Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Page: 1 of 18
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Editor’s Note: Listings are for non-
profit, civic, church, benefits or
school events only. Contact Chris
Lundstrom at 361-782-547 or email
clundstrom @jacksonconews .com to
list your event.
A Golden Crescent CASA
volunteer training class will
meet on Monday evenings,
5:30-7:30 p.m. through Aug.
8 in the Moon Building at First
United Methodist Church. For
more information or to regis-
ter, call 361-573-3734.
Assumption Catholic
Church in Ganado will hold
Vacation Bible School July 25
through July 30 from 9 a.m. -
noon for students in kinder-
garten through fifth grade. The
theme is “Hometown
Nazareth.” For more informa-
tion call the church at 771-
3425.
First United Methodist
Church of Edna, 316 W.
Main, will hold Vacation Bible
School from 6-8:30 p.m. July
24-28 for children in kinder-
garten through sixth grade.
There will be food, music,
games, crafts and fun. Call
782-0426 for more informa-
tion.
LaSalle District Cub
Scouts will hold their Day
Camp from July 25-29 at the
Point Comfort United
Methodist Church. Call
Sherry Macha at 361-987-
2812 for more information.
First Baptist Church in
Lolita will hold Vacation
Bible School July 25-30 at the
church from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
for children 3 years old
through the fifth grade.
Activities will include Bible
lessons, music, crafts, snacks,
and mission stories.
Registration will begin at 5:30
p.m. on Monday, July 25.
The mother and son Praise
and Worship team of Rene
Krause and Hesston Krause of
Blanco Cowboy Church will
lead worship at Baptist
Temple, 1001 N. Wells, Edna,
on Sunday, July 31 at 10:45
a.m.
Ganado Rotary will hold its
Annual Bunco Tournament
fundraiser on Wednesday,
Aug. 10 at the Assumption
Catholic Church parish hall.
Doors open at 6:30 p..m.
Tickets purchased before
Aug.8 are $20, at the door $25
and can be purchased at
Mauritz Interests, Ganado
Feed & More, First State Bank
and Citizens State Bank. For
more information call 771-
3321.
The Lolita Country Music
held at 7 p.m. on the fourth
Saturday of the month has
been moved to the Lolita Fire
Hall.
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Pipelines worry
commissioners
‘hoto by Kendrick Callis
Firefighters receive training
Nils Mauritz, firefighter with the Ganado Volunteer Fire Department, was one of 20 firefighters
from the Edna, Lolita, and Ganado volunteer departments to receive updated training on July
12 in Edna. Edna VFD member Ray Chavarria and Ganado VFW member Bernard Scott
helped facilitate the training.
Council approves rental
for county EMS housing
By Kendrick Callis
Staff Writer
Following some back and
forth discussion between the
four commissioners at the
July 11 Commissioners
Court meeting, an application
for a pipeline permit with
Finger Oil and Gas, Inc. on
County Road 114 in the
Bacontown area was granted.
The approval will allow the
company to run a 2 3/8”
flowline pipeline a mile long
on county property. It will be
buried 36” deep and cross
county roads in two places.
Located in his precinct,
Pet. 1 Commissioner Wayne
Hunt told the court that he
informed company represen-
tatives that they would have
to contact all the landowners
in that area to try and place
the pipeline on private prop-
erty and only as a last resort
would they be able to install a
pipeline in a county ditch.
“I didn’t want it, but they
don’t have any other way to
do it. I’ll be out there watch-
ing making sure the line is
laid deep enough,” Hunt said.
Operation of the pipeline
By Kendrick Callis
Staff Writer
The devastating string of
tornadoes, droughts, wild-
fires and floods that hit the
United States this spring
marks 2011 as one of the
most extreme weather years
on record.
While Jackson County has
not been a direct victim of a
natural disaster, Helping
Hands of Jackson County is
feeling the financial strain
that these storms have creat-
ed. According to Marcella
Ramsbacher, Helping Hands
director, the organization is
unable to help people with
services because funds from
the FEMA/United Way emer-
gency food and shelter fund
were not received this year.
“There is always a lull in
donations during the summer
months, but this is the worst
ever,” said Ramsbacher.
“Last year we received
could last four years or two
days. Pet. 2 Commissioner
Wayne Bubela recommended
adding language to the agree-
ment that if and when the line
is abandoned it needs to be
dug up as opposed to sealing
and purging the line.
“We run into that all the
time with abandoned lines in
my precinct,” said Bubela.
“They abandon them and
nobody knows where they
are or who’s responsible for
them.”
“This could be the start of a
whole lot,” said Pet. 3
Commissioner Johnny
Belicek. “It’s not certain, but
if we begin to have a lot of
production in this town and
all these land owners don’t
want these lines, our county
ditches will be a corridor of
pipelines that we will be
responsible for. My concern
is that we are starting some-
thing new where every ‘ma
and pa’ operation will come
to the county and create a
corridor of pipeline for $2.50
a foot.”
