PutThird-Williams, 28.7’

DiscusFirst-Verm, 100.1’Third-Thielmann, 86.1’Fourth-Williams, 81.11’

Long JumpFirst-Foley, 16.7’Second-Jones, 15.96’Sixth-Owen, 15.2’

High JumpFirst-Runner, 5’2”Second-Allen, 5’Third-Sowa, 5’

Triple JumpFirst-Allen, 36.10’3/4”Second-Foley, 35.5”Fourth-Owen, 31.6’1/2”

3200-Meter RunSecond-Santana, 13:27

4x100 RelaySecond-Sealy, 51.78

800-Meter RunFirst-Janicek, 2:27.69

110-Meter HurdlesSecond-Kinsey

100-Meter DashSixth-Foley, 13.05

4x200 RelayFirst-Sealy, 1:51.46

400-Meter RunSecond-Schroeder, 1:04.62Third-Whitmore, 1:06.31Fifth-Guerrero, 1:09.31

300-Meter HurdlesFourth-George, 56.43Sixth-Kinsey, 1:02.28

200-Meter DashThird-Allen, 26.81Sixth-Hill, 29.15

1600-Meter Run Third-Santana

4x400 Relay Second-Sealy, 4:21.82

JV BoysTeamFirst-Sealy, 156.5Shot PutSecond-Nicklas, 36.6’

Discus Second-Sorrell, 99.1’Third-Nicklas, 97.3’1/2”

Long Jump First-Brooks, 18.8’1/2”Third-Fronzak, 18.2”

High JumpFirst-Fronzak, 5.6’Third-Kambros, 5.2’

Triple Jump First-Lambros, 36.9’Fourth-Nunn, 35.3’Fifth-Haroman, 34.2’

3200-Meter RunFifth-Flores, 14:22.78

4x100 RelaySecond-Sealy, 47.24

800-Meter RunThird-East, 2:27.68Sixth-Berry, 2:36.10

100-Meter HurdlesFirst-Einkauf, 16.72Second-Miller, 17.16.]

Third-Coleman, 17.16

100-Meter Dash Second-Brooks, 11.02 4x200 Relay Fifth-Sealy

400-Meter Run Fifth-Lane, 59.71

300-Meter Hurdles First-Einkauf, 44.12Second-LambrosThird-Coleman.

200-Meter Dash Second-Fronzak, 24.09

1600-Meter Run Fourth-East.

JV GirlsTeam First-Sealy, 122

Shot Put Third-Turner, 28.3’Sixth-Balusek, 21.1’

Discus Second-Turner, 68.2’Fourth-Balusek, 57.2’

High Jump First-Fitzgerald, 4’2”

Triple Jump First-Lowe, 30’1/2”

3200-Meter Run First-Whitehead, 16:09

4x100 Relay Third-Sealy, 57.43

800-Meter Run First-Page, 2:51.90Second-Moreno, 2:53.43

110-Meter Hurdles Third-Cobb, 13.52

100-Meter Dash Third-Cobb, 13.52Sixth-Josey, 14.65

4x200 Relay Second-Sealy

400-Meter Run Third-Garza, 1:17.55Fourth-Hawes, 1:18.52Fifth-Garcia, 1:22.46

200-Meter Dash FirstNunn, 28.90Fifth-Schelnick, 30.56

1600-Meter Run First-MorenoSecond-PageThird-Whitehead

Eighth grade girlsTeamsSecond-Sealy, 158

1600-Meter RunThird-Lozano, 7:07.89Fourth-Gonzales, 07:09.18

300-Meter HurdlesSixth-Rasbury, 1:03.65

800-Meter RelaySecond-Dotson, Newell, Ford, Rassette, 2:03.06

1600-Meter RelayThird-Sealy, 5:09.11

200-Meter DashThird-Rios, 30.37

400-Meter RunSecond-Newell, 1:10.62

100-Meter DashFifth-Ford, 14.76

100-Meter HurdlesSecond-Waltrip, 20.63Third-Boehnemann, 20.65

400-Meter RelaySecond-Sealy, 0:57.00

Triple JumpFirst-Dotson, 29’2”Fourth-Ford, 28’7”Fifth-Villafranco, 26’10 1/2”

Shot PutSecond-Janda, 31’1”Third-Ford, 30’9 1/2”

800-Meter RunSecond-Richardson, 2:58Fourth-Lozano, 3:00

2400-Meter RunFourth-Gonzales, 11:30Sixth-Novicke, 11:37

High JumpSecond-Allen, 4’8”Third-Richardson, 4’6”

Long JumpSecond-Dotson, 14’10”

DiscusSecond-Rasbury, 69’7”

Eighth Grade BoysTeamsSecond-Sealy, 158

1600-Meter RunThird-Janicek, 5:39.71

300-Meter HurdlesFirst-Aguado, 47.45Sixth-Brown, 51.02

800-Meter RelaySecond-Sealy, 1:42.45

1600-Meter RelayFirst-Sealy, 3:59.77

200-Meter DashFourth-Welch, 26.16

400-Meter DashFirst-Tapia, 57.77Second-Kendrick, 58.10Third-Navarro, 58.35

100-Meter DashFirst-Houston, 12.05

110-Meter HurdlesFirst-Aguado, 18Fourth-Theriot, 19.51400-Meter RelayThird-Sealy, 48.81

Pole VaultFourth-Fritsch, 8”

Triple JumpFourth-Brown, 33’

Shot PutSixth-Vega, 36’6”

800-Meter RunThird-Brown, 2:35

2400-Meter RunFourth-Janicek, 9:22Fifth-Tovar, 9:34

High JumpSecond-Aguado, 5’8”

Long JumpFifth-Navarro, 17’10 1/2”

DiscusThird-Yeates, 114’10”Fourth-Aguado, 101’1 1/2 “Seventh Grade GirlsTeamFirst-Sealy, 278

1600-Meter RunFirst-Casas, 6:54.78Second-Lozano, 6:59.58Third-Moyle, 7:13.18

300-Meter HurdlesFirst-Rabius, 57.14Second-Luttrall, 1:00.95Fourth-Howard, 1:02.66



200-Meter DashFifth-Morris, 31.59Sixth-Black, 31.95

400-Meter DashFirst-Murray, 1:13.58Second-Rice, 1:15.75Fourth-Pils, 1:16

100-Meter DashThird-Green, 14.43Fourth-Rice, 14.74Fifth-Morris, 14.8

100-Meter HurdlesFirst-Rabius, 19.61

400-Meter RelaySecond-Morris, Luther, Black, Klotz, 56.11

Pole VaultFirst-Black, 6’6”

Triple JumpFirst-Luther, 29’6 1/2”Second-Green, 29’1”Third-Klotz, 27’8 1/2”

Shot PutThird-Juarez, 25’3”

800-Meter RunSecond-Garcia, 2:53Third-Fey, 3:06

2400-Meter RunFirst-Casas, 11:20Second-Pittillo, 11:49

Third-Medrano, 12:08.8

High JumpFirst-Rabius, 4’6”Second-Black, 4’4”Fifth-Green, 4’

Long JumpFirst-Klotz, 12’11”Fifth-Luther, 12’3 1/2”

DiscusSecond-Kana, 64’10”Fifth-Trejo, 54’2”Sixth-Dittert, 54’1”

Seventh Grade BoysTeamsFirst-Sealy, 166

1600-Meter RunFirst-Fogle, 5:40.03Third-Kainer, 5:54.82Fifth-Treybig, 6:05.38

300-Meter HurdlesSecond-Torres, 47.47Third-Mock, 53.16Fourth-Brantly, 53.25



200-Meter DashFirst-Eckhardt, 26.79Third-Brast, 27.81

400-Meter DashFirst-Ulrich, 1:03.47Second-Brandes, 1:03.67Third-Castilla, 1:05.03

100-Meter DashThird-McNeese, 13.83

110-Meter HurdlesFirst-Torres, 18.49Fourth-Rasbury, 21.69Fifth-Wickens, 22

400-Meter RelaySecond-Sealy, 52.65

Pole VaultFirst-Fogle, 7’6”

Triple JumpFirst-Torres, 30’6”Fifth-McNeese, 25’9”

Shot PutFifth-Allen, 30’5”

800-Meter RunFirst-Fogle, 2:28Second-Regalado, 2:38Fourth-Pacheco, 2:44

2400-Meter RunSecond-Treybig, 9:23Third-Kainer, 9:24Sixth-Regalado, 10:07.5

High JumpFirst-Eckhardt, 5’Second-Ulrich, 4’10”Third-Brandes, 4’8”

Long JumpFifth-McNeese, 14’10”Sixth-Brandees, 14’9”

DiscusFirst-Welch, 92’Second-Parker, 80’9”Third-Weber, 78’3”

Varsity/JV Wharton Tiger Relays Results

Junior High Falcon Relay Results

Soccer season ends as fan attendance jumpsBy CREIGHTON HOLUB

Sports Writer

The Sealy News/CREIGHTON HOLUBEmilio Guerrero redirects the ball with a headshot in the Tigers’ season finale against Royal’s Falcons Friday.

The Sealy News/CREIGHTON HOLUBIvan Lopez dribbles past a Royal defender during the Tigers’ season finale Friday.

It’s time to enter prized old cars, buggies and tractors in the Sealy Spring Picnic Antique Car, Buggy & Tractor Parade. The Spring Picnic will be held on Saturday, April 13, on the Santa Fe Museum grounds at East Main and Silliman.

