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2A Jackson County Herald-Tribune, Wednesday, March 16,2011
Around the County continued...
Eleanor Brackenridge
Literary will host its second
annual Trivia Night
Scholarship Fundraiser at 7
p.m. on Friday, March 25 at
the Jackson County Services
Building.
More than 1,700 campers
from the Houston Bay area
will be at Brackenridge Park
during March 25-27 for the
annual Houston Bay Area
Adventurer Family Camp.
The ministry provides chil-
dren ages 3-10 and their fam-
ilies the opportunity to enjoy
nature while participating in
planned activities and events
at the park.
The Jackson County
Memorial Library will be
closed Tues., March 29
through Thurs., March 31
while new shelving is
installed.
Baptist Temple of Edna is
collecting items for its
Second Annual Garage Sale
to be held on April 8 and 9.
Proceeds will be used
towards a youth ministry cen-
ter. To donate call Brenda
Jacobs at 782-1080.
Beware of IRS phishing’ scams
The IRS receives thou-
sands of reports each year
from taxpayers who receive
suspicious emails, phone
calls, faxes or notices claim-
ing to be from the Internal
Revenue Service.
Many of these scams
fraudulently use the Internal
Revenue Service name or
logo as a lure to make the
communication more authen-
tic and enticing.
The goal of these scams -
known as phishing - is to
trick you into revealing per-
sonal and financial informa-
tion.
The scammers can then
use that information - like
your Social Security number,
bank account or credit card
numbers - to commit identity
theft or steal your money.
Here are five things the
IRS wants you to know about
phishing scams:
•The IRS doesn’t ask for
detailed personal and finan-
cial information like PIN
numbers, passwords or simi-
lar secret access information
for credit card, bank or other
financial accounts.
•The IRS does not initiate
taxpayer communications
through e-mail and won’t
send a message about your
tax account. If you receive an
e-mail from someone claim-
ing to be the IRS or directing
you to an IRS site, do not
reply to the message, do not
open any attachments and do
not click on any links.
• The address of the offi-
cial IRS website is
http://www.irs.gov. Do not
be confused or misled by
sites claiming to be the IRS
but ending in .com, .net, .org
or other designations instead
of .gov.
• If you receive a phone
call, fax or letter in the mail
from an individual claiming
to be from the IRS but you
suspect they are not an IRS
employee, contact the IRS at
1-800-829-1040 to determine
if the IRS has a legitimate
need to contact you. Report
any bogus correspondence.
You can help shut down
these schemes and prevent
others from being victimized.
Details on how to report spe-
cific types of scams and what
to do if you’ve been victim-
ized are available at
http://www.irs.gov, keyword
“phishing.”
Viewpoints
Elected State
Officials
Governor Rick Perry
P.O. Box 12428 • Austin, TX 78711
1-800-843-5789
www.governor.state.tx.us
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst
Capitol Station • P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
512-463-0001
State Senator Glenn Hegar
P.O. Box 12068 • Austin, TX 78711
512-463-0118
Representative Geanie Morrison
P.O. Box 4642 • Victoria, TX 77903
361-572-0196
geanie.morrison @ house. state, tx.us
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Pam Harvey - advertising@jacksonconews.com
Connie Moseley - advertising@jacksonconews.com
Sue Capak - legals@jacksonconews.com
Kerry Karl - kkarl@jacksonconews.com
Jim Moser - jmoser@mosercommedia.com
March 16 - March 23 meetings
• March 16, Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, 7:30
a.m., LNRA offices, FM 1593
• March 17, Edna City Council, 6:30 p.m., Edna
City Hall, 126 W. Main
•March 21, Texana Groundwater Conservation
District, 8 a.m., Jackson County Services Building
auditorium, 411 N. Wells, Edna
Jackson County
Herald-Tribune
The Jackson County Herald-Tribune (USPS 168-400).
Established Nov. 22, 1906. Published each Wednesday
by Jackson County Publishing, LP, 306 N. Wells, Edna,
TX 77957. Jim Moser, Publisher. Periodicals postage
paid at Edna, TX.
