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Vol. 112 No. 32
Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Sealy, Texas
14 pages plus supplements
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At a Glance
SISD flooding problem to be fixed
School Board approves 1999-2000 calendar
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Pottery artist Steve Hayden of Salinas-Monterrey, Calif., donated his hand-
made pottery bowl to the Frydek grotto auction to be held April 25 during
the grotto celebration The bowl was made and donated in memory of his
great-grandparents Frank and Aloisie Lezak of Frydek. His parents, Sylvester
and Louise Lezak Polasek of Sealy, left, are presenting the bowl to L J
Sodolak Sr, publicity chairman for the celebration.
CPR for the pros
The American Red Cross will
sponsor a CPR for the Profes-
sional Rescuer class on Satur-
day, April 24 in Brookshire.
The class will meet from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and the cost is $45.
Lifesaving techniques for an
adult/child/infant will he
taught such as rescue breath-
ing, choking, CPR, and two-
man rescue. Call 281-375-5110
or 1 -800-366-3025 to register.
What’s
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opinion?
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Left. Jonathan Peschel and Robin
Machala were named Mr and
Miss Sealy High at the junior-
senior prom Saturday, April 17 at
the Katy Equestrian Center Man-
sion Below, candidates for Mr
and Miss Sealy High tor the
1998-99 school year were from
left, Bethann White, Adrian Bai
ley, Robin Machala. Jonathan
Peschel, Andrea Haring, Adam
Burttschell, ShaRhonda Jordan
and Kelvin Tarver
Posse’s trail ride set
for April 24
The Austin County Sherif s
Mounted Posse will host its
annual trail ride on April 24 at
10 a.m. at Coushatte Hall. The
cost for the ride includes lunch
and is $10 for individuals age
13 and up and $5 for ages 2
through 12. Drinks are not
included. Proceeds from the
ride benefit the posse’s equip-
ment fund.
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Blood drive
A blood drive will be at the
First United Methodist Church,
200 Atchison, April 28 from
2:30 to 7 p.m.
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Family reunion
Goebel/Netzel family reunion
will be April 24 at the Millheim
hall. A covered dish lunch will
be served at 11 a.m.
Hoff Reunion
The Hoff Family reunion will
be April 25 at the St. John
Lutheran Retreat Center north
of Bellville. The meal will start
at noon. For more information
call Marie Myers at 409-865-
5954
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By BILLY DRAGOO
News Editor
Tons of
Local
Sports!
Pages 7, 8
By FRANK “BO” KRAMPITZ
Correspondent
Pages 12, 13
Pages 2, 3, 9
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Opinion
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Historical program
The Sealy Area Historical
Society program on the "Texas
Revolution: will be held at the
Gordon Memorial Library on
April 22 at 7 p.m. The guest
speaker will be David Crowley.
Look who’s cooking!
Find out who was busy preparing
hundreds of barbecued chickens this
weekend — page 10
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“There will also be at
' that time a complete
presentation on require-
ments associated with
re-enacting the town as
authorized agent (for
the TNRCC) and what
type of training would
be associated with our
enforcement officers.”
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The Sunday celebrations will begin with a
holy mass at 10 a.m., followed by a barbecue
dinner at the youth center at 11 a.m. Plates may
also be purchased to go and meat may be bought
by the pound at the barbecue pit.
The parishioners do their own beef and chick-
en barbecue and make their own sausage. This
means early rising for the men who do the job in
order to have the meat ready to serve. It takes
many people working with various committees
to prepan* and put on this big meal.
Parish ladies will also offer a variety of pas-
tries and sweets including koiaches. On Satur-
day, they will gather to bake thousands of
cheese poppy seed and fruit-filled kolaches
which will be available that day beginning at 2
p.m. and on Sunday.
This is the kick-off for the festivities that will
follow the next day.
Musical entertainment arranged by Ludwig
Sodolak will be provided by Bobby Jones Band.
Family Tradition. Happy Czech Singers from
Shiner and the P.O.L.K of A Choral group.
There will be plenty of room for dancing for any
couples who cannot just tap their feet to the
music
And there’s more — an auction sale beginning
at 2 p.m., a raffle and kiddie rides for boys and
girls will all be available at the celebration.
Assorted games will provide additional diver-
sion.
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Celebrations are always held for a reason, and
the grotto celebration will be the place to be
April 25.
The Frydek Grotto celebration, always on the
fourth Sunday of April, began back in 1949
when the members of the church built a shrine
in thanksgiving to God for the safe return of
their young men and women from World War
H— all of them, which totaled 67 from the Fry-
dek community. It was a symbol of their
answered prayers.
