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AUGUST3, 2017
VOLUME 124
NUMBER 1
SCHULENBURG, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS 78956
10 PAGES
75c PER COPY
Machac trio named as
DAVID, JANET, and LYNNE MACHAC
Gregory Adcock arrested
Lower tax rate
proposed by
for murder of Russell Holub
commissioners
GREGORY ADCOCK
press release late in the afternoon
His bond was set at $250,000
The Sheriff’s Office did not re-
An obituary for Holub appears
The Texas economy expanded
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** Volleyball team earns national
ACADEMIC AWARD FOR 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR
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2017 Schulenburg Festival
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
ment rate among Texas MSAs
with a non-seasonally adjusted
was living alone at the time of his
death, Lt. Beyer noted.
appreciation supper.
Janet’s brother, David, was a
By Diane Prause
Schulenburg Sticker Staff
and spent her remaining years as
a treasurer.
In announcing the parade mar-
Curious doe
A friendly deer roamed the Schulenburg City Cemetery Saturday afternoon
as Margaret Citzler and her daughter, Carol, placed flowers on Clint Citzler’s
gravesite. Submitted by Diane Kaase Herzik
The area - on the northwest side of town which includes Meadowcreek
Subdivision - has a history of docile deer. In July 2010, the Sticker had a
photo and article of a similarly-friendly doe. Texas Parks & Wildlife District 7
Leader David Forrester said, at the time, a deer that unafraid of humans was
probably caught as a fawn or someone mistakenly thought it was abandoned
and then was raised in the company of people. It’s illegal to pen a deer, he
said, and discouraged citizens from feeding deer. A person can bottle feed a
fawn but then, legally, must let the animal roam free, Forrester said.
By Lisa Mederos
Schulenburg Sticker Staff
Thursday, Aug. 3
Free Admission
• 6-10 p.m. - Lions Club Carnival (opening/family night—$ 15 armband special)
• 7:30-10:30 p.m. - DAVID LEWIS BAND
Friday, Aug. 4
Presale/Gate Admission: $20
Combo for Friday & Saturday (presale only): $30
Children 12 and under: free
• 9 a.m. - Golf Tournament, Flatonia Golf Course
• 4 p.m. - CASI Chili Cookoff check-in begins
• 4-10 p.m. - Fayette County Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff check-in
• 6-11 p.m. - Lions Club Carnival ($20 wristbands)
• 6 p.m. - Arts/crafts, pavilion biergarten and food booths open
• 6-6:30 p.m. - Fayette County Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff Chef’s Choice check-in
•6:30-8 p.m.-THE HITMEN
• 7 p.m. - Men’s Softball Tournament begins (sponsored by KC Council 2902)
• 7:30 p.m. - Festival Rodeo CPRA/UPRA (rodeo arena east of pavilion)
• 8 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cook-off turn in time for Chef’s Choice
•8:30-10 p.m.-SHENANDOAH
• 9 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff judging for Chef’s Choice
• 10:30 p.m. to midnight - MIKE RYAN
Saturday, Aug. 5
Presale/Gate Admission after 5 p.m.: $20
Combo for Friday & Saturday (presale only): $30
Children 12 and under: free
• 6:30 a.m. - 5K run/walk packet pickup and registration
• 7-8 a.m. - Fayette County Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff check-in
• 7:30 a.m. - 5K fun run/walk begins
•8 a.m. - Men’s Softball Tournament continues; Women’s Softball Tournament
begins; CASI Chili Cookoff check-in continues
• 8:30 a.m. - Go-Texan BBQ chief cooks’ meeting
• 9:30 a.m. - 5K fun run/walk awards
• 9:45- 10a.m.- Jackpot Bloody Mary Contest turn-in time (American Legion Post)
• 10 a.m. - 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament; Jackpot Bloody Mary Contest
Judging; arts, crafts, antiques & collectibles sale; pavilion Biergarten opens;
CASI Chili Cookoff continues
• 11 a.m. - Tricycle Races; food booths open
• 11:30 a.m. - Kiddie Parade (Wolters Park)
• Noon - Jackpot Beans Contest turn-in time and judging (American Legion Post)
• 12:30-12:50 p.m. - To Texan BBQ Cookoff turn-in time for chicken
• 12:30-3:30 p.m. - LOS KOLACHES
• 1 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff judging for chicken
• 1-2 p.m. - CASI Chili Showmanship judging
• 1-4 p.m. - Reunion registration (Civic Center)
• 2-2:20 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff turn-in time for pork ribs
• 2:30 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff judging for pork ribs
• 3 p.m. -CASI/Local Chili Cookoffs turn-in and judging (American Legion Post)
• 3:30-3:50 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff turn-in time for brisket
• 4 p.m. - Go-Texan BBQ Cookoff judging for brisket
•4-7 p.m.-JOSH TIEMANN BAND
• 5 p.m. - Cow Chip and Egg Toss Contests (registration deadline is 5 p.m.)