Managing Editor
Chris Lundstrom
Staff Writer
Kendrick Callis
Sports Writer
Paul Harrison
Advertising Director
Pam Harvey
Advertising Design
Connie Moseley
Sue Capak
Office Manager
Kerry Karl
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Keep the Sunshine On
Don’t change public-notice rules for government
There is a galaxy of man-
dates that state law places
on local governments, based
on common sense.
One is a section requiring
open records and open gov-
ernment. That makes it a
crime for city council or
school board members to do
the public’s business in back
halls or over the phone.
The prevailing rationale is
shining the light of day, to
the greatest degree possible,
on decisions that have an
impact on the public.
That principle is not
upheld, unfortunately, in
several bills filed in Austin
this year that would shift
legal notices away from
newspaper publishing and
onto government websites.
Local governments -
counties, cities and school
boards - are now required to
take out legal notices for
certain bids, purchases and
meetings. It’s the estab-
lished, reliable way to
assure wide distribution to
both citizens and to poten-
tial bidders that want a piece
of business with local gov-
ernment.
Substituting some or all
of those legally required
notices with self-published
government notices weak-
ens public access and opens
the door to mischief.
A local government’s
notice to bidders involves
big contracts paid out of the
public till, and government
shouldn’t be self-publishing
for that business on their
own websites. A third, inde-
pendent party assures an
arm’s-length relationship
with a verifiable, permanent
record of the notice.
Current publication
requirements guarantee a
broad spectrum of reader-
ship, well beyond internet
users who may visit an
agency’s website.
Notices in daily newspa-
pers are typically published
online as well, multiplying
the number of potential
readers. The number of visi-
tors to a government web-
site is dwarfed by total daily
newspaper and online news-
paper readership.
In addition, the Texas
Daily Newspaper
Association and Texas Press
Association maintain a web-
site - texaslegalnotices.com
- that benefits potential bid-
ders. The site provides a
searchable database of cur-
rent foreclosure, meeting
and business notices taken
out in newspapers.
Local governments are
free to post those notices on
their websites as well, for
the sake of even wider dis-
tribution. Some do that now,
and they should be com-
mended for keeping infor-
mation as accessible as pos-
sible. Scaling back that level
of access is not in keeping
with the same spirit.
The author of one bill
(HB 1668), Rep. Linda
Harper-Brown, R-Irving,
said she filed it in response
to requests from local
school administrators and
teachers who are looking to
trim operating costs and
potentially save jobs.
We respect the motiva-
tion, but the legislation
could defeat that goal by
crimping the number and
quality of bids. Taxpayers
might not be pleased with
that turn of events.
Today’s public-notice
laws have worked well to
keep government dealings
out in the open. Weakening
that effort would be an
experiment with too high a
threat of backfire.
Public-notice bills
• HB 507, authors Angie
Chen Button, R-Garland,
and Diane Patrick, R-
Arlington - Would allow
school districts, cities and
counties to self-publish, on
their internet sites, a portion
of legally required public
notices, as opposed to the
current requirement of two
newspaper notices.
• HB 1668, author Linda
Harper-Brown, R-Irving -
Would allow school districts
to self-publish all public
notices, on their internet
sites, with no requirement
of newspaper notices.
• HB 1082, author Hubert
Vo, D-Houston - Would
allow smaller school dis-
tricts to self-publish, on
their internet sites, all public
notices if no newspaper is
published in the district.
• HB 1833, author Mark
M. Shelton, R-Fort Worth -
Would drop the requirement
of newspaper publication
for certain notices of hear-
ings and meetings by school
board members.
This column was written
by editorial writer Rodger
Jones and appeared in the
Dallas Morning News on
March 13.
The People Speak
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Names must be published with the letter.
The publisher reserves the right to edit letters for length and content.
Dugger House
says thanks
The residents and staff of
the Dugger House would
like to extend our sincere
thank-you to the Catholic
Daughters for their gener-
ous donation.
Linda Loewen
Edna, Texas
RIF volunteers
were great
We at Edna Elementary
School would love to thank
the many volunteers who
came to read to our students
during “Reading Is
Fundamental” Week.
