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BURLESON COUNTY WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST THURSDAy FRIDAy SATURDAy SUNDAy mONDAy TUESDAy WEDNESDAy rain chance 50% 45°/33° rain chance 20% 46°/37° rain chance 50% 50°/39° rain chance 20% 58°/35° rain chance 20% 58°/47° rain chance 25% 62°/41° rain chance 0% 64°/46° •Dinner,dancing The Caldwell-Burle- son County Lions Club will hold a “Denim Dinner and Dancing” event on Feb. 26 at the Caldwell Civic Center. There will be a so- cial hour at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m. There will also be a live auction. Tickets are $40 each or $500 for a V.I.P. table. •County’shistory The Burleson County Historical Society is sell- ing its Burleson County A Tapestry of History books for $25 each until April 30. To purchase a book, call (979) 272-8265, or email lillian.beasley22@ gmail.com. The historical society meets on the third Tues- day of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Kraitchar House Museum. Softballseason offcialbegan Last week, high school softball teams offcially began their season. See this week’s Sports Page on Page 1B to see how they did. Primaries arenext Tuesday The Republican and Democratic primary elections are next Tues- day, March 1, featuring federal, state and local candidates. Locally, the all county positions up for elec- tion will be decided in the Republican prima- ry since there are no Democrats running for county offces. The contested races include: * Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1: currently held by James Baldwin. Baldwin has fled for reelection and Cullen “Dusty” Tittle has fled to challenge him. * County Commis- sioner, Precinct 2: cur- rently held by Vincent Svec, Jr. Svec has fled for re- election and Brandon Odstrcil is challenging him. Other uncontested county races include: * County Judge: cur- rently held by Keith Schroeder. * District Clerk: cur- rently held by Dana Fritsche. * County Clerk: cur- rently held by Anna L. Schielack. * County Treasur- er: currently held by Stephanie Smith. * Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2: currently held by Bill Orsak. * Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3: currently held by Johnny Tow- slee. Also Precinct 4 will have a new commis- sioner and a new jus- •Chickendinner The Dime Box Vol- unteer Fire Depart- ment is holding its an- nual fried chicken and sausage dinner this Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Diamond I Venue (formerly the SPJST Hall). The dinner is to go only. Plates are $12 each and will be served from 10 a.m. until sold out. •CISDmeeting The Caldwell School Board will meet on Monday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. in the board room at the adminis- tration building. Following a public hearing, the Caldwell City Council on Tues- day, Feb. 15, approved the city’s long-awaited comprehensive master plan, entitled “Envision Caldwell,” following 18 months of cooperative research with Texas A&M University of- fcials. The 20-year plan, for the years 2022-42, includes specific rec- ommendations for the city’s community char- acter, including exist- ing conditions, hous- ing, transportation, economic development, environment and com- munity facilities. Caldwell was involved in a partnership with Texas A&M’s Texas Target Communities (TxTC) to develop the plan. TxTC is a service- learning program and university-wide com- munity engagement ini- tiative under the Offce of the Provost at Texas A&M. Faculty and stu- dents work alongside local government lead- ers to develop the plans. Each category in- cludes objectives and action items to imple- ment the objectives. Under community character/land use, the plan addresses current land use, residential and commercial prop- CaldwellCityCouncilapproves comprehensivemasterplan A well in the I-130 water transport proj- ect that Post Oak Sa- vannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) said was in non-compliance with the district’s rules con- cerning production and reporting requirements is now in compliance. POSGCD President Sidney Youngblood made that announce- ment on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the POSGCD board meeting following an executive session. The district had as- sessed $76,000 in fnes to Blue Water I-130 and EPCOR over the issues, POSGCD General Man- ager Gary Westbrook said after the meeting. However, they may still appeal the fne to the board if they do so by Feb. 28, Westbrook said. Blue Water I-130 is the permittee and ad- ministrator of the per- mit, and EPCOR owns the well and pipelines and is the operator un- der the agreement with Blue Water I-130, West- brook said. The district, through its attorney The Knight Firm of Austin, notifed Blue Water Systems and EPCOR by letter on Thursday, Jan. 13, that one well did not have the proper equip- ment installed to mea- sure water levels and to report on an hourly basis, according to the law frm’s letter. The POSGCD board on Tuesday, Jan. 11, voted after an execu- tive session to receive advice concerning the violations, and the law firm’s letter was sent to Blue Water Systems and EPCOR on Jan. 13. The district notified them that they would be fned $1,000 per day, dating back to Dec. 1, for each day they re- mained in non-compli- ance, according to the district’s law frm. That could have reached a full fine of $90,000 if Watertransport wellcomplieswith POSGCDrules THE RUN FOR yOUR Love 5K Color Run was enjoyed by everyone on Saturday at Davidson Creek Park. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders It was a trying, heart- breaking week for 45 persons who escaped from a fire that de- stroyed the Caldwell Motel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, off State Highway 21 West, but they did not face their trials alone. Community members responded with over- whelming displays of generosity and kind- ness, leaving the vic- tims deeply moved and appreciative. The big problems still remain. Where to go next? Many of those impact- ed have been housed at America’s Best Value Inn in Caldwell on State Highway 21 West since the tragedy, thanks to fnancial do- nations pouring in, and now they are trying to fgure out where to go -- to stay with friends and family or to fnd a Communityreaches outtofrevictims Financial, clothing generously donated WRECKAGE FROM THE fre is viewed on Wednesday morning. VOLUNTEERS LOOK through these donated clothes for the fre victims at the church.
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Serving Burleson County for 137 years
Thursday, February 24, 2022306 West Hwy 21, Caldwell, Texas 77836-1122 • 979-567-3286$1.25Volume 137 No. 30
son County Lions Club will hold a “Denim Dinner and Dancing” event on Feb. 26 at the Caldwell Civic Center.
There will be a so-cial hour at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m.
There will also be a live auction.
Tickets are $40 each or $500 for a V.I.P. table.
•County’shistoryThe Burleson County
Historical Society is sell-ing its Burleson County A Tapestry of History books for $25 each until April 30.
To purchase a book, call (979) 272-8265, or email [email protected].
The historical society meets on the third Tues-day of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Kraitchar House Museum.
Softballseasonofficialbegan
Last week, high school softball teams officially began their season.
See this week’s Sports Page on Page 1B to see how they did.
PrimariesarenextTuesday
The Republican and Democratic primary elections are next Tues-day, March 1, featuring federal, state and local candidates.
Locally, the all county positions up for elec-tion will be decided in the Republican prima-ry since there are no Democrats running for county offices.
The contested races include:
* Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1: currently held by James Baldwin.
Baldwin has filed for reelection and Cullen “Dusty” Tittle has filed to challenge him.
* County Commis-sioner, Precinct 2: cur-rently held by Vincent Svec, Jr.
Svec has filed for re-election and Brandon Odstrcil is challenging him.
Other uncontested county races include:
* County Judge: cur-rently held by Keith Schroeder.
* District Clerk: cur-rently held by Dana Fritsche.
* County Clerk: cur-rently held by Anna L. Schielack.
* County Treasur-er: currently held by Stephanie Smith.
* Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2: currently held by Bill Orsak.
* Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3: currently held by Johnny Tow-slee.
Also Precinct 4 will have a new commis-sioner and a new jus-
•ChickendinnerThe Dime Box Vol-
unteer Fire Depart-ment is holding its an-nual fried chicken and sausage dinner this Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Diamond I Venue (formerly the SPJST Hall).
The dinner is to go only.
Plates are $12 each and will be served from 10 a.m. until sold out.
•CISDmeetingThe Caldwell School
Board will meet on Monday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. in the board room at the adminis-tration building.
Following a public hearing, the Caldwell City Council on Tues-day, Feb. 15, approved the city’s long-awaited comprehensive master plan, entitled “Envision Caldwell,” following 18 months of cooperative research with Texas A&M University of-ficials.
The 20-year plan, for the years 2022-42, includes specific rec-ommendations for the city’s community char-acter, including exist-ing conditions, hous-ing, transportation, economic development, environment and com-munity facilities.
Caldwell was involved
in a partnership with Texas A&M’s Texas Target Communities (TxTC) to develop the plan. TxTC is a service-learning program and university-wide com-munity engagement ini-tiative under the Office of the Provost at Texas A&M. Faculty and stu-dents work alongside
local government lead-ers to develop the plans.
Each category in-cludes objectives and action items to imple-ment the objectives.
Under community character/land use, the plan addresses current land use, residential and commercial prop-
A well in the I-130 water transport proj-ect that Post Oak Sa-vannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) said was in non-compliance with the district’s rules con-cerning production and reporting requirements is now in compliance.
POSGCD President Sidney Youngblood made that announce-ment on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the POSGCD board meeting following an executive session.
The district had as-sessed $76,000 in fines to Blue Water I-130 and EPCOR over the issues, POSGCD General Man-ager Gary Westbrook said after the meeting.
However, they may still appeal the fine to the board if they do so by Feb. 28, Westbrook said.
Blue Water I-130 is the permittee and ad-ministrator of the per-mit, and EPCOR owns the well and pipelines and is the operator un-
der the agreement with Blue Water I-130, West-brook said.
The district, through its attorney The Knight Firm of Austin, notified Blue Water Systems and EPCOR by letter on Thursday, Jan. 13, that one well did not have the proper equip-ment installed to mea-sure water levels and to report on an hourly basis, according to the law firm’s letter.
The POSGCD board on Tuesday, Jan. 11, voted after an execu-tive session to receive advice concerning the violations, and the law firm’s letter was sent to Blue Water Systems and EPCOR on Jan. 13.
The district notified them that they would be fined $1,000 per day, dating back to Dec. 1, for each day they re-mained in non-compli-ance, according to the district’s law firm. That could have reached a full fine of $90,000 if
WatertransportwellcomplieswithPOSGCDrules
THE RUN FOR yOUR Love 5K Color Run was enjoyed by everyone on Saturday at Davidson Creek Park. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
It was a trying, heart-breaking week for 45 persons who escaped from a fire that de-stroyed the Caldwell Motel on Tuesday, Feb. 15, off State Highway 21 West, but they did not face their trials alone.
Community members
responded with over-whelming displays of generosity and kind-ness, leaving the vic-tims deeply moved and appreciative.
The big problems still remain. Where to go next?
Many of those impact-ed have been housed
at Amer i ca ’ s Best Value Inn in Caldwell on State Highway 21 West since the tragedy, thanks to financial do-nations pouring in, and now they are trying to figure out where to go -- to stay with friends and family or to find a
Communityreachesouttofirevictims
Financial, clothing generously donated
WRECKAGE FROM THE fire is viewed on Wednesday morning.VOLUNTEERS LOOK through these donated
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the situation was not resolved by the end of February, the law firm said. If it had not been not resolved by March 1, the daily fine would have dou-bled from that point going forward, the law firm said.
The I-130 water ex-port project runs from a well site on County Road 319 in Burle-son County to Manor. Blue Water owns the transport permit for the project, and EP-COR owns the trans-port well, Westbrook said.
The POSGCD is re-sponsible for moni-toring aquifer levels
and ensur ing that water exporters mea-sure water levels and report on an hourly basis. That informa-tion helps the district determine the impact of the water export on the aquifer.
The Knight Firm’s l e t ter c i tes a we l l that Blue Water and EPCOR indicated in October of 2021, that n e e d e d a d d i t i o n a l work but would be f u n c t i o n a l a n d i n compl iance by the end of November of 2021.
The l e t t e r s ta tes t h a t t h e b o a r d learned at its Jan-uary 2022 meeting t h a t w h i l e e q u i p -ment was on-site, it was not installed by
November o f 2021 and the well was still non-compliant.
The letter outlined the f ines assessed and the time lines to increase the fines if the equipment was not installed.
Also, at the March POSGCD board meet-ing, the board could have considered other options, including re-consideration of the I-130 permit, the let-ter states.
However , the let -ter stated that if the equipment was in-stalled and confirmed to be in full working order prior to Feb. 28, the board would re-duce the fine for each day prior to Feb. 28.
The Burleson Coun-ty Historical Society met on Jan. 18 at the Kraitchar house in Caldwell.
Meetings are monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
2021 President Cas-sandra Russell called the meeting to order.
Other members pres-ent were: Mike Massey, Nancy Massey, Jan No-vosad, Judy Richard-son, Linda Chamber-lain, Lillian Beasley, Tommy Ryan, Jennifer Supak and Glenda Mar-cella.
Ann Sebesta called in by phone to vote for the officers.
The society’s member-ship then elected new
officers for 2022 and 2023 as presented by the nominating com-mittee made up of mem-bers Russell, Chamber-lain, Richardson, Ryan and Marcella. Elected by acclamation were: Novosad, President; Ryan, Vice President; Marcella, Secretary; and Nancy Massey, Treasurer.
The historical soci-ety approved reducing the price of the book, BURLESON COUNTY A Tapestry of History, to $25.
The society will adver-tise the book in news-papers and magazines, and Massey will add the book information on their Facebook page.
The book sale ends April 30.
To purchase a book, call (979) 272-8265, or email [email protected].
Books will also be of-fered to all the schools, libraries and museums in the area.
Jeff Currington is tak-ing care of the flower beds at the Kraitchar house, and members voted to have him put mulch around the trees that were previously mulched.
Marcella reported that $1,090.76 was made in a recent fundraiser, and Mike Novosad won the raffle drawing for a set of pans.
THE BURLESON COUNTY HISTORICAL Society is selling its book BURLESON COUNTY A Tapestry of History for $25 until April 30. Pic-tured, from left, are Jan Novosad, President; Nancy Massey, Treasurer; Glenda Marcella, Secretary; and Tommy Ryan, Vice President.
County historical society elects new leadershipNew price on book about county’s history
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FAILURE TO APPEAR AMNESTY PROGRAMThe Somerville Police Department has been looking for people without stand-
ing municipal citati ons, that went into a warrant. The City of Somerville has over $749,000 in outstanding warrants and citati ons. For a short window of ti me, vi-olators of various traffi c laws who failed to show up for their day in court will now have an opportunity to do so: without additi onal fi nes. For a period of four weeks, starti ng Thursday, February 3, 2022, unti l Thursday, February 24, 2022, City of Somerville Municipal Court will off er a Failure to Appear Amnesty Program.During this ti me, the failure to appear charge and warrant fee will be waived for any-one who comes in voluntarily to make arrangements to pay their ti ckets where the de-fendant has not previously not entered a plea on the Failure to Appear. The enti re past due amount must be paid during the amnesty period in order to have the fees waved. Off ering the failure to appear amnesty is a great way to help bring in individuals who, for whatever reason, did not show up on their court date and are now possibly living in fear of being arrested. The amnesty provides them an opportunity to pay, or make arrangements to pay their fi nes, without receiving additi onal fees. The goal of our citati on amnesty program is to provide people an opportunity to resolve their matt ers and restore their driving records.To receive the amnesty, individuals with outstanding ti ckets should go the Somerville Munici-pal Court, located at 600 Memory Lane between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the amnesty period. Violators cannot call and ask for amnesty; they must come in and make the arrangements in person or handle their ti ckets online. Fines may also be paid online at www.somervilletx.gov
Candidates in Bur-leson County’s two contested races spoke on Thursday, Feb. 17, at a candidate forum sponsored by the Burleson County Republican Women.
The forum was held at the Caldwell Civic Center.
Speaking were Pre-cinct 2 commissioner candidates Vincent Svec, the incumbent, and challenger Bran-d on Od s t r c i l , a nd Precinct 1 justice of the peace candidates James Baldwin, the incumbent, and chal-lenger Dusty Tittle.
For the commission-ers race, in opening comments, Odstrcil cited his experience with Brazos Coun-ty’s road and bridge department, in the construction business and with his wife Re-nita in real estate.
O d s t r c i l s a i d h e understands how to manage a budget and would do a good job of maintaining the roads and working with the county of-ficials, including the county judge.
Svec, who is seeking a second, consecutive term, cited his past experience as a com-missioner and work with former Pct . 1 Commissioner Frank-lin Beran, in addition to construction and trucking.
Svec said he loves the county and its p e o p l e a n d h a s a program lined out to maintain the roads. Svec said he wants to serve at least two more terms to com-plete his work.
The candidates were asked about the two biggest issues and how they would ad-dress them.
O d s t r i c i l s a i d growth, and roads “need to be up to date, passable and in good shape” for motorists, school buses and first responders.
The county must also take care of its fire departments and law enforcement.
Svec agreed that growth is at a fast pace with the new subdivisions coming in, and he also cited garbage management and keeping the taxes down as issues.
“Appraisals are go-ing through the roof,” Svec said. At some point, “people won’t be able to stay in their own homes,” he said.
Both were also asked about their budget experience.
O d s t r c i l s a i d h e works with budgets
on properties from start to finish, en-suring they remain on budget while still showing a profit.
O d s t r c i l s a i d h e would work with the county judge and the other commissioners and would be “open minded and willing to learn.”
Svec said you must work with the money you have and concen-trate on what you can do for a year regard-ing materials and em-ployees.
“I ask for more than I get, but if you don’t ask you won’t get it,” Svec said.
Regarding any new res ources need ed , Svec and Odstrc i l both cited money.
“You have to work with what you have got,” and he is tight, Svec said. Materials such as gravel and base are examples of costly items that are getting higher, he said.
Odstrcil agreed that “money is a great re-source.”
“ I would have to look at how I can save some money and uti-lize better where I have been spending,” Odstrcil said. And he would be willing to cut back on certain things, he said.
They were also asked if they supported a unit road system, us-ing a county engi-neer to do road work for all four precincts rather than each com-missioner doing their own road work.
Svec said the county is not ready for that concept at this time.
“I don’t think we are there yet. We have discussed it. I think it is better the way it is. I have more control over the roads,” Svec said.
However, Svec said he is leaning toward a professional engineer to address some of the county’s more compli-cated issues.
Odstrcil said he sup-ports the idea, but it is a concept that will take time.
