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Disabled veterans meetingThe Fort Bend County Chapter 233

Disabled American Veterans Mem-bers and Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rosenberg American Legion Hall, 4520 SH 36 South, Rosenberg. Call James Linde-mann at 281-342-5191.

Archeology societyDaggers, bows, spears and armor

from over 400 years of Japanese history will be the subject of a free program pre-sented by Dirk Van Tuerenhout, PhD, to the Fort Bend Archeological Society at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the assem-bly hall of the Gus George Law Enforce-ment Academy, 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond.

Lamar ’75 grads soughtMembers of the Lamar Class of

1975 are being sought for a reunion in 2015. Alumni are asked to pro-vide their address, phone number and email address to Alice Martinez Compton at acompt@comcast.net or 713-705-2030 — or Paul “Dub” Sabru-sela at dub@myenchanted.com or 281-468-9184. Classmates may also join the Facebook page Lamar Mustangs Class of ‘75 40th Reunion.

Day, night ESL classesLamar CISD’s Project LEARN, a

family literacy program, offers En-glish as a Second Language (ESL) classes for people in the district — day and evening classes, plus early childhood classes for children ages 0-3 while their parents attend class during the day. For more information, call 832-223-0421.

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The definition of that word is a term for a figure of speech in which a sentence or phrase has a surprise ending. It’s often humorous, but not guaranteed.

1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.

2. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

3. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.

Congrats to Needville native Ashley Laman, a junior nursing major at Hard-ing University, for making the Dean’s List for the Fall 2014 semester.

Also, kudos to Richmond residents Kayley Edmonds, a freshman ele-mentary education major, and Ashley Sampson, for making the Dean’s List for the Fall 2014 semester at Harding University.

Blanca Aurora Garza, 84Kenneth Ray Smerek

Encourage one another and build each other up.

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BY MARQUITA GRIFFINnewsroom@fbherald.com

This is the agency that’s there when disasters hit.

It’s also there to support military families, provide health and safety ser-vices families and encourage blood do-nations. The American Red Cross’ goal is simple: To be there when the time calls.

So when it comes to providing for communities nationwide, and inter-nationally, the American Red Cross doesn’t hold back. On Jan. 24 The American Red Cross is hosting its 14th annual Red Cross Super Ball at Sugar Land’s Constellation Field, 1 Stadium Drive in Sugar Land, in efforts to raise funds to support its programs.

Proceeds from this particular event, however, will benefit American Red Cross programs in Fort Bend County, including disaster services, prepared-ness, health and safety, service to the armed forces, international services and transportation.

Super Ball XIV 2105 will be held from from 7 p.m. to midnight and will feature a super-size tailgate buffet, complimentary beer and wine, live and silent auctions, wine pull, games and dancing.

This year’s event is chaired by Ei-leen Akerson and Amy and Nick Stu-gart, with Kandee and Terry McGill serving as Honorary Chairs.

For more information about the event contact Barbara Gallo in the Fort Bend County branch office at 281-342-9480 or Barbara.Gallo@redcross.org.

Sponsorship opportunitiesEvent organizers announced spon-

sorship opportunities are still available for the Jan. 24 event.

Available sponsorship levels include: “Fan” for $1,250; “Players” for $2,500; “Kicker” for $5,000; “Special Team” for $7,500; “Quarterback” for $10,000; and “Team Owner” for $15,000.

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Beginning the journey

BY JENNIFER SCOTTjscott@fbherald.com

Friday was a cold and damp day, prompting many Rosenberg resi-dents to don gloves and heavy jack-ets, but for newlyweds Stephanie Reinecker-Rodriguez and Lt. Col. Francis Torres it was a day of wed-ding bliss.

“This was the first wedding we’ve ever had at the museum,” said Ratha Liladrie, executive director of Rosen-berg Railroad Museum.

Torres, a career Army officer, is a train fanatic.

“We called the museum and asked if they do weddings,” said Reineck-er-Rodriguez, a Rosenberg native.

The museum offers birthday par-ties and other social events, but this request was a first.

“We were delighted to hear they wanted to have a wedding here,” said Liladrie.

The bride-to-be came from Hous-ton to check out the grounds and was very much sold on the location.

“We really liked the area and the price was right for us,” said Reineck-er-Rodriguez.

After six months of planning and checking on the weather every two weeks, the couple tied the knot in front of the 1879 Rail Car under an awning.

“We were more worried about it being cold than rain, but the muse-

um was very generous in providing coffee for our guests,” said Reineck-er-Rodriguez.

The couple was asked about the active railroad and the deafening horns of the trains.

“We were hoping to hear at least one during the ceremony,” said Tor-res, as he embraced his new bride.

“We see it as good luck!” said Reinecker-Rodriguez.

After the exchanges of vows, the guests whipped out their umbrellas and walked to the Ol’ Railroad Café in downtown Rosenberg.

“While we are not equipped to host big receptions, we are definitely open to have more weddings in the future,” said Liladrie.

Museum hosts first wedding

Fort Bend Herald holiday coloring contest winners announced

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Francis Torres were married Friday at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum.

Bride Stephanie Reinecker-Rodriguez clutches her bouquet.

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The Rosenberg Police Department will conduct a free child safety seat in-spection on Tuesday at City Hall.

By appointment only, the 30-minute demonstration will teach those attend-ing how to properly install a car seat.

Participants should bring their child, the car seat, the vehicle and the owner’s manual.

For more information or to make an appointment, contact Rosenberg Munic-ipal Court at 832-595-3450.

Rosenberg PD offers free seat inspections

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Today in HistoryBy THE aSSoCIaTEd PrESS

Today is Monday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2015. There are 360 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:

On Jan. 5, 1925, Democrat Nel-lie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor, succeeding her late hus-band, William, following a special election.

On this date:In 1781, a British naval expe-

dition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.

In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated.)

In 1905, the National Associa-tion of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and An-imals was incorporated in New York State.

In 1914, auto industrialist Hen-ry Ford announced he was going to pay workers $5 for an 8-hour day, as opposed to $2.34 for a 9-hour day. (Employees still worked six days a week; the 5-day work week was in-stituted in 1926.)

In 1933, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, died in Northampton, Massachu-setts, at age 60. Construction be-gan on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Work was completed four years later.)

In 1949, in his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his adminis-tration the Fair Deal.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine.

In 1964, during a visit to the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI met with Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople in Jerusalem.