This little rock grotto was erected on the
parish grounds near the old church by the
hands of dedicated parishioners. Its completion
was marked with a celebration at that location.
A dance was held at night at the old Liedertafel
Hall in Sealy.
Since that beginning with an attendance of
around 500 people, the celebrations have grown
in size, with thousands of people visiting the
Frydek community on grotto day.
According to publicity chairman L.J. Sodolak
Sr., the celebration has drawn as many as
18,000 people. Though the attendance varies
and has not reached that number for a few
years, he believes the celebration is growing
again with good leadershhip and hard work
from the parishioners.
And over the years, this has become a home-
coming for many former members of the church
and an annual reunion for others.
Sealy ISD trustees bit the bullet
Tuesday, April 13 and approved an
engineering contract which they hope
will shed some light on financially fea-
sible options to correct a serious flood-
ing problem at the main campus on
West Street.
This was the second time around for
Thompson Professional Group whose
first proposal - considered at the
March 8 meeting - was rejected for
being “extremely costly.”
At that time the board asked the firm
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no set fee and providing that the dis-
trict can call a halt to the studies at
any time. Another requirement was
that it that it be structured so that
affordable alternatives may be selected
for completion.
School board president Charles
Kalkomey said he was satisfied with
the new contract and estimated they
were looking at a minimum of $20,300
to develop alternatives.
The drainage and flooding problem,
often referred to as “nothing a couple
million dollars couldn’t fix,” has been
on the school board’s mind for years,
and especially since last fall’s torrential
rains caused an estimated $200,000
damage to floors, carpeting and walls
in administration and junior and senior
high areas.
Anyone who ever thought adopting a
school year calendar was a simple
process was in for a rude awakening at
Tuesday’s meeting.
Seemingly, fitting 180 actual school
days into a nine-month period would
appear not to be a problem. That’s
roughly 270 days to work with, but
then there are holidays, breaks, in-ser-
vice days for faculty, county fair, etc.
The board had a calendar, worked
out by the academic council, that had
staff approval But for reasons not
made clear, the administration didn’t
buy it 100 percent.
One of the biggest hang-ups was
whether to start school Aug. 6, a Fri-
day. or on the following Monday, Aug.
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The administration liked the sixth
because it gave them an extra day, but
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planned as part of the project.
The proposed system would
be funded by a long-term, low-
interest loan and grant provid-
ed through Rural Development
(the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration!. There are no taxes
involved in the project in any
way, according to Miller.
The system would not be a
water or sewer district which
requires taxation. The revenue
derived from monthly water
and sewer bills will be the only
source of funds to retire the
system’s debt and provide
operating revenue.’
According to Miller, the city
must be an authorized agent
for the TNRCC in order to
enforce the water and sewer
regulations mandated by
TNRCC.
The separate town hall
meeting planned for the future
will discuss obtaining that
authorized agent status, along
Gospel concert
First Presbyterian Church
invites everyone to a comunity
wide gospel concert featuring
Kingdom Heirs Gospel Quartet
in the Sealy High School Audi-
torium May 21 at 7:30 p.m. The
concert is free. For additional
information contact Rev. David
Hambrick, pastor at 409-885-
3993.
The San Felipe City Council
held a special meeting April 19
to discuss enacting a number
of city ordinances dealing with
building codes, building per-
mits, manufactured homes,
1 Texas Natural Resources Con-
‘ servation Commission require-
ments and other items.
The decision came during
Tuesday night’s regular ses-
sion of the council and the
agenda item was tabled.
Mayor Mark Miller told the
council: “What we’d like to do
is have a specific meeting to
address the topics associated
with enacting a temporary set
of requirements associated
with building codes, establish-
ing applications for mobile
homes and manufactured
homes being moved into the
city.
“There will also be at that
time a complete presentation
on requirements associated
with re-enacting the town as
authorized agent (for the
TNRCC» and what type of
training would be associated
with our enforcement officers,"
he said.
The motion was approved to
table the agenda item and “to
hold a separate town hall
meeting to consider action
regarding building permits',
building codes, TNRCC autho-
rization and future mobile
homes."
An open town hall meeting
was at 7 p.m. Monday at the
San Felipe Town Hall to dis-
cuss the need for and the pos-
sibility of acquiring a water
and sewer system in San
Felipe to serve the families of
that area.
Results of the meeting wen*
not known, as of press time.
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