Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Page: 1 of 26
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DECEMBER 24, 2014
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ESTEBAN SANCHEZ (C) AND MIKE AND BETH
WALTERSCHEIDT have been lifelong friends.
The Elgin VFW Post No.
6115 hosts karaoke night
beginning at 8 p.m. Kids
are welcome.
Local kids visit
with Santa and
share their wishes
... See this week’s B section
The Owl Wine Bar and
Home Goods store hosts
a live music open mic
with sign-ups at 7:30
p.m.
By PATTY FINNEY
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See Birthdays, Page 3A.
To add your birthday or a
friend’s birthday to the list,
please call the COURIER at
512-285-3333 or stop by 105
North Main Street.
Children can have fun at
the Elgin Public Library
during the arts and crafts
program, beginning at
4:30 p.m.
By PATTY FINNEY
elgincourier@elgincourier.com
Buying or selling!
Give us a call
512-281-3413
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Dec. 15 and a low of 430 on
Dec. 16. There was 1.58
inches of rainfall reported
for the week.
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Keep track of Santa, reindeer tonight
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Until then, enjoy all
Santa’s Village has to
offer.
Here is wishing a Merry,
Merry Christmas to all!
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sheetrock on the inside
to access the building,
said Glass.
Glass said he has
video of one suspect
coming through the
back wall and the city
has video of two sus-
pects as they leave the
area.
This burglary comes
on the heels of four
armed robberies in
Elgin that have left lit-
tle leads for police to
follow.
This time of year
crimes related to theft
increase.
Residents are encour-
aged to keep their valu-
ables out of sight
whether in their vehi-
cles or their homes and
to keep their doors
locked at all times.
Crete masonry unit,
rock or other material
laid up unit upon unit
set and bonded to one
another in mortar, she
explained.
The case study pro-
vided a short but de-
tailed history of Elgin’s
considerations:
• April 2006: Rudy
Garza (TMC executive
vice-president) makes
first contact with City
Manager, Jeff Coffee —
Mr. Coffee expressed no
interest in pursuing
MPP per a directive by
the City Council. Fears
it will slow down boom-
ing development. Rudy
leaves materials for all
city council members
and P&Z members and
begins to attend Envi-
sion Elgin workshops
that are being held to
develop Elgin’s Master
Plan.
See “BRICK”, Page 3A
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A Christmas elf who
lives closer to the south
pole than the north
pole has been helping
out in Elgin the past
month at Evergreen
Farms.
Esteban Sanchez, 23,
of Asuncion, Paraguay,
the capital city there,
traveled about 8,000
miles to be with good
A 2011 case study for
Elgin stated, “Home to
three brick plants, it is
not surprising that all
of Elgin’s Historic
Downtown Area is built
with 100 percent ma-
sonry.”
Leila Siqueiros, gov-
ernment relations spe-
cialist of the Texas
that’s how Esteban got
a trip to Elgin to work
with them, shop, and
practice his English.
“This is something he
really wanted to do,”
said Beth.
Mike and Beth have
even visited Paraguay
and the Sanchez family
since Mario came to
stay with them years
ago. “Mario took us
everywhere when we
See “ELF”, Page 11A
The American Legion
Post #295 hosts a live
music open mic with
sign-ups at 7 p.m.
tp Elgin
masonry in 2011.
“There was a lot of
hard work from every-
one to create higher
standards for the com-
munity to ensure long
lasting, high quality de-
velopment for many
generations to come.
With three brick plants
in Elgin and it also
being designated the
‘Brick Capital of the
Southwest’, it only
makes sense to leave
the masonry definition
and 80 percent stan-
dards where they are.
Including other non-
masonry materials to
the definition and low-
ering the masonry per-
centage would be a
detriment to the City of
Elgin,” Siqueiros re-
layed via email.
Masonry is defined as
a form of construction
composed of clay brick,
stone, decorative con-
Service and Compassion from
a family that genuinely cares.
A $10,000 reward is
being offered for infor-
mation that leads to the
arrest and conviction of
the burglars that broke
into Elgin General
Store last week.
Owner David Glass is
offering the reward
after he lost approxi-
mately $5,000 worth of
items including ammo,
rifle scopes, binoculars,
22 caliber rifles and
pellet guns.
The store was burglar-
ized at approximately 3
a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26.
The suspects cut
through the metal of
the outside wall on the
back side of the build-
ing, then knocked a
hole through the
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friends Mike and Beth
Walterscheidt during
their busy season of
selling their home-
grown Christmas trees.
Their relationship
started 30 years ago, be-
fore Esteban was even
born, when the Walter-
scheidts hosted his
uncle as an exchange
student. Mario Sanchez
and the Walterscheidts
have kept in contact
over the years and
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Vol. 125 No. 2
(TMC), called the Elgin
Courier last week to
relay some concerns re-
garding a recent City
Council decision to
change the building
code for residential
construction.
Siqueiros provided a
case study the TMC cre-
ated for the City of
Elgin when officials
began considering
changing the building
codes to require more
On Wednesday, Dec. 24, mil-
lions of people will have the
chance to see Santa’s
reindeers guide him
across the globe as he de- I
livers presents with \
Google’s Santa Tracker.
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Finney, Patty. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 2014, newspaper, December 24, 2014; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1555262/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.