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Michalke becomes first woman to leadTexas A&M’s legendary Corps of Cadets

The C. Gaylen and Mary Ackley family gathered together on Feb. 14 toshovel the ceremonial sod of dirt that signified the beginning of the 3,500square foot expansion of the Bellville St. Joseph Health Center Emer-gency Department in Bellville. The official groundbreaking blessing and

ceremony was held on Valentine’s Day, which would have been GaylenAckley’s 76th birthday. The new ER Expansion will be named in honorof Mary and Gaylen Ackley. Completion is targeted for early September.Triton Construction of Houston is the general contractor.

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110 pounds of marijuanadiscovered in oil buckets

ENGLE — DPS Trooper Brennan Leslie, with the assistance ofFayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics K-9 Unit Deputy RandyThumann and his partner, Lobos, and Trooper Patrick Mladenka, madea bust of approximately 110 pounds of marijuana in a traffic stop onFeb. 18 on Interstate 10 near Engle.

According to Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek, Leslie stoppeda 2008 Buick Enclave on I-10 for a traffic violation.

The driver, Gilberto Luera Jr., 42, of Roma, advised he was travel-ing from Zapata to Houston to look for employment. Leslie observedmany criminal indicators while speaking to the driver.

After the consensual search of the vehicle was conducted, Leslielocated the marijuana inside four sealed five-gallon buckets of oil.

Luera was arrested and taken to the Fayette County Justice Centerin La Grange. Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Scott Parker magistratedLuera and bond was set at $50,000.

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Patrick Mladenka, left,Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics K-9 Unit Deputy RandyThumann, center, and DPS Trooper Brennan Leslie display the 110pounds of marijuana discovered in buckets of oil in a vehicle stopped onFeb. 18 on Interstate 10 near Engle.

COLLEGE STATION —Alyssa Michalke of Schulenburgwill be the first women to lead theTexas A&M legendary Corps ofCadets in the university’s 139-year history.

Michalke will take commandof the 2,400-plus member unit, thelargest of its type in the nationexcept for the service academies,at the conclusion of the spring se-mester and serve throughout the2015-16 school year.

The trail-blazing youngwoman is currently a junior witha dual major in ocean and civilengineering and presently servesas Corps sergeant major, the high-est rank for any cadet who is nota senior. She is also the firstwoman to hold that position.

After her scheduled graduationnext year, Michalke said she as-pires to work in the offshore oilproduction and sub-sea systemsindustry.

Michalke is the daughter ofRodney and Nicole Michalke, anda 2012 graduate of SchulenburgHigh School. Her mother is a 1993Texas A&M graduate.

“I am deeply honored to havebeen selected to serve as the nextCorps Commander and will do myvery best to uphold the traditionof leading my fellow cadets, whilealso continuing to learn andgrow,” Michalke said.

“The Corps of Cadets has pro-vided me a tremendous opportu-nity to grow as a person and todevelop good leadership skills.More importantly, I’ve been ableto mentor others, and I will con-tinue to do so in my new positionas Corps commander.”

Her appointment to the Corps’top student position representsanother milestone for Texas A&Mand its nationally known organi-zation. Participation in it wasmade strictly voluntary in 1965after decades of being required forall regular undergraduate students.

Women for the first time wereallowed to join the Corps in 1974,and their ranks total more than 300for the current school year and thenumber of female cadets contin-ues to rise.

If the recent growth trend con-tinues, Michalke will provideleadership for the largest Texas

A&M Corps in 45 years. It hasincreased its ranks by more than450 students since 2010, resultingin the reactivation of seven com-pany-size units in recent years.

In keeping with Corps tradi-tion, Michalke was informed ofher selection by the current CorpsCommander David Trigg of SanAntonio, who is scheduled tograduate in December 2015.

“I have had the privilege ofworking with Alyssa Michalkeover the course of the 2014-15year. She has demonstrated excep-tional leadership ability alongwith a dedicated and selfless workethic,” Trigg said.

“I am proud to transition myrole as Corps Commander to such

University President MarkHussey.

“Alyssa Michalke is an excep-tional young woman who hasclearly demonstrated her leader-ship abilities throughout her threeyears in the Corps, most notablyas the Corps sergeant major thisyear, the highest ranking juniorposition in the Corps,” saidRamirez, a member of TexasA&M’s Class of 1979 and him-self a former cadet. “She was theperfect choice for Corps Com-mander for next year.

“It is certainly a notable dis-tinction for Alyssa to be the firstfemale ever selected as CorpsCommander in the 139-year his-tory of the Corps of Cadets, butAlyssa was selected because shewas the best cadet for the position,not because she is female.

“The Corps of Cadets has hadmany females in key leadershippositions throughout the years, butAlyssa is the first to be selectedas Corps Commander — the high-est ranking position in the Corps— and she earned it. We are allvery proud of her and look for-ward to watching her continue togrow and develop as a leader asthe Commander of the TexasA&M Corps of Cadets next year,”he said.

Hussey and Texas A&M Sys-tem Chancellor John Sharp joinedin congratulating Michalke andpraised the leadership of the Corps— both the cadets and theCommandant’s staff — for con-tinuing to make the Corps a pre-mier leadership organization thatoffers opportunities to all Aggies— men and women and thosefrom all racial and ethnic back-grounds — who desire to makethat extra commitment to honetheir leadership and related skillsfor later life, be it in the armedforces or in a civilian environ-ment.

“I join in congratulating CadetMichalke on her selection asCorps Commander,” Hussey said.“I’m certain our next Presidentwill look to her for advice andcounsel in the same manner I re-lied on Commander Trigg. I amconfident that she will serve ad-mirably as Cadet Colonel of theCorps during the coming school

year.”“The Corps was great back

when I was in, and it’s even bet-ter now. I say that for a variety ofreasons, including, but certainlynot limited to the fact that it nowincludes women as well as beingdiverse and inclusive in all re-spects,” said Sharp, a 1972 TexasA&M graduate and member of theCorps staff.

“I heartily congratulate CadetMichalke on her selection asCorps Commander and all of herother accomplishments, and I in-deed wish her well.”

In addition to currently hold-ing the highest position in theCorps other than those reservedfor seniors, Michalke has excelledat every level during her first threeyears at Texas A&M — in Corpsactivities, her university studiesand in community service.

She is a member of the Corps’O.R. Simpson Honor Society andRoss Volunteers, the elite honorguard unit, and she played on theCorps’ basketball and softballteams.

Academically, she has beennamed a Distinguished Student.She also is also a member ofOmega Epsilon — the NationalHonor Society for Ocean Engi-neering, Texas A&M MarineTechnology Society (MTS), andSociety of Naval Architects andMarine Engineers (SNAME).

Outside her Corps and aca-demic endeavors, she has been anactive member of Texas A&MSports for Kids, an organizationthat strives to create opportunitiesfor children to become involvedin youth sports.

a worthy and brilliant cadet. I amconfident she and her peers willlead the Corps into even greaterachievements,” Trigg stated.

Michalke will formally assumecommand of the Corps on May 9when it holds its traditional “Fi-nal Review,” a time-honored cer-emony in which seniors lead theirunits in a military review — a ver-sion of a parade — for the lasttime, and then they are the hon-ored as reviewing officers at animmediately following second re-view, with the new officers — se-niors — in command of the unitsfor the first time.

Michalke was selected follow-ing interviews with a board con-sisting of the senior key leadershipof the Cadets Corps, and membersof the commandant’s staff andROTCs, including the Comman-dant of the Corps, Brig. Gen. JoeRamirez Jr. (U.S. Army-Ret), withthe final approval made by Interim

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Columbus chamber banquet setCOLUMBUS — The Colum-

bus Chamber of Commerce’s an-nual banquet with a theme of“Smashin’ Spring Fling” promisesan outstanding evening of visitingwith friends, eating an extraordi-nary prime rib/chicken dinner,vying for outrageously wonderfulauction items, being entertainedby two truly fine musicians, andhonoring their friends and neigh-bors who are presented as out-standing employees and volun-teers.

What more could you imagine— all that in one delightfulevening Thursday, March 5 at 6p.m. at Stafford Opera House inColumbus.

Last year’s sell-out crowd is anindicator of the quality of the ban-quet that the chamber enjoys host-ing.

The ballroom accommodatesonly 30 tables, so everyone is en-couraged to call or go by thechamber to make a reservations.

Gold sponsor tables are $350

that seats 10 guests. The price in-cludes white and red wine, and aplacard denoting the sponsor’scompany or group.

Individual tickets are availablefor $45 each.

One of the most notable partsof the night is the recognition ofoutstanding employees and volun-teers from the community.

Nomination forms are avail-able at the chamber office. Thosewho nominate are asked to bringtheir nominee and provide a guestticket.

The theme was named prob-ably based on the auction itemsthat headline the evening.

The evening’s entertainmentfeatures local favorite RussellPrause at the piano during the so-cial hour and Juan Cabrerra, aninternationally-known harpistfrom the Westin Hotel Riverwalkin San Antonio for the program.

For more information, ticketsor reservations, call (979) 732-8385.

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DANCE CLUB TO HOLD DANCESEALY — The Sealy Dance Club will host a public dance

Saturday, March 7 from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the American Le-gion Hall in Sealy. Music will be provided by The Old Rascals.This is the club’s Go Western Dance, so everyone is encouragedto put on their boots and come party. Most people bring somefood, cake, sandwiches, chips, dips, etc., to put together to sharefor the 9:30 p.m. break. The club furnishes the coffee. Doors willopen at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. For more infor-mation, call (979) 885-9920.

THOMAS TO SPEAK ON WAR BRIDESHELBY — The Austin Chapter of the Texas German Soci-

ety invites the public to its Sunday, March 1 meeting at 2 p.m.near Shelby. Elaine Thomas, who wrote the life story of Germanwar bride and longtime Round Top area resident Renate Meinersin the recently published book “Same Moon, Same Stars,” willbe reading excerpts and sharing how the story came into being.For more information and directions, contact Sanford Schmid at(979) 968-5520.

MONTHLY BLOOD DRIVE TO BE HELDCOLUMBUS — The monthly blood drive will be held Fri-

day, Feb. 27 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Co-lumbus. Please be a donor and help save three lives.

e-READER INTRODUCTION SECTION SETROUND TOP — Are you ready to try e-reading? Wondering

which device would be best for you? The Round Top FamilyLibrary will present an e-Reader Introduction Thursday, March5 at 6 p.m. The library staff will demonstrate various types of e-Readers and attendees will be able to get some hands-on timewith them. There will be a discussion of pros and cons of e-readers and highlights of the many sources readers can tap toaccess e-Books. Admission is free. For more information, call(979) 249-2700 or visit www.ilovetoread.org.

RETIRED TEACHERS TO MEETLA GRANGE — The Fayette County Retired Teachers Asso-

ciation will meet Monday, March 9 at 1:45 p.m. at the First Meth-odist Church Fellowship Hall in La Grange. Pianist Mary AnnHatfield will speak on “Toe tapping Time — Music from the’50s and ’60s.” All retired school personnel are encouraged toattend, even if retired from another city, county or state.

CHAMBER SETS SHOPPING/WINE TASTINGWEIMAR — The Weimar Area Chamber of Commerce is

making plans for its first-ever Spring Fling Shopping & WineTasting Event for Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21. What agreat way for local businesses to show off all of their spring in-ventories, while inviting guests into the town. Businesses willhave the opportunity to participate one or both days, while ven-dors will have Saturday to participate. Vendors will be located atthe City Park Pavilion, located at the corner of South Center andWest Main. Registration is $20 per business or vendor. For moreinformation, call the chamber at (979) 725-9711.

LA GRANGE HIGH TO HOST SOCIALLA GRANGE — La Grange High School will host a dessert

social in celebration of Texas Public Schools Week Monday,March 2, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the high school cafeteria. Everyoneis invited to come enjoy free desserts, mingle with friends, andsee what’s happening at La Grange High School. Counselors willbe available for incoming high school students to register for the2015-16 school year.

DINNER THEATRE TO PRESENT CONCERTCOLUMBUS — The Houston First Baptist Church Orches-

tra Pops Concert (secular music) will be the evening entertain-ment at the Dinner Theatre Saturday, March 7 at the 1886 StaffordOpera House in Columbus. Social will begin at 5:30 p.m. fol-lowed by the dinner at 6 p.m. and show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35per person. For more information, call (979) 732-5135 or emailstaffordoperahouse@yahoo.com.

CHAMBER PLANS TO ROCK THE SQUAREBELLVILLE — The Bellville Chamber of Commerce is plan-

ning to Rock the Square, featuring live entertainment by BleuEdmonson, Saturday, March 28 from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Therealso will be late night shopping, food vendors and other locallive entertainment on the square in Bellville.

NADA KC TO HOLD FISH FRYNADA — The Nada Knights of Columbus will host its weekly

fish fry from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. now through April 3 at the NadaCommunity Center in Nada. All-you-can-eat catfish, French friesand coleslaw will be sold for $12 per adult and $5 for children 6to 11. Children under 6 years of age will be allowed to eat free.

GERMAN FAMILY COMES TO AMERICACOLUMBUS — The Colorado County Chapter of the Texas

German Society will meet tonight (Thursday, Feb. 26) at 7 p.m.at the Colorado County Services Facility in Columbus. The pro-gram will be “A Typical German Family Comes to America,”tracing the Chollett family roots. The society invites new mem-bers and visitors interested in the German culture to attend.

UMC TO HOST LENTEN LUNCHEONSEAGLE LAKE — The Eagle Lake United Methodist Church

will hold the 19th Annual Lenten Luncheons each Mondaythrough March 30. The luncheons will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. with special music and guest speakers. Everyone is cor-dially invited.

STILES TO PRESENT PROGRAM ON DOGCOLUMBUS — The Columbus Christian Women’s Organi-

zation will meet Thursday, March 5 at The First Baptist ChurchFellowship Hall in Columbus. Bob Stiles and his therapy dog,Cody, will present a program that will begin promptly at 11:30a.m. A light lunch will be served at noon. St. Paul Lutheran Churchwill serve as hostess.

FEC TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPSLA GRANGE — As part of Fayette Electric Cooperative’s

commitment to education, the cooperative will award six $1,000scholarships to area high school seniors whose parents or guard-ians are members of the cooperative and reside in FayetteElectric’s service area. Students can download the eligibility re-quirements and application by visiting www.fayette.coop. Schol-arship applications must be returned to Fayette Electric’s officeno later than 5 p.m. Monday, March 9. Students needing addi-tional information may contact Catherine Poppe at (979) 968-3181.

FRIENDS OF CCH TO MEETCOLUMBUS — Friends of Columbus Community Hospital

(CCH) will meet at noon on Wednesday, March 4 at SchobelsRestaurant in Columbus. Dr. James Hrachovy will be the guestspeaker. The cost of the buffet is $7.75 per person. For reserva-tions, call CCH Community Relations Coordinator BettyHajovsky at (979) 493-7577.

CHAMBER PLANS SPRING FLINGCOLUMBUS — The Columbus Chamber of Commerce will

hold its annual banquet, “Smashin’ Spring Fling,” Saturday,March 5 at the Stafford Opera House in Columbus. The eventwill include an auction that will include four Brad Paisley ticketswith box seats to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Theevening also will include a catered prime rib and chicken dinner,and entertainment by Russell Prause and Juan Cabrerra. Goldtable sponsor tickets are $350 for a table of 10 and individualtickets are $45 per person. For tickets or more information, callthe chamber at (979) 732-8385.

