Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Page: 3 of 21
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021
ELGIN COURIER - ELGIN, TEXAS
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That is the harshest effect of illegal fee which would take money away
dumping but not the only one.
from the foods and medicines we
Abbott vows to expand border “barrier”
Who represents me?
vest, and you get paid for 213, according to the Coro-
dump. If we could get them there,
we would have to pay a dumping
Press release
Advocacy Outreach
Carolyn Shirley
Jim & Mary Smith
Sammey Smith
Capital
Highlights
John Allgood
Neta Lamas (New)
A wet May increases
reservoir storage
navirus Resource Center at
Johns Hopkins University.
The Texas Department of
State Health Services re-
ported 1,600 hospitaliza-
tions of lab-confirmed
cases, up about 100 from
the previous week. Vacci-
nations continue to rise,
New COVID-19 cases
rise week-to-week
The number of new
COVID-19 cases in Texas
in the past week rose to
17,724, up 46% from the
previous week, while
deaths stayed steady at
MEMBER
2020
105 North Main St.
P.O. Box 631
Elgin, TX 78621
Ron Ramirez
CIRCULATION
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OFFICE MANAGER
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Scott & Taralyn Mackay
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EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER
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GENERAL MANAGER
MARKETING & PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR
EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAM (NIE) DIRECTOR
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Julianne Hodges
MANAGING EDITOR
julianne.hodges@elgincourier.com
Mason Canales
Gary & Ingrid Emerson
Terry Salyer
Matt Hooks
MANAGING SPORTS EDITOR
tpsports@taylorpress.net
Jacki Gabryshak
ADVERTISING SALES & MARKETING
sales@elgincourier.com
CITY MANAGER
Tom Mattis
310 N. Main St., Elgin, TX 78621
512-281-5724
tmattis@ci.elgin.tx.us
POLICE CHIEF
Chris Noble (Acting)
512-285-5757
FIRE CHIEF
Henry Hernandez
512-281-4025
CHY COUNCIL
• Jessica Bega (Ward 1)
512-653-1900
jbega@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Arthur Gibson (Ward 1)
agibson@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Susie Arreaga (Ward 2)
512-750-8178
sarreaga@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Skyler Maldonado (Ward 2)
smaldonado@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Thomas Ibis (Ward 3)
tibis@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Matthew Callahan (Ward 3)
mcallahan@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Sue Brashar (Ward 4)
512-689-5692
sbrashar@ci.elgin.tx.us
• Forest Dennis (Ward 4)
512-483-1818
fdennis@ci.elgin.tx.us
ELGIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT
Dr. Jodi Duron
512-281-3434
jodi.duron@elginisd.net
1002 N.AveC, Elgin, TX 78621
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• President Byron Mitchell, District 1
byron.mitchell@elginisd.net
• Vice President Beth Walter-
scheidt, District 3
beth.walterscheidt@elginisd.net
• Parliamentarian Angie Edmon,
District 4
angie.edmon@elginisd.net
• Secretary Juanita Valarie Neidig,
District 6
valarie.neidig@elginisd.net
• Pete Bega, District 2
pete.bega@elginisd.net
• J.D. Harkins, District 5
jd.harkins@elginisd.net
David Glass, District 7
david.glass@elginisd.net
Gary
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BASTROP COUNTY
COUNTY JUDGE
Paul Pape
512-332-7201
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX 78602
paul.pape@co.bastrop.tx.us
SHERIFF
Maurice Cook
512-549-5100
200 Jackson St., Bastrop, TX 78602
Email via www.bastropsheriff.org
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
Judge Benton Eskew
512-581-4277
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX 78602
jennifer.ensinger@co.bastrop.tx.us
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
• Cindy Allen (Pct.l)
804 Pecan Street, P.O. Box 336,
Bastrop, TX 78602
512-581-4258
• Raymah Davis (Pct.2)
1624 NE Loop 230, P.O. Box 5,
Smithville, TX 78957
512-581-7112
• Katherine Hanna (Pct.3)
5785 FM 535, Cedar Creek, TX
78612 512-332-7288
• Larry Dunne (Pct.4)
1125 Dildy Drive, Elgin, TX 78621
512-581-7162
COMMISSIONERS
• Mel Hamner (Pct.l)
803 Pine Street, Room 105, Bas-
trop, TX
78602 512-332-7295 mel.
hamner@co.bastrop.tx.us
• Clara Beckett (Pct.2)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX 78602
512-360-2764
clara.beckett@co.bastrop.tx.us
• Mark Meuth (Pct.3)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX 78602
512-303-6800
mark.meuth@co.bastrop.tx.us
• Donna Snowden (Pct.4)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX 78602
512-332-7267
donna.snowden@co.bastrop.tx.us
CITY OF ELGIN
MAYOR
Ron Ramirez
512-516-0813
elginmayor@ci.elgin.tx.us
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Lumber price surge not
affecting timber prices
One economic conse-
quence of the pandemic
lockdown has been a surge
in lumber prices of more
than 300%, according
to the Texas A&M Forest
Service. However, land-
owners who grow and
harvest timber are still
facing stagnant prices, as
they have since the hous-
ing crash of 2008. At $30 a
ton in Texas, the price has
remained about the same
for the past decade.