In 1970, Joseph A. Yablon-ski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, was found murdered with his wife and daughter at their Clarksville, Pennsylvania, home. (UMWA President Tony Boyle and seven others were convicted of, or plead-ed guilty to, the killings.) “All My Children” premiered on ABC-TV.

In 1975, “The Wiz,” a musical version of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” featuring an all-black cast, opened on Broadway.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nom-inating Elizabeth Dole to suc-ceed Drew Lewis as secretary of transportation; Dole became the first woman to head a Cabinet de-partment in Reagan’s administra-tion, and the first to head the DOT.

In 1994, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, former speaker of the House of Representatives, died in Boston at age 81.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush opened a new drive for caps on medical malprac-tice awards, contending the limits would lower health care costs. The bodies of 18 young Iraqi Shi-ites taken off a bus and executed in Dec. 2005 were found in a field near Mosul. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, a Marine charged with desertion in Iraq after mysterious-ly disappearing from his post was again declared a deserter — this time for failing to report to his U.S. base. (Hassoun turned himself in to military authorities in June 2014.) Eris, the largest dwarf plan-et of the solar system, was iden-tified by astronomers at the Palo-mar Observatory in California.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama scolded 20 of his highest-level officials over the thwarted Christmas Day terror attack on an airliner bound for De-troit, taking them jointly to task for “a screw-up that could have been disastrous” and should have been avoided. The U.S. and Brit-ish embassies in Yemen reopened their doors after a two-day closure prompted by security concerns.

One year ago: The Iraqi mili-tary tried to dislodge al-Qaida mil-itants in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, unleashing airstrikes and besieging the regional capital. Acting with a court order, the fam-ily of Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy, removed her from a California hospital to be cared for elsewhere.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Vice President Walter F. Mon-dale is 87. Actor Robert Duvall is 84. Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, is 77. Singer-musician Athol Guy (The Seekers) is 75. Talk show host Charlie Rose is 73. Actress-director Diane Kea-ton is 69. Actor Ted Lange is 67. Rhythm-and-blues musician George “Funky” Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 66. Rock musi-cian Chris Stein (Blondie) is 65.

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By THE aSSoCIaTEd PrESS

NATION WORLD STATEStolen home found

SAN ANTONIO — A tiny home that was reported sto-len five days before Christmas has been found. The sheriff’s office said over the weekend that the 228-square-foot mo-bile home owned by Casey Friday was discovered on a San Antonio property.

Blood donations wantedAUSTIN — The Blood and

Tissue Center of Central Tex-as says the need for blood, especially type O blood, re-mains constant, and the cold and flu season are taking a toll on the blood supply in Central Texas.

Shooting kills 1AMARILLO — Authori-

ties are investigating a fa-tal shooting that occurred south of Amarillo. Police received a report of a shoot-ing on Sunday night. When officers arrived, they found a dead 39-year-old man at the scene.

Police kill suspectSAN FRANCISCO — Au-

thorities say officers shot and killed a man near a police station who held what ap-peared to be a handgun. Police opened fire Sunday evening after the man pulled what was later determined to be a type of air gun.

Coach’s home damagedCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Caro-

lina Panthers coach Ron Rive-ra’s house was damaged in an early morning fire but no one was injured, a team spokesman said Monday. Charlie Dayton said Rivera and his wife Steph-anie were inside their Char-lotte home at the time of the blaze.

Hedge founder slainNEW YORK — A 70-year-old

hedge fund founder has been found shot dead inside his Manhattan apartment. Police say Thomas Gilbert was shot in the head at his Beekman Place residence on the East Side.

Surgeries shut downWARSAW, Poland — Tens of

thousands of patients in Po-land are without medical care this year after some doctors shut their surgeries in pro-test at new cancer treatment procedures. A doctors’ union is threatening a nationwide strike to have the plan reversed.

Police detainedANKARA, Turkey — Police

on Monday detained 20 more police officers suspected of conducting illegal wiretaps in a new wave of raids. The Anadolu Agency said the offi-cers were detained in sweeps on their homes in 12 Turkish cities.

Bomber hits policeKABUL, Afghanistan — A

suicide car bomber struck near the headquarters of the Euro-pean police training mission in Kabul on Monday, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding 16 people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Note: The deadline for Area Birth-days is 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 4 p.m. Friday for the weekend edition. Any birthdays called in after that will go in the following day.

Vegetable-herb saleFort Bend Master Gardeners

will hold their annual vegeta-ble-herb plant sale on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at the Bud O’Shieles Community Center, 1330 Band Road. The doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the program will be from 9-11 a.m. Call 281-341-7068 or visit www.fbmg.com.

Master Gardeners saleFort Bend Master Gardeners

will hold their annual vegeta-

ble-herb plant sale on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in front of the green-house behind the Agriculture Cen-ter, 1402 Band Road. The sale starts at 9 a.m. and will run until 12 p.m. or until sold out. Call 281-341-7068 or visit www.fbmg.com.

DAR meetingThe Fort Bend Chapter Nation-

al Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of the First United

Methodist Church, 3900 Lexing-ton Blvd., Missouri City. Our Feb-ruary program will feature Carol Lane, speaking of “Concerns of Police Survivors.” Contact Gwen Goldsberry at jbbumndar@hot-mail.com. The Fort Bend Chapter website is http://www.texasdar.org/chapters/FortBend

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TEMPLE — USDA Rural De-velopment Texas State director Paco Valentin announced Mon-day that USDA is soliciting appli-cations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 community connect program grants.

The program provides grants to establish essential broadband services in rural communities where it is currently not avail-able.

“Many rural communities in Texas do not have access to broad-band service,” said Valentin.

“USDA’s Community Connect Grant Program ensures that ru-ral residents have the ability to run businesses, get the most from

their education and benefit from the infinite services that fast, reli-able broadband provides.”

The minimum amount of grants awarded will be $100,000; the maximum is $3,000,000. The deadline for applications to be sub-mitted is Feb. 17.

Last year, USDA announced new rules to better target Com-munity Connect grants to areas where they are needed the most. To view the rules, go to: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-05-03/pdf/2013-10502.pdf

Since its inception, the Commu-nity Connect program has funded 237 projects with investments of $149 million.

For more information, see page 75120 of the Dec. 17, 2014 Federal

Register at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12-17/pdf/2014-29600.pdf.

USDA, through its Rural Devel-opment mission area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastructure and facility programs through a national network of state and lo-cal offices.