FCJLS RABBIT VALIDATION SETLA GRANGE — All exhibitors planning to show rabbits at

the Fayette County Junior Livestock Show will need to have theirrabbits validated Saturday, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to noon at theFayette County Fairgrounds in La Grange. All rabbits must bepermanently tattooed in either ear. Tattoos will be recorded attime of validation date. Tattooing can be performed by a thirdparty prior to validation date or by a Rabbit Livestock Commit-tee member the day of validation. The FCJLS will be held March26-28. For more information, call the Texas A&M AgriLife Ex-tension Service of Fayette County at (979) 968-5831.

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TANNICH-BROVEC TO HOLD REUNIONNEW BIELAU — Various descendants of the Tannich-Brovec

union, including Nohavitza, Ulbrich, Voitle, Sebesta, Mueck,Urban, Anhaiser, Sekerka, Fojtik, Holloway, Kunschick, Koch,Klimple, Perkins, York, Socha, Kubesch and Peterson, are in-vited to attend the 49th Annual Tannich-Brovec Reunion Sun-day, March 1 at 11 a.m., at the New Bielau Community Center inNew Bielau. All families are asked to bring enough food for theirfamily to combine for a potluck lunch. After a short meeting,there will be an auction and bingo games. Please bring an itemfor the auction or bingo. Bring your memories, your old picturesand family memorabilia for others to see and enjoy. Invite a rela-tive who does not have a ride or someone who has not attendedrecently.

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Footprintsof Fayette

Nechanitz: The ONLYone in the world!

(All You Can Eat) Every Friday NightFebruary 20-March 27Serving 5:30 p.m. till 8:00 p.m.

Sts. Peter & Paul Diamond Center in FrelsburgSponsored by Frelsburg Knights of Columbus Council No. 5157

ALL YOU CAN EATCatfish Filets, French Fries,

Hush Puppies, Coleslaw & TeaHomemade Desserts available by the St. Anne’s Altar Society

Adults $11.00 • Children under 12 $5.00Children under 6 eat FREE

Plates to go $10.00 • Fish by the Pound $10.00

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a helping hand is always there.Come by The Oaks

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Rita Grobe, Managerat (979) 732-9590.

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Is hosting a Blood Driveon Wednesday, February 25, 2015

from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Contact Cassandra Haynes for questions.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: FayetteCounty is one of the oldest andhistoric counties in Texas andthere are so many wonderfulstories that need to be preservedand shared with everyone.

The Fayette County Histori-cal Commission will resumepublishing articles relating his-torical facts pertaining toFayette County in a column,“Footprints of Fayette,” whichwill run weekly and cover a widerange of topics. Members of theFayette County Historical Com-mission will author these ar-ticles.

This column will give newresidents of Fayette County agood background on theiradopted home and help all resi-dents appreciate the history ofthis county. Teachers also will beable to utilize this column intheir classes as a teaching aid.

Care will be taken to ensurethe accuracy of the column. Anycomments on the articles can bedirected to Footprints of FayetteCommittee Chair CarolynHeinsohn.

The Fayette County Histori-cal Commission meets the thirdMonday of odd-numberedmonths at various locationsthroughout the county andmembership is open to every-one. If you are interested in be-coming a member, call (979)968-3545.

Its office, located at theFayette County AgriculturalBuilding in La Grange is openMondays and Wednesdays from10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or other daysby appointment.

By JUDY MATEJOWSKY

This is the first of a two-partseries.

There’s no place like home!You’ve all heard that phrase be-fore.

Nechanitz was a great home tohundreds once upon a time.People from out of our countycan’t pronounce it and wonderwhere on earth it is!

Well, it is a mere 10 miles orso northwest of La Grange offU.S. Highway 77, down Farm-to-Market Road 2145. Newspapercolumnist Leon Hale has visitedNechanitz several times during hiscareer and then reminisced aboutit in his own inimitable way.

Another columnist, Frank X.Tolbert, wrote about his stop herein October 1967 in the DallasMorning News.

The community in the JamesG. Wilkinson League flourishedwhen Wenzel Matejowsky pur-chased his property (February1870) and established his store inan existing building, thought tohave been built in the 1840s-1850s.

It was an ancient “beautiful

ful signs tacked up all over thefront like a big bulletin board, ad-vertising necessities such as St.Joseph Liver Regulator, GFP(something for women), M.D.Wells Company’s Reliable Foot-wear, reminders to “Chew”Corker, LAX-FOS and varioustobaccos.

A wood floored scale and standcan be seen right in front of thestore, and a dozen or more turkeysare strutting around.

The cotton gin was across the

relic” with square nails in theflooring and walls. It probablynever saw a coat of paint, but thatsomehow seems appropriate.

One antique (1885-90) pictureof the store shows multiple color-

road, so perhaps this was some-how a part of that enterprise.

In 1878, Wenzel purchasedmachinery to develop a cotton ginfor the Nechanitz area. It origi-nally used horses to furnish thepower, but later was improved tobe driven by a steam engine.

The gin continued under guid-ance of C&P Matejowsky(Wenzel’s sons Charles and Paul)into 1926 or so. Later, Herman C.(Ham) Hannes ran the gin.

Laws by then required aGinner’s Permit issued by a Com-missioner of Markets & Ware-houses of the State of Texas.

A post office was opened in1874. Wenzel’s application statesthere were approximately 50families to be served and the near-est active post office was inLedbetter about eight miles away.

A diagram of the proposed sitehad to be submitted with his ap-plication, which he had drawn upby Fayette County District Sur-veyor Richard A. Doss.

On this diagram, the locationis identified as being on the “oldstage road to Ledbetter” shownoriginating in La Grange. (Thesewords serve to reinforce familylegend that this place was once astopover site for travelers whoprobably used the store buildingthen.)

This process also allowed thenaming of the community.Nechanitz is the German spellingof Wenzel’s birthplace —Nechanice, Bohemia. Wenzel waspostmaster from 1874 until hisdeath in December 1904.

Then, his son, Charles, wasappointed postmaster on March 3,1905. Later, Charles’s son, Joe E.Matejowsky, took over this posi-tion on May 1, 1946.

Being discontinued in 1954,the Nechanitz post office set anational record for longevity un-der one family’s operation.

To be continued …

Warrant Round Up underwayCOLUMBUS — Colorado

County and Justice of the Peacecourts, and Columbus, Eagle Lakeand Weimar Municipal courts,have joined forces for the 2015Great Texas Warrant Round Upthis year.

The 2015 Great Texas WarrantRound Up is currently underwayand will continue through Friday,March 6.

This gives everyone the oppor-tunity to take care of outstandingwarrants before they are arrested.

Pay your fine(s) now to avoidgoing to jail.

Anyone with outstanding war-rants must take care of them byMarch 6.

On Saturday, March 7 the Co-lumbus, Eagle Lake and WeimarPolice departments, ColoradoCounty Sheriff’s Office and otherlaw enforcement agencies acrossTexas will combine forces to be-gin searching for anyone with out-standing warrants.

If a warrant is pending for yourarrest in any of the participatingjurisdictions, you will be arrestedat your home, work, school or

anywhere you may be found.If you have questions, call

Colorado County Clerk at (979)732-6561, Colorado County Pre-cinct 1 Justice of the Peace at 732-2734, Colorado County Precinct2 Justice of the Peace at (979) 725-8833, Colorado County Precinct3 Justice of the Peace at 732-8725,County Precinct 4 Justice of thePeace at (979) 234-2042, Colum-bus Municipal Court at (979) 732-3981, Eagle Lake MunicipalCourt at 234-2640 or WeimarMunicipal Court at 725-8554.

The Columbus Garden Club chose the home of Ellis and Karin Glueck located at 436 Dewees St. in Columbusas its February Yard of the Month. The yard includes numerous trees and plants, including monkey grass,knockout roses, nandena, variety of ferns and lantana. Banner Press Photo by Ramona Ferguson

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By ED STERLING

AUSTIN — On Feb. 17, Gov. Greg Abbott de-livered his first State of the State address during ajoint session of the Texas House and Senate andreleased his recommendations for the two-year2016-17 state budget.

In his 43-page Governor’s Budget document,Abbott said he aims to: “Constrain the size andgrowth of government. Reduce agency spending.Suspend, reduce, and eliminate unnecessary taxesand fees. Ensure government supports job creationand is accountable and transparent.”

Abbott is recommending general revenue spend-ing of $99.4 billion for 2016-17, slightly less thana 5 percent increase in general revenue spendingcompared with the current budget.

“By keeping spending levels lower than thegrowth in population plus inflation, we can ensurethat the size of government does not grow. Thisallows Texas to significantly reduce tax burdens,”Abbott asserted, and promoted the building of thebudget on the following “core principles”:

•Passing a constitutional amendment to limit thegrowth in state spending to the historic growth inthe state’s population plus inflation.

•Limiting the size of government by reducingmost state agency general revenue expenditures by3 percent.

•Securing additional funding for transportationinfrastructure by passing a constitutional amend-ment to dedicate one half of the motor vehicle salestax to transportation needs and ending many trans-portation funding diversions.

•Stimulating private sector job growth by per-manently decreasing the business “franchise” taxby $2 billion, combined with comprehensive re-forms.

•Providing property owners with $2.2 billion inproperty tax relief.

•Using any revenue that exceeds initial estimatesor a portion of any surplus cash to reduce state non-self-supporting debt.

•Preventing future overspending by passing aconstitutional amendment ending the use of fundsin statutorily dedicated accounts for budget certi-fication.

•Providing the governor expanded line-itemveto authority to ensure prudent and sensible spend-ing reductions.

In a set of official proclamations released Feb.20, Abbott named five emergency items for statelawmakers to address without delay: (1) improve-ments to early education; (2) higher education re-search initiatives; (3) transportation funding; (4)border security funding; and (5) ethics reform.

The Texas Constitution requires lawmakers to

take action on the governor’s emergency items byMarch 13, the 60th day of the 140-day regular ses-sion of the 84th Texas Legislature.

With the governor’s wishes now expressed,committees in both houses of the Texas Legisla-ture will continue to work on their own versions ofa state budget for the next fiscal biennium.

Those versions will have to be reconciled bythe two bodies, and ultimately, with the governor,who has veto power.

Court Rules on ImmigrationOn Feb. 16, a Brownsville U.S. district judge

issued a preliminary injunction, pending the out-come of a multi-state lawsuit, to stall an executiveorder President Obama issued last fall that wouldallow some five million undocumented immigrantsto apply for work permits and avoid deportation.

In issuing the injunction, U.S. District JudgeAndrew Hanen reasoned that the U.S. Administra-tive Procedure Act’s requirement that public no-tice and a public comment period did not take placebefore a change in U.S. immigration policy couldtake effect.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lauded theruling and noted in a Feb. 20 news release, “Texasleads a 26-state coalition fighting the president’sattempt to unilaterally grant amnesty to millionsof illegal immigrants.”

The Obama administration has filed a petitionin the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuitfor a stay of the district court’s injunction.

Same-Sex Marriage ConductedAustin State District Judge David Wahlberg,

citing “unconstitutional prohibitions against same-sex marriage” in Texas, gave Travis County thegreen light to proceed with official paperwork cul-minating in a marriage ceremony uniting twowomen on Feb. 19.

Attorney General Paxton quickly obtained a stayfrom the Texas Supreme Court that prevents same-sex marriages. Paxton also seeks to invalidate theone marriage that was conducted.

Gov. Abbott said, “Article 1, Section 32 of theTexas Constitution defines marriage as consisting‘only of the union of one man and one woman’and was approved by more than three-quarters ofTexas voters. I am committed to ensuring that theTexas Constitution is upheld and that the rule oflaw is maintained in the State of Texas.”

The constitutionality of same-sex marriage is amatter pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Aruling is expected by June 30.

Ed Sterling is the director of member servicesfor Texas Press Association.

By WILLIS WEBB

Over the years, several factorshave influenced my interest in ourTexas prison system.

A close proximity at times tothe system, some friendships anda newsman’s natural curiosity(sometimes morbid) are amongthose factors bringing the processinto my occasional view in a six-decade exposure to news eventsand newsmakers. It has often beenfascinating viewing.

Naturally, major events — ex-ecutions, prison breakout attempts

(think FredGomez Car-rasco) andcourt casesabout theroles of thesystem —grab justabout every-

one’s attention. Longtime closeobservation reveals other facetsthat are much more interesting andfascinating.

My earliest exposure camethrough a couple of friendships.

As a college student in the mid-and late-1950s at Sam HoustonState in Huntsville, being near theWalls Unit brought a certainamount of uneducated concernand the aforementioned morbidcuriosity.

Then, there was a fellow jour-nalism major and fellow sports-writer, John Ellis, whose fatherwas director of the state prisonsystem, ultimately to be known asthe Texas Department of Correc-tions (TDC). One of the farm unitsbears O.B. Ellis’ name. Often,John invited me to the director’shome, across the street from thebase Huntsville Walls Unit.

This poor country boy was en-

amored of John’s being able topick up a small bell and summonan inmate trusty to fetch food anddrink, or perform somenitpickingly nebulous service aswe lounged in front of the TVwatching a sports event.

Age and some accompanyingmaturity over the years caused meto question whether an inmateworking in such service was re-ally learning anything worthwhilewith regard to avoiding a life ofcrime and a return visit to prison(known as recidivism).

While, obviously the director’shome jobs were plums and offeredsignificant hours away fromlockup, it later occurred to me thatthe convicts (an unfavorable ref-erence today) might want moreout of life than occupation as adomestic.

Yet another college and later-in-life friendship brought a moremature perspective of the crimi-nal punishment process and itseffect on reducing repeaters.

J.E. Clark was a fellow SamHouston student, a fraternitybrother and, later, a Baptistpreacher. Through his pastoralposition, J.E. became interested inthe prison system and ultimatelyused his training and degree tosecure a challenging position withTDC.

Prior to J.E.’s involvement,TDC had no programs to deterrecidivism other than perhaps thethreat of return to prison, either forbreaking parole or, in the case ofoutright release, for committing anew crime and being sentenced toserve time again.

TDC chose an existing prisonfarm — the Harlem 2 Unit atSugar Land — as its pre-releasecenter. It became a prison with-out guns because inmates were

sent there six weeks prior to pa-role or outright release.

The conventional wisdom was“if an inmate is about to be re-leased, why do we need guns?”That proved to be a wise, if cal-culated, move.

Harlem’s program includedclasses in driver’s education, howto apply for a job, fashion stylesand how to dress in the “freeworld,” plus how to mix andmingle in society. That includedvisits to sporting events, to churchand to civic meetings. Convicts(and unarmed guards) wore “ci-vilian” clothing to all outside ac-tivities.

A very pleasing early resultwas that recidivism was reduceddramatically. Previous statisticsrevealed that half of all inmatesreleased would return to prison intwo to three years. Recidivismwas slashed by 33 percent withinthe first year of initiating pre-re-lease, and that number was main-tained for a significant period af-terwards.

Over the years, the program,while not quite maintaining theone-third pace, has made a signifi-cant enough overall reduction toconvince even serious detractorsthat preparing inmates to make ago of it in the outside world isbeneficial to society.

And now there is even an en-trepreneurial program to teachthose inmates who choose to en-ter it, to learn how to build theirown business.

Corrections and the prison pro-cess have come a long way, baby.

Letters PolicyThe Banner Press Newspaper welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers.

Short letters are most likely to be chosen for publication, but the use of any material is at thediscretion of the editor.

The editor reserves the right to edit letters to meet space requirements, clarify or avoid obscenity,libel or invasion of privacy. All letters must bear the handwritten signature of the writer, and includethe address and phone number(s) for verification purposes.

However, only the name will be published. Letters published do not necessarily reflect the edito-rial policies or beliefs of this newspaper.

