Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Page: 1 of 18
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Brady Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the FM Buck Richards Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
•**
S Prabp IWaitiiarii-^eralti
^SART<^
75*
(USPS 062-900) Brady, Texas 76825
Recycled Paper
January 16,2013
anb Heart of Irxas J^etos
®1 Animal quality highlights
2013 stock show and sale
Judges laud contestants for project efforts
FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE—Participants in the Angora goat class listen
to judge Joe David Ross on his reasons for selecting and placing the animals during
Thursday evening’s show classes.
Railroad purchase approved
by state bankruptcy court
YARD HOUSE—The local railroad and its assets
will change ownership effective Jan. 28 giving the
railroad new life in the community.
□ Local
group takes
over Jan. 28
By James Stewart
A bankruptcy judge ruled
Tuesday that the proposed
sale of the Guff, Colorado
and San Saba Railroad to a
group of local investors met
the necessary requirements
under the bankruptcy code,
and as the lone bidder, the
sale will be finalized Jan. 28.
Once the sale is finalized,
the railroad wil 1 be known as
Heart of Texas Railroad, L.P.
and will be locally owned and
operated by a group of four
investors including Jason
Jacoby, Bruce James, Gerald
Nobles and Riley King.
“We all have close ties
to this county and we are all
very excited about the busi-
ness opportunities that are in
front of us,” said Jacoby, a
spokesperson for the group.
“We have a lot of work ahead
of us, but we are committed
to servicing our existing
customers and making the
necessary improvements in
the line to bring this up to
speed as a reliable rail line.”
The investors appeared on
Tuesday at a hearing before
the United States Bankruptcy
Judge in Austin to support the
B ankruptcy Trustee ’ s motion
to approve the sale to Heart
ofTexas Railroad, LP. Efforts
were made the day before to
inform area state representa-
tives and senators of the sale
and the importance to the
economy of the four counties
served by the railroad.
The group put in a bid for
By Neal Ulmer
The Brady ISD met in a
special session on Wednes-
day, Jan 9 at 5 p.m. to finalize
the contract naming Johnny
Clawson as the new Brady
ISD superintendent.
The board also approved
two other agenda items
which included approving
a construction manager at
risk and approving a budget
amendment.
Clawson, who has been
serving as the interim super-
intendent, was named on Dec.
4 as the lone finalist for the
position of superintendent
for the school district. The
contract will be finalized at
the Jan. 21 boardmeeting and
once that is done his position
as the superintendent will be
7
Brady Standard-Herald
the railroad on Dec. 17 in an
effort to keep the rail line in
operation. The line itself had
been in bankruptcy since July
and was being operated by a
bankruptcy trustee.
“We are in the process of
getting all of our required
permits and licenses, but
we are excited about the
potential this presents to this
county and the businesses
thatuse the line,” said Jacoby.
Tuesday’s hearing ap-
proved the purchase price
and set the closing date for
the sale.
“We have plans to put
money into the railroad to
bring up the quality of the
rail. It is going to be a con-
siderable investment to get
that done and it is going to
take some time, but we are
committed to doing it as we
go and keep the rail up and
running and repair it without
shutting it down. Servicing
our customers is going to be
our biggest priority and we
feel there is a lot of potential
here for rural development in
McCulloch, San Saba, Lam-
pasas and Mills County,” said
Jacoby.
“This was our opportunity
effective Jan. 25. All of the
details of the contract will be
available at the conclusion of
the Jan. 21 meeting.
Both agenda items were
discussed in executive ses-
sion.
Hiring of a construction
manager at risk was decided
upon to remodel what will
be the new administration
building—the oldhigh school
agriculture building on 11th
Street.
Chosen as construction
manager at risk was Waldrop
Construction Company of
Brownwood. This is in the
initial phase. They will meet
to discuss plans (building
process, etc.) and put the
project together.
In open session of the
meeting, the board approved
a budget amendment to re-
flect carryover ofhigh school
allotment allocation from the
2011-2012 school year in the
amount of $8,136.
to give back to our commu-
nity and keep unnecessary
heavy truck traffic off our
streets,” said Jacoby. “Keep-
ing a railroad in Brady was
the right thing to do. Ev-
eryone associated with the
bankruptcy proceeding came
together to seek a solution to
allow this rail line to survive.