These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.

For information on this and other USDA Rural Development programs in Texas, visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/TXHome.html.

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Well ,friends, another year has come and gone and a new year is ahead of us. Of course good health, hap-piness and p r o s p e r i t y are always at the top of the list of things most people want in any new year.

For me, having health is most im-portant be-cause with it you can also have happiness and hopefully a lot of prosperity. I hope that you prosper in love for each other and for the one who loves us all no matter what.

By now most of the Christ-mas trees are taken down, or-naments packed away along with wrapping paper, bows and all decorations to make your Christmas holiday merry and bright. Our tree is still up, mainly because I enjoy seeing the colorful lights and it makes me feel good, plus it has been too cold and ugly to drag the boxes from our storage building to the house.

I have taken down the outside decorations as of Saturday as the sun has made an appearance and the rain has stopped enough for me to venture outside.

I have taken down most of the inside decorations and stored them in our extra bedroom so I guess I need to get boxes and put away what I have ready to pack until Christmas 2015 which will be here before you know it.

Our daughter Amy, Tyson and grandkids, Bryson and Rylee came out on Christmas day to open gifts from Santa. They first opened gifts at their house, then headed to Damon to enjoy time with us and they even spent the night.

Alfred made pullled pork and pinto beans and of course it was all good. We played a new game called Deer in the Headlights and it was OK once we all figured out the rules of the game. It ended up with me winning but not quite sure how, but I will take a win whenever I can get it.

Later Amy, Tyson and I played Farkle, which Tyson won while Alfred and g-kids went to watch Looney tunes in bed with their Opa. Once Amy and the gang left it was like, well, Christmas has come and gone and things get back to nor-mal, but the build-up before can really be hectic.

I then stop and have to take in the real reason for the season and that is the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Before we open any gifts we

all gather around the tree and sing “Happy Birthday to Jesus.” This year since April, Aaron and Iwabelle could not be with us they were still able to join in singing via our cell phones when we Tangoed with them. It meant a lot to be able to vis-it with them and even see little Iwa opening a few of her gifts. Maybe this year they can come home for Christmas, I hope.

First English Lutheran Church of Damon held its chil-dren’s Christmas A-Z, on Dec. 14 during regular church services. All the children did a great job and even my grandkids Bryson and Rylee got to join us. Follow-ing the program birthday cake for Jesus was served after sing-ing “Happy Birthday” and pot

luck luncheon was enjoyed by all.

Later that evening I attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Rosenberg, to watch my grand-kids in their Christmas pro-gram. A meal of very good chili was served and everyone had a really good time.

That is about all for now and I sincerely wish that everyone has the best days ahead in the coming year 2015. I plan to do my best to make it all I want it to be.

May the good Lord bless and keep you, may you walk with sunlight shining and a bluebird in every tree, May there be a sil-ver lining back of every cloud you see, whether near or far away.

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We hope your New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day were safe and happy ones. Our area students are busy once again adjust-ing to their regular class schedules. We send out wish-es for a suc-cessful end to their third six weeks grad-ing period on Jan. 16 for stu-dents in both the Needville ISD and Lamar CISD.

The Village of Pleak Fire De-partment and Pleak Fire Fight-ers Association members con-

tinue their weekly raffle ticket drawings for the 26-Week Gun Raffle each Tuesday night. Last week’s winner is Mary Crawford.

To find out the winners name earlier than reading it in Pleak Speaks, check out the fire depart-ment Facebook page. Locate the “Village of Pleak Volunteer Fire Department” facebook page and “like” them. You will be able to view a little video of each week’s winner being selected from the raffle barrel.

Belated happy birthday wish-es going out to former Pleak Al-derman James Goates from his lovely wife Doris and the rest of the family. James’ special day was on Dec. 30 and I am sure that Doris and the rest of the gang made sure that he enjoyed

the day! Happy birthday James, thanks for all your hard work and contributions to the Village of Pleak through the years. We appreciate you!

Pleak residents Mitzi and Wayne Stroud hosted a small New Year’s Eve gathering with sister Mary Ann and nephew Wayne Mihills and neighbors Damon and Cindy Kuhn play-ing a very competitive couple of games of “Chicken Foot” domi-noes.

Jimmie and I spent the better part of New Year’s Eve with our son, daughter-in-law and grand-daughter Sophia playing games at their home in Rosenberg. I have to admit, it had been a while since I played “Trouble” and “Candy Land,” but we had a won-

derful time and laughed a lot.For information on what’s

happening in the Village of Pleak you can visit their web-site of www.villageofpleak.com for scheduled meetings, minutes from previous meetings, infor-mation relating to the Pleak VFD and links to other important county resources. For more in-formation you may call the Pleak Village Hall at 281-239-8504.

I look forward to hearing from you and sharing your family’s good news. You may give me a call at 832-595-2023, or send an email to cdean97@yahoo.com. with your good news about family, neighbor-hood, school or church.

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Students return to school in Lamar, Needvilld ISDsPleak Speaks

Fort Bend Youth Football League held a toy drive to put a smile on the faces of children who may spend Christmas in the hospital at Memorial Herman Sugar Land. Front row for from left are Ruthlene Robinson, Kathy Crump, Brandon Glover, Jr., Quentin Davis, Jeremiah Reyes, Ricky McGraw, Kameron Mouton, Phillip Green, Matthias Konrad, Victor Flores, Austin Quintana, Tyrann Williams and Christina LaChappelle. Back row: FBYFL president Jacqueline Jean-Baptiste, MHSL Child Life Specialist Hollie Young, MHSL Sports Medicine Coordinator Steven Ramirez, Keiwanna Green, Felecia King and MHSL Marketing and Community Relations Kimberly Hays.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Con-gress’ approval rating hovers around 15 percent, but there’s one group of people excited about the institution: the newly elected law-makers who are about to join its ranks.

The House will welcome 58 freshmen this coming week, in-cluding 43 Republicans and 15 Democrats, pushing the GOP ma-jority to 246 members, the most since the Great Depression.

In the Senate, 13 new lawmak-ers, all but one of them Repub-lican, will be sworn in, flipping control of the chamber to the GOP with a 54-vote majority.

The incoming classes will bring new gender and racial diversity to Capitol Hill, with 104 women in

the House and Senate and close to 100 black, Hispanic and Asian law-makers. The newcomers include the youngest woman elected to Congress, 30-year-old Elise Stefan-ik of New York, and the first black Republican woman, Mia Love of Utah.