Willis Webb is a retired com-munity newspaper publisher ofmore than 55 years experienceand past president of the TexasPress Association. He can bereached by email atwwebb1937@att.net.

The Banner Press Newspaper, February 26, 2015, Page 5A

MICHAEL DAVID SCHNEIDERMay 28, 1986 — February 14, 2015

A memorial service for Michael David Schneider, 28, of Richmond was held Feb.20 at River Pointe Church in Richmond.

Schneider died Feb. 14 following a hard fight, battling brain cancer since 2011.He was born May 28, 1986, in Richmond, the son of David Schneider and Gwen

Chachere Himel.Schneider graduated from Texas State University in 2008,

earning a BBA in mass communication and minor in businessadministration.

Survivors include his wife, Jessica; daughter, Lia; father;mother; stepfather, Russ; three sisters, Tanya, Stephanie andSydney; stepbrother, Matthew; grandparents, Ewald “Bob”and Joyce Schneider of Otto, and Patsy Schneider ofRosenberg; (all formerly of the Frelsburg area); aunts, uncles,nephews, nieces, cousins; and numerous friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family has set up an education fundfor Lia. Checks can be made payable to Lia Faith Schneider and mailed to 5826 NewTerritory Blvd., P.O. Box 608, Sugar Land, TX 77479, or donations can be made inmemory of Michael to the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation.

Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors Inc., Rosenberg, directors.

BETTY JANE KUCERASeptember 8, 1950 — February 20, 2015

Services for Betty Jane Kucera, 64, of Sealy were held Feb. 23 at Knesek Bros.Hwy 36 Chapel in Sealy.

Burial followed at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Frydek.Kucera died Feb. 20 in Katy.She was born Sept. 8, 1950, in Crawfordville, Ark.Kucera was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester “Moon” Kucera; five

brothers, Johnnie, Henry, Tommy, Freddie and James Gustavus; and sister, Peggy Tay-lor.

Survivors include her son, Lee Vaughn of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sisters, ElizabethChrestman of Byhalia, Miss., and Mary Killingsworth of Caldwell, Ark.; and grand-children, Reed and Avery Dittert.

Memorial contributions can be made to Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation.Knesek Family Funeral Chapels, Sealy, director.

JOSE RAYMUNDO WASHBURNFebruary 19, 1950 — February 15, 2015

Services for Jose Raymundo Washburn, 64, of Sealy were held Feb. 19 at FirstBaptist Church in Sealy with the Rev. Robby Magee officiating.

Burial followed at Sealy Cemetery in Sealy.Washburn died Feb. 15 in Frisco.He was born Feb. 19, 1950, in Mexico, the son of Donald and Catalina Miranda

Washburn. He attended Sealy High School.Washburn lived in Sealy and worked in construction for U.S. Steel. He was a mem-

ber of First Baptist Church in Sealy, the Christian Broadcasting Network and loved theSPCA.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Linda Rios; and brother, CarlosGarcia.

Survivors include 11 nieces and nephews.Knesek Family Funeral Chapels, Sealy, director.

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COLORADOCourt Filings

Marriage LicenseMarvin Lee Kelley III and Rachel Lynn

MikulenkaHarold James Davis and Doris Lanell MillerMaximino Cruz Navarro and Crystal Faye

RosalesWilliams Riley Rodgers and Linda Joyce

Munos

District CourtCases Filed

Feb. 17John Gilbert vs. Michael Chambliss, damages.The Falls Joint Venture-R LLC, et al vs. Troon

Golf LLC, breach of contract.

DeedsFeb. 17

Special Warranty Deed: Kenneth JosephHoelscher to Suzanne Kay Hoelscher Clopton,62.303 Acres, Joseph Duty League.

Feb. 18Special Warranty Deed: Alvin D. Pavlicek to

Carolyn M. Psencik, trustee, Whyman D. Psencik,trustee and Psencik Family Trust, 12.06 Acres,Henry Scott Survey.

Feb. 19Gift Deed: Linda Sue Miramontes to Melinda

Mcelhaney and Linda Sue Miramontes, Lot 21,Austin Estate Subdivision, P. Reels Survey.

Warranty Deed: Noreen Sippel DescendantsTrust and Walter J. Sippel III, trustee to NoreenMargaret Sippel, Various Tracts, Peter Piper, et alsurveys.

Feb. 20Gift Deed: Hermangildo C. and Carolina R.

Valdez to Bella C. Galvan, Lots 1-3, Block 12,Semprez Addition, Eagle Lake.

Special Warranty Deed: Sally Mara, personalrepresentative and the Estate of Aldea Sabo toBarbara Louise Hann, Sally Mara and Andrew J.Sabo, North 1/2 Lot 7, Block 66, Sheridan.

Warranty Deed: Carrie Junious to RockingHorse Land Investments LLC, 3 Acres and Ease-ment, James Cummins Survey.

FAYETTECourt Filings

DeedsJan. 15

Gift Deed: David T. and Kirk T. Berlin to AlysonL. Jason D. and David T. Berlin, Interest in 150Acres, M. Muldoon League, A-73, see instrument.

Gift Deed: Wendy Miller to Joe K. and SusanP. Miller, 6 Acres, J. Shaw League, A-92.

Warranty Deed: Margaret Maruffo toLeovigilda F. Trejo and Bernadino B. Vasquez,

Gift Deed: Ellene Vrazel to Darryl W. Vrazel,et al, 31.5 Acres, M. Muldoon League, A-75.

Gift Deed: Ellene Vrazel to Nathan Vrazel, 1.9Acres, M. Muldoon League, A-75.

Warranty Deed: Rose M. Diers, trustee toRose M. Diers Living Trust, 1 Acre, James WinnLeague, Round Top.

Warranty Deed: W. David and Susanne Purvisto Jose Gomez and Mariela Hernandez, 6.707Acres and 2.31 Acres, David Berry Survey, A-15.

Warranty Deed: Allen and Annie Mueller toMildred Mueller Franklin and Leon H. Mueller,Lot 1, Bloc 7, Otto C. Eckel Residential Subdivi-sion, La Grange.

Jan. 22Warranty Deed: Chelsea Patterson Griffin, et

al to Mary A. Smith, 0.308 Acre, being Lot 5, Block501, Faison & Ligon Addition, John H. MooreLeague, A-71, La Grange.

Jan. 23Warranty Deed: Evelyn Bolfik, trustee and

Evelyn M. Bolfik Revocable Living Trust to EvelynM. Bolfik, 0.76 Acre, Silas Jones League.

Warranty Deed: Melanie A. McCarty Trust andTina McCarty Tinker to Tina McCarty Tinker,trustee, Mineral interest in 22 Acres, J. MilesLeague, A-69, see instrument.

Warranty Deed: Charles Wayne HeinsohnTrust and Tina McCarty Tinker, trustee to TineMcCarty Tinker, trustee, Mineral interest in 22Acres, J. Miles League, A-69, see instrument.

Warranty Deed: Kim Lawrence Selby, indi-vidually and independent executor and the Estateof Laurellyn Anna Ciara Lucienne to Stephen andJerri Ann Taylor, 6.753 Acres, S.P. Brown League,A-22.

Warranty Deed: Elaine Dunn to DonnaMcKennon Humke, Part Lot 7 and Lots 5-6, Block43, Schulenburg.

Jan. 26Quitclaim Deed: Robert Wayne and Kathy J.

Chernosky to Arthur Neil and Edwin Emil IIChernosky, Interest in 105 Acres, Thomas RumleySurvey, A-268, see instrument.

Warranty Deed: The NKS Organization Inc.to Connie Sue Kocurek and Roger B. Sustr, 2.508Acres, being Part Lot 11, Lots 5-10 and Lots 12-16, Ephraim Anderson League, A-4, Schulenburg.

Warranty Deed: Alta Helen Haas to Ronald L.Thompson, 6 Acres, M. Muldoon League, A-75.

Warranty Deed: Alta Helen Haas to Ronald L.Thompson, 25.34 Acres less 8 Acres, M. MuldoonLeague, A-75.

Warranty Deed: Michael J. Sr. and Barbara

L. Branecky to Timothy E. and Tegan M. Moeller,Lots 23-26, Block 50, Flatonia.

Warranty Deed: Steven P. Moravits to TommyG. Hudson, 8 Acres, being Tract 12, Phase IV,Woodcreek Subdivision, S.M. Williams League,see instrument.

Warranty Deed: Scott Wade Page to Steven P.Moravits, Interest in 8 Acres, being Tract 12, PhaseIV, Woodcreek Subdivision, S.M. Williams League,see instrument.

Warranty Deed: Willie Lee Page to Steven P.Moravits, Interest in 8 Acres, being Tract 12, PhaseIV, Woodcreek Subdivision, S.M. Williams League,see instrument.

Warranty Deed: James A. and Evelyn M.Zapalac to Edward Leo Jr. and Jana Layne Semler,0.244 Acre, being Part Lots 1-2, Block 99, MaysAddition, Schulenburg.

Warranty Deed: Morrison P. and Elaine A.Kelly to Jeffery Kolenovsky, 0.271 Acre, being PartLot 7 and Lot 6, Block 1, Alexander ThompsonLeague, A-98, Fayetteville.

LeasesJan. 20

Lease: Harry M. Mican to Pangea GE ThreeCorners I LLC, 50.58 Acres, S.A. Pugh Survey, A-85.

Lease: John H. Knesek to Pangea GE ThreeCorners I LLC, 32.13 Acres, Burrill Perry Survey,A-79.

Lease: Janey F. Helmke to Pangea GE ThreeCorners I LLC, 32.13 Acres, Burrill Perry Survey,A-79.

Lease: Elvin Bahner to Pangea GE Three Cor-ners I LLC, 33.494 Acres, S.A. Pugh Survey, A-85.

Lease: Frank and Karen Cernoch, trustee andCernoch Family Trust to Pangea GE Three Cor-ners I LLC, 108.4 Acres, S.A. Pugh Survey, A-85.

Lease: Patrick W. and Cathleen W. Dunne toPangea GE Three Corners I LLC, 263.49 Acres,S.A. Pugh Survey, A-85 and W. Alley Survey, A-2.

0.488 Acre, being Part Block 1, J.E. Faires Addi-tion, Flatonia.

Jan. 16Warranty Deed: William C. and E. Kathryne

Maurer to John Douglas and Amy Lynn RiedelBone, 2.689 Acres and 0.65 Acre, James WinnSurvey, A-114.

Warranty Deed: Richard and Brenda Gillespieto Norman and Lorali Schultz, 4.907 Acres, Will-iam J. Russel League, A-89.

Warranty Deed: James B. Tofel to Scott R.Janecka, 10 Acres, William Brookfield League.

Warranty Deed: MIG Land Company LLC andRobert L. Moody Jr. to Becker Brothers Partner-ship, et al, 148.86 Acres, John F. Berry League, A-16.

Warranty Deed: Oscar and Elayne Kuenstlerto Erik Miguel and Elizabeth Grace Villasana,0.369 Acre, being Part Block 7, Weikel & SchillerAddition, La Grange.

Warranty Deed: Michael A. and Jacy JeanVirnau to Colter J. Zoch and National Bank &Trust, 0.579 Acre, Franklin Lewis League, A-64.

Jan. 20Deed: Margaret Jean Klaerner to James

Trousdale, trustee and Klaerner Creek Farm Trust,Acreage in Elizabeth Campbell League, see instru-ment.

Deed: Margaret Jean Klaerner to JamesTrousdale, trustee and Klaerner Creek Farm Trust,Interest in 258.6 Acres, John Ingram Survey, A-56.

Gift Deed: Elmer A. and Arline Ulrich to Gre-gory James and Stephen Dale Ulrich, and PamelaRenee Vrazel, see instrument.

Gift Deed: Elmer A. and Arline Ulrich to Gre-gory James and Stephen Dale Ulrich, and PamelaRenee Vrazel, 13.73 Acres, Richard Smith League,A-95.

Gift Deed: Paul E. and Cydell Hartfield toDouglas Hartfield, 52 Acres and Ease, HenryDibble Survey, A-163, see instrument.

Warranty Deed: John E. Glade, trustee andHarvey W. Meiners Bypass Trust to James E. Ur-ban, 11 Acres, J.G. Wilkinson League, A-108.

Warranty Deed: Luke and KristenLeyendecker Carden to John Richard Gonzalezand Bethany R. Behlen, 0.301 Acre, being PartLot 18-19, Block 4, Weikel Schiller Addition, JohnEblin Survey, A-42, La Grange.

Warranty Deed: Harvey R. and Victoria Micato Wilian C. Rodriguez, 0.234 Acre, being PartBlock 19, Baca Addition, Flatonia.

Jan. 21

Columbus Christian Women’s Organization recently presented a $500check to the Colorado County Habitat for Humanity. On hand for thepresentation were, from left, CCWO members Brenda Jax and JoDeanRobb, CCHFH Executive Director Scott Mattingly, and CCWO mem-bers Randa Simmons and Shirley Frers.

COLUMBUS — Colorado County Habitat for Humanity Execu-tive Director Scott Mattingly provided the program for the Februarymeeting of the Columbus Christian Women’s Organization.

After giving a short history and description of the work Habitatdoes, Mattingly shared that the goal for the next house to be con-structed is for it to be a local church build project. The group re-sponded by presenting CCHFH with a check of $500.

CCHFH is presently in the selection process for the next two fami-lies to become Habitat homeowners. The next house will begin con-struction in the fall. If interested in helping with this project, contactMattingly at (979) 732-5677 or email cchfh96@gmail.com.

CCHFH is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to itswork all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housingin Colorado County. Since its founding in 1995, 16 families with 36children have acquired simple, decent, affordable housing.

Families are selected based on their housing need, their ability torepay the loan, and their willingness to partner with Habitat. They arerequired to make a down payment before construction begins and towork a minimum of 200 sweat equity hours during construction.

CCWO donates funds to Habitat

Ricky Huff, left, and Robert Winkelmann of the Austin County Fair As-sociation and Rodeo Committee recently presented American CancerSociety-Austin County Unit representative Lisa Cannon with checks to-taling $1,800.

BELLVILLE — The AustinCounty Fair Association and Ro-deo joins forces with the Ameri-can Cancer Society each year onthe Friday of the fair using theprogram, Tough Enough to WearPink, to raise money for cancerresearch education and patientservices.

The Austin County Fair Asso-ciation donates to the AustinCounty Unit of the American Can-

cer Society $1 for every pink shirtworn into the fairgrounds betweenthe hours of 5 and 8 p.m.

The Austin County Fair Asso-ciation presented a $1,000 checkto Lisa Cannon at its board meet-ing for the approximately 900 rib-bons distributed on Oct. 10 onTough Enough to Wear Pink.

Another check from the RodeoCommittee was presented to LisaCannon for the Austin County

Unit in the amount of $800. It wasmade possible from the cowboyswho wore pink at the rodeo on thenight of Oct. 10.

The Rodeo Committee gives$50 to each cowboy who wins aFriday event who wears pink.Cowboys then can donate themoney back to the American Can-cer Society.