“I think it would ben-efit the county overall.You could utilize your resources better,” us-ing equipment around the who le county , Odstrcil said. “Over-all, it would save the county money.”
Both were also asked what they would re-duce in the budget.
Odstrcil said he did n o t t h i n k a n y o n e would want to cut anything back and that would have to be looked over care-
fully. In particular, he would not want to cut law enforcement or first responders, he said.
Svec said he could not think of anything that needed cutting without having an ad-verse effect and “more damage than good.”
I n c l o s i n g s t a t e -ments, Odstrcil said he would do the best job he can. He is ex-perienced with road maintenance and with building and working with projects.
“I will represent peo-ple as a whole and my precinct and will do the best job I can,” Odstrcil said.
Svec said he wanted two more terms to complete his work and achieve his goals for a growing county.
“I would like to stay in. I think I have done a good job,” Svec said.
For the Precinct 1 justice off the peace race, both cited their professional experi-ence in opening state-ments.
Baldwin, who has served since 2003, said i t has been a pleasure to serve, and he has always worked hand in hand with the commissioners whi le see ing some major changes in the county.
Tittle, who served as Burleson County’s extension agent for more than 10 years, had 28 years of ex-perience as a county agent before retiring, he said.
He also worked ex-tensively with 4-H youth dur ing that time, and he under-stands how to deal with conflict.
Regarding top pri-orities, Baldwin said making sure justice is served, that the of-fice is run efficiently within a budget and provides the prop-er service and being available for constitu-ents when there are problems to be solved.
Tittle said a good judge must apply the law, listen, and “it doesn’t matter who you are or where you are from.” Consisten-cy is also important, and people need to be treated with dignity, he said.
Regarding dealing with difficult people, Tittle said a calm ap-proach is needed, and he should “use his ears more than his mouth.”
The judge must get a good understanding of the person’s prob-lem, he said. But the law is the law, and “you have to make hard decisions and move on.” “It is not personal.”
Baldwin also urged “opening your ears and listen.”
“Most of the t ime people are upset be-fore they get to you,” so remaining calm a n d l i s t e n i n g a r e important, Baldwin
County candidates speak to voters at public forum
PCT. 2 COMMISSIONER candidates Brandon Odstrcil and Vincent Svec address the voters at the candidate forum.
PCT. 1 JUSTICE OF the Peace candidates Dusty Tittle and James Baldwin discuss the issues at the candidate forum.
said.Both were also asked
how they would re-spond if they became aware of unethical conduct.
B a l d w i n s a i d h e would report it to an appropriate commis-sion. Tittle agreed un-ethical conduct must be reported to the right person.
They were also asked about their criteria for bond setting.
Tittle said he must learn the criteria and precedents depending on the severity of the offense.
Baldwin said bond is not to keep people in jail, and people can be released to go back to their normal lives. But bond can keep the person from not hurt-ing themselves or oth-ers in the community, and past history is a factor, he said.
I n c l o s i n g s t a t e -ments , T i t t le sa id he would apply good common sense, lev-el-headed thinking, and he likes to help people.
Baldwin said he has been dedicated to the community and has got “experience and knowledge I can bring to the office.”
Also appearing were unopposed candidates i n c l u d i n g C o u n t y Judge Keith Schro-eder and Jason Ur-banosky for Precinct 4 justice of the peace.
Schroeder discussed the commissioners’ recent decision to put a County Assistance District (CAD) before the voters for approv-al in the May election.
Schroeder said the CAD would help gen-erate additional rev-enue for the county. The county has been
work ing in recent years with less mon-ey due to declining mineral values. The CAD would allow ad-ditional sales tax to be collected in the unincorporated ar-eas, giving the county some new revenue.
Urbanosky said he looks forward to the JP job, now held by
Bobby Urbanosky . Bobby is running un-opposed for Precinct 4 commissioner, replac-ing Carol Hill who is retiring, so the JP post is now open.
Also introduced was Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Bill Orsak who is running unop-posed after serving since 2003.
tice of the peace with incumbents Carol Hill and Robert Urbanosky not running for their current positions.
H o w e v e r , R o b e r t “Bobby” Urbanosky is running unopposed for commissioner, and Jason Urbanosky is running unopposed for justice of the peace.
All county elected terms are for four years.
In addition to county offices, many state ex-ecutive offices are up for election, including a highly contested gov-ernor’s race.
On the Republican ballot will be incum-bent Greg Abbott and seven challengers: Paul Belew, Danny Harri-son, Kandy Kaye Horn, Don Huffines, Rick Perry (not former gov-ernor Rick Perry), Chad Prather and Allen B. West.
Democrats vying for the primary win will be Inocencio (Inno) Barri-entez, Michael Cooper, Joy Diaz, Beto O’Rourke and Rich Wakeland.
Also, with the recent redistricting of the state, all 31 state sena-tors, all 150 state rep-resentatives and all 38 U.S. representatives are up for election.
In the redistricting, Burleson County moved from Texas House Dis-trict 13, currently rep-resented by Ben Leman (R), to District 17, cur-rently represented by John Cyrier (R).
Cyrier announced in November that he will not seek reelection to the Texas House seat he has held since 2015.
Five Republicans are running for a chance for Cyrier’s seat: Paul Pape, Trey Rutledge, Stan Gerdes, Tom Glass and Jen Bezner.
Democrat Madeline
Eden is running unop-posed for Texas House District 17 in the pri-mary.
Burleson County also moved from U.S. Rep-resentative District 17, currently represented by Pete Sessions (R), to District 10, currently represented by Michael McCaul (R).
McCaul is unopposed and will face Democrat Linda Nuno in the gen-eral election.
However, the county will remain in State Senate District 18. Lois Kolkhorst (R) is the current senator from District 18 and is unop-posed in the primary.
Somerville’s Josh Tutt is running unopposed for State Senate Dis-trict 18 in the Democrat primary.
Some election day polling locations for the Republican Party have been consolidated. The entire list of locations are:
* Precinct Box Num-ber 113: The Hermann Sons of Life Hall aka the Deanvil le Hall (6785 F.M. 111, Dean-ville).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 114: The Assem-bly of God Church, Caldwell (107 South Temple).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 203: Cooks Point Community Center, Cooks Point (300 F.M. 1362 South).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 204: Will move from the SPJST Hall, New Tabor (2674 Coun-ty Road 225) to Cooks Point Community Cen-ter, Cooks Point (300 F.M. 1362 South).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 207: Will move from Old Bethlehem Church, Tunis (5306 FM 2039) to the Snook Communi-ty Center, Snook (10245 F.M. 2155, Snook)
* Precinct Box Num-ber 211: The Snook
Community Center, Snook (10245 F.M. 2155, Snook).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 215: Will move from Beaver Creek Gospel Church, Bea-ver Creek (727 Bea-ver Creek Drive) to the Snook Community Cen-ter, Snook (10245 F.M. 2155, Snook).
* Precinct Box Number 301: Burleson County Courthouse, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 305: Will move from Black Jack Bap-tist Church, Black Jack (7866 County Road 301) to Burleson County Courthouse, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 308: Will move from Macedonia-Hix Baptist Fellowship Hall, Hix (10822 F.M. 2000) to Burleson County Court-house, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 309: Chriesman Community Center, Chriesman (404 F.M. 1363).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 406: The Yegua Center, (616 8th Street, Somerville).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 410: Will move from Community Chapel, Ly-ons (14805 State High-way 36 South, Lyons) to the Yegua Center, (616 8th Street, Somerville).
Election day polling locations for those vot-ing Democrat include:
*Precinct Box Number 113: The Hermann Sons of Life Hall aka the Deanvil le Hall (6785 F.M. 111, Dean-ville).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 114: The Assem-bly of God Church, Caldwell (107 South Temple).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 203: Will move from Cooks Point Communi-ty Center, Cooks Point (300 F.M. 1362 South)
to Burleson County Courthouse, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 204: Will move from SPJST Hall, New Tabor (2674 County Road 225) to Burleson County Courthouse, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 211: The Snook Community Center, Snook (10245 F.M. 2155, Snook) .
* Precinct Box Num-ber 215: Will move from Beaver Creek Gospel Church, Bea-ver Creek (727 Bea-ver Creek Drive) to the Snook Community Cen-ter, Snook (10245 F.M. 2155, Snook).
* Precinct Box Number 301: Burleson County Courthouse, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 305: Will move from Black Jack Bap-tist Church, Black Jack (7866 County Road 301) to the Hermann Sons of Life Hall aka the Dean-ville Hall (6785 F.M. 111, Deanville).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 308: Will move from Macedonia-Hix Baptist Fellowship Hall, Hix (10822 F.M. 2000) to Burleson County Court-house, Caldwell (100 West Buck).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 309: Chriesman Community Center, Chriesman (404 F.M. 1363).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 406: The Yegua Center, (616 8th Street, Somerville).
* Precinct Box Num-ber 410: Community Chapel, Lyons (14805 State Highway 36 South, Lyons).
Voting at all polling locations will be from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Local city, school, hospital board filings have ended
Filings for the May 7 school board, city coun-cil and hospital district board elections have ended.
F o r t h e C i t y o f Caldwell, two seats on the city council and the mayor’s position will be on the ballot in May: Mayor Norris McMa-nus, Alderman James Wilde and Alderwoman Janice Easter.
Easter has filed for mayor and Lee Glide-well and Jessie E. En-rique, Jr. have filed for the city council posi-tions.
The City of Caldwell will be canceling its election and will declare those filings as winners.
For the City of Snook, the seats held by alder-men Jared Snow and Eddie Green will be up for election. Also, the seat currently held by Alderwoman Sheila Orsak will be up for re-election in May 2022, who is completing for-mer Alderman Bob Shubert’s term.
Snow, Matthew Col-lins, Frank Fields, Lin-da Adair and Tina Vega have filed for the Snook council.
For the City of Somer-ville, the seats held by alderwomen Amanda Flencher and Deonna Strickland Moses and Alderman Jeff Schoppe will be up for election this May.
Moses , F l encher , Schoppe, Sherry Jean Miller and Fred Elliott have filed for Somer-ville City Council.
For the Caldwel l School Board, board members Clover Co-chran, Tripp Warren and Rebecca Gardner
have terms expiring in May.
Gardner, Gregory Cook, Krista Zwerne-mann, Blake Nelson, Matthew Hicks and Vicki Ochs have filed for Caldwell School Board.
In Snook, school board m e m b e r s B r a d l e y Prihoda and Neshae Thomas have terms expiring in May.
Tiffany Sodolak, Pri-hoda and Thomas have filed for Snook School Board.
For the Somerville School Board, members Jason Urbanosky and Linda Pinkerton have expiring terms and will be up for election.
Urbanosky, Pinker-ton, Sammy Hudgen and Sylvia Hutson Edmonson have filed for Somerville School Board.
For the Burleson County Hospital Board, Positions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 have terms expiring in May.
The last day to regis-ter to vote in the May 7 election is Thursday, April 7.
Early voting will run Monday, Apri l 25 , through Tuesday, May 3.
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A stubborn grass and brush fire at 630 County Road 430 near Somer-ville charred about 35 acres and required re-sponses from Somerville, Snook and Birch Creek firefighters and the Tex-as Forest Service on Mon-day, Feb. 21.
As with other grass and brush fires in recent weeks, a strong wind did not help.
Firefighters battled the blaze from about 2:30 p.m. until almost mid-night and then had to return on Tuesday morn-ing, Feb. 22, to wash down more hot spots to ensure that it was not still spreading, said Somerville Fire Chief Wayne Wilhelm.
The good news was that no structures, hay bales or other property were damaged, Wilhelm said.
Wilhelm said the cause of the fire remains un-known, and he did not know at this time if any foul play was suspected.
The owner of the land is still being determined, he said.
Initially, responding Somerville firefighters saw the blaze contained to the brush in a smaller area and thought they had it out, Wilhelm said.
Then it got into an ad-jacent pasture and took off quickly, fanned by a strong south wind of at least 35 mph and push-ing the blazer farther northward, he said.
Wilhelm said he arrived first at about 2:45 p.m., just ahead of five other
Somerville firefighters who responded with a tanker and three brush trucks.
When it became obvi-ous that would not be enough, Snook and Birch Creek were called, he said.
Snook responded with a tanker and two brush trucks and a mule with five firefighters, and Birch Creek respond-ed with two trucks and about eight firefighters, he said.
But as the fire spread quickly and as firefight-ers encountered difficulty getting through the thick brush, Wilhelm said more help was needed.
The Texas Forest Ser-vice was called and re-sponded with four per-sonnel and a dozer, and then the blaze was even-tually fully controlled.
By about 11:30 p.m. on Monday, about 35 per-cent of the blaze looked controlled, although it was obvious firefight-ers would still have to respond again on Tues-day to ensure it did not spread further, he said.
The Texas Forest Ser-vice did respond on Tues-day morning to continue their work, and firefight-ers followed behind them to put out the hot spots, he said.
Wilhelm said the Forest Service cut another fire break on the south and east sides and went back to the north end to ensure that the fire break there was big enough.
Pasture, brush fire burns 35 acres off CR 430
Grand jury returns 19 felony indictments
The Burleson Coun-ty Grand Jury met in regular session on Thursday, Feb. 10, and returned 19 felony in-dictments.
Only the names of those arrested are re-leased and include:
* Fanny Aleman., 36, of Bryan, Texas; contin-uous violence against the family - third de-gree felony.
* Jessica Nicole Aus-tin, 32, of Bryan, Texas; poss. CS PG 1<1G - state jail felony.
* Whitney Joseph Ba-tiste, 68, of Caldwell; tamper/fabricate phys. evid. with intent to impair - third degree felony.
* Orlando Artrell Bell Jr., 31, of Caldwell; poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state jail felony.
* J u s t i n C a s e y Brown, 41, of Caldwell; poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state jail felony.
* Fiona Calvillo, 23, of San Antonio, Tex-as; poss. CS PG 2 >= 4G<400G - second de-gree felony.
* Lanny Carpenter, 45, of Somerville; poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state jail felony.
* Jaycolyn Begningna Chapa, 28, of Austin, Texas; poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state jail felony.
* Joseph Michael Cockerham, 23 , o f Caldwell; continuous violence against the
family - third degree felony.
* Gregory Eric Correa Jr., 18, of Richmond, Texas; assault fam./house mem. impede breath/circulat. - third degree felony.
* Natalee Alane Da-vid, 31, of Caldwell; agg. assault with dead-ly weapon - second de-gree felony.
* Jeffery Chanceler Dukes, 28, of Aus-tin, Texas; theft prop. <$2,500 2/more prev. conv. - state jail felony.
* Seth Wayne Dun-can, 26, of Caldwell; poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state jail felony.
* Johnnie Albert Love Jr., 29, of Caldwell; unl. poss. firearm by felon - third degree felony.
* Christopher James Ramirez, 42, of Bryan, Texas; poss. CS PG 1 >=1G<4G - third degree felony. He was also in-dicted on poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state fail felony.
* M i k e l R o b e r t Sowders, 41, of Somer-ville; fail to comply sex offender duty to regis-ter life/annual - third degree felony.
* Jasmine Nicole Vil-larreal, 23, of Caldwell; poss. CS PG 1 <1G - state jail felony.
* Arik Casey Yates; 32, of Caldwell; dead-ly conduct discharge firearm - third degree felony.
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permanent new home.And can they find one
that is affordable and available?
But there is clearly one blessing.
Area firefighters and law officers confirmed by late Tuesday, Feb. 15, that all those staying there were accounted for.
There had been no in-juries or deaths.
J u s t t o b e s u r e , Caldwell Police Chief Charles Barnes sought assistance from a dog search team provided by Coastal K-9 in Bryan to carefully examine the ruins on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Nothing was found in the search.
So the focus since the tragedy has been how to help those displaced.
Even for a community known for its generos-ity in a tragedy, the re-sponse was stunning.
Albert Ramirez, di-rector of the Burleson Health Resource Cen-ter (HRC), confirmed this week that $10,055 in donations had been collected from numer-ous individuals. That included $7,420 in Bur-leson County donations, $1,000 from a Bastrop resident, and $1,635 in donations from the United Way/American Red Cross fund drive, Ramirez said.
Using these donated funds and additional BHRC funds, a total of $11,758 was spent to keep everyone sheltered at motels, with most at America’s Best Value Inn, Ramirez said.
Another $888 was do-nated to address medi-cations and other basic needs, he said.
And that did not even count a huge amount
of donations of clothing and other necessities dropped of at The One Church in Caldwell, where victims stopped by to get plenty of need-ed, clean clothes, toilet-ries and gift cards.
In fact, the response was so overwhelming that the church finally had to tell people to stop bringing items. There was no more room.
Individual acts of gen-erosity are too many to mention, but just a few included donations from Fruits of the Spirit, a non-profit organiza-tion run by Danielle Hicks of Caldwell, COP-S4Kids, the Caldwell Li-ons Club, the Caldwell Early Evening Lions Club, Michelle Boyd of The Garden Spot and the always effective and hard-working Caldwell Christians Care thrift store.
O t h e r s p r o v i d e d d inners , inc luding Caldwell’s First United Methodist Church, Lo Nuestro Restaurant, McDonalds and Daisy Dukes.
Many gave anony-mously, including nu-merous vouchers for food or other items.
Ramirez said the over-all effort is a good reflec-tion on a caring com-munity.
“It is their support that is keeping a roof over people’s head,” Ramirez said.
Those providing food vouchers were particu-larly appreciated.
“People are going to be having a need for food for a while,” Ramirez said.
And it has not gone un-noticed, he said.
“The people are dev-astated. They have lost everything. But they are expressing their grati-tude at the overwhelm-ing level of support they
are getting,” Ramirez said. “They feel the com-munity has opened their arms to them. The mes-sage is that they care and support them.”
Jennifer Fraustro, wife of The One Church Pastor Juan Fraustro, said their church was pleased to help.
“That is why God placed us here. We want to make sure we are available to fill in wher-ever the need arose,” Fraustro said.