The Brady Economic
Development Corporation
(BEDC) met for a regular
session last Friday and began
their meeting with a profes-
sional audit report and ended
with directives approved dur-
ing the course of the meeting.
At the top of the list of
measures approved is the
recommendation that will
be given to the Brady City
Council to consider putting
the decision of creating a
Municipal Development
District (MDD) before the
Brady voters in the upcoming
May general election.
The MDD would create
a board that could use sales
tax dollars already being col-
lected to pay costs associated
with development projects,
including maintenance and
operation costs, as well as
to pay costs relating to bonds
or other obligations. Projects
authorized under the govern-
ing code of MDD projects,
may consist of a Type B
project as defined by the De-
By Neal Ulmer
McCulloch County Sher-
iff Earl Howell announced
to McCulloch County Com-
missioners Court Monday
morning that the j ail received
a good report from a Texas
Commission on Jail Stan-
dards (TCJS) inspector.
In an unannounced visit
by the state inspector, the jail
passed on everything with
On the web:
Brady’s City Council met
this week and due to deadline
constraints, the report of
the meeting was not ready
by press time. Visit “This
Just In” on our Web site at
www.bradystandard.com
for a complete recap of the
meeting.
By Neal Ulmer
It was another banner year
despite the economy and the
weather as the buyers came
out in support of McCulloch
County Junior Livestock
Show on Saturday evening.
After two-and-a-half days
of showing livestock, the
premium sale brought in
$139,400 that was spread
amongst the youth and their
projects.
According to Lisa Edrnis-
ton, the executive secretary of
the McCulloch County Junior
Livestock Association, this
year’s sale brought in $3,400
more than the 2011 premium
sale with add-on’s of $ 14,025
bumping the sale total.
Whether the stock show is
held in December or January,
weather always seems to be
a factor. Despite being nice
one day and cold the next,
it did not dampen the spirits
of the 2013 livestock show
exhibitors.
“It has been a good show
and the weather has been
good,” stated Mike Probst,
president of the livestock
association. “We had a good
crowd to watch the show.”
The number of exhibitors
was down this year with 97
exhibitors and 99 sales spots
putting 294 animals into the
ring. The last livestock show
was actually held in Decem-
ber 2011 and 129 exhibitors
showed atotal of 341 animals.
The total number of exhibi-
tors in 2010 was 116 showing
a total of 387 animals.
“We always try to re-
cruit and encourage more
kids to participate, but the
economy and turnover in
agriculture teachers affected
those numbers,” stated Mc-
velopment Corporation Act.
Currently, the Brady EDC
is a Type A Economic Devel-
opment Corporation (EDC)
and the sales tax dollars that
it collects are restricted to a
very narrow list of projects
that are tied to job creation
and commercial develop-
ment. Type B EDCs have
more leniency in the type of
projects they are permitted
to fund.
Prior to the start of the
business portion of the meet-
ing, K.J. Hallmark made a
public statement on behalf of
Taxpayers for Sensible Gov-
ernment and voiced concerns
and opposition to the MDD
discussion and consideration.
As part ofthe discussion of
the group during the meeting,
details about the MDD and
why it was being discussed
again were explained.
“This is a direct result of
our integrated community
based planning group that
met last year,” said Kathi
Mas onheimer, C ommunity
“flying colors”. Howell said
the county would still stay
in non-compliance with the
jail commission on the four
doors. The four doors have
been fixed by the county, but
needed the locks and those
four locks were ordered this
week.
“It will cost us some
money ($3,500), butnotnear
as much ($35,000) after we
get the door locks on the
doors,” stated Howell.
He added that last Friday
he went to Austin and talked
with the executive director,
the assistant director and the
j ail planner about the security
perimeter of the jail and the
four locks for the doors. They
did agree with the security
perimeter and the locks. Once
the locks are taken care of,
Culloch County Extension
Agent Vance Christie. “But
the depth and quality of the
livestock was definitely up.
