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One person dead after wreck Wednesday
Dancing their way to the top
CHS Sandettes take top honors at competition
Pictured is one of the vehicles involved in a Wednesday evening accident that left a Houston man
dead. The vehicle was towed by Ken’s Enterprises, in Port Lavaca. (Kayla Meyer/Wave photo)
By KAYLA MEYER
PORT LAVACA WAVE
By KAYLA MEYER
PORT LAVACA WAVE
The
School
Calhoun
Sandette
High
team
Sandettes put into preparing
for competition paid off, and
the team took home an award
for best overall performance in
hip hop and show production
Members of the Calhoun High School Sandette dance team recently performed in two competitions. Team members performed
several routines, and during one, dressed toys who came to life. Other routines included a rock-n-roll-type pom dance and a routine
where they dressed as Rosie the Riveter, showcasing women’s achievements. (Contributed photo)
as well as getting best in class.
When it came to costume
design and makeup, the
team pulled out all the stops.
In one dance routine, the
A Houston man is dead
following a two-vehicle accident
Wednesday night.
James Robert Ballard, 33,
was pronounced dead after his
2011 Toyota Camry collided
head on with a 2012 Freightliner
tractor-trailer, driven by Noe
Aron Ramirez-Vazquez, 46,
of Phoenix, Ariz., said Texas
Department of Public Safety
Trooper Deon Cockrell.
The accident happened
at approximately 9:15 p.m. on
Highway 35 near Crober Road
about five miles south of Port
Lavaca, he added
According to the trooper,
the Camry was traveling
southbound on Highway 35
while the Freightliner, which
was pulling a flatbed trailer,
was in the northbound lane.
The Camry failed to drive in
a single lane, driving off of
the roadway to the right side
recently took top honors
at two dance competitions.
One competition was held in
Victoria and the other in Katy.
All of the work the
students were dressed as
Rosie the Riveter set to the
song, “Respect.” The dance
focused on the power of being
a woman. The students began
preparing for competition
before heading out of school
for their Christmas break.
“Our dance started off
with a piece of the speech that
was given for women’s rights,”
said Mercedez Kalisek, who
is a senior lieutenant on the
team.
“We had a plaid shirt,
a blue shirt, and the red
bandana around our hair,”
said team captain Kaley
Ortega said.
“We start off with the blue
tied around us and then in the
middle of the dance, we slid
the sleeves on and we tied our
bandana on,” Kalisek added.
“The shirt trick was probably
the hardest for the girls.
They would get frustrated,
but we finally got it to where
everyone did it smoothly.”
“So, we did a costume
change in the middle of our
dance,” said Kaylynn Carriles,
also a senior lieutenant on the
team.
In their pom routine, the
Sandettes channeled rock
stars from the 1980s with
dramatic makeup and over-
the-top teased hair.
“You would walk into the
dressing room and could see
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then over correcting once on
the roadway and going into
the northbound lane into the
tractor-trailer, Cockrell said.
The road was wet at the
time of the crash, but it is
unknown why Ballard drove
off of the road, Cockrell said.
The reason remains under
investigation, he added.
Judge Wesley Hunt,
Justice of the Peace Precinct
4, pronounced Ballard dead at
the scene at 10:06 p.m., Cockrell
said.
The condition of Ramirez-
Vazquez was unknown as of
Thursday afternoon. Cockrell
said there was not a hospital or
injury conditions listed on the
report.
In
Calhoun
Office,
addition to DPS,
County Sheriffs
Port Lavaca Fire
Department, Six Mile Volunteer
Fire Department and Calhoun
County Emergency Medical
Services responded to the
crash.
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Community comes together for Catholic church
OLG 5K race
slated for
next weekend
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R. Tommy Chen, Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church of Port Lavaca,
about the church’s capital campaign renovation project.
Bonuz
Chavana,
and
both
have
Today 73/54
Mostly cloudy.
Highs in the low 70s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
We need restrooms inside the
church, new lightning and new
flooring. We also have termite
damage here and there and
our AC units need modernized.
The church is 60 years old.”