A.J. Renold of Ameri-can Red Cross said that organization was also involved in helping.
Anyone who still wants to help the families may contribute financially by texting CaldwellFire to 4-1-4-4-4. The United Way of the Brazos Val-ley and the American Red Cross are managing the fund.
But one part of the sto-ry remains unanswered.
What caused the fire?Caldwell Police Chief
Charles Barnes said the case is still under in-vestigation by Caldwell police and the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
“No cause has been de-termined at this time,” Barnes said.
Law officers, firefight-ers and other emergency responders stayed on scene through Tuesday night and some into Wednesday before leav-ing.
Caldwell firefighters were called back several times to wash down hot spots.
A m o n g t h o s e r e -sponding in addition to Caldwell police and fire were Burleson County sheriff’s deputies, the DPS, Duane Strange with the Burleson Coun-ty Emergency Manage-ment Office, the Bryan and College Station fire departments and the Brazos County Precinct 4 Fire Department, Deanville and Cooks Point firefighters.
Burleson County Chief Deputy John Pollock said deputies assisted Caldwell police at the scene by gathering the
B.J. HEGEMEYER looks over these clothing items at The One Church in Caldwell.
THE CALDWELL MOTEL is reduced to ruins after the Feb. 15 fire.
residents together to determine if everyone had gotten out. They also checked the motel’s records, indicating who was staying there to help determine who was accounted for.
“Our guys did a great job of coordinating in-formation and making sure it was accurate,” Pollock said.
In a small county, local agencies have to work together in this type of crisis, he said.
“It is nothing they (Caldwell police) would not do for us,” he said.
Strange, who was also at the incident command station with the other law officers, shared the officers’ concerns.
“The biggest thing we were concerned with was making sure that we located everybody,” Strange said.
The crisis was particu-larly trying for the fire-fighters who responded.
Caldwell Fire Chief David Pevehouse was among the firefight-ers who remained on scene all night and into Wednesday afternoon.
By Wednesday, the fire was totally under control. But in the ini-tial phases on Tuesday afternoon, the conditions were horrific.
“That wind was forcing
it. It was overwhelming us. There was no control over that,” Pevehouse said.
Even with all available resources, there was no saving the building, which was a total loss.
All of the fire depart-ments responded with multiple vehicles and personnel, perhaps the largest to gather for a structure fire in Burle-son County in modern times.
The rubble from the fire remains at the site.
Caldwell City Admin-istrator Camden White said on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that a demolition crew is still needed at the site. He said he did not know at this time if the motel will be rebuilt.
In an update released on Monday, Feb. 21, Ramirez added that most of the fire victims will need household items once they find housing to which they will relocate.
The items needed will be bedding, towels, lin-ens, dishes, utensils and cookware, beds with mattresses, chests of
drawers, dining tables and chairs and living room furnishings.
“Anyone that has these items to donate may call (979) 567-3200 and ad-vise the BHRC or their name and contact num-ber. We will match them to a family in need,” Ramirez said.
“They should hold the items until we advise them that the fire victim is ready to accept them. Do not bring items to the BHRC as we have little storage capacity, nor or they to be brought to The One Church in Caldwell as they have concluded their donation drive,” he said.
Also, the BHRC does not have the capacity to deliver furnishings but can deliver household items, he said.
“If there is a volun-teer that can offer a truck and manpower to deliver furnishings, let us know,” Ramirez said. “Otherwise, donors should be prepared to deliver furnishing to fire victims who have no means to pick up items themselves.”
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There are t imes when we all feel discouraged for one
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GLADYS AKERS
Gladys Watson Akers went to be with her Lord and Savior February 12, 2022.
Gladys was born June 23, 1932, near Caldwell, Texas, to Tola Watson and Virlena (Clepper) Watson.
She was married to Grady Akers, of Tom-ball, for 54 years. They resided in Pasadena, where Gladys was a homemaker and mother to their children, Terry and Donna.
Once her children were older, Gladys worked as a church secretary and as a bank teller until her retirement.
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A public visitation for Jessie Pineda Gutierrez,
WILLIAM
SOWDERS SR.
W i l l i a m E d w a r d Sowders Sr. passed away peacefully, at home with family on February 9, 2022, at the age of 66.
He was born on Sep-tember 21, 1955, to Clyde James Sowders and Gladys Littlefield in Waco, Texas.
His visitation service was held at Strick-land Funeral Home in Caldwell, Texas, on Feb-ruary 12, 2022, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m.
The Mass of Christian burial was held on Sun-day, February 13, 2022, at 2 p.m., at the Holy Ro-sary Catholic Church in Frenstat, Father Melvin Dornak as Celebrant.
The burial followed at the church cemetery.
William married Vir-ginia Ann Rathjen on June 21, 1975. She was the love of his life.
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Jessie was born on March 30, 1962, to Mer-cedes Pineda and Jesus Gutierrez in Galveston, Texas.
It was in the beautiful northern California city of Oxnard that he met and fell in love with his beloved Mary Pineda. They were married on Oct. 1, 1981. Mary and Jessie had three beauti-ful children.
Jessie enjoyed all things rodeo, but his highest priority was his beloved wife and children. Fam-ily was most important
to him. After moving his fam-
ily to Caldwell in 1998, he worked for the City of Caldwell for 20 years.
Jessie was loved dearly by his family and friends; he will be deeply missed.
He died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Gutierrez (Pineda); one daughter; and two sons.
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In their retirement years, Grady and Glad-ys returned to Burleson County, living near Snook and finally in Caldwell.
Gladys and Grady loved God with all their hearts, and their lives were de-voted to Him and to His church.
They also enjoyed trav-eling and time spent on outdoor adventure with their family and extended family.
In her later years, Glad-ys delighted in spending time with her family and especially with her two granddaughters and her three great-grandchil-dren.
Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, Grady Akers; and her son, Gar-land Lee Akers; her broth-ers, Hubert Watson and J.P. Watson; her sisters, Maudie Franks, Irene Bruster, and Mavis Chaf-fin; and by Grady’s broth-ers, Laurel, Herman, No-lan, and Leonard.
Gladys i s surv ived by her son, Terry Ak-ers (Sue Ann Akers); her daughter, Donna Akers Lovejoy (Grant Lovejoy); her granddaughters , Meredith Lovejoy Lee
(Nathanael Lee), Al-lison Lovejoy Frazier (Sam Frazier); her three great-grandchildren, Ian, Calvin and Cora Lee. She is also survived by her sister, Lavelle Gasper; by her sisters-in-law, Gladys Watson, Jan Akers, and Paula Akers Knapp; and nu-merous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 25, 2022, at Strickland Fu-neral Home, Caldwell, Texas.
The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at First Baptist Church, Caldwell. The interment will follow in Chriesman Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Strick-land Funeral Home. They invite you to visit our website at www.stricklandfuneralhomes.com and sign the online register book.
He also had a love for cars, especially his 2010 Maroon Chevrolet 6.2-liter V8 super sport Camaro.
He was a volunteer at the Somerville Fire Depart-ment for over 40 years. He was always willing to help.
He loved riding his 4-wheeler, checking his cattle and watching Paw Patrol with his grandchil-dren.
When he could, he loved to fish and watch “Ameri-ca’s favorite team” -- the Dallas Cowboys. He also loved watching TV shows that involved rebuilding or restoring cars.
He was a joyful person and he enjoyed uplifting others. He will be missed by many, especially his family.
William is survived by his wife, Virginia Sowders of Caldwell, Texas; his mother, Gladys Sowders, of Snook; Texas; his son, Billy Sowders Jr. and wife, Julia, of Somerville, Texas; his daughters, Jen-nifer Broaddus and hus-band, Brian, Kimberly Sprouse and husband, Bill, and Laura Koerth, all from Caldwell, Texas; and daughter, Megan Sowders and partner, Dustin Cal-houn, of College Sta-tion, Texas; his beloved grandchildren, Preston, Ashlynn, Ryan, Payton, Riley, Abby, Makaylah, Maddy, Jace, Jaxon, and Maddox; his sister, Lynda Dee Sowders of Snook, Texas; mother-in-law, An-nie Rathjen of Caldwell, Texas; brothers-in-law,
Glen Rathjen, Darrell “Joe” Rathjen and wife, Nola, Darwon “Skeeter” Rathjen and wife, Con-nie, all from Caldwell, Texas; his sister-in-law, Ann Sowders of Somer-ville, Texas; and numer-ous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Clyde James Sowders Sr.; father-in-law, A.C. R a t h j e n ; b r o t h e r s , Clyde James Sowder Jr. and Walter Mikel Sowders; sister, Kathy Lou Leasure; grandson, Tobias King Calhoun; and nephews, Fredrich Adam Sowders, and Jor-dan Blake Rathjen; and great-nephew, Chase Sowders.
Serving as pallbearers were Preston Sprouse, Payton Sprouse, Ryan Broaddus, K.C. Leasure, Matt Sowders, Alan Rathjen, Garrett Rathjen and Austin Rathjen. Honorary pallbearers were the members of the Somerville Volunteer Fire Department.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Strick-land Funeral Home in Caldwell. They invite you to visit our website at www.stricklandfuner-alhomes.com and sign the online register book.
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M a r v i n L o u i s Worthington, 93, of Caldwell entered into eternal rest Monday, February 21, 2022, at Copperas Hollow Nurs-ing and Rehab Center in Caldwell, Texas.
A public visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 23, 2022, with funeral services Thursday, Feb-ruary 24, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel of Phillips & Luckey Fu-neral Home in Caldwell.
Burial will follow at Masonic Cemetery , Caldwell.
The family is request-ing that you protect oth-ers by wearing a mask for these two services.
M a r v i n w a s b o r n April 26, 1928, on the Worthington farm in the Cooks Point com-munity to John Mitchell and Ada Belle (Duncan) Worthington.
By the age of 5, his fam-ily had moved to Bryan where he attended Bowie School.
He served in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Ma-rines before enlisting with the United States
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Army serving a 2 1/2 year tour in Japan.
Upon returning home he met the love of his life, Jo Ann Zalmanek, in downtown Caldwell. They married in July of 1950 and recently celebrated 71 years of marriage.
Marvin was introduced to heavy construction equipment through his father-in-law, Joe Zal-manek, thus a firm foun-dation evolved for the love of land development and construction where he served the Brazos Valley and even into Conroe in later years. The quality of his work is still talked about today.
He always lived as an inspiration to his children and grandchildren be-cause he showed them one is never too old or too tired to work, or do anything that was asked of you.
Marvin and Jo Ann spent retirement years travel-ing, spending time with family and friends, taking trips with their children.
Marvin loved the great outdoors as was indicated by his profession, but deer hunting was at the top of his list. He hunted from Colorado, to deep South Texas and rounded out his years in Bandera, Texas.
He is well known for his gift of laughter and humor. He never met a stranger and always strived to bring laughter to others to brighten their day.
Marvin was so proud to be a World War II Veteran and worked tirelessly with the local VFW and also the Honor Guard to show his respect to his country and local veterans. He was an ambassador in his own right.
Marvin was preceded in death by his parents;
an infant sister, Mary Susan; a son, John Wil-liam Worthington in 1975; two sisters, Louise Worthington and Jane Yates; four brothers-in-law, Bill Yates, Harvey Samford, Bill Dillard, and J.W. Zalmanek; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Zalmanek and Jeannie Zalmanek.
Marvin is survived in legacy by his loving and devoted wife of 71 years, Jo Ann Worthington, of Caldwell; his loving chil-dren: a son, Michael and wife, Debbie Worthing-ton, of Hempstead, and three daughters, Shirle and husband, Kverin Urbanovsky, and Jan and husband, Patrick Hoffman, all of Caldwell, and Jean Marshall of Mi-lano; 10 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren, with two more coming in May; his sister, Betty Jo Samford of Tomball; brother-in-law, Charles Zalmanek of Caldwell; sister-in-law, Beverly Dillard of Bryan. and many, many nephews, nieces and friends across the State of Texas.
Serving as pallbearers will be his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Condolences for the family in the way of me-morial donations may be directed to VFW Post Number 4458, 1644 State Hwy. 36 S., Caldwell,Texas 77836, or First United Methodist Church 306 W. Fox St., Caldwell, Texas 77836.
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THIS COLLECTION OF OLD FARM gear and other items was displayed outside Snook’s SPJST Lodge Number 9 last Sunday. Bill Elsik brought his collection, chronicling the history of Snook to the lodge for others to enjoy -- along with snacks and music.
SNOOK RESIDENT LYDIA Faust looks at photos last Sunday, chronicling the his-tory of Snook. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
Sales tax revenues were up for Febru-ary 2022 from Febru-ary 2021 for Burleson County in Texas Comp-troller Glenn Hegar’s latest monthly report.
The cities of Caldwell and Somervile also saw increases in sales tax revenues over the previ-ous year’s totals. How-ever, the City of Snook saw a decline.
The report was based on sales made in De-cember by businesses that report monthly.
Burleson CountyBurleson County’s
February 2022 receipts were up 33.3 percent from February 2021’s receipts, with the 2022 total of $145,031.57 compared to last year’s total of $108,795.19.
City of CaldwellCaldwell ’s Febru -
a ry 2022 re ce ip t s were up 49.79 per-cent to $236,146 from $157,642.95 last year.
City of SnookSnook’s $7,378.38 in
February 2022 receipts were down 13.69 per-cent from last year’s total of $8,548.95.
City of SomervilleS o m e r v i l l e ’ s
$42,689.02 in Febru-ary 2022 receipts were up 41.63 percent from $30,139.63 last year.
StatewideOverall, Texas coun-
ties will receive $1.22 billion in local sales tax allocations for Febru-ary, 16.4 percent more than in February 2021, according to the comp-troller.
Sales tax revenue to-taled $3.85 billion in January, 25.3 percent more than in January 2021. The majority of January sales tax rev-
enue is based on sales made in December and remitted to the agency in January.
Year-over-year in-creases for most tax revenues continue to be affected by base ef-fects: Revenue collec-tions in 2021, to which this year’s collections are compared, were suppressed by the pan-demic. Compared to January 2020, sales tax collections were up 24.9 percent.
Hegar said, “January state sales tax collec-tions reached another all-time monthly high, with receipts from al-most all major economic sectors rocketing above year-ago levels,” Hegar said. “Fueled by con-tinued strength in both business and consumer spending, receipts from most sectors strongly surpassed pre-pandem-ic levels.”
“Business spending drove double-digit in-creases in receipts from the oil and gas mining, manufacturing, whole-sale trade and construc-tion sectors, with re-ceipts from only oil and gas mining remaining below pre-pandemic levels.”
“A strong Christmas shopping season contin-ued to drive double-dig-it increases in receipts from retail trade. The greatest gains came from clothing and ac-cessories stores and health and personal care stores. Receipts from general merchan-disers also exhibited very strong growth, es-pecially from big-box re-tailers and mall-based department stores.”
“Receipts from res-
taurants, a sector still depressed a year ago, were again up sharply and well above pre-pan-demic levels.” Hegar said.
Total sales tax rev-enue for the three months ending in Jan-uary 2022 was up 23 percent compared to the same period a year ago and 21.7 percent compared to 2020. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, account-ing for 59 percent of all tax collections.
Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes, most of which were up sharp-ly from a year ago due to base effects:
* Motor vehicle sales and rental taxes: $480 million, up 18 percent from January 2021, and up 2 percent from Janu-ary 2020.
* Motor fuel taxes: $296 mill ion, up 1 percent from Janu-ary 2021, and down 4 percent from January 2020.
* Oil production tax-es: $427 million, up 68 percent from January 2021, and up 8 percent from January 2020.
* Natural gas produc-tion taxes: $369 mil-lion, up 260 percent from January 2021, and up 182 percent from January 2020.
* Hotel occupancy tax: $49 million, up 83 percent from January 2021, and up 19 percent from January 2020.
* Alcoholic beverage taxes: $140 million, up 49 percent from Jan-uary 2021, and up 8 percent from January 2020.
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A wild hog hunt with dogs and live weigh-in was organized by The Wild Boars of Texas last weekend with 15 teams from around the state entered and prizes awarded at the Burleson County Fair-grounds on Sunday, Feb. 20.
The event was dog division hunting with the hogs brought to the fairgrounds for a live weigh-in.
Ruben Requena of Caldwell said eight teams showed up for the weigh-in, and a to-tal of 178 hogs were brought in.
Hunters from all over Texas participated, even as far away as Abilene and Weather-ford, Requena said.
The first-place team with the biggest Barr, biggest sow and longest stringer with 68 went to the team Catbird Productions. The team members included Rich-ard Elfrez, Rex Bum-pus, Clint Hegefeld, Jeff Hughes and two help-ers, Logan Foust and Brandon Byrd. They received $3,600 for first place, $1,750 for longest string, $750 for biggest sow and $300 for big-gest BARR.
Second place and big-gest boar went to South Texas Doggers with team members Coy Dil-lard, Bryce Belknap,
Colton Davis and Brett Lambeth. They received $1,800 for second place and $750 for biggest boar.
The third-place team was Tusk N Tai ls with team members Eric Patterson, Hunter Patterson and Steve Hurlbert. They received $600 for third place.
The hunt is an effort to help alleviate a major problem in Texas, and particularly in Burleson County, of wild hogs damaging valuable ranch grazing land and farmers’ row crop land.
“We are trying to help our ranchers and farm-ers, trying to thin down the herd as much as
Wild hogs hunted, weighed for contestMonetary prizes awarded for top three teams, other categories
TEAM MEMBERS FROM CATBIRD Productions display these checks at the fairgrounds.
TUCK N TAILS displays their third place check at the conclusion of the hunt.
SOUTH TEXAS DOGGERS TEAM members, who placed, second, display their checks.
THE WILD HOGS are viewed on Sunday at the Burleson County Fairgrounds at the weigh-in after the hunt.
we can and knock the population down,” Re-quena said.
Requena said the or-
ganization appreciates all the sponsors that donated.
