The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Page: 1 of 12
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Since 1980
817 S. Gordon St.
Alvin, TX
(281)331-5921
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Dozens of Alvin
Primary School
students dressed
up as Walt Disney
magic characters
in recognition of
Red Ribbon Week
from Oct. 23-27.
In the top photo,
Jesse Montero is
in the red cos-
tume. Alejandro
Blancart-Arafet,
left, and Rodrigo
Velasquez are in
the photo at right.
(Staff photos by
Albert Villegas)
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On Nov. 3, there will be a city-
wide gathering to focus on God's
love at National Oak Park from 6
to 10 p.m. It will be an evening
of evangelism, prophetic prayer
and worship, organizers said in a
news release.
"Our focus is being love in and
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through Jesus Christ to see the
manifest glory of God released
over Alvin," the release stated.
Organizers say there will be
a prayer booth and the chance
to contribute to a Christmas toy
drive at the event. There will also
be food such as hot dogs, nachos
and popcorn, according to the re-
lease.
Worship gathering at park Friday
From Staff Reports
Coastal Group Inc.
Interior/Exterior
ROOFING
Museum depicts Alvin during WWI
By David Money
Staff Writer
ask voters to consider a $48.5
million bond that will help
us address campus safety and
security, aging infrastructure
issues and provide for a much
needed technical facility.”
According to the news re-
lease, the bond issue will fund
upgrades for campus safety
and security, system-wide in-
frastructure renovations and
improvements plus the con-
struction and equipment for a
new technical facility.
It also calls the demolition
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ture to provide for an exemp-
tion from ad valorem taxation
of part of the market value of
the residence homestead of a
partially disabled veteran or
the surviving spouse of a par-
tially disabled veteran if the
residence homestead was do-
nated to the disabled veteran
by a charitable organization
for less than the market value
of the residence homestead
and harmonizing certain re-
lated provisions of the Texas
See Election, page 2
As of Oct. 28, more than
650 people have voted in the
Alvin Community College
taxing district where a $48.5
million bond is on the ballot.
The call for the bond was
issued by a 7-1 vote in Au-
gust of this year with ACC
regents Jody Droege, Cheryl
Knape, Dr. Patty Hertenberg-
er, Chairman Mike Pyburn,
‘Bel Sanchez, Roger Stuksa
Girls also lost their lives serving the country.
“Fifty-seven women died,” Bailey said.
“It was a brutal war,” he said. “They are still finding
trenches today with soldiers that died in collapses (of
the trench dirt walls).”
Hand-to-hand combat was not uncommon during
the “war to end all wars,” he said.
“They used a trench knife that had a triangular blade
that didn’t stick when it came out,” he said. “They used
clubs in the trenches. The use of helmets and clubs in
WWI dated back to medieval times. Trench shovels
were filed and became hand-to-hand weapons.”
But there was plenty of down time in the trenches,
too.
“They got so bored that they started making stuff,”
Bailey said.
He showed those in the crowd a flower vase that
was made in a trench somewhere in Europe. It was
made out of a 75 mm shell by a soldier.
Bailey has worked in the history field for over 30
See WWI, page 2
Robert Juelich
Est. 1987
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and Doyle Swindell voting
for it and regent Andy Tac-
quard voting against.
The ninth member of the
board was not present for the
vote.
“Over the past nine months
we have looked for a path
forward regarding what to do
with aging facilities at our
main campus,” Pyburn said
in a news release from ACC
earlier this year. “After sig-
nificant input from the com-
munity we have decided to
of Building G, which was
built in the ’60s.
The last time voters ap-
proved an ACC bond was in
2005 when funds were dedi-
cated to construct the build-
ing that now houses many
health-related programs.
Voters throughout Texas are
also be asked to accept or re-
ject seven amendments to the
state constitution. They are::
• Proposition 1
“The constitutional amend-
ment authorizing the legisla-
An expert in history presented information about
WWI at the Oct. 22 meeting of the Alvin Historical
Society in the Alvin Senior Center.
One of the stories he told was about the Doughnut
Girls of the “Great War.”
They were a troop of Salvation Army women who
made doughnuts, sometimes in the trenches, and
served them to the men fighting the war.
That was news to a lot in the audience of the meet-
ing which was open to the public.
The women are the reason that National Doughnut
Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday of June.
“They came armed with a bucket of hot grease and
a pail of dough,” said Michael Bailey, who is the cu-
rator of the Brazoria County Historical Museum in
Michael Bailey speaks at Oct. Angleton.
22 presentation. But just like many of the men who didn’t make it
(Staff photo by David Money) home from the fields of war, some of the Doughnut
The Alvin Advertiser is
excited to announce David
Rupkalvis has been hired as
the new editor and publisher.
Rupkalvis replaces Dan Moore,
who left the Advertiser to run
our sister paper, the Henderson
Daily News.
Rupkalvis comes to Alvin
from the Lake Powell Chronicle
in Page, Ari-
zona, where
he served as
the editor and
publisher.
“I am ex-
cited to be in
Alvin,”
kalvis
Dan did an excellent job be-
fore he accepted a promotion,
and he leaves big shoes to fill.
The staff at the Advertiser is
professional and talented, and
I believe we can continue to
make improvements the com-
munity will enjoy.”
Rupkalvis, a Texas native,
is a long-time newspaper man
who spent most of his time in
the newsroom. He has worked
as a sports reporter, news re-
porter, sports editor, news edi-
tor, managing editor and editor
at papers in Arizona, Texas,
North Carolina and North Da-
kota.
He said there are several
things that attracted him to the
position in Alvin, with the two
biggest being able to return to
Texas and work with Hartman
Newspapers.
“Texas has always been my
home,” Rupkalvis said. “No
matter where I have lived, Tex-
as has been the place I hoped
to return to. My parents live
in San Antonio and the best
memories of my life come from
Texas.”
In addition to the Alvin Ad-
vertiser, Rupkalvis has worked
for the New Braunfels Herald-
Zeitung and The Graham Lead-
er in Texas.
“In addition, being able
See Publisher, page 2
Early voting underway; Election Day is Nov. 7
By David Money
Staff Writer
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Phone: 281-388-0616
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Money, David. The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 2017, newspaper, November 1, 2017; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1250874/m1/1/?q=%22Texas+Press+Association%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.