The Parade will take place at noon. The parade will begin at the Liedertafel and travel east on Main Street to the Santa Fe Museum. Once there, the cars, buggies and tractors will be on display for all to enjoy.

To enter the parade register online at www.sealyhistoricalsociety.org or call Nancy Naron at 832-492-4244.

This year’s Spring Picnic offers a new line-up of activities including C i v i l W a r Demonstrations, an

exhibit of antique cloth-ing with style show, woodworking demon-strations and pony rides. As in previous years, there will be plenty of games, exhibits, and great food. There will be a cakewalk featuring wonderful home-baked cakes, pies and cookies.

Again this year, there will be photos of Sealy’s old buildings and his-torical sites that may be viewed on a large screen. An exhibit of antique toys including dolls, trucks and tractors will also be on display.

The Tricycle Races are open to children ages 3 to 6 and start at 11 a.m. on East Main in front of the Santa Fe Museum. Families are asked to bring their own tricycle and helmet.

Just in time for this year’s Spring Picnic, the main museum building,

which is the original Sealy News office, will be insulated and air-con-ditioned.

The Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board will host its third annual Mother’s Day Miracle 5K Run/Walk.

The run shows com-munity support for can-cer research and for the many individuals who lost their lives in the fight against can-cer. The event is sched-uled for Saturday, May 11, in Bellville and will start at 9 a.m. Registration is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

The start and finish line will be at Young Life, 1897 South Tesch Street.

Those who want to register early can fill out forms at miracle-run.eventbrite.com and registration forms will be available at multiple businesses across Austin County includ-ing Bellville General Hospital, Texas A&M AgriLIfe Extension Service and the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Entry fees will be $10 for those 18 and under and $20 for ages 19 and up. The early registra-tion deadline is April 26. There will be an additional $5 for entries

received on or after April 27.

There will be two run-ning catego-ries. Certificates/med-als will be presented to the top three finishers (male/female) in both categories. T-shirts are guaranteed for all pre-registered partici-pants. Shirts will be on a first come, first serve basis for participants who register on the day of the event. The day should provide a morn-ing of fun, fellowship and great physical activity.

The Mother’s Day Miracle Run is being hosted by the Texas

Department of State Health Services, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Bellville General Hospital and Young Life of Bellville.

Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society of Austin County Relay for Life and the Austin County Pink Event. Families and cancer survivors are encouraged to par-ticipate. For questions and registration infor-mation, please feel free to call Rachel Kubala (979) 865-5211, Michelle Allen (979) 865-2072 or Sharon Glentzer (979) 865-3141.

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Chamber welcomes Edward JonesThe Sealy Chamber of Commerce welcomed Edward Jones and Andrew Krampitz to the cham-ber. Edward Jones is located at 330 Main St., Suite 4 in Sealy. Pictured above are Kevin Krampitz, Kay Krampitz, H.E. Krampitz, Andrew Krampitz, Erin Krampitz, Debbie Krampitz, David Krampitz and Stacy Winters. Pictured from the chamber are Kim Meloneck, Candace Samples, Larry Kuciemba, Carl Clover, Joyce Chandler, Peggy Spradley, Bill Burttschell, Ryan Svoboda and Chris Coffman.

Chamber welcomes SFA State ParkThe Sealy Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Stephen F. Austin State Park to the family. The park is located at Park Road 38 in San Felipe off FM 1458. Pictured above, from left to right, Bill Burttschell, Lisa Jeane Reznicek, Peggy Spradley, Keith Oliver, John Hensley, Ryan Svoboda, Donnia Estestes, Jeri Dulaney, Zanetta Knesek, Derin Depalermo, Candace Samples, Brenda Shaughnessy, Brenda Squyres and Tom Shaughnessy. Stephen F. Austin State Park in San Felipe celebrated the opening of its newly renovated cabin.

Chamber welcomes Specialty HearingThe Sealy Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Specialty Hearing, LLC, located at 330 Main St., Suite 1C in Sealy. Pictured above are owner Betty Williams, her husband Brad Williams and mother-in-law Sue Williams. Also pictured above are Ashley Tompkins, Tamara Maresh, Kristin Callender, Debra Thayer, Shirley Beum, Ronda Hartman, Kim Meloneck, Zanetta Knesek, Brad Burttschell, Peggy Spradley, Ryan Svoboda, Andrew Krampitz and Carl Clover.

May run to benefit ACS

Spring Picnic set for April 13

The Sealy News/COURTESY PHOTOWalter Virnau drives one of his classic cars at the front of the parade.

Lodge President Melvin Klatt. All members are encouraged to attend. Please call (979) 885-3623 to RSVP.

Republicans to meet

The regular monthly meeting of the Republicans of Austin County will be held on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at Tony’s Restaurant in Sealy. Greg Steussel will present a video of The States and The Founders Design.

Peace Officers Banquet

The Austin County Peace Officers Association

is hosting its annual ban-quet Friday, April 5, at the Sealy American Legion Hall. The non-profit group will hold a silent auction and announce its 2013 scholarship winners. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. Social hour begins at 6:30 and food will be served at 7 p.m. For questions or to make a donation, contact Randy at (979) 251-2625.

Chicken fried chicken dinner

The American Legion Post No. 442 Auxiliary will host a chicken fried chick-en dinner on April 7 at the back of the Sealy American Legion Hall. Plates are $9 and service will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For tickets, call Heather Smith at (979) 885-4802 or see any aux-iliary member. Tickets are required.

E-scrap plannedAustin County will spon-

sor an E-scrap collection on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. - noon at the Austin County Fairgrounds. This is your chance to dispose of electronic items from computers to small kitch-en appliances, phone equipment, televisions (up to 27 inches), cameras and projectors. Additional items can be reviewed at www.austincounty.com. Please note this is not a hazardous chemical col-lection. For additional information call Ausitn County Judge Carolyn Bilski’s office at (979) 865-5911 ext. 2223.

Citywide garage sale

The 10th annual Sealy citywide garage sale will be held on Saturday, April 13. To register a garage sale, please contact Kim

Meloneck at (979) 627-6121 or email [email protected]. There is no charge to participate and register a garage sale. The deadline to reg-ister is Tuesday, April 9. By registering, your address will be added to the participant list provid-ed to shoppers and posted on the website. The garage sale will happen, rain or shine.

Memorial scholarship fundraiser

The second annual Sam Hines Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser will be held on April 13 and will include a bike rub, barbecue cook-off, games and auction. The fundrais-er will take place at the Sealy American Legion Hall, located at 1630 Meyer St. starting at noon. For more information on the auction and bike run, call Ted at (979) 398-9789 and for the barbe-cue cook-off, call Debi at (832) 722-9618.

Battle of the bandsA battle of the bands

will be held on April 13 at the second annual Sam Hines Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser. The battle starts at noon at the Sealy American Legion Hall, located at 1630 Meyer St. For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].

Spring has sprung in our family. How do I know? Watery, itchy eyes and run-ning noses. But some-times I am not sure if it’s a cold or aller-gies. How do you tell if it’s a cold?

Even for us doctors, determining the differ-ence between a cold and allergies in our patients takes investigation.

A common rule of thumb: if the running nose is clear, and con-tinues longer than 14 days, most likely there is an allergy.

Also, cold symptoms often take a few days to surface after a person has come in contact with the virus; reaction to an allergen can be immediate.

Allergies can come at any age and at any time. Common aller-gens in our area include pollen, mold, animal dander and dust mites. Working with your phy-sician to determine the allergen is key.

Below is a chart developed by the Centers for Disease Control that may help you determine the dif-ference between colds

and allergies. I have heard a lot

of news on colorectal cancer. When do you need to start getting screened and what doctor should I go to for the exam?

Colorectal cancer—cancer of the colon or rectum—is one of the most commonly diag-nosed cancers in the US because of the screen-ing process. The screen-ing process—tests per-formed on people who are not experiencing any symptoms--proves effective in finding pre-cancerous polyps (abnormal growths), so they can be removed before they turn into cancer. Screening also finds colorectal cancer early, when treatment works best.

Cancer specialists recommend men and women getting screened for colon cancer begin-ning at age 50. However, you should get tested earlier if you or a close relative have had colorectal polyps or colorectal cancer, have inflammatory bowel disease or genetic syn-dromes such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.

There are two types of screenings: colonos-copy and testing stool. With a colonoscopy, the physician uses a scope inserted into the rec-tum or with special imaging (x-ray) to locate and remove Polyps before they become cancerous.

Phsycians can also test the stool (feces) for signs that cancer may be present. These tests are less invasive and easier to have done, but they are less likely to detect polyps.

Colonoscopies are traditionally performed by an internal medicine physician or gastroen-terologist. Contact your primary care physician to learn about screen-ings available in your area.

Dr. Mier Y Teran will be speaking at the CHRISTUS St. Catherine LiveWell Women’s Conference Thursday, May 2, 5-10 p.m. For more informa-tion, or to register for the conference visit www.christuslivewell.com.


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LifeBridgeCommunity Church

We are a new church in the Sealy area. We would like to invite you and your family to come worship and grow with us.

OUR EASTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Maundy Th ursday Service – March 28 @ 7:00pm

Easter Sunday – March 31

Fellowship @ 9:15am and Service @ 10:00am

Our Regular Sunday Schedule:

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DR. MIER Y TERANBoard Certified in Internal Medicine,

CHRISTUS St. Catherine Medical Group

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Characteristic Cold Allergy

Duration three-14 days Days to months -- as long as you

are exposed to the allergen

Time of Year Most often in the winter, but

possible at any time

Any time of the year -- although the appearance of some allergens

are seasonal

Onset of symptoms Symptoms take a few days to appear after infection with the

virus.