Community Calendar
Free mammogramThere will be a free mobile mammogram event on Wednesday, March 16, at the Elizabeth Lu-theran Church in Caldwell.Uninsured women residing in the Burleson County area, aged 40-54 with no mammogram in the past year, or aged 55-74 with no mam-mogram in the past two years qualify for this free event.To schedule an appointment, call (979) 436-0543 or (979) 436-0443 by Wednesday, March 2. You must pre-register two weeks in advance.Se habla español.
ConcertCaldwell First United Methodist Church is hosting an “Organ & Piano Duo” concert next Friday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m.The concert will feature Jesse Novak and Phil-lip Staggs and is free to the public.Refreshments will also be served after the concert.The concert benefits the church’s organ project.
Shooting eventCaldwell Early Evening Lions Club is hosting a Sporting Clay Shoot at the Boswell Porter 4-H Shooting Range on Saturday, March 5.Registration begins at 8 a.m. with shooting begin-ning at 9 a.m.Entry fees are $400 per team of four or $100 per individual.For more information, contact Jan Novosad at (281) 734-6912 or Sarah Horne at (979) 567-4248.
Lone Oak eventLone Oak Baptist Church will be holding a community garage sale on Saturday, March 5, from 7 a.m. until noon.The church is accepting donations until this Saturday, Feb. 26, for the event.Lone Oak Baptist is located on Highway 60, four miles west of Snook, near F.M. 3058.For more information, call (972) 825-6025 or (979) 255-7187.
Plant saleThe Little River Basin Master Gardener An-nual Plant Sale is scheduled for Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 101 East Main Street (formerly Bea’s Kitchen) in Cameron. There will be natives, EarthKind, pollinators, vegetables, succulents, herbs, roses and lots of blooming plants. Take a wagon for ease in shopping. There will also be a raffle, with tickets available from any Master Gardener or at the sale.
Main St. meetingCaldwell Main Street Program will hold its monthly committee meeting on Tuesday, March 8, at 6 p.m.The Main Street committees assist the Main Street Advisory Board through developing plans, programs, activities and events to stimu-late both historic preservation and economic vitality for downtown Caldwell.
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Public Service Announcement: Fair Housing, It’s the Law
To promote fair housing practices, the City of Caldwell encourages potential home-owners and renters to be aware of their rights under the National Fair Housing Law. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin in the sale or rental of units in the housing market. For more information on fair housing or to report possible fair housing discrimination, call the Texas Workforce Commission at (888) 452-4778 or (512) 463-2642 TTY: 512-371-7473.
Policy of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of DisabilityThe City of Caldwell does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admis-
sion or access to, or employment in, its federally assisted programs or activities. The Mayor has been designated to coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination re-quirements contained in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) regulations implementing Section 504 (24 CFR Part 8).
Citizen Participation & Grievance Procedures NoticeThe City of Caldwell has adopted complaint and grievance procedures regarding its
Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT). Citizens may obtain a copy of these written procedures at 107 South Hill Caldwell, TX, 77836 during regular business hours. Citizens may also request the procedures be mailed to them by calling the Mayor, Civil Rights Offi cer at (979) 567-3271. These procedures outline the steps for a citizen to follow if s/he wishes to fi le a complaint or grievance about CDBG-MIT activities.
A person who has a complaint or grievance about any services or activities with respect to the CDBG-MIT project, may during regular business hours submit such com-plaint or grievance, in writing to the City Administrator, at 107 South Hill, Caldwell, TX 77836 or may call (979) 567-3271. The City of Caldwell will make every effort to respond fully to such complaints within fi fteen (15) working days where practicable.
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementThe City of Caldwell does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Notice to Section 3 Residents and Business InterestsThe City of Caldwell has received Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation
(CDBG-MIT) funding for a construction project. The City of Caldwell invites individuals and businesses to certify themselves as Section 3 eligible by registering with the May-or, the Section 3 Coordinator. Section 3 Residents must reside in a Public Housing unit, or be a low or very-low income person residing in the area of CDBG-MIT funded project and be interested in seeking employment on CDBG-MIT funded projects. Businesses may be designated as Section 3 eligible if 51% or more of the business is owned by Section 3 Residents, at least 30% of permanent, full-time employees are or have been Section 3 Residents in the past 3 years, or if business commits to subcontract in excess of 25% of dollar award of all subcontracts to Section 3 business concern. The City of Caldwell shall notify registered Section 3 Residents and Business Interests of employment and contracting opportunities related to the CDBG-MIT funded projects. Registration and information is available at the City of Caldwell, 107 South Hill, Cald-well, TX 77836 or by calling (979) 567-3271.
Aviso Publico Vivienda Justa; Es la LeyPara promover prácticas de equidad de vivienda, Ciudad de Caldwell anima a los Aviso Publico Vivienda Justa; Es la LeyPara promover prácticas de equidad de vivienda, Ciudad de Caldwell anima a los Aviso Publico Vivienda Justa; Es la Ley
propietarios e inquilinos potenciales a ser conscientes de sus derechos bajo las leyes nacionales de Vivienda Justa. Título VIII de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1968, como enmendada, prohíbe la discriminación contra cualquier persona por motivos de raza, color, religión, sexo, discapacidad, estado familiar o origen nacional en la venta o renta de unidades en el mercado de la vivienda. Para obtener más información sobre la equidad de vivienda o para informar sobre una posible discriminación de vivienda justa, llame a la Comisión Laboral de Texas al (888) 452-4778 o (512) 463-2642 TTY: 512-371-7473.
Políza de No Discriminar a Base de Estado de DiscapacidadLa Ciudad de Caldwell no discrimina por motivos de discapacidad en la admisión
o acceso a, o empleo, en sus programas o actividades que reciben ayuda federal. Alcalde ha sido designado para coordinar el cumplimiento de los requisitos de no dis-criminación contenidos en el Departamento de Vivienda (HUD) y reglamentos de De-sarrollo Urbano de aplicación de la Sección 504 (24 CFR Parte 8).
Participación Ciudadana y Procedimientos de Quejas AvisoLa Ciudad de Caldwell ha adoptado procedimientos para quejas y denuncias con
respecto al programa de de recuperación de desastres en asignaciones en bloques de desarrollo comunitario (CDBG-MIT). Los ciudadanos pueden obtener una copia de estos procedimientos escritos en 107 South Hill, Caldwell, TX, 77836 durante las horas regulares. Los ciudadanos también pueden solicitar los procedimientos por correo al llamar a Alcalde, Ofi cial de Derechos Civiles, en (979) 567-3271. Estos procedimien-tos describen los pasos que se deben seguir para que un ciudadano pueda, si desea, presentar una queja o reclamo acerca de las actividades del programa CDBG-MIT.
Una persona que tiene una queja o reclamación sobre cualquiera de los servicios o actividades en relación con el programa CDBG-MIT, lo pueden hacer durante las ho-ras regulares por escrito a Administrador de la Ciudad, a 107 South Hill, Caldwell, TX 77836 o pueden llamar a (979) 567-3271. La ciudad de Caldwell hará todo lo posible para responder con plenitud las quejas dentro de los quince (15) días hábiles cuando sea posible.
Declaración de Igualdad de Oportunidades de EmpleoLa Ciudad de Caldwell no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, religión, sexo, orien-
tación sexual, identidad de género u origen nacional.
Aviso a Residentes de Sección 3 e Intereses ComercialesLa Ciudad de Caldwell ha recibido fondos de recuperación de desastres en asigna-
ciones en bloques de desarrollo comunitario (CDBG-MIT) para un proyecto de con-strucción. La Ciudad de Caldwell invita a individuos y empresas a certifi carse como elegibles para la Sección 3 registrándose con Alcalde, el Coordinador de la Sección 3. Los residentes de Seccion 3 deben residir en una unidad de vivienda pública, o ser una persona de ingresos bajos o muy bajos que residan en el área del proyecto fi nanciado por CDBG-MIT y estar interesados en buscar empleo en proyectos fi nanciados por CDBG-MIT. Las empresas pueden ser designadas como elegibles para la Sección 3 si el 51% o más del negocio es propiedad de Residentes de Sección 3, al menos 30% de los empleados permanentes a tiempo completo son o han sido Residentes de Sección 3 en los últimos 3 años, o si la empresa se compromete a subcontratar más del 25% de la adjudicación en dólares de todos los subcontratos a la preocupación comercial de la Sección 3. La Ciudad de Caldwell notifi cará a los residentes registrados de la Sección 3 e intereses comerciales sobre las oportunidades de empleo y contratación relacionadas con los proyectos fi nanciados por CDBG-MIT. El registro y la información están disponibles en La Ciudad de Caldwell, 107 South Hill, Caldwell, TX 77836 o pueden llamar a (979) 567-3271.
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BURLESON COUNTY 4-H members were awarded Grand Champions and scholarship at San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo. Pictured, from left, are Brook Fry, Ava Fry, Cayle Canon and Kylan Canon.
4-H MEMBERS, KYLAN Canon and Brook Fry, lift a plant for the Landscape Team competition at San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo.
Burleson County 4-H members Brook Fry, Ava Fry, Cayle Canon, and Kylan Canon took home a Grand Cham-pion win and scholar-ship at San Antonio last week in the Landscape Challenge.
This is the second time this team has won first place in the event.
The team submitted plans for a landscape design in the prelimi-nary round, and the top eight teams in the state were then able to
come bring their design to life.
The on-site portion of the contest throws a curve ball their way as contest supervisors change the objective or plants that are avail-able.
Burleson County 4-H members take top prize in San AntonioThe teams have to
work together to rede-sign their landscape design plan and imple-
ment it in 90 minutes.
CHS, CAP create new program for studentsCaldwell Auto Partners offers student trainingCaldwell High School
is expanding its Career and Technical Educa-tion (CTE) program to include a new partner-ship with Caldwell Auto Partners.
This program will give students hands-on training through CAP Fleet Upfitters, which specializes in detailing and customizing law enforcement and other government vehicles.
The program will be offered to juniors this fall at no cost.
Kyle S. Parker, Cor-porate Fixed Ops Di-rector with CAP Fleet said Caldwell Automo-tive Partners wanted to partner with Caldwell ISD “to make an invest-ment directly within our community to de-velop a long term rela-tionship it residents.”
CAP Fleet President Tim Rainwater came up with the idea to offer the program to Caldwell students to “purposely train a long-term viable work force to work at all locations with Caldwell Auto Partners.”
Former CISD Super-intendent Andrew Pe-ters championed the idea for the district to partner with the local business community, and current CISD Su-
perintendent Dr. James Barton agrees that this program will benefit both Caldwell ISD and the area.
Dr. Barton said, “This is a wonderful example of how a school district and a business commu-nity can develop part-nerships that benefit students.”
Ashley Zboril, CTE Di-rector and high school counselor, said that in addition to the hands-on training which will teach students a spe-cific trade, students will have the “possibility to transition into full-time employment upon graduation.”
In a presentation video, Zboril said that not all students will go to college or a trade school, so this gives some of those students a chance to have a ca-reer with CAP Fleet or with another company who may use this type of training.
“This is a huge benefit for our students,” Zboril said on Monday.
Parker said that the hands-on training and skills gained through this program could cre-ate “possible immediate job opportunities for the students as they graduate high school”
and also create “lifelong skills and life lessons to be used as they emerge into adulthood.”
CAP Fleet will design the curriculum and pro-vide the instructors.
Grades will be based on work performance and skills as observed by supervisors.
Parker said that the program through CAP Fleet could give “great-er exposure to the CISD automotive program and added dimensions to their program they previously did not have.”
Dr. Barton believes that Caldwel l ISD should “provide stu-dents with hands-on experience in areas of study that align to their talents and ambitions,” and this program is one step in achieving that goal.
“We want to offer stu-dents a variety of op-portunities to explore their future careers,” Dr. Barton said.
Parker said, “We are so excited to start this program and anxious to see where it leads us to in the future.”
For more about the program, contact Zbo-ril at Caldwell High School.
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CHILDREN WERE able to meet the charac-ters from The Wizard of Oz at the Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library’s first Storybook Storytime on Feb. 15. Pictured is Adeline Van Zandt talking with Dorothy (Chloe Kaufmann).
THE WIZARD OF OZ’S Scarecrow (Toby Burns) poses with Ad-dison Van Zandt at at the Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library’s Storybook Storytime on Feb. 15.
THE HARRIE P. WOODSON MEMORIAL Library hosted a Storybook Storytime on Feb. 15, featuring characters from The Wizard of Oz played by members of the Milam Theatre Company, Beth Montelongo as the Tinman, Toby Burns as the Scarecrow, Julian Higginbotham as the Cowardly Lion and Chloe Kaufmann as Dorothy.
The Harrie P. Wood-son Memorial Library held its first Storybook Storytime on Feb. 15.
Children listened to
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The Texas Railroad Com-mission (RRC) recently is-sued no new oil well drilling permits in Burleson County in November.
The RRC report is for newly approved permits in the county, not for drill sites which were previously permitted.
Production in the coun-ty in November includ-ed 790,584 barrels of oil, 743,673 Mcf of casing head gas, 130,769 Mcf of gas well gas and 6,931 barrels of condensate.
November’s top-produc-ing fields in the area and their production figures included:
* Giddings (Eagleford) -- 566,735 barrels of oil, 323,729 Mcf of casing head gas, 14,123 Mcf of gas well gas and 1,824 barrels of condensate.
* Aguila Vado (Eagleford) -- 105,350 barrels of oil, 140,802 Mcf of casing head gas, 5,724 Mcf of gas well gas and 1,284 barrels of condensate.
* Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) -- 93,848 barrels of oil, 223,837 Mcf of casing head gas and 2,754 Mcf of gas well gas.
* Madisonville. W. (Wood-bine -A-) -- 9,107 barrels of oil and 8,064 Mcf of casing
head gas.The top operators for No-
vember and their produc-tion totals were:
* Chesapeake Operating., L.L.C. -- 696,571 barrels of oil, 494,432 Mcf of casing head gas, 46,660 Mcf of gas well gas and 4,107 barrels of condensate.
* Hawkwood Energy Op-erating, LLC -- 50,332 bar-rels of oil and 67,523 Mcf of casing head gas.
* FDL Operating, LLC -- 15,982 barrels of oil, 74,984 Mcf of casing head gas, 4,492 Mcf of gas well gas and 58 barrels of conden-sate.
* Apache Corporation -- 8,613 barrels of oil, 42,619 Mcf of casing head gas, 2,912 Mcf of gas well gas and 185 barrels of conden-sate.
StatewideThe RRC issued a total
of 820 original drilling per-mits in January, compared to 512 in January 2021.
The January 2022 total included 713 permits to drill new oil and gas wells, nine to re-enter plugged well bores and 85 for re-completions of existing well bores.
Permits issued in January included 198 oil, 79 gas, 497 oil or gas, 35 injection and
11 other permits.Texas’ top three crude
oil producing counties in November were: Midland County, 16,535,587 barrels; Martin County, 12,978,391 barrels; and Howard Coun-ty, 7,562,874 barrels.
The top gas producing counties in November were: Reeves County, 74,318,631 Mcf; Midland County, 54,007,409 Mcf; and Webb County, 50,619,226 .
The top condensate pro-ducing counties in Novem-ber were: Reeves County, 4,947,856 barrels; Loving County, 2,866,353 barrels; and Culberson County, 2,440,179 barrels.
The Texas rig count as of Feb. 18 was 308, which is 47.75 percent of the total running rigs in the U.S., according to Baker Hughes Incorporated.
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Somervi l le Yegua football players Jesus Espinoza and Verkobe Woodberry were re-cently named as Texas Sportswriters Asso-ciation (TSWA) Class 2A All-State Football Team selections.
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E s p i n o z a , a 6 - 2 , 325-pound junior, was selected as a guard, and Woodberry, a 5-6, 135-pound senior, was selected as a wide re-ceiver.
Yegua football coach and Somerville Athletic Director Cal Neath-erlin said, “Verkobe Woodberry and Jesus Espinoza are two young
men that contributed significantly to the suc-cess of our Somerville football team -- making the playoffs for the first time in years.”
“Both young men have had outstanding seasons, and we are extremely happy that their hard work is be-ing recognized at the state level,” he said.
Woodberry is a 4-year letter winner for the Yeguas and recipient of many prestigious awards.
He will be leaving Somerville High School as the all-time career leader in receptions with 112 and single-season leader with 53.
Verkobe also played defense where he was
a “shutdown corner-back,” Neatherlin said.
Espinoza is a 3-year letter winner and an important part of the Yegua offensive line.
Neatherlin said, “He has great feet for a big man and is a powerful drive blocker. He’s ex-tremely adept at pull-ing and strong in pass blocking.”
Over the season, he graded out at 89 per-cent and was a “pan-cake machine” with 72, he said.
“Jesus looks to have an even bigger year next year as a senior, which is scary for our next year’s opponents,” Neatherlin said.
S h i n e r r u n n i n g
The Caldwell Hornets won a one-game play-off last Friday at Lex-ington 62-57 to secure fourth place in district play and to ensure a playoff berth.
Caldwell’s win came just three days after they lost to the Eagles 62-54 at home, forc-ing a fourth-place tie between the two teams and the need for a one-game playoff to deter-mine who would ad-vance.
Caldwell was sched-uled to face Franklin in the bi-district playoff on Tuesday night, Feb. 22, in Bryan.
Academy won the dis-trict title, followed by Cameron Yoe and Rog-ers.
Caldwell Head Coach Travis McFarland said the Hornets accepted the challenge of the one-game playoff with the right attitude.
“They got in a busi-ness trip mindset and went in and got after it,” McFarland said. “There was nor fear or doubt in themselves. They just wanted to reclaim what they were capable of.”
Hornets beat Lexington, get to bi-district playoff
Caldwell holds off late rally to win
TRE BURNS of Caldwell reaches for the ball in the Friday game at Lexington.
Lady Jays lose opener to Anderson-Shiro
The Snook softball team began its season last Friday with a home loss to Anderson-Shiro 9-8.