‘Pink’ raises $1,800 for ACS-Austin County

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cutter cows, 1.15-1.28; lower dressing util-ity and cutter cows, 1.00-1.15; thin cows,.65-1.05

Packer bulls: Heavyweight bulls, 1.30-1.45; utility cutter bulls, 1.15-1.26

Steers: 150-300 lbs., 3.50-4.50; 300-400 lbs., 2.70-3.85; 400-500 lbs., 2.25-3.26; 500-600 lbs., 2.10-2.92; 600-700 lbs.,1.90-2.66; 700-800 lbs., 1.85-2.20

Heifers: 200-300 lbs., 3.00-4.25; 300-400 lbs., 2.30-3.35; 400-500 lbs., 2.15-3.10; 500-600 lbs., 1.90-2.80; 600-700 lbs.,1.60-2.35; 700-800 lbs., 1.50-2.05

Stocker cows: 1. $2,200-$2,800; 2.$1,750-$2,000

Pairs: 1. $2,150-$3,200; 2. $1,900-$2,100

FOUR COUNTYReceipts: 233Steers I: 150-300 lbs., 3.70-4.50; 300-

Banner Markets400 lbs., 3.20-3.85; 400-500 lbs., 2.75-3.25; 500-600 lbs., 2.40-2.75; 600-700 lbs.,2.10-2.38

Steers II: 150-300 lbs., 3.10-3.68; 300-400 lbs., 2.70-3.18; 400-500 lbs., 2.50-2.74; 500-600 lbs., 2.15-2.38; 600-700 lbs.,1.90-2.08

Heifers I: 150-300 lbs., 3.20-4.20; 300-400 lbs., 2.85-3.35; 400-500 lbs., 2.50-2.95; 500-600 lbs., 2.20-2.85; 600-700 lbs.,1.95-2.45

Heifers II: 150-300 lbs., 2.80-3.18; 300-400 lbs., 2.45-2.84; 400-500 lbs., 2.30-2.48; 500-600 lbs., 2.00-2.18; 600-700 lbs.,1.80-1.94

Bull yearlings: 700-850 lbs., 1.70-1.90;850-1,000 lbs., 1.35-1.82

Slaughter bulls: Top bulls: 1.38-1.44;Medium bulls, 1.20-1.37

Slaughter cows: Top cows, 1.12-1.24;Medium cows, 1.00-1.11; Thin cows, .80-.99

Bred cows: 1. $2,000-$2,425; 2.$1,300-$1,900

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2014-15 Tri-CountyFFA Officers

AUSTIN COUNTYBellville

Courtney Klein, presidentMiller Long, vice presidentBailey Blezinger, secretaryTaylor Adams, treasurerHaily Siptak, reporterLois-Anna Voelkel and Britani Schulz, senti-

nelsBen Shupak, Gabriel Janish and Shannia

Bustos, student advisors

BrazosLindsay McAnally, presidentRachel Lowery, vice presidentKyle Nieman, secretaryBrisa Castillo, treasurerMedia Gilbert, reporterAleksandra Gregory, sentinelSavanah Kovar, student advisor

SealyJenna Hein, presidentAllison Schram, vice presidentMadison Anderson, secretaryChelsey Villarreal, treasurerRegina Fontana, reporterBrittanie Ingram, sentinelLesly Gonzales, student advisors

COLORADO COUNTYColumbus

Abigail Kleimann, presidentElizabeth Boulware, first vice presidentCullen Powers, second vice presidentKatie Ridlen, secretaryEmily Stewart, treasurerCameron Collier, reporterTaylor Bartels, sentinelLauren Trapp, chaplainRae Gonzalez, junior advisorSkye Koehl and Kade Koehl, committee co-

chairs

RiceColton Leopold, presidentEmma Kelley, vice presidentMadisyn Stancik, secretaryAshton Pavlu, treasurerArlesia Henderson, reporterAshley Cook, sentinelMolly Smidovec, historianConner Benton, parliamentarianLauren Labay, chaplainJavier Esquivel, junior advisorReagan Dopslauf, junior FFA coordinatorMalcom Thomas, sergeant of arms

WeimarMacey Moeckel, president

Krissi Paschall, vice presidentNoah Ontivares, secretaryTodd Heger, treasurerSamantha Wick and Molly Wick, co-report-

ersBrody Gall, sentinelGarret Guerrero, chaplainMakayla Kunz, junior FFA advisorColin Schuetze and Caitlyn Harmon, junior

FFA coordinators

FAYETTE COUNTYFayetteville

Kadin Schmitt, presidentMadison Mau, vice presidentSarah Green, secretaryLogan Spanihel, treasurerBrittany Brune, reporterJosh Neville, historianEddie Alvarado, sentinelTaylor Goerig, advisorPayton Hemmitt, chaplain

FlatoniaAndrea Mulholland, presidentMaecie Mikulenka, vice presidentRaegan Bass, secretaryBrianna Louvier, treasurerMcKayla Hudson, historianLillieAnne Steinhauser, parliamentarianRiley Beck, reporterHanna Siptak, sentinelKarmyn Michalec, chaplainJaycee Fike, student advisor

La GrangeKelly Boening, presidentAaron Janda, vice presidentHannah Garlick, secretaryShelby Stueber, treasurerAllen Keilers, reporterKyla Pietsch, sentinelCharlie Neuendorff, student advisor

Round Top-CarmineAdyson Lange, presidentBlake Moehlmann, vice presidentJordan Peters, secretaryDaylon Drews, treasurerTana Brooks, reporterMadison Krause, sentinelCaleb Pesch, student advisor

SchulenburgTaylor Olsovsky, presidentRebecca Pesl, first vice presidentSteven Burgoon, vice presidentMacy Friedrich, vice presidentHalie Lewis, vice presidentMason Wick, vice presidentKylee Zapalac, vice president

Frank Pargac, center, and Debbie Leh-Pargac of the Engle area werethis year’s recipient of the Fayette County Soil and Water ConservationDistrict Wildlife Conservationist Award. Calvin Krause of Round TopState Bank presented the award at the 30th Annual Fayette Soil andWater Conservation District Awards Banquet on Jan. 30 at the FayetteCounty Agricultural Building in La Grange.

Fayette Soil and Water Conservations District Coloring Contest winnerswere Kaylee Beyer of Schulenburg Elementary School and Blake Kesslerof Flatonia Elementary School. Presenting the awards was NormanSchultz, left, and Gene Kruppa of the Colorado Valley Telephone Coop-erative. Not pictured was winner Thania Flores of Fayetteville Elemen-tary.

Fayette Soil and Water Conservations District Essay Contest winners inthe 13 and Under Division were, beginning second from left, Collin Boslof St. Rose of Lima in Schulenburg, Miles Gillette-Bockhorn ofFayetteville Elementary School and Abbey Nedbalek of Round Top-Car-mine Elementary School. Presenting the awards was Pam Read of Pros-perity Bank.

Fayette Soil and Water Conservations District Essay Contest winners inthe 14-18 Division were Reece Kollaja of La Grange Middle School andGracie Porter of La Grange Middle School. Presenting the awards wasDuke Hengst of National Bank & Trust.

Catherine Poppe, left, of Fayette Electric Cooperative Inc. presentedawards to Fayette Soil and Water Conservations District Poster Contestwinners, beginning second from left, Mallory Krause of Round Top-Car-mine Elementary, Katherine Perales of La Grange Intermediate Schooland Ilse Salinas of Round Top-Carmine Elementary.

COLUMBUS — The 72ndAnnual Columbus FFA Show andSale will be held Friday and Sat-urday newly-dedicated BobbyMarburger, ’77 Agriculture Edu-cation Center at Columbus HighSchool in Columbus.

The schedule of events is asfollows:

Friday9 a.m. .................... Swine Show11 a.m. .............................Sheep.......................... and Goat Show

1:30 p.m. ................ Horticulture.....................and Ag Mechanics

2:30 p.m. ................ Cattle Show5 p.m. ............................. Broiler....................... and Rabbit Show

Saturday10:30 a.m. ...................... Parade11:30 a.m. ...................... Buyers........................ Barbecue Lunch

1 p.m. .......... Sale of Champions

Among the exhibitors who willexhibit at this year’s show are:

•Ag Mechanics — AbigailKleimann, Cody Peterson,Cameron Urban, Riley Weishuhn

•Breeding Goats — CurtGraves, Ashlyn Koehl, BrittanyKoehl

•Breeding Heifers — BrianaJowers, Ashlyn Koehl, BrittanyKoehl, Kaitlynn Miller

•Breeding Lambs — MadalynEdminson, Ashlyn Koehl, Brit-tany Koehl

•Breeding Rabbits — MiaColletti, Abigail Kleimann

•Broilers — ElizabethBoulware, Emily Herchek, ErikaGaray, Johnny Manuel, MarcusOlivarez, Ashley Trapp, LaurenTrapp, Cameron Urban, CasonWarschak, Robert Wright

•Commercial Heifers —Kaitlon Brod, Bailey Grissom,Josh Guthmann, Paige Pavlu,Katelyn Poenitzsch

•Horticulture — Leslie Cain,Addy Jo Hastedt, Luke Janak,Paige Kapel, Abigail Kleimann,Chris Phelps, Emma Restivo

•Market Goats — TaylorBartels, Cameron Collier,Adrianna Evans, Jessy Maertz,Amber Noles

•Market Hogs — JoshuaBeane, Kaitlon Brod, Josh Chris-ten, Catherine Lyon, JessicaMeyer, Shelby Meyer, Katie

Ridlen, Shelbie Ridlen, DylanShupak, Andy Theut, MikaylaWavra, Kobe Winters, CassidyZajicek

•Market Lambs — BrianaJowers, Skye Koehl, LexiLeopold

•Market Rabbits — RebeccaBoulware, Taylor Dungen, JacobEstrada, Johnny Estrada, RaeGonzalez, Hedy Hartigan,Mikayla Hollmann, David Kovar,Kohl Pickett, Samuel Querry,Reagan Schaefer, Emily Stewart,James Swallow, Hunter Tesch,Jessica Tesch, Emily Untermeyer,Rebecca Walla, Jacob Warschak,Luke Warschak, Gabrielle Weido,Zane Weido, Riley Weishuhn,Reid Wheatley, Katie Wolbrecht

•Steers — Lesley Guthmann,Josh Guthmann, Kaitynn Miller,Caleb Pilsner, Katelyn Poenitzsch,Hunter Woytek

72nd Annual Columbus FFAShow and Sale scheduled

LA GRANGE — The Fayette County Fair Association will con-tinue its presentation of academic scholarships for 2015.

These scholarships are designed to afford Fayette County seniorsthe opportunity to further their educational pursuits, and are in theamount of $1,000 each.

The scholarship tradition will continue this year to qualified se-niors in all five Fayette County High Schools including Fayetteville,Flatonia, Round Top-Carmine, La Grange and Schulenburg.

Scholarships are open to all seniors and applications may be ob-tained by contacting the school counselor’s office. Priority is given tothose who have participated in the fair in some way.

The deadline for application is April 1.Awarding scholarships is in line with the objective of the Fayette

County Fair Association, which is to support youth and education andto promote the field of agriculture.

Fair scholarships available

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FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Independent School Dis-trict Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo art was judged on Jan. 17 atthe school.

Among the Best of Show winners were fourth-grader EmmaJurecka, in the Elementary Division, sixth-grader Luke Schneider inthe Junior High Division and sophomore Bailee Lake in the HighSchool Division.

The Gold Medal winners included pre-kindergartner Scotti Besedain the Elementary Division, sixth-grader Marissa Halamicek in theJunior High Division and sophomore Britton Lake in the High SchoolDivision.

The art will be on display March 3-27 at the Hayloft Gallery at theHouston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston. The awards cer-emony is scheduled for March 7.

Fayetteville ISD namesHLS&R art winners

EMMA JURECKABEST OF SHOW • ELEMENTARY DIVISION

LUKE SCHNEIDERBEST OF SHOW • JUNIOR HIGH DIVISION

BAILEE LAKEBEST OF SHOW • HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

SCOTTI BESEDAGOLD MEDAL WINNER

ELEMENTARY DIVISION

MARISSA HALAMICEKGOLD MEDAL WINNERJUNIOR HIGH DIVISION

BRITTON LAKEGOLD MEDAL WINNER

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

Cindy Allen Bertsch, daughter ofDavid and Michelle Bertsch ofFayetteville, graduated cum laudein interdisciplinary studies fromTexas A&M University in CollegeStation on Dec. 19, 2014.

ARTS to feature Bergen’s gallery

JEANETTE BERGEN

FAYETTEVILLE — Arts forRural Texas (ARTS) will hold anopening reception of JeanetteBergen’s gallery show, “Biophilia:Love of Life,” Saturday from 5 to7 p.m. at the Ross Gallery inFayetteville.

Bergen is a fine art photogra-pher from Sugar Land. Her workis truly photography as fine art.

Raised in Oklahoma, she spentmost of her childhood “wild andfree,” exploring nature and draw-ing what she’d seen during heradventures. Her love of nature

brought her to Texas to study bi-ology for a short time, and then toNew Mexico where she tookdrawing and painting courses fo-cusing on gesture drawing andabstract painting.

After moving back to Texas in2000, Bergen discovered photog-raphy as a way to communicatefeelings and capture the essenceof a moment. The camera becameher brush, enabling her to conveyspirit of place using light, colorand texture with the art of the pho-tograph.

An artist and naturalist at heart,Bergen has a passion for creatingbeautiful images inspired by na-ture.

“Our world is full of suchbeauty, and it is my hope that mywork will inspire people to ven-ture outside and see what’s justbehind that flower and beyondthat little rock, and that youneedn’t go far to find natural trea-sures,” said Bergen.

Her exhibit, “Biophilia: Loveof Life,” celebrates nature, howwe experience it and the tiny de-tails in between.

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Lady Horns to joindefending championWeimar in regionals

Rice’s R.J. Gonzales, who placedseventh in last year’s state compe-tition, finished first in the superheavyweight class in the RicePowerlifting Meet last Saturday atRaider Gym in Altair. Gonzaleslifted a total of 1,605 pounds in thethree events to finish 40 poundsahead of his nearest competitor.

Molly Wick, bottom left, of Weimarand Breana Beseda of La Grangehave qualified for the Texas HighSchool Women’s Powerlifting Asso-ciation Region 5 Meet to be heldMarch 6 and 7 in Pleasanton. Wickwill compete in the 123-pound classwhile Beseda qualified in the 132-pound class.

DeadLifters‘press’

Banner Press Photosby Chad Ferguson

Boys

BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD

District 21-4AFebruary 17

Bellville (13-18, 4-6) — Mac Briscoe, 33;Michael Scyrus, 11; Tanner Riden, 9; TristanWilliamson, 8; Alan Aikey, 8.

•Bellville tied for 4th in district.

Caldwell ......... 17 ..... 9 .... 17 .... 16—59Bellville ......... 18 ... 13 .... 20 .... 20—71

Columbus (3-25, 1-9) — Lucas Smith,11; Laine Waddle, 7; Dane Baugh, 6; SamuelCogburn, 4; Latrell Godley, 4; Jaqai Shorter, 2;Michael Castle, 1.

•Columbus finished 6th in district.

Royal ........... 13 ..... 7 ..... 12 ..... 19—51Columbus ...... 8 ... 10 ....... 7 ..... 10—35

District 27-4A

Brazos ............. 7 .... 12 ...... 9 ... 10—38Hempstead ..... 20 .... 14 .... 21 ... 16—71

District 24-3A

Sealy (12-17, 2-8) — Jordan Conner, 7;Dante Jenkins, 6; Derek Dabney, 4; Tajh Green,3; Tyler Fuller, 2; Joseph Kalinec, 2; Charles Lewis-Brooks, 1.

•Sealy finished 5th in district.

Sealy .............. 6 ..... 3 ....... 9 ....... 7—25Bay City ........ 21 ... 23 ..... 13 ..... 19—76

La Grange (15-17, 6-4) — Corey Golan,8; Dylan Adkins, 8; Dillon Lee, 6; Tyler Caughman,5; Logan Naiser, 2; Austin Colon, 2; Rylan Rigden,2; Brennen Gillard, 2.

•La Grange finished as district runner-up.

