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■ CERT, page 2
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2005
Volume 118 Number 74
The Sealy News • 193 Schmidt Road • P.O. Box 480 • Sealy, Texas 77474 • phone: (979) 885 3562 • fax: (979) 885 3564 • www.sealynews.com
★ Dedicated to Better Vision ★
Radios help
keep watch
on weather
By JAY ERMIS
Managing Editor
By JAY ERMIS
Managing Editor
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counties.
“We will probably set them
“Therefore I say to you, her
sins, which are many, are
forgiven, for she loved
much. But to whom little is
forgiven, the same loves lit-
tle."
Choir camp set
The Sealy High School
Choir will be hosting a two
day Choir Camp for stu-
dents in Grades 3, 4, and
5. The dates are Tuesday,
Sept. 13, and Tuesday,
Sept. 20. The camp will
be held in the new Sealy
High School Choir Room
after school on both days
and will be taught by Kay
Kenner, Janet Allphin,
Kristin Howard, and mem-
bers of the high school
choir. Each participant will
receive a camp T-shirt.
Vocal techniques, choral
methods, and part-singing
will be emphasized. Choir
Camp forms are available
in the Selman
Intermediate office.
NewsBits
Austin County
Texas Sportsmen
to hold meeting
The regular meeting of
the Austin County Chapter
of the Sportsman’s asso-
ciation will be held on
Sept. 13 at Cat Spring
Hall. Social starts at 7
p.m. and the meeting at 8
p.m. We will have snacks
and drinks.
30 people in 2004 - the first
two classes in the county pro-
gram.
“The CERT team is sup-
new $24.25 million high
school.
The 221,000 square-
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Members of Sealy Girl Scout Troop 1036,
Sunrise Service Unit, helped arrange
clothing and non-perishable goods Friday
afternoon, Sept. 9, at God’s Store House
for Disaster Relief in the Sealy Mall off
Interstate 10. At top, Melissa Miller, left,
and Mary Sloan sort through clothing
available for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
At right, Angela Wendt arranges toys
donated for youngsters. The 7,500 square-
foot building, donated by David Mafrige
Interests, is being used to store and dis-
tribute supplies. Sarah Miller is troop
leader and Paula Wendt co-leader. For
more information, phone Kai and Stacie
Schulz at 661-1539 or 627-7037.
with a plaque. "
Rethwisch said two CERT
courses were completed by
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Tigers Get
Homecoming Win
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The Sealy News/LINDSEY VACULIN
Homecoming Royalty
Norma Avalos and Trevor Kana were named 2005 Sealy
Homecoming Queen and King during Friday night’s game
against La Grange. They were crowned during half-time festiv-
ities. The Tigers went on to defeat the Leopards 21-7.
Today
Partly cloudy with a 20
percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms, with a
high in the lower 90s.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny in the morn-
ing, then partly cloudy with
a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunder-
storms in the afternoon
and a high in the lower
90s.
Thursday
Partly cloudy with a 20
percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms and a
high in the mid 90s.
Cazadores Mexican
Restaurant &
Cantina
210 Gebhardt Rd. • Sealy, TX
979-885-3211
Career Fair
The Brookshire
Economic Development
Corporation, the City of
Brookshire, and Career
and Recovery Resources,
Inc. are sponsoring a
Career Fair on Sept. 14
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Brookshire Convention
Center, 4027 Fifth St.
There will also be a fash-
ion show during lunch. For
more information, call
(281) 375-6511.
WorthQuoting
“Knowledge comes, but
wisdom lingers.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
BIBLEVERSE
The Sealy-Cuero Game
Will Be Featured on FSN
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EYE ASSOCIATES
Dr. Paul R. Beckwith
Optometry • Ophthalmology • Optical
CERT members
attending the meeting.
An additional 15 weather
Austin County,"
Rethwisch said.
“They can be
programmed for
up to seven
ber Citizens Emergency posed to be an emergency
Response Team has received response team,” Rethwisch
some needed assistance, said. “If we give every mem-
San Bernard Electric ber a weather radio, then
Cooperative donated 15 they can be alerted ahead of
weather radios to the group time to any incident that is
going to come
into their part of
the county.”
Rethwisch
said CERT
members are
located through-
out the county.
“The radios
are programmed
to listen to infor-
radios were purchased up for just Austin County
through the CERT program, broadcasts. It does all of the
providing each member with weather events ... the watch,
equipment to alert county the warnings, storms, hurri-
residents of bad weather. canes, tornadoes, ice and
During the special recogni- snow and it will do amber
tions, part . of the alerts if they so request it.
Commissioners Court’s agen- “It will also alet to emer-
da, Royce Bartels of Shelby gency incidents such-as ter-
was honored for his 14 years rorism if you get that pro-
of service to the county. grammed. Normally, the
Bartels retired Aug. 12. He radio is just for weather. The
worked as a mechanic in National Weather Service
Precinct 2. handles the transmitters.”
Commissioner Wilbert Rethwisch said receiving
Frank Jr. presented Bartels the radios is “a good thing. It
HUGE SAVINGS
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(979)885-3554
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during Commis-
sioners Court on
Monday morning,
Sept. 12.
John Speiss and
Bob Hancock,
both member ser-
vices representa-
tives with San
Bernard Electric,
presented the
radios to County
Emergency Ma-
nagement Cood-
inator Rod
Rethwisch and
City sets
budget
hearing
The Sealy City Council
will hold a public hearing
on the proposed budget for
the City of Sealy during
their regular session
meeting Wednesday night
before approving it.
The total proposed bud-
get for the year is
$7,989,660. That is a
about a $300,000 increase
over last year’s budget.
According to the Austin
County chief appraiser,
the proposed tax rolls for
the City will be
$256,634,26, an increase
of $21,660,036 over last
year.
In other business the
council will also approve
the hotel/motel occupancy
tax budget for the Sealy
Chamber of Commerce
and Sealy Convention and
Visitor’s Bureau, consider
proceeding with the prepa-
ration of a tax abatement
agreement for Stewart
and Stevenson, TVSLP,
requesting tax abatement
on planned facility expan-
sion and modifications to
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9,4 abma
Dale Lechler’s tenure foot facility was dedicat-
with the Sealy ed Sept. 6, closing out a
Independent School project launched more
District officially ends than four years earlier.
Thursday, Sept. 15. With the time and
The retiring superin- energy invested, school
tendent will be recog- board president Jim
nized for his contribu- Billings considers “the
tions during a retire- new high school Dale
ment reception at 4 p.m. Lechler’s legacy.”
Wednesday, Sept. 14, at “It was Dale’s vision
the Sealy High School and leadership that
cafeteria. brought it about,”
Lechler began his Billings said. “I was on
nine-year stay with the the committee that
Sealy ISD in March Gary Pless chaired to
1996. decide if we needed a
He served as SHS facility or if we could get
assistant principal for a facility or if the bond
two years before moving issue would work,
into the assistant super- “It was Dale’s leader-
intendent’s job for one ship that made the new
year. high school happen.”
He spent the last six Billings recalled that
years as superintendent after it was decided a
of schools and consider- new school was needed,
able time looking at the “Dale went around to all
future of the Sealy ISD. of the civic organiza-
His planning and lob- tions, any civic group
bying opened the door to that needed to hear
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Griffin, Joanie & Ermis, Jay. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 2005, newspaper, September 13, 2005; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1531529/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.