There have been 13 law-
See Disputes Page 3A
around $7,000 in which we
were able to help families
offset rising utility prices
during the summer months.
“I tell people when they
thank us to thank the people
of the county. We do get
some funds from other places
but we can’t count on them. It
is the individual people who
keep these doors open and us
helping people.” said
Ramsbacher.
Helping Hand serves the
needs of close to 250-300
families in Jackson County.
Lunds and items donated or
raised are used for the pri-
mary needs of the people and
include help with clothing,
food, prescription medica-
tions, etc.
Send all donations to
Helping Hands of Jackson
County, 324 E. Main, Edna
or take it to the center
Monday-Thursday from 8
a.m. to noon.
By Paul Harrison
Staff Writer
The Ganado City Council
agreed July 12 to a month-to-
month lease on a temporary
rent house to house the
Jackson County Hospital
District EMS personnel.
At the special meeting
June 30, the council had been
leaning towards a pair of
FEMA trailers for temporary
housing of EMS personnel
until the permanent structure
was built. The trailers would
run the city $4,300 apiece,
around $ 11,000 all told with
installation, but the city
would be able to recoup
some of the money by selling
the trailers at a later time
when they became unneces-
sary.
However, since the meet-
ing, a rent house belonging
to the Petrash family became
available nearby on Putnam
St. and was a more attractive
option. At an expected rent
of $1,000 a month, guessing
on utilities, it would be a full
year before the price began
to match the estimated price
of the trailers.
“I’m thinking right now,
this is the better option,” said
Mayor Clinton Tegeler.
With the exception of trim-
ming back a tree, the ambu-
lance would fit in the drive
and the owners, Father &
Sons, already agreed to the
idea of installing the 220
watt socket needed by the
truck.
Tegeler said James Sudik
director of the Jackson
County Hospital District
EMS had looked at the set up
and said it was fine for their
purposes. The house is
unfurnished but has a stove,
and the landowners were fine
with a month-to-month
agreement, allowing Ganado
to get out of the house when
no longer needed by the
EMS.
“There’s nothing more
permanent than a ‘tempo-
rary’ solution and that’s what
we’re trying to avoid here,”
said Councilman Blake
Petrash.
“I like this suggestion
because it’s sure and it is
here,” pointed out
Councilman Robin Bauerle.
The FEMA trailers would
need to be shipped to
Ganado, then installed to
utilities.
The month-to-month lease
agreement was unanimously
approved pending Gary
Olson looking at it with
Father & Sons.
Moving on to a timeframe
on the metal permanent
building, estimates had the
shell of the structure from
foundation up in three weeks
at about $20-25 per square
foot on the 1,000 ft building,
$20,000-25,000. The interior
was estimated at another
month, with the lowest
guesstimate at $15 per sq. ft.
for the insides. The city has
not heard or taken any offi-
cial, hard numbers at this
time.
The currently considered
floor plan is mostly open liv-
ing/work space with a slight-
ly scaled-back kitchen from
the original 260 sq. ft„ with a
bar eliminating the need for a
table. The city was told the
EMS people would prefer
cabinets to closets, so some
minor shuffling removed
closet space.
The city is considering one
See Ganado Page 3A
Helping Hands
needs your help
Angel Sandoval and his mom, Angelica Bustos, were all
smiles on their Florida vacation.
Give Kids the World gives
Angel a fantasy vacation
By Chris Lundstrom
Managing Editor
It was a day she’ll never
forget. On May 1, 2009
Angelica Bustos was told
her 15-month-old son, Angel
Sandoval, had acute myel-
ogenous leukemia, a rare
and serious cancer of the
blood.
“Angel was always getting
high fevers and was tired,”
she said. After seeing a doc-
tor in Victoria for several
weeks with no success, she
took him to see Dr.
Deepinder Judge at the
Jackson County Medical
Center. After three visits Dr.
Judge realized his white
blood cell count was abnor-
mally high and referred him
to Driscoll Children’s
Hospital in Corpus Christi.
His bone marrow tested pos-
itive for leukemia and
Bustos’ little boy began
chemotherapy.
By October Angel had fin-
ished chemo and was in
remission.
Fast forward to today and
the little guy is now three
years old, still in remission
and a bundle of energy.
“He’s a troublemaker,” his
mom laughs. “You can’t tell
he was ever sick.”
This past March, Bustos
received a phone call from
the Give Kids the World
Foundation, offering Angel
and his family the vacation
of their dreams.
Give Kids the World
Village is a 70-acre, non-
profit storybook resort
where children with life-
threatening illnesses and
their families are treated to
week-long, cost-free fantasy
vacations.
“They said at his age, the
best wish is to go to Disney
World,” she said. So early in
the morning on July 8,
Angel, his dad, Ernest
Sandoval, Angelica and her
little brother, Jesus Cardenas
Jr., flew to Orlando, Fla.
They were provided with
a car and directions to the
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