Not only did they read,
but many dressed the part of
the characters in their sto-
ries to make the event much
more exciting the way read-
ing should be!
Thank you to the follow-
ing: Shelley Srp, Memry
Gilmore, Dawn Maroney,
Richard Wright, Madilyn
Maresh, Andy Louderback,
Melissa Koop, Tara Orsak,
Amy Brzozowski, Joann
Scott, and Shannon Mayo
I would like to give a spe-
cial thank you to Brenda
Goldman, Renee Melton,
and Woody Hernandez for
helping with the books, dis-
tribution, and decorations.
Marla Sample
Edna Elementary
Edna, Texas
Chamber Notes & News
By Chamber Director Clinton Tegeler • Jackson County Chamber Of Commerce & Agriculture
317 W. Main St. • Edna, Texas • (361) 782-7146
Special thanks go out this
week to those businesses,
individuals, and non-profit
organizations that renewed
their Chamber memberships:
Mr. & Mrs. Robin Bauerle,
Edna Cleaners, H.E.B., Mr.
& Mrs. Dan Martino, Sun
Coast Resources, Texana
Arts Council, and Water
Blooms. Thank you again for
your support.
We are right around the
comer from the Chamber’s
59th Annual Membership &
Awards Banquet. This year’s
banquet will be a tribute to
shopping locally and sup-
porting our local businesses
in Jackson County. Social
hour entertainment will be
Edna’s own Washington
Street Boys. The keynote
speaker will be World Class
Hurdler Chris Thomas, of
Get It Right Fitness, who
does much of his training in
Edna. We will also be
announcing the Citizen of
the Year, the Business of the
Year, and celebrating our
accomplishments throughout
the past year. Reserve your
tickets by calling the
Chamber at 782-7146.
Individual tickets are $15
and Corporate Gold Tables
are $250 for ten people. The
banquet will be held on
Monday, March 28 at the
Brackenridge Recreation
Complex Main Event Center.
The doors will open at 6 p.m.
for the Social Hour, and the
banquet will begin at 7 p.m.
Sign up now for the
Thirteenth Annual Masters
Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
The tournament format is a
best ball/best position, four-
player scramble, with each
team drawing the name of a
pro playing in the Masters
Tournament that day. Scores
of the team and their pro
player will be combined for
a final team score. The tour-
nament will be held on
Friday, April 8, at Edna
Country Club, with a rainout
date of April 15. Tee off will
be a shotgun start at 10 a.m.
Cost is $75 per player, which
includes cart and meal. We
will also be limiting the
number of players to 72.
Mulligans are available for
$5 each. Contests include
Closest to the Pin, Longest
Drive, and Hole-in-One, and
Putting. Sign-up forms are
available at the Chamber
office, or call 782-7146.
Sponsorship opportunities
are also now available for the
Thirteenth Annual Masters
Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
Hole sponsorships are avail-
able for $100, and include a
sign for your business on the
tee box of the hole that you
sponsor. Businesses are free
to set up booths, display
merchandise, do promotion-
al give-aways, or be as cre-
ative as you can to advertise
your products or services.
Meal sponsorships are avail-
able for $50 and up, and
receive sign recognition, or
call the Chamber office for
details on contest sponsor-
ships. Be a part of this popu-
lar event by calling the
Chamber today at 782-7146.
We are currently looking
to fill one more position on
the Chamber Board of
Directors. If you are interest-
ed in getting involved in
your community, and would
have an interest serving on
the Chamber board, submit a
letter of interest to the
Chamber office expressing
your desire to be considered
for a board position. Letters
can be mailed to the
Chamber at P.O. Box 788,
Edna, Texas 77957, emailed
to j.chamber@att.net. or
dropped off at the Chamber
office during regular busi-
ness hours. For additional
information, contact the
Chamber office at 361- 782-
7146.
Dates to Remember:
March 28: Chamber
Membership & Awards
Banquet, BRC Main Event
Center, 6 p.m.
April 7: Chamber Board
Meeting, Chamber Meeting
Room, noon
April 8: Masters Pro-Am
Golf Tournament, Edna
Country Club
May 5: Chamber Board
Meeting, Chamber Meeting
Room, noon
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