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Government Access
CIRCULATION
COUNCIL
AARP volunteers will pro-
vide free income tax return
assistance at the Alvin Pub-
lic Library from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays
through April 14. Bring valid
photo ID, Social Security card,
and all income tax paperwork
you have received.
A story about the city of Alvin looking into selling Oak Park Cem-
etery also mentioned that the city is asking those who have loved
ones buried there to collect personal items at their grave site as part
of a cleanup effort. Although Alvin City Council discussion of a
possible sale and a cleanup are taking place at the same time, the
city is not cleaning up the cemetery in order to sell it. The article in
the March 23 issue of the Alvin Sun didn't mention this.
JIM SCHWIND.....
DONNA HOPKINS..
BETTY CRAWFORD
DAVID MONEY ....
STEPHEN COLLINS
BRENDA GROVES .
DARLENE HALL ...
LINDA KNIGHT ....
ALBERT VILLEGAS
SHERI SAENZ.....
be a graduate of an AISD high
school or be a current or former
student at Alvin Community
College. Applications are avail-
able in the Financial Aid Office
at ACC and the University of
Houston Clear Lake. For more
information, call 281-331-9446.
Deadline to apply is April 15.
Periodical for
Sun-Advertiser &
Alvin Sun is #16340.
Permit for Alvin
Advertiser is #54.
Lone Star Legal Aid will of-
fer free legal assistance from
10 a.m.-noon, Monday, April 20
at the Alvin Senior Center, 309
W. Sealy St. Applications will
be available.
the event; admission free to chil-
dren younger than 12. There is
no admission charge to the Plant
Sale and Flower Show.
A garage sale will be held
from 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday,
April 18 at Grace Episcopal
Church, 200 W. Lang in Alvin.
Bayou Republican Women
of Alvin meets the third Thurs-
A Victim to Survivor sup-
port group for men and wom-
en who are victims of domestic
violence is held from 6:30-9
p.m., Thursdays at Alvin Fam-
ily Community Center, 1031 W.
Sealy. For more information,
call 281-968-9331 or email Vic-
timtoSurvivorl Voice@gmail.
com.
Longfellow Elementary is
collecting Box Tops for Edu-
cation and Campbell’s Soup
labels, which will be used to buy
PE equipment. Drop off dona-
tions in the front office of the
old Mark Twain building at 601
Clemons St.
During the discussion Hanson said she had
heard from residents concerned about what
would happen on their property.
could have on his property.
“I noticed there are plans for bike trails,” he
said, adding that his property is along the bayou.
“I understand that my property line goes right to
council members and audience members.
He was concerned because in the past a drain-
age ditch was cut to flow into the Chocolate Bayou
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Alvin ISD placed fences at the front of Alvin High School for
what it described as enhanced security measures. The work
was done while students were off from school during spring
break. (Contributed photos by Alvin ISD)
be extended south from CR 58 to CR
60, where the future Grand Parkway
will cross SH 288.
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President
Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, D.C. 20500
(202)456-1414
comments@whitehouse.gov
Southwyck
Go/f Club
UJS. Senator
John Cornyn
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510-5922
(202) 224-2934
5300 Memorial Drive, Suite
980
Houston, TX 77007
(713) 572-3337
Fax: 202-228-2856
comyn.senate.gov/public/
U5. Senator
Ted Cruz
B40B Dirksen Senate Office
Building.
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
ADK Tasting Luncheon will
be held from 11 a.m.-l p.m.,
Thursday, June 11 at First
United Methodist Church. For
more information, call 281-331-
1079.
312 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5951
6302 W. Broadway,
Ste. 220
Pearland, TX 77581
281-485-4855
olson.house.gov
Governor
Greg Abbott
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
Info and Referral:
800-843-5789
Opinions: 800-252-9600
govemor.state .tx .us/contact
State Senator
Larry Taylor Dist.ll
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512)463-0111
174 Calder Rd. Ste. 151
League City, TX 77573
281-332-0003
State Representative
Dennis Bonnen
Room CAP 1 W.6, Capitol
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
(512)463-0564
122 E. Myrtle
Angleton, TX 77515
(979) 848-1770
dennis.bonnen@
house .state .tx.us
State Representative
Ed Thompson Dist. 29
1400 N. Congress Ave.,
E2.506
Austin, TX 78701
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
(512) 463-0707
ed.thompson@
house .state .tx.us
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a free family event that offers
young and old a chance to enjoy
the great outdoors. Gates open at
8 a.m., Saturday, April 18 and 10
a.m., April 19, Sunday. Activi-
ties include marsh buggy rides,
kayaking, butterfly encounter,
Birds of Prey program, alliga-
tors and snakes, and many more.