Symptoms can begin immediately after exposure to the allergen

Symptom Cold Allergy Cough Often Sometimes Aches Sometimes Never

Fatigue Sometimes Sometimes Fever Rarely Never

Itchy, watery eyes Rarely Often Sore throat Often Sometimes

Runny or stuffy nose Often; usually yellow mucus Often; usually clear mucus

Suffering from spring allergies or a common cold?ASKTHEDOC

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ing any benefits from previous time worked.“Why is this a problem now when it wasn’t last

time?” asked Precinct 1 Commissioner Reese Turner about the 3 percent increase allotted at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski said part of the problem is that the county is looking to give the 2 percent increase in the middle of a fiscal year, as opposed to the start of budget.

The county treasurer is also working with audi-tors on the correct calculations for hourly pay.

“This is like a full day’s workshop, or a bunch of little workshops,” said Bilski.

The court will continue to discuss the matter. The 2 percent pay raise could still happen, but not until county officials have a firm understanding of whom it will affect and how.

Precinct 3 Commissioner Randy Reichardt said these issues like re-hire policy only come up in awhile.

“It only comes up every 15 years and we’re going to talk about it for 12 hours,” said Reichardt about the issues.

The 2 percent pay raise was promised by the Austin County Commissioners Court last year after the court gave employees a 3 percent pay raise, if funds were available this spring, Turner said earlier this month at the first approval.

Earlier this month, Austin County Auditor Betty Jez said that even if all of the offices spent every-thing they were budgeted, the amount for the raise would still be available.

The raise would have been effective on the March 18 payroll.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Of property to satisfy landlord’s lien. Sale is 5:30 pm April 5, 2013 at ALL Mini Storage at 1811 Eagle Lake Rd., Sealy, Texas 77474. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Cleanup and removal deposit may be required. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property from sale. Property includes contents of spaces of the follow-ing tenants: Irene Tillman: Household Items. Judy Cloud: Household items. Heidi McRunnel: Household items. Janice Kolojaco: Household items. Gia Williams: House-hold items. Daniel Knesek: Household items. James Palmer: Household items. Joe Ross: Household items. Johnnie Ashton: Tires and rims. Christina Klump: Boxes. Contact: ALL Mini Storage, 403 Columbus Rd. Sealy, TX 77474, 979-877-0530.

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Cellco Partnership and its controlled affi liates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 291-foot Self Support Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium inten-sity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is 19016 Villanova Lane, New Ulm, Austin County, TX 78950, (Latitude 29-53-11.68 N / Longitude 96-24-37.33). The Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registra-tion (ASR, Form 854) fi ling number is A0829178. ENVI-RONMENTAL EF-FECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.gov/asr/ap-plications) by enter-ing the fi ling number. Environmental con-cerns may be raised by fi ling a Request for Environmental Review (www.fcc.gov/asr/environ-mentalrequest) and online fi lings are strongly encouraged. The mailing address to fi le a paper copy is: FCC Requests for Environmen-tal Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. HISTORIC PROPERTIES EFFECTS- Public comments regarding potential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publi-cation to: 61131178-SLF, EBI Consulting, 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403, (717)449-4085, or [email protected].

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Totally refurbished 3bd/2ba double-wide on 1 acre w/owner fi nancing available -WAC, low payments. Call 281-924-1085 for more information.

Commercial/Indus-trial property for sale in Round Mountain, TX. (Hwy 281@FM 962). Approximately 13,750 square feet of warehouse/indus-trial space. 5,000 square feet air condi-tioned. Four loading docks, located on approximately 4 acres. $310,000. Owner fi nancing is available for qualifi ed buyer. Contact Bob Stratmann, 512-451-0144 or email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

For Sale: Perfect Small Apartment Starter Property. Collect $3200 per month. Priced to sell! For immediate delivery of package: Text your name AND email OR dial into voicebox and leave your name and email. Packet deliv-ered in 10 minutes (281) 528-1026

HISTORIC DOWN-TOWN Building at 118 N. 5th Street in Alpine. Good location with two downstairs offi ces with a potential for a third, lovely upstairs apartment & studio. Excellent investment opportunity with 2 or 3 separate rental spaces/living quar-ters! Approx. 9,438 sq. ft. $495,000. Contact John Carpenter at jw3@

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Professional Offi ce Building in Cedar Park, TX. 2800+/- sf offi ce building; 2-story; stone construction; 2 executive offi ces + workroom; 2nd fl oor is large conference room with balco-nies; 2 restrooms & kitchen; parking; 1 block off Hwy 183 & within 1 mile of Toll Road. $325,000. Contact CedarPar-kOffi [email protected] or 512.784.7397 For photos and more information www.hillcountrynews.com/offi ce space

500-600 SF offi ce spaces available. Furnished/unfur-nished. Hwy. 90 Access. Electricity and sewer included 979-885-4141

Land for sale in Boerne, Texas. Two acres $195,000, one acre $103,500.Located at 3 Hillview Lane. Just outside the Boerne city limits in Kendall County. Can be used for residential or commercial uses. For information, call Brian at 830-249-2441.

1.3 acres Manufac-tured Home Space. Ready w/all improve-ments available. Call 281-924-1085 for more information.

CONDO FOR SALE: Beach front 3/3 in Grand Caribbean at Dune Crest in Port Aransas. Top fl oor with full view of the Gulf. Access to beach and in-ground pool. $369,900. Contact Betty Turner at [email protected], 361-887-1111 or 361-749-5712

3bd/2ba brick home w/a 20'x40' patio on back, also a 5000 sq.ft. covered me-chanics shop w/rest-rooms, shower and laundry room. All on 5.5 acres. Appraised at $140,000. Asking $120,000. In Wallis. 832-757-8885 or 832-731-3004.

Garage apartment for rent. 979-885-4759

Wallis townhome 12645 sf. Kitchen appliances, two large bedrooms upstairs, 2 ½ baths, private garage. $600 deposit, $850 per month. 832-875-1727 or 713-269-5781.

Move-in Special; Re-modeled Townhomes - new owner& new mgrs: 2&3 bedroom, covered parking; Agent 281-578-2888

Reserve your beach vacation NOW!! Privately owned condo overlooking the gulf in Galveston, TX. Rents by the weekend or week. Sleeps 4-6. Call for reservations 936-488-1314.

House for lease, Alleyton, Texas. 3 bdrm. 2 ½ bath $1,200/mo. on 100 acres. Available April 1. Call Tony 281-788-3661

SEALY: Spring Spe-cial. Nicely remod-eled apts. 2 bd, 1 ba, w/spacious Kitchen, dishwasher, refrig-erator & washer/dryer hook up. All credit considered. $575/mo + $299 security deposit. Ph: 832-437-0471 or 832-216-8524

2 bedroom, 1 bath home near downtown. Under a large oak tree. “Old House Charm” NO PETS! Appliances and water included. $725/month & de-posit. 713-859-2269 or 979-885-7304.

1200 sf duplex 3br/2ba, tile fl oors, CF covered parking, fenced yard, corner lot, W/D available $850/mo 979-885-4141

3bd/2ba Townhome 560 Main St. Very nice. Must see. $1250/mo. 281-924-1085

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FOR SALE: 55 gallon ink drums $10, wood pallets $2, and end rolls $5. Call Granite Printing, 512-352-3687, or come by, 2675 CR 374, Circleville, TX.

Tomato & Pepper plants, $1.50/6 pack, $ .50/per cup, from now until supply lasts! Peter’s San-Felipe Road & Hwy 36. For Information 805-234-6909

2000 TG 1860 G Kubota Garden Trac-tor. Gasoline. 18HP 54" Cut. Profes-sionally maintained. Selling due to health. $800.00 Call 281.830.5144

Moving sale – antiques, furniture, bedding and more. March 28-29, Thurs./Fri., 411 N. Meyer St., 2 -6 p.m. BOTH DAYS.

Country yard sale everything from baby items to antiques including furniture, tools, GM and HD parts, old glassware, Easter items, lots of clothes. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. 11885 Newberg Rd. Cat Spring. Fri. and Sat. 8-? Follow signs.

Austin County Flea Market Open March 30 8-4. 7241 FM 1094 Sealy. Coins, jewelry, furniture, 600 records and much more! Call Randy 281-797-1131 for more information.

JOIN A WINNING TEAM! Granite Publications, a family of community newspapers across Texas, is looking for entry-level report-ers and ad sales representatives. Experience in news-paper preferred. Excellent benefi ts package. Great op-portunity to begin a rewarding career in newspapers and for advancement with a solid company dedicated to publish-ing quality com-munity newspapers. Send your resume to Granite Publica-tions, PO Box 1010, Taylor, TX 76574, or email [email protected] No phone calls please. EOE.

Looking for an expe-rienced salesperson for a mobile home dealership in Sealy, please call 979-885-6767.

HIRING: Experi-enced CDL-B Dump Truck Drivers; Trackhoe, Bulldozer and Tractor/Scraper operators. Paid medical insurance & retirement. Call (979) 865-5941, weekdays 8-5

Hotel Housekeep-ing. Apply in person at Super 8 Hotel in Sealy. Best Pay.