La Grange ........ 6 ... 11 .... 10 ...... 8—35Giddings .......... 8 ... 11 .... 14 .... 16—49

Brazos (7-20, 4-8) — Dillon Gonzales,13; Josh Janicek, 9; Chris Demny, 5; CameronClark, 5; Clay Mayo, 4; Stephen Demny, 2.

•Brazos finished 5th in district.

District 30-1AFayetteville .... 11 ... 11 .... 10 .... 21—50RT-C ............... 19 ... 15 .... 10 .... 21—65

Rice (12-15, 3-7) — Bruno Castillo, 15;Marcus Cooper, 5; Daniel Cantu, 5; Jaquarry Allen,4; Ethan Escamilla, 4; Jakavius McGrew, 2.

•Rice finished 4th in district.

District 28-3A

Flatonia (22-9, 7-3) — Kaddin Mikulik,12; Samuel Netro, 7; Casen Novak, 5; MatthewKozelsky, 5; Easton Migl, 4; Andrew Dvorak, 3;Gus Venegas, 1.

Schulenburg (24-7, 10-0) — Tyler Th-ompson, 16; Jacob Michalke, 13; Javeon Lara,10; Myles Thomas, 8; Davonn Granger, 4; JoshuaBrown, 4; Dameien Houston, 3; Andre Jones, 3;Jeremy Houston, 2; Levi Hawkins, 2; BrandtVyvjala, 2.

•Schulenburg finished as district champion;Flatonia was the runner-up.

Flatonia ............ 3 ..... 6 ..... 9 .... 21—39Schulenburg ... 22 ... 16 ... 14 .... 15—67

District 28-2A

Hallettsville ..... 23 ..... 8 .... 23 .... 8—62Rice ................. 4 .... 10 .... 11 ... 10—35

Weimar (4-28, 2-8) — Tanner Sembera,11; Drew Adamcik, 10; Trevor Holland, 6; ReeceKunschick, 2; John Michael Blaha, 1; JulioJiminez, 1.

•Weimar finished 5th in district.

Weimar ........... 10 ..... 6 ..... 6 .... 11—33Ganado ........... 11 ... 15 ... 18 .... 12—56

Schulenburg (25-7) — Dameien Hous-

Waelder .............. 9 .... 9 ... 14 ..... 9—41Schulenburg ..... 14 .. 18 ... 16 ... 17—65

Fayetteville (4-22, 3-11) — Jesse Evans,10; Payton Hemmitt, 9; Matthew Peevler, 8; Lo-gan Spanihel, 6; Rusty Aparicio, 6; Kadin Schmitt,4; Derek Bertsch, 4; Braden Rohde, 3.

Round Top-Carmine (12-15, 5-9) —Jared Quimby, 16; Aaron Torres, 15; ClayRadabaugh, 15; Adair Agustin, 10; Leighton Abell,7; Nick Torres, 2.

•RT-C finished 5th in district; Fayetteville was7th.

Bellville (14-18) — Mac Briscoe, 16; AlanAikey, 15; Mark Rodriguez, 9; Tristen Williamson,9; Michael Scyrus, 6.

Bellville ........... 15 ..... 6 ... 17 ... 24—62Giddings .......... 14 ... 12 ..... 8 ... 19—53

District 21-4AFourth-Place Playoff

February 20

La Grange (15-18) — Dillon Lee, 26;Corey Golan, 9; Dylan Adkins, 5; Brennen Gillard,3; Tyler Caughman, 2; Adam Robinson, 2; RylanRigden, 2.

La Grange ........ 19 ... 16 ... 17 ..... 7—59Hempstead ....... 16 ... 22 ... 18 ... 20—76

Non-District

Class 4A Bi-District

February 24

La Grange (15-19) — Rylan Rigden, 19;Dillon Lee, 17; Dylan Adkins, 14; Kyle Cooper, 6;Tyler Caughman, 3; Adam Robinson, 3; CoreyGolan, 2.

La Grange ........ 5 ... 17 .... 19 .... 23—64Scarborough .. 11 ... 18 .... 19 .... 20—68

Class 3A Bi-District

Rice (12-16) — Marcus Cooper, 22; BrunoCastillo, 11; Daniel Cantu, 10; Ross Owers, 3;Jakavius McGrew, 2.

Nixon-Smiley .... 15 .. 27 ... 20 ... 20—82Rice .................. 18 .... 7 ... 10 ... 13—48

Class 2A Bi-District

Flatonia (23-9) — Gus Venegas, 15;Kaddin Mikulik, 11; Andrew Dvorak, 10; MatthewKozelsky, 7; Samuel Netro, 5; Easton Migl, 4; JacobBarta, 4; Andrew Novak, 2; Matthew Rowell, 2.

Johnson City ..... 12 .. 10 ... 13 ..... 6—41Flatonia ............ 12 .. 14 ... 17 ... 17—60

Girls

February 24

Class 4A Area

Cleveland ......... 12 ... 17 ... 12 ..... 9—50La Grange .......... 4 ..... 3 ..... 5 ... 10—22

La Grange (16-17) — Hannah Gerecke,7; Becca Tucker, 7; Caribbean Henderson, 2; KaylaWallace, 2; Hannah Zuhn, 2; Hannah Garlick, 2.

Normangee ...... 10 ..... 7 ... 10 ..... 8—35Weimar ............ 30 ... 21 ... 21 ... 19—91

Weimar (31-4) — Jazmine Kirby, 22; Sum-mer Almeida, 20; Jazz Garcia, 12; Jessica Siewert,11; Jade Garza, 8; Emma Holland, 6; BriannaRhodes, 6; Hunter Ervin, 4; Addison Elsner, 2.

Class 2A Area

Schulenburg (26-6) — Shannon Mikesky,16; Sam Gabler, 11; Marilyn Davis, 7; Halie Lewis,6; Kayla Schaefer, 3; Carah Havrda, 2; KianaHaywood, 2.

Mason .............. 22 ..... 7 ..... 9 ..... 9—47Weimar ............ 13 ... 21 ... 19 ... 21—74

Weimar (32-4) — Jazmine Kirby, 29; Sum-mer Almeida, 12; Hunter Ervin, 12; BriannaRhodes, 8; Jazz Garza, 5; Emma Holland, 4; JadeGarza, 4.

Region IV-2A Quarterfinals

Schulenburg .... 14 ... 12 ..... 5 ... 16—47Holland ............ 10 ..... 6 ..... 7 ..... 7—30

Bellville ........... 12 ... 12 ... 16 ... 11—51Tarkington ....... 11 ... 19 ... 10 ... 14—54

Bellville (17-18) — Gabbie Green, 23;Hannah Story, 12; Aereus East-Carter, 11; NatalieLoftin, 4; Grace Story, 1.

February 24

San Saba .... 14 ... 9 ... 16 ... 14 .... 9—62Schulenburg 9 . 10 ... 13 ... 21 .. 12—65

Schulenburg (27-6) — Shannon Mikesky,22; Sam Gabler, 20; Marilyn Davis, 18; HalieLewis, 3; Deadra Jackson, 2.

Texas Football names Millerto All-Texas College Team

BRADLEY MILLER

By HERBERTKOLLATSCHNYBanner Press Staff

Bradley Miller was seated at atable near the Sealy High Schoolgym surrounded by his family,then Tiger athletic director/headfootball coach Jimmie Mitchelland several school administrators.

This took place a bit over fouryears ago and was on nationalsigning day.

In front of Miller on the tablewas a Baylor cap, as well as a capfrom the University of NewMexico.

Miller didn’t hide the suspensevery long as he put on the NewMexico cap and signed his letterof intent to play football there.

However, it wasn’t long there-after that Miller realized NewMexico wasn’t a good fit, so he

transferred to Texas State Univer-sity and finished his career play-ing for Coach Dennis Francione.

And what a fine career thatturned out to be.

Just last week, DaveCampbell’s Texas Football maga-zine madetheir post-sea-son selectionsfor the bestcollege play-ers in the stateof Texas thispast season.

The list, asyou might expect, was full ofplayers from TCU, Baylor, TexasA&M, Texas Tech and one fromTexas State — Bradley Miller. Hewas the magazine’s pick for tightend.

Miller was the Bobcats’ lead-ing receiver in 2014 with 44

catches and 431 yards. He scoredone touchdown and was theteam’s possession receiver, mak-ing the tough catches to keepdrives alive.

“Miller rose to the top of theSun Belt Conference as our topreceiver for the past two seasons,and was noticed for his conferenceleading receptions and blockingskills,” Francione said. “He wasour deep snapper and a standouton special teams. We are veryproud of the effort and recogni-tion Brad has earned.”

During his high school career,Miller helped Sealy to a 29-7record and set the Tigers’ seasonreceiving record with 52 catchesfor 1,265 yards and 11 touch-downs. He finished his highschool career with 98 catches for

See MILLER, Page 2B

Class 4A Bi-District

February 23

Bellville (14-19) — Mac Briscoe, 17;Michael Scyrus, 14; Tanner Riden, 9; Alan Aikey,7; Tristen Williamson, 4; Marcus Ward, 1.

Bellville ......... 15 ... 19 ...... 5 .... 13—52Sterling .......... 23 ... 20 .... 18 .... 21—82

ton, 15; Tyler Thompson, 13; Javeon Lara, 9;Cullen Machac, 7; Davonn Granger, 6; Myles Tho-mas, 5; Joshua Brown, 4; Jeremy Houston, 2;Jacob Michalke, 2; Brandt Vyvjala, 2.

PLAYOFF PAIRINGSBoys Basketball

Class 2A Area

Schulenburg (25-7) vs. Anderson-Shiro, Fri-day, 7 p.m., Sealy

Flatonia (23-9) vs. Thorndale, Friday, 7 p.m.,Giddings

Girls Basketball

Weimar (32-4) vs. Falls City, Friday, 6 p.m.Schulenburg (27-6) vs. Port Aransas, Friday,

8 p.m.•Final — Weimar-Falls City winner vs.

Schulenburg-Port Aransas winner, Saturday, 2p.m.

Region IV-2A TournamentCanyon High School • New Braunfels

Shannon Mikesky of Schulenburg puts up a shot against Holland duringa Class 2A area playoff game last Friday night at Cedar Creek HighSchool. She scored a team-high 16 points in the Lady Horns’ 47-30 win.Photo by Audrey Kristynik

Sophomore Summer Almeida and her Weimar teammates had littletrouble with Normangee in a Class 2A area playoff game last Fridaynight at Blinn College in Brenham. The Lady Cats rolled to a 91-35 vic-tory. Banner Press Photo by Chad Ferguson

The Lady Cats continued theirmarch for a return trip to the statebasketball tournament with a 74-47 rout over Mason in a RegionIV-2A quarterfinal playoff gameon Tuesday night at Smithson Val-ley High School in Spring Branch.

Weimar (32-4), the defendingRegion IV-1A Division I cham-pion (now Class 2A), are only twowins away from its second-everappearance in the Final Four.

And neighboring District 28-2A rival Schulenburg, who theLady Cats defeated twice inleague play, will join the regionalparty at Canyon High School inNew Braunfels.

The Lady Horns (27-6) earnedtheir berth with a 65-62 overtimethriller over San Saba at CedarCreek High School in CedarCreek.

Weimar will draw Falls City inthe first of two semifinal gamesat 6 p.m. Friday night followed bySchulenburg’s meeting with PortAransas at 8 p.m. The two win-ners will collide for the regionaltitle and state-tournament berth at2 p.m. Saturday.

Both the Lady Cats andSchulenburg are state-ranked.

Jazmine Kirby ignited Weimarto its win over Mason with 29points. She was followed by Sum-mer Almeida and Hunter Ervin

with 12 points each.The Lady Horns had only five

players score against San Saba,but three were in double figuresled by Shannon Mikesky’s 22points, Sam Gabler’s 20 andMarilyn Davis’ 18.

IN THE BOYS’ playoffs,Schulenburg (25-7), who earneda first-round bye, and Flatonia arethe only tri-county teams stillalive.

The Bulldogs (23-9) defeatedJohnson City 60-41 in a Class 2Abi-district playoff game at CanyonLake High School in Fischer.

Gus Venegas had 15 points forFlatonia followed by KaddinMikulik and Andrew Dvorak with11 and 10, respectively.

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Brazos linebacker Colton George recently signed a national letter of intent to play football for Trinity Inter-national University (TIU) in Deerfield, Ill. On hand for the signing were, front row, from left, stepmotherTami George, the signee and mother Chris Armstrong; and, back row, father Don George, Brazos AthleticDirector/Head Football Coach Mike Bonewald, TIU Assistant Football Coach Joe Kenney, Brazos DefensiveCoordinator Zach Grigsby and stepfather Bryan Armstrong. Photo Courtesy of the Wallis News-Review

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SCOREBOARDGOLF • POWERLIFTING • SOCCER

SOFTBALL • TRACK & FIELD

Golf

COLUMBUS TOURNAMENTCOLUMBUS — Here are the results of the

Columbus Golf Tournament held on Feb. 16 and17 at the par-72 Columbus Golf Club in Colum-bus.

•The tournament was shortened to nine holesdue to inclement weather.

Boys DivisionTeam Totals — 1. Rice, 183; 2. Needville,

193; 3. East Bernard, 200; 4. Industrial, 202; 5.Weimar No. 1, 206; 6. Bellville, 206; 7. Colum-bus, 211; 8. Tidehaven, 213; 9. Weimar No. 2,221; 10. Navasota, 224; 11. Smithville, 225; 12.Sealy, 230; 13. Waller, 232.

Individuals — 1. Turner Mattoon, Rice, 37.

Rice — Turner Mattoon, 37; Colin George,45; Jacob Drlik, 49; Justin Little, 52.

Weimar No. 1 — Garret Guerrero, 45;Chase Gindler, 50; Holt Ervin, 55; Luke Daniels,56; Tanner Janak, 59.

Bellville — Logan Kirk, 48; Colin Ponder,50; Bryant Pilcik, 53; Kameron Quinton, 55.

Columbus — Reid Wheatley, 49; J. Chris-ten, 50; Douglas Neuendorff, 52; Ryan Neisner,60; Sam Querry, 62.

Weimar No. 2 — Vance Adamcik, 54;Carlton Cernoch, 54; Odie Adams, 56; Zane Blaha,57; Ryan Janacek, 63.

Sealy — Blake Weber, 52; MarkBonnacorso, 58; Cody Hooper, 59; Garrett Chaney,61; Reed Langton, 62.

La Grange — Ryan Elles, 54; Colton Stahl,60.

Girls DivisionTeam Totals — 1. Bellville, 191; 2.

Needville, 197; 3. Sweeny, 216; 4. El Campo, 224;5. Weimar, 225; 6. Edna, 225; 7. Schulenburg,227; 8. Columbus, 231; 9. Smithville, 232; 10.East Bernard, 236; 11. La Grange, 236.

Individuals — 1. Bailey Blezinger, Bellville,41; 2. Hope Zaruba, Sealy 46.

Bellville — Bailey Blezinger, 41; CarolinePritchett, 48; Rebecca Spencer, 49; Kati Krumrey,53; Courtney Klein, 56.

Weimar — Shelby Vacek, 51; K. Kansteiner,55; E. Purdy, 58; M. Besch, 61; K. Cowart, 61.

Schulenburg — Halie Lewis, 50; H.Machac, 56; S. Hinson, 59; J. Machac, 62.

Columbus — H. Laughlin, 56; HeatherHartley, 57; Brooklyn Geigley, 57; Brenna Powelland Rebecca Boulware, 61.

La Grange — C. Schomburg, 54; TaraBeseda, 59; T. Hopson, 60; M. Dye, 63.

Rice — Alyssa Taylor, 62; Luz Rodriguez,66.

