The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 2003 Page: 1 of 14
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FURNITURE AND APPI IANCES AND MUCH MORE
New Year's Day swearing-in ceremony
for 2003 Austin County officials
veteran
and a
friends
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AC receives funds
from national
emergency board
serviceman
every day.
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A portion of Brazos Elementary School in Orchard was destroyed by a fire on Dec 15
1538
Columbus • 979-732 -5633
HOA
Food
horn to Chris and Bonnie
Delozier
106 Dennis St
Wharton • 979-282-RENT
Ladies VFD meeting
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Cat Spring Volunteer Fire
Department will host a meet
ing, Tuesday. Jan 7 at 7
pm
Woodmen meeting
Woodmen of the World
Lodge 105 will have a
meeting at the home of
Rosalie Steck, FM 331.
Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.
Call 885 3625 for more
details.
Hunter’s class
A Texas Hunter's
Education class will be
held in Bellville Jan. 11 12.
Saturday's times are 9
a m. 4 p.m. with an hour
lunch. Sunday's times are
2 6 p.m. This course is the
mandatory 10-hour course
for all Texas hunters born
on or after Sept. 2, 1971
and are at least 12 years
old.
Course cost is $10 per
student that is due on the
first day.
To sign up for the class,
contact Neil Shipley at
865 5515.
Board
and
Board.
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Little League sign
up set
Registration for ttie
2003 season of Sealy
I ittle I eague will begin
Jan. 4 and 1 1 from 9 a m.
2 p in and on Wednesday,
Jan. 15, from 5 8 p.m., at
the BP&W Park
All players must have an
original birth certificate on
file before they may partici
pate. Tryouts will be held
on Feb 24, 25 and 27 for
pee wee. majors and
minors both boys and girls.
Defensive driving
AARP will host a defen
sive driving course Jan 8
and 10 at the Hill Corn
munity Center from 12 4
p.m.
For more information, call
885 3622.
Department
County
had
serve
Free GED classes
at SJH
Free GED Classes will be
available through May 14.
The classes will be held
Mondays and Wednesdays
from 4 7 p.m. at Sealy
Junior High School.
For more information,
please call Madeleine
Allison 885 3516.
Come Test Drive the ALL NEW
2003 Dodge 2500 and 3500
Heavy Duty Trucks!
CLIFF JONES
AUTOWORLD
(979)885-3554
"Don't worry about the
world coming to an end
today. It's already tomor
row in Australia."
Charles Schultz i
Bellvi
ligers, bring, home New Year's Eve
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"The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as
some count slackness; but
is longsuffering toward us,
not willing that any should
perish, but that all should
come to repentance."
2 Peter 3:9
Thank a
By CATHY WITHERSPOON
Ltaff Writer
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patrol of
the opportunity
fire should be directed to Brazos
ISD Central Office. /979) 478-
6551 Donations may be sent to
the central office at PO Box 819.
6815 Guyler Street, Wallis. TX
77485.
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rme A
Police
and Austin
Sheriff’s
Shelter Program
tion, have demonstrated
the capability to deliver
food and/or shelter pro-
grams (may include rental
or utility assistance!, and
have a voluntary board if
they are a private volun-
tary organization.
A local board will deter-
mine how the funds
awarded to Austin County
will be distributed among
emergency food and shel-
ter programs.
Austin County has dis-
tributed emergency food
and shelter funds in prior
years with Sealy Minis-
terial Alliance, Salvation
Army, Wallis Unit, Sealy
Christian Food Pantry and
Bellville Area Ministerial
Alliance.
Public or private volun-
tary organizations inter-
ested in applying for funds
must contact Kathleen
England, Red Cross repre-
sentative at (800) 366-
3025 or County Judge
Carolyn Bilski at 865-5911
by Jan. 9.
to Jeffrey
Young
•Jonah
honoring Joe Scranton. Jr.,
was held at the former
East Side Park
•Bellville General Hos-
pital raised more than
$80,000 during their foun-
dation's golf tournament
fund-raiser.
•S1SD was issued $24
million bonds for the con-
struction of the new high
school.
1-866 287 1350
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Austin, Fayette and Waller
Counties for 12 years as
judge for t he 1 55th J udicial
District, told officials and
guests that county govern
ment was* more democratic
than any other branch of
government, as officials
( oncep-tion
Church; Sealy.
and (‘oreen
in Bellville under
The Sealy News/CATHY WITHERSPOON George Washingtons inau-
District Judge Dan Beck swears in new Austin County Commissioner, Precinct 4, David Hubenak, during cere- gural address before the
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ored as SHS ass of 2002
valedictorian and Kather-
ine Landry as salutatorian
• The 24-3A all -district
soft hall team selection
included Wendy Via. Sara
Earner. Amy Flores and
Abbie Hermann
Year’s 1 )ay, 2003
Beck who has
Schwai ‘ said the board was sat-
isfied that concerns about the
building’s safety had been
addressed.
