East Bernard Express (East Bernard, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2012 Page: 2 of 12
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
East Bernard Express
arties get ready for election
Wharton County
Republican Party
The Wharton County
Republican Party met Mon-
day for the biennial orga-
nizational meeting to have
the new precinct chairs and
county chair take office for
2012-14. County Attorney
Trey Maffett gave the oath of
office to County Chair Merle
R. Hudgins and the following
precinct chairs: 101, Howard
Singleton; 102, Linda King;
103, Jo Ann Taylor; 201,
Catherine Wondrash; 202,
Dr John Wynn; 203. Blake
Burton; 301, Marti Arbuckle;
302, Will Manske; 303, Ken
Christensen; 402, Sharon
Mersmann; and 403, Rosalie
Beard.
Voters who reside in those
polling precincts may contact
their precinct chair for infor-
mation, to get political signs
or to volunteer in helping get
out the vote for November’s
election. Headquarters to
pick up candidate signs is
in the Milam Street Coffee
Shop-Wall-to-Wall Bookstore,
Milam and Houston streets,
Wharton.
Romney/Ryan signs, yard
and larger, are available now;
Ted Cruz signs were to have
been available by Friday.
Those wanting a “highway
size” Romney/Ryan sign
should sign up their location
with Carl King, and someone
will come to put it in place.
^$9 & Bllt Afcjfy
The business meeting
coordinated plans for the
upcoming GOP Rally on Oct.
2 to be held at the Wharton
County Fairgrounds. Fea-
tured speaker is Jerry
Patterson, current Texas
Land Commissioner. He
will address patriotism and
the Water Crisis in Texas. A
former Vietnam veteran, he
will be a 2014 candidate for
lieutenant governor.
Tickets for the event are
$15 per person and $10 to all
veterans. Contact any pre-
cinct chair or pick up tickets
at the Milam Street Coffee
Shop.
Anyone interested in
helping with this event is
invited to attend the next
coordinating meeting Sept.
25 at 7 p.m. in the Extension
Office Conference Room in
the Courthouse Annex, 311 E
Milam St., Wharton.
WCRP has a new website:
www.rpowc.com. It is replac-
ing the former website. For
updates and additional infor-
mation, go to the site. It is in
its infancy, so have patience.
Wharton County
Democratic Party
Wharton County Demo-
crat County Chair Linda
Baca will be attending the
South Texas Summit today
in Corpus Christi to receive
additional training from the
Democratic Party of Texas.
On Oct. 16, Linda will visit
the Avalon Place Nursing
Home to speak to the resi-
dents about getting absentee
ballots for the November
election.
Mozelle Stephens, acting
voter registrar, visited Uni-
versity Place on Tuesday to
register voters. Assisting her
were Willie Mae Allen and
Lee Roy Williams.
Mozelle will be at the
Wharton County Junior
College campus on Monday
to register students and new
teachers who are not cur-
rently registered to vote in
Wharton County. They will
be at two sites, Pioneer Build-
ing and Breeze Way. Lee Roy
Williams, Thelma Green-
wood, Rebecca Hernandez,
Adrial Watson and Rev Clar-
ence Owens will be assisting
on that date.
All Democrats are invited
to attend the next WCDP
business meeting to be held
in Glen Flora at Scheller’s
Cafe on Tuesday beginning at
6:30 p.m. Voter registration,
getting voters to the polling
sites and other important
election plans will be dis-
cussed.
On Oct. 6, LULAC activist
Joe Cardenas III of Louise
will have a booth at the Prai-
rie Day event in El Campo.
Cathy Garcia will help him
in registering voters on that
date.
Quote
In 1861, when 15th Presi-
dent James Buchanan left of-
fice, he told the newly elected
President Abraham Lincoln,
“If you are as happy, my dear
sir, on entering this house as
I am in leaving it and return-
ing home, you are the happi-
est man in this country.”
Red & Blue News is writ-
ten by Wharton County Re-
publican Party Chair Merle
R. Hudgins and includes
Wharton County political
news from both the Democrat-
ic and Republican parties.
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Olivo to run for new state seat
Special to the Journal-Spectator
ROSENBERG — Former
State Rep. Dora Olivo has
announced her candidacy for
the Texas House of Repre-
sentatives, District 85. Olivo,
a Democrat from Fort Bend
County, previously served
seven terms in the Texas Leg-
islature. The newly-drawn
District 85 includes central
and southern Fort Bend
County and all of Jackson and
Wharton counties.
“The residents of District
85 deserve experienced lead-
ership and representation in
Austin,” Olivo said. “I look
forward to continuing impor-
tant work on education, pro-
tecting our natural resources,
and creating quality jobs for
Texans.
“In my years as an involved
citizen and as a public ser-
vant, I have found that while
none of us have all the an-
swers — we can combine our
Dora Olivo
wisdom to seek the common
good and build shared solu-
tions for our children, families
and communities.”
Olivo previously worked as
a Texas public school teacher,
and she earned a bachelor’s,
master’s and law degree from
Texas universities.
She is a community ad-
vocate who has helped open
doors and pushed for good
government at all levels.
Unafraid of the challenges
ahead, Olivo is committed to
working hard for and serving
the people of District 85.
While District 85 is new,
the difficult decisions facing
the Legislature are not.
“Our schools have become
testing centers rather than
the learning centers they
should be,” Olivo said. ‘We
need to let teachers teach-
while assessing student
achievement on multiple in-
dicators, not limited to stan-
dardized testing-and let stu-
dents immerse themselves in
learning. We have to raise the
expectation levels of our chil-
dren, while providing them all
the essential tools, in order for
them to truly succeed.”
Olivo believes economic
development and jobs, espe-
cially in largely rural areas,
are vital to a bright future for
Texas. She will continue her
fight to keep small business
opportunities and incentives
available for rural and farm-
ing communities.
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OBITUARIES
Victor Hanzelka
Victor J. Hanzelka, 84, died
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in
Wharton.
He was born in Engle Nov.
1, 1927 to John and Sophie
Hanzelka.
Survivors include his two
sisters, Helen Olson and Lou-
ise Kovar; and many other
nieces, nephews and other
loving family and friends.
Victor was preceded in
death by his parents; his wife,
Betty, two brothers, Johnny
and Julius Hanzelka; and four
sisters, Agnes Polasek, Annie
Karasek, Justina Jochec and
Sophie Jochec.
A Funeral Mass was held
at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18,
2010 at Holy Cross Catholic
Church in East Bernard with
Rev. Don Ruppert officiating.
Burial followed in Holy Cross
Catholic Cemetery in East
Bernard.
The family and friends
gathered at the church Tues-
day morning for visitation
from 9 a.m. until service time.
East Bernard
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Volume 69, Issue No. 38
Thursday, September 20,
2012
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ty Newspapers, Inc., 704 Main
Street, East Bernard, TX 77435.
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