ThursdayFeb. 26, 2015

50 CentsVol. 22 - No 23The Times Tribune

The Voice of Waller County

By Lillie RubyStaff Reporter

Representative Eric Johnson of Dallas has sponsored HB 1035 in response to the increase in incidents of police harass-ment and citizen arrest for taking photographs or videoing police actions. This bill will protect citi-zens who are document-ing any miss-action by officers.

HB 1035 makes it clear that filming and recording police officers in action does not indicate interfer-ence. It also makes clear that ordering or directing people to cease filming, recording, photographing,

documents, or observing a police officer engaged in official duties cannot be considered a crime of failure to obey. The offi-cer may only give direc-tives to change positions or proximity.

The bill makes it a crime for laws enforce-ment officers to delete or destroy audio, photo-graphic or video record-ings with out the written consent of the owner.

A Prairie View A&M student was involved in an incident in 2014 where he was pepper sprayed and according to the student harassed by an officer while filming the break up of a party. Also in 2014, a

Texas federal court held that a private citizen has the constitutional right to record police officers performing their official duties in public.

Senate Bill 308, spon-sored by Houstonians Senator John Whitmire and Rodney Ellis, has been filed and if passed will require that police departments of private and public colleges and universities be subjected to the Public Information Act.

While these officers must be commissioned by The State and have full policing powers, some,

House Bill 1035 and Senate Bill 308 important to public’s right to know

After 4 murders in 10 months, Prairie View Council holds law enforcement forum

By Marie HerndonCity of Prairie View

This historical Febru-ary 17, 2015, law enforce-ment forum was planned and organized by David Allen and Prairie View City Council member, Marie Herndon because

of safety concerns fol-lowing the 4th murder in the past 10 months in the city of Prairie View. The Prairie View City Coun-cil Chamber was filled to capacity with residents representing various areas of Waller County, and Prairie View University

students. The panel con-sisted of Waller County District Attorney, Elton Mathis, Sheriff Glenn Smith, Police Chiefs Hartley (Hempstead); Rehak (Waller); Stevens (Prairie View University);

A panel of Waller County law enforcement officials led a safey forum organized by Councilwoman Marie Herdon and Councilman David Allen of the City of Prairie View. The panel consisted of District Attorney Elton Mathis, Sheriff R. Glenn Smith, Police Chiefs Hartley of Hempstead, Stevens of PVAMU, Johnson of Prairie View, Constable Hershel Smith and Captain Caldwell of Precinct 3. Photo provided by Marie Herndon.

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Federal indictment for immigration fraudAndres Victor Woodcock arrested on charges of Procuring Naturalization by Fraud.

By Warren Diepraam on behalf of WCDA El-ton Mathis, Waller Coun-ty DA Office

On February 15, 2015, after a two year long joint investigation with the Department of Homeland Paso Fino horses were used in the alleged fraud. For

more on this breed, see Paso Fino Horse Associa-tion information on Page 7

Joint forces investigat-ing at the ranch of A.V. Woodcock

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Drought effects still a serious concernCOLLEGE STATION

– The drought may have receded in much of Texas, but reservoir levels are, if anything, worse in many areas than they were a year ago, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

“If we look at the major urban cities, particularly from the Metroplex down

the Interstate 35 corridor, on down to San Anto-nio, it’s pretty dire,” said Dr. Guy Fipps, AgriLife Extension irrigation engi-neer, College Station.

According to the Tex-as Water Development Board, monitored water supply reservoirs were about 65 percent full as of Feb. 17. But the num-

ber is misleading, Fipps said, because the average is skewed by many of the larger reservoirs in East Texas, such as the Jack-sonville Reservoir, which is full.

“What we see out in East Texas, the reservoir levels are pretty good, but

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Civil Case Agreement signedCase against Waller Co. elected officials reaches settlement

Above, Judge Terry Flenniken and right Judge Trey Duhon sign the settlement documents for the civil case brought against Waller County and some of its elected of-ficials. Photos by Lillie Ruby.

By Lillie RubyStaff Reporter

After an Executive Ses-sion that lasted about for-ty minutes February 20, the Waller County Com-missioners Court recon-vened into regular session of a Special Meeting to discuss and vote on the settlement terms agreed

upon by Waller County, Pintail Landfill LLC, the City of Hempstead, and Citizens Against the Landfill in Hempstead.

This civil case was filed by the City of Hempstead and the Citizens Against the Landfill in Hempstead against Waller County and Pintail Landfill LLC, to determine whether or

not Waller County elected officials that included: former Waller County Judge Glenn Beckend-orff, Commissioner Stan Kitzman Precinct 4 and Commissioner Frank Pokluda Precinct 2 vio-lated the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Pub-

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Area EventsNon-profit ongoing area events are published on a space available basis. Priority is

given to non-ongoing events. Events must be provided in text format. PDFs and flyers are not acceptable. Deadline for submission is Friday at noon. Email your event to

county.news@timestribune.com

Lenten fish frys continue March 6 & 20

The Brookshire/Pattison Knights of Clumbus will continue their Lenten fish frys on the following Fridays March 6 and March 20. From 5:00-7:30 P.M. in the Church Hall, 4459 FM 359 Pattison. $10 for adults, $6 for children. Carry out available.

Democratic Club swearing in ceremony February 26

The Waller County Democratic Club will meet on February 26. The meet-ing will begin with a social gathering at 6:30 P.M., snacks will be served. The Honorable Morris L. Overstreet will be in attendance to administer the Oath of Office to the 2015 Administration of the Waller County Democratic Club. Judge Overstreet is former judge to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the 1st African American to win statewide office in Texas. This month’s meeting will be held at PV City Hall 44500 US 290 Business. For additional informa-tion call: 979-645-1664.

Financing the Farm February 26

This program gives an overview of funding available through governmental agencies. RSVP before February 19 with the extension office. Call 979-826-7651 or email: damionturner@ag.tamu.edu

WCDC Garage Sale February 27-28

Mattox Dwellings is hosting a garage sale to benefit the Waller County Demo-cratic Club Friday & Saturday February 27 & 28 at 40904 FM 529 Rd. Sunny Side, TX 77445

Harvest Feast food distribu-tion February 28

Harvest Feast will distributing food

at Edwin Hovas Park 1400 Hovas Street in Brookshire, February 28 For more information call 281-271-1730

Sealy Dance Club March 7Will host a public “Go Western”

themed Dance Saturday, March 7, at the American Legion Hall in Sealy with music provided by “The Old Rascals”. Doors open at 6:30; Dance time is 7:30 to 11:30. “Go Western”.

Red Cross Open House March 24

March is Red Cross Month. The Rosenberg office will be holding an Open Houston March 24 from 3:00-7:00 P.M.. Meet your local Red Cross team and learn about jetting involved with programs and services. For more information contact Barbara Gallo at 281-342-9480 or Bar-bara.gallo@redcross.org.

Royal FFA Livestock Show and Sale March 26-28

The 59th Royal FFA Livestock Show and Sale along with a Saturday Parade will be held March 26-28. The show and sale will be held at the Royal FFA Exposition Center. The parade will be held in Brookshire on Front Street.

2nd Annual Royal SkillsUSA Project Show April 11

Royal SkillsUSA will hold its 2nd Annual Welding Contest and Project Show Saturday, April 11 in the John England CTE Building Exposition Cen-ter. Judging starts at 10 A.M., Awards & Luncheon at 12 Noon. Sponsors are welcome.

Annual Water Festival April 18Brookshire Municipal Water Dis-

trict will hold its Annual Water Festival April 18 with rainout date May 16. For

Texas Big Game Awards 2015-2016 College Scholarship applications now available

San Antonio-Applications are now

available for the 15th Annual Texas Big Game Awards Wildlife Conser-vation College Scholar-ship Program, sponsored by Carter’s Country Out-door Stores and the Wild-life Heritage Foundation of Texas.

$15,000 will be award-ed in college scholarships

for the 2015-2016 school year.All applicants for the scholarship program must be agriculture and/or natural resource-related majors.

Any entering college freshman (graduating high school senior), or entering college sopho-more, or entering college junior is eligible to apply for one of the available

scholarships. Applicants do not have to participate in the TBGA to be eligi-ble for the scholarships.