For more information, see www.
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The dark-colored line that is shown along State Highway 288 is where con-
struction is currently being planned as part of the improvements that will one
day come to portions of Brazoria County. (Contributed photo by the Texas De-
partment of Transportation)
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
be e-mailed to k_keen@amacc.
org or faxed to 281-585-8662.
Cost of the luncheon, which
will be April 21, is as follows:
chamber members $20, non-
members and walk-ins $30,
table sponsorship for tables
of eight people $250. You are
asked to RSVP to 281-331-3944
or k_keen@amacc.org.
Chamber officials said the
deadline for reservations is by 2
p.m., Monday, April 20.
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Current sophomore and ju-
nior level female students ma-
joring in education are invited
to apply for a $1,000 scholar-
ship provided by the Delta Delta
Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
International. Applicants must
The Gulf Coast Quilt Guild
meets the first Thursday of
each month at the Alvin Se-
nior Center, 309 W. Sealy St.
Fellowship begins at 6:30 p.m.,
and the general meeting and the middle of the bayou. How are you going to get
program begin at 7 p.m. Guests this property? Are you going to buy it, take it? I
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information, call Kay Foitik at
281-485-1928.
McWilliams said part of the
program is to have “bosses”
speak about the importance of
support staff and how it benefits
their business.
She said once the member
nomination forms have been re-
ceived by the April 14 deadline,
a committee would conduct a
review and select several final-
ists. One winner will be selected
from the finalists and will be an-
nounced prior to the luncheon.
The official entry form may
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tweeted: “we need Morgan Freeman
to narrate the whole thing,” recalling
the character the actor played in the
1994 movie, “Shawshank Redemp-
tion.”
Nevertheless, the upgrade in se-
curity as Alvin ISD officials have
described, should not come as a sur-
prise.
Miller said an Alvin ISD Citizens
Advisory Committee in 2013, along
with feedback received from the dis-
trict’s security audit of 2014, recom-
mended that Alvin ISD upgrade se-
curity by adding controlled entrances
into 11 of the older campuses.
“During the summer of 2014, con-
trolled entrances were constructed
at eight of the district’s elementary
school campuses as well as Harby
Junior High School,” Miller said.
“Current construction at Alvin Junior
High also includes the addition of a
secure campus entrance. Additional-
ly, security fencing has been installed
around portable classrooms at mul-
tiple campuses across the district.”
don’t want the public to access my property.’
Another man, Lou Gallio, who lives just out-
side the city limit, expressed his concern about
the plan’s effect on his property also. He came
The Alvin branch of the prepared with a list of questions that he gave to
American Association of Uni-
versity Women (AAUW) is
seeking new members. Member-
ship is open to all graduates who Watershed, and he said: “We took on that water,”
hold an associate or higher de- referring to flooding on his property,
gree from an accredited college
or university. For more informa-
tion, call 281-585-4523.
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2019. Brazoria County will start con-
struction so that we finish our project at
same time as the Harris County project.
Since the Harris County project is much
more complex and will take longer to
build, we will not start construction un-
til 2016,” Adams said.
Adams and County Judge Matt Sebe-
sta were appointed in 2012 to represent
the county on the 288 Corridor Devel-
opment Team. Sebesta, like Adams, has
an intimate view of anything related to
the state highway.
“Commuters from Brazoria County
who suffer through the 288 congestion
in the morning and evening rush hours
have been anxious for relief of the con-
gestion on this corridor for years,” Sebe-
sta said. “The overall improvements to
this corridor will provide direct access
to Beltway 8 and allow our residents to
have more quality time with their fami-
lies rather than wasting precious time
staring at taillights.”
At this point, the Brazoria County
portion of the construction is 90 percent
completed on design, Adams said.