Experienced Land-scape Maintenance Employees Needed QUALIFICATIONS: -Clean Drivers License is a must – Minimum of 1 year experience – Irriga-tion exp a plus. Send Resume #832-218-5343

Compassionate Care Hospice seeks a Hospice RN to join their team. Please send resume to [email protected] to apply.

Kitchen help wanted. Full or part time. Must have some restaurant experi-ence but will train. Good pay, long term potential. Please contact 832-878-3400

Nurses NEEDED FOR PEDIATRIC HOME CARE in the Bellville area. We have immediate openings for RNs and LVNs. For more information, please email your resume to [email protected] or call 214-466-1375

HELP WANTED: In accordance with the employment policies of Austin County, Reese Turner, Com-missioner Pct. 1 is accepting applica-tions for immediate full time entry level Road & Bridge Op-erators. Applicants must have a valid Texas Drivers Li-cense and willing to obtain a CDL license within 18 months. Experience with a mower and other road maintenance equipment is a plus, but not required. Austin County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against any person for reason of socioeconomic level, race, sex, religion, age, handicap or national origin. Applications may be obtained from Human Resources at the Austin County Courthouse or Austin County website at www.austincounty.com . Applications will be accepted in Human Resources until 3:00 p.m. on April 2, 2013.

Painter Brookshire, Texas Day-to-day maintenance of well-manicured ranch houses, fences, and structures. Must have interior and exterior painting experience. Must be detail oriented, dependable, of good character and health. Living in close proximity of ranch, clean background check and proper documentation to work in the U.S. is a requirement of employment. Full time. Pay: DOE. Call 713-655-6314.

Groundskeeper/Landscaping Brook-shire, Texas Day-to-day maintenance of well-manicured ranch land, hay fi elds and various ranch buildings. Must have lawn maintenance and landscaping skills and be detail ori-ented, dependable, of good character and health. Living in close proximity of ranch, clean back-ground check and proper documenta-tion to work in the U.S. is a requirement ofemployment. 2 Positions available. Pay: DOE. Call 713-655-6314.

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If you didn’t get one of the 10,000 eggs at the Eggstravaganza last weekend then I’ve got a sweet treat to make up for it.

Peep egg cake pops. I’ve decidedly

become a cake pop afi-cionado and have a fun Easter baking craft that won’t bust your budget.

You’ll need: cake mix and the assorted ingredients, a can of pre-made icing, pack-age of eight to 12 Peeps, lollipop sticks and a sheet of Styrofoam.

The food products were all under $4. A collection of lollipop sticks was about $3, but wooden Popsicle sticks would do, too. And I just found some old Styrofoam from my blender’s packag-ing. You’ll use it to stick the pops in as they dry.

First, make your cake as directed on the box and let it cool.

Next, set up a bak-ing sheet to put your molded pop. Break up the whole cake into crumbs in a bowl with your hands. Now add about one to two table-spoons of frosting to the crumbs.

Work the mixture with your hands until it feels moldable for you.

Don’t roll, but press the crumbs into egg shapes and place them on the baking sheet. They have to be big enough to look like they would hold a Peep – otherwise it would just look ridicu-lous.

Put your eggs into the freezer for about 45 minutes to an hour to let them harden up into their shape.

Take out your Peeps as you prepare to take the eggs out of the freezer. Take some clean scissors and cut off all of their heads. I promise I did this humanely and didn’t put their heads on sticks around the kitchen to ward off my enemies.

Put the heads on a handy plate for the next steps.

When you’re ready, spoon the rest of your frosting into a tall, narrow cup the will allow you to dip the egg pops into.

Microwave the frost-ing at 20-second inter-vals until it’s a smooth, liquid consistency.

Put one stick into each egg as you dip it into the frosting to coat. Quickly stick on the Peep heads and place the sticks into the Styrofoam at a 45-degree angle to allow them to dry and not let the head slide off.

You can keep them in the fridge for about a day before they are all eaten.

If you want to sub-mit crafts for me to try or your own crafting stories and plans, please email [email protected] or mail to 193 Schmidt Road, Sealy, Texas 77474.

Rita Edmond, of Bellville, officially became a homeowner this year, thanks to Habitat for Humanity.

Edmond and her fam-ily – children Andre, Troy, Jr. and Chasity Edmond – have lived in their Bellville Habitat for Humanity home since Oct. 27, 2012, leasing the house before paperwork was com-plete.

But, now, the family can call the home their own.

Habitat hosted a home dedication for the family on Sunday, March 17. Closing was completed earlier in the month, and Edmond now owns the home, which is financed through Habitat at 0 percent interest.

The family lived in Bell Oaks Apartments in Bellville before mov-ing into the home last fall. The family had been on the waiting list for a Habitat home when the one they now live in came open after the previous family moved away.

“Thank you for choos-ing my family,” Edmond said at the dedication. “We really do appreci-ate the home and we’re all really enjoying it.”

The ceremony includ-ed words from Edmond’s pastor, Rev. Jim Reed as well as Habitat President Jonathan Mollenkopf.

Habitat volunteers presented Edmond and her family with pres-ents: bread to share many happy meals together in their new home; wine to fill the

home with great joy and happiness; flowers to represent how the family will grow in spir-it and love in their new home; a Bible to teach, nurture, challenge and provide words of grace and hope; cleaning sup-plies to keep the home looking as good as new; a tool kit to keep the home in good repair; and keys to the family’s new home.

The Bellville United Methodist Church choir sang.

Habitat is building its third home and Edmond was on the waiting list. She was one of about 10 who applied for the home she now lives in after learning it would be vacant. Habitat vol-unteers did small reno-vations to make the home feel like new before Edmond and her children moved in.

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Kids have eggcellent time at Easter Eggstravaganza


Sunday was definitely a fun day for Sealy and area chil-dren, who filled Sealy's Levine Park for the second annual Easter Eggstravaganza. The event, hosted by First United Methodist Church of Sealy, St. John's Episcopal Church and Sealy YMCA, included an Easter egg hunt with 10,000 eggs, pictures with the Easter Bunny, face painting, games, food, pony rides and a petting zoo with bunnies and chicks.

Sealy AARP Chapter 1505 met on Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. at the Hill Community Center

with six members and three guests present.

Chapter president Heather Smith called

the meeting to order and welcomed every-one. The Pledge of Allegiance was then recited.

After the AARP prayer was given, mem-bers and guests recessed for a covered dish lunch and fellowship.

When the meeting re-opened, the group wel-comed Andrea James, guest speaker from the Houston Chapter of the A l z h e i m e r ’ s Association. She gave some interesting infor-mation.

The minutes of last month’s meeting was then read and approved. The treasurer’s report was given and approved and filed as read.

The committee reports were given and discussed.

With no further busi-ness to discuss, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting.

The next meeting was held on March 21 at 11 a.m. at the Hill Community Center in Sealy.

San Felipe United Methodist Church will hold its 73rd Easter sunrise sService on March 31 at 7 a.m.

The service will take place at San Felipe de Austin Historic Site in front of the statue of Stephen F. Austin. In case of rain, the service will be held in the San Felipe United Methodist Church located on FM 1458 and Second Street.

Since 1940, an Easter sunrise service has been held at the historical site and is sponsored by San Felipe United Methodist Church.

Thomas Pilgrim founded the San Felipe Church as the first Sunday school in Texas in 1829. The present struc-ture was built in 1837 and has the distinction of occupy-ing the oldest Protestant church edifice in the state.

There has been preaching in San Felipe since the founding of the town. Minister Harry Stephenson began preaching at San Felipe United Methodist Church in 1824, but there is evidence that there were any number of other preachers during the colonial period.

Ministers from San Felipe, Sealy, Pattison, Brookshire and other surrounding areas will participate in this cel-ebration. There will also be choirs, soloists and musi-cians participating in this service.

Everyone is encouraged to join and to enjoy the sun-rise and the large wooden cross decorated with beautiful live flowers and ferns. The Easter message in word and song has been proclaimed in Christian churches every-where, all denominations are united to praise the Risen Lord.

Guests are also invited to stay for the 10 a.m. worship service at the church.

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“Art Walk to Remember,” sponsored by the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce, will be held Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in con-junction with a walk to end Alzheimer’s from 8 to 9 a.m.

International artist Ken Turner, who resides in New Ulm, will showcase his work as a tribute to the late David Hickman (1937-2010).

Hickman and Turner co-founded the original New Ulm Art Festival, which was held annually from 2000 through 2007. Hickman was an influ-ential art professor at the University of Houston for 41 years and established UH’s master’s degree program in art.

The festival will feature works by Turner, Hickman, New Ulm artist and historian Ira Gaines (1902-2005), sculptress Amanda Danning, satirical artist Jose Perez, artist and author Mark Chapman and Katy artist Jerry Moore, as well as area students and other emerging artists.

Art will be displayed at several locations around town, including Turner’s studio at his residence and Hickman’s former studio and residence across the street from the New Ulm Post Office.

Festival participants will display and sell their original work from outdoor exhibits and porches. Vendors will be set up along the streets and visi-tors will have access to mediums of every kind including antiques, sculptures, quilts, paintings, photographs and crafts.

The “Art Walk to Remember” will raise funds for a scholarship in Hickman’s name, and money will also be raised for Alzheimer’s treatment and research.

There is no charge for admission. For more information, visit the Chamber Events page at www.newulm-tx.com.

All four of the Sealy Cub Scouts from Pack 443 brought home a trophy from the Pinewood Derby Saturday, Feb. 16.