Sealy — Hope Zaruba, 46; B. Boehnemann,59.

Columbus Medalists — MackenzieGeigley, 55; J. Peters, 62.

Powerlifting

RICE MEETALTAIR — Here are the results of the Rice

Powerlifting Meet held last Saturday at Raider Gymin Altair. The results include the top five finish-ers, as well as any tri-county athletes.

It should be noted that the meet was the larg-est in the state with over 415 lifters representing32 schools.

Boys DivisionTeam Totals — 1. Victoria West, 49; 2.

College Station, 36; 3. Rice, 19; 4. Luling, 13; 5.Palacios, 10; 6. Boling, 10; 7. Hallettsville, 10; 8.Yoakum, 9; 9. Ganado, 7; 10. A&M Consolidated,6; 11. Gonzales, 6; 12. Giddings, 5; 13. Bellville,5; 14. Cuero, 3; 15. Columbus, 3; 16. Weimar, 3;17. Victoria St. Joseph, 2; 18. Van Vleck, 1; 19.Freeport Brazosport, 1.

•Points were awarded as follows: 1st, 7; 2nd,5; 3rd, 3; 4th, 2; 5th, 1.

•The individual results listed below includetotal weight lifted (squat, bench press and deadlift).

114 Class — 1. Jesus Rios, Palacios, 1035;2. Benny Lara, Victoria West, 830; 3. Ivan Rosalez,Columbus, 765; 4. Jacob Villareal, Gonzales, 720;5. Rushi Patel, College Station, 665.

123 Class — 1. Brandon Teague, Rice, 945;2. Cody Faust, Yoakum, 810; 3. Zachary Baker,Hallettsville, 700; 4. Kory Didear, Boling, 690; 5.Cody Prestenback, Freeport Brazosport, 650; 6.Kolbe Kutac, Schulenburg, 540.

132 Class — 1. Chris Garza, Ganado, 1,070;2. Alex Navas-Gonzales, Hallettsville, 995; 3. Ma-son Reyes, Rice, 985; 4. Denver Evans, Yoakum,805; 5. Zach Palmer, Van Vleck, 800; 11. SethPatten, Schulenburg, 565.

148 Class — 1. Beau Burns, Victoria West,1,160; 2. Eric Callaway, Victoria West, 1,090; 3.Alex Ortiz, Gonzales, 1,060; 4. Erick Cruz, VictoriaSt. Joseph, 1,020; 5. JT Marek, Bellville, 1,010;8. Hunter Fronczak, Sealy, 975; 9. Nathan Besch,Weimar, 965; 21. Trevor Howard, Bellville, 715;24. BJ Alvarado, Sealy, 525.

165 Class — 1. Chayce Grevey, VictoriaWest, 1,245; 2. Hunter Dollery, Victoria West,1,205; 3. Abraham Ramirez, Cuero, 1,195; 4. SethGrasshoff, Hallettsville, 1,160; 5. Blaine Wootan,College Station, 1,145; 14. Hunter Luscombe,Sealy, 1,000.

181 Class — 1. Travis Dibble, Victoria West,1,300; 2. Jonathan Sylvester, A&M Consolidated,1,290; 3. Danny Rodriguez, Palacios, 1,210; 4.Jaric Crider, Bellville, 1,160; 5. Collin George,Rice, 1,080; 8. Jay Martinez, Brazos, 1,005; 10.Clint Ables, Bellville, 960; 12. Jake Salem, Schu-lenburg, 900.

198 Class — 1. Desmond Payton, CollegeStation, 1,600; 2. Dylan Esquivel, Victoria West,1,380; 3. Tyrique Hayes, College Station, 1,330;4. Garrett Grant, College Station, 1,285; 5. Jaime

Tellez, Gonzales, 1,260; 8. Ben Carmean, Bellville,1,175; 11. Brad Austin, Columbus, 1,125; 12.Darian Thomas, Sealy, 1,120; 17. Jesus Vargas,Rice, 1,050; 18. Fernando Picazo, Weimar, 1,045.

220 Class — 1. Elijah Gooden, Boling,1,550; 2. Michael DeLaGarza, Victoria West,1,400; 3. Shawn Martinez, Victoria West, 1,375;4. Tristan Caballero, Yoakum, 5. Andrew Tavera,Rice, 1,265; 15. Clayton Mayes, Schulenburg, 865.

242 Class — 1. Will Efendiev, College Sta-tion, 1,425; 2. James Hayes, College Station,1,380; 3. Shawn Goldstein, Giddings, 1,345; 4.Lex Leibfried, Bellville, 1,315; 14. Jose Nino,Weimar, 1,125; 19. John Tillman, Schulenburg,930; 21. Kiezland Quintero, Schulenburg, 765.

275 Class — 1. Roger Miles, Luling, 1,425;2. Drew Rodriguez, College Station, 1,420; 3.Eddie Ordonez, Luling, 1,280; 4. Julian Namkin,Giddings, 1,210; 5. Zach Ransom, A&M Consoli-dation, 1,195; 11. Justen Williams, Bellville,1,140; 12. Blake Ray, Columbus, 1,120; 14.Hunter Breaux, Bellville, 965; 17. AnthonyHernandez, Sealy, 865; 18. Michael Owens, Co-lumbus, 855.

SHW Class — 1. RJ Gonzales, Rice, 1,605;2. Jordan Seymore, College Station, 1,565; 3.James Nino, Weimar, 1,450; 4. Bryan Swift, Luling,1,385; 5. Dontae Green, Luling, 1,370; 11. ZachSowa, Sealy, 1,010; 14. Brayson Florus, Schulen-burg, 790.

Girls DivisionTeam Totals — 1. College Station, 58; 2.

A&M Consolidation, 29; 3. Ganado, 12; 4.Yoakum, 11; 5. Weimar, 10; 6. Van Vleck, 8; 7.Goliad, 8; 8. Gonzales, 7; 9. Victoria West, 7; 10.Victoria St. Joseph, 6; 11. Columbus, 6; 12.Hallettsville, 5; 13. Rice, 5; 14. Boling, 4; 15.Bastrop Cedar Creek, 4; 16. Bastrop, 4; 17.Hempstead, 4; 18. Louise, 3; 19. FreeportBrazosport, 3; 20. Giddings, 3; 21. La Grange, 2.

•Points were awarded as follows: 1st, 7; 2nd,5; 3rd, 3; 4th, 2; 5th, 1.

•The individual results listed below includetotal weight lifted (squat, bench press and deadlift).

97 Class — 1. Claudia Ayala, Ganado, 510;2. Camryn Riggins, College Station, 490; 3.Danielle Puentes, Louise, 430; 4. June Ji Peters,Columbus, 425; 5. Regan Barrera, Yoakum, 390.

105 Class — 1. Christi Corkran, A&M Con-solidation, 660; 2. Clarissa Garzia, Yoakum, 580;3. Devyn Turner, Victoria St. Joseph, 570; 4. HopeWillms, Goliad, 545; 5. Vrenda Denova, BastropCedar Creek, 420.

114 Class — 1. Elena Perez, Weimar, 670;2. Corey Wilkes, Van Vleck, 595; 3. Kelsey Lopez,Van Vleck, 565; 4. Kendall Muehlstein, Goliad,540; 5. Kinsey Rhome, College Station, 535.

123 Class — 1. Cory Nutall, College Sta-tion, 815; 2. Rebecca Leist, Yoakum, 445; 3.Morgan McNutt, College Station, 680; 4. ChelseaPerry, Bastrop, 655; 5. Kyndall Wick, Columbus,650; 14. Moesha Young, Rice, 400.

132 Class — 1. Ashley Troutman, CollegeStation, 900; 2. Jenna Allen, Hallettsville, 710; 3.Kristie Coles, Goliad, 710; 4. Brenna Beseda, LaGrange, 695; 5. Kelsey Kallman, Victoria West,665; 9. Amber Garbs, Brazos, 555; 10. HaileyFerguson, Rice, 555; 15. Juliana Castillo, Rice,495; 16. Alexis Acosta, Schulenburg, 460; 17.Reagan Lamp, Sealy, 460.

148 Class — 1. Cheyenne Fly, College Sta-tion; 2. Abbie Altman, A&M Consolidation, 715;3. Cami Hill, Boling, 710; 4. Lesley Guthman, Co-lumbus, 710; 5. Taylor Shelton, Victoria West, 670;19. Mariah Fuentes, Rice, 500; 20. Taylor Blanco,Rice, 500; 21. Amy Geissen, Schulenburg, 495;23. Paige Kapel, Columbus, 445.

165 Class — 1. Julia McGinnis, College Sta-tion, 855; 2. Katie Lollar, College Station, 850; 3.Chelsey Hardin, Victoria St. Joseph, 730; 4. PaigeDelgado, Weimar, 700; 5. Aubry Williams, Goliad,700; 12. Chelsea Garbs, Brazos, 615.

181 Class — 1. Kyndall Doust, A&M Con-solidation, 950; 2. Candace Stoball, Rice, 865; 3.Jaslyn Glover, Hempstead, 740; 4. Makayla Goertz,Bastrop, 715; 5. Kaitlin Rainosek, Weimar, 660;8. Madisyn Stancik, Rice, 600; 9. Emma Juarez,Sealy, 590; 10. Jameka Johnson, Rice, 560; 11.Emily Kelly, Rice, 510.

198 Class — 1. Suba Johnson, College Sta-tion, 975; 2. Elizabeth Neitch, Victoria West, 935;3. Victoria Martinez, Freeport Brazosport, 725;4. Jazlyn Acosta, Giddings, 710; 5. ClaireWinkenwerder, Boling, 690; 9. Kayla Hurd, Rice,555.

220 Class — 1. Camryn Byrtle, A&M Con-solidation, 840; 2. Sara Demicelli, Ganado, 840;3. McKenzie Lang, Bastrop Cedar Creek, 770; 4.Selvedina Cajic, College Station, 760; 5. JaylaRimes, Giddings, 750; 6. Victoria Serna, Rice, 700.

220+ Class — 1. Ellie Hair, College Sta-tion, 1,060; 2. Erika Hernandez, Gonzales, 980;3. Keuna Webster, A&M Consolidated, 860; 4.Gabby Rodriguez, Gonzales, 775; 5. Kaitlon Brod,Columbus, 705; 6. Jasia Cantu, Rice, 700; 7.Marcel Tumer, Sealy, 685; 8. Gilbert Media,Brazos, 635.

EDITOR’S NOTE: A total of 11 liftershave qualified for the Texas High SchoolWomen’s Powerlifting Association Region 5Powerlifing Meet to be held on March 6 and7 in Pleasanton.

June Ji Peters, Kyndall Wick and LesleyGuthmann of Columbus, and Brenna Besedaof La Grange qualified in Division 2, whileincluding Candace Stovall, Victoria Sernaand Jasia Cantu of Rice, and Elena Perez,Molly Wick, Sam Wick and MaKedra Dardenof Weimar qualified in Division 3.

Boys

Soccer

February 17District 22-4A

Sealy ........................... 4 ................ 3—7Bellville ...................... 0 ................ 0—0

Sealy (6-5-3, 2-0-1) — Javier Noriega, 3;Alex Dominguez, 2; Javier Arriaga, 1; EmilioGuerrero, 1.

Bellville (3-9, 0-3) — Saves: Francisco,Corral, 7.

Smithville ............................................. 1La Grange ............................................. 7

La Grange (2-14, 2-1) — Goals: JoseGarcia, 4; Cruz Cabrera, 1; Ivan Ramirez, 1; JoseAlegria, 1.

February 20District 22-4A

Bellville ...................... 0 ................ 0—0Stafford ....................... 1 ................ 2—3

District 26-4A

Bellville (3-10, 0-4) — Saves: Francisco,Corral, 7.

Hempstead ............................................ 2Sealy ..................................................... 1

Sealy (6-6-3, 2-1-1) — Goal: EfrainArriaga, 1.

Girls

February 17

Sealy (6-4-1, 1-1-1) — Goals: Bianca Vi-tal, 2; Yadhira Rivera, 1.

Bellville (3-4-3, 1-1-1) — Goals: PeytonRussell, 1; Maddy Rudloff, 1. Assist: MadisonGarrett, 1. Offensive standouts: Garrett, Russell,Rudloff and Mayani Carrias. Defensive standouts:Russell, Nicole Grawunder, Ale Cerda, LaurenZarzour and Baleigh Burmaster.

District 22-4ASealy ........................... 2 ................ 1—3Bellville ...................... 1 ................ 1—2

La Grange (5-7-2) — Goals: Selena Lara,1; Karina Ruiz, 1. Assist: Ruiz, 1. Offensivestandout: Ruiz. Defensive standout: Emily Rubio.

El Campo .................... 1 ................ 2—3La Grange ................... 1 ................ 1—2

Non-District

La Grange (5-7-3, 1-1-1) — Offensivestandout: Karina Ruiz. Defensive standouts:Desiree Yanis and Emily Rubio.

Bellville (4-4-3, 2-1-1) — Goals: Madi-son Garrett, 1; Maddy Rudloff, 1; Peyton Russell,1; Lauren Zarzour, 1. Assists: Aylin Rodriguez, 1;Rudloff, 1. Saves: Ivonne Dejesus, 10. Offensivestandouts: Garrett, Russell, Mayani Carrias,Rudloff and Zarzour. Defensive standouts: Russell,Nicole Grawunder, Ale Cerda, Nataly Castillo andBaleigh Burmaster.

Sealy ................................................... 12Hempstead ............................................ 1

Sealy (7-4-1, 2-1-1) — Goals: YadhiraRivera, 5; Bianca Vital, 3; Angeles Avila, 2; YulissaArredondo, 1; Sonia Peralta, 1.

Bellville ...................... 1 ................ 3—4Stafford ....................... 2 ................ 1—3

February 20District 22-4A

Smithville ............................................. 0La Grange ............................................. 0

District 26-4A

Softball

February 17Non-District

LP — Miranda Kowles (0-1). LH — AlyssaFroebel, 1-2; Kowles, 1-3 with 2 runs. 2B —Kowles.

Record — Bellville, 0-1.

Columbus ........ 330 002 1—9 16 0Needville .......... 002 001 7—10 13 3

Bellville ........... 101 000 0—2 2 0East Bernard .... 200 140 x—7 7 1

LP — Ashley Trapp (0-1). HR — Skye Koehl(1).

Record — Columbus, 0-1.

February 19-21Rice Tournament

LH — Samantha Gelsthorpe, 2-3 with 2 runsand 2 RBI; Allie Nichols, 2-3 with 2 RBI. 2B —Gelsthorpe.

Hallettsville ....... 801 8—17 12 3Bellville ............. 001 0—1 5 5

Van Vleck ........... 210 22—7 8 2Bellville ............. 000 34—7 10 1

LP — Samantha Gelsthorpe (1-1).

Boling .............. 230 000 1—6 5 0Weimar ............ 100 101 0—3 7 1

LP — Allison Williams (0-1). LH — Madi-son Mican, 2-2; Makayla Kunz, 1-3; Shelby Vacek,1-3; Bailey Cernosek, 1-3. HR — Kunz (1).

Record — Weimar, 0-1.

Pool 1

Louise ........................ 000—0 0 5Bellville ..................... 86x—16 16 0

WP — Samantha Gelsthorpe (1-0) with ano-hitter. LH — Megan Montgomery, 2-2 with 2runs and 3 RBI; Jewel Ruth, 2-2 with 2 runs and2 RBI.

Wharton ............. 010 11—3 5 5Bellville ............. 020 00—3 7 3

LP — Taylor Adams (0-1). LH — MirandaKowles, 3-3 with 2 RBI. 2B — Kowles.