As the new members prepared to arrive on Capitol Hill, several said they brought hopes of curb-ing the often partisan atmosphere in Washington, showing the pub-lic that they really can govern and, just maybe, getting Congress’ approval rating back up past 20 percent.

“This election was not an en-dorsement of either party, it was a condemnation of, yes, the presi-dent’s policies, but also of govern-

ment dysfunction,” said GOP Rep.-elect Carlos Curbelo, who defeated a Democratic incumbent in Flori-da. “I hope we can be different. ... I hope we focus on getting things done.”

Same GOP leadership in House

Republicans remain in charge of the House, but it won’t be the same Republicans leading many committees.

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is poised to run the chamber for the fifth straight year, but nine committees are getting new heads, providing an opportunity for fresh faces to make an impact on is-sues such as defense, government spending and taxes.

“There are two kinds of people in politics,” says Mitch McConnell, the new Senate ma-jority leader: “Those who want to make a point and those who want to make a difference.”

“All of us from time to time make a point,” he told The New York Times, “but it is time now to make a dif-ference.”

It’s a new year and a new Con-gress. Mc-Connell now has to con-vince fellow Republicans to follow his adage: to go from the party of “no” to the party of “yes”; from part of the problem to part of the solution; from making trouble to making progress.

The odds are stacked heavi-ly against him, in part because McConnell himself — as the mi-nority leader during President Obama’s first six years — often acted as Chief Obstructer to the White House agenda. But as he notes, times have changed, and that shift opens a small sliver of opportunity.

It sounds counterintuitive, but since the Republicans did so well in the fall elections and now control both houses of Congress, they could be in a better position to compromise with the presi-dent.

Here’s the reasoning: Voters have shown confidence in the Re-publicans; they want the party to join the governing process. They expect to see a record of accom-plishment. So if the GOP hopes to retake the White House in 2016, they have to heed the voters and “make a difference.”

There are precedents here. A

Republican-controlled Congress worked closely with President Clinton on issues like welfare re-form. Democrats on Capitol Hill helped pass tax and immigration reforms signed by President Rea-gan.

At the end of the last Con-gress, pragmatists in both par-ties joined to pass a measure, signed by Obama, to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. That vote might — and we emphasize might — pro-vide a template for bipartisan co-operation this year on issues like trade, taxes and infrastructure improvements.

“There are a lot of trends here that suggest a more productive Congress, and one that earns the respect of the American people,” Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee told the Washington Post.

Accomplishing that goal will be difficult because respect for Congress is so low — and for good reason. The last two legisla-tive sessions have been the least productive in our entire history, and the United States is mov-ing steadily toward a European model, with ideologically based parties that barely overlap in the center.

A study by political scientists Keith Poole and Howard Rosen-thal concludes: “Congress is now more polarized than at any time since the end of Reconstruc-tion.”

That can work in a parliamen-tary system, where one party or governing coalition selects a prime minister and enjoys a man-date to enact its program. But in the American system, which di-vides power among three branch-es of government, ideologically pure parties are a recipe for paral-ysis unless one party decisively controls all three branches. And that won’t be true for the next two years, at least.

Voters understand this trend — and hate it. In a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, 71 per-cent said gridlock in Washington would “hurt” the nation “a lot” and another 16 percent said it would do “some” damage. Only 13 percent expressed no concern.

Moreover, they are pessimis-tic about the future. More than 3 out of 4 say political divisions will deepen or remain the same; only 17 percent expect any im-provement.

That gloom is justified, except for one small thing. Yes, the par-ties are far more homogenous than they used to be, but they still represent uneasy coalitions of divergent factions. And the vote on the funding bill revealed those fissures.

Republican hardliners opposed the bill because it didn’t do enough to thwart President Obama’s ex-ecutive actions on immigration. Still, 162 House Republicans and 24 GOP senators defied those pres-sures and voted yes.

Democratic liberals de-nounced the legislation as too friendly to big banks and Wall Street. Yet 57 Democrats in the House and 32 in the Senate joined the majority.

These are the lawmakers, in both parties, who understand that in an era of divided govern-ment, all legislation is messy and imperfect. They are the ones who came to Washington to “make a difference” and not just make a scene.

It’s now up to the Republicans who run Congress and the Dem-ocrat who occupies the White House to strengthen this fragile alliance of pragmatists and mo-bilize them behind other issues.

Voters are right to be skepti-cal. But hey, it’s a new year. Hope happens.

Reach Steve and Cokie Roberts at stevecokie@gmail.com.

During my years in college, I was diagnosed with depression.

I was sad, antisocial, and felt unloved and unmotivated most of the time.

It literally hurt everywhere – physically, emotionally and men-tally.

There were days I couldn’t even get out of bed and I rarely so-cialized with my friends.

E v e n though I felt alone, my fluffy feline, Lady, was nev-er far from me.

She would cuddle next to me, purr and nuzzle her sweet little face against mine, or tap my face with her paw.

I don’t know if that was her way of comforting or her way of saying, “Mom! Get a grip!”

Either way – it always managed to prompt a slight smile from me.

I eventually did get a grip and sought help through the campus therapist, and taking a prescribed medication was eventually consid-ered.

That first week or so of the

antidepressant was rough be-cause I felt like such a zombie and couldn’t snap out of it.

However, as my body adjust-ed the medication, I could feel a chemical imbalance correcting itself.

I pulled myself through school and worked hard to graduate.

However, it didn’t take long for my depression to be triggered again.

I was having a difficult time finding a job in my field and my living situation was messy.

Then my best friend, who was working at an animal shelter, sent me a photo of this pretty dog she was trying to get adopted.

Normally, I’d accept the reali-ty that I just could not have a dog and reluctantly move on; however, there was something that drew me to her.

Something told me that I was meant to have her.

Her name was Bella and she was a nine-month-old German Shepherd-collie mix.

Before I knew it I had gotten a collar, leash and some toys for her.

I felt like a kid waiting for San-ta Claus, but instead of the big guy in a red suit, it was my best friend wearing an Auburn Univer-sity shirt and blue jeans coaxing

this shy mutt out of her sleigh -- I mean, car.

Bella was quite timid at first, but she eventually grew to protect and dote on me.

Animals have such an innate awareness pr intuition, so when she senses I am sad or upset, she will nuzzle her collie nose against a part of me and have me pet her or let me cry on her.