Sealy Cub Scouts Pack 443 sent four participates to the annual David Crockett District Pinewood Derby at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bellville. Pack 443 is a member of the David Crockett District of the

Sam Houston Area Council. The Pinewood derby is a rac-

ing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America and has been a Cub Scouting tradition since 1953.

At the district level, all first place (or second place) winners of all the Cub Scout packs with-in the David Crockett District gather for a district level race to determine who has the fast-

est cars in the district. Issac Murillo took first place

in the Tigers rank (first grade boys ages 6-7); Nicky Gaitley took first place in the Wolf rank, (second grade boys ages 7-8); Ike Konicka took third place in the Bear rank, (third grade boys ages 8-9); and Owen Gandy won “Best of Show” in the Weblos I rank, (fourth grade boy ages 9-10).

San Felipe UMC to host Easter service

The Sealy News/COURTESY PHOTOThe San Felipe United Methodist Church, on the corner of FM 1458 and Second Street, is hosting a sunrise service at the historic site on FM 1458.

‘Art Walk to Remember’ honors local artists, funds Alzheimer’s research

The Sealy News/COURTESY PHOTOPictured above, from left to right, are Issac Murillo, Nicky Gaitley, Ike Konicka and Owen Gandy. At top right, Nicky Gaitley placed first place overall.

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The American College of Healthcare Executives has named Hilary E. Griffin, a Baylor graduate stu-dent and 2007 Sealy High School alumnae, as the second place winner in its annual Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in H e a l t h c a r e Management. Griffin will receive an award and recognition for her essay at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership held March 13 in Chicago, Ill.

In her essay, “ R e a d y . . . . S e t . . .Transition: A Case for Accountable Care,” Griffin discusses hin-drances that face the more than 11 million children who have been diagnosed with chronic conditions as they transition from pediatric care to an adult medical environ-ment. The process is complicated and diffi-cult to ensure optimal care of patients, but Griffin’s essay outlines a possible solution in the establishment of special needs transi-tional medical homes that would standard-ize and improve the quality of care to patients in this times-pan.

Griffin became inter-ested in this topic through her studies in the Robbins M.B.A. Healthcare Program at Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business. As part of this program, master’s candidates are required to com-plete a seven-month administrative resi-

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Griffin, daughter of Rusty and Anne Griffin of Sealy, received her B.B.A. in Business Honors and Finance from Texas A&M University in 2011.

“The M.B.A. Healthcare Program is what drew me to Baylor,” said Griffin.

As part of her under-graduate program, Griffin interned at Angola Prison, a maxi-mum security prison in Louisiana where her father had done ministry. It was here that she decided to pursue a career in public service.

“While completing my internship at Angola, I realized that my life was made to serve others, and I never wanted to work for a company that just made products for consumption. God made me to make an impact and bring hope to those who are living in ‘hopeless’ situa-tions. This realization was the first driver that brought me into the Baylor M.B.A. Healthcare Program,” she said.

During her junior year at college, Griffin saw a need for hope in a new setting when her friend was diag-nosed with cancer.

“After his diagnosis,

I spent the next nine months watching him make an everlasting impact on those around him. It was his friend-ship and cancer jour-ney that opened my eyes to specifically serving in the health-care industry,” Griffin said. “Throughout many visits to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, I began to see the place for business in healthcare, and something ignited inside of me.

“While only in my life for a short period, he helped me realize that it’s not the dura-tion of a life that mat-ters, but the donation of it.”

Griffin plans to enter the healthcare indus-try upon her gradua-tion in May 2013.

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City recognizes ScoutsThe City of Sealy recognized local Boy Scouts on Feb. 26, as the organization celebrated its birthday last month. Pictured at left, front row from left, are councilwoman Yvonne Johnson, councilman Everett Bubak, councilwoman Melanie Willingham, JP Pinteralli, Owen Gandy, Nikolas Young, Bryce Moreno, Cameron Eschenburg, Robert Tinsley, Eric Pinteralli, Bud Gaitley, Kathy Burgess, councilman Steve Wilson and Sealy Mayor Nick Tirey; and back row from left, are councilman Larry Koy, Joe Pinteralli, Sealy Police Chief John Tollett, Brayton Beam, Colby Eschenburg, Tanner Ellis, Ian Waters, Alex Pinteralli, Issac Murillo, Nicky Gaitley, Tyler Burgess and Sealy City Manager Chris Coffman.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and all citizens are asked to wear a blue ribbon as a sym-bol that they care and can make a difference in a child’s life.

Each year hundreds of children in the United States die and thousands of other children suffer the pain of abuse and neglect.

The Blue Ribbon Campaign began in 1989 when Bonnie Finney, a Norfolk, Va., grandmother took a stand against child abuse by tying a blue ribbon to her truck. Finney’s grandson, Michael, lost his life to child abuse. In just eight years the Blue Ribbon Campaign has spread to most towns, cities and counties in Texas.

If you suspect child abuse or neglect there are three simple rules: (1) believe the child, (2) do not try to investigate yourself and, (3) report reason-able suspicion.

When reporting a possible child abuse or neglect victim, give as much information as possible: the child’s name; age; address; a brief description; cur-rent injuries; medical or behavior problems; the parents and any siblings names that live in the home.

If the problem is life threatening, don’t hesitate to call 911.

The Texas hotline number is 800-252-5400 and they take calls 24/7. The web site is www.txabuse-hotline.org. The Austin County Children’s Protective Service Board urges everyone to join the campaign and wear a blue ribbon or a blue brace-let.

Herbie Kollatchny will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Bluebonnet Chapter of the Texas German Society.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. at the Hill Center in Sealy.

Kollatchny, a noted local histori-an, will discuss the early history of Austin County.

Forty-five mem-bers and guests attended the last meeting of the B l u e b o n n e t Chapter.

Karl Micklitz described his expe-riences as a young man in Germany during and after World War II.

Guests are invit-ed to attend the meeting.

Anyone, including non-German speak-ing individuals, is encouraged to join the chapter.

They may contact chapter President Herbert Schumann at 979-865-3804.

Kindergarten and pre-kindergar-ten registration is coming up for Sealy Independent School District in early April.

The registration process, with proper documentation, will take just a few minutes. Documents required a child are: proof of resi-dence (light bill, water bill, or lease agreement), child’s birth certificate, child’s social security card, immu-nization/shot record, and parent or guardian’s official identification.

Kindergarten registration for the 2013-2014 school year at Selman Elementary campus (1741 Highway 90W) will be held on: Tuesday, April 9, at 8:30 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 p.m.; Wednesday, April 10, at 8:30 – 11 a.m. and 4 – 7 p.m.; Thursday, April 11, at 8:30 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 p.m.

Pre-kindergarten registration for the 2013-2014 school year at the Selman Elementary campus will be

held on: Tuesday, April 16, at 8:30 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 p.m.; Wednesday, April 17, 8:30 – 11 a.m. and 4 – 7 p.m.; Thursday, April 18, 8 : 3 0 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 p.m.

To qualify for the pre-kindergar-ten program a student must 1) be unable to speak or comprehend the English language, or 2) be educa-tionally disadvantaged, or 3) be homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11302, or 4) be the child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or be the child of a member of the armed forced who was injured or killed while on active duty, or 5) be, or ever been, the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary hearing.

Please feel free to contact the Selman Elementary office at (979) 885-6659, if you have any ques-tions.

Griffin earns award for essay

Hilary E. Griffin

Wear blue in April in support of child abuse awareness

Pre-k, kindergarten student registration set for next month

Local historian to

speak at German meeting

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The Shepherd’sWay Church

1225 Eagle Lake Road Phone 979-885-1225Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Wednesday

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he isa new creation; the old has gone, thenew has come!

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The old year is gone; let Jesus bringnew things to you in this new year!

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• 8:30 a.m. on FM 105.3• 8:30 a.m. on AM 1090

Frank LucasPastor

BAPTISTBAPTIST BELIEVERS IN CHRIST

Hwy. 6 N. Sage LaneA.W. Campbell, Min.

S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.Wed. 7 p.m.

BETHEL BAPTIST 513 San Felipe Rd., 885-6802

Charles Fraser, Min.S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

GRACE FELLOWSHIP1140 Meyer St.

877-4433W.S. 10:15 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m. Call for details.FIRST BAPTIST BELLVILLE

504 E. E. Strauss St. 865-3644S.S. 9:20 a.m.: W.S. 10:45 a.m. &

6 p.m.Wed. 6 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST SEALYPastor Kevin Everett

707 8th St., 885-3302S.S. 9:45 a.m.: W.S. 11 a.m. &

6 p.m.Wed. 7 p.m.

FIRST WALLIS BAPTISTHwy. 60, Wallis, 478-6595

S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST

1807 Grubbs Rd.Ernest Lampkin, Min.

S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.MISSION BAUTISTA HISPANA

1115 Maler Rd., BellvilleAlex R.Garcia, Min.

S.S. 11 a.m.; W.S. 12 noonWed. 7:30 p.m.

MT. ZION BAPTISTFM 1489 at Mixville Rd., Frydek

Edward Joiner, Min.S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.NEW BEGINNING BAPTIST

CHURCH114 South Front St., Bellville

Rev. Herbert M. Long II, Pastor Power Up 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10 a.m.Worship Service 11 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.NEW PRAIRIE VIEW BAPTIST

4303 Sealy Rd., San FelipeCharles Tompkins, Min., 885-6830S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.WEST END BAPTIST

IndustryDennis Keen, Min.