Victoria West ...... 140 00—5 4 3Bellville ............. 001 00—1 1 4

LP — Miranda Kowles (0-2). LH — CarlieGoltz, 1-2.

Lamar Consolidated .. 340 10—8 4 1Rice .......................... 000 00—0 1 3

Pool 2

LP — Brittany Sosa (0-1). LH — LarissaManciaz, 1-2.

Tidehaven .................. 000—0 0 1Rice ........................... 354—12 9 0

WP — Brittany Sosa (1-1). LH — JulissaLlanos, 2-2 with 3 runs and 3 RBI; Madeline Sims,2-3 with 2 runs and 3 RBI; Reagan Dopslauf, 2-3with 2 runs and 2 RBI; Sosa, 1-2; Larissa Manciaz,1-2; Cameron Marsalia, 1-2. 2B — Llanos 2,Sims, Dopslauf, Sosa, Manciaz.

Smithville ................. 010 0—1 1 1Rice .......................... 425 x—11 12 1

WP — Brittany Sosa (2-1). LH — MadelineSims, 2-2 with 4 RBI; Julissa Llanos, 2-2; CameronMarsalia, 2-2; Sosa, 2-3; Larissa Manciaz, 2-3;Kylie Wishert, 1-2; Reagan Dopslauf, 1-3. 2B —Sims, 2; Llanos, 2, Sosa, Marsalia.

Hempstead ................ 000 000—0 2 0Rice .......................... 002 010—3 4 1

WP — Kaitlyn Willbern (1-0). LH — JulissaLlanos, 2-3 with 2 RBI; Larissa Manciaz, 1-3. 2B— Manciaz.

Shiner ....................... 207 00—9 7 0Rice .......................... 100 00—1 1 3

LP — Brittany Sosa (2-2). LH — JulissaLlanos, 1-2. 2B — Llanos.

WP — Taylor Adams (1-1). LH — MirandaKowles, 2-4; Jewel Ruth, 1-1.

Record — Bellville, 2-4-1.

Tidehaven .......... 000 00—0 4 1Bellville ............. 610 00—7 4 7

Fifth Place

WP — Brittany Sosa (3-2). LH — ReaganDopslauf, 3-3; Madeline Sims, 2-3 with 2 RBI;Larissa Manciaz, 2-3 with 2 runs; CarleeVandermark, 1-2; Julissa Llanos, 1-3. 2B — Sims2; Llanos.

Record — Rice, 4-2.

Wharton ............. 011 10—3 7 0Rice ................... 300 11—5 9 1

Third Place

WP — Missy Zoch (1-0) with 9 Ks. LH —Kristy Bertsch, 3-3 with 4 runs; Amber Loehr, 3-4with 3 RBI; Briana Angel, 3-5; Abby Gage, 2-3;Zoch, 2-3; Riley Fisbeck, 2-3; Blake-Ann Fritsch,1-2; Shelby Dixon, 1-3; Hattie Moore, 1-4; LibbyRead, 1-4. 2B — Bertsch, Loehr, Angel, Gage 2.3B — Dixon. HR — Bertsch (1), Loehr (1),Angel (1), Zoch (1).

La Grange ............ 023 145—15 19 0Fort Bend Austin .. 001 000—1 6 0

Brenham Lead Off Classic

WP — Ashley Trapp (1-1). LH — SarahVlach, 2-3; Skye Koehl, 2-4; Emma Restivo, 2-4with 3 RBI; Trapp, 2-4; Cameron Collier, 2-4;Randi Epps, 1-3; Natalie Alley, 1-4; Alyssa Bray,1-5; Katie Ridlen, 1-5. 2B — Restivo, Epps, Bray.3B — Koehl.

Columbus ........ 500 000 14—10 14 3Hendrickson .... 201 101 12—8 8 1

WP — Amber Loehr (1-0). LH — MissyZoch, 3-4 with 3 RBI; Riley Fisbeck, 2-3 with 3RBI; Abby Gage, 2-4; Kristy Bertsch, 2-4; Loehr,2-4; Briana Angel, 1-3; Shelby Dixon,1-4. 2B —Zoch, Fisbeck, Gage, Bertsch, Loehr.

La Grange ........ 211 000 5—9 14 1Clear Creek ...... 020 010 0—3 10 0

LP — Ashley Trapp (1-2). LH — EmmaRestivo, 3-3; Skye Koehl, 3-4; Randi Epps, 2-3;Trapp, 1-1; Cameron Collier, 1-2; Katie Ridlen,1-4; Natalie Alley, 1-4. 3B — Koehl.

Stevens ............ 200 222 0—8 13 0Columbus ........ 000 203 0—5 12 2

WP — Missy Zoch (2-0) with 9 Ks. LH —Riley Fisbeck, 3-4 with 3 RBI; Abby Gage, 3-4;Hatti Moore, 2-3 with 3 runs and 2 RBI; AmberLoehr, 2-3; Kristy Bertsch, 2-4; Hannah Gerecke,2-4, Briana Angel, 1-4. 2B — Loehr, Bertsch,Angel. 3B — Gage. HR — Fisbeck (1), Moore2 (2), Loehr (2).

La Grange ............ 000 155—11 15 3Judson ................. 100 210—4 4 3

LP — Katie Ridlen (0-1). LH — Skye Koehl,1-3; Ashley Trapp, 1-3; Ridlen, 1-3. HR — Koehl(2).

Cedar Creek ..... 002 021 0—5 7 1Columbus ........ 000 200 0—2 3 4

WP — Amber Loehr (2-0). Lh — ShelbyDixon, 3-3 with 4 RBI; Hannah Gerecke, 2-2 with3 runs; Riley Fisbeck, 2-4; Abby Gage, 2-4; Loehr,1-3; Briana Angel, 1-4. 2B — Gage, Angel. 3B— Fisbeck. HR — Dixon 2 (2), Gerecke (1),Loehr (3).

O’Connor ............. 000 100—1 5 1La Grange ............ 120 251—11 11 2

LP — Ashley Trapp (1-3).

Santa Fe ........... 100 312 1—8 7 0Columbus ........ 000 000 0—9 0 5

Rice shortstop Julissa Llanos awaits the throw as a Shiner base runnersteals second during the Rice Softball Tournament last Saturday morn-ing at Lady Raider Field in Altair. The Lady Raiders posted a 4-2 recordin the tournament to finish third. Banner Press Photo by Chad Ferguson

WP — Amber Loehr (3-0) with 10 Ks. LH— Blake-Ann Fritsch, 3-5; Loehr, 2-3; BrianaAngel, 2-4; Abby Gage, 1-1; Hatti Moore, 1-3;Shelby Dixon, 1-4; Kristy Bertsch, 1-4; RileyFisbeck, 1-4; Hannah Gerecke, 1-5. 2B — Loehr,Angel. 3B — Gage.

La Grange ........ 401 120 2—10 13 0Cedar Creek ..... 000 000 0—0 3 3

LP — Emma Restivo (0-1). LH — Restivo,1-2; Skyle Koehl, 1-3; Katie Ridlen, 1-3; AshleyTrapp, 1-3; Isabel Theut, 1-3. 2B — Koehl,Ridlen.

Clear Creek ...... 004 010 0—5 9 1Columbus ........ 000 020 0—2 5 1

LP — Ashley Trapp (1-4). LH — IsabelTheut, 2-3; Trapp, 2-3; Skye Koehl, 2-4; EmmaRestivo, 1-2; Katie Ridlen, 1-3; Natalie Alley, 1-3.2B — Theut 2, Trapp.

Record — Columbus, 1-6.

Cedar Park ....... 120 001 0—4 7 2Columbus ........ 000 003 0—3 9 4

WP — Missy Zoch (3-0) with 10 Ks. LH —Shelby Dixon, 1-2; Abby Gage, 1-3 with 2 RBI;Briana Angel, 1-3; Kristy Bertsch, 1-3. 2B —Gage, Angel.

Record — La Grange, 6-0.

La Grange ........ 000 000 03—3 4 1Santa Fe ........... 000 000 02—2 5 0

LP — Mariah Holub (0-1). LH — JennaSchroeder, 1-2.

Sealy .................... 000 00—0 1 7Angleton .............. 522 01—10 11 0

West Columbia Tournament

LP — Felicia Garcia-Aguirre (0-1). LH —Garcia-Aguirre, 1-3; Shandi Nelson, 1-3; Holub,1-3. 2B — Garcia-Aguirre, Nelson.

Foster .................. 125 014—13 17 1Sealy .................... 100 100—2 3 4

WP — Mariah Holub (1-1). LH — KaelynWall, 2-3; Taylor Bartholomaus, 1-2.

Boling .............. 000 001 00—1 6 2Sealy ................ 000 000 11—2 3 1

WP — Mariah Holub (2-1). LH — ShandiNelson, 2-4; Holub, 2-4; Kaelyn Wall, 1-2; TatelynWilkens, 1-3; Madison Luther, 1-3; LynnseyKlecka, 1-3; Taylor Bartholomaus, 1-3. 2B —Nelson, Wilkens, Luther, Bartholomaus.

Brazosport ....... 120 000 0—3 9 2Sealy ................ 001 020 1—4 9 1

WP — Mariah Holub (3-1). LH — Madi-son Luther, 2-2; Shandi Nelson, 1-2; RaeganStrickland, 1-2; Tatelyn Wilkens, 1-3; FeliciaGarcia-Aguirre, 1-3; Taylor Bartholomaus, 1-3.2B — Luther.

Record — Sealy, 3-2.

Sealy .................... 120 300—6 7 1Stafford ................ 000 001—1 1 2

Track & Field

WILDCAT RELAYSWEIMAR — Here are the results of the Wild-

cat Relays held last Thursday at Wildcat Stadiumin Weimar.

Boys DivisionTeam Totals — 1. Victoria St. Joseph, 97;

2. Weimar, 93; 3. Marion, 91; 4. Ganado, 80; 5.Gonzales, 70; 6. El Campo, 66; 7. Flatonia, 46 1/2; 8. (tie) Round Top-Carmine and Tidehaven, 6;10. Bellville Faith Academy, 4.

Shot Put — 1. Abraham Centeno, Flatonia,44-6; 2. Lane Janecka, Flatonia, 42-10.5; 3.Riojas, Tidehaven, 42-5; 4. Zboril,El Campo, 41-11; 5. James Nino, Weimar, 41-8.25; 6. Jackson,Marion, 41-2.

Discus — 1. Marcus Mica, Flatonia, 139-10 1/2; 2. Lane Janecka, Flatonia, 130-5; 3. JamesNino, Weimar, 125-9; 4. Zboril, El Campo, 114-10 1/2; 5. Jackson, Marion, 114-6; 6. BraxtonBrown, 114-3.

High Jump — 1. Vick, Marion, 5-8; 2. Proc-tor, St. Joseph, 5-6; 3. Proctor, St. Joseph, 5-4; 4.Smith, Ganado, 5-4; 5. Thedford, Ganado, 5-2; 6.Ortiz, Gonzales, 5-0.

Long Jump — 1. Gonzales, Marion, 18-6;2. Quary, St. Joseph, 18-2; 3. Clack, Marion, 18-0 1/4; 4. Jake Ewing, Faith Academy, 17-6 1/4; 5.Kyle Treybig, Schulenburg, 17-4 1/4; 6. Guerrero,Gonzales, 16-8 1/2.

Triple Jump — 1. Vick, Marion, 41-2; 2.Smith, Ganado, 40-11 1/2; 3. Flonnery, St. Joseph,38-6; 4. Gonzales, Marion, 37-11; 5. AlfredoJimenez, 36-0; 6. McCann, Ganado, 33-11.

Pole Vault — 1. Svatek, Ganado, 12-0; 2.Roe, Marion, 12-0; 3. Pitman, Gonzales, 10-6; 4.Ferrell, St. Joseph, 9-6.

3200 Run — 1. Abriel Garcia, Schulenburg,12:40; 2. Zergio Davalos, Weimar, 13:04; 3.Leighton Abell, Round Top-Carmine, 13:06; 4.Rodriguez, Weimar, 13:25; 5. Long, Ganado,13:38; 6. Tyler Beeson, 13:41.

4x100 Relay — 1. Weimar, 45:72; 2. St.Joseph, 46:87; 3. Ganado, 50:77.

800 Run — 1. Kerzee, El Campo, 2:10; 2.Williams, Gonzales, 2:16; 3. Connor Bosch,Weimar, 2:18; 4. Garcia, Marion, 2:19.06; 5.Alfredo Jimenez, Schulenburg, 2:19.74; 6. Alford,Ganado, 2:26.

110 Hurdles — 1. Smith, Ganado, 14:93;2. Vick, Marion, 15:75; 3. Salyer, El Campo, 16:72;4. Gonzales, Marion, 17:15; 5. Ferrell, St. Joseph,17:52; 6. Brody Gall, Weimar, 17:59.

100 Dash — 1. Nathan Besch, Weimar,11.03; 2. Hunt, Gonzales, 11.16; 3. Ryan Almanza,Weimar, 11.43; 4. Terry, St. Joseph, 11.43; KyleTreybig, Schulenburg, 11.59; 6. Raul Olmos,Flatonia, 11.62.

4x200 Relay — 1. Gonzales, 1:36; 2.Weimar, 1:38; 3. Ganado, 1:39; 4. Marion, 1:40;5. St. Joseph, 1:42.

400 Dash — 1. McCann, Ganado, 54.16;2. Cruz, 55.22; 3. Raul Olmos, Flatonia, 55.41; 4.Grant, El Campo, 57.18; 5. Connor Bosch,Weimar, 57.72; 6. Lucas Herrera, Flatonia, 58.02.

300 Hurdles — 1. Salyer, El Campo, 43.49;2. Wyrick, Weimar, 51.87.

200 Dash — 1. Flonnery, St. Joseph, 23.26;2. Quary, St. Joseph, 23.31; 3. Rice, Marion,24.59; 4. Kyle Treybig, Schulenburg, 24.64; 5.Clinton Mican, Schulenburg, 24.69; 6. RaulOlmos, Flatonia, 24.69.

1600 Run — 1. Williams, Gonzales, 5:12;2. Kerzee, El Campo, 5:15; 3. Garcia, Marion,5:33; 4. Rudacille, Marion, 5:44; 5. Abriel Garcia,Schulenburg, 5:47.78; 6. Zergio Davalos, Weimar,5:47.83.

4x400 Relay — 1. St. Joseph, 3:50; 2.Gonzales, 3:51; 3. El Campo, 3:55; 4. Ganado,4:00; 5. Weimar, 4:07.

Girls DivisionTeam Totals — 1. Gonzales, 146; 2.

Marion, 101; 3. St. Joseph, 83; 4. Flatonia, 70; 5.Weimar, 71; 6. Tidehaven, 48; 7. El Campo, 40;8. Ganado, 38; 9. (tie) Faith Academy andFayetteville, 2.

Shot Put — 1. Hernandez, Gonzales, 38-21/4; 2. Cray, Gonzales, 36-4; 3. Harris, Gonzales,27-11 1/2; 4. Demicelli, Ganado, 25-10; 5. AllysonHoffman, Fayetteville, 25-3 3/4; 6. Delgado,Weimar, 24-6 1/2.

Discus — 1. Hernandez, Gonzales, 111-11;2. Cray, Gonzales, 95-8; 3. Kipp, Round Top-Car-mine, 89-7; 4. Cray, Gonzales, 85-1; 5. Janssen,Ganado, 79-0; 6. Demicelli, Ganado, 74-8.

High Jump — 1. Kimberlyn Michalec,Flatonia, 4-10; 2. Forgasson, El Campo, 4-10; 3.Handy, Round Top-Carmine, 4-8; 4. Saha,Tidehaven, 4-8; 5. Stowers, Gonzales, 4-6; 6.Harmon, Weimar, 4-6.

