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Wildlife refuge to host archery, rifle hunts
AUSTWELL - The
Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge (NWR) will con-
duct an Archery Hunt
and Rifle Hunt for white-
tailed deer and wild hogs.
Permit applications can
be processed online at
www .aransaspermits.
com.
The Archery Hunt will
be held for nine days from
Saturday, Oct. 1, through
Sunday, Oct. 9. A maxi-
mum of 400 permits will
be issued on a first come,
first served basis for the
36,225 acre archery hunt
area.
Fees are $65 per adult
hunter and $35 per youth
hunter for the nine-day
hunt. Online and by mail,
permits will be issued by
Kinsail Corporation. By
mail applications and fees
must either be received or
postmarked by Sept. 17 to
be valid.
If in-person permits are
available, applications
will be accepted at the
Visitor Center beginning
Sept. 30. Each hunter
is required to submit
a separate Big Game
Hunt Application Form
(3-2356).
Payments are accepted
by money order, personal
check (made to: Kinsail
Corp.) or credit card. Cash
payment will be accept-
ed at the Visitor Center
beginning Sept, 30.
The Rifle Hunt will con-
sist of four hunts on alter-
nate weekends including
Saturday and Sunday,
Nov. 5-6 and 19-20, and
Dec. 3-4 and 17-18. For
each of the four hunt
weekends, 100 permits
will be issued on a first
come, first served basis
for the 19,668 acre rifle
hunt area.
Fees are $135 per adult
hunter and $67.50 per
youth hunter for both
days. Online and by mail
permits will be issued
by Kinsail Corporation.
Applications and fees
by mail must either be
received or post marked
no later than two weeks
prior to your preferred
hunt weekend. If per-
mits are available, in
person applications
will be accepted at the
Visitor Center beginning
the Friday scouting day
before your hunt.
Each hunter is required
to submit a separate Big
Game Hunt Application
Form (3-2356). Hunters
may submit applications
together and hunt as a
party.
Payments may be
made by money order,
personal check (made to:
Kinsail Corp.) or credit
card. Cash payment
will be accepted at the
Visitor Center beginning
the Friday scouting day
before your hunt. Each
permit is valid only for
the weekend specified.
Do not mail cash. Each
hunt permit is valid only
for the named permittee.
To obtain more infor-
mation about the hunts,
please call the wildlife
refuge at 361- 286-3559
between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. daily.
New Texas traffic, criminal laws
went into effect September 1
Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Mittelstedt
Meitzen, Mittelstedt
wed in Humble
Below is a list of selected
changes to traffic and crim-
inal statutes. Unless other-
wise listed, all laws below
take effect September 1,
2011. Please note that this
is not a comprehensive list
of all new laws passed by
the Texas Legislature.
Criminal Laws
Certain synthetic com-
pounds deceptively labeled
as “bath salts” and syn-
thetic marijuana products
(K2 or spice) have been
added to Penalty Group
2 of the Texas Controlled
Substances Act. (HB 2118,
SB 331) Bath salts con-
tain dangerous stimulants,
and K2 mimics the effects
of marijuana. Both have
been sold in convenience
stores and head shops,
and have side effects that
can be harmful and long-
lasting.
The electronic transmis-
sion or possession of visual
material depicting a minor
engaging in sexual con-
duct (“sexting”) has been
added as an offense in the
Penal Code. The penalty
can range from a Class C
misdemeanor to Class A
misdemeanor, depending
on the circumstances. This
does not apply to minors
involved in a dating rela-
tionship or spouses. (SB
407)
The possession or use of
tire deflation devices, com-
monly known as caltrops,
for any purpose other than
law enforcement use or
as an antique or curio is
prohibited. Criminal orga-
nizations have increas-
ingly used caltrops as they
attempt to evade appre-
hension, resulting in dam-
age to patrol vehicles and
innocent vehicles on the
road. (SB 1416)
Traffic Laws
Tow trucks have now
been added to the slow
down or move over laws,
which require drivers to
slow down 20 miles per
hour below the speed limit,
or to vacate the lane closest
to the stopped emergency
vehicle that has emergency
lights activated if the road
has multiple lanes travel-
ing in the same direction.
(HB 378)
Speed limits will now
be the same during night
and day driving, and sepa-
rate speed limits for trucks
have been eliminated. The
maximum speed limit on
state highways may be
raised to 75 miles per hour
if approved after a find-
ing by TxDOT that the
increased speed would be
reasonable and safe fol-
lowing an engineering and
traffic investigation. (HB
1353)
A driver may not allow
a child under 18 to ride
in a watercraft while it is
being towed on a street or
highway. This does not
include watercraft being
towed on a beach or in a
parade. (HB 2981)
Weapons
A person may carry a
handgun, knife, or club
in a watercraft under the
person’s ownership or con-
trol. The handgun, knife,
or club may not be in plain
view, used while engag-
ing in criminal activity, or
carried by a member of a
criminal street gang. (HB
25)
Employers may not pro-
hibit employees with a
concealed handgun license
from having firearms or
ammunition in their per-
sonal cars in the employ-
er’s parking lot. This does
not apply to employees of
public, private or charter
schools, or employees of
chemical manufacturers
or oil and gas refiners. (SB
321)
Crime Labs
Crime laboratories are
required to preserve bio-
logical evidence used in
the investigation or pros-
ecution of a felony for at
least 40 years, or until the
applicable statute of limi-
tations has expired if there
is an un-apprehended
actor associated with the
offense. (SB 1616, effective
June 17, 2011)
Law enforcement agen-
cies are required to submit
DNA evidence in active
sexual assault cases to an
accredited laboratory with-
in 30 days of receipt. Once
the evidence has been ana-
lyzed, the DNA must be
compared by DPS to state
and federal DNA databas-
es. The bill requires law
enforcement agencies to
submit unanalyzed DNA
evidence collected after
September 1,1996, to DPS
for analysis. (SB 1636)
HUMBLE - A.V.
Mittelstedt and Dinah
Meitzen were married
in a private ceremony in
Humble, Aug. 29, 2011.
The couple first met
when A.V. taught Dinah
guitar in the early 1970s.
They became song-writing
partners and friends.
After a five-year part-
nership, life led them in
different directions until
a couple of years ago.
Happy and grateful to
have been led back togeth-
er, the Mittelstedts make
their home/recording stu-
dio in Houston and are
enjoying creating music
together again.
“Life is a miracle,”
Dinah said.
Dinah is the daugh-
ter of the late Dr. and
Mrs. Travis Meitzen, who
was a medical doctor in
Refugio for many years.
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