However, the Lady Jays won their final scrimmage over Brazos Christian 16-9.
Against Anderson-Shiro, Payton Sodolak had the big bat, hitting an RBI triple.
The Lady Owls took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning and held onto the lead until the fourth when the Lady Jays scored two runs.
However, Anderson-Shiro tied things up in the top of the fifth 2-2.
Both teams’ bats were hot in the sixth with
Snook taking back the lead after scoring six runs in the inning to the Lady Owls’ five, re-sulting in an 8-7 score.
But, Anderson-Shiro was not done, scoring two more runs in the top of the seventh and then the Lady Owl de-fense shut down Snook for the win.
Aubrey Becker took the loss for Snook, pitching the entire sev-en innings, striking out 15 Anderson-Shiro bat-ters, walking eight and allowing three hits.
Kiara Green had a single, a RBI and a sto-len base.
Becker hit two singles,
SNOOK PITCHER Aubrey Becker struck out 15 Anderson-Shiro batters in the Lady Jays’ loss Friday. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
THE 2021-2022 SNOOK LADY JAYS basketball team is, from left, front, LaBrayla Pool, Iyana Ramirez, Bre’Anna Louis, middle, Alisa Ponce, Bre’Asia Louis, Carmen Miller, Mykia Munson, back, Coach Meagan Mitchell, Mackenzie Groce, Alexis Macik and Karla Lara.
THE 2021-2022 SNOOK BLUEJAY VARSITY basketball team is, from left, front, Kaleb Carroll, Brett Withem, Lance Lara, Dalvon Workman, J. Beaux Hruska, back, Coach Chris London, Josh Green, Tavarean Grimes, Dekendrick Dawson, Sam Smitherman and Coach Jordan Hafley.
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The Tribune'sATHLETES of the WEEK
SAm SmiTHERmAn
Bluejay Basketball
EmmA KOVASOViC
Lady Yegua
BasketballIn Snook’s play-off game last week, Smitherman scored 13 points to lead the Bluejays past Sabine Pass to ad-vance to the area round.
Also, in the Blue-jays’ final district game, a lost to Iola, Smitherman led the team in scoring with 12 points.
During the Lady Yeguas’ bi-district p l a y o f f l o s s t o Evadale, Kovaso-vic led Somerville in scoring with 12 points.
She also pulled d o w n s e v e n r e -bounds and had two assists and two steals.
The Somerville Yeguas got it done when they had to with a pair of huge district wins last week to earn a playoff berth.
Somerville defeated Normangee 68-38 on Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Somerville and followed that with a 66-63 come-from-behind win at Burton, getting them to 17-11 overall and 5-5 in district good enough for a third--place tie with Normangee.
After a coin flip with Normangee, the Yeguas finished seeded fourth heading into a bi -district playoff game on Tuesday, Feb. 22, against Evadale in Wil-lis.
Mumford f inished first in the final district standings, followed by Snook and then Nor-mangee and Somerville.
S o m e r v i l l e H e a d Coach Rene Cantu said he was proud of his team for both of the last two regular season games.
Regarding Norman-gee, “I think we bounced back from when we played them the first time and knew what to expect from them,” Cantu said.
However, Cantu said their best player did not play in that game.
Somerville led 38-15 at halftime and 52-28 at the end of the third quarter.
Johnny Legg led the scoring with 15 points, followed by Verkobe
Woodberry, 12, and Ar-vis Burns, 11.
A g a i n s t B u r t o n , Somerville trailed at one point by 12 points before rallying to pull it out.
Cantu said he was proud of “their level of calmness.”
“The kids did not lose their heads,” he said.
And the Yeguas stuck with their game plan, not worrying about the scoreboard, letting that take care of itself, Can-tu said.
“After that first half, we kept our heads, just one bucket at a time and getting the rebounds,” he said.
And the effort put the Yeguas at the next lev-el of competitiveness, which they will need as they enter the playoffs, he said.
Somerville trailed Burton 39-30 at half-time and 53-46 after the third quarter.
Legg led the scoring with 20 points, followed by Woodberry, 16, and Burns, 13.
Cantu said prior to the Evadale game that he was impressed with them.
“They work well as a team. They look a lot like we do, minus our speed,” Cantu said. “That will be the edge we will have on them.”
A victory against Evadale would put Somerville in the area round against Hearne at a date and site to be determined.
Somerville wins final two district games
back Dalton Brooks and Mart linebacker Da’Marion Medlock were the players of the year for the TSWA Class 2A football team.
Brooks rushed for 2,615 yards in leading Shiner to the Division I state title.
Medlock had 256 tack-les, 58 of them solos for 14-1 Mart, which reached the Division II semifinals.
The complete TSWA Class 2A All-State Team includes:
- L i n e b a c k e r s : Da’Marion Medlock, Mart, 6-0, 162, sr.; A.J. Patek, Shiner, 5-11, 230, sr.; Tyraun Bell, Marlin, 6-0, 180, fr.; Camron Walker, Craw-ford, 5-11, 175, jr.
- T a c k l e s : S a u l Chacon, Gruver, 6-0, 225, sr.; Anthony For-toul, Wortham, 6-4, 275, soph.; Joel Fra-ser, Price Carlisle, 6-0, 210, sr.; Hunter Harris, Alvord, 6-2, 210, sr.; Jesse Putnam, Wink, 6-0, 240, jr.; Rafael Ramirez, Cooper, 5-10, 245, sr.
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S p o r t s S c h e d u l e
Caldwell Hornet TennisDate Tournament Place Team Time3/4-5 TCAA Regional Tourney TBA V TBA3/25 Rudder Roundup Away V 8 a.m.
Caldwell Hornet SoccerDate OpponentOpponent Place Time 3/1 Smithville Away 6 p.m.3/4 Cameron Away 5:15/7:15 p.m.3/8 Rockdale Home 6 p.m.
Caldwell Hornet GolfDate Course Team Place2/28 Cameron Boys Away3/1 Cameron Girls Away3/7 Brenham Boys Away3/21 Brenham Girls Away
Snook Bluejay GolfDate Course Place Team2/28 Hilltop Lakes-Normangee Away V (boys&girls)
3/28 Hilltop Lakes-Normangee Away V (boys&girls)
Caldwell Hornet BaseballDate OpponentOpponent Place Team Time
2/24 Franklin Away V 11 a.m.
2/25 Madisonville Away V 5 p.m.
2/26 Fairfi eld/Navasota Away V 2/4 p.m.
3/1 Columbus Home V 7 p.m.
Caldwell Lady Hornet SoftballDate OpponentOpponent Place Team Time2/24-26 Caldwell Tourney Home V TBA3/1 Smithville Away JV/V 5/6:45 p.m.3/3&5 Franklin Tourney Away V TBA3/4 Woodville Home V 6 p.m.
Snook Bluejay BaseballDate OpponentOpponent Place Team Time2/25 Milano Away V 4 p.m.3/1 Allen Academy Home V 6 p.m.3/3-5 Bremond Tourney Away V TBD
Snook Lady Jays SoftballDate OpponentOpponent Place Time2/24-26 Burton Tourney Away TBA3/1 Burton Away 6 p.m.3/3-5 Franklin Tourney Away TBA
Caldwell Hornet TrackDate Place Team 2/24 Home V/JV 3/3 Rockdale V/JV 3/10 Somerville V/JV
Somerville Yegua BaseballDate OpponentOpponent Place Time2/25 Shiner St. Paul Away 6 p.m.3/1 Brazos Christian Away 6 p.m.3/4 Milano Home 6 p.m.
Somerville Lady Yegua SoftballDate OpponentOpponent Place Team Time2/24-26 Cameron Tourney Away TBD3/1 Mumford Away JV/V 4:30/6 p.m.3/3-5 Franklin Tourney Away TBD
MADISONVILLE TOURNEY 2/24 - 2/26
Caldwell Hornet JV BaseballDate OpponentOpponent Place Team Time
3/1 Columbus Home JV 4:30 p.m.
SealyJV/Sealy Soph. Away JV 1:30/3 p.m.
ANDERSON-SHIRO/NAVASOTA TOURNEY 3/3 - 3/5
LA GRANGE TOURNEY 2/24 - 2/26
SEALY TOURNEY 3/3 - 3/5
3/3 Fairfi eld/Madisonville Away V 11 a.m./3:30 p.m.
3/4 Giddings Away V 5 p.m.
3/5 Navasota Away V 12 p.m.
2/24 Elgin/La Grange Away JV 2:30/7:30 p.m.
2/26 Cuero Away JV 2:30 p.m.
3/3 Clements/Jordan Away JV 3/5:30 p.m.
3/5 SealyJV/Sealy Soph. Away JV 1:30/3 p.m.
THE 2021-2022 SNOOK BLUEJAY JUNIOR varsity basketball team is, from left, front, Jer-emiah Powell, Cason Pitts, Wesley See, Fraylon Hawkins, back, Coach Jordan Hafley, Davion Waters, Liam Zequeria, Mark Moore and Robert Carter.
Snook girl, boy powerlifters place second at Rudder
Both the Snook girls and boys’ powerlifting teams placed second in the team standings at the Bryan Rudder Tri/Quad Meet Number 2 last week.
The girls were second with 24 points, behind Bryan High with 29 points. Rudder was third with 16 points.
Nadia Garcia won the 132-pound weight class with total lift weight of 655 pounds -- 270 pounds in the squat, 120 in the bench press and 265 in the dead lift.
Her teammate Frida Mota was second in the division with a total lift weight of 600 pounds -- 245 pounds in the squat, 130 in the bench press and 225 in the dead lift.
Miracle Hill won the 259+ class with a to-tal lift weight of 710 pounds -- 295 pounds in the squat, 135 in the bench press and 280 in the dead lift.
Maytte Arredondo placed second in the 181-pound weight class with a total lift weight of 615 pounds -- 245 pounds in the squat, 130 in the bench press and 240 in the dead lift
Caden Schulens was the lone Snook boy lifter at the meet, win-ning first place in the
123-pound weight class, earning Snook seven points for second place in the team standings.
Schulens lifted a total weight of 620 pounds -- 230 pounds in the squat, 120 in the bench
press and 270 in the dead lift.
Rudder won the boys’ team title with a score of 67 points, and Groes-beck was third with five points.
The Snook Bluejays rallied from a 16-point deficit thanks to a strong 26-point fourth quarter to overtake Sabine Pass 43-38 on Monday night, Feb. 21, in the bi-district playoff in Spring.
The Bluejays, who fin-ished second in district play behind unbeaten Mumford, trailed 33-17 after Sabine Pass domi-nated the third quarter with a 15-2 run.
But Snook came alive in the fourth with a 26-5 run to win it, now advancing to the area playoff.
Snook Head Coach Chris London said his team excelled in the fourth quarter when they had to.
“We were running a 2-2-1 press, and we de-cided to play a full-court man defense and go af-ter them,” London said. “Our kids responded, went into another gear
and decided to go at them. We started to make them do things they were not comfort-able with.”
Overall, it was a con-fidence builder and an important win.
“As the rounds go, it will get tougher, but this was awesome,” London said. “I am so proud of the kids. They kept fighting and were very coachable.”
London said prior to the game that Sabine Pass had some athletic players, and “we will need to make some adjustments to beat them.”
Snook improved to 14-17 overall after a 6-4 district finish.
The Bluejays finished 12-35 in 2-pointers, 4-15 in 3-pointers and had 12 offensive and 19 defensive rebounds with 19 turnovers.
Sam Smitherman led the scoring with
13 points, followed by Tavares Grimes, Jus-tin Hruska and Josh Green, with seven each.
Snook bounced back after a disappointing 57-42 road loss to Iola in the finale.
“We didn’t play up to our standards. Part of it was we knew we were in the playoffs,” London said.
Snook finished 13-29 in 2-pointers and 2-10 in 3-pointers and had 10 offensive and four defensive rebounds with eight assists and 17 turnovers.
Sam Smitherman led the scoring with 12 points, followed by Ta-vares Grimes with six.
London said Snook would face the winner of the Milano-Bloom-ington game in the area playoff likely in Caldwell or Giddings at a date to be announced later.
Snook rallies for bi-district win over Sabine PassBluejays control 4th quarter with 26-5 run
SNOOK’S NADIA GARCIA sets to throw the ball while Makenzie Moore looks on during the Lady Jays’ game against Anderson-Shiro.
SNOOK’S AUBREY BECKER rounds third on her way to score during the Snook-Anderson-Shiro game last Friday night in Snook.
THE LADY JAYS CHEER EACH other on during their game against Anderson-Shiro last Friday in Snook. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
and Morgan Lopez had a singe with three RBIs.
Anderson-Shiro 9, Snook 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
ASHS 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 9 3 2
Snook 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 8 6 5
In their final six-in-ning scrimmage, Snook scored in all but one inning for the win over Brazos Christian.
SOFTBALLFROM PAGE 1B
Becker was on the mound for the Lady Jays, pitching all six innings, striking out 14 batters and walking five.
Snook players with hits included: Paola Arredondo, two singles, two RBIs; Becker, three singles, three RBIs; Nadia Garcia, three singles, two RBIs; Frida Mota, one single, two RBIs; Carmen Miller, one RBI.
Snook 8, Brazos Christian
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
BCHS 2 0 2 0 0 5 X 9 3 0
Snook 1 1 0 5 5 4 X 16 9 5
Snook was scheduled to host Leon on Tues-day, Feb. 22.
Next, the Lady Jays will play in the Burton Tournament over Feb. 24-26 before starting district in Burton on Tuesday, March 1, with a game time of 6 p.m.
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CALDWELL’S Brewster Sleeth and Paul Mowbray caught three fish for a total weight of 6.12 pounds at the Toledo Bend Lake Tour-nament earlier in February.
CALDWELL BASS CLUB members, Bradley Mowbray and Joshua Mowbray, placed 22nd out of 142 teams, catching five fish for a total weight of 10.06 pounds at the recent THSBA tournament at Toledo Bend Lake.
CALDWELL BASS CLUB members, Collin Burgess and Carson Parker, caught three fish weighing 6.07 pounds at the recent THSBA tournament at Toledo Bend Lake.
CALDWELL’S Cooper Odenbach and Grant McManus caught two fish, weighing 4.82 pounds at the Toledo Bend Lake Tournament.
The Caldwell FFA B a s s C l u b p l a c e d e i g h t h o u t o f 1 4 2 teams at the Texas High School Bass As-soc iat ion (THSBA) tournament at Toledo Bend Lake on Feb. 19.
Caldwell caught a combined weight of 22.25 pounds, adding points to their total for the year, inching them closer to quali-fying to the Regional Tournament.
Monica Odenbach said, “With this being only our second year as an organization and with the THSBA, Caldwell FFA Bass Club is making a foot-print in the sport.”
“We are so proud that each team was able to catch fish and walk across that stage and weigh in . The sense of accomplish-ment that they feel radiates on their fac-es. They spend days on the water trying to figure out what the fish want and where they are.”
“ T h i s i s a g r e a t group of kids and par-ents,” Monica Oden-bach said.
Caldwell results are as follows:
* Bradley Mowbray and Joshua Mowbray, 22nd place, five fish for 10.06 pounds.
* Brewster Sleeth and Paul Mowbray, 52nd place, three fish for 6.12 pounds.
* C o l l i n B u r g e s s and Carson Parker, 53rd place, three fish for 6.07 pounds.
* Cooper Odenbach and Grant McManus, 60th place, two fish for 4.82 pounds.
* Cody Elkins, 69th place, two fish for 3.76 pounds.
* Brayden Titzman and Kaden Schroeder, 82nd place, one fish for 2.09 pounds.
C a r s o n H o o t s o f Klein Oak won the individual competiton with five fish, with a total weight of 20.84 pounds.
T om ba l l M em or i -al won the overal l school compet i t ion with 14 fish, with a total weight of 42.33 pounds.
Caldwell competes in the Houston Division.
CHS bass team places eighth at Toledo Bend
The Caldwell FFA Bass Club competed in the Texas High School Bass Association (THS-BA) Houston Division Tournament at Sam Rayburn Lake on Jan. 29, placing 12th out of 22 schools.
The team reeled in a total weight of 7.25 pounds.
Monica Odenbach said, “The conditions were extreme for these boys. Their fishing lines would collect ice each time they would reel them in. The starting temperature that morn-ing was 26 degrees.”
“Out of 161 teams that day, only 79 teams were able catch fish. The lake was not producing that day. The condi-tions and the lack of grass kept the fish in deep water.”
“Even though teams were not able to catch fish, they still received points for their team totals in hopes of hav-ing enough to compete at regionals,” she said.
Caldwell team results were:
* Joshua Mowbray and Bradley Mowbray, 38th place, two fish weighing 3.77 pounds.
* Collin Burgess and Carson Parker, 46th place (tie), two fish weighing 3.48 pounds.
Montgomery won the school title, catching 15 fish for a total weight of 35.98 pounds.
Davis Byrd and Carter Conroy of Klein Cain won the team title, catching five fish for a total weight of 13.85 pounds.
CHS fishing competes at Sam Rayburn
CHS soccer falls to La Grange, Giddings
The Caldwell Hornet soccer team suffered two road losses last week: one to district-leading Giddings and another to second place La Grange.
L a s t T u e s d a y , Caldwell lost in La Grange 2-0.
Then, on Friday, the Hornets traveled to Giddings, falling to the Buffaloes 4-0.
C a l d w e l l p l a y e d
Hearne on Monday, Feb. 21. More about the game in next week’s issue.
T h e H o r n e t s a r e scheduled to travel to Smithville on Tuesday, March 1, with a game time of 6 p.m. before traveling to Cameron Yoe on Friday, March 4.
Caldwell’s next home game is against Rock-dale on March 8 at 6 p.m.
The Caldwell High School tennis team par-ticipated in the Madi-sonville Varsity Tour-nament Number 2 last week and had several athletes do well.
In girls’ doubles, Kori Archer and Jordan Perkkio won the conso-lation title.