The challenge for timber
owners is an abundance of
ready-to-harvest timber,
according to TFS.
“Landowners have been
struggling to get their timber
harvested for a while,” said
Rob Hughes, executive di-
rector of the Texas Forestry
Association. “The mills are
producing more wood than
they have before, but it’s still
not to the capacity of how
much timber is being grown
in their areas.”
likely illegal.”
LULAC plans to take
legal action on grounds
that the federal govern-
ment has authority over
immigration and borders,
not individual states.
that amount of carbon as
you sequester it.”
Landowners can contact
a consulting forester or a
Texas A&M Forest Service
office for more information.
Illegal dumping of trash in front
of the premises of Advocacy Out-
reach has become a problem for
all—the community at large, staff
and clients of the social services
organization.
Despite signs pleading with peo-
ple not to leave items in front of the
building and a chain that crosses the
driveway, dumping has increased.
“The overhead door is our only
handicap accessible entrance,” said
Beth Rolingson, director of Advo-
cacy Outreach. “When the drive-
way and entry are blocked with
pieces of furniture and appliances,
our mobility-impaired clients can-
not get inside to access services.
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Photo courtesy of Beth Rolingson
is obscured by the trash and which
makes our facility, located in the
historic district, unsightly for Elgin
residents and tourists alike.”
Rolingson is asking for public
help in solving this problem.
“We welcome any ideas,” she said.
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“There are a few con-
tracts now that are just
a one-year deal,” said
Hughes. “These seem more
tolerable to the produc-
tion-minded forest land-
owners that we’ve talked
with. You defer your har-
“The organization does not own a purchase for those in need. Also,
vehicle and staff do not have a way Advocacy Outreach has public art
to bring these large items to the on the front of our building which
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Gov. Greg Abbott vowed
last week at a border se-
curity summit to build a
barrier to slow the flow
of migrants through the
state’s southern border.
Abbott said details would
be forthcoming for the
wall, which would be part
of a new enforcement plan
administered by several
state agencies, ranging
from the governor’s office
to the Texas Department
of Public Safety. He said he
intends to sign legislation
appropriating more than
$1 billion for enhanced
border security.
“While securing the
border is the federal gov-
ernment’s responsibility,
Texas will not sit idly by as
this crisis grows,” Abbott
said. “The state is working
collaboratively with com-
munities impacted by the
crisis to arrest and detain
individuals coming into
Texas illegally.”
The president of
the League of United
Latin American Citi-
zens (LULAC) blasted Ab-
bott’s actions.
“Governor Abbott stated
that he intends to use
Texas state budget dol-
lars not for education, im-
proving our electric grid
or for Texas roads and
highways,” said Domingo
Garcia, LULAC president.
“Instead, he says he will
continue to build a wall
and other barriers along
the border with Mexico.
This is a huge waste of
taxpayer money, and very
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A consolidation of saw- are key factors in droughts
mills is partly to blame, in Texas, have dissipated
In 1997, Texas had 168 and won’t return this sum-
active sawmills, a number mer, Wentzel said.
that has dwindled today to “If you were trying to
about 50. Some landown- reduce drought in Texas,
ers have opted to supple- you couldn’t pick a better
ment their forest income month to have above-av-
through carbon markets, erage rainfall,” Wentzel
which are bought by com- wrote in a press release.
panies or governments He added that besides
to offset greenhouse gas greening up the landscape,
emissions. One drawback May’s rain increased res-
is that the credits can only ervoir storage to 84.6% of
go to timberland owners if capacity, about normal for
the forest is at risk of being this time of year.
harvested.
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May is historically the with 10.85 million Texans
state’s wettest month. This fully vaccinated — 37.2%
year was no exception, of the state’s population,
with above-average rain in Gary Borders is a vet-
much of the state, accord- eran award-winning Texas
ing to Dr. Mark Wentzel, a journalist. He published
hydrologist with the Texas a number of community
Water Development Board, newspapers in Texas during
By the end of May, a 30-year span, including
drought conditions cov- in Longview, Fort Stockton,
ered 25% of the state — Nacogdoches and Cedar
down 45 percentage points Park. Email: gborders@
from the end of April. The texaspress.com.
La Nina conditions, which
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