Inquiries about how to help the
school in its recovery from the
The Emergency Food
and Shelter National
Board Program has
awarded Austin County
the sum of $8,386 in feder-
al funds. The county has
received similar grants for
the past seven years.
Austin County’s selec-
tion and allocation was
made by a national board
chaired by FEMA and con-
sisting of representatives
from the Salvation Army,
American Red Cross,
Council of Jewish Feder-
ation, Catholic Charities
National Council of
Churches in the U.S.A,
and United Way of
America.
Under th terms o the
grant, local government or
private voluntary organi-
zations who wish to be con-
sidered, must meet the fol-
lowing criteria: Applicants
must be non-profit, have
an accounting system and
conduct an annual audit, if
necessary for compliance,
practice nondiscrimina-
Delozier was
APRIL
•The Sealy track teams
brought home four gold
medals at the Sweeny-
relays.
•Sklyar Teague was born
to James and Kai la
Teague .
•Mindy Machala was
named an All-American
Scholar by the United
States Achievement Aca-
demy
•A division of the Klu
Klux Klan, the White
Camelia Knights, gathered
Worth ■
about the asbestos abatement I
process, saying she would oversee
clean-up efforts.
The district will have five
portable buildings ready when .
school resumes on Jan 7. Four of
the buildings will house class-
rooms, hile the fifth building
will be a combined principal's ।
office and library. -
Before Christmas the Texas 1
Education Agency ruled that the
five days that students missed
due to the fire would not have to >
be made up
At their meeting the board dis-
cussed avenues the district could I
take in rebuilding the damaged i
structure, and then tabled the I
discussion until January's n gu- ;
lar meeting.
Board Vice President Louis •
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By The Nation s Leading Chiropractors.
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Texana Mental Helth aim
Mental Retardation Board
Gulf Coast Workforei
Board. Houston-! ialveston
Area Council, and RAI’. a
mentoring program. She
and husband Joe live in
Sealy.
Carrie (iregor w e sworn
■ OFFICIALS, page 2
Di:/ Judge ‘in Beck
admi. tered oaths I o
county oiln mi 1 New
Depart ment
•The Sealy Lady Tigers
golf team won the 2 -A
dis’। id meet.
•Colton and Jacob
Evanicky were born to
Michael and Carolyn
Evanicky
•Cheryl Kollatschny won
the Justice of the Peace,
Precinct 3. run-off against
Leonard Stolarski.
•Adam Williamson and
Kristin Bilicek were
crowned Mr and Miss
Sealy High School at the
SHS senior prom.
•Sammy Miller was
appointed environmental
officer for Austin County.
•LRA employees donat-
ed $700 to Family
Outreach of Austin County.
•Selman Elementary
students raised $2,436.44
for the Pennies for Patients
cancer program.
•SHS Tiger Band earned
sweepstakes award, break-
ing a 35-year losing streak
•Carten Cryan was born
to Stephen and Amy Cryan.
•Erika Young was born
JUNE
•One hundred thirty
seniors graduated from
SHS as the class of 2002.
•Conner Cash was born
to Ronnie and Donna Cash
•Ruhen "Dragon" Perez
won the Texas mid
dieweight title
• Mayor Betty Reinheck
proclaimed June 14 as Flag
Day in Sealy.
•Army Reserves were
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tenures "This is the great-
est country in history, o
stay involved care
.participate" in this coun-
try’s institutions, Beck
u rged.
Deacon Gerald DuPont,
of St. Mary’s Seminary,
adapted a prayer from
MAY
• Over $65,000 was
raised for the American
Cancer Society during the
Relay for Life fund-raiser
•Charles and Gladys
Bolten celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary
•The Sealy Little League
hosted a hometown Heroes
ceremony at B&PW Park
•A dedication ceremony
In a special meeting last week
the Brazos Independent School
District school board awarded a
Houston company a contract to
remove asbestos-con tain mated
material and debris at fire-dam-
, aged Brazos Elementary School.
। AAR, Inc., began clean-up
efforts on Monday with plans to
complete the work by Jan. 24
The elementary school’s west
wing was destroyed by fire on
Sunday, Dec. 15.
Brazos ISD Superintendent Dr.
Mike Bergman said the air quali-
I ty tests performed by CAM
Environmental Services showed
no asbestos or smoke damage in
the east wing of the building.
Jennifer L. Boone, asbestos con-
sultant for CAM Environmental
Services, told the school board
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rightly idministered laws
are encted ind udg
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( arolyn Bi-ki was -wor
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to begin her ninth ve, m
that off ice I’ h < fir- femal
and Republicu n cort
judge incounty hi-tor -he
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member in the Immaculate
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Griffin, Joanie. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 2003, newspaper, January 3, 2003; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1594858/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.