S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. 7:30 p.m.CATHOLIC

ST. MARY’S CATHOLICFrydek

Thuy Quang Nguyen, Min.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass 7:30 a.m.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION608 5th St., 885-3868

Eric J. Pitre, Min.W.S. Sat 5 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.

Noon – BilingualGUARDIAN ANGEL

WallisThuy Quang Nguyen, Min.

W.S. Sat. 6:30 p.m., Sun. 9:30 & 11 a.m.

CHRISTIANCHRISTIAN FAITH

620 S. Front St., Bellville, 865-5464

Lynn Burling, Min.S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

114 Hilburn at Bell, Bellville, 865-5605

S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W. S. 10:30 a.m.1st & 3rd Wed. 7:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRISTANDERSON STREET CHURCH

OF CHRIST803 Liveoak St. in Sealy

S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11:15 a.m.,

Wed. 7 p.m(979) 885-1953

SEALY CHURCH OF CHRIST201 Sixth at Fowlkes, 885-3277

David Massey, Min.S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. &

6 p.m.Wed. 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY

SAINTSTHE CHURCH OF JESUS

CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS600 West, 885-6023Jose Robles, Min.

S.S. 11:20 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.EPISCOPAL

ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPALMeyer at Sixth Street, 885-2359The Rev. Eric LeBrocq, Pastoral

Leader Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.

LUTHERANLifeBridge Community Church

Sealy Junior High School Auditorium

939 Tiger Lane starting in JanuaryFellowship at 9:15 a.m.

Worship Service at 10 a.m.ST. JOHN AMERICAN (ELCA)

LUTHERANCorner of Rogers and Third, Wallis

Rev. Kirstin SpringmeyerW.S. 9 a.m. with communion the

first Sunday of the monthST. JOHN LUTHERAN

520 North Holland St., BellvilleDavis Henske, Min., 865-2081S.S. 9:15 a.m.; W.S. 8 & 10:30

a.m.Sat. 6 p.m.

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN (ELCA)Cat Spring

Kevin Haug, Min. W.S. 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, MISSOURI SYNOD

WallisRay Spitzenberger, Min.

S.S. 10:15 a.m.; W.S. 9 a.m.TRINITY LUTHERAN, MISSOURI

SYNOD4th & Atchison Sts., 885-2211

David Vandercook, Min.S.S. 9:05 a.m.; W.S. 10:15 a.m.

METHODISTCOLE’S CHAPEL UNITED

METHODIST438 San Felipe Rd., Sealy

Steffon Arrington, Min., 885-3182Second and Fourth SundayS.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.DOWNEY-WESLEY CHAPEL

UNITED METHODIST5158 Front St., San Felipe

Steffon Arrington, Min., 995-0434S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 1st & 3rd

Sun. 11 a.m.EVANS CHAPEL AME7115 Marek Rd., Wallis

Angela Powell, Min., 532-3752S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. 2nd &

4th Sun.Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST 200 Atchison, Sealy

Rev. Lani Rousseau, Min., 885-2223

S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 8 & 10 a.m.ORCHARD UNITED METHODIST

J.K. Bruegger, Min.W.S. 9 a.m.

PARKER CHAPEL AME21107 Hwy. 36 S., Wallis

Angela Powell, Min., 532-3752W.S. 1st & 3rd Sun. 11 a.m.

PRAIRIE VIEW AME4806 Fannin St., San Felipe, 885-

2172Alma Phillips, Min.

S.S. 9 a.m.; 2nd & 4th Sun. 10 a.m.

Wed. 2nd & 4th 7:30 p.m.SAN FELIPE UNITED

METHODISTRev. Kenn Munn

FM 1458 & 2nd Street

281-785-3177W.S. 10 a.m.

ST. PAUL AME400 San Felipe Rd. Alma Phillips, Min.

S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 1st & 3rd Sun. 11 a.m.

Wed. 6 p.m.WALLIS UNITED METHODIST

123 BirchWallis, Texas 234-2112

Ric Walters, Min., 281-384-8437W.S. 10:30 a.m.

PENTECOSTALBROOKSHIRE TABERNACLE

UNITED PENTECOSTAL5th and Otto

Samuel T. Taylor, Min.W.S. 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Tues. 10 a.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD

929 Silliman at Hill St., 627-0048Victor & Sandra Becerra, Mins.

W.S. 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wed. 7 p.m.

NEW LIFE SANCTUARY UNITED PENTECOSTAL

129 2nd Street, Sealy (979) 627-7194

(832) 876-9011Martin Villarreal, Min.

S.S. 10:30 a.m.; W.S. 11:30 a.m. End Time Ministries Irvin Baxter

DVD's Wed. 7:30 p.mPRESBYTERIANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN

172 Selman Drive.S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.www.firstpresbyterian.org

OTHERALL AROUND COWBOY

5812 Crosstree Lane at Hwy. 36 North

Sonny Rice, Min., 885-1155S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.CHRIST OUR REDEEMER

Faith Christian Academy, 9 mi. south of Hwy. 36

Jerry C. & Debbie McKinney, Mins.W.S. 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

CHRISTIAN CITY FELLOWSHIP5243 Hwy. 36 N.

Rusty Griffin, Min., 979-885-3113S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m., Wed. 7

p.m.GRACE BIBLE

707 W. Main, BellvilleWayne Martin, Min.

S.S. 9:15 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m.MILL CREEK ChurchPastor Monte Byrd

631 S. Mechanic, Bellville865-8064

www.millcreekchurch.orgS.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.MORNING STAR COWBOY398 Hall Rd. at Hwy. 36 N.

Harry Brisco, Min. 865-0361/277-5988

W.S. 10 a.m.Wed. 7 p.m.

MT. NEBO COMMUNITY103 Main St., 885-6651

J. Swearington, Min.S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

Wed. 7 p.m.NELSONVILLE BRETHREN

CHURCH352 Nelsonville Church Road in

BellvilleRev. Michael Groseclose

(979) 865-30269 a.m. Sunday School

10:15 a.m. Worship ServiceTHE SHEPHERD’S WAY

1225 Eagle Lake Rd., 885-1225Frank Lucas, Min.

W.S. 10 a.m.Wed. 7 p.m.

WELLSPRING1000 N. Main, 885-7832

Clyde & Joyce Drake, Mins.W.S. 10 a.m.

"Even a fool is count-ed wise when he holds his peace;When he shuts his

lips he is consideredperceptive."

Proverbs 17:28

This devotional and directory is made possible by these businesses and churches who encourage all of us to attend worship services.

VIERECKCONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, INC.House & Metallic Buildings (Barns) Foundations, Driveways, Patios

(979) 877-8106

839 Meyer St. Sealy, TX 77474

979-885-2886

BEN'S CHUCK WAGONHome Style Cooking

Catering for all occasionsBen Pustejovsky

4104 Polak Road • Wallis, Texas 77485(979) 478-7538

[email protected] • www.benschuckwagon.com

Law Of�ice ofAdrianne Knebel VincikFree Initial Consultations

(979) 865-92025 E. Main - Bellville

LYNN-KIECKE-LACKEY & EASON INSURANCEComplete Insurance Service

(979) 865-9151633 W. MainPO Box 1000

Bellville, TX 77418

(979) 885-2963311 Main

PO Box 577Sealy, TX 77474

All Around Cowboy Church“Church Times”

SundayBible Study 9 a.m.

Worship & Church 10 a.m.Children’s Church 11 a.m.

Wednesday service &Posse youth service 7 p.m.

We are located halfway between Sealy & Bellville on Hwy 36.5812 Crosstree Lane • 979-885-1155 • Paster, Sonny Rice

Bartlett VenturesS H O P P I N G C E N T E R

Retail Spaces9979-885-2526

SEIDEL, SCHROEDER & CO.Certified Public Accountants

Office Hours M-F 8-5620 Highway 90 West • Sealy979-885-6588 • 979-885-4602

ANDERSON’S Paint and Body

35 years – Sealy, Texas

Heritage Square Apartments7626 Hwy. 60 S, Wallis, TX

Affordable rent for qualified applicantsOpen Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1 to 5 p.m.

and Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.(979) 478-7478 • Newly Renovated

This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.

Knesek FamilyFuneral Chapels

"A Sincere and Helpful Service"Serving Austin and Surrounding Counties

Bellville • Sealy • Walliswww.knesekfuneralhome.com

SEALY FAMILY PRACTICE CLINICCLINICA FAMILIAR DE SEALY

Isidro G. de Leon, D.O., P.A.Board Certified in Family Practice

TOTAL FAMILY CARE • SE HABLA ESPAÑOL826 S. Meyer St., Sealy, Texas • 979-627-0795

Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Donna SchmidtDonna Schmidt Fricke12029 Hwy. 36 South 819 Waller AvenueBellville, TX Brookshire, TX979-865-2424 281-934-2424

www.schmidtfunerals.com

Edgewood Apartments1601 Hwy 90 W • Sealy, TX • (979) 885-7173

• On-Site Laundry Facility• Efficient Friendly Staff• Great Residents

• On-Site & Emergency24 Hour Maintenance

• Pool & Playground"Drop us a line" at:

[email protected] visit our website at:edgewoodsealy.com

POSTIVE FEED, LTD.POSTIVE FEED, LTD.“COOKED” Molasses

TUBSMan or Beast

Health is WealthPO Box 1049 • Sealy, TX 77474979-885-2903 • ww.pf4feed.com

“A Great Place to Eat”Since 1936

Open 7 DaysExcellent ServiceBanquet Room

Catering

Louis A. Servos1629 Meyer, Sealy

979-885-4140

JANICEKPLUMBING

PPLUMBING, BACKHOE & BORING SERVICES

6409 Commerce St. | Wallis, TX 77485 | (979) 478-6444Family Owned & Operated for 50 Years!

Grace FellowshipManifesting God’s Love to those in need

Tony Ramos, Senior PastorTemporarily Meeting at Knesek Funeral Chapel

Sunday 10:15 am1140 Meyer St. Sealy, 979-977-4433

Pastory Tony (281) 702-5602Watch for us at our Future Home

1500 Rexville Road

Brookshire34350 I-10 West

281-934-2479

Sealy228 E. Front St.

