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Frank Servantes, right, issues a warning to a motorist in June.
Servantes resigned as Seadrift police chief last week. (Kayla
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volunteers who can mentor or
tutor students one-on-one at all
campuses.
Mentors provide a listening
ear and guidance and meet
at least twice a month for 45
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academic support and meet
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endeavors and I wish him well,”
DeForest said.
At that time, DeForest also
said he was unsure if an
interim police chief would be
appointed and who that person
would be. On Tuesday, in an
early morning email, DeForest
announced that Bermea would
be named interim police chief,
effective Sept. 13.
Servantes joined the SPD in
April 2010 as a police officer
under then-police chief Roger
Tumlinson. When Tumlinson
left the position in April 2011,
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Gwen Regan, of Port Lavaca, turns
100 on Thursday
Regan, who is a resident of Trinity
Shores of Port Lavaca, will celebrate
her special birthday with a party
starting at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at the
assisted living facility The public is
invited to attend.
“Can you believe it?,” Regan said,
her blue eyes bright with excitement.
“I can’t believe it’s true, but it is,”
she said of her impending status as a
centenarian. “I feel pretty good at 100.”
Trinity Shores residents and staff
know Regan by her positive, sunny
disposition and most notably, her piano
playing.
It was Regan’s live-in grandmother
who taught the child how to play
piano.
“She was a music teacher and the
only music teacher I ever had or
needed,” Regan said.
Regan’s Yamaha piano rests in a nook
in the Memory Care Unit. Above the
keys rests a picture of Regan playing the
piano. A song list of more than 20 songs,
including “Star Dust,” “Strangers in
the Night” and “Only You,” some of
which Regan can play by ear, is nearby
But out of the many songs Regan can
play, she does not have a favorite.
“I love them all,” she said.
Her fellow residents seem to like her
play list, too.
“They enjoy when I play although I
don’t know why,” Regan said.
Recently, Regan fell and sustained
multiple fractures in her right wrist.
Doctors told Regan she would either
need a plate put in her wrist, or she
would not be able to play the piano
again.
“I told the doctor, ‘That just won’t
do. I have to play my piano,”’ she said,
choosing surgery “I love my piano. I
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Regan has enjoyed tickling the ivories, all the way to 100
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“Sgt. Bermea is taking up
extra time with the reserve
officers and the Calhoun County
Sheriffs Office for patrols,”
Hunt said. “Seadrift will be
covered for what it is budgeted
to be covered. Their shifts are
not made public for obvious
reasons.”
Mayor Elmer DeForest, who
was out of town, said Monday
afternoon that he was unaware
of Servantes’ resignation
until informed of it by a Wave
reporter.
“As chief, he was taking care
of what needed to be done. I
wish him the best of luck in his
SHUTTLES AVAILABLE
FOR HOME GAMES
Shuttle buses will run
from Calhoun High School to
Sandcrab Stadium before and
after home football games. A bus
for the handicapped and senior
citizens will also be available.
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Frank” Servantes
resigned Sept. 5 after serving
over two years with the
department.
Until a new police chief is
appointed, City Councilman
Wesley Hunt, who oversees
the department as part of his
councilman duties, said that the
streets will be patrolled by SPD
Sgt. Leonard Bermea, police
department reserve officers and
the Calhoun County Sheriffs
Office.
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destroyed.
Secretary Tom Vilsack
also reminds producers that
the department’s authority
to operate the five disaster
assistance programs authorized
by the 2008 Farm Bill expired
on Sept. 30, 2011. This includes
SURE; the Livestock Indemnity
Program (LIP); the Emergency
Assistance for Livestock, Honey
Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish
(ELAP); the Livestock Forage
Disaster Program (LFP); and
the Tree Assistance Program
(TAP). Production losses due to
disasters occurring after Sept.
30, 2011, are not eligible for
disaster program coverage.
The Port Lavaca City Council
began work Monday night on
cleaning away substandard
housing throughout the city
Councilman Jim Ward made a
motion, seconded by Councilman
Ken Barr, to declare six houses
substandard and to order owners
to remove or demolish them,
and if they fail to do so the city
may demolish the buildings and
secure a lien against the property
address.
Fire Chief Cleve Calagna said
“this is the beginning of the
process” and there would be no
demolition before January
But after City Attorney Anne
Marie Odefey explained the
complexity of the process, Ward
said he would withdraw the
motion “under duress” and the
council agreed to hold a public
hearing and declare the houses
substandard at its next meeting.
“We just put things off and I’m
tired of it,” Ward said.
Odefey said factors such
as estates that have not been
probated, unclear titles, unpaid
taxes, out-of-town owners and
property with liens on it made it
prudent to delay action until more
research has been done.
The six locations considered
Monday were:
- 319 N. Ann St., across the street
from the IBC bank drive-through.
Odefey said this is the only
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Gwen Regan, of Port Lavaca, sits at her bench in front of her beloved piano, located
within the Memory Care Unit at Trinity Shores of Port Lavaca, where she resides.
Regan celebrates her 100th birthday on Thursday. (Melony Overton/Wave photo)
Servantes resigns as Seadrift police chief
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PORT LAVACA WAVE
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Calhoun High School
cheerleader Savannah
Tynes, left, gives fellow
CHS cheerleader Daylyn
Cady a push on a tricycle
on the sideline during
halftime of Friday’s
Sandcrab football game at
La Vernia. (Photo by Kellie
Whitaker)
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LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS
URGED TO KEEP GOOD
RECORDS OF LOSSES
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
USDA Farm Service Agency
(FSA) Administrator Juan M.
Garcia recently urged livestock
producers affected by natural
disasters such as Hurricane
Isaac to keep thorough records
of their livestock and feed
losses, including additional
expenses for such things as
feed purchases because of lost
supplies.
“There are extraordinary
circumstances caused by a
variety of disasters from fires
in the west, floods in Florida,
Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf
region, storms in the Mid-
Atlantic and drought and
heat affecting the heartland,”
Garcia said. “Each of these
events is causing economic
consequences for ranchers and
producers including cattle,
sheep and dairy operations, bee
keepers and farm-raised fish,
and poultry producers.”
FSA recommends that
owners and producers record
all pertinent information of
natural disaster consequences,
including:
- Documentation of the
number and kind of livestock
that have died, supplemented
if possible by photographs or
video records of ownership and
losses;
- Dates of death supported
by birth recordings or purchase
receipts;
- Costs of transporting
livestock to safer grounds or to
move animals to new pastures;
and
- Feed purchases if supplies
grazing pastures are
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French, Tania. The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 12, 2012, newspaper, September 12, 2012; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302024/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.