The duo lost in the first round to Oliva Shaw and Paige Fossler of The Woodlands 8-4, sending the Caldwell team to the consolation bracket. There, the pair beat Aachal Patel and Mari-sol Ortiz of Mexia 6-0, Brianna Trahan and Monica Lewis of Smith-ville 6-2 and McKenzie Crawford and Kylie Rit-ter of Navasota 7-5.
In girls’ singles, Hope Savage earned a medal for winning the consola-tion title.
She lost in her first match to Valeria Kolster from the Woodlands, who eventually won the tournament, 8-0. Savage then defeated Serena Powers of Madisonville 6-4 Maria Pineda of Mexia 6-1 and Destykni Mack of Mexia 6-2.
The mixed doubles team of Karly Fritsche and Alejandro Zapata won two matches to ad-vance to the semi finals where they fell to a team from the Woodlands. The duo beat Caison Arnwine and Skylee Watson of Rusk 8-0 and Maegan Anderson and Logan Nelson of Madi-
sonville 8-3 and lost to Alexa Ponce de Leon and Jackson Luneau of The Woodlands 8--5.
The Caldwell boys’ doubles teams had some tough competition.
Waylon Chapman and Connor Hughson ad-vanced all the way to the semifinals, losing to Josh Cesar and Jesse King of The Woodlands 8-2.
They then played against Jorge Gutierrez and Connor McGuirk of The Woodlands for third place and lost 8-4.
Before the semis, the team beat Kaleb Bald-win and Alan Rios of Rusk 8-1 and Jose Da-vila and Anthony Ruiz of Robinson 8-6.
Keith Ramon and Breyden Athey won their first match against Uriel Castillo and Cart-er Barnett of Robinson 8-0, but lost their next match to Tyler Ran-dolph and Kaden Slider of Robinson 8-1.
Gabe Pipes and Bryan Martinez lost their first match to Avery Barker and Nathan Fleck of Madisonville 8-5, send-ing the team to the con-solation bracket. There, the pair beat Carson Freeman and George Duncan of Palestine 8-2 before losing to Baldwin and Rios of Rusk 6-4.
Twelve schools com-peted in the tourna-ment for a total of 135 matches.
CHS tennis competes at madisonville #2
CALDWELL’S HOPE Savage, Kori Archer and Jordan Perkkio medaled at the Madisonville Invitational Varsity Tennis Tournament Num-ber 2 last week -- Savage in girls’ singles and Archer and Perkkio in girls’ doubles.
Lady Yeguas fall to Evadale 43-33 in bi-district round
The Lady Yeguas bas-ketball season ended last Tuesday night at the hands of Evadale, losing to the Lady Reb-els 43-33.
Evadale took an early 15-8 lead in the game, and held onto its seven-point lead at halftime.
Somerville fought back in the third, cutting the lead down to two points with the score 31-29 at the end of the quarter.
Then, Evadale’s of-fense took control, out-scoring Somerville 12-4 for the 10-point win.
Emma Kovasovic led the Lady Yeguas in
scoring with 12 points.Halle Stevens led the
team in rebounds with 12.
Coach Brandon Colvin said, “While it was a disappointing end to the season, I am proud of this group of kids. They battled all year through adversity, through ill-ness and injuries, and through tragedy.”
“As a group they are very resilient, and I could not be more proud of how they reacted all season,” he said.
Colvin also appreci-ated the support Somer-ville has given to the
Lady Yeguas.He said, “I am very
thankful for the support their parents, families and the community showed them all sea-son.”
“It was a big reason we had the success we did,” Colvin said.
Evadale 43,
Somerville 33SHS 8 10 11 4 - 33
EHS 15 10 6 12 - 43
Player: Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk
Munoz 2 1 0 0 0
Kovasovic 12 7 2 2 0
Vela 2 3 0 3 0
Surovik 0 2 0 0 0
Stevens 3 12 1 1 3
Carter 6 2 4 2 1
Martin 8 9 0 5 0
Lady Yeguas fall to Anderson-Shiro 17-7
The Lady Yegua soft-ball team fell to Ander-son-Shiro last Tuesday 17-7 in Anderson.
Somerville fell behind early.
The Lady Owls scored its first run when Nien-stedt singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run. They added two more runs in the inning.
Despite the loss, the Lady Yeguas did col-lect 11 hits in the high-scoring affair.
Anderson-Shiro added six runs in the bottom of the second for a 9-0 lead.
Somerville put up five runs in the third inning, with Abigail Flencher, Averie Her-nandez, Kaelyn Chavez, Dakota Carpenter and Gracie Tuck, all driving in runs.
The Lady Yeguas scored another run in the top of the fourth when Flencher scored from third base off a Jocelyn Ponce ground ball.
The Lady Owls an-swered in the bottom of the frame, adding five more runs.
Somerville added its final run in the top of the fifth when Gracie Tuck scored when the
Anderson-Shiro pitcher walked Cayla Balanga to advance all runners.
Nienstedt was the winning pitcher for Anderson-Shiro to vic-tory, going six innings, allowing seven runs on 11 hits and striking out one.
Flencher took the loss for Somerville, pitch-ing five and two-thirds innings, allowing eight hits and 17 runs while striking out three.
Anderson-Shiro 17, Somerville 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SHS 0 0 5 1 1 0 X 7 11 6
ASHS 3 6 0 5 0 3 X 17 8 1
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Balanga 2 1 0 1 2 1
Flencher 4 2 2 1 0 0
Hernandez 3 0 1 1 1 0
Chavez 4 1 2 1 0 0
Ponce 3 1 1 0 1 0
Carpenter 4 0 1 1 0 0
Tuck 3 1 2 1 0 0
Urbanosky 3 0 2 0 0 0
Watkins 1 1 0 0 2 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Flencher 5.2 8 17 8 10 3
Somerville is sched-uled to play in the Cam-eron Yoe Tournament this Thursday through Saturday.
Then, the Lady Yeguas will start district in Mumford on Tuesday, March 1, at 6 p.m.
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TRAVIS CUNNINGHAM dribbles the ball around this Lexington defender.
DEE MORRIS PREPARES to pass against Lexington in the one-game district playoff. Caldwell won the game 62-57.
HORNETSFROM PAGE 1B
After a 16-16 tie in the first quarter, Caldwell took control in the next two quarters with leads of 26-21 at halftime and 42-31 after three quarters.
But the Hornets had to withstand a late Lexington rally with the Eagles scoring 26 fourth-quarter points.
Harrison Novak led the scoring with 18 points, followed by Tre Burns, 15, Zach Heaton and Jamar Hewitt, nine each, Dee Morris, eight, and Travis Cunning-ham, three.
Caldwell shot 40 per-
The Caldwell Hornets girls golf team took sec-ond place, and Maegan Schneider finished sec-ond individually at the Small School Spectacu-lar Tournament on Feb. 18-19 at Raven’s Nest Golf Course in Hunts-ville.
Schneider shot a 92 on Friday and an 89 on Saturday.
Ciara Coker also com-peted well, including a season-best of 114 on Saturday, said Caldwell Golf Head Coach Jacob Schaefer.
Alexis Zalobny and Madilyn Schneider also played well for the Lady Hornets on both days, he said.
For the Hornet boys team, Samuel Waldrip shot a 91 on both days for 11th place individu-ally.
Grant McManus and Braden Norman were only able to compete on one day with McManus shooting 115 and Nor-man shooting 127.
The JV teams com-peted on Monday, Feb. 14-15 in Columbus.
On the f irst day, Brayden Titzman shot a 110, and Kaden Schro-eder shot a 115. On the
second day, Kori Archer and Jordan Perkkio both
shot at 120, and Allison Krueger shot a 123.
Lady Hornet golfers take 2nd at Huntsville Tourney
SAMUEL WALDRIP and Braden Norman are pictured at the Small School Spectacular Tournament in Huntsville.
THE CALDWELL GIRLS team included, from left, Ciara Coker, Alexis Zalobny, Maegan Schneider and Madilyn Schneider.
Lady Hornet softball starts season at 6-1Went 4-1 at Madisonville Varsity Tournament
The Lady Hornets were a strong 6-1 last week, only losing to the Texas Girls Coaches As-sociation (TGCA) Class 3A Number 10 Onalas-ka in the Madisonville Tournament.
Caldwell began its season hosting Gid-dings, easily beating the Lady Buffs 15-0.
Caldwell pitcher Cal-lie Fletcher shut down the Giddings’ bats, throwing a complete game, allowing only one hit and striking out six.
Caitlyn Faust was 3-for-3 at the plate with a triple -- scoring four runs and had an RBI.
Avery Smith was 2-for-3 at the plate with a double -- with four RBIs and scored three runs.
Caldwell 15, Giddings 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
GHS 0 0 0 0 X X X 0 1 5
CHS 1 4 8 2 X X X 15 9 0
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 3 4 3 1 0 0
Smith 3 3 2 4 1 0
Gomez 4 1 1 0 0 1
Vela 2 0 1 2 1 0
Fletcher 3 0 1 1 0 0
Urbanovsky 2 1 0 0 0 1
Vykukal 2 2 1 1 1 0
Brackman 3 1 0 0 0 2
Dusterhoft 1 2 0 0 2 1
Taylor 0 1 0 0 0 0
Novosad 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Fletcher 4.0 1 0 0 1 6
Caldwell went 4-1 at the tournament, win-ning Thursday’s first game 5-2 over Fairfield.
Fairfield scored the first two runs of the game in the top of the first inning, but the Lady Hornets tied it up in the bottom of the frame when Fletcher doubled to score Kyleigh Gomez and Aliyah Vela.
Caldwell put the final three runs of the game on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second with the first coming off a Faust ground out to short, scoring Jillian Vykukal. Then, Bree Taylor stole home while Gomez was at bat. Go-mez doubled to bring in the final run, scoring Smith.
Caldwell 5, Fairfield 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
FHS 2 0 0 0 X X X 5 2 0
CHS 2 3 0 0 X X X 5 3 0
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 3 0 1 1 0 0
Smith 1 1 0 0 1 0
Gomez 1 1 1 1 1 0
Vela 0 1 0 0 2 0
Fletcher 2 0 1 2 0 0
Homeyer 2 0 0 0 0 1
Vykukal 0 1 0 0 1 0
Urbanovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor 0 1 0 0 1 0
Dusterhoft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Fletcher 4.0 2 2 2 3 6
In the other Thursday matchup, Caldwell beat Leon 6-0.
Smith was on the mound for the Lady Hornets, throwing a complete game, allow-ing only one hit and striking out eight.
She was also a perfect 2-of-2 from the plate, including a triple to lead off the bottom of the third inning.
Caldwell 6, Leon 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
LHS 0 0 0 0 X X X 0 1 0
CHS 2 0 1 3 X X X 6 10 0
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 3 2 2 1 0 0
Smith 2 2 2 1 1 0
Gomez 2 0 1 1 0 0
Vela 2 0 2 1 0 0
Fletcher 1 0 1 0 1 0
Vykukal 1 0 0 1 0 0
Urbanovsky 2 1 1 0 0 0
Homeyer 2 1 1 0 0 1
Hicks 1 0 0 1 0 1
Dusterhoft 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Smith 4.0 1 0 0 1 8
In Friday’s first game, Caldwell fell to Onalas-ka 7-5 for the Lady Hor-nets’ first loss of the season.
Caldwell had a 5-0 by the third inning, but the Ladycats scratched back scoring seven runs in the final two innings for the win.
Onalaska 7, Caldwell 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
OHS 0 0 3 4 X X X 7 6 1
CHS 1 3 1 X X X X 5 4 4
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 2 0 0 1 0 0
Smith 2 1 0 0 0 0
Gomez 2 1 1 0 0 0
Vela 2 0 1 1 0 0
Fletcher 2 0 1 1 0 0
Vykukal 1 1 0 0 1 0
Urbanovsky 0 1 0 0 1 0
Homeyer 1 1 1 1 0 0
Brackman 1 0 0 1 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Faust 3.0 4 5 3 2 2
Fletcher 0.1 2 2 1 1 0
Then, Fletcher threw a one-hit shutout, lead-ing the Lady Hornets over Shepherd 11-0.
Caldwell 11, Shepherd 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SHS 0 0 0 0 X X X 0 1 1
CHS 3 2 6 X X X X 11 10 0
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 2 3 2 3 1 0
Smith 3 1 1 1 0 0
Gomez 2 1 1 2 1 0
Vela 2 1 2 1 1 0
Fletcher 3 1 1 1 0 0
Vykukal 2 1 2 0 0 0
Urbanovsky 2 0 0 0 0 0
Homeyer 1 2 1 1 1 0
Dusterhoft 2 1 0 0 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Fletcher 4.0 1 0 0 0 2
On Saturday, Caldwell beat New Waverly in its first game of the day 5-1.
Fletcher pitched four and a third innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out one.
Caldwell 5, New Waverly 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
NWHS 0 0 1 0 X X X 1 3 4
CHS 0 2 2 1 X X X 5 6 4
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 3 0 0 0 0 2
Smith 3 1 1 0 0 2
Gomez 3 0 0 0 0 1
Vela 3 1 1 0 0 1
Fletcher 1 0 1 0 0 0
Vykukal 2 0 0 0 0 2
Urbanovsky 2 1 2 3 0 0
Homeyer 2 0 1 1 0 1
Dusterhoft 1 0 0 0 1 1
Taylor 0 2 0 0 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Fletcher 4.1 3 1 0 2 1
Caldwell finished the Round Robin tourna-ment with a 7-0 win over Elkhart.
With a 2-0 lead, the Lady Hornets secured the win in the third, scoring five more.
Caldwell 7, Elkhart 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
EHS 0 0 0 0 X X X 0 2 0
CHS 0 2 5 X X X X 7 10 0
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 3 1 1 2 0 0
Smith 3 0 3 2 0 0
Gomez 3 0 1 0 0 0
Vela 2 0 1 0 0 0
Fletcher 1 1 1 1 1 0
Vykukal 1 0 0 0 1 1
Urbanovsky 1 2 1 0 1 0
Homeyer 2 2 2 1 0 0
Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 1
Brackman 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dusterhoft 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Smith 3.0 2 0 0 1 4
Faust 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Then, Monday, the Milano Lady Eagles visited Caldwell with the Lady Hornets win-ning 12-6.
Trailing 4-0 in the bottom of the third, the Lady Hornet bats
caught fire, scoring eight runs to take the lead and eventually the win.
Fletcher got the win, going six innings, al-lowing four hits and five runs while striking out five.
Smith threw one in-ning in relief, allowing one hit and a run while striking out one.
Caldwell 12, Milano 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
MHS 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 2 5
CHS 0 0 8 1 3 0 X 12 12 6
Batter: AB R H RBI BB SO
Faust 4 2 2 2 0 0
Smith 4 1 3 1 0 1
Gomez 4 1 2 3 0 0
Vela 2 2 1 0 1 1
Fletcher 4 0 0 0 0 4
Vykukal 4 1 1 0 0 1
Urbanovsky 4 1 1 0 0 0
Homeyer 3 2 1 0 0 1
Dusterhoft 2 2 1 2 1 0
Brackman 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pitcher: IP H R ER BB K
Fletcher 6.0 4 5 1 2 5
Smith 1.0 1 1 0 1 1
This weekend is the Caldwell Tournament, running Thursday through Saturday.
Then, Caldwell will travel to Smithville on Tuesday with a game time of 6:45 p.m.
cent from the field, go-ing 17-34 in 2-pointers and 5-21 in 3-pointers and 6-10 in free throws.
The Hornets had 18 offensive and 23 defen-sive rebounds.
Caldwell improved to 16-18 overall and 6-7 in district play.
In the first Lexing-ton game from Feb. 15, Caldwell rallied for a 26-24 halftime lead, but Lexington controlled the second half with a 40-38 third quarter lead and a 22-16 fourth-quarter run.
McFarland said the Hornets struggled with defensive rebounds. Lexington had far too many offensive re-bounds, giving them too many chances to score.
“They got a lot of sec-ond chance opportuni-ties, and we turned the ball over too much,” McFarland said.
Burns led the scoring with 15 points, followed by Cunningham with 12, Novak and Ian Re-cio with six each, Jace Aly and Dee Morris with four each, Heaton with three, and Hewitt
and Jamin White with two each.
Caldwell shot just 32.8 percent from the field, including 16-35 in 2-pointers, 6-32 in 3-pointers and 4-17 in free throws. Caldwell had 22 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds.
Caldwell’s JV won 66-10 over Lexington. Nathan Scott led the scoring with 19 points, fol lowed by Daniel Cowan, 10, Adian Tor-res and Boone Turner with nine each, Grant McManus with eight, Waylon Chapman, six, Braedan Carter, three, and Preston Supak, two.
The JV finished 14-8 overall and 7-3 in dis-trict play.
H e a d e d i n t o t h e Franklin game, McFar-land said the Lions “are in a really good place.”
“Their kids do a good job, and they are a re-ally good team,” McFar-land said. “This pres-ents a great challenge for us to prove what we are capable of. We will show up and play and see what happens.”
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include two more trailers, a squeeze chute, gates, a fi re pit,
Winnings include: Reserve Grand Champion, fi fth, 10th,
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Somerville
979-535-3990 • Caldwell, TexasDennis and Pam Zimmerhanzel
VICTOR OROZCO of the Somerville FFA exhibits poultry at the Burleson
County Fair.
TWO SOMERVILLE FFA mem-bers pose for a photo with their
award ribbons. Pictured are Kason and Kutter Rohrbach.
THE 2021-2022 SOMERVILLE FFA Offi cers pose for a photo. Pictured, from left, are Jalynn Urbanosky, Ross DuBois,
Natalie Shupak, Gracie Tuck, Ra’Maya Carter, Emma Kovaso-vic and Cullen Sablatura.
SOMERVILLE FFA MEMBER Abigail Flencher exhibits swine at the Burleson County Fair.
SOMERVILLE FFA CATTLE exhibitors are pictured: Ross DuBois, Jalynn Urbanosky, Barrett Howe and Hadley Howe.