979-885-2967

Alvin1331 Hwy 6 West

281-388-0388

Magnolia18821 FM 1488281-356-2530

Richmond6401 FM 359832-595-9500

Brookshire34350 I-10 West281-934-2479

Alvin1331 Hwy 6 West

281-388-0388

Magnolia18821 FM 1488281-356-2530

Richmond6401 FM 359832-595-9500

Hempstead820 Bus Hwy 290 N

979-826-3273

Sealy228 E. Front St.979-885-2967

KOʼs ELECTRICKeith Oliver

979-885-3116COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL

“Voted Best for 2005-2012”

Fabric | Notions | Yarn

ClassesKnitting, Crochet, Fashion, Quilting

219 Fowlkes St. • Sealy • 979-398-1545HRS: M, W, F 10:00-5:00 • T, TH, SAT 1:00-5:00

CREATIVE THREADS

LEON KOLLATSCHNYBOX 636 • SEALY, TX 77474 Heating • Air Conditioning

Sealy Appliance & Butane Co. IncGAS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES

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PHONE: (979) 885-3388 • (979) 885-3391

Your Hometown Bank

(979) 885-3571

Dan Matura(979) 234-3670P.O. Box 286Altair, TX 77412

Danny MaturaCell (979) 732-1789

(979) 733-05081516 CR 106

Columbus, TX 78934

EAGLE LAKE HOUSE LEVELINGSill Repair and Foundation Work

Pier and Beam Specialists30 Years Experience

WILLOW RIVER FARMSis a Residential Community

serving persons with developmental disabilitiesin a rural setting.

For Tours, call Leona Marshall at 713-525-8300 or 979-885-2513 ext. 239

4073 FM 3318 • San Felipe, Tx. www.thecenterhouston.org

If we can be of any assistance to you, please give us a call.

David J. Mlcak, P.C. Certified Public Accountant

327 Fowlkes Sealy (979) 885-4878

[email protected]

www.djmpc.com

Sue F. KnightInsurance AgentAuto • Home • LifeCommercial • Health

KNIGHT INSURANCE AGENCY413-B Meyer StreetSealy, Tx 77474Bus: (979) 885-3430Toll Free: (888) 885-0306Fax: (979) [email protected]

Bill’sCOUNTRY MARKET

SERVICE, SELECTION AND SAVINGS

333 Fowlkes, Downtown Sealy

885 - 3522

Sealy Commercial Contract Services Inc.Drywall, Acoustical & Millwork Installation

Carolyn RapsilverPresidentP.O. Box 360

San Felipe, [email protected]

Office: (979) 885-7406Mobile: (281) 220-9064

Fax: (979) 885-7079

All Kinds Of Insurance

MERCIER INSURANCE AGENCY1200 North Meyer Street • Sealy, TX 77474

Ruth Mercier, AAI, LUTCFAgent/Owner

Bus: (979) 987-3406Fax: (281) 817-5530

E-mail: [email protected]

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Committed to servingour residents with

compassion and dignity!

979-885-6140289 Gebhardt Rd.

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www.wctractor.com

800-388-2414979-335-7913

(fax) 979-335-4096www.traditionschevrolet.com

843 MainP.O. Box 60

East Bernard, Texas 77435

Based on Traditions, Focused on the FutureCome Grow With Us!

310 Overcreek Way, Sealy • 979-627-7758

SUPERCENTER

Old Fashion Burgers & MaltsHomemade Onion RingsOpen 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Everyday

758 W. Main St. • Bellville, TX 77418

979-865-3607www.thehillrestaurant.com

Caring and Sharing and Celebrating our Faith

Rev. Timothy Marquez

2370 Hwy. 36 in Sealy • 979-877-0700

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PO BOX 87 | BLEIBLERVILLE, TX | COREY JACKSONcell: 979-877-8126 • office: 979-421-8080

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William FroehlichMaster Technician

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The Houston Livestock sale grossed $350,200, averaging almost a thousand dol-lars more for the 87 bulls than last year. The sales were man-aged by Port City Stockyards Company of Sealy.

An enthusiastic audi-ence of cattle producers from Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, assem-bled in Houston on Feb. 27, for the 46th edition of the All Breed Registered Range Bull Sale at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. More than 85 observers, bidders and buyers via the Internet on the Livestock Markets Association’s Online Auction System with live streaming audio and video joined them. Eighty-seven bulls sold to 46 differ-ent buyers for an aver-age price of $4,025, compared with 2012’s average price per head of $3,050.

Twenty cattle pro-ducers graded the 2013 sale offering the day before the sale. The overall highest-grading bull was consigned by B & C Cattle Company of Miami, Texas. This 26 month old Hereford bull sold for $11,500 to Chris Scharbauer’s Five S Ranches of Amarillo, Texas. The second highest-selling bull was a Hereford bull consignment of W4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas that sold for $10,000 to Five S Ranches. W4

Ranch sold the third highest-selling bull to Preston Loehr of Caldwell for $7,000.

Topping the Brangus bulls was a consign-ment of Hodde Land and Cattle Co., of Brenham, that sold to Jon Michael Hardy of Santa Fe for $6,500. Bayvue Farms, of Herrmann, Mo., sold the highest-grading Charolais bull for $4,750 to C T Jones Cattle Co. of Livingston, Texas. The high-grad-ing Brahman bull was consigned by Tic Tac Toe Ranch of Frost, Texas and sold to Robert Paret of Brenham, for $5,500.

Two bulls tied for the highest selling Angus bull for $5,250 each. One was consigned by Outfit 8-Bayvue Farms of Herrmann, Mo. and sold to Fat Cow Enterprises of Brenham. The other was consigned by Pied Piper Farms of Hamlin and was purchased by 3M Ranch of Richards. The highest grading Simmental bull was consigned by Bobby and Jeanne Thornhill’s Shallow Water Ranch and sold to Robert Kramer of Needville. The highest selling Simmental was con-signed D Bar Cattle Co. of Cleburne and sold for $4,400 to Sebesta Ranch of Danbury, Texas. The high grad-ing Gelbvieh Balancer was consigned by C. W. Johnson of Happy,

Texas, and sold to J. Rolins of Dayton, Texas.

The volume buyers of the sale were J Rollins Cattle who purchased six head and several others purchasing three head each. Thirty-five other buy-ers bought either one or two bulls.

“The Committee is pleased with the out-come of this year’s sale that reflects the overall state of our industry. We remain grateful to our Industry Contributors, whose support of Gulf Coast

cattle producers is especially appreciated,” said Committee Chairman Murphy Moriarty of Richards Freeport.

The All Breeds Livestock Sales Committee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo con-ducted the bull sale. The Committee appre-ciates its Senior Industry Contributor, Capital Farm Credit, who provided funds for exhibitor premiums, hospitality for buyers and sellers, and overall expense defrayment.

The unrelenting drought is taking its toll on South Texas cattle ranchers who are resort-ing to a centuries-old emergency method of feeding cattle, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent.

“Ranchers down here commonly refer to it as ‘chamuscando,’ the Spanish word for the process of burning off spines from prickly pear cactus so cattle can eat the pods for food and water,” said Omar Montemayor, an AgriLife Extension agent in Starr County. “For many of our aging ranchers, chamuscando (pronounced chah-moos-KAHN-doh) and haul-ing hay and water to their livestock are last ditch efforts to stay in the cattle business.”

Burning cactus is a practice that dates back to the mid-1700s when Spanish settlers moved here from Mexico City and raised cattle for sustenance along both sides of the Rio Grande,

Montemayor said. The pioneers burned cactus over mesquite fires, which eventually gave way to kerosene burn-ers until the 1950s when ranchers switched to butane then propane.

“In times of drought, when pastures have no grass or hay for cattle to feed on, ranchers use a propane-fueled torch to burn the needles off nopal, or cactus. The pads or stems of the plant contain moisture and fiber, but very little protein. Ranchers sup-plement their cattle’s diets with protein pel-lets called range cubes.”

Chamuscando and hauling supplemental feed, hay and water to cattle are costly mea-sures, Montemayor said, but for many South Texas ranchers, time may be too short to sell their herds now and rebuild if and when the drought breaks.

“Many of our ranchers are in their late 60s and 70s,” he said. “If they sell their cattle and the drought ends next year,

they’ll have to buy young cattle back. If a rancher pays $2,400 for a ‘pair,’ a cow and a young calf, he or she will have to wait four to five years to sell four or five calves just to recoup their investment.

“For a lot of ranchers, that’s time they think they may not have, so they’re doing everything they can to keep their cattle alive now. But it’s hard work and very expensive.”