• 6-11 p.m. - Lions Club Carnival ($20 armbands)
• 6:30 p.m. - Cow Patty Bingo (sponsored by Navidad Valley CattleWomen)
• 7:30 p.m. - Festival Rodeo CPRA/UPRA (rodeo arena east of pavilion)
• 7:30-9 p.m. - TEXAS UNLIMITED BAND
•9:30-11 p.m.-SAM RIGGS
• 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m. - TEXAS UNLIMITED BAND
Sunday, Aug. 6
Free Admission
• 7 a.m. - Women’s Softball Tournament continues; Men’s Softball Tourna-
ment continues
• 10 a.m. - Arts, crafts, antiques & collectibles sale continues
• 11 a.m. - Grand Festival Parade (downtown to Wolters Park)
• 11 a.m. - Food booths open
• Noon - Pavilion Biergarten opens
• Noon-4 p.m. - Lions Club Carnival ($15 wristbands)
• 12:30-4 p.m. - TEXAS DREAM
• 4-7 p.m. - TEXAS UNLIMITED BAND
June
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A Schulenburg man was found
dead in his home last Tuesday,
July 25 and another Schulenburg
man was arrested later that day,
charged with murder.
Around 8:31 a.m. on July 25,
the F ay ette C ounty Sheriff’s Office
received a phone call from an indi-
vidual requesting a welfare check
on the subject, 4 5-year-old Russell
Holub, who lived at a residence on
Highway 90 east of Schulenburg,
according to a press release from
Sheriff Keith Korenek.
SiiW
Festival parade marshals
The Schulenburg Festival As- The last few years, he helped with
sociation announced last week that hospitality.
David, Lynne, and Janet Machac
were selected as the 2017 parade
marshals for this year’s event.
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MI
The Fayette County Commis-
sioners Court proposed a lower
property tax rate for 2 017-18 at a
special meeting on Wednesday,
July 26.
The Court chose to go with
the effective rate of $0.4464 per
$100 of valuation, a decrease
from last year’s rate of $0.4489.
County Auditor Kathy Klei-
ber said the rate, along with
increased appraised property
values, as well as other things
should generate a surplus of ap-
proximately $80,000-$90,000
to the general fond.
Kleiber also attributed a de-
crease to the certificates of obli-
gation to the estimated surplus.
She explained the obligation on
the agricultural building has
been fulfilled, however, the new
Emergency Medical Services
Headquarters and Station One
was added. Kleiber also said that
next year the courthouse obliga-
tion will be up so the obligation
will go down even more.
County Judge Ed Janecka said
the proposed tax rate is nearly
one-third of a cent less than last
year and the proposed tax rate
of $0.4464 was unanimously
approved. Janecka authorized
Kleiber to publish notice of the
effective tax rate in the local
newspapers.
“That was the whole thing,
to bump the general fund,”
Janecka said.
Precinct 2 Commissioner
Gary Weishuhn saidthe County
needed to do a little something
to be able to add a little to the
general fond.
Also at the special meeting,
the 2017-18 proposed budget
was adopted. Kleiber said that
expenditures are up but so is
projected revenue.
After the meeting, Klei-
ber said expenditures are up
$970,756 for the entire budget
- including “road & bridge, the
general fond, everything.” She
also said revenue is projected
to increase $872,853.
“(It’s) about a $100,000 dif-
ference,” Kleiber said.
“The numbers are based on
if you spend everything in your
budget,” Kleiber said. “The rev-
enue is estimated lower so y’all
should come out pretty good.”
According to information
posted on the County’s website,
the budget will raise more total
property taxes than last year’s
(See COMMISSIONERS
COURT, Back Page)
“Private-sector employment
em-
David’s wife, Lynne, served as
a Festival director for 25 years.
She started out helping with the
All three dedicated many years reunions for three years before
of service to the Festival Associa- moving on to secretary. She went
tion and all three resigned from on to serve as vice president for
the organization since the 2016 two years, president for two years,
Festival.
Janet Machac served as a Festi-
val director for 24 years, starting
as a reunion director. She was also shals, the Festival Association
secretary formanyyears. Her other stated: “We are so appreciative of
duties included helping with clean all the work these three have given
up, souvenirs, and plarming the to the Association.”
