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JULY 26, 2018
VOLUME 124
NUMBER 51
SCHULENBURG, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS 78956
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Burn ban
Restrictions for ‘new’
mobile homes discussed
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AT STATE CONVENTION
through the bond project.
Mey sembourg said there ’ s been
By Darrell Vyvjala
Schulenburg Sticker Staff
On Saturday, the music starts
up in the early afternoon with the
sounds ofLos Koiaches, followed
By Lisa Mederos
Schulenburg Sticker Staff
so that no mobile homes can be
placed in the City. Existing ones
Monogram Foods was founded
in 2004 with the purchase of
within
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on Friday
The Fayette County Com-
missioners Court, in conjunc-
tion with the chiefs from all
10 volunteer fire departments
and the Texas Forest Service,
encourages all residents and
landowners to willingly comply
with the bum ban that was put
into effect at a special meeting
on Friday, July 10.
Residents are warned to
refrain from burning anything
in the unincorporated areas of
the county, including kitchen
trash and brush piles. Fire
departments will be called to
extinguish all fires and violators
of the bum ban can be subject
to a fine.
Fayette County and its resi-
dents were deemed “at-risk” be-
cause of high temperatures and
low humidity expected through
Wednesday, July 25. The bum
ban will remain in effect until
conditions improve and the fire
danger has diminished. The
Commissioners Court’s special
meeting on Monday, July 30 will
include an agenda item to revisit
the bum ban.
Residents can help them-
selves and their local fire depart-
ments by taking the following
extra precautions:
• use extreme care when using
spark-producing equipment around
dry grass;
• electrically-energized fences
should be kept clear of all grass;
• lubricate farm equipment fre-
quently to reduce the possibility of
producing sparks;
• be careful when towing - loose
chains can cause sparks when
dragged on the roadway;
• be aware of flat tires - rims can
also cause sparks;
• do not litter - trash adds to the
fuel load and glass lying in direct
sunlight can start a fire;
• smokers are advised to dispose
of smoking materials properly- use
ash trays and receptacles;
• motorists are advised not to
drive in or park in tall, dry grass -
catalytic converters can be a source
of ingition;
• hikers and campers are asked
to use burn pits or grill in designated
areas where, and if, such fires are
permitted;
• dispose of hot coals from barbe-
cue pits by smothering completely
with sand or water and never leave
smoldering coals unattended.
F or more information, contact
the Fayette County Judge’s Of-
fice at 979-968-6469.
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Miss Schulenburg and her court
Winners at the 2018 Festival Association Miss Schulenburg Scholarship Pageant, held Sunday at the Civic Center,
were: (front, from left) Kylee Hoffmann, Young Miss first runner-up and photogenic; Ka’Leigha Lopez, Young Miss Schu-
lenburg; Kaleb Zapalac, Little Mister first runner-up and photogenic; Clay Hoffmann, Little Mister Schulenburg; Kynslee
Zapalac, Little Miss Schulenburg; Kashlynn Barnes, Little Miss first runner-up and photogenic; (back, from left) Fatima
Hernandez, Miss Schulenburg first runner-up; Alaina Adcox, Miss Schulenburg and photogenic; and Riley Zapalac, Junior
Miss Schulenburg and photogenic. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
out shows across Texas and are
over the country
this summer. His grass-roots
on
several Spotify rankings and the
crowds follow him wherever he
His show at the Festival
She mentioned Fayetteville
ISD as one that allows personnel
to be armed. Trustee John Salem
We have redone our school suggested taking a survey of SISD
access points,” she said, referring employees to see how many would
to the recent upgrades to entrances beinterestedinparticipatinginthe
Guardian Program.