Once cattle start eat-ing burned cactus, a rancher has to have a plentiful supply on hand.

“When ranchers burn cactus, they have to burn at least a two-day supply because cattle used to eating cactus will eat it with spines and all if the burned cactus runs out. That results in mouth inju-ries, they stop eating and now a rancher has a whole new set of prob-lems.”

At an average cost of $3.50 per gallon of pro-pane, a rancher with 30

head of cattle will spend about $35 per day just on the fuel to burn cac-tus, Montemayor said.

“Hopefully, a rancher has plenty of cactus on his ranch land. Then there’s the cost of the protein supplement. Some set out molasses tubs which help with the livestock’s hydra-tion and digestive pro-cess.”

Thirsty cattle require lots of water, a commod-ity long since gone from many South Texas ranches.

“For ranchers without windmills or wells, there’s the cost of haul-ing water to these ranches where ponds have long ago dried up. Some of these ranchers have been hauling water to their ranches for two or three years. A lactating cow consumes about 20 gallons of water per day, so with 30 head, you’re talking about a lot of water daily. ”

Ranchers use all sorts of make-shift and cus-tomized tanks and trail-

ers to haul untreated Rio Grande water from municipal water treat-ment plants to their ranches behind pickup trucks burning $4 per gallon diesel fuel. Cost of the water is relatively cheap, at about $10 for 500 gallons, but the trips are almost non-stop, Montemayor said.

“Once a drought starts drying up the natural resources of a ranch, expenses and efforts increase tremendously. Equipment gets more use which means added repairs and mainte-nance; the list just goes on and on.”

Ranchers have also been buying hay, avail-able nearby in the lower counties of the Rio Grande Valley where fields have been irrigat-ed. But that won’t last

long either, he said.“A round bale of hay

is going for about $100, but as water districts start cutting back on the irrigation water that hay growers have had, hay will become more scarce and more expensive.”

Montemayor said a South Texas way of life going back more than 250 years is very much at risk.

“Our ranchers are not youngsters,” he said. “The expense and effort they have to put in is taking a terrible toll. With little or no rain since Hurricane Alex in 2010, and none in the forecast, we could be looking at the end of an era here. Ranchers, like farmers, are very opti-mistic, but how long can they hold out?”

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The Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show sale, managed by Port City Stockyards Company of Sealy, consisted of 463 head of commercial females and were comprised of pairs, bred females and open ready to breed females. Females were purchased by commercial cow-men in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and all the way to Pennsylvania. The offering sold to 51 different buyers for an average price of $2,104.10.

Three good cowmen judges, Bill Crane of Pearsall, Texas, Frank Reznicek of Wallis and Chris Krielow of Roanoke, La., named a Bradley Hodde Diamond H Cattle Co. pen of Golden Certified F1 H X B females as the Champion above all Females. The females sold for $3,100 and were purchased by Tom Johnson of Wortham, Texas. This Diamond H con-

signment was also Champion F1 Pairs and Champion Overall F1’s.

Champions were named in several classes of females. The Champion Brangus Open Females were consigned by Steiner Ranches of Bastrop, Texas and sold to Triple R Cattle Co of Mission, Texas. The Champion Brangus Pairs was a consignment of Jasik Hay Farm of Pleasanton, Texas. Those sold to Paul Somerville of Richmond for $3,300. The Champion English/Continental Females were consigned by 3T Cattle Co. of Sommerville, Texas and sold for $2,600.00 to David Wellmann of Brenham. The Champion Brahman females were cosigned Martin/Schwartz Partnership and sold for $3,600 to Diamond H Cattle Co. of Brenham.

Naming a pen of John Malazzo Farms females as the Champion

Open F1 females rounded off the judging. They were ABBA Certified B X H females and sold for $2,700 to Jim Watts of Houston.

“These 2013 females were the best group of females overall than in the past few years. We are indebted to our 2013 con-signors for holding top notch females for our 2013 sales,” said Sale Manager J. D. Sartwelle of Port City Stockyards.

Triple S Cattle Co. of Brenham was volume buyer of the sale followed by Triple R Cattle Company of Mission, Texas and Paul Somerville’s Somerville Acres of Richmond.

Murphy Moriarty of Richards, Texas, All Breed Livestock Sales Committee Chairman of the Show, said that the commit-tee and the sales they put on are part of the Show’s “outreach to the commercial world.”

The sale grossed $974,200.

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South Texas drought taking its toll on cattle ranchers

Houston Livestock female sale grosses $974K

Houston Livestock bull sale figures up

The City of Sealy health inspector inspected the following locations during the month of January, and scored each with a gold, silver or bronze medal. The Sealy News will print inspections each month in the print edi-tion and online at www.

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Tenampa Mexican Restaurant, inspected March 15, 2013: Very clean and organized. Inspection passed.

Silver Medal•Roasted Corn,

inspected March 4, 2013: No thermometer in the cooler, Christmas tree and canopy outside premises, grass needed to be mowed, the water connection on the corn stand was not working properly, the landscap-ing around the estab-lishment was not main-tained. The business owner was given 10 days to correct all abovementioned viola-tions. A follow-up inspection will be per-formed March 15.

•Roasted Corn, inspected March 15, 2013: All violations were corrected. Inspection passed.

Bronze Medal•None.

Thank You!The Austin County Go Texan Committee would like to thank everyone that made the 2013 Austin County Go Texan Day, Dance and Scholarship Auction another great success. Without your support, we would not be able to continue to give money to the outstanding students of Austin County. Since the early 1970s, we have given over $760,000 to our local youth. Once again, we would like to thank everyone that either participated in the cookoff, tournaments, dance, or auction and made the day a huge success. We hope to see everyone at the Annual Crawfi sh Boil on April 12.

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The Gamma Omega Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met on March 2 in the fellowship hall of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Phillipsburg with 54 members in attendance.

Members enjoyed shopping at the silent auction in support of mem-bers who will be attending the State convention. Tammy Alford read the mission statement. Jennifer Mohr led members in the pledges and also in the collect. Dr. Frances McArthur said a prayer and Trudy Holland gave the medi-tation. Cheryl Pritchett led mem-bers in singing “Texas Our Texas” and “Deep in the Heart of Texas” in honor of Texas Independence Day.

Keienburg presided over the busi-ness meeting. The minutes were approved as printed. Pritchett read thank-you notes from scholarship recipients Michelle Farrell and Carilyn Muzny and also from the Somerville Area Alliance Ministries for an Operation Lend-a-Hand donation. She also read a letter of resignation from Marie Landry, which was accepted with regret. Linda Pinkerton read the treasur-er’s report, which was approved.

Committee reports included achievement awards by Myra Demel, legislative report by Lou Pruett and Week-of-Caring Project report by Trudy Holland. Linda Pipes gave the lpersonal growth and services report. She asked members to decorate cards of encouragement for the Brenham Children’s who will be presenting “Big Bad Musical” at Blinn College on April 4 and 5 and also a Spring Concert on April 27 and 28.

For her membership report, Jeanell Dallmeyer announced that five ladies had been recommended for membership into Delta Kappa Gamma. They are Laura Butts and Kathleen Lackey from Bellville;

Adriana Mendoza, Brittney Knesek, and Theresa Perez from Burleson County, and Lois Marburger from Lee County. All were accepted unanimously. An orientation meeting was held at Los Cabos in Brenham on Tuesday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. Members will be initiated at the April regu-lar meeting.

An update on the state conven-tion was given to members. Carole Fry, Pinkerton, Pruett and Pritchett were elected to the nominations committee, which will select offi-cers for the 2014-2016 biennium.

Grace Holtkamp announced that the Texas Retired Teachers Association had a lobby day in Austin on March 20. She also announced that land has been pur-chased at San Felipe to build a museum and visitors’ center. A golf tournament will be held there on April 5 to raise money for the proj-ect; Representative Lois Kolkhorst will serve as honorary chairman.

Pinkerton won the door prize and Carolyn Golan won the Perfect attendance prize, both donated by Thelma Hinze. The next meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. on April 20 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Phillipsburg with the Burleson County members serving as host-esses. The meeting was adjourned; then members joined in forming a circle to sing “The Delta Kappa Gamma Song.”

Members attending from Bellville were Myra Demel, Letha Dillion, Carole Fry, Carolyn Golan, Joyce Knolle, Barbara Koy, Susan Massey, Kay O’Jibway, Allene Porter, Cheryl Pritchett, Barbara Truitt, Marti Turner, and Peggy Ueckert. Members attending from Sealy were Patricia Ashorn, Judy Calender, Grace Holtkamp, Jessie Kokemor, Sharon Machala, and Heather Smith.

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Go Texan Day winners recognizedThe Austin County Go Texan committee has announced winners from this year's Austin County Go Texan Day. All teams will represent Austin County at the 2014 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Pictured above winners in the bean category, are the Pot Smokers. At top right Twisted Sisters, who won the chili cat-egory. At right, second from the top, are Danny Supak and Wesley Goebel, who won horseshoes. Third top right are Kurt Hinze and Larry Howren, who won washers, and at bottom right are Frankie Krumrey and David Faterkowski, who won the dominoes competition. Not pictured are bean bag winners Billy Supak and Danny Supak.

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Anna Sizemore, with Sealy's Walmart, helped to raise $2,350 during the past few months for Christ Clinic in downtown Katy to help those with diabetes. She and fel-low employees raised funds selling T-shirts and diabetic-friendly food.

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