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Vol. 112 No. 38
Tuesday, May 18. 1999
Sealy, Texas
12 pages plus supplements
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“Our Country’s Rights or Death"
Stephen F. Austin • Father of Texas
ACR first aid class
The American Red Cross
will sponsor a CPR/First
Aid class at the United
Way Service Center in
Brookshire on May 18, 20,
and 25. The class will
meet at 6 p.m. all three
evenings. The cost is $35.
Call (800) 366-3025 or
(281) 375-5110 to register
or for more information.
Sealy High School
All Sports Picnic
The Sealy High School All
Sports Picnic will be May
19 at 2:30 p.m. at the high
school. The awards cere-
mony will begin at 5:30
p.m. The public is invited
to attend.
On May 10 the Bellville City Council appointed Terri Resendez as Bellville Municipal
Court Judge and Betty Hollon as Bellville Municipal Court Clerk. Resendez resides in
Sealy with her husband Manuel and their children, Nicholas, Ashley and Lindsey
Resendez was employed by the City of Bellville as court clerk on Oct. 20,1997, where
she was in the process of completing all education requirements with the Texas Court
Clerks' Certification program (three levels) to be designated as certified municipal
court clerk She has completed level I and II. She was recommended for the munic-
ipal court judge position and was appointed on May 10. Resendez has been nomi-
nated for the outstanding municipal court support personnel award given by the
Texas Municipal Courts Association which will be in San Antonio in June 1999 Hol-
lon resides in Bellville with her husband Chester and son, Garrett Hollon was
employed by the City of Bellville on March 15 as cashier and now will also assume
the duties of municipal court clerk The new clerk and judge were sworn in by City
Attorney Charley Smith
Several hundred people showed up to taste the barbecued offerings at
the San Bernard Electric Co-Op 60th annual membership banquet May
15 at Cat Spring Agricultural Hall The group held a meeting at 10 a m
and followed up with a barbecue with all the fixings at 11 30 a m , shown
above Left, U.S. Rep Ron Paul, R-Texas, of the 14th District, which
includes Austin County, was the featured speaker at the meeting
City closing for
Memorial Day
The city of Sealy will close
its administration offices
in honor of Memorial Day,
May 31. For more infor-
mation, call city hall.
Dehydrating and pre-
serving 5-A-Day
Janice Gaskamp Austin
County Extension Agent,
will present a free “how-
to” program May 19 at the
Sens Activity Center, 200
Briar Ridge Drive, Bel-
lville at 9:30 a.m. on
home-grown fruits and
vegetables. No reserva-
tions rquired. The pro-
gram is co-sponsored by
Bellville General Hospital.
Hugh Anderson
and his wife.
Rosa Lee. enjoy
relaxing on their
tree-shaded
patio at their
home on Ander-
son Street The
couple has been
married 73
years and trace
their roots back
to slaves who
were brought to
Austin County
in the 1830s
(Photo by Billy
Dragoo)
Community- wide
gospel concert
First Presbyterian Church
community-wide gospel
concert featuring King-
dom Heirs Gospel Quartet
will be in the Sealy high
school Auditorium May 21
at 7:30 p.m. The concert is
free. For more information
contact Rev. David Ham-
brick, pastor at 409-885-
3993.
Tons of
Local
Sports!
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Hugh Anderson remembers the early
times in the Sealy area.
Times when there were only a few
buildings - none of them brick - in what
was to become Sealy.
Times when the town's sidewalks were
made of boards.
Times when he staked his cows on
open land where businesses and homes
now sit.
Times when just surviving was tough.
Anderson, 93, the grandson of slaves,
remembers the lean, hard years growing
up in the early 20th Century. And he
remembers the stories told to him by his
grandparents about being brought to
Austin County as slaves in the 1830s.
But, he also remembers the good
times and is quick to express his thanks
to God for his many blessings.
During a recent interview in the back
yard of his residence on Anderson
Street, Anderson told his story.