The church also needs
a better sound system and
additional seating to meet
the needs of the larger two
weekend masses and special
holy days.
Since Chen became OLG
pastor in August 2013, he
has listened to parishioners
and what they would like to
see accomplished with the
renovation project.
“I told the architect that I
wanted the renovated church
to still resemble the church
that we have all grown to
love in the past 60 years, and
yet, still accommodate the
“I told the architect that I wanted the reno-
vated church to still resemble the church that
we have all grown to love in the past 60 years,
and yet, still accommodate the changes. This
proposed plan is not extravagant, but sim-
ply meets our needs in a tasteful manner.”
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From children saving their
pennies to adults organizing a
5K, the community has come
together to help Our Lady of
the Gulf Catholic Church of
Port Lavaca raise funds toward
its capital campaign for a
church renovation project.
“The goal is $2 million for
the expansion of the church
and we have raised $1 million,”
said Fr. Tommy Chen, OLG
pastor. “We need more room
and to update certain things.
organized 5K fundraisers
within the past year decided to
help raise funds with Run for
the Son 5K run or 1-mile walk
March 21 at the Knights of
Columbus Hall.
Entry fee is $25 per
person. It includes a shirt
and a goody bag. Registration
forms are available at the
OLG office, Coastal Barber
changes,” Chen stated in a
renovation project brochure/
donation slip available at the
church office, located at 415 W.
Austin St. “This proposed plan
is not extravagant, but simply
meets our needs in a tasteful
manner.”
Sarita
Elizabeth
of Port Lavaca, who
Shop, Downtown Cleaners,
MidCoast Fitness or www
active.com. Runners/walkers
can also register the morning
of the event. There will also
be barbecue plates, a bake sale
and a raffle.
Bonuz attends OLG. She
has seen what needs to be done
within the church.
“It needs maintenance and
the church has gotten small.
During Holy Week, Easter
and Christmas there is not
enough room. Parishioners
are standing at the wall,”
Bonuz said. “The 10 a.m. and
noon Mass are full. I noticed
people leaving the 10 a.m. Mass
because it is too crowded to go
to the 10:30 a.m. Mass in Point
Comfort.”
Business continues to pick
back up at the Port of Port
Lavaca-Point Comfort.
Port Director Charles
Hausmann reported at
the regular board meeting
Wednesday morning that the
port saw an increase in traffic
throughout the previous
month. It was a “good month”
for business, he said.
During the port director’s
report, Hausmann said that 92
vessels arrived in February,
which is an increase by 11
vessels that was reported at
last month’s regular meeting.
Hausmann said Wednesday
that 31 of the 92 were deep
draft vessels and 61 were inland
barges, while 191 invoices were
issued.
“The
picking
February
unheard of number. That was
a lot of ships,” Hausmann said.
“There were quite a few days
that all the docks were full.”
“In talking with the users,
we’re expecting ship traffic
to continue at a brisk pace,”
Hausmann added.
Due to the high ship
traffic and inclement weather,
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County
changes
waste
disposal
services
By JAY WORKMAN
PORT LAVACA WAVE
discussion,
re-appointed
facebook.
The Calhoun County
Commissioners’ Court voted
Thursday to make a money-
saving change regarding solid
waste disposal.
Commissioners decided to
switch from Waste Management
Inc. to Republic Services for
hauling material from the
county recycling center to the
seven-county Victoria regional
landfill near Bloomington,
which Republic operates.
Patricia Kalisek,
supervisor of the county
recycling site on Old Landfill
Road, recommended that
Republic Services be hired at
a rate of $200 per haul with
no fuel and environmental
adjustment surcharge, plus a
$44 disposal fee, for the next
three years. She said the center
was moving 25 tons a month at
an average cost of $2,000 and
the change could save $500 a
month.
The 2015 county budget
includes $209,883 for waste
management.
Commissioners also
accepted $43,108 in disaster
recovery money from the
state General Land Office that
remained from Claudette storm
funding. It was designated for
improvement to Ocean Drive in
Precinct 1.
With no
commissioners
three members of the Memorial
Medical Center board of
trustees. They are Rolando
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