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Volume 126, No. 16
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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Cowley resigns
Nichols back in
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DR. JAMES COWLEY
LARRY NICHOLS
See CCISD Page A2
Interlocal agreement made
Back, better than ever
between county, Point Comfort
Through trials, Wagon Train stands strong
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thanked the board for providing
him with the opportunity to
The Calhoun County
Independent School District
board of trustees accepted
Superintendent Dr. James
Cowley’s resignation at
Monday’s regular meeting.
After meeting in closed
session for a brief period, the
board announced an agreement
was reached which allowed
Cowley the ability to pursue
the Superintendent position
at Groesbeck Independent
School District. He was the lone
finalist for the position, and he
accepted the job.
In a press release, Cowley
The county approved an
Interlocal Cooperation contract
between the City of Point
Comfort and Calhoun County
for the amount of $3 million.
The money is to be
specifically used for necessary
upgrades, improvements,
maintenance, repairs and or
construction to the city’s water
treatment plant, which serves
potable water to numerous
industries in Calhoun,
according to the contract. The
accounts will be held in an
escrow account.
In other business at
the Commission’s Court of
Calhoun County, the county:
- Heard a report from
Memorial Medical Center’s
CEO Jason Anglin that in
November, they had a net loss
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PORT LAVACA WAVE
By ROSS STAPP
PORT LAVACA WAVE
By DD TURNER
PORT LAVACA WAVE
One can’t keep a good
man down, so it has been said.
It seems one cannot
keep a good woman or her
restaurant down either.
Wagon Train has re-
opened business after
Hurricane Harvey and a fire
caused severe damage to the
By DD TURNER
PORT LAVACA WAVE
Nichols was not present to
comment.
A quorum was present.
In other business, the
board:
-Held a public hearing for
the district’s Texas Academic
Performance Report (TAPR).
The district received an
Accredited rating. The report
will be made available on
the Texas Education Agency
website at https://tea.texas.
gov, go to CCISD; on the CCISD
website at www.calcoisd.org at
the end of the week; or to read
a copy of the report, go to the
district administration building
at 525 N. Commerce St.
-Approved the district’s
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2016-2017 financial audit, which
is passed.
-Heard a summary of
financial activity for December
and a financial forecast from
Robin Martinez, director of
finances for CCISD, who said
most of the activity was for
Travis Middle School bond
projects at $1 million.
-Heard a summary of
bond project updates from
Joe Hernandez, maintenance
director for CCISD who
oversees the bond crew,
representatives from Rawley
McCoy & Associates, PLLC,
bond project architect, and from
Buford-Thompson Company,
LLC, about projects at TMS,
acquired in 1984 by Wayne
and Luanne Bellah. Luanne
Bellah continues to run the
restaurant since the death of
her husband in 2014
A fire followed on the
heels of Harvey in October
2017. “I think I was more
devastated by the fire,” said
Bellah, who also owns and
operates Luanne’s Hair Salon.
The fire damaged the
room where the water heater
was installed and also left
smoke damage to other
areas. “I looked at it and it
looked fine but you can’t see
the internal parts. We’re
fortunate the Fire Department
got here so quickly and
contained the fire to one wall.
Bellah credits her staff
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The Calhoun powerlifting teams
showed out at the Bayou Brawl Sat-
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- Granted a request by
Downtown Grill to sell liquor
and beer at the Port O’ Connor
Community Center and
Pavilion during the Tunes
and Tails Hector Mendieta
Memorial Scholarship
Fundraiser being held Feb.
9-10.
- Approved Precinct 1,3
and 4 to open a line of credit
with Brauntex Material, Inc.
- Appointed Commissioner
David Hall as the Judge Pro-
Tern
- Appointed EMS Director
Dustin Jenkins to the E911
board.
- Approved additional
insurance proceeds from Texas
Association of Counties for
damages to a motor grader
in Precinct 1 associated with
Hurricane Harvey in the
amount of $1,913.90.
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only be down for a short while
and then right back up. We’re
going to do the hot tap to avoid
shutting down water to the
whole city,” he said.
In other business, an inter-
local agreement between the
city and the Calhoun County
Commissioners was approved
to enable the city to receive a
portion of the funds Formosa
paid to the county.
Counsel for the city Carly
Wall told the council that
the funds were part of an
tax abatement deal worked
out between the county and
Formosa. The money had been
given to the county more than
a year ago with a portion of
it earmarked for the Point
See POINT COMFORT Page A2
After Hurricane Harvey and a fire, Wagon Train re-opened for business. From left are Heather Krause, Luanne Bellah, owner, and Stacy
Ballard. (Wave photo)
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serve CCISD.
“A school district is
measured by the commitment
of the board, staff and
community to its children and
their achievement. This district
is indeed so committed,” he said
in the release.
“I would like to express
my heartfelt appreciation to
the staff and community for
their support of the district’s
programs and services during
my term as superintendent,” he
added.
Following the acceptance
of Cowley’s resignation, the
board named Larry Nichols
as interim superintendent
effective Thursday, Jan. 11.
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building.
“Devastation,” is how
Luanne Bellah described her
feelings after the hurricane
passed through. It took all
hands to get it back together,
but Bellah said she never
thought of closing.
“This is a family
restaurant,” she said. It
was opened in 1961 by
Artist and Polly Bellah and
POINT COMFORT - Water
interruptions may be on the
menu for residents in February
when a street project to re-
route water lines will begin.
Brandon Mason with
the city said the city has to
relocate water and sewer
lines that are set in the storm
drains.
“We want to stay ahead
of the project so we can let
the residents know when an
interruption is coming,” he
said.
He also noted there might
be one day when the entire city
might lose water if a hot tap
cannot be completed.
“If we do lose it, it will
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French, Tania. The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 2018, newspaper, January 17, 2018; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1301701/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.