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County jail solution clear as mud
USDA grant amount not what originally thought
BY JAMES Stewart ing at noon Tuesday with the feasibility of building a jail the county.
In one fail swoop, a clarify- regional representatives of the that would solve current issues When the initial news was
ing statement about the per- United States Department of as determined by the Texas received that the community
missible level of funding for Agriculture (USDA), a simple Commission on Jail Standards, facilities grant could be used
a community facilities grant question about levels of fund- It has been determined by the to fund a considerable portion
application hit the county com- ing for a new jail revealed commission that the 25-bed of the $7.4 million project,
missioners like a sucker punch an answer that was in stark McCulloch County jail does the county began pursuing the
to the gut. The newseffectively contrast towhat they had previ- not meet current standards and necessary steps to explore the
set the idea of having as much ously been told. that a long-term solution must feasi bility of building a jail on
as 60 percent of a new jail be According to McCulloch be found. The commission also its own rather than relying on
funded by a USDA grant, down County Judge Danny Neal, at has limited the jail to housing a multi-county effort.
the river. a meeting approximately three only 14 individuals on an aver- “This news was the last thing
During an informative meet- weeks ago, USDA representa- age daily number of prisoners, we wanted to hear, but since
tives told the county that there Ideas involving a regional we are already in the process
were funds available through a jail have been entertained, but of obtaining information from
Theft, burglary community facilities grant that logistical hurdles have resulted the public about what direction
, . . would pay for as much as 60 in unsuccessful attempts to they would like us to go, we
on the rise 1I1 percent of a qualifying project make it come to fruition. En- are going to proceed with the
waale of which a 48-bed jail in the gineering specifications and information gathering meet-
recent WeeKS county could qualify. designs as well as location and ings,” said Neal. “The bottom
The Brady Police Depart- McCulloch County, has for a variety of other preliminary
ment has issued a community- several years, been researching plans have been researched by
PASSING THE TORCH—Lacey Sawyer, the cur-
rent Miss Heart of Texas, will hand over the crown and
title to the 2010 pageant at the conclusion of Saturday
night’s annual Miss Heart of Texas Pageant.
Pageant to name new
Miss Heart of Texas
at Saturday event
wide awareness alert following
an increased number of burglar-
ies and thefts that have occurred
in recent weeks.
According to Brady Police
ChiefCharlie Derrick, all local
law enforcement agencies are
working together to investigate
a rash of burglaries and thefts
that have taken place over the
past 30 days primarily on the
north side of Brady.
"These are crimes of op-
portunity." said Derrick. "A
lot of the items that are being
stolen are things that can't be
traced scrap metal, junk and
things that are easily accessible
and visible.
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Fa hid
"We are urging everyone in
Area “Sweets from the Gray and Kathleen Gray; Jackie the area to lock their cars, their
Heart” will grace the Brady Laureles, daughter of Gene and homes and be aware of suspi-
High School auditorium Sat- Sandra Laureles; and Chelsea cious activity especially of
urday, June 26, at 7 p.m. for Moore, daughter of Hollis and people selling valuable items
the 2010 Miss Heart of Texas Shona Moore, on the street forprices that seem
Pageant. Pageant escorts will be Zach too good to be true."
The event is sponsored Jones, son of Clay and Wendy According to Derrick, there
annually by the Beta Sigma Jones, and Collin Hanna, son of are several leads that are being
Phi sorority. Tickets can be Collett McBee and Nick Hanna actively pursued in an effort to
purchased in advance from Last year's Miss Heart of catch the culprits.
sorority member Becky Cortez, Texas. Lacey Sawyer, and her Derrick also stated that it
456-8189, or at the door for $8 court first runner-up Brittne is important for victims to be
each or two for $15. Friar and Second runner-up prompt in reporting missing
Vying for this year's title Shelby Young will serve items to either the police or
will be Beatrix Scott, daughter as this year’s "Mistresses of slterift's department in a timely
of Don and Kit Scott; Jennifer Ceremonies.” manner as well as have an ac-
Moran, daughter of Dan and Emcees arc Jane and Dusty curate description or inventory
Janet Moran; Evin Damuth, Pearce; chairpersons. Becky of the items that are missing,
daughter of Gary and Diane Cortez and Kayla Branden- Anonymous tips may be
Damuth; AlleighOry, daughter berger. reported to McCulloch County
of Dennis and Melanie Ory; —-------——-----Crime Stoppers by calling 456-
Hannah Gray, daughter of Marc See Pageant on Page 12 A TIPS (8477).
Standard-Herald photos by Neal Ulmer
LOADING UP—Workers at the new Jacoby Rail Center load wheat from a truck
into another railcar last Friday. The rail center has been busy over the past month shipping
wheat from the Heart of Texas to various ports on the coast.
New rail service stays hopping
with bumper wheat crop harvest
BY NEAL ULMER harvesting over 2,000 acres."I
This year wheat farmers Hemphill started harvestings,
are practically grinning from wheat about May 23 and was e
car-to-car because of a huge one of the earliest harvesting IL
wheateropinthedentialTewas Hle said themarket wasgoodat
area Thanks to Jacoby’s Rail the time. He finished harvest-7 NNT
Center in Brady, a good por-r ing wheat sometime in the first-i
tion of wheat was shipped out week of June but by then he 1509
to variousparts of the country noted the price of wheat had 2.29
"We have a big wheat crop dropped considerablyS
this year and the rail center The recently-built rail cen--′
is another way to get it out," ter, although not totally fin-
said Jason Jacoby, owner of ished, shipped out 52,800,000
QUALITYTEST—Tim
Cadre, county’s newest sand
mining company, to begin
construction in early August
By Amanda Howell presentation highlighting the new operation.