SOMERVILLE’S NATALIE SHUPAK exhibits swine at the 2021 Burleson County Fair.
OVER THE SUMMER, THE Snook FFA Chapter Offi cer team,
CALDWELL
CALDWELL FFA MEMBERS of the ag advocacy team pres-ent their presentation for chapter and booster club members to prepare for the leadership development event. Members
participate in various contests in the fall using multiple skills and knowledge obtained in their ag science classes.
NEWLY INDUCTED CHAPTER offi cers are pictured with the Caldwell FFA Booster Club offi cers.
CALDWELL FFA GREENHAND members attended the Brazos Valley District Greenhand Camp at the Robertson County Fairgrounds to learn more about the FFA while older members took part in the Day of Service project.
THE CALDWELL FFA volunteered at the Boys and Girls club. Members helped the kids make Christmas ornaments and
played Christmas bingo. Here Avery Smith and Emily Smith are giving instructions.
DYSON DRGAC AND Collin Burgess participated in the Brazos Valley District Day of Service. They completed vari-ous tasks at the POW Camp and Museum in Hearne, Texas.
THE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022, PAGE 7-B
SNOOK FFA’S AG MECHANIC students have been hard at work on a 40 foot gooseneck lowboy trailer for most of the year. It is scheduled to be shown at both the San Antonio and Houston Livestock shows, as well as at Blinn College and Texas State over the coming months. Other projects
include two more trailers, a squeeze chute, gates, a fi re pit, replacement bumper set and a Farmall B tractor restoration.
SNOOK’S FFA TRACTOR Technician team competed at the Area 12 contest on Feb. 11, qualifying for the state contest that will be held at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
on March 13-14. Team members, from left, are William See, Brett Withem and Hagan Sebesta.
SNOOK FFA MEMBERS show their winnings from the Burleson County Fair Market Poultry Show.
Winnings include: Reserve Grand Champion, fi fth, 10th, 16th and 17th place and Broiler Showmanship winner.
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Located at 9030 FM 60 West (9.5 Miles W. of Lyons) 535-7171 • 535-7161 (FAX)
Snook Independent School District
olladay& Associates, Inc.
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THE 2021-2022 SOMERVILLE FFA Offi cers pose for a photo.
SNOOK
OVER THE SUMMER, THE Snook FFA Chapter Offi cer team, along with a few other Snook FFA members, attended the
Texas FFA State Convention in Fort Worth. They were able to meet a lot of new friends, elect the next Texas FFA President
and celebrate the successes of members across the state.
SNOOK FFA MEMBERS, Taylor Groce, Hagan Sebesta, Mackenzie Groce and Seth Groce, show Junior Breeding
Beef Heifers across the state year round. These four exhibitors show Santa Gertrudis, Simbrah and Simmental
heifers that teach them many valuable life skills.
CALDWELL
CALDWELL FFA MEMBERS of the ag advocacy team pres-ent their presentation for chapter and booster club members to prepare for the leadership development event. Members
participate in various contests in the fall using multiple skills and knowledge obtained in their ag science classes.
NEWLY INDUCTED CHAPTER offi cers are pictured with the Caldwell FFA Booster Club offi cers.
CALDWELL FFA GREENHAND members attended the Brazos Valley District Greenhand Camp at the Robertson County Fairgrounds to learn more about the FFA while older members took part in the Day of Service project.
THE CALDWELL FFA volunteered at the Boys and Girls club. Members helped the kids make Christmas ornaments and
played Christmas bingo. Here Avery Smith and Emily Smith are giving instructions.
DYSON DRGAC AND Collin Burgess participated in the Brazos Valley District Day of Service. They completed vari-ous tasks at the POW Camp and Museum in Hearne, Texas.
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CALDWELL ISD
School Hours:
* Caldwell High School -- 7:55 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.* Caldwell Jr. High School -- 7:50 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.* Caldwell Interme-diate School -- 7:50 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.* Caldwell Elemen-tary School -- 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH School Hours:
* Wee Threes and Pre-Kindergarten (M, W, F) or (M – F) -- 7:50 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.* After school care included for Wee 3’s and Pre-K -- 3:25 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.* T/TH Daycare -- 7:50 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.* Kindergarten (M-F) -- 7:50 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.* Elementary and Junior High -- 7:50 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.
SNOOK ISD School Hours:
* Snook Secondary School -- 7:55 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.* Snook Elementary School -- 7:45 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.
SOMERVILLE ISD
School Hours:
* Somerville High School -- 7:45 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.* Somerville Intermediate School -- 7:45 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.* Somerville Elementary School -- 7:45 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.
SCHOOL HOURS:
CHS Dates:- Feb. 24: Fine Arts Night, Caldwell High School Auditorium, 6 p.m.- March 4: One Act Play public performance- March 7: FFA meet-ing, 6:30 p.m.- March 10: District One Act Play contest, Cameron Yoe High- March 11: Dodgeball tournament
FIRST BAPTIST
Dates:- Feb. 25: Spring Pic-ture Day -- eighth-grade graduation photos, kin-dergarten graduation photos and Pre-K grad-uation photos.
CALDWELL FFA MEMBER Laramie Pieper exhibited his breed-ing heifer project at the Fort Worth Livestock Show. In the Junior Shorthorn Show, he placed second in the class, and in the Open Heifer Show, he had two placings -- third in the class and Senior Heifer Calf Champion Shorthorn Plus Female. He also exhibited a market steer.
CALDWELL FFA MEMBER Tess Homeyer recently exhibited her Gray Brahman heifer at the Fort Worth Livestock Show.
CALDWELL FFA MEMBER Grace Fritcher exhibited her Junior Charolais heifer, plac-ing second in its class at the Fort Worth Livestock Show.
Caldwell High School Honeybee NewsThe Caldwell High School Honeybees competed
at the Danceline Brazos Valley Regional Competi-tion at Rudder High School on Saturday, Feb. 12.
The Honeybee officers received a Sweepstakes for all of their routines and awards for Best Con-temporary and Novelty routines. The officers were also Small Team Grand Champions and in the Top 5 officer groups across all divisions.
The entire team received a Platinum Sweep-stakes, scoring 95 and above for all dances, and awards for Best Kick, Prop and Novelty routines. The team also received a special judge’s award for Showmanship for Novelty and was the highest scoring Novelty dance of the event.
Jacy Anderson, Abigail Easterling, Brooklyn Snider and Kylee Snider received Division Ones
for their solos. Whitney Hodges received a Platinum Division
One for her solo. Summer Smith, Brooklyn Snider and Kylee
Snider received Best Trio and a Division One for their routine.
Zaria Wilson won second Place in the Kick Competition.
Honeybee Director Kara Mantey said, “These ladies put in countless hours before, during and after school to represent Caldwell High School. Please congratulate them when you see them.”
The Honeybees are preparing for “Kickin’ It In The 90’s -- Honeybee Spring Show” which be held in the Caldwell High School Auditorium, Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m.
THE CALDWELL HIGH SCHOOL Honeybees competed at the Danceline Brazos Valley Re-gional Competition. Pictured, from left, are Evelyn Bargas, Manager; Nereida Orona, Social Officer; Kylee Snider, Social Officer; Summer Smith; Brooklyn Snider; Whitney Hodges, Cap-tain; Zaria Wilson, First Lieutenant; Yisaira Mercado, Lieutenant; Abigail Easterling, Lieuten-ant; Kara Mantey, Director; Bre’Anna Burns, Jacy Anderson and Melissa Castillo, Manager.
Thirteen members of the Somerville High School Yegua Band received first division ratings at the UIL Re-gion 18/26 Band Solo & Ensemble Contest last Saturday, Feb. 19.
The event was held at Smithville High School.
Ra ’Maya Carter , Daimyen Ellis-Edison, Abigail Flencher and Aubrey Kovasovic re-ceived a first division rating for their per-formance of a Class II Clarinet Quartet, “Mas-querade by Walters.”
Keyanah Crowl, Jena Foster, Aleena Isom and Wendy Perez re-ceived a first division for their performance of a Class I saxophone quartet, “Sinfonia No. 3” by J.S. Bach and ar-ranged by Voxman.
Jason Bray, Kyle Brooks, Caleb Hanks, Alazia Vela and Deana Williams received a first division rating for their performance of a Class I brass quintet, “Largo and Finale from New World” by Antonin Dvorak and arranged by Blahnik.
The saxophone quartet and the brass quintet qualified for the State UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest in May.
Yegua Band Solo &
Ensemble News
On Saturday, Feb. 19, Caldwell High School band students compet-ed at the UIL Region Solo and Ensemble Event in Smithville.
Solo and Ensemble is an event where stu-dents take what they learn in full band and apply it to small group and individual pieces.
Class 1 solos and en-sembles are the most difficult pieces. Only Class 1 selections can advance to State, and solos have to be played memorized to advance.
High school band director Cody Knott said, “These students practiced on their own. Please congratulate them when you see them.”
Soloists:* Cierra Zamora, Su-
perior Rating, Memo-rized Class 1 Tenor Sax-ophone Solo: advances to the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest in late May.
Th i s i s the f i r s t time since 2017 that Caldwell has had a stu-dent advance to UIL State in Solo and En-
semble. * Nathalia Aleman,
Excellent Rating, Class 1 Clarinet Solo.
* Delia Lopez, Excel-lent Rating, Class 1 Clarinet Solo.
* Jula Acebo, Excel-lent Rating, Class 1 Tenor Saxophone Solo
* Camden Stackhouse, Excellent Rating, Class 1, Trumpet Solo
Ensemble:* One Medium Ensem-
ble, Superior Rating.Medium Ensembles do
not advance to state.Caldwell took home 25
medals total from the event.
CIERRA ZAMORA
Caldwell High School Band News
Somerville ISD will host a blood drive this Friday, Feb. 25, at the Yegua
Edna Bahena Boni l -la , Matthew Cardona Hernandez, Levi Clark, Skyler Clark, Jack Cle-ments, Greenlee Conway,
Ryleigh Crnkovic, Jenna Dodson, Jaiden Doon-an, Millison Dowell, Ava Drew, Matt Dutschke, Blake Elkins, Madilynn Gil l iam, Al l ie Groom, Jordyn Hafernick, Alexa Johnson, Genesis Ka-zmir, Raegan Lee, Aubrey Lockhart, Zoe Mardecz, McKenzie McNicoll, Bay-lynn Morris, Dillon Rec-tor, Wendy Retana, Libby Rodriguez, Shawn Ryan, C h l o e S a m s , C a n d o n Sanchez, Jeremey Small, Lila Supak, Klaire Toney, Yazmin Torres, Rhainey Vaco, Jayce Williams, and Kinsley Zwernemann.
A-BApollo Adams, Zuleima
Aldaco, Julieanna Arguel-lo, Leah Arguello, Isabel-la Balderas, Cesar Bara-jas Rodriguez, Guadalupe Barrera Garcia, Justin Benitez Ruiz, Christopher Bounds, Kaytie Cabrera, Ashley Calderon, Joa-quin Casas, Branson Cas-taneda, Brylee Chmelar, Bianca Contreras, Alexis Cordero, Rylan Cross, Julian Diaz, Caleb Dona-hue, Steven Duesterhoft, Garrett Dyall, Kyra El-lis, Kimberly Enriquez Martinez, Levi Freeman, Bailey Garbs, Annabelle Gilbert, Kade Groce, Juan Gutierrez, Jesse Hamil-ton, Jashalon Hawkins, Xavier Hernandez Lopez, Brenden Homeyer, Ty-ler Hommel, Kimberly Howard, David Kazmir, Benjamin Kelly, Adrian Leyva, Emma Loveless, Adr ian Luna , Cami la Martinez, Cristian Mar-tinez, Blaine McRae, Allix Meadors, Luis Melendez-Lazo, Maesyn Morris , Stavaughn Morris, Faith Nichelson, Jake Norswor-thy, Genesis Pacheco Var-gas, Armando Perales, Gabriela Quintero, Mad-elyn Quiroz, Alondra Re-quena, Alyssa Reyes, Hai-ley Reyes, Tyler Rhyne-hart , De ’Vaughn Rob-erson, Ellie Rodriguez, Gabriel Ryan, Conner Schroeder-McCain, Alivia Serna, Ajryan Sims, Lain Sleeth, Parker Smith,
Emrie Splawn, Clifford Sprouse, Cooper Stuart, Logan Tabor, Elijah Tena, Kellie Triplett, Francisco Vargas-Calzada, Emma Warren, Tatum White, and Kolton Willard.
Albright , Oscar Alda-ba, Vera Baker, Isadora Bautista, Alyssa Brown, D’Ahanna Burns, Vaughn Burns, Taylor Canne-dy, Logan Carter, Layla Clubb, Warren Davis , Ayanna Dewberry, Alina Dimas, Damian Doss , Jayden Edwards, John Fryrear, Jaelynn Gest, Brandy Gillar, Alexander Granados, Chase Har-graves, Nathan Hermes, Isabella Hernandez, Ja-cob Hernandez, Wyatt Hester, Jagorean Hewitt, Evan Hildebrand, Chloe Jacobson, Isabella Jai-m e s , D e s t i n y J o n e s , Abigail Lopez, Jahaira Maldonado, Kaylyn Mar-tin, Evanelly Martinez, M a d e l y n n M a t t h e w s , Bryson Moore , Brynn Morton, Nathaniel Mur-ray, Annalyse Najera, Augustus Naquin, Georgi Naquin, Aaliyah Pointer, El la Quinney, Adrian Rojo, Cason Russ, Shai-ley Rutherford, Easton Schenk, Alayna Smith, Krush Strange, Tatum Supak, and Adriana Wil-liams.
Caldwell High first semester honor rollNinth-Grade
nil la, Aubri Balderas, Kaden Barkey, Landon Barnes, Matilda Bautista, Alyssa Buckholt, Clayton Castaneda, Edgar Cruz, Cheyenne Dods, Enrique Fabian, Sophia Galea, Ali-anna Gonzales, Anthony Hessler, Katheryne Hill, Dale Holt, Ava Jones, Kinley Kubicek, Corrina Lednicky, Claudia Lo-pez, Joycelyn Lott, Dan-iel Luna, Jillyian Marco, Haylie Mardecz, Dulce Medina, Lacie Nipp, Ka-leigh Orr, Jordan Perkkio, Jimena Requena, Ashley Rivera, Paola Rodriguez Gallardo, Chassidy Rog-ers, Grace Lynn See, Ryan See, Breann Sims, Av-ery Smith, Natalie Sarto, Zy’Airra Tillman, Jeffrey Triplett, Fabian Vargas Vargas, Jillian Vykukal, Marissa Yanez, and Joc-elyn Zuniga.
Tenth-GradeAll A’s
Isabel Alcocer, Jacy An-derson, Daniel Arguello, Maritza Bahena Bonilla, Thomas Bostic, Kailynn Boyd, Marializ Calada, Ciara Coker, Kiefer Ellis, Keyni Farrow, Caitlyn Faust, Mary Hancock, Kaitlyn Hargraves, Otylia Hicks, Grant McManus, Zachary Mitchell, Harri-
son Novak, Kaden Roskey, Alyssa Schenk, and Kelly Urbanovsky.
A-BLuis Aguilar, Lexie Al-
bright, Ian Andrus, Devin Ausley, Evelyn Bargas, Pamela Bird, Bethany B r a s w e l l , K a t e l y n n Brock, Tony Butler, Jose Calzada-Chico, Jaelyn Castaneda, Cassandra Cazares , Grace Chol -lett, Cadie Coston, Ca-den Crump, Travis Cun-ningham, Maylee Dowell, Yierra Flemings, Jorge Garcia, Blane Garza, Em-ily Garza, Josue Gaytan, Keavy Hardy, James Hes-sler, McKenzie Horan, Chelby Johnson, Nam Le, Francisco Martinez, Jacob Murphy, Holdyn Novosad, Cooper Odenbach, Asher Peddy, Bridget Perez Mar-tinez, Braden Perkkio, Hayden Putz, Jaiden-Sky Quintero, Leeana Ramon, Nevaeh Recio, Cosme Ro-driguez, Luis Rodriguez, Corbin Suehs, Troy Thom-as, Timothy Walkoviak, and Genavieve Wolfe.
Barron Aguero, Asher Boniol, Camille Brown, Collin Burgess, Taylor Butters, Braedan Carter, Samantha Cochran, Zoey Cordova, Ryan Ferguson, Karly Fritsche, Lesley Garcia, Vanessa Grana-dos, Jessie Gutierrez, Colt Hart, Leonel Hernandez Guerrero, Yohana Her-nandez Lopez, Madeline Horan, Maurice Jackson, Rebekah Jackson, Mario Jimenez Orona, Colton Kazmir, Ashlyn Kellum, Anna La Fountain, Conor Lee, Wesley Lyday, Jean-nette Martinez, Jackson McClosky, Kinie McFalls, Delvin Morris, Braden Norman, Amy Ortego, Carson Parker , Jada
Parks, Lucas Peel, Audrey Pivonka, Luis Ramirez Arroyo, Raymond Ramirez Arroyo, Keith Ramon, Jennifer Retana, Mar-ily Reyes, Janna Rogers, Hope Savage, Braxton Smith, Kamryn Tena, Jesus Torres, Faith Vann, Aliyah Vela, Samuel Wal-drip, Lukas Weesner, Bri-ana Wright, Alejandro Zapata, Yailin Zuniga, and Alya Zuniga Gomez.
Twelfth-GradeAll A’s
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SEVEN KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS at Caldwell Elementary School were recognized with Person of Value for Service certificates. Pictured, from left, are Stephen Guzman, Ja-mie Sawyers, Addison Seale, Belen Bautistia and Jackson Harvey. Not pictured are Chloe Russ and Wyatt Graham.
SEVEN FIRST-GRADE students at Caldwell Elementary School were recognized with Per-son of Value for Service certificates. Pictured, from left, are Clairessa Johnston, Chloe Wil-liams, Mason McCulloch, Kayson Macik, An-drea Avalos-Sotelo, Trayden Hall and Brody Paul.