Depression is hard on others, especially friends and families because they don’t always know what to do.

The loss of beloved comedian Robin Williams put a spotlight on the illness, finally waking people up to the fact that it is a serious issue.

It can either be a temporary problem or a lifelong battle, but many look for a more permanent solution.

While I do not take medication anymore, it’s still a struggle and it probably will always be.

But while some will rely on ei-ther prayers, meditation or other means, I like to think that the best therapy is the feeling of a cat purr-ing next to you or the wet nose of a dog.

Reach Herald reporter Jennifer Scott at jscott@fbherald.com. Her column appears weekly.

WASHINGTON — Did you know that the United States is on the verge of becoming energy independent? And do you know who should get the credit for this remarkable turn of events?

President Obama gets a share because he has pushed policies to reduce U.S. demand and to promote an “all of the above” atti-tude toward energy pro-duction.

Still, the bulk of the credit goes to an industry that doesn’t top the list of Obama’s favorite corporate citizens, and that’s the oil companies. They did the exploration that led to the ad-vent of shale oil and the invigora-tion of the domestic oil market.

Without glossing over the en-vironmental concerns with the process to extract shale oil known as fracking, this newly discovered source of oil has revolutionized energy production.

Can you guess which country is most upset with America’s new muscle in the global energy mar-ket?

The answer of course is the oil kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is threatened by a newly competi-tive U.S. market. In the past, when

demand for oil went down, the Saudis would adjust their output so prices remained stable.

They’re responding differently this time, keeping their produc-tion at a high level and watching the price of oil tumble from $110 a barrel down to half that.

It doesn’t make sense from a supply-and-demand perspective, but that’s not what the Saudis have in mind. They’re pumping away in order to lower the price of shale oil. It becomes obvious when we do the math.

The Saudis can extract oil from the ground for under $10 a barrel. The figure to extract shale is at least four times that, at $40 or $50 a barrel.

How low can Saudi production drive down the price of oil, and at what point will shale oil producers cry uncle?

At a recent OPEC meeting where ministers and others from the major oil producing countries gathered, members were asked to cut back production. The Saudis refused, but so did the Russians, and the Venezuelans.

Why? Their economies are tanking, and they are so depen-dent on oil revenue that they can’t back off.

Improvements in U.S. oil tech-nology, and new oil findings espe-cially in North Dakota have trans-formed energy markets. Between technology, price, and discovery, American oil production has dra-matically increased, and the U.S.

is on the verge of declaring itself independent of foreign oil.

There’s another pressure point and that’s China, and its growing thirst for oil. China has turned in a single generation from a bicycle population to an automobile econ-omy, and its demand for oil has kept the price up.

In a global economy, it’s like a seesaw, as U.S. demand for foreign oil goes down, China’s goes up.

Can the Saudis drive down the price of oil fast enough to make the U.S. production of shale oil non-competitive, or will China’s needs and demands keep the price up?

In this global chess game, the U.S. with its soaring economy is a dominant player. Because wages have been stagnant, many Ameri-cans haven’t felt the impact of an improving economy in their lives. That should change with lower gas prices at the pump.

If people have more money in their pocket, they’re likely to feel better about their leaders. Obama will be judged on his handling of the economy, and while the recov-ery has been slow and tepid, it seems finally to be taking hold.

If the newly soaring U.S. econ-omy and its strengthening dollar can help pull Europe out of its doldrums, that may get Obama the credit that has so far eluded him.

Doug Cohn writes his syndicated column in partnership with Elea-nor Clift.

To raise awareness of birth de-fects, National Birth Defect Pre-vention Month is being recognized throughout January.

Birth defects are conditions that can change the structure of one or more parts of the body.

According to the Centers for Dis-ease Control, one in every 33 babies is affected, and every 4.5 minutes, a baby born in the U.S. has a defect.

As a result, nearly 120,000 babies are affected each year.

Some birth defects are easy to see, such a cleft lip, but there are others, such as heart defects or hearing loss, that require special testing.

Birth defects can occur at any stage of pregnancy, but most occur within the first three months, when the organs of the baby are forming.

Others can happen later in the pregnancy, as tissues and other or-gans begin to grow and develop.

There are complex factors that can contribute to defects throughout the pregnancy.

Risk factors that can determine the outcome of having birth defects include:

■ Smoking, drinking alcohol and do-ing drugs.

■ Certain medical conditions, like obesity or having uncontrolled diabe-tes before and during pregnancies.

■ Taking certain medications. ■ Having someone in the family with

a genetic defect.However, having one or more

of these risks doesn’t necessarily mean the pregnancy will be affect-ed with a birth defect, while women may have a baby born with a defect even if they don’t have any of these risks.

There are steps a woman can take to increase her chances of having a healthier baby:

■ Get 400 micrograms of folic acid every day.

■ Don’t drink, smoke or use drugs. ■ Talk to your healthcare provider

about taking any medications, includ-ing over-the-counter and dietary or herbal supplements.

■ Learn how to prevent infections during pregnancy.

To learn more about birth defects and prevention, visit www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects.

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Monday, January 5, 2015 SPORTS ForT BEnd HEraLd 5Tuesday SportsCalendar

Foster

Girls Basketball: Lady Falcons at Bay City, 6:30 Boys Basketball: Falcons at Brazo-sport, Freeport, 7

George Ranch

Girls Basketball: Longhorns at Sealy, 2

Lamar

Girls Basketball: Lady Mustangs vs. La Marque, 5:30 Boys Basketball: Mustangs at royal, Pattison, 7

Terry

Girls Basketball: Lady rangers vs. Columbia, 6

Needville

Boys Basketball: Blue Jays vs. Wharton, 7:30

Travis

Girls Basketball: Lady Tigers at Hastings, alief, 7 Boys Basketball: Tigers vs. Hast-ings, 7

Brazos

Girls Basketball: Cougarettes at danbury, 6:30 Boys Basketball: Cougars at dan-bury, 7:30

East Bernard

Boys Basketball: Brahmas vs. Hempstead, 7:30

SPORTS SHOTSGolf equipment needed

The Terry High School varsi-ty and sub-varsity girls and boys golf programs are in need of clubs for its players.

Anyone willing to donate used clubs to the program can con-tact Terry head golf coach Scott Moody at pmoody@lcisd.org.