Cadre Material Products, LLC, a sand min- "Everybody benefits from having an added
Jacoby’s Feed and Seed. “We pounds or 880,000 bushels of Hyden tests a sample of wheat
haven’t made a good wheat wheat over a span of 23 days, as part of his duties of loading
crop in three years, but this That amounted to a total of rail cars at the Jacoby Rail
year’s crop appears to be a 1,056 semi-trailer truck loads. Center.
‘bumper crop’. There is some According to Tim Hyden,
50-80 bushel wheat out there.” supervisor of the rail center, a is operated and supervised by
“I believe this is the second scmi-trailcrtruck holds 52,000 Sammy Flores.
best crop I’ve harvested,” said pounds of wheat. It takes four They load up seven rail cars
Lohn wheat producer Doug semi-trailer truck loads to fill at one time, taking about five-
Hemphill. “I’ve had some good up one railroad car. The truck and-one halfhours to load them
crops and other good crops had is driven over a ramp, which is The seven rail cars are moved
been damaged by hail or freeze, actually the base of a conveyor up and down the railroad siding
but this year was a good crop, belt system that delivers the by a track mobile. The track
Our yields ranged from 35 to grain from the truck to the rail
55 bushels per acre with us car. The conveyor belt system
ing and processing plant in the early stages of tax base for the county," he said. "The reason
construction in Voca, expects to receive the "go everyone is coming to get sand in Brady is .
ahead" from the Texas Commission on Environ- because it's a special grade of sand. Brady I ear n 1 n (
mental Quality (TCEQ) in Austin. sand known as ' Brady Brown' is a key . C A 1111
According to Matt Stafford with Cadre, the component of oil and gas drilling, primarily
company expects to receive its air quality permit due to its round shape. the rOnAc
from TCEQ by late July or early August. "Sand from the Hickory formation makes it CARS A UPCO
With approval from TCEQ, Cadre has be- one ofonly two sand deposits in the Unites States
gun some site preparations—primarily ground that meets the specifications by the American V AMES: TENANT
work —and will start bringing in equipment Petroleum Association for use in fracturing oil A group 0 re an Emer-
and building supplies in the coming weeks, and gas wells." gency Medical Service work-
Erection of the building, however, won't begin The company is committed to constructing ers and two municipal workers
until the TCEQ permit has been issued. Once and operating the plant in a safe and environmen- spent the better portion of last
that happens. Cadre anticipates a construction tallysoundmanncrandwillutilizestate-of-the- week learning what to do to
completion date near the end of December and art technology to minimize the environmental safely rescue someone trapped
hopes to be selling usable product by the end impact of its new facility, in a tight space.
of February 2011. "We've gone the extra mile; if our dust Known as confined space
Cadre brings with it a number of positive systems fail, our operators will get an alarm," rescue—the class was taught
aspects to the Brady and McCulloch County area Tucker added. "In the event that happens, we right here in Brady by in-
once the company is fully operational. may have to shut the plant down; we're com- structors with the Texas En-
"This plant will create about 80 new jobs mitted to clean air quality.” gineering Extension Service
in McCulloch County and provide additional Once the facility is completed, Cadre will be (TEEX) in College Station,
county revenue," said M. A. Shute, sales and utilizing a dust mitigation system that exceeds With classroom instruction and
marketing manager for Cadre. the Best Available Control Technology (B ACT) hands-on real-life simulations,
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The company plans to invest over $20 mil- standard required by the Texas Commission on the 40-hour class was attended
lion in the sand mining and processing plant on Environmental Quality—a system expected to by firefighters from Farmers
property formerly known as the 3 Bar Ranch in be more efficient than those currently utilized Branch andnorth Montgomery
McCulloch County. Cadre will be located due in the area County as well as several from
north of Unimin, another sand mining company Cadre will also be the first plant in the county Brady
which operates in Voca. to use an Ultra Low NO, burner on its dryer. “This is a class that is
The plant will produce high-quality sand for In addition, the company plans to install a taught t0 OSHA standards for
use in fracturing oil and gas wells throughout water recovery system to minimize water us-
the United States. age; over 90 percent of the water used will be
The total annual payroll is estimated to be recycled. A rainwater catchment system will
over $2 million. Furthermore, Cadre will provide be installed as well, and the Hickory Aquifer
annual tax revenues in excess of $250,000. Water Authority will monitor the wells.
"We're interested in being a good neigh- In being the "good neighbor," Cadre will
bor,” plant manager Rex Tucker told members indirectly provide an economic impact on lo-
of the Central cal trucking and rail industries, fuel and parts
Texas Taxpay- suppliers, maintenance operators, drilling and
ers Association blasting companies and businesses that special-
recently when ize in plant automation.
7 "8 7 0 3 7"7 6 8 2 5 "6 he presented To learn more about Cadre, visit their Web
Brady Standard-Herald a Power Point site at www.CadreMatcrialProducts.com.
confined space rescues,” said
class organizer and instructor
Richard Pivonka.
After spending a consider-
able amount of time in the
classroom during the first half
of the week, the class was
given first-hand experience in
simulated rescues.
“We used an elevator shaft
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GOING UP—With Brady firefighters Thain Martin
and Kelby Brown working from above, a Farmers Branch
firefighter is hoisted back up to the working platform by
members of the confined space rescue class. The class used
the G. Roilie White facility to simulate rescue scenarios as
part of the class.
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