TxDOT released general information
this month regarding the SH 288 por-
tion in Brazoria County. According to
its website, it said that the county does
maintain primacy for the SH 288 toll
project that would construct two-lane
reversible managed lanes within the ex-
isting median of SH 288 from the Harris
County line to SH 6. TxDOT said the
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process, too, one that local officials felt
was a long time coming when growth
exploded years ago.
It began in 2003 when the county
created the Brazoria County Toll Road
Authority (BCTRA). Brazoria County
Commissioner Stacy Adams said it
was created to look for alternatives and
plans for future thoroughfares.
“The BCTRA board has been looking
at improving Highway 288 for a decade,
but a project would not be feasible until
such time as Harris County was ready
to move forward,” Adams said. “Three
years ago Harris County gave up prima-
cy of the project and officials there re-
moved themselves from the project.”
Danny Perez, TxDOT public infor-
mation director of the Houston District,
said the state agency he represents and
Brazoria County have been working
since 2003 to move the project for-
ward.
“We are going to yield to Brazoria
because the portion in Brazoria is being
overseen by them,” Perez said.
Perez said TxDOT is prepared to
work with Brazoria County officials to
determine the potential scope, schedule
and responsibilities for financing and
delivering this portion of the project.
Adams said this would be the first
time that two entities will build and op-
erate managed lanes as one facility.
“The Harris County portion will start
construction and be complete in early
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“With the bike trails, we need to realize the
ramifications of that plan,” she said. “People are
worried about losing their privacy.
“I know I have been outspoken on this. But this
is the beginning of changes that some longtime
residents don’t want. I think we need to respect
private property.
Mayor Delores Martin agreed with Hanson, but
said she still feels the city needs a drainage plan.
“It’s not a perfect product, but we need to start
somewhere,” she said.
Council members John Cox and Maureen Del-
Bello joined Hanson in voting no to the plan.
The mayor said there would be a meeting April
20 in the City Hall at 6 p.m. where council mem-
bers and other interested parties could hear a bike
trails presentation by JefFTaebel who is the direc-
tor of community and environmental planning
for the Houston-Galveston Area Council.
The Fifteenth Annual Alvin
Area Garden Tour is sched-
uled for Saturday, April 18.
A plant sale in the Marguerite
Rogers House Museum garage
will begin at 9 a.m. Tours of the
House Museum’s Victorian cot-
tage, outbuildings and grounds
and of three private gardens
from 10 a.m.-4 p.m; and the
Club’s Annual Flower Show
from 1:30-3:30 p.m. $7 advance
tickets and flyers with maps are
available at Alvin-Manvel Area
Chamber of Commerce, Helen’s
Flowers, and DaVinci Salon, day of each month at 11:30 a.m.
and Alvin Historical Museum, at HomeTown Bank, 1050 N.
Tickets will be $8 on the day of Bypass 35.
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our business communities and
highlight their importance to
their organizations,” McWil-
liams said.
She said the recipient of this
award will be an individual who
shows concern for and helpful-
ness to others, has pride in his/
her job, consistently exhibits
excellent job performance, per-
forms actions above and beyond
the call of duty, has a coopera-
tive attitude and displays com-
pany involvement.
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portion of the project within Brazoria
County would add two revisable man-
aged lanes between the existing gener-
al-purpose lanes along SH 288 from the
Harris County line to SH 6 and poten-
tially the future extension of the Grand
Parkway/SH 99.
“The total project is about 15 miles
- 10.3 miles in Harris County and five
miles in Brazoria County,” Adams said.
“The toll project will be four lanes, two
in each direction, built in the existing
median. It will be all electronic with no
cash toll booths. The tags issued by Har-
ris County (EZ tag) will be accepted.”
Adams said all existing lanes will
continue to be non-tolled and will al-
ways be free.
According to the county, more than
160,000 vehicles cross the SH 288/Belt-
way 8 intersection every day, and more
than 10,000 people commute from Bra-
zoria to the Texas Medical Center every
day, too. Adams said people who reside
out of zip code 77584, which is based
in west Pearland, have more people em-
ployed at the medical center than any
other zip code in the greater Houston
area.
“I believe the toll road will be well
received as currently about 50,000 resi-
dents in Brazoria County have an EZ
Tag on their car, and the highest concen-
tration of toll users live in Alvin, Pear- the congestion and help improve mo-
land and Lake Jackson,” Adams said, bility into Houston.”
“This new capacity should ease some of
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