The Grand Parade will be held
on Sunday, Aug. 6 at 11 a.m. It
Festival director for 22 years. He starts at the east end of North
started as a beer director for two Main Street and continues through
years and then resigned before downtown to Bohlmann Avenue,
returning as a director of security, ending in Wolters Park.
and deputies were able to locate
an individual who was involved in
the incident, according to the press
release from the Sheriff’s Office.
Later the same day, an arrest
warrant was applied for and re-
ceived for 34-year-old Gregory
Adcock of Schulenburg, the press
release continued.
Holub and Adcock were ac-
quaintances, and investigation
made a connection between the
two men, according to Lt. Beyer.
Adcock came in for an interview,
Lt. Beyer said.
The arrest took place at the
ing to the press release from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office issued the Sheriff’s Office. Adcock was booked into the Dan
Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace R. Beck Justice Center, charged
on Tuesday, July 25 - too late to Dan Mueller pronounced him with murder.
be included in last week’s print dead at the scene. The residence
edition (the story was posted on is located approximately two and a by Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace
the Sticker website: www.schul- halfmiles east of the Schulenburg Randy P Albers, and Adcock re-
enburgsticker. com).
A relative made the call asking
city limits. mained in jail as of Monday, July
“We’re hoping sometime this 31, according to Lt. Beyer.
for the welfare check, according week autopsy results will be
to Lt. David Beyer of the Sheriff’s received. The preliminary report leasing further details on the case
as of Monday, July 31.
Lt. Beyer said, “We feel we have
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Office. may give us cause of death,” Lt.
Authorities believe that Holub Beyer said on Monday, July 31.
Time of death should be indi- the individual responsible for this
cated in the final autopsy report, incident in custody. The investiga-
Fayette County EMS and depu- Lt. Beyer added. tion is ongoing, and we don’t want
ties from the Sheriff’s Office were That day, Texas Ranger Brent to jeopardize prosecution.”
dispatched to the residence and Barinawascontactedto assist with
found Holub deceased, accord- the investigation. Ranger Barina on Page 3 of this week's issue.
Bulletin Board......................Page 10 Government-Business Page 6
Church-Charity.....................Page 3 Meetings I Reunions Page 7
Classifieds.......................Pages 8-10 News From Long Ago Page 2
Courthouse Report Page 6 Obituaries.............................Page 3
Education-Youth Page 4 Police Report........................Page 6
Footprints of Fayette Page 2 Sports...................................Page 5
Oe i^djulenburg Sticker
State unemployment rate drops to 4.6 percent in June
Fayette and surrounding counties see slight increase from May
Texas’ annual employment employment expanded by 4,400
in June for the 12th consecutive growth outperformed the previ- jobs,
month with the addition of40,200 ous two years with 319,300 jobs
seasonally-adjustednonfannjobs. added over the year, bringing the remained strong with Texas
Texas’ seasonally-adjusted state’s annual growth rate up by ployers adding 283,800 jobs over
unemployment rate fell to 4.6 four-tenths percentage points to theyear and 34,100 jobs added in
percent, down from 4.8 percent 2.7 percent. June,” said TWC Commissioner
in May. “Texas employers added Representing Employers Ruth
Fayette County’s unemploy- 319,300 jobs over the past year, Hughs. “TWC is committed to
ment rate (not seasonally adjusted) with 10 out of 11 industries adding developing innovative workforce
increased one-tenth of a percent jobs in the dynamic Texas econo- programs that keep our businesses
from May, to 3.4 percent in June, my,” said TWC Chairman Andres competitive and our growing talent
Rates for surrounding counties Alcantar. “TWC will continue to pipeline a priority,
also rose slightly over that time support strategies that boost the job
span. Bastrop and Washington creation efforts of Texas employ- ropolitan Statistical Areas (MS A)
counties saw the greatest increase ers and equip Texas students and recorded June ’slowest unemploy -
at one-half of a percent (see chart workers with in-demand skills,
below). Education and Health Ser-
vices recorded rate of 3.4 percent, followed by
the largest pri- the Midland MSAs with a rate of
vate-industry 3.5 percent. The College Station-
gain over the Bryan MSA registered a rate of
month of June 3.8 percent for June.
with 13,100jobs “All Goods Producing indus-
added. Manu- tries showed positive employ-
facturingexperi- ment growth in Texas, including
enced its largest Manufacturing, which expanded
over-the-year by 4,600 jobs in June,” said
employment TWC Commissioner Represent-
gain since July ing Labor Julian Alvarez. “The
2012 with 4,600 Texas labor force has continued to
jobs added in provide employers with the skills
June and Min- and expertise needed to keep the
ing and Logging Texas economy growing. ”
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