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FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES AND MUCH MORE
veteran
and a
serviceman
every day.
Campbell,
Coptract
Cookies for Vets
Sealy American Legion
Auxiliary are collecting
cookies for the Veterans
Hospital Feb. 1 2 from 8
a.m. 5 p.m. at the Sealy
Chamber of Commerce
office. Please put cookies
SHS Band concert
The Sealy High School
Tiger Band will present a
mid winter concert on
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Career, technology clubs recognized
Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski signs a proclamation in recognition of
Feb 9-15 being designated as Career and Technology Education Week
Pictured are Ginny Schovajsa, Bellville DECA India Richter and Bevin
Trahan, Bellville FCCLA; David Olvera. Sealy Auto Club. Erica Eilers. Sealy
FCCLA Jacob Tipp, Sealy FFA; Elizabeth Acosta. Sealy VICA Jacob
Jamcek, Bellville FFA. and Randilynn Burnum, Bellville VICA
314 Fowikes
Sealy • 979-885-3700
hand the reins to new
President Yolanda Kesee.
Lorena Callis, of
Rosenberg, will be the
Master of Ceremonies, and
the special speaker will be
the Rev. Robert McGee, of
Houston.
1538 Fannin
Columbus • 979-732-5633
"Give, and it will be given
to you; good measure,
pressed down, shaken
together, and running over
will be put into your
bosom. For with the same
measure that you use, it
will be measured back to
you."
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Defense
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Wharton • 979-282-RENT
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Eastside banquet
The Eastside
Foundation’s annual ban
quet will be held on
Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7
p.m. at the KC Hall, Sealy.
The theme will be "Leading
Our Community to a
Brighter Future," and tick
ets are $10 each The pro
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tion of new officers for the
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Carter, "but the investiga-
tion is not over. We will find
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Springtime job fair
Career and Recovery
Resources, Inc., at 531 FM
359 South, Brookshire, is
having a springtime job fair
from 9 a.m. 2 p.m.,
Wednesday, Feb. 12. Job
seekers are encouraged to
bring their resumes. Call
Deborah Keathley, at 281
375 6511, for information.
The Sealy News/JOANIE GRIFFIN
Sealy High School seniors are getting ready for the Projection Graduation Valentine's Dinner on Feb 14 at the high school cafeteria Pictured from
left, are Jamie Weeber, Wendy Via, Matt Rivers and Dana Sklar preparing decorations. The seniors enourage the community to support this event
which promises to be a perfect Valentine's Day evening with your special person. Tickets can be purchased from any senior or call Karen Via, par-
ent coordinator, at 885-7345 or 885-0055 Prices for tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for children, eight years and younger
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Monday, Feb. 10, in the
high school auditorium. The I
concert will begin at 7 p.m. 1
and is free to the public.
Botti the concert and sym
phonic bands will perform
pop, patriotic and U I L
contest music.
Girls Scouts are about more
than cook les
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By CATHY WITHERSPOON
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members wanted the county to look
over the plat and approve develop
ers’ drainage plans first.
Commissioner, Precinct 4, David
Hubenak and the planning commis-
sion said they had concerns about
how the subdivision’s drainage
would affect property owners down
stream
Roberts said the plat had been
simplified since earlier submis-
sions. In the new plat, lots were
larger, 1-2.7-acres in size, due to
drainage issues. The “nice, afford
able” homes will he modular or
small, stucco homes in the moder-
ate price range of $115,000
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impacts of the plant on
Sealy and Austin County
when he spoke at the Sealy
Chamber of Commerce’s
luncheon on Feb 3.
A long partnership has
developed between Stewart
before the trucks are deliv-
ered to the customer, the
U.S. Army.
Direct economic impacts
of the Stewart & Stevenson
plant include a $33.5 mil-
lion payroll for 780 employ-
ees. Of the plant’s total
employees, 250 live in
Austin County, with 155 of
the Austin Countians living
in Sealy.
“I don’t have any num
bers on the dollars spent
with each supplier in Sealy,
but if you estimated an
average of $15,000-20,000
per supplier per year he
total would be approxi-
■ CAMPBELL, page 2
City resubmits B&PW Park grant request
Little League Association
to provide 200 man hours
towards implementing the
goals of the grant.
The city should know by
spring time if it is to
receive the grant, Maresh
said. The city is matching
the grant from TPW with
$50,000 and will have
three years to complete the
project. The project would
include tearing down the
baseball field dugouts,
building new dugouts,
repairing the sidewalks
around the concession
trees and flower gardens.
Currently, the city main-
tains the park grounds, the
infield and outfield fences.