SEVEN SECOND-GRADE students at Caldwell Elementary School were recognized with Person of Value for Service certificates. Pictured, from left are Lainey Welch, Shad Siegel, Jackson Vogler, Kash Gooden-Hewitt and Mason Patch. Not pictured is Richard Aguilar.
EIGHT THIRD-GRADE students at Caldwell Elementary School were recognized with Per-son of Value for Service certificates. Pictured, from left, are Emilio Zuniga, Breiah Morris, Kinzley Bundick, Danna Aldaba, Jazmyn Reyes, Linnet Dimas, Houston Gerland and Gloria Martel Calzada.
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The Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conserva-tion District’s board has approved adding two new, longer terms for landown-ers the Aquifer Conser-vancy Program (ACP) with increased compen-sation.
The board approved those additions at their Tuesday, Feb. 15, meet-ing.
The ACP encourages landowners to set aside designated acreage for water conservation. Land in that program may not be leased for water export.
The new terms will be for commitments of 30 and 50 years with com-pensation values of $15 per acre and $25 per acre, respectively.
These new terms are be-ing added to landowners’ original term options of five, 10 and 20 years.
All five levels of the terms will be available to all current enrollments and all new enrollments.
In addition, all current enrollees can increase from one term to a higher term and receive the ad-ditional compensation for the full year of 2022 if the change in terms is completed prior to Oct. 1, 2022.
For example, a property of 100 acres currently en-rolled for 20 years would realize compensation from the district of $1,000 per year for that effort of con-servation. Enrollment of that same property could be changed to the 50-year term, and the compen-sation for that property would increase to $2,500 per year.
The ACP continues to support landowners who wish to conserve and protect the water under their property for future generations, POSGCD officials say.
The ACP program has been popular in the dis-trict with nearly 48,000 acres enrolled.
Landowners who are interested in enrolling their land in the program or those who want to in-crease their terms, may contact the district or go to their website at www.POSGCD.org/acp/
In other business at the Feb. 15 meeting, the board amended its district rules, which they say will provide additional protec-tion for landowners with water wells.
The amendments in-
clude Section 4 dealing with requirements of wa-ter monitoring and Sec-tion 16 dealing with the actions of the board based on the monitoring results.
The amendments will expand the board’s regula-tory authority for restrict-ing impacts that water supply projects can have on other wells and on the change in the water levels along the property boundary of the project, the district said in a pre-pared statement after the meeting.
These new rules will further strengthen the district’s ability to protect landowners in the district, the statement said.
The board voted on the rules revisions following a public hearing.
Andy Weir, representing the Simsboro Aquifer Wa-ter Defense Fund, said at the public hearing that he was speaking in support of all the proposed rule changes.
Also at the public hear-ing, the district’s rules committee asked that amendments to Section 7.1, dealing with general permit and registration provisions, be withdrawn from the public hearing and action. The withdraw-al was requested because they wanted to do more work on the rule before adopting it, Westbrook said after the meeting.
On another matter, the board also approved the new POSGCD Water Am-bassadors Scholarship Program.
The program will pro-vide a scholarship worth $1,250 annually to stu-dents who meet the re-quirements.
Also included is reim-bursable students ex-penses to participate in the program. This reim-
bursement will include annual participation fees, spring and fall retreats, conferences, and/or other water-related meetings and trainings not covered by the program.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to Mi-lam and Burleson County students who are selected to participate.
4-H Water Ambassa-dors Program Coordinator David Smith will advise the district of students from Milam and Burleson counties that are selected for the program.
To apply to participate in the 4-H Water Ambas-sador Program, go to the district’s website -- www.POSGCD.org/education/
The board also:* Heard additional rec-
ommendations from the rules committee. West-brook said amendments to Section 15 were ready for hearing and consideration for amendment at the March 8 board meeting. And the rules committee would have additional meetings to continue dis-cussion on Section 7.1 in the future, he said.
* Met in executive ses-sion to discuss the dis-trict’s future needs for property and/or buildings, regional production and rules.
They also received ad-vice concerning possible violations of the district’s rules concerning produc-tion and reporting re-quirements.
* Approved consent agenda items including a review of the recent education efforts and ac-tivities, the annual report for 2021, asset retirement and a water well monitor-ing update, including the number of wells and fre-quency of measurement.
The total number of
POSGCD board expands terms for ACP program
BOBBY BAZAN OF POSGCD measures a well as part of the district’s water monitoring.
SOME STUDENTS IN the Texas AgriLife 4-H20 program that volun-teered at the POSGCD’s district’s groundwater summit last year are, from left, Kyle Workman, Trent Morris, Summer Halbert, Tori Lowe, Jaxson Green and Robert Miller.
wells is now 370 and with about 113 measured hour-ly and the others either quarterly or once a month depending on the circum-stances.
They were also briefed by Westbrook in his re-port concerning permit
applications filed, well drilling activities, recent and future district pre-sentations and activities and the Groundwater Well Assistance Program (GWAP) update.
The GWAP update showed one well serviced
in 2022 with $5,128 spent.For 2021, it showed 41
wells serviced, $233,954 in total POSGCD funds spent and $95,025 reim-bursed to POSGCD from the Vista Ridge and I-130 projects.
Public Service Announcement: Fair Housing, It’s the Law
To promote fair housing practices, the City of Snook encourages potential homeown-ers and renters to be aware of their rights under the National Fair Housing Law. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin in the sale or rental of units in the housing market. For more information on fair housing or to report possible fair housing discrimination, call the Texas Workforce Commission at (888) 452-4778 or (512) 463-2642 TTY: 512-371-7473.
Policy of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of DisabilityThe City of Snook does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or
access to, or employment in, its federally assisted programs or activities. The Mayor has been designated to coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) regulations implementing Section 504 (24 CFR Part 8).
Citizen Participation & Grievance Procedures NoticeThe City of Snook has adopted complaint and grievance procedures regarding its
Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT). Citizens may obtain a copy of these written procedures at 10245 FM 2155 Road, Snook, TX, 77878 during regular business hours. Citizens may also request the procedures be mailed to them by calling the Mayor, Civil Rights Offi cer at (979) 272-3021. These procedures outline the steps for a citizen to follow if s/he wishes to fi le a complaint or grievance about CDBG-MIT activities.
A person who has a complaint or grievance about any services or activities with respect to the CDBG-MIT project, may during regular business hours submit such com-plaint or grievance, in writing to the City Secretary, at PO Box 10, Snook, TX 77878 or may call (979) 272-3021. The City of Snook will make every effort to respond fully to such complaints within fi fteen (15) working days where practicable.
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementThe City of Snook does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Notice to Section 3 Residents and Business InterestsThe City of Snook has received Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation
(CDBG-MIT) funding for a construction project. The City of Snook invites individuals and businesses to certify themselves as Section 3 eligible by registering with the Mayor, the Section 3 Coordinator. Section 3 Residents must reside in a Public Housing unit, or be a low or very-low income person residing in the area of CDBG-MIT funded project and be interested in seeking employment on CDBG-MIT funded projects. Businesses may be designated as Section 3 eligible if 51% or more of the business is owned by Section 3 Residents, at least 30% of permanent, full-time employees are or have been Section 3 Residents in the past 3 years, or if business commits to subcontract in excess of 25% of dollar award of all subcontracts to Section 3 business concern. The City of Snook shall notify registered Section 3 Residents and Business Interests of employ-ment and contracting opportunities related to the CDBG-MIT funded projects. Registra-tion and information is available at the City of Snook, 10245 FM 2155 Road, Snook, TX 77878 or by calling (979) 272-3021.
Aviso Publico Vivienda Justa; Es la LeyPara promover prácticas de equidad de vivienda, Ciudad de Snook anima a los Aviso Publico Vivienda Justa; Es la LeyPara promover prácticas de equidad de vivienda, Ciudad de Snook anima a los Aviso Publico Vivienda Justa; Es la Ley
propietarios e inquilinos potenciales a ser conscientes de sus derechos bajo las leyes nacionales de Vivienda Justa. Título VIII de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1968, como enmendada, prohíbe la discriminación contra cualquier persona por motivos de raza, color, religión, sexo, discapacidad, estado familiar o origen nacional en la venta o renta de unidades en el mercado de la vivienda. Para obtener más información sobre la equidad de vivienda o para informar sobre una posible discriminación de vivienda justa, llame a la Comisión Laboral de Texas al (888) 452-4778 o (512) 463-2642 TTY: 512-371-7473.
Politica de No Discriminar a Base de Estado de DiscapacidadLa Ciudad de Snook no discrimina por motivos de discapacidad en la admisión o ac-
ceso a, o empleo, en sus programas o actividades que reciben ayuda federal. Alcalde ha sido designado para coordinar el cumplimiento de los requisitos de no discrimi-nación contenidos en el Departamento de Vivienda (HUD) y reglamentos de Desarrollo Urbano de aplicación de la Sección 504 (24 CFR Parte 8).
Participación Ciudadana y Procedimientos de Quejas AvisoLa Ciudad de Snook ha adoptado procedimientos para quejas y denuncias con re-
specto al programa de recuperación de desastres en asignaciones en bloques de de-sarrollo comunitario (CDBG-MIT). Los ciudadanos pueden obtener una copia de estos procedimientos escritos en 10245 FM 2155 Road, Snook, TX, 77878 durante las horas regulares. Los ciudadanos también pueden solicitar los procedimientos por correo al llamar Alcalde, Ofi cial de Derechos Civiles, en (979) 272-3021. Estos procedimientos describen los pasos que se deben seguir para que un ciudadano pueda, si desea, pre-sentar una queja o reclamo acerca de las actividades del programa CDBG-MIT.
Una persona que tiene una queja o reclamación sobre cualquiera de los servicios o actividades en relación con el programa CDBG-MIT, lo pueden hacer durante las horas regulares por escrito a la Secretaria de la ciudad, a PO Box 10, Snook, TX 77878 o pu-eden llamar a (979) 272-3021. La ciudad de Snook hará todo lo posible para responder con plenitud las quejas dentro de los quince (15) días hábiles cuando sea posible.
Declaración de Igualdad de Oportunidades de EmpleoLa Ciudad de Snook no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, religión, sexo, orient-
ación sexual, identidad de género u origen nacional.
Aviso a Residentes de Sección 3 e Intereses ComercialesLa Ciudad de Snook ha recibido fondos de recuperación de desastres en asigna-
ciones en bloques de desarrollo comunitario (CDBG-MIT) para un proyecto de con-strucción. La Ciudad de Snook invita a individuos y empresas a certifi carse como el-egibles para la Sección 3 registrándose con Alcalde, el Coordinador de la Sección 3. Los residentes de Seccion 3 deben residir en una unidad de vivienda pública, o ser una persona de ingresos bajos o muy bajos que residan en el área del proyecto fi nanciado por CDBG-MIT y estar interesados en buscar empleo en proyectos fi nanciados por CDBG-MIT. Las empresas pueden ser designadas como elegibles para la Sección 3 si el 51% o más del negocio es propiedad de Residentes de Sección 3, al menos 30% de los empleados permanentes a tiempo completo son o han sido Residentes de Sección 3 en los últimos 3 años, o si la empresa se compromete a subcontratar más del 25% de la adjudicación en dólares de todos los subcontratos a la preocupación comercial de la Sección 3. La Ciudad de Snook notifi cará a los residentes registrados de la Sección 3 e intereses comerciales sobre las oportunidades de empleo y contratación relacio-nadas con los proyectos fi nanciados por CDBG-MIT. El registro y la información están disponibles en La Ciudad de Snook, 10245 FM 2155 Road, Snook, TX 77878 o pueden llamar a (979) 272-3021.
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Among the recom-mendations are utiliz-ing a planning com-mission to guide the implementation of the plan through active community engage-ment and outreach.
It also includes prior-itizing areas for infill and redevelopment in
under-utilized areas; improving the efficien-cy of city services and promoting fiscal sus-tainability for future growth.
Other objectives in-cluding ensuring high-quality neighborhoods by updating city ordi-nances, policies and other development regulations to mini-mize adverse effects on surrounding areas. It also recommends
providing regulations that encourage de-velopment away from flood hazard areas and to increase mitigation strategies to preserve the integrity of natural areas.
Other objectives in-clude prioritizing the revitalization of down-town Caldwell while preserving its historic character; and ensur-ing that new develop-ment enhances the
quality of life and is compatible with exist-ing land uses.
The section also in-cluded information on Planned Unit Devel-opments (PUDs) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Des ign (LEED) , a worldwide green build-ing certification pro-gram.
Regarding housing, the plan calls for pro-viding efficient pro-
cesses and incentives for diverse housing types based on current and future needs.
It also includes en-c o u r a g i n g m u l t i -generational housing options and designs that would adapt to changes in life cycles; and promoting medi-um density and afford-able housing options around the downtown area to provide easy access to existing ame-nities.
For the transpor-tation recommenda-tions, it includes de-veloping a system to perform regular and timely maintenance of existing transpor-tation infrastructure; investigating upgrades to existing roadways based on future needs by collaborating with public transportation agencies like TxDOT.
Also, the plan calls for monitoring new de-velopment in the city and the ETJ to ensure adequate and timely transportat ion im-provement including roadway extensions, sidewalk and bike lane upgrades. Another ob-jective is creating more equitable accessibility to all neighborhoods through promotion of a friendly active transportation sys-tem between schools, neighborhoods and the downtown.
For economic develop-ment, the plan calls for partnering with local and regional institu-tions to create oppor-tunities for skill-build-ing and career readi-ness. It also includes establishing programs and services to foster a competitive workforce and maintaining and strengthening existing businesses.
It also includes pro-moting development of new businesses to create additional jobs and maintaining the strength of local busi-nesses.
Also, facilitating com-mercial and industrial development that adds value to the local econ-omy, and prioritizing downtown investments and revitalization as catalysts for growth.
Following the meet-ing, City Administra-tor Camden White and Forrest Williams, director of adminis-trative services, said the plan would be con-stantly reviewed to en-sure implementation of the action plans for each objective.
That will include an-nual reviews for plan implementation and a five and 10-year up-date, so that the plan remains a living docu-ment.
A full copy of the plan is available at city hall and online at: www.caldwelltx.gov/cmp.
In other business at the Feb. 15 meeting, the council.
* Approved authoriz-ing White to enter into a Memorandum of Un-derstanding between the city and a devel-oper of property at 912 West Old San Antonio Road (OSR) with a de-velopment agreement to be brought to the council at a later date.
White said after the meeting that the de-velopment would be 220 lots for new home construction from OSR all the way to Copperas Hollow Creek.
White, speaking after the meeting, declined to name the devel-oper at this time but said more information would be released lat-er.
* Approved a series of
resolutions for a $5.1 million Texas Com-munity Development Block Grant (CDBG) that will allow ma-jor improvements for drainage and sewer improvements from near the new elemen-tary school back to-wards City Hall, a sew-er lift station upgrade on Harvey Street and a total street reconstruc-tion project on Kleb Street that will include curbs, gutters and new asphalt.
White said the city’s match would be just 1 percent, and the proj-ect will benefit low-to-moderate income residents.
* Approved hiring the law firm of Denton, Na-varro, Rocha, Bernal & Zech, P.C., of Austin as the city’s new attorney, replacing Knight & As-sociates of Austin.
White said after the meeting that the new firm will handle all of the city’s legal issues. The council will still use specialized counsel to address the delayed city hall project.
* Was presented the results of a drainage study by Strand As-sociates of Brenham, the city’s engineering firm, concerning the northwest side of the city by White.
Strand is recommend-ing a large drainage retention pond located due east of the Burle-son County Industrial Park off OSR to stop the flow of water in that section of town down toward the west side.
The city looked at its options after a big rain last spring in which 4 inches of rain fell in one hour, White said after the meeting. That section of the city along State Highway 21 was flooded, and Strand is evaluating how to im-prove the entire drain-age basin, he said.
White said the coun-cil will consider cost estimates and a pos-sible action plan at its March meeting.
* Approved a con-tract with Mercer Con-trols, Inc., of Edna for $78,660 for complete system upgrades to the city’s water/wastewa-ter SCADA system.
SCADA is Supervi-sory Control and Data Acquisition. The sys-tem is used to operate the city’s water and wastewater system, and the council is con-sidering a system up-grade to improve the technology.
Other b idders in-cluded TMT Solutions Inc., of San Marcos, $88,860, Control Pan-els USA, Inc., of Aus-tin, $69,850, and TraC-n-trol, Inc., of George-town, $66,000.
White said after the meeting that Mercer was chosen, although it was not the low bid, because of their exper-tise and because of their detailed, compre-hensive proposal.
* Approved the rec-ommendation from the Main Street Advisory Board for the first mu-ral design on the city’s north wall located at 107 S. Hill Street.
Williams said after the meeting that paint-ing by Texas A&M Uni-versity students would begin on Feb. 26-27 under the direction of Texas A&M University Professor Dr. Russell Reid.
Williams said Mad-eline Patton, the city’s marketing and tourism manager, worked with the committee on the design.
BRANDON
ODSTRCILFOR COUNTY
COMMISSIONER PCT. 2
The Right Time, The Right Choice.• I am a Christi an and lifelong resident of Burleson County, Precinct 2 with conservati ve values and beliefs.• An elected offi cial is a public servant. Therefore, I will always strive to ensure every decision I make, on any issue, will be in the best interest of the people.• My experience from being in the constructi on industry as well as having owned my own business has taught me to eff ecti vely manage and budget various projects.• I believe every elected offi cial has a duty to respond to the people we serve. Being so, I aim to always follow-up with any concerns brought to my att enti on.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, YOUR TRUST, AND YOUR VOTE IN THIS ELECTION.
THANK YOU!
Early voti ng starts Feb. 14-25, and Electi on Day is March 1st.
[email protected] 979-220-9105 Pol. Adv. Pd. For By Brandon Odstrcil