To download the appli-cation, please visit: www.TexasBigGameAwards.org/scholarships.php. All applications must be postmarked by March 31, 2015.

Austin – We hope that you will take a moment to inform any students, and/or student organiza-tions you may be affili-ated with, about the paid internship opportunity at the Texas Historical Commission (THC) for the summer of 2015. The deadline for applications and supporting docu-ments is March 20, 2015.

Diversity interns will complete a rota-tion among all divisions headquartered in Austin the first week, and then complete a special proj-ect in a previously de-termined division based on the student's primary interest. More informa-tion on specific internship projects available for the

Summer of 2015 can be found at the link below. Diversity interns will re-ceive a$5,000 stipend provided by the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission for an eight-week internship (40-hour week). Interns will work under the supervision of the THC, at its headquar-ters in Austin, and/or "in the field" with its historic sites and local preserva-tion partners.

Eligibility

• U.S. citizens• College junior level

or above• Attending a college

or university in Texas, or a Texas resident attend-ing school out-of-state

• Grade Point Average

(GPA) of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 system (or compa-rable GPA)

• Preference may be given to candidates from disadvantaged socioeco-nomic backgrounds

• Prior recipients are ineligible

The Texas Historical Commission Diversity Internship application period closes in one month!

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WHAT KIND OF WALLER COUNTY DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN?

IT IS TIME TO UNITE AGAINST THE PROPOSED HIGHWAY 6 LANDFILL.THIS PILE OF GARBAGE WILL EVENTUALLY RISE FIFTEEN (15) STORIES TALL.

HERE ARE THE FACTS:

THE LANDFILL SITS ON THE RECHARGE ZONE OF THE CHICO AQUIFER AND WILL CONTAMINATE OUR GROUND WATER.

TRIBUTARIES ON THE LANDFILL SITE RUN INTO PRISTINE CLEAR CREEK.

THE CONTAMINATION WILL TRAVEL TO THE CITY OF HEMPSTEAD BEFORE YOUR YOUNG CHILDREN GO TO COLLEGE.

WALLER COUNTY AIR WILL BE FILLED WITH THE STENCH OF TRASH, DUST AND SOME LANDFILL GASSES.

GREEN GROUP HAS TRIED TO BUY YOUR SILENCE, PROMISING 52 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THIRTY (30) YEARS. THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE HOST AGREEMENT.

DO THE MATH!

THAT’S LESS THAN 40 DOLLARS A PERSON PER YEAR. IS OUR WAY OF LIFE WORTH JUST FORTY BUCKS?

OF COURSE NOT.

GREEN GROUP WILL MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS USING WALLER COUNTY AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR HOUSTON’S TRASH.

THIS IS A GARBAGE DUMP HATCHED IN A SECRET BACK ROOM DEAL.

A JURY HAS ALREADY RULED FORMER JUDGE BECKENDORFF, FORMER COMMISSIONERS FRANK POKLUDA AND STANLEY

KITZMAN BROKE THE LAW AT LEAST THIRTEEN TIMES DOING IT.

IT IS UNDISPUTED THEIR ACTIONS HAVE COST YOU NEARLY $750,000 IN LEGAL FEES SO FAR. AND THAT STILL WON’T STOP THE DUMP.

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Austin, TX - Texas State Representative Ce-cil Bell, Jr. (House District 3) has introduced a bill to provide capital project funding for two buildings within Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). House Bill 1408 authoriz-es the issuance of revenue bonds for capital projects at PVAMU.

"As one of the three universities stated in the Texas Constitution to be an 'institution of the first class,' I am proud to as-sist Prairie View A&M University in turning a new page with new facili-

ties and a renewed spirit to pursue its core values of access, quality, diver-sity, leadership, relevance and social responsibility," said Rep. Bell.

Prairie View A&M, a university which has grown significantly with-in the past six year thanks in part to $175 million of state funds, looks to once again enrich its student-focused programs through the introduction of $40 million in tuition revenue bonds. Nearly $31 mil-lion of the proposed bond is to be put towards a new fabrication design center near the campus' architec-ture building as wells as improve the existing in-frastructure. In doing so, the University aims to not only reduce the conges-tion of its roadways but also increase the safety of its students through

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Unlike the wife of the current President of the United States, I have been proud to be an Ameri-can all of my life. Mi-chelle Obama announced that she was not proud to be an American until he husband was elected President of this nation. Barack Obama is still the President of the United States, but I have not heard his wife repeat that she is now proud to be an American.

Rudy Giuliani said he did not believe that Barack Obama loves America or Americans. Even though some will disagree with his state-ment, the numbers are high for the people who agree with Rudy Giuliani. Although some say that Barack Obama is unpatri-otic, Rudy Giuliani spe-cifically did not say that Barack Obama was unpa-triotic.

I believe that Rudy Gi-uliani merely became the first person who got na-tional exposure by saying what many other people

have been saying, without press coverage. When, in his first term of office, the budget disagreements called for a “govern-ment shutdown”, Barack Obama, said, “Make it hurt.” That was a very revealing statement. I do not believe that you want the people you love to suffer any hurt.

According to a report on Yahoo News, Giuliani continued, ““Look, this man was brought up ba-sically in a white family, so whatever he learned or didn’t learn, I attribute this more to the influence of communism and so-cialism” than to his being African-American, Gi-uliani told the New York Daily News.” Barack Obama resided for a while with his Kenyan Muslim stepfather, spent more of his developing years with avid Communist grand-parents, and was a fol-lower of Saul Alinsky, an avowed Communist. As a “community organizer”, Barack Obama used much of what he learned from

Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radi-cals.”

“[Giuliani] represents a lot of Americans who are scratching their heads wondering why our presi-dent – the president of the United States – doesn’t defend our culture the way he defends every-body else’s culture,” said Joe M. Allbaugh, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency dur-ing 9/11, also according to Yahoo News.

With all its faults, the United States of America is still the best nation in the world. There is no other nation in which I wish to live. Unfortunate-ly, there are some events and practices that are dis-appointments.

I am disappointed by every member of Con-gress who voted for the Affordable Care Act, as demanded by California’s Congressional Represen-tative Nancy Pelosi, with-out reading the proposed statute. First, I believe any Member of Congress who votes for any legislation without having first read, understood, and con-sidered indirect effects, breaches his/her duty to the voters. Second, Nancy Pelosi does not represent my Congressional Dis-trict; I cannot vote her out of office; so her thoughts

should not control the person I elected.

I am disappointed by a President who does not believe his conduct should be only within the allowances of the United States Constitution. This is even more true for a President who claimed to be a professor teach-ing Constitutional Law, in a major law school. I note that he was only a lecturer, not a professor, but believe he was mak-ing the claim in an effort to be deemed an expert in Constitutional Law.

ABC’s Barbara Walters recently said that she was disappointed in Barack Obama. That public state-ment was a shock, con-sidering how much the national media supported him. She even said that she had considered him as the Messiah.

It does seem clear that Rudy Giuliani is correct, judging from the actions and statements of Barack Obama. Include the peo-ple with whom Barack Obama has had long term personal relationships and you find more support for Rudy Giuliani’s state-ment, and follow up com-ments.

I do not believe that the United States is as militarily strong as it used to be. I do not believe that the economy of the United States is as stable

as it used to be. I do not believe that race relations are as good as they used to be. If Barack Obama wishes to take credit for all progress made, he must also take the blame wherever there is a de-cline in prestige, military strength, the economy and race relations.

I have no doubt that there will be people who claim that this column means that I am a racist. Larry Gatlin said that a racist is anyone who has won an argument with a Democrat or a liberal. Ask the people who gave me a birthday party at a black nightclub or at-tended a dinner with me, for Julian Bond, if I am a racist. Anyone who may claim that I am a racist, due to this column, is only admitting that he/she has no defense and can only make a personal attack.

I am still proud to be an American. I would also ask you to remember that Patrick Henry, a true patriot, advised us, “The Constitution is not an in-strument for the govern-ment to restrain the peo-ple, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” ©

J.T. Murphy is a prac-ticing attorney in San An-tonio, Texas.

TheView From Here ©By J.T. Murphy

Proud to be an American

Governor gives lawmakers his state budget priorities

By Ed SterlingTexas Press Assoc.

