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A very special thank you to Dr. Tom B. Hancher,
M.D., Chris Hancher and all the nurses and staff of
River Oaks Health Care Center as well as Nell
Jenkins for their care of our husband and father. Also
thank you to Pastor Mark Anderson, Pastor Dale
Leland, the Trinity Lutheran Church Ladies Aid,
Robert Henneke and all the relatives and friends who
were there to support us during this time of grief.'
power windows, power
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Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated and may
God bless all of you.
Saturday, Oct. 9 from 10
a.m. to noon at Caring
Choices Inc., 11601 Katy
Freeway, Suite 109 (at
Kirkwood). Please call (281)
920-43.00 for reservations.
Adoption 101
Seminar Oct. 9
For anyone considering
intemnetional or domestic
adoption, a free adoption
seminar will be held
Methodist Church
Harvest Festival
Sealy First United Methodist
Church will have their fried
chicken dinner and auction on
Sunday, Oct. 10. Serving will
be from 11- a.m to-+pm •
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Eat" fish fry dinner Oct. 8
starting at 5:30 p.m. at the
hall in Wallis, 703 Columbus
Road. Dine in or take out,
$7 per plate. Wear Brazos
colors, red and white, or
East Bernard colors, maroon
and white, and receive $1
off your meal.
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"I Can Achieve”
Rally on Oct. 12
The Boys and Girls Club of
Bellville will host the “I Can
Achieve” Pledge Rally, spon-
sored by the JC Penny
Afterschool Fund, on Oct. 12
at The Boys and Girls Club of
Bellville,518 S. Matthews St.
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Bernardo School
reunion Oct. 16
All former students and
teacher of the Bernardo
I.S.D. are reminded of the
school reunion scheduled for
Saturday, Oct. 16 at the
Bernardo Fire Station begin-
ning at 2 p.m. Everyone is
asked to bring sandwiches
rFdessert Call Larry Uhlig
at (979) 732-5238 for fur- '
ther information.
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refer to the recently passed
development standards.
“That’s our (staff’s) posi-
tion, that we need to go by
what the ordinance says,”
Maresh said.
“It’s there for the council
to decide. They are the ones
who have the authority. It’s
in their hands,” Maresh
said.
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Duaine Lowstetter, set on
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police headquarters, rough-
ly $54,000 to replace the
grossly outgrown portable
building that is home for
the five-member depart-
ment.
Council also took a first
look at a preliminary eleva-
tion sketch of a new 5,000-
plus square-foot city hall to
be constructed on land adja-
cent to the existing fire
department off Second
Street.
With a stone facade and
metal roof, council will con-
sider in the future whether
to use a wood frame or
metal frame, and other
specifics about the building
that is in the early planning
stages.
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material for extracting
acetylene gas.
At one point in the plan-
ning board’s meeting, WI
officials suggested they
might want also to offload
liquid propane gas at the
site, but the planning
board’s action does not
address that matter.
The vote was unanimous
by the planning board as
City Manager John Maresh
and city staff made no rec-
ommendation other than to
Maydell Reichardt
Sandra and Robert Berger
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administratoir, an upgrade
from part-time work.
Council also voted to pur
sue purchase for $3,500 for
two lots from St. John
Lutheran Church for the
eventual construction of a
new station for Austin
County Emergency Medical
Services’ Medic Unit 4,
which now sits outside
Wallis Volunteer Fire
Department.
Council decided the best
option would be for the city
itself to own the land and
lease it for a minimal
amount to a non-profit sup-
port corporation.
Wallis police Chief David
Fischer presented a
detailed overview of what it
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The family of Alice Meloneck Schulke wishes to
express their heartfelt appreciation to all who sent
flowers, memorials, food, cards and for all other
expressions of sympathy extended to them following
the death of their loved one.
Special “Thanks” to Drs. Hill, Bosse and Gay and
their Staff, the Staff of Bellville General Hospital and
Colonial Belle - Sealy, Knesek Family Funeral Chapel,
Pastor Dale Leland, Chris Nava, Trinity Lutheran
Ladies Aid, the Sealy American Legion Auxiliary and
Post #442, and to those serving as Pallbearers.
Support of family and friends along with memories
will comfort us and never fade away.
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a detention pond, or it properties on either side
would be a perfect place for and that he would prefer to
a neighborhood park for leave the lots as they sit
kids to play that would keep and not dig them out fur-
kids off the street,” King ther to make a deeper
said detention basin
The three 30-foot by 140- Mayor Tony Salazar said
foot deep lots are contigu- the open space plan would
ous and during periods of help meet Federal
heavy rain fill with water Emergency Management
coming out of the slew. Agency flood mitigation
By simply mowing the goals.
lots and removing an abun- In the end, council voted
dance of trash on the prop- to have the mayor contact
erty, King said, the city’s the appraisal district and
investment in the property offer $1,500 for the three
would be minimal for a dual lots.
purpose - drainage mitiga- In other action, council
tion and open space. appointed Tom York to
Councilman Rodell replace Mike Scearce as a
Northington said he was director of the Wallis
concerned about using lots Development Corporation,
between smaller residential and hired as full-tome Flynt
would have to construct its
offloading apparatus no less
than 200 feet from nearby
residences on Second Street
and in the general area.
The development ordi-
nance would have required
a 600-foot buffer zone, but
even that requirement
would not have allowed the
hazardous material offload
within the city limits.
“They recommended
going from 600 feet to 200
feet, (Western Internation-
al) can’t meet that 600 foot
buffer; that’s why they have
asked for the variance,”
Maresh said.
Mayor Pro Tempore Chris
Schavarda said she wanted
to do more research on the
subject, and she said city
staff should have
researched the nature of
calcium carbide and been
able to offer more informa-
tion on the matter before
bringing it to either the
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Griffin, Joanie & Horecka, Bobby. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 81, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 2004, newspaper, October 8, 2004; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1594988/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.