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Bulletin Board......................Page 12 Government-Business Pages 6-7
Church-Charity/Obituaries ... Page 3 News From Long Ago............Page2
Classifieds.....................Pages 10-11 Police Report........................Page 6
Courthouse Report...............Page 6 Reunions..............................Page 2
Education-Youth...................Page 4 Society..............................Pages 8-9
Footprints of Fayette..............Page 2 Sports...................................Page 5
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Safety, security discussed
at school board meeting
a lot of controversy on whether
or not metal detectors would be
an effective measure to prevent
The pervasive school safety incidents. She also went over the
and security initiative spurred by Guardian Program, which allows
recent tragic events nationwide, school personnel to arm them-
including in Texas, was addressed selves, and the Marshal Program,
with a discussion at Monday’s which designates an employee to
Schulenburg ISD Board of Trust- be trained as an on-site officer,
ees meeting. “There are now 171 school
Superintendent Lisa Meysem- districts out of the 1,200 school
bourg said she received a letter districts in the state that have some
from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick earlier type of school marshal or school
this month emphasizing school guardian program,” Meysembourg
districts’ need to address control said. “Most of the districts in this
of access points and installation area that I know of are going for
of metal detectors. He’s pushing the Guardian Program.”
the need to find funding for those
projects but it’s not there yet,
Meysembourg said.
Wetzel, Chesnutt, Ward headlining
this year’s Festival entertainment
It’s July in Fayette County and
that means two things are certain:
it’s hot, and the folks here in
Schulenburg are gearing up for
the Festival, held every year the
first weekend of August.
The modem three-day celebra-
tion - set for Aug. 3,4, and 5 this
year - has its roots in the annual
horse and dairy show which goes
back at least to the 1940s. The
name was changed in the late
1960s, and the organization was
incorporated in 1975. Some Las Vegas. His website describes
of the events and details have him as “country music blood to
changed, but the core activities bone,” and that is reflected in
have remained the same: musical his music.
entertainment and people getting
together to have a good time.
The Festival has a strong en-
tertainment lineup once again, by Tracy and Resendis. Both of
Friday will delight country music these cover bands will provide
fans, old and new. The evening great entertainment for anyone
at public hearing Monday
According to Akers, HUD code
manufactured homes are mobile
homes prior to June 1976 and
A public hearing of the Plan- can now be barmed but the City
ning and Zoning Commission, must provide a place for HUD
Zoning Board of Adjustments, code homes to be located. He said
and the Schulenburg City Coun- these home were considered to
cil was held at 6 p.m. Monday be “injurious to property values”
to discuss and accept comments and so cities tried to ban them
to the proposed changes to the
Manufactured Home ordinance.
City Attorney Monte Akers led are considered non-confonnable
the public hearing. He explained structures. Akers said a new con-
that manufacturing housing is a cept is a zoning district for older
term applied to the law as related mobile homes (now 42-year old
to mobile homes (trailer homes), homes) and late model
Akers said the need for this the last 10 years
change was because a modular in the district,
home was moved in town and Akers explained the ordinance
neighbors thought it was a trailer also addresses industrialized
or mobile home and questioned homes, “kit” homes or modular
why it was placed in the area it homes, but the City has the author-
was. Akers said that technically ity over the exterior of the homes
the home in question was an “in- so they look like a stick-built home,
dustrialized home” and the City As well, the ordinance addresses
could not deny where it was placed, barndominiums, silo homes, con-
City Administrator/City Secretary tainer homes and tiny houses. The
Tami Blaschke-Walker said the “new kids on the block, ’’according
placement of that home is what to Akers, these types are not cur-
sparked this process. rently regulated but are allowed
“Because of that home, that under a conditional use permit.
process of neighbors not being Walker said the next step after
notified within so many feet is what the public hearing is for the Plan-
started causing some question in ning and Zoning Commission to
the area, which is why the district review the ordinance and return to
was expanded upon and now the City Council with their decision,
clarification of that home and the City Council would then vote on
different type ofhomes,” she said, changes to the ordinance.