Friday SportsCalendar

Foster

Girls Basketball: Lady Falcons vs. George ranch, 6:30

George Ranch

Girls Basketball: Longhorns at Fos-ter, 6:30 Boys Basketball: Longhorns vs. Sweeny, 7:30

Lamar

Girls Basketball: Lady Mustangs at Calhoun, Port Lavaca, 6:30 Boys Basketball: Mustangs at Co-lumbia, 7:30

Terry

Girls Basketball: Lady rangers vs. angleton, 6:30 Boys Basketball: rangers at Whar-ton, 7

Needville

Girls Basketball: Lady Jays vs. an-gleton, 6:15 Boys Basketball: Blue Jays at Edna, 7:30

Travis

Girls Basketball: Lady Tigers vs. dulles, 7

MOBILE, Ala. — Kareem Hunt ran for 271 yards and five touchdowns to lead Tole-do over Arkansas State 63-44 in the GoDaddy Bowl on Sun-day night.

The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Hunt capped his season by slicing through Arkansas State’s defense early and of-ten. The performance set a GoDaddy Bowl record and he averaged 8.5 yards per carry.

Hunt, who finished the sea-son with 1,631 yards rush-ing, had touchdown runs of 4, 44 and 29 yards in the first half as the Rockets built a 35-17 halftime lead. Toledo (9-4) ended the season on a three-game winning streak.

Birmingham BowlBIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

Treon Harris threw an 86-yard scoring pass to Ah-mad Fulwood and Vernon Hargreaves III intercepted a

pass in the end zone late to preserve Florida’s 28-20 vic-tory over East Carolina on Saturday in the Birmingham Bowl.

The big plays helped the Gators (7-5) finish a disap-pointing season with a win-ning record while new coach Jim McElwain was among the spectators. Brian Poole also scored on a 29-yard in-terception return.

Cavs to keep coachCLEVELAND — Cavaliers

general manager David Grif-fin said David Blatt will re-main the team’s head coach and that no change will be made.

Griffin, speaking to report-ers before Sunday’s game against Dallas, called scru-tiny about Blatt’s job status “ridiculous” and said he isn’t giving the rookie head coach a vote of confidence because

“he never needed one.”Griffin also took issue with

reports that LeBron James, who is sidelined with knee and back soreness, is unhap-py with Blatt and said the narrative about the coach’s job is over.

Scott dies at 49NEW YORK — Stuart Scott

was in his element, working a “Monday Night Football” game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix opera-tion.

Doctors discovered a tu-mor during surgery and Scott was diagnosed with cancer. But he made a point of continuing to live his life.

That fight ended Sunday when Scott, the longtime “SportsCenter” anchor and ESPN personality died at age 49.

Associated Press reports

Briefs: Toledo, Florida capture bowl games

NFL PLAYOFFSNFL PLAYOFF GLANCE

Wild-card PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 3Carolina 27, arizona 16Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17Sunday, Jan. 4Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10dallas 24, detroit 20Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 10Baltimore at new England, 3:35 p.m. (nBC)Carolina at Seattle, 7:15 p.m. (FoX)Sunday, Jan. 11dallas at Green Bay, 12:05 p.m. (FoX)Indianapolis at denver, 3:40 p.m. (CBS)Conference ChampionshipsSunday, Jan. 18nFC, 2:05 p.m. (FoX)aFC, 5:40 p.m. (CBS)Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 25At Glendale, Ariz.Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 7 p.m. (ESPn)Super BowlSunday, Feb. 1At Glendale, Ariz.aFC champion vs. nFC champion, 5:30 p.m. (nBC)

BY DAVID COLEMANdcoleman@fbherald.com

The Lamar Consolidated girls volleyball team just missed the postseason, but were rewarded with plenty of selections on the District 24-5A all-district teams.

Senior setter Rebecca Parke led the way, making the first team for the Lady Mustangs. Parke was also named to the Fort Bend Her-ald all-area team and made the district’s top team for a second straight season.

Parke had 82 assists, 81 digs, 19 kills and seven aces in 10 district games for Lamar.

On the second team for the Lady Mustangs were defensive specialist Mariah Gallegos, mid-dle blocker Catherine Drapela and outside hitter Andrea Garcia.

Gallegos had 136 digs, nine aces, five assists and eight kills for the Lady Mustangs in district play. Drapela, a freshman, led Lamar with 62 kills in district play, add-ing three assists, 17 aces, 18 blocks and 18 digs.

Garcia had 38 kills, 13 assists, nine aces and 66 digs.

Academic all-district selections for Lamar included Catherine Drapela, Mariah Gallegos, An-drea Garcia, Rebecca Parke and Ainsley Otto.

Lamar finished 8-17 this season and 1-9 in district, just missing out on the fourth and final playoff spot to Angleton.

4 Lady Mustangs earn top honors

STaFF PHoTo By GARY MARTIN

Lamar Consolidated senior setter Rebecca Parke was named first-team all-district.

First team All-district

STaFF PHoTo By GARY MARTIN

From left, bottom row: Catherine Drapela, Mariah Gallegos and Andrea Garcia. Top row, from left: Rebecca Parke, Ainsley Otto and Daisy Gilbert.

Academic All-district

STaFF PHoTo By GARY MARTIN

The Lamar Consolidated girls volleyball second team members. From left: Mariah Gallegos, Catherine Drapela, Andrea Garcia.

Second team

Lamar Consolidated 24-5A All-district volleyball

(AP) — Officiating prompted conversation all season in the NFL, so why should the playoffs — par-ticularly the pass interference call that was, then suddenly wasn’t, in the Cowboys’ wild-card win over the Lions — be any different?

There’s something ironic about such a ruckus raised by what wound up being a no-call, given that the competition committee’s extra emphasis on, and rewording of, rules governing defensive-back-field play led to an increase in flags.

There was one more penalty per game this season than a year ago and the highest rate since 2005, according to STATS. The num-bers skyrocketed in the playoffs: The first four games averaged 13.5 calls, compared to 7.8 from wild-card weekend last season.

In the NFC, Dallas beat Detroit 24-20, and Carolina eliminated Ar-izona 27-16. In the AFC, Indianap-

olis defeated Cincinnati 26-10, and Baltimore beat Pittsburgh 30-17.

On Sunday in Dallas, Detroit was leading 20-17 and facing third-and-1 with 8 1/2 minutes left in the fourth, when Cowboys linebacker Anthony Hitchens was flagged while covering Brandon Pettigrew.

“Pass interference,” referee Pete Morelli intoned. “Automatic first down.”