They may not have had the
numbers as in the past, but
the ones we had were better
from top to bottom.”
“The number of exhibitors
is down in part because of the
price of feed and the money
Development Director for
the BEDC. “A broad group
of community leaders met
several times as part of that
planning and this is a product
of those meetings.”
The MDD can only be
approved by the voters. If
approved, it would take the
place ofthe BEDC and would
use those same sales tax dol-
lars andnonewtaxes couldbe
levied since the local sales tax
is maxed out at 8.25 percent.
This measure went before the
voters in November 2011 and
failedby a vote of372 to 264.
“As many as three quarters
of the businesses that come
to us considering locating
in Brady do not meet the
requirements of a 4A EDC
of which we must comply in
order to provide funds,” said
Masonheimer.
Sales taxes, as opposed to
property taxes, can only be
used to make improvements
within the community and
cannot be used for municipal
budgetary measures.
then the county jail will be
in compliance.
The rest ofthe agenda was
rather lengthy, but the court
worked through it within
two hours.
Due to the good soaking
rain last week, the commis-
sioners voted to lift the bum
ban that had been imposed
in December. County Judge
Danny Neal said the area
received two to three inches
of rain. He had visited with
Brady F ire ChiefLyle Daniel,
who said that rain should be
good for four to five weeks.
The commissioners ap-
proved 14 other agenda
items. Those items approved
included:
• A resolution on Waiver
See County on Page 10 A
it takes to travel and kids
are busy with sports,” said
Probst. “We have premium
sales to help the kids and their
families out with expenses.”
The number of entries
for each species of livestock
included: 53 rabbits, 26 An-
gora goats, 31 gilts and 27
See Show on Page 10 A
Amotion to proceed with
recommendation to the Brady
City Council to pursue plac-
ing the idea before the voters
was approved unanimously.
In another discussion
item, the BEDC agreed to
make a resolution to concur
with the Brady/McCulloch
County Chamber of Com-
merce to support a revised
liquor law in Brady to make
it easier for local restaurants
to obtain on premise beer and
wine permits. This measure
would also be required to be
approvedby the voters during
a general election.
Two items related to the
Guff, Colorado and San Saba
Railroad were also discussed.
See EDC on Page 10 A
Hope From
the Heart
changes
event format
Hope From the Heart, one
of Brady's most successful
non-profit efforts to support
local cancer patients and
their families, is gearing up
for yet another annual event
scheduled for Saturday, Feb.
9 at the Ed Davenport Civic
Center.
In a break from tradition,
this year's event is changing
format and instead of the Mr.
Heart ofTexas Pageant, there
will be heavy hors d'overurs
followed by a dance and live
music from Wes Nickson.
The BYOB event is $30
per person and will begin at 6
p.m. with the band taking the
stage around 8:30. Live and
silent auctions will be held
from 6-8 and will include a
number oftrips, dinners, golf
packages and even a one carat
diamond donated by the fam-
ily of Martha Young.
BISD finalizes
Clawson as Supt.
READYFORTHE RING—With his sheep ready
and waiting, Ranee Siler waits before heading to the
show ring on Friday.
FBBB auction/Sonic Day
just around the corner
Famed Brady Bulldog Band Booster President Debbie
Vickers reminds FBBB supporters to mark their calendars for
the Brady Band Boosters Annual Auction/S onic Day coming
up on Saturday, Feb. 2. The auction will be broadcast from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on KNEL AM 1490.
On that day, students will be working as carhops at Sonic
where all tips and half the proceeds will go to the band, as
well. There will be over 200 items auctioned off to help
support the Brady Middle and High School Band programs.
"Call 597-0262 or 456-7637 if you have an item for the
auction to be picked up," said Mrs. Vickers. "Stay tuned for
more information."
BEDC to recommend second shot at MDD
County gets surprise jail inspection
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View four places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Stewart, James E. Brady Standard-Herald and Heart of Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 2013, newspaper, January 16, 2013; Brady, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth740550/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting FM Buck Richards Library.