Long Jump — 1. Fisher, St. Joseph, 16-6.5;2. Nyul, Marion, 15-4; 3. Washington, Marion,14-6 3/4; 4. Kylie Mica, Flatonia, 14-6; 5. Hunt,El Campo, 14-4; 6. Fougeat, Gonzales, 14-3.

Triple Jump — 1. Nyul, Marion, 34-1 1/2;2. Fisher, St. Joseph, 33-10; 3. Kylie Mica, Flatonia,32-1; 4. Ashlen Novak, Flatonia, 31-8 1/2; 5.Hirsch, Round Top-Carmine, 30-11; 6. Williams,St. Joseph, 30-7 1/2.

Pole Vault — 1. Boedeker, Marion, 11-6;2. Williams, Ganado, 8-6; 3. Gash, St. Joseph, 8-0; 4. Hlavaty, El Campo, 7-6; 5. Haub, Gonzales,7-0; 6. Ince, Gonzales, 6-6.

3200 Run — 1. Amberlee Munch, Weimar,13:08; 2. Haley Moeller, Flatonia, 13:10; 3. AlexaMartinez, Weimar, 13:19; 4. Nagel, St. Joseph,13:36; 5. Kelli Haynes, Faith Academy, 14:18; 6.Sanchez, Gonzales, 14:23.

4x100 Relay — 1. Marion, 51:06; 2.Gonzales, 53:02; 3. St. Joseph, 54:34; 4.Tidehaven, 55:40; 5. Round Top-Carmine, 55:49;6. Flatonia (Ashleigh Samuel, Savannah Flood,Ashlen Novak, Alanis Ribera), 56:62.

800 Run — 1. Fougeray, Gonzales, 2:38; 2.Pena, El Campo, 2:42; 3. Alexander, St. Joseph,2:44; 4. Hernandez, Gonzales, 2:45; 5. Avila,Marion, 2:47; 6. Emmons, Round Top-Carmine,2:48.

100 Hurdles — 1. Leach, Tidehaven, 17.01;2. Williams, St. Joseph, 17.48; 3. Kylie Mica,Flatonia, 17.78; 4. Harmon, Weimar, 18.40; 5.Williams, St. Joseph, 19.12; 6. Knight, Marion,19.22.

100 Dash — 1. Sexton, Gonzales, 12.62; 2.Cray, Gonzales, 12.96; 3. James, Gonzales, 13.18;4. Fisher, St. Joseph, 13.21; 5. Ray, Tidehaven,13.40; 6. Nolton, Tidehaven, 13.40.

4x200 Relay — 1. Marion, 1:54.08; 2.Gonzales, 1:54.84; 3. Tidehaven, 1:57; 4. Weimar(Jordan Mensch, Amberlee Munsch, AlexaMartinez, Samantha Wick), 1:58; 5. St. Joseph,1:59; 6. Ganado, 2:00.

400 Dash — 1. Pena, El Campo, 1:08; 2.Alexa Martinez, Weimar, 1:10; 3. Dunlap, Ganado,1:11; 4. Salazar, Ganado, 1:12; 5. Hermes, St.Joseph, 1:12; 6. Katie Christen, Weimar, 1:13.

300 Hurdles — 1. Samantha Wick, 50.96;2. Knight, Marion, 53.15; 3. Williams, St. Joseph,55.24; 4. Savannah Flood, Flatonia, 55.72; 5.Hunt, El Campo, 56.15; 6. Leach, Tidehaven,56.31.

200 Dash — 1. Washington, Marion, 27.84;2. King, Tidehaven, 29.15; 3. Hlavaty, El Campo,29.24; 4. Thomas, Ganado, 29.46; 5. KimberlynMichalke, Flatonia, 29.96; 6. Means, St. Joseph,30.28.

1600 Run — 1. Amberlee Munsch, 6:06.28;2. Haley Moeller, Flatonia, 6:06.80; 3. Avila,Marion, 6:16; 4. Nagle, St. Joseph, 6:20; 5.Hernandez, Gonzales, 6:28; 6. Sanchez, Gonzales,6:31.

4x400 Relay — 1. Gonzales, 4:24; 2.Flatonia (Ashlen Novak, Maggie Mica, Riley Beck,Lillie Steinhauser), 4:34; 3. Weimar (Katie Chris-ten, Jordan Mensch, Alexa Martinez, SamanthaWick), 4:54; 4. Ganado, 4:55; 5. St. Joseph, 5:06;6. Tidehaven, 5:12.

2,198 yards and 18 touchdowns.Miller was active in the Sealy

community helping special needschildren in the Special Olympics.

While his parents, Mark andKarla Miller, are proud of theirson’s athletic achievements, whatthey may be proudest of is that heearned his college degree in such

a short time while playing a time-consuming sport.

The 6-foot-5-inch, 240-poundMiller has just completed a firstof two invitational professionalfootball combine tryouts at NRGStadium in Houston for footballdraft considerations.

Only time will tell if his foot-ball career extends into the pros.

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BURGELLJeramie Burgell Jr. and

Estefani Rosales of Weimar an-nounce the birth of their son,Blake Ray Burgell, born Feb. 15at 9:02 p.m. at Columbus Com-munity Hospital in Columbus.

He weighed 7 pounds, 8ounces and measured 19 1/4inches in length.

Grandparents are AntonioRosales and Alma Rosas ofWeimar, and Jeramie Burgell andBrenda Ammon of Vicksburg,Mich.

ALLEYHarley Alley and Yesenia

Marquez of Eagle Lake announcethe birth of their son, JaydenHarley Alley, born Feb. 18 at 4:35a.m. at Columbus CommunityHospital in Columbus.

He weighed 8 pounds, 0.5ounces measured 21 inches inlength.

Jayden Harley was welcomedhome by his brother and sister,Noah Christopher, 8 and AmeliyaRose, 2.

Grandparents are Reyes andMaria Marquez, and Gary andRochelle Alley all of Eagle Lake.

Great-grandparents areTommy Story, Wylie and MaryAlley, Mariana Hernandez, andConsuelo Lopez.

ROBINSONMelvin Robinson of Wharton

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She weighed 7 pounds, 2ounces.

Khiyah Monaé was welcomedhome by her siblings, Mel’liyah,

A’Niyah and Kace Robinson.Grandparents are Monrovia

James of Garwood and MoniqueViser of Wharton.

Great-grandparents are OllieCarter of Garwood and DorisRobinson of Wharton.

OBREGONAndrew Obregon and

Sabrina Garamillo of Columbusannounce the birth of their son,Kayden Drew Obregon, bornFeb. 18 at 2:11 p.m. at ColumbusCommunity Hospital in Colum-bus.

He weighed 8 pounds, 15ounces, and measured 20 3/4inches in length.

Grandparents are Lance andBecky Hudnall, Daniel andPatricia Garamillo all of Colum-bus.

Great-grandparents areRosemarie Gonzales and AuroraGonzales of Columbus.

GOOCHBrandon and Nikki Gooch of

Winchester announce the birth oftheir son, Kaydin LeveltonGooch, born Feb. 16 at 10:13 a.m.at St. Mark’s Medical Center inLa Grange.

He weighed 8 pounds, 9ounces and measured 20 1/2inches in length.

Kaydin Levelton was wel-comed home by his sisters, Blairand Ambri.

Grandparents are Glenn andStacy Zoch of Winchester, andJoey and Vickie Gooch of Schu-lenburg.

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1 trips ‘round the track 5 TX Tanya’s “Can _ ___ You Tonight” 6 Kingsville’s only radio station 7 TXism: “still wet behind the ____” 8 high school dropout prevention org. 9 “The eyes of Texas ___ upon you . . .”12 “_ ____ Texas tale”17 prophets19 TXism: “____ ‘__ up” (evaluate)21 alleviate 22 LBJ appointed TX Edward _ _____ as ambassador to Australia in 196523 ex-Cowboy QB, Troy28 TX “Big Bopper” hit: “Chantilly ____”29 Dallas public TV30 Cleo’s Mark31 calf-roping loop35 this TX Heisman winner, O’Brien, was better known as “Davey”36 UT swimmer who won gold in ‘88 and ‘92 relay teams42 how TX celebrities get to an event44 TXism: “sticks like ___ __ a road”46 seat of Maverick Co.48 TXism: “I’d ____ __ prime my mouth to spit” (thirsty)49 bluejeans inventor, Levi (init.)

1 TXism: “sells ____ _____ ____ at the State Fair” 2 this Fred was in movies with TX Ginger Rogers 3 “Frio-Nueces Current” is based in this town 4 “Fiesta Diez y ____” is celebrated in TX 9 this Baldwin was in TX-fi lmed “Talk Radio” (1988)10 tax collector: “Internal _______ _______”11 dir. to Abilene from Snyder12 TXism: “quick __ _ New York minute”

50 TX Ivory Joe wrote “Since I ___ You Baby”51 state an opinion52 Yu Darvish stat53 large TX independent petroleum company54 TX “Cactus Jack” Garner was ____ Pres. for FDR56 TXism: “__ _ pig’s eye” (never)57 “___-Tex Zoo” became “Cameron Park Zoo”

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13 Cowboys got this type of parade in 1993 (2 wds.)14 NW of Fort Worth on hwy. 19915 type of business jet16 this Thomas was 1st congresswoman from TX18 TX George H.W. was director of this spy agcy. in 197620 historic “Katy” railroad: “_-_-T”23 Centerville h.s. class24 city of Colts, Texans division foe (abbr.)25 Texarkana FM or TV26 TXism: “picture show”

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BELLVILLEMonday-Friday, March 2-March 6

The Bellville ISD offers a variety of menus toallow its students a healthy choice throughout the2014-15 school year. To see the various menuson a daily basis, visit www.bellvilleisd.org.

FAYETTEVILLEMonday, March 2

Breakfast: Pancakes, apple, juice, milkLunch: Steak fingers, salad mix, pork and

beans, mandarin orange, (HS: whole-wheatbread), milk

Tuesday, March 3Breakfast: Cereal, toast, pears, juice, milkLunch: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green

beans, coleslaw, pear halves, garlic or whole-wheat bread, milk

Wednesday, March 4Breakfast: French toast, yogurt, apple, juice,

milkLunch: Chicken over rice, corn on cob, sliced

carrots, apple, (HS: whole-wheat bread), milkThursday, March 5

Breakfast: Cereal, pan sausage, orange, juice,

milkLunch: Sloppy Joe, pickles, baked potato with

trimmings, apricots, (HS: orange), milkFriday, March 6

Breakfast: Blueberry breakfast cookies, can-taloupe, juice, milk

Lunch: Cheese pizza, salad mix, yogurt, can-taloupe, milk

ST. ANTHONYMonday, March 2

Steak fingers, macaroni and cheese, greenpeas, batter bread, peaches, milk

Tuesday, March 3Crispy tacos, trimmings, pinto beans, orange

Jell-O, pineapple, milkWednesday, March 4

Barbecue pulled pork on bun, pickle wedge,seasoned potato wedges, apple, milk

Thursday, March 5Hamburger, trimmings, tater tots, grapes,

milk

WEIMARMonday, March 2

Breakfast: Muffins, cereal, juice, milkLunch: Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes,

peas, peaches, bread, milkTuesday, March 3

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, biscuit, freshfruit, juice, milk

Lunch: Spaghetti with meat sauce, corn, greenbeans, fruit mix, bread, milk

Wednesday, March 4Breakfast: Pig-in-blanket, cereal, fresh fruit,

juice, milkLunch: Burrito, pinto beans, garden salad,

mandarin orange, milkThursday, March 5

Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage, fresh fruit,juice, milk

Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, trim-mings, broccoli, carrot sticks, pickle spear, freshfruit, milk

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Friday, March 6Breakfast: French toast sticks, cereal, fresh

fruit, juice, milkLunch: Hamburger or fish burger, trimmings,

oven fries, fresh fruit, milk

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERSOffice Hours:

Open Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.(open during lunch hour)

Beginning February 14 thru April 11we will then open

Saturday’s 8:00 a.m. - Noon.

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS/BUSINESS ADVISORS

620 Hwy. 90 W., Sealy, TX 77474(979) 885-6588

1886 Stafford Opera HouseColumbus, Texas

DINNER THEATREMarch 7, 2015

Houston First BaptistChurch Orchestra

Pops Concert (secular music)SOCIAL 5:30 P.M. • DINNER 6 P.M. • SHOW 7 P.M.

Tickets $35 per person, per showStop by or call for tickets (979) 732-5135

or email: staffordoperahouse@yahoo.com

THANK YOUThe Annual Columbus Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Oyster/Fish Fry was a big success. We wouldlike to thank everyone who helped, donated andsupported. We greatly appreciate it!

Thanks,Columbus VFD

Friday, March 6Tuna salad sandwich, trimmings, carrots, lite

Ranch, baked chips, banana, milk

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Mr. and Mrs. John Konesheck of Eagle Lake announce the engagementof their daughter, Kelly, to Aaron Grady, son of Ray Grady of Columbusand Reneé Vaughn of Orange. The bride-elect graduated from Rice HighSchool and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Houston BaptistUniversity and master’s degree from Texas State University. She is cur-rently the humane educator at the San Antonio Humane Society. Theprospective groom graduated from Sealy High School and earned hisbachelor’s degree from Texas State University. He is the assistant ad-ministrative director at the Wood Living Facility in San Marcos. Thewedding is planned for March 7 in Weimar.

Kathy Kutac was presented with a large poinsettia plant in appreciation for all her major hard work contribu-tions to the Vietnam Veterans Chapter 870 in Schulenburg. Presenting the plant were Chapter President AndyJanda, left, and Chapter Secretary Jerry Hudec Jr. Kutac, who is an associate member, helped do the leg workwith the Vietnam Veterans of America activities, including its annual raffle, Wounded Warrior program,Christmas for Children, chapter Christmas party, Praha Veterans Day program and several area parades.

LA GRANGE — The LaGrange VFW Post #5254 Hall wasfilled to near capacity on theevening of Feb. 17 not only to eatstew and chili, but also to hearabout a new veterans outreachprogram that can be served by amobile unit.

The mobile unit is new to thisarea.

All veterans and their spousesin the area were invited to attendthe meal and program.

Post Commander Dick Frenzelintroduced the Mobile Vet Center(MVC) representative JaimeNicoletti of Austin who spoke atlength about services that wouldbe available through the mobileunit which could travel to La

Grange to serve area veterans.If the need arises, the mobile

unit could visit this area at leastonce a month.

The MVC is the Department ofVeterans Affairs latest effort toreach the underserved veteranpopulations of rural America.

The MVC’s primary mission isto help veterans readjust to civil-ian life. The goal is to identifyproblems, and then offer indi-vidual, family and group counsel-ing for many issues, includingPTSD, military sexual trauma andbereavement.

While these programs havebeen available for years at the VetCenter in San Antonio, the MVCcan now go where there is a need.

Mobile Vet Center visitsLa Grange VFW Post

During the question portion ofthe program, Fayette CountyJudge Ed Janecka indicated thatveterans can visit the La GrangeVA Clinic in order to establish eli-gibility for the program and set upappointments for those needingthe counseling service. This mo-bile service would enhance thelocal VA clinic’s benefits.

Eligibility is extended to WorldWar II, Korean War, Vietnam Era,Persian Gulf War combat veteransand others who served duringother periods of armed hostilitiesafter the Vietnam era.

Great-grandparents are Elmoand Angeline Zoch of Winches-ter, Weille Gooch of La Grange,and Ricky and Debra Williams ofElgin.