About 15 seconds later, and with no explanation, Morelli said, “There is no foul on the play.”

Afterward, Morelli said the back judge threw a flag, prompting the announcement, and the change came because the head linesman said there wasn’t enough contact to warrant a penalty.

Another tidbit: Dallas’ Dez Bry-ant was not penalized for leaving the sideline without a helmet to approach an official and dispute the initial call.

NFL playoffs: Vanishing PI aids Cowboys; penalties up

BY DAVID COLEMANdcoleman@fbherald.com

A week’s worth of holiday hoops wrapped up over the week-end. Here are the results from those games.

Travis boys 75, Alief Elsik 69The Travis boys beat Elsik

in district play, staying perfect in league action through four games.

The Tigers needed overtime to beat the Rams after Elsik scored 20 points in the third quarter to tie the game. Travis outscored El-sik 14-8 in the extra period.

Caleb Davis led Travis with 23 points in the victory. Teammate Azam Malik-Lacy had 16 points

while Cameron Hill scored 11 and Juwan Williams scored 10.

Travis (15-4) will host Alief Hastings at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Travis girls 46, Alief Elsik 42The Travis girls used a huge

fourth quarter to shoot past the Alief Elsik girls in a district vic-tory.

Travis scored 21 points in the fourth to erase a 29-27 Elsik lead for the victory.

Queen Egbo scored 24 points for Travis, adding 14 rebounds, three steals and four blocks. Teammate Sydney-Anne Cottrell had 11 points with four rebounds and five assists.

Travis (13-7, 5-1) will play at Alief Hastings at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

George Ranch girls 66,La Marque 33

The George Ranch girls dou-bled up La Marque on Saturday, scoring 39 points in the second half of the victory.

Cerinitee Adams scored 11 points for the Longhorns while Kendall Bess added 10 points.

George Ranch (8-8) will travel to Sealy at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Cy-Woods 64,George Ranch boys 41

The George Ranch boys saw an early lead evaporate in a loss to Cy-Woods on Friday.

The Longhorns led Cy-Woods 13-9 after the first quarter but gave up 20 points in the second and 35 in the second half of the loss.

Quintin Morris had 11 points and eight rebounds for the Long-horns while Lennox Jones had 11 points, four rebounds, one assist and one steal.

George Ranch (8-5) will host Stafford at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

EB girls 44, Brazos 16The East Bernard girls im-

proved to 2-1 in district play with a victory over Brazos on Friday.

The Brahmarettes held Brazos to four points in the first half and nine points in the first three quar-ters.

Kristen Morse led East Bernard with 11 points while Samantha Show scored eight points and Hal-lye Mica scored six.

East Bernard (7-12, 2-1 in 24-3A)

will host Hempstead at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday while Brazos will host Danbury.

EB boys 60, Brazos 23The East Bernard boys picked

up their first district victory, downing Brazos last week.

J.J. Talas scored 26 points for the Brahmas, adding two re-bounds, three assists and three steals. Teammate Jared Rejsek had six points, 12 rebounds, two assist and two steals.

Dillon Gonzalez scored 7 points for Brazos while teammate Josh Janicek added six points.

East Bernard (8-5) will host Hempstead at 8 p.m. Tuesday in District 24-3A play while Brazos (3-13, 0-1) will travel to Danbury.

Travis boys, girls pick up pair of district victoriesBasketball roundup

MVP: Tamia Dockery, Foster.Newcomer of the Year: Stacy Chukwujekwu, George Ranch.Offensive Player of the Year: Lexi Kurtz, Port Lavaca Calhoun.Defensive Player of the Year: Avondrea Foster, Terry.Setter of the Year: Tori Luckenbill, George Ranch.Co-Senior of the Year: Ciana Tankelewicz, Calhoun; Monica

Hudgins, Angleton.Coach of the Year: Cheyanne Forshee, George Ranch.

First teamCori Rubio, Angleton; Zoe Beene, Angleton; Abigail Haston, Angle-

ton; Bryanna Delgado, Calhoun; Megan Baird, Foster; Olivia Aprea, Foster; Grace Wall, Foster; Lindsey Etzler, Foster; Ambrielle Logan, George Ranch; Caitlyn Pinkston, George Ranch; Mattie Ward, George Ranch; Rebecca Parke, Lamar Consolidated; Ashley Jones, Terry.

Second teamKe’asia Foston, Angleton; Jessica Land, Angleton; Abby Hroch, Cal-

houn; Annie Hernandez, Calhoun; Miranda Stephens, Foster; Alysse Villadiego, Foster; Allyson Dernehl, George Ranch; Ainsley Mandell, George Ranch; Allison Lanik, George Ranch; Mariah Gallegos, Lamar Consolidated; Catherine Drapela, Lamar Consolidated; Andrea Gar-cia, Lamar Consolidated; Nicole Witt, Terry; Leigh Ann Maya, Terry.

Honorable mentionsFoster: Brianna Davies.George Ranch: Shelby Tondre; Abbey Messick; Taylor Kennedy;

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Fort Bend County Indict-ments for Dec. 15, 2014 fol-lows. The indictments are listed by name, offense and offense date.

Martin Buentello Lopez, ag-gravated assault with deadly weapon, March 3.

Deana Lasha Nance, aggra-vated assault date/family/house with/weapon, Sept. 7.

Charles Foster IV, robbery, Nov. 1.

Samuel Luna, manufacture delivery controlled substance penalty group 2 or 2-A more than equal to 4G less than 400G, Nov. 17.

Kailand Tremond Holman, burglary of habitation, Dec. 1.

Willie Lee Rhodes III, bur-glary of Habitation, Dec. 1.

Charles Edward Foster, rob-bery, Nov. 1.

Kelly Ernstes, assault public servant, Nov. 25.

Sammy Escamilla, obstruc-tion or retaliation, Dec. 7.

Fredy Henriquez, obstruction

or retaliation, Nov. 30.Daniel Ramond Hixon, aggra-

vated robbery, Dec. 3.Reginald Bernard McClary,

unauthorized use of vehicle, Nov. 21.

Melvin Eugene Oliver, evad-ing arrest detention with vehi-cle, Oct. 5.

Crystal Marie Ortega, theft property less than $1,500 two/more previous convictions, Nov. 12.

Miguel Angel Pleitez, driving while intoxicated third or more, Nov. 15.

Francisco Javier Ramos, evading arrest detention with vehicle, Dec. 3.