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SVFD gets DOD truck through Forest Service grant
Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jeff Proske stands with the recently-delivered Department of Defense
cargo truck that the SVFD obtained through a grant application to the Texas Forest Service’s “Firefighter Property Pro-
gram.” The SVFD also received a second grant from the Forest Service in the amount of $20,000 to outfit the vehicle
with a skid unit. Proske said it will hold 500 gallons of water and be used primarily for rural fires. It can also provide the
SVFD with an option for high-water rescues and to get through terrain other trucks can’t, he said. Before it can go out
on calls, the truck will have to be repainted from its military color to a red and black combination, Proske said, as well as
have the skid unit installed. “So, it’ll be a while before it’s in operation,” he said. It took about two years for the SVFD to
receive the grant as the Forest Service awards the DOD trucks based on need. The Forest Service scores applicants
from its regions of the state based on square miles served and call volume, among other criteria, Proske said. “We
slowly moved down the list but departments from other regions of the state got ahead of us for a while and, then, all of
a sudden, we get a call that we got it,” Proske said. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Monogram closing local plant
Absent any new developments, The greatest asset of the year to 6 million pounds.
Monogram Foods will close op- Monogram Pet Treats facility is
erations at its production facility the dedicated workforce that has operations account for about 2
in Schulenburg in mid-September met consistent performance goals percent of annual business for
2018. The loss of its principal and exceeded industry standards. Monogram Foods.
customer is forcing Monogram “While we make good products
Foods to cease production at the consistently and safely in our
Schulenburg plant, the best asset King Cotton and Circle B brand
Monogram is one of the larger that Monogram might lose is the meats from Sara Lee Corpora-
employers in the Schulenburg workforce,” Karl Schledwitz, tion. Headquartered in Mem-
area with a steady, low-turnover Monogram CEO, said. “That phis, Tenn., Monogram Foods
workforce. Monogram Pet Treats team is a well-oiled machine manufactures and markets food
currently employs approximately with true Texas grit. If Monogram products including a full range
85 people. cannot stay, we would love to see of meat snacks, com dogs, pre-
Monogram is aggressively pur- someone take advantage of this cooked bacon, smoked sausage,
suing all avenues to keep the plant great production opportunity by appetizers, sandwiches, pet treats
running and the people employed, acquiring it.” and other value-added meats.
Monogram Pet Treats began Monogram brands include Wild
Monogram Pet Treats team mem- operations in Schulenburg in May Bill’s, O’Brien’s, Trail’s Best,
bers employment and relocation 2013 at 1315 Russek (the old Hannah’s, Bull’s, Elvis & Lola,
assistance at any of Monogram’s Double B plant) after Monogram and licensed brands Bass Pro
eight other plants. Foods leased the building in April Shop’s Uncle Buck’s, Johnson-
The Monogram Pet Treats facil- 2013. Monogram purchased the ville, Butterball and Team Real-
ity operates currently as an FDA plant in January 2015 and invested tree. Monogram Foods operates
facility and could be converted over $1 million in 2017 to expand facilities in Virginia, Minnesota,
and increase production from 2 Indiana, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin
million pounds of pet treats per and Massachusetts.
David Lewis, who hails from the various Festival events. The JOSH WARD
Bellville, and his band will pro- evening music starts off with
vide covers of legendary country Texas Unlimited Band (TUB), and company have been selling
artists as well as some oftheir own which has been a Festival main-
original material. stay for as long as most people traveling all
Following Lewis on Friday, can remember. The group is one
Mark Chesnutt takes the stage to ofthemostrequested country and popularity has his songs high
relive some of his 14 No. 1 hits variety bands in Texas.
from the 1990s, as well as some of Once they get the crowd
his other 23 Top 10 singles from wanned up, Koe Wetzel will take goes.
that era. Friday’s final act will the stage with his own unique should provide plenty of energy
be Josh Ward, who is currently brand of Texas country. Wide
burning up the Texas music charts Open Country described their crowd. Closing out Saturday night
and selling out venues in Texas sound as “if Lynyrd Skynyrd had will be TUB with their second set
and beyond. Josh is currently been raised on ’00s pop-punk ofthe evening,whichpromisesto
returning from a successful set of and ’90s grunge in addition to
shows in California, Arizona, and their Southern rock roots.” Koe
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