AUSTIN — On Feb. 17, Gov. Greg Abbott de-livered his first State of the State address during a joint session of the Texas House and Senate and released his recommen-dations for the two-year 2016-2017 state budget.

In his 43-page Gover-nor’s Budget document, Abbott said he aims to: “Constrain the size and growth of government. Reduce agency spend-ing. Suspend, reduce, and eliminate unnecessary taxes and fees. Ensure government supports job creation and is account-able and transparent.”

Abbott is recommend-ing general revenue spending of $99.4 billion for 2016-2017, slightly less than a 5 percent in-crease in general revenue spending compared with the current budget. “By keeping spending levels lower than the growth in

population plus inflation, we can ensure that the size of government does not grow. This allows Texas to significantly re-duce tax burdens,” Ab-bott asserted, and pro-moted the building of the budget on the following “core principles”:

- Passing a constitu-tional amendment to limit the growth in state spend-ing to the historic growth in the state’s population plus inflation.

- Limiting the size of government by reducing most state agency general revenue expenditures by 3 percent.

- Securing additional funding for transporta-tion infrastructure by passing a constitutional amendment to dedicate one half of the motor ve-hicle sales tax to trans-portation needs and end-ing many transportation funding diversions.

- Stimulating private sector job growth by per-manently decreasing the business “franchise” tax by $2 billion, combined with comprehensive re-forms.

- Providing property owners with $2.2 billion in property tax relief.

- Using any revenue that exceeds initial esti-mates or a portion of any surplus cash to reduce

state non-self-supporting debt.

- Preventing future overspending by passing a constitutional amend-ment ending the use of funds in statutorily dedi-cated accounts for budget certification;

- Providing the gover-nor expanded line-item veto authority to ensure prudent and sensible spending reductions.

In a set of official proclamations released Feb. 20, Abbott named five emergency items for state lawmakers to ad-dress without delay: (1) improvements to early education; (2) higher education research ini-tiatives; (3) transporta-tion funding; (4) border security funding; and (5) ethics reform. The Texas Constitution requires lawmakers to take action on the governor’s emer-gency items by March 13, the 60th day of the 140-day regular session of the 84th Texas Legis-lature.

With the governor’s wishes now expressed, committees in both hous-es of the Texas Legisla-ture will continue to work on their own versions of a state budget for the next fiscal biennium. Those versions will have to be reconciled by the two

bodies, and ultimately, with the governor, who has veto power.

Court rules on immigration

On Feb. 16, a Browns-ville U.S. district judge issued a preliminary in-junction, pending the outcome of a multi-state lawsuit, to stall an ex-ecutive order President Obama issued last fall that would allow some five million undocu-mented immigrants to ap-ply for work permits and avoid deportation.

In issuing the injunc-tion, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen reasoned that the U.S. Adminis-trative Procedure Act’s requirement that public notice and a public com-ment period did not take place before a change in U.S. immigration policy could take effect.

Texas Attorney Gener-al Ken Paxton lauded the ruling and noted in a Feb. 20 news release, “Texas leads a 26-state coalition fighting the president’s attempt to unilaterally grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.”

The Obama adminis-tration has filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Ap-peals for the Fifth Circuit for a stay of the district

court’s injunction.

Same-sex marriage is conducted

Austin State District Judge David Wahlberg, citing “unconstitution-al prohibitions against same-sex marriage” in Texas, gave Travis County the green light to proceed with official pa-perwork culminating in a marriage ceremony unit-ing two women on Feb. 19.

Attorney General Pax-ton quickly obtained a stay from the Texas Su-preme Court that pre-vents same-sex marriag-es. Paxton also seeks to invalidate the one mar-riage that was conducted.

Gov. Abbott said, “Ar-ticle 1, Section 32 of the Texas Constitution de-fines marriage as consist-ing ‘only of the union of one man and one woman’ and was approved by more than three-quarters of Texas voters. I am committed to ensuring that the Texas Constitu-tion is upheld and that the rule of law is maintained in the State of Texas.”

The constitutionality of same-sex marriage is a matter pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. A ruling is expected by June 30.

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Texas CitiesRevenue

As readers may know there are several revenue sources available to Texas cities.

One fee is called the Court Technology fee. These fees are optional but used to fund technol-ogy for city courts. Once such a fee is collected the municipal court clerk gives it to the city treasurer and it is deposited into a sepa-rate account call the “mu-nicipal court technology fund’. The City Council administrates the fund

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Felony forfeiture funds are from police seizures and forfeitures of prop-erty used in and proceeds gained from the commis-sion of certain crimes. Po-lice Chiefs have the sole decision-making author-ity in regard to how these

funds are spent. Forfeited funds are kept in the mu-nicipal treasury. City coun-cil is allowed to receive a budget for how forfeiture funds are spent. The City is also allowed to conduct an audit of felony forfeiture funds.

Hotel occupancy taxes maybe obtained from indi-viduals who use a room in a hotel which is ordinarily used for sleeping. A hotel occupancy tax is levied by ordinance. A City can have a hotel occupancy tax rate up to seven percent. There are certain things that the collected hotel occupancy tax can be spent on. They are considered a dedicated revenue. They are statutori-ly-defined. They must pro-mote tourism and the con-vention and hotel industry.

There are many other

types of revenue sources which can be levied upon taxpayers. Information in regard to these taxes can easily be found with a simple google search. In conclusion let us consider what the famous Ameri-can President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: “As we peer into society’s fu-ture, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plunder-ing for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the mate-rial assets of our grandchil-dren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”

Rep. Cecil Bell, Jr. introduces bill to help support PVAMU

See PVAMU on Page 5

Johnson (City of Prairie View); and Pct. 3 Consta-ble Smith; Pct. 3 Captain Caldwell.

Following an open-ing prayer by Pastor Fred Thomas, Mr. Allen stated that the intent of the meet-ing was for everyone to commit to work together to solve the county’s crime issues and not just leave the forum with a “feel good moment” and nothing further happens.

District Attorney Mathis shared how Prai-rie View and Waller County, is transitioning from a rural, sleepy com-munity to a community, as a whole being targeted in both positive and nega-tive ways. The negative ways being the supply and demand focused on college students who have

cash, t.v.’s, cars, etc.; and, are being preyed upon by metropolitan crime enti-ties.

A graduate student spoke from a student per-spective and shared that what has been happening in our college community should not be happening and students feel trapped in an environment with-out safe housing choices and law enforcement could be improved.

Citizens shared con-cerns that included being approached at a local ser-vice station by a stranger who offered to sell him a stereo sound system; car-rying a concealed weap-on, getting more patrol assistance to Prairie View from the sheriff, the recent murders, establish-ing an anonymous tip line, holding both apartment owners and Police Chief

Johnson accountable;

enforcing Prairie View City Ordinances; City of Prairie View schedul-ing more than one patrol officer at night; more and better street lighting; apartment owners using the power of their leases; keep-ing residents bet-ter informed when major crimes have occurred; and, the assessment of a “Safety and Secu-rity Fee” by land-lords.

The economic impact that the murders and ris-ing drug activity is having on Waller County was exem-plified by business man Rodney Gray, part owner of Creekside Apartments in Prairie View, told of difficulty in obtaining financing

to expand because two financial back-ers withdrawing because of crime in the city of Prairie View and the poor appearance of the city.

Chief Johnson stated that he would continue to inter-view reserve offi-cers but his focus is on hiring full-time officers. Addition-ally, in an effort to stop the rising crime rate in Prai-rie View, District Attorney Mathis, has added two investigators who will be patrolling the city of Prairie View; and suggest-

ed that Department Heads rid their departments of “dead weight”.

The consensus of the forum participants was that resources need to be

made available to law enforcement agencies and citizens need to remain vigil and inform law

enforcement of any sus-pected illegal activities.

In addition to what law enforcement will be doing, the suggested solu-tions made by residents will be followed-up by David Allen and other

concerned citizens to be updated via follow-up informational meetings, the media, and e-mail.

All residents are urged “If you see something; say something” to your law enforcement agency

or call the Sheriff’s Spe-cial Operations Hotline (Roger Garrett) @ 979-826-8282 X 4003.

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Top and bottom, Various citizens and students spoke to the assembly of their challenges with crime. Photos provided by Marie Herndon.

A standing room only crowd filled the City of Prairie View Council Chamber for the historic law enforcement forum. Photo provided by Marie Herndon.

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such as Rice Univer-sity Police Department, have claimed they do not fall under the act due to privatization. In 2013, Rice University came under fire for refusing to answer public informa-tion request, drawing the ire of Whitmire.

Representative Eric Johnson is a member of

the Homeland Security and Public Safety Com-mittee.

Senator John Whitmire is Chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Commit-tee.

Senator Rodney Ellis is a member of the Senate State Affairs, Business & Commerce, and Trans-portation Committees

Security, Homeland Secu-rity Investigations, Waller County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Waller County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation, the Depart-ment of Public Safety, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service, Andrew Victor Woodcock was arrested on federal charges of Procuring Nat-uralization (Citizenship) by Fraud. Woodcock was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 3, 2015.

After a state investi-gation was initiated by the Waller County Dis-trict Attorney’s Office, it was determined that Woodcock, a native of Colombia and resident of Waller County, was alleged to be using Paso Fino horses as instru-ments to defraud inves-tors in his horse breeding business. It was common practice that Woodcock would sell interests in his horses as an investment. These investments ranged from $50,000 to $100,000 USD each. Promising a much higher return on the victim’s original in-vestment, several victims complained that Wood-cock would take their in-vestment and would nev-er make a return on it. In some cases, never making contact with the victim at all. One such incident resulted in Woodcock be-ing indicted, along with a co-defendant, in Waller County for Securing Ex-ecution of a Document by Deception, a felony of-fense for which he is cur-rently awaiting trial in the District Court of Waller County.

After the Waller Coun-ty grand jury indicted Woodcock, investiga-tions from the District At-torney’s Office met with Homeland Security and

the FBI to conduct further investigations.

These charges are a re-sult of the joint efforts of federal and Texas authori-ties working together. As they should, these agen-cies have worked togeth-er, sharing information about a common threat to the safety and well-being of our local community. I look forward to continu-ing to work with Mr. Ken Magidson, our U.S. At-torney for the Southern District of Texas and his Assistant United States Attorney Ed Gallagher, to keep our region safe.

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the construction of a new emergency response cen-ter.

Additionally, H.B. 1408 looks to spent $10 million to develop the Innovation Commercial-ization Center for Entre-preneurs (ICCE) facility. Initiated by A&M Chan-cellor John Sharp's chal-lenge to spur economic growth in Texas, Prairie View A&M intends to meet this demand through ICCE by increasing lab and innovation spaces. Currently, there is notable shortage of these areas on campus as an increasing

amount of students and faculty are engaging in research activities.

Prairie View A&M's enrollment now exceeds 8,000 including more than 2,000 graduate stu-dents.

Students come from throughout the United States as well as many foreign countries. In the last five years, 5,970 de-grees were awarded, in-cluding more than 2,400 graduate degrees. During the University’s 130-year history, some 46,000 aca-demic degrees have been awarded.

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Earlier, I wrote about a missed opportunity to help a mother buy $7.43 worth of baby food. I blew it but learned valuable lesson. However, helping some-one in poverty isn’t easy. There are many strate-gies to consider: Finan-cial, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual, Physical Health, Support Systems, Rela-tionships/Role Models, Knowledge of Hidden Rules and Coping Skills.

One strategy is Spiritu-al. Why spiritual? Robin Van Cleef wrote the fol-lowing prayer:

Lord, I sense my need of you; yet -- I am not quite sure how to reach you.

I heard someone say, ‘Read your Bible.’

But too often the words are like bullets that rico-chet off my brain.

I heard someone say, ‘Pray.’

But my prayers, hurled heaven ward, fall back to earth like lifeless stones.

I heard someone say, ‘Meditate.’

But my wandering mind was lost in a desert of random thoughts.

Do you sometimes rush to look at the computer or newspaper but struggle to read God’s Word? Do you pray and wonder if anyone is listening? Is it difficult to focus your thoughts? Meditation can seem painfully slow in

the midst of our frantic lifestyle. Spiritual growth seldom happens naturally. But now is an opportune time to think about spiri-tual growth because we are in the season of Lent.

Lent is about prepara-tion: A time to remember the life and death of Jesus before appreciating the resurrection. Lent is an opportunity to renew and deepen our relationship with God through Bible study, prayer and medita-tion. God wants to touch you, embrace you and love you. But you must do your part.

But what does that have to do with helping the poor? Everything!

“Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him? But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear?” (James 2:5-7)

If God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith and inherit the kingdom, then how can we not be more involved in helping our brothers and sisters in need? By not becom-ing involved we risk slan-

dering the name of Jesus Christ, whose noble name we bear.

In his Lenten message, Pope Francis writes: “In-difference to our neighbor and to God also repre-sents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our con-science.” Describing this phenomenon he calls the globalization of indiffer-ence... that “whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own inter-ests and concerns, there is no longer room for oth-ers, no place for the poor. God’s voice is no longer heard, the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades.” He continues that, “We end up being inca-pable of feeling compas-sion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people’s pain, and feel-ing a need to help them, as though all this were someone else’s responsi-bility and not our own.” - Chris Hale, “Time”

Van Cleef in the prayer above, admits to strug-gling with Bible study, prayer and meditation but continues:

Lord, speak to me through your Word. Let it penetrate my mind and my heart.

Lord, speak to me through Prayer, and turn the lifeless stones to bread.

Lord, speak to me in my Meditation that I may see, amid life’s wilder-ness:

The way, the truth and the life.

Is God pointing toward those trapped in poverty to show “the way, the truth and the life?” Are we listening?

I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy in

your land.” -Deut. 15:11Speak out for those

who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. - Prov. 31:8

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was homeless and you gave me a room. - Mat. 25:35

God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith and inherit the kingdom. We are commanded by God to open our hand to the poor and needy. We are to speak out for the destitute who cannot speak. When we give food to the hun-gry, water to the thirsty and rooms for the home-less, it is as if we are giv-ing to Christ.

Earlier, I asked: What about the Spiritual factor? How can we help people without involving God? During this time of Lent we need to study God’s Word, pray and meditate with renewed focus.

Lord, speak to me through your Word. Let it penetrate my mind and my heart.

“Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith?” James 2:5

Lord, speak to me through Prayer, and turn the lifeless stones to bread.

“Open your hand to the poor and needy in your land.” -Deut. 15:11

Lord, speak to me in my Meditation that I may see, amid life’s wilder-ness:

“Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.” - Prov. 31:8

The way, the truth and the life.

“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was homeless and you gave me a room.” - Mat. 25:35

Amen.

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Only $7.43 - A Prayer for Lent

Church Directory

APOSTOLIC

Bethel Praise and Worship Center4206 N. Depot StreetBrookshire, 281-578-9949

BAPTIST

Bible Fellowship Baptist Church1214 FM 359 North, Brookshire

Curry’s Chapel Baptist Church4716 South Street, Brook-shire281-934-2614

First Baptist Church106 S. Waller Avenue, Brookshire, 281-934-2446

Greater Mt. Zion Mission-ary Baptist Church3703 10th St., Brookshire281-375-5232 or 934-2611

Greater Wade’s Baptist ChurchFM 359 & Neiman RoadPattison

Iglesia Bautista Hispana4135 Front Street, Brook-shire281-934-2970

Little Zion Baptist Church2510 FM 359 South St.Brookshire, 281-934-8252

Mt. Calvary Baptist Church2619 Wilpitz RoadPattison, 281-934-2924

Monaville Baptist ChurchSchmidt Road, 979-826-2260

Mt. Zion Baptist Church803 FM 1489, Brookshire281-934-2700

Believers Baptist Church2-1/2 Miles N. of Pattison on FM 359 N, 281-934-4820

St. James Baptist Church38535 Donigan RoadBrookshire, 281-934-8404St. Paul Baptist Church3902 Second Street, Brook-shire281-934-2527

Zion Hill Baptist Church1318 Franklin, Brookshire281-934-8198

CATHOLIC

Sacred Heart Catholic Church4445 FM 359 North, Pat-tison281-375-6799

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Church of Christ803 Waller Ave. at 6th,

Brookshire, 281-934-8408

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

Grant Memorial Church of God in Christ3726 Fourth Street, Brook-shire281-375-5578

Brookshire Community Church of God in Christ4623 11th Street, Brook-shire281-934-4845

EPISCOPAL

St. John’s Episcopal Church515 Meyer (Hwy. 36), Sealy979-885-2359

LUTHERAN

Christ Lutheran Church35912 Royal Road, Pattison 281-934-8218

METHODIST

First United Methodist Churchof Brookshire, 707 Cooper, Brookshire, 281-375-5683

First United Methodist Church of Fulshear, 2nd and Harris Street, Fulshear

281-346-1163

Mt. Zion C.M.E. Methodist Church, Sunnyside40998 Mt. Zion Rd., Brookshire, 979-826-0062

Pattison United Methodist ChurchFM 359 North in Pattison281-375-8488

Williams Chapel AME ChurchP.O. Box 634, Pattison 281-375-8575

PENTECOSTAL

Brookshire Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church902 Otto, Brookshire281-375-5552

NON-DENOMINA-TIONAL

Anna’s Chapel .M.E. Church451 Danover, Katy, Rev. R. Hamilton, Pastor

Body of Christ Church of KatyTemporary location at 21315 Park Green DriveKaty, Texas 77450832-217-0289Dr. Skip Miller Pastor

Iglesia Cristiana de Brook-

shire606 Waller Ave., Brookshire713-775-5105

The Word ChurchRev. C. Price, 3431 Stella Rd.Brookshire, 281-375-7615

Bountiful House of Blessing Christian Center3210 Depot St., Brookshire281-375-6314 or 375-6762

Trinity Revival House4127 Hwy. 90, Brookshire281-934-4114

New Life Beginnings Church5609 FM 359, 2 miles north of Pattison, 281-802-8094.

Open Doors Community ChurchPastors Nathan and Marie Gonzales, 2615 FM 359, Brookshire, 713-854-3978

Soul Winning ProphecyMinistryRev. Angela William513 Solomon Ln, Brook-shire, 281-375-8706

Christian City FellowshipPastor Rusty Griffin5243 Hwy. 36 North, Sealy, 979-885-3113

Tabernacle Faith I.M.E.

ChurchRev. Archie Suel451 Danover, Katy

RWC2019 Park Row, Katy, TX 77449, 281-579-3577

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

Seventh Day Advantist - Waller1223 Hamilton StreetWaller, TX 77484936-372-5204

Seventh-day Adventist Church of BrookshirePastor Daniel Schramm832-723-78404115 Highway 90 Brookshire, TX 77423Services on Saturdays

On TelevisionL.N. Jones Bountiful Blessed Outreach Minis-tries Television Broadcast every Saturday Morning @ 6:30pm -7am on “ION Television” (Check with your local Provider)

Email changes or new church listings tocounty.news@timestribune.com

February 18 through

April 2

more information, look for their ads in April.

Cinco de Mayo Parade May 2For parade entry information call Frank Cobio 281-

795-0927; Eva Lemos 281-934-4884; Vicky Casto 281-934-1730

Ongoing Area Events

AA meets at United Way AA meetings are held at the United Way, 531 FM

359 S., Brookshire, every Tuesday and Thursday eve-ning at 5:30. For more information, call 281-822-4200.

Brookshire/Pattison Lions ClubBrookshire/Pattison Lions Club meets the 1st Tues-

day of each month at the Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department at 7 p.m. and each 3rd Tuesday at Ma-mie’s Restaurant in Pattison at 12 p.m.

Career & Recovery ResourcesLearn how to work different programs: Professor

teaches Excel and 2010 Advanced. Do you need to know how to save your files? Do you want to work on Windows or Word 2010? Career and Recovery Resources 2811-822-4210 Ask for Deborah Tallman. 9-11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday at 531 FM 359 South, Brookshire.

Civil Air Patrol meets TuesdaysCivil Air Patrol meets every Tuesday night from

6:45 to 9:15 p.m. Membership is open to boys and girls from ages 12 thru 18 years old, as well as adults. For further information, call Maj. Steve Ernst, 281-702-3570.

Senior Ministry meets in HempsteadBethlehem United Methodist Church, with support

from Waller County Alliance for Healthy Lifestyle Choices and Long Live Texans, holds a free Senior Ministry every 4th and 5th Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at 715 8th Street, Hempstead. For addi-tional information, call (979) 826-3458 or (713) 882-5186.

RSVP of Southeast Texas seeking volunteers

RSVP of the Texas Gulf Coast (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) is an organization, which encour-ages, recruits and places volunteers 55 and older in community programs. Call Mary Martin at 979-398-9549 for information.

Cub Scout Pack #423 meets on Monday

Mondays 7 P.M. at Brookshire First United Meth-odist Church.

Royal FFA Ag Club meets on TuesdayThe Royal ISD FFA Ag Club meets the 2nd Tuesday

of each month. All parents and the community are en-couraged to attend.

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February 26, 2015 Page 7The Times Tribune

Paso Fino Horse Asso-ciation – The Paso Fino’s journey to the Americas began more than 500 years ago with the importation of Andalusians, Spanish Barbs from North Africa, and smooth-gaited Span-ish Jennets (now extinct) to the “New World” by Spanish Conquistadors.

Bred for their stamina, smooth gait, and beauty, “Los Caballos de Paso Fino” – the horses with the fine walk – served as the foundation stock for remount stations of the Conquistadors. Centu-ries of selective breeding by those who colonized the Caribbean and Latin America produced varia-tions of the “Caballo de Criollo,” among them the Paso Fino that flour-ished initially in Puerto Rico and Colombia, and later, in many other Latin American countries (pri-marily Cuba, the Domini-can Republic, Aruba, and Venezuela).

Descendants of the Conquistadors’ horses are believed to have spread into North America after the Spanish soldiers for-

ayed for a brief time into this territory. The modern-day mustang has traces of his Spanish forbears. The Nez Perce Indian tribe, renowned for their expert horsemanship and sophisticated knowl-edge of breeding spotted horses, may have mixed some Spanish stock into their famous Appaloosas, whose name is derived from the Palouse River region of the Nez Perce’s

tribal homeland in Ore-gon. Awareness of the Paso Fino as we know it today didn’t spread out-side Latin America until after WWII, when Ameri-can servicemen came into contact with the stunning Paso Fino horse while stationed in Puerto Rico. Americans began import-ing Paso Finos from Puer-to Rico in the mid-1940s. Two decades later, many Paso Fino horses began to

be imported from Colom-bia. For a while, there was some contention as to which country produced the “true” Paso Fino. Though there are still some self-professed “pur-ists” who advocate for one or the other country, the American Paso Fino - true to our “melting pot” tradi-tion - is often a blend of the best of Puerto Rican and Colombian blood-lines.

Paso Fino horse photo and information from the Paso Fino Horse Association.

Paso Fino horse breed

if we move to the central part of the state, we really have pretty low reservoir levels, and in some places, it’s even worse than it was last year,” he said.

Cities will see continu-ing water-use restrictions, according to Fipps. As far as agricultural interests, it depends upon where they are, but many who depend upon river water will like-ly see recurring cutbacks in water allocations.

Some of the lowest res-ervoirs are those fed by the Rio Grande River, such as Amistad reservoir in Val Verde County at 62.6 per-cent full and Falcon Res-ervoir, southeast of Laredo at 33.8 percent, he said.

“This water (in both res-

ervoirs) is shared between Texas and Mexico, and cities in Texas have pri-ority over agriculture, so it looks like another bad year for Texas farmers and irrigation districts in the lower Rio Grande Basin,” Fipps said. “And the High-land Lakes around Austin, they’re running really low, which also bodes really bad for downstream agri-cultural water users and even cities there in the Austin area, which will likely see continuing yard watering restrictions.”

The problem is that the rainfall hasn’t been evenly distributed across the state, he said.

“Here in the Bryan, Col-lege Station area, where I

live, we’ve received lots of rainfall, but we don’t have reservoirs around here, as we rely on groundwater,” Fipps said.

“If you look to the Hill Country and in northwest Texas, where most of the rainfall would have had to occur to fill the reservoirs, they just haven’t had any rains to create runoff.”

AgriLife Extension district reporters com-piled summaries of their regions. The following summary applies to the Southeast Region,

Soil moisture varied widely, but was mostly in the adequate to surplus range. Rangeland and pas-ture ratings varied widely too, from good to excel-

lent, with fair being the most common rating. Har-din County was the excep-tion, reporting 100 percent poor rangeland and pas-ture conditions. Warmer weather was needed to support grass growth. The available moisture favored cool-season forage growth. Rain was forecast for the next week, and winter-pas-ture producers were busy applying nitrogen fertil-izer. Some producers were applying phosphorus and potassium as well. Chick-en litter was also being applied to hay fields. In Fort Bend County, produc-ers were spraying weeds in preparation for planting. Livestock were in fair to good condition.

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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforce-ment reports.

* Duck, Duck, GooseA Titus County game

warden responded to a trespassing complaint claiming someone was shooting Canada geese and leaving them to waste near Naples in Morris County. The only suspect was a juvenile seen at the private lake the night before. The warden locat-ed the suspect, who hap-pened to be driving with-out a license and pulling a trailer with a large hog in it. He claimed he had been hunting all morning with four of his friends. After verifying the story, the warden issued four citations for hunting with-out licenses, two citations for no Hunter Education certification and a warn-ing for driving without a driver’s license. Later that evening, the juvenile contacted the warden and gave the names of the two juveniles who shot the geese. When the war-den contacted the juve-niles’ parents, he learned they had later returned to Naples and trespassed to retrieve a goose, but they still had not cleaned the goose 15 hours after they shot it. The warden issued citations and civil restitu-tion.

* Suspicious FriendsA Henderson County

game warden received a call from the Chandler Police Department stat-ing a caller witnessed a person run over a white-tailed doe in a neighbor-hood, and then threw the deer carcass in the bed of his truck and sped off. Another caller informed the warden he had seen a

doe in the bed of a truck with only the hindquar-ters missing. The warden found the truck with the doe in the bed and noted that the doe had been shot in the head. After ques-tioning the homeown-ers where the truck was found, the warden real-ized they had no clue how the doe got in the bed of their truck, though they did say a friend of theirs had stopped by late the previous night and then left in a hurry, which they thought was suspicious. Their description of their friend’s truck matched the description of the truck the first caller had given the warden. Later that month, a local constable called the warden to tell him about a truck that matched the one he was looking for. When the warden interviewed the truck owner, the owner admitted to running over the doe for “free meat.”

* Looking for a Dime but Found a Quarter

A Zavala County game warden walked into a dark camp one night and found an 11-point buck hanging from a skinning rack and a doe strapped over an ATV, both untagged. One of the hunters at the camp admitted to not purchas-ing a valid Texas hunt-ing license. The warden noticed the hunter act-ing overly nervous and after a brief search of the hunter’s ATV, the warden found a small container of marijuana and a pipe, as well as a meth pipe and a baggie of crystal meth. Both deer were seized and the hunter was taken to the Zavala County jail and booked for misdemeanor and felony charges.

Game Warden Field Notes

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AUSTIN – The Tex-as Department of Pub-lic Safety (DPS) is now accepting applications for an advanced recruit school designed for cur-rent Texas law enforce-ment officers who are interested in becoming Highway Patrol Troop-ers. The application dead-line is March 25; and the eight-week school will begin June 21.

“We know that there are highly qualified Texas peace officers who may be interested in becoming Highway Patrol Troop-ers,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “DPS values the expertise and training these profession-als possess, and this new recruit school is an excel-lent opportunity for cur-

rent law enforcement offi-cers to join DPS.”

This particular recruit school provides eligible officers in Texas an accel-erated path to becoming a DPS trooper versus the standard course that spans more than 20 weeks. The graduates of this particular class – beginning June 21 – will be assigned primar-ily to DPS Regions 3 and 4 along the Texas-Mexico border to fulfill current needs in those areas.

An applicant must cur-rently be working as a Texas peace officer with at least two years of patrol experience and hold a current and valid peace officer license issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The require-

ment that applicants must have two years’ experi-ence performing patrol duties will not be waived. (DPS will also continue to offer its standard recruit classes that do not require applicants to hold a cur-rent peace officer license.)

All applicants must meet other eligibility requirements, including being a U.S. citizen and be at least 21 years old by the time they graduate from the academy. Addi-tionally, applicants will be required to success-fully complete a physi-cal fitness test, written examination, a polygraph examination, background investigation, board selection interview, psy-chological examination, physical/vision examina-

tions, and a drug screen.For more informa-

tion about the minimum requirements or to apply, applicants can visit www.JoinDPS.com <http://w w w. J o i n D P S . c o m > and click on “Advanced Commissioned Trooper Trainee School.” Indi-viduals can also contact a regional DPS recruiter by calling 1-866-898-7667.

After submitting an online application, appli-cants will be notified by email if they are selected to continue to the test-ing phase. Applicants must submit all required forms and documentation prior to March 25, 2015, and have completed all required testing by March 31, 2015. DPS is an equal opportunity employer.

DPS invites current Texas Peace Officers to become troopers

Monday, Feb. 9

4400 block Gassner Lane, Burglary of a Building, incident report

3400 block 6th Street, welfare concern, trans-ported to Memorial Her-mann Katy

6000 block Meado-wood Lane, citizen assis-tance, information report

4900 block Gassner Lane, welfare concern, handled by officer

4100 block South Street, wanted person, one male arrested

Tuesday, Feb. 10

1000 block Kenney Avenue, ambulance call, transported to Memorial Hermann Katy

1300 block Otto, alarm, false alarm

34000 Meadow Lane, terroristic threat, incident report

Wednesday, Feb. 11

300 block FM 359 S, accident, blue form issued

6000 block Meado-wood Lane, criminal mis-chief, incident report

3200 block Robin, dis-turbance, handled by of-ficer

700 block Rouse, sus-picious activity, handled by officer

Thursday, Feb. 12

300 block FM 359 S, narcotics, one male ar-rested / incident report

5100 block Highway 90, ambulance call, no medical transport

5100 block Highway 90, ambulance call, trans-ported to Memorial Her-mann Katy

200 block Waller Av-enue, theft, information report

4800 block Highway 90, disturbance, handled by officer

4400 block South Street, juvenile runway, information report

Friday, Feb. 13

200 block FM 359, cit-izen assistance, handled by officer

900 block Cooper Street, fraud, information report

IH10 East @ MM 729, stranded motorist, han-dled by officer

900 block Otto Street, suspicious vehicle, han-dled by officer

4200 block 2nd ½ Street, loud music, han-dled by officer

4th @ FM 359 N, nar-cotics, one male arrested / incident report

Saturday, Feb. 14

6000 block Meado-wood Lane, citizen assis-tance, handled by officer

IH10 @ FM 359, citi-zen assistance, handled by officer

200 block Waller Av-enue, lost property, han-dled by officer

3700 block 10th Street, alarm, false alarm

4700 block South Street, Burglary of Motor Vehicle, incident report

700 block Bains Street, loud music, handled by officer

Sunday, Feb. 15

1300 block Franklin Street, suspicious person, handled by officer

1000 block Kenney, ambulance call, transport-ed to Memorial Hermann Katy

300 block FM 359 S, ambulance call, transport-ed to Memorial Hermann Katy

IH10 West @ MM 730, welfare concern, handled by officer

5th @ Waller Avenue, accident, blue form issued

1000 block Kenney Avenue, vehicle fire, fire put out

3400 block Depot Street, disturbance, han-dled by officer

IH10 Service Road West @ Bains Street, wanted person, one male arrested

Precinct 3 creates motorcycle division

Monaville – Constable Herschel C. Smith held meetings, training and ser-vice awards at the Waller County Precinct Three Constable Offices on Sun-day, February 15, 2015.

Constable Smith an-nounced the establishment of the newly formed Waller County Constable Depart-ment Precinct Three Police Motorcycle Division. The equipment was on display and enforcement officials were available to answer

questions.The current six male

and one female motor-cycle division has over 100 years of combined police experience. Their expertise ranges from a minimum of 10 years ex-perience to over 30 years experience as Certified Police Motorcycle Patrol enforcement officials.

The Waller County Constable Department Precinct Three Police Mo-torcycle Division’s pri-

mary responsibility will be deployment to special, high volume, traffic con-trol assignments. The police motorcycles will provide a more effective method than patrol cars of assessing and responding to high volume situations. Division deputies will also be available for as-signments requested and approved by Pct. 3 Con-stable Herschel C. Smith.

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Precinct Three Police Mo-torcycle Division’s pri-mary responsibility will be deployment to special, high volume, traffic con-trol assignments. The police motorcycles will provide a more effective method than patrol cars of assessing and responding to high volume situations. Division deputies will also be available for as-signments requested and approved by Pct. 3 Con-stable Herschel C. Smith.

The Houston area is leading the nation in armored car robberies, but the latest resulting in the death of Brinks armored guard Alvin Kin-ney - a beloved husband and father - has ignited and shocked the com-

munity over the tactics and level of violence dis-played by a group of kill-ers who remain at large. FBI investigators say the veteran Brinks guard never stood a chance as the masked and armed assailants ambushed and

executed Kinney in broad daylight in the Galleria area of Houston, Texas. The FBI Violent Crime Task Force, Houston Police Department, and other area law enforce-ment partners and pri-vate agencies are com-

ing together in a show of force and to plea for the public’s help to solve this case and take a stand against violent aggra-vated robberies across the Houston and Harris County area. In 2014, the Greater Houston area

led the nation with 8 armored car robberies, or 20 percent of the national total for that year. Hous-ton’s Violent Crimes Task Force responds to

approximately 120 bank robberies each year - more than 40 percent of those robberies are vio-lent takeover robberies.

Up to $100,000 offered for capture of the killers of Brinks Armored guard Alvin Kinney

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February 26, 2015 Page 9The Times Tribune

LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

The City of BrookshireInvites You To Visit

The Waller County Historical MuseumCorner of Cooper & FifthWaller County Library-Brookshire/PattisonCorner of FM 359 & SixthHovas ParkPark Road off FM 359 South

The national average for takeover bank robberies is 6 percent. In 2014, the FBI enhanced the Violent Crimes Task Force with additional personnel and resources to address the alarming trend.

A digital billboard campaign launches today touting an up to $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and identifica-tion of the masked gun-men and any others who took part in this violent robbery and murder at 2:10 p.m. on February 12, 2015. Crime Stop-pers of Houston is spon-soring the reward with $50,000 being offered by Brinks and $50,000 being offered by the FBI. Beginning today, Clear Channel Outdoor will post messages on digi-tal billboards across the Greater Houston area to publish the reward and a picture of the stolen white Ford F-250 truck driven by the armed men before and after the robbery and murder. The vehicle was stolen from the Pipeline Grill in Baytown, Texas in May of 2014. The sto-len Ford F-250 had a tool

box. At the time of the robbery, it also had blue and white decals with the wording “HRT Houston Road Transit JV” on the driver’s side and rear tail-gate of the vehicle.

On February 12, 2015, at 2:10 p.m., a Brinks armored guard team was making a delivery at the Capital One Bank, locat-ed at 5718 Westheimer

Road in Houston, Texas. As Brinks guard Kinney was returning to his vehi-cle, at least three armed assailants wearing body armor and face-shield masks approached Kin-ney and opened fire with-out any verbal warning. The gunmen fired at both Kinney and his partner, fatally shooting Kinney. While also under fire, the second Brinks guard returned fire as the assail-ants backed up a stolen white Ford F-250 truck and quickly loaded sev-eral bags of cash. Hous-

ton Police officers quick-ly recovered the stolen white F-250 abandoned by the assailants near the Capital One Plaza, locat-ed at 2000 Bering Drive in Houston, Texas.

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Chief Tim Oettmeier, Harris County District Attorney Devon Ander-son, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, Harris County Sher-iff’s Office Chief Marlin Suell, Texas Department of Public Safety Com-mander Duane Steen, Texas Department of Pub-lic Safety Major Adam Brown, Clear Channel Outdoor Vice President Lee Vela, and Crime Stoppers of Houston Director Rania Mankari-

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSNotice is hereby given that original Letters Testamen-

tary for the Estate of JOYCE BRADEN, Deceased, were issued on February 17, 2015, in Cause No. P15-014, pend-ing in the County Court at Law of Waller County, Texas, to MARSHALL BRADEN.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

c/o: The Gostecnik Law Firm, P.C.P. O. Box 449Pattison, TX 77466

DATED the 23rd day of February, 2015.

The Gostecnik Law Firm, P.C. /s/ Dora Ann Gostecnik State Bar No. 24040995 P. O. Box 449 3811 Ave. H Pattison, Texas 77466 (281) 934-4141 (281) 934-4142 – fax dag@gostecniklaw.com Attorney for MARSHALL BRADEN

Citation by PublicationThe State of Texas

To all persons interested in the Estate of :

James Lynn Diamond, DeceasedCause Number P15-016County Court at Law, Waller County, Texas

The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an Application to Determine Heir-ship in this estate on the 11th Day of February, 2015, re-questing that the court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of James Lynn Diamond, Deceased, and their respective shares and interest in such estate.

This Application may be acted on by the Court at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 A.M. on the first Monday following the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation, the same being the 9th day of March, 2015. All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest of answer to this Application should they desire to do so. To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County clerk of Waller County, Texas on or before the above-noted date and time.

Attorney for Applicant:J. Christopher Diamond11111Katy FreewaySte 300HOUSTON, TX 77079

Given under my hand and the seal of said court, at the office of the County Clerk in the City of Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, this the 17th day of February, 2015

Debbie Hollan, Waller County Clerk836 Austin Street, Room 217Hempstead, TX 77445By Candice Adams, Deputy

NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

ANDDESIGNATION OF MEETING

PLACES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT

TO THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF FULSHEAR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

NO.3 OF FORT BEND COUNTY AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Fort Bend County (the “District”), at a meeting of said Board held on February 13, 2015, established meeting places outside the boundaries of the District at 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046; 13333 Northwest Freeway, Ste. 300, Houston, Texas 77040; and 5005 Riverway, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77056 and also established an administrative office for the District at 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046, which office shall be used as the mailing address for the District.

The meeting locations are hereby declared to be public places and the public is invited to attend any meet-ing of the Board. FULSHEAR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF FORT BEND COUNTY

/s/ Glen Nordt ATTEST: President, Board of Directors

/s/ John J. SaavedraSecretary, Board of Directors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Don Duane Nash, Deceased, were issued on February 5, 2015, in Cause No. P14-111, pending in the County Court at Law of Waller County, Texas, to: CONSTANCE L. NASH.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to pres-ent them to the undersigned within the time and in the man-ner prescribed by law.

c/o: Rebecca A. Froman Attorney at Law 2038 Mills St. Waller, TX 77484

DATED the 18 day of February, 2015.

/S/ Rebecca A. Froman Rebecca A. FromanAttorney for CONSTANCE L. NASHState Bar No.: 074866002038 Mills St.Waller, TX 77484Telephone: (936) 372-3791

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Dimmit County asked a local game warden to investigate a photo taken from a game camera of a pickup truck driving around a hunting area. The manager was con-cerned that the person in the truck was an oilfield worker on an adjacent ranch possibly poaching. After running the license plate and comparing the return to a list of the oilfield workers on the rig, the warden found a match. While interview-ing the man in the photo, the man stated he had never hunted before and didn’t even own a gun. He maintained he was just driving around and looking at wildlife while drinking a few beers during his time off. The warden asked the worker for consent to search the vehicle for any possible evidence of poaching to

further corroborate his story, to which the work-er agreed. The warden also asked the worker if there was anything in the vehicle that he needed to know about prior to searching, to which the worker answered no. Almost immediately, the warden discovered drug paraphernalia and several empty beer bottles in the truck, as well as several full beers in an ice chest. Ultimately, no evidence of poaching was found but the worker was cited for the paraphernalia and trespassing on prohibited areas of the ranch.

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A little after midnight, a Potter County game warden was at his resi-dence when he heard a strange crushing sound outside and got up to investigate. Looking out his apartment window, he observed a man methodi-cally break through the drive-thru window and

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* Lost and FoundA Scurry/Garza County

game warden responded to a residential burglary alarm along with Scurry County sheriff’s deputies in a remote area of the county that has experi-enced a large amount of theft recently. Upon arriv-ing on the scene, witness-es stated an individual had run out of the back of the house, jumped a fence and fled into the thick brush behind the prop-erty. The warden and a deputy trailed the subject

through the brush until his trail doubled back to the county road. The subject was subsequently found and apprehended a short distance away, walking alongside the road.

* Dumping GroundRight after dealing

with the residential bur-glary alarm, the Scurry/Garza County game war-den noticed several white trash bags dumped along-side a remote county road. While inspecting the con-tents, a local landowner stopped and said he had seen several similar bags at another location not far away. Upon further inspection, receipts and old mail from the trash confirmed that all eight of the trash bags found had originated from one residence. After visiting with the individual whose name appeared in the bags, the warden deter-mined the individual’s 17-year-old son had been illegally dumping the trash rather than driving

it to his grandmother’s house to dispose of it. After a lengthy discus-sion with the young man, the warden ensured the trash had been cleaned up and the young man was educated through cita-tions on Texas’s illegal dumping laws.

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A game warden was patrolling around Bel-ton when he heard a call about a suspicious person wearing pink pajamas, house slippers and a black hoodie walking around and looking into vehicles near downtown Belton. The warden responded to the area to assist the Bel-ton Police Department in locating the suspect. One of the other officers located the suspect, who took off running on foot. Then the warden and a Belton officer observed the suspect, a slender male wearing pajamas, house shoes and a black hoodie, walking out from

behind a home. The offi-cers detained the sus-pect for questioning and discovered that he was intoxicated and had bro-ken into several vehicles in the area. Belton police arrested the suspect for public intoxication and are investigating him for his connection to the bur-glary of the vehicles.

* If Only He’d Fixed that Taillight

A Coleman County game warden was patrol-ling late one night when he came across a vehicle with no left tail light. After initiating a traffic stop, the warden found the driver did not possess a driver’s license. The warden asked the driver if he had any guns in his truck, to which the driver responded that he had two behind his seat. Upon further investigation, the warden found the driver was a felon. The warden arrested the subject for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

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lic Information Act and whether or not some of their actions violated the Extra Territorial Jurisdic-tion of the City of Hemp-stead.

In December 2014 a jury of Waller County residents found 11-1 that Judge Beckendorff, Com-missioner Kitzman and Commissioner Pokluda had indeed violated those acts and violated the City of Hempstead’s ETJ dur-ing negotiations with Green Group Holdings, the parent company of the proposed Pintail Landfill.

A Term Sheet was pre-sented to The Court the previous Tuesday by Alli-son, Bass, & McGee that was signed by all parties involved in the suit.

Eric McGee of the firm presented those terms to The Court and attending public on Friday. A com-promise settlement and release that settled the entire lawsuit was offered and a Joint Motion to be filed in the 506 District Court with an agreed final judgement that would resolve all issues in the case.

Mr. Bass continued that the terms of agree-ment met the instructions given to his firm, (repre-senting Waller County in the matter) by the Waller County Commissioners Court in January 2015.

Before the vote, Judge Trey Duhon open the floor to discussion by the commissioners. Com-missioners John Amsler Precinct 1, Jeron Bar-nett Precinct 3 and Justin Beckendorff Precinct 4 made statements.

Judge Duhon ended the discussion by stat-ing, “The way I’ve approached this...Had the jury verdict come out differently in December. Had this Ordinance and Host Agreement been done in a manner that was consistent with trans-parency laws, then we wouldn’t be here today, having this discussion.

I agree the Host Agree-ment had some benefits to it. There was monetary benefits to it. There were other benefits, but for me, if something is done in violation of the Open Meetings Act,

I personally feel that what that means is that people were denied the opportunity to have input into the process. They were deprived of the opportunity to voice their opinion. That is not con-sistent with open govern-ment. Therefore, to me, that’s the end of the dis-cussion.

I think that no mat-ter how lucrative the agreement is, if it wasn’t done in a manner that’s consistent with our law, then that agreement can-not stand. I believe in our system.

I believe that when we have twelve men and women that spend thir-teen days of their lives sitting in a jury box, lis-tening to the testimony of all sides and they come out with a verdict. I respect that verdict. I have no reason to believe that this jury did anything improper. I believe that when it comes to these types of things, the per-son that has the position to make the best decision is those men and women that were sitting in that box, listening to that tes-timony.

The way the system works you have plain-tiff and the defendant (Judge Duhon knocked his knuckles together in demonstration.) and they are both doing everything they can to prove their case-there’s this explo-sion in the middle. Some-times it’s messy, but the truth comes out in all of that and that jury decides what’s true and what’s not.

This jury has declared that the Host Agreement and the landfill ordinance were done in violation of the Open Meetings Act. It is my intention to respect that jury verdict.

Although there are other legal issues that can be taken up on appeal that could be won, could be lost, we could sit here for hours and discuss and debate those issues and what is the settled law in the State of Texas. The bottom line is I do not believe the jury’s verdict is going to be overturned. I believe the heart of this case is going to stand,

even if it’s on appeal.When I look at this

Host Agreement and I look at this landfill ordi-nance, I look at it from what is absolutely going to be the best thing for this county? To me, it’s to settle this case and stop this bleeding and stop the appeal. It’s going to allow this court to focus on other matters and allow this county to heal. More than anything else. This landfill has caused a lot of damage in this county. I believe that if we go with this settlement, here today, that it will give a lot of people the opportu-nity to start healing.

We’ve seen the rifts. We know what the rifts are, here in this county. They’ve been there for decades. We have got to start moving past this. I hope this is an oppor-tunity for this county to start to heal. I know this is an opportunity to stop the bleeding.

I believe, absolutely, given all the legal com-plexities that this settle-ment is in the best interest of Waller County.

I have no issue entering into this order. I believe it is absolutely the best way for us to stop the bleed-ing so that we can move forward.

With this order, our work is just beginning. This is not the end where we can sit back and go, wow, we’re done, now let’s start working on some other stuff. We have a lot of work to do.

We have a comprehen-sive Waste Management Plan that we need to get done. We need a Waste Management Plan that is done in an open and transparent manner with the input of all citizens. If and when we decide where we’re going to have landfills, where ever they may be, that every-body has the opportunity to make their opinion known and to voice their opinion....

Closure, this is about closure. It does not end the fight either. We still have a contested case hearing, but I like the fact that with this settle-ment, this Commission-ers Court will be free to

take what ever position we choose in regards to that contested case hear-ing without any contrac-tual obligation or liability with anyone.

I don’t take the expen-diture of these fees lightly by any means. It is a sig-nificant amount of mon-ey. I believe that by enter-ing into this settlement, we are able to reduce that exposure. It is my personal opinion and my experience, as an attorney of twenty years, that had we gone forward without a settlement agreement, we would have gotten an adverse judgement for this county and our expo-sure could have been far greater.

That’s why I think this is a good deal. I think it’s good for the county. I think it’s good for all of us. The bottom line, for me again, is transpar-ency and open govern-ment. I’ve said this many times and I was just in Austin over the last three days. I was walking out of the capitol. I always walk out the East side of the capitol. When you go out toward the street, there’s this plaque on the wall-I’ve used it many times-I’m going to read it again. All political power is inherent in the people and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for THEIR benefit.

This order validates that-in my opinion.”

Judge Duhon then asked if there was any fur-ther discussion. Hearing none, he stated we have a motion (The motion was made by Commis-sioner John Amsler) and a second (The second was made by Commis-sioner Russell Klecka.) to accept the agreement drafted by Eric McGee. All in favor raise your right hand. All opposed raise your right hand.

Those voting for the agreement were: Com-missioner John Amsler, Commissioner Russell Klecka and Judge Trey Duhon.

Those voting against the agreement were: Commissioner Justin Beckendorff and Com-missioner Jeron Barnett.

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Left, Judge Duhon, Commissioner Klecka and Commissioner Amsler vote in favor of the settlement terms agreed upon by Waller County, the City of Hempstead and the Citizens Against the Landfill in Hempstead and Pintail Landfill, LLC. Right, Commissioner Beckendorff and Commissioner Barnett vote against set-tling the civil case against Waller County and its former elected officials. Former Judge Glenn Beckendorff, Former Commissioner Pokluda and Former Commissioner Kitzman were found by a jury 11-