“This is home. I was born right here,
about a mile east of Sealy,” he said, “on
December 16, 1905. My parents, Eddie
Anderson and Rosa Lee Downey Ander-
son, were big farmers and ranchers. Her
family name was Downey. My mother
and dad was born in this area. Their
parents were brought here as slaves
from Raleigh. North Carolina, on a mule
train. That was in the 1830s. I don't
remember exactly what year.
I liked to talk about history all my
life, from a kid up. but I didn't question
my old granddad about that part of it.
“My granddad was the Downey and
old man Press Ward brought them in.
Granddad's name was Louis Downey
and grandmother’s name was Lucy
TGCPA honors
Sealy News with
three awards
FROM STAFF REPORTS
By FRANK “BO” KRAMPITZ
Correspondent
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The Sealy News took home three awards
and a special recognition from the 61st annu-
al Texas Gulf Coast Press Association confer-
ence May 13-15 in Clear Lake.
The Sealy News received a first place plaque
for sports photography in the semi-weekly
division as well as fourth place in news writ-
ing and fourth place in general excellence.
The top sports photos, taken by News Edi-
tor Billy Dragoo, were one of a Sealy High
football game entitled ‘Going nowhere fast’
and one of a Sealy High basketball game enti-
tled ‘hoop dreams all over again.’
Sealy News Publisher Jim Grimes was also
honored with a special plaque thanking him
for his tenure as the Texas Gulf Coast Associ-
ation president during 1998-99. He will serve
as the association’s chairman of the board for
1999-2000.
Grimes has been a board member since
1994 and has served in various officer posi-
tions for the past three years.
More than 40 weekly and semi-weekly com-
munity newspapers in the gulf coast region
submitted entries in nearly a dozen categories
and divided into three divisions for the annu-
al contest.
By BILLY DRAGOO
News Editor
Track winners
Several Sealy High School stu-
dents placed in the state track
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Sealy High and Jr.
High Band Concert
The Sealy Junior High
concert will be May 18.
The free concerts will
begin at 7 p.m. A spaghet-
ti supper will be served at
4:30 p.m. Tickets are $6
and are on sale at the
band hall, high school or
or from Margie Ashoro at
885-3287.
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almost an equal amount of discussion
Tuesday.
The rule for 1999-2000 outlaws all
such displays. Only the manufactur-
er’s logo or emblem will be allowed.
Examples are the Nike swish and
"Tommy."
And in one last dress code-related
item, Theresa Hagen addressed the
hoard regarding adoption of a modi-
fied uniform code using jeans or khaki
trousers and a solid color shirt with
collar.
Both the board and administration
seemed receptive to the idea. Also,
Hagen agreed to serve on a summer
committee to begin researching a com-
parable program at other schools, to
decide at which grade level(s) the pro-
gram, if adopted, would begin, and
other details.
To avoid confusion when buying
school clothes for the coming year, a
copy of the dress code will be attached
to final report cards of returning stu-
dents.
Assistant Superintendent Maggie
Selman had some good news for the
board in her report covering results of
exit level TAAS tests taken by tenth
graders in April.
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it should come as no surprise that
changes in the dress code at Sealy
High School for the 1999-2000 acade-
mic year would generate at least a
modicum of concern for parents as
well as for students.
And it happened at the May 11
meeting of the Sealy Independent
School District Board of Trustees.
At least one parent questioned the
practicability of what is apparently
the most controversial issue of change
. . . the edict that shirts must remain
tucked in while the student is on cam-
pus.
Among concerns expressed were the
cut (style) of the garment (not made to
tuck in), and problems -for girls of
husky build who feel more comfortable
with the shirt tails out.
One of the principals present com-
mented that some tails would come
out and that some students would
“light up” the moment the school
boundary was crossed.
But the board - and administration -
held their ground, and as of the end of
discussion, tails would stay tucked in.
Junior High Principal Brenda Krch-
nak, who was present at the April
meeting when the new rule was for-
mulated, observed in passing that if
nothing else the rule might promote
neatness, an asset studenta could find ji. rases
beneficial when they get out in the
real world.
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