James Salazar, burglary of building, Nov. 28.

Julius Reginald Smith, un-lawful carrying weapon on alco-hol premises, Nov. 16.

Ruben Torres, theft property more than equal to $1,500 less than $20K, Oct. 29.

Julius Reginald Smith, un-

lawful carrying weapon on alco-hol premises, Nov. 16.

Ruben Torres, theft property more than equal to $1,500 less than $20K, Oct. 29.

Roberto Arreola, evading ar-rest detention with vehicle, July 4.

Roberto Arreola, criminal mischief more than equal to $1,500 less than $20K, July 4.

Cameron Treyvone Bullen, aggravated robbery, Oct. 9.

Derrick McClyde, aggravated robbery, Oct. 9.

Duntavier Andre Mc-Cullough, unlawful possession firearm by felon, Nov. 26.

Bernard James Alexander, burglary of habitation, Dec. 1.

Kennedy Kenchukwu Ogu-chi, tamper/fabricate physical evidence with intent to impair, Nov. 16.

Julio Ramiro Cruz Tristan Jr., obstruction or retaliation, Oct. 22.

Lee Sellers, aggravated as-sault with deadly weapon, Nov. 7.

Johnathan Wesley Gill, tam-

per/fabricate physical evidence with intent to impair, Nov. 6.

Johnathan Wesley Gill, pos-session controlled substance penalty group 2, less than 1G, Nov. 6.

Ryan James Bailey, posses-sion controlled substance penal-ty group 2 less than 1G, Oct. 31.

Taylor Grey Cress, possession controlled substance penalty group 1 less than 1G, Nov. 8.

Michelle Lynn Trahan, pos-session controlled substance penalty group 1 less than 1G, Nov. 8.

Linda Marie Gonzales, man-ufactured delivery controlled substance penalty group 2 or 2-A more than equal to 4G less than 400G, Nov. 17.

Michael Craig Rhone Jr., manufacture delivery controlled substance penalty group 1 more than equal to 4G less than 200G, Nov. 22.

Michael Craig Rhone Jr., pro-hibited substance/item in cor-rectional facility, Nov. 22.

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Blanca Aurora GarzaBlanca Aurora Garza, 84, passed

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Surivors include her husband of 61 years, Israel Ramon Garza Sr., her 4 children, Israel Garza Jr. and wife Rosa Martha, Lettie Holte and husband Scott, Saul Garza and wife Maria Carmen, Linda Garza Gutierrez, 2 sisters, Olivia Jones and Yolanda Elizon-do, 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Sara Gonzales and Maria Teresa DeLaGarza, her brother, Humber-to Vela and a granddaughter, Sun-shine Diaz.

Funeral services for Mrs. Gar-za will be held Wednesday, Janu-ary 7, 2015 in the Chapel of Davis Greenlawn Funeral Home at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Deborah Preho-da presiding. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Vis-itation will be Tuesday evening from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. in the Stateroom at Davis Greenlawn.

Kenneth Ray Smerek“You have only one life to live,

so make the best of it while you can” was the personal philos-ophy of Kenneth Ray Smerek. Kenny was born July 7, 1961, in Liberty, Texas to Albert George Smerek and Genevieve Dorothy Wleczyk Smerek.

Kenny grew up in Damon, Texas, and his love of cars be-gan when he purchased his first car: a 1969 Plymouth Roadrun-ner. This ignited a passion for MOPAR muscle cars that Kenny would carry for his entire life. When he wasn’t helping people or spending time with his fam-ily, he could be found with his friends at car shows and listen-ing to live 80’s music such as Journey or Foreigner.

One of Kenny’s greatest pas-sions was helping people. He would drop what he was doing, any time or any day, to help rel-atives, friends, and strangers. Kenny devoted his life to his family, especially his boys Andy and Dustin. He would turn down promotions at his job in order to spend more time with his boys. Kenny loved spending time with his grandkids: Violet and Jake. He shared his love of classic cars with Jake and shared his softer side with Violet.

Kenny passed away on New Years Day at the age of 53. Ken-ny is survived by his children, Andy Smerek and wife, Erin, and Dustin Smerek and wife, Paulina; grandchildren, Violet Smerek and Jake Smerek; broth-er Mike Smerek and wife There-sa; nephews Scotty Smerek and

wife, Charyl, and Rusty Smerek; great-nieces Skylar Smerek and Shiloh Smerek; along with other relatives and a host of friends.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 7, 2015, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a ro-sary being recited at 7 p.m., at Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Chap-el at 3900 B F Terry Boulevard, Rosenberg, Texas.

A funeral mass for Kenny will be held Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 2 p.m., at St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Damon, Texas, with Father Joseph Phan officiating. Inter-ment will follow in St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery in Damon.

Pallbearers will include Andy Smerek, Dustin Smerek, Mike Smerek, Israel Enriquez, Butch Smerek, and Steve Smerek.

In lieu of flowers, Kenny would prefer that donations be made for his grandkids college funds, care of Andy or Dustin Smerek: 11527 Boyd Rd, Need-ville, TX, 77461. Words of condo-lences and fond memories may be sent to the above address or www.davisgreenlawnfh.com.

“Time is priceless, yet it costs us nothing. You can do anything you want with it, but you can’t own it. You can spend it, but you can’t keep it. And once you’ve lost it, there’s no getting it back. It’s just gone.” -Patricia Arquette.

Simon VillarrealFuneral Services for Simon

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Edgar Watkins Smith, posses-sion controlled substance penal-ty group 1 less than 1G, Nov. 15.

Marc Long, injury child/el-derly/disable with intend bodi-ly injury, Oct. 23.

Michael Ray Solomon Jr., ag-gravated kidnapping, Dec. 4.

Michael Ray Solomon Jr.,

burglary habitation intend oth-er felony, Dec. 4.

Michael Ray Solomon Jr., sex-ual assault, Dec. 4.

Michael Ray Solomon Jr., ag-gravated kidnapping, Dec. 4.

Christavia Bates, aggravat-ed assault with deadly weapon, Nov. 6.

David Lee Ditch, assault in-tend/reck breath/circulation

family member previous convic-tion, Nov. 22.

Kwame Moore, assault fami-ly/household member with pre-vious conviction, Dec. 1.

Daniel Vives, assault bodily injury family/house member two-plus within 12 months, Aug. 9, 2013.

Charles Kelly Hicks III, aggra-vated kidnapping, Nov. 25.

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