The Little League pur-
chased a new reel mower,
however, that cuts the
grass in a more manicured,
professional looking way,
so the league will cut the
infield and outfield grass
during baseball season.
Little League is trying to
attract tournaments to
Sealy, and the condition of
the field would help in
that endeavor.
of the century, to producing
vehicles during World War
II, and 2.5- and 5-ton
t rucks today.
Since 1991, Stewart &
Stevenson has produced
19,000 of the Family of
Military Tactical Vehicles
(FMTVs), and they are
being used by the U.S.
Army all over the world
For example, some of the
trucks helped repair the
Kandahar Airfield in the
early stages of the opera-
tion in Afghanistan
Campbell has a staff of
23, who are responsible for
inspect and overseeing con-
struction of the at the plant
The Sealy Planning Commission
tabled a request from Evelyn
Roberts and Al Konvicka of AEM
Partners for a preliminary plat of a
subdivision on Lezak and Saha
Roads in Frydek at a regular meet-
ing Jan 4. The subdivision, named
East Lake Estates, is in Sealy’s
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Board Chairman Rick
Bauman said it was good
for the Little League and
the city to be "working
together.” With Little
League and Sealy High
School (SHSl softball prac-
tices starting up, more
walkers using the walking
paths, and basketball goals
always in use, the park is
busy. Hopefully, the new
Joe Scranton, Jr . Park will
be ut ilized, as well.
Maresh said lighting at
the ball fields would have
■ PARKS, page 2
slopes for a ditch were steep
Commission members agreed it
would be a good idea for Hubenak
and the developers to discuss the
drainage plan with property own
ers downstream about the -ubdiyi
-ion project and drainage Current
homeowners need to have input, as
they will be impacted, commission
members said
in other business, the commi-
sion reviewed the city’s Land Use
Standards. Maresh told commi-
sion members that rural street
design standards were the "main
thing’ Setback standards were
also being revised
stand, adding a water foun-
tain, and the construction
of three covered picnic
tables and playground
equipment
Although the Little
League has already con-
tributed a substantial
amount of work at the
park, Maresh said, the
group committed 200 hours
to assist in tearing down
the old dugouts and remov-
ing the paving stones by
the concession stand. The
Sealy HS Ag Department
said they would put in
Agency commander at the
Stewart & Stevenson plant,
discussed the economic
Rush Truck Center General
Manager Chris Wilson the
trucks were found near the
Katy Freeway on Barker-
Cypress Road in a vacant
property. Sitting on cinder
blocks, the trucks were
found stripped of the tires,
rims and chrome.
The suspects entered
Rush Truck Center, in the
4600 block of 1-10 Frontage
Road in San Felipe, on Jan
25 between the hours of
midnight-1 45 a.m and
removed four brand new
Peterbilt trucks
“We are very pleased to
recover the last two
trucks," said San Felipe
Police Chief Malcolm
KC dinner
Sunday, Feb. 16 the
Sealy Knights of Columbus
will host a barbecue chick
en dinner at the KC Hall.
Serving will be from 10:30
a.m.-1 p.m. The dinner will
benefit the Sealy KC Iron
Knights, who will represent
Texas in the KC softball
tournament in Missour, in
September
WORTHQ JO UNG
“The Unites States will
not and cannot run the risk
to the American people.
Leaving Saddam Hussein
in possession of weapons
of mass destruction is not
an option, not in a post
Sept. 11 world."
Secretary of State Colin
Powell, Feb. 5 United
Nations address
The city of Sealy resub-
mitted an application to
the Texas Parks and
Wildlife (TPW)
Department for a $50,000
grant to make improve-
ments to the Business and
Professional Women’s Park
on Jan. 31, City Manager
John Maresh told the Sealy
Parks Board at a regular
meeting Wednesday.
The city missed receiving
the grant by only one point
last year, Maresh said. The
new application included a
commitment by the Sealy
The subdivision is "well out of the
floodplain,” Konvicka said, but does
lack drainage A small lake would
be constructed in an area in the
subdivision th it tended to hold
water, two sets of culverts would be
lowered, a ditch along Lezak Road
excavated, and an 18-inch pipe
installed to improve drainage
Sealy City Manager John Maresh
noted that the subdivisions loca-
tion in Frydek was "real flat " The
county needs to sign off on the
drainage plan, as the county will
maintain the area’s drainage, not
the city. He was concerned about
Lezak Road drainage, as proposed
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Developers said they had been
working on the preliminary plat
। since September 2002 and wanted
to get plat approval from the com-
mission However, commission
Lt. Colonel
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Griffin, Joanie. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 2003, newspaper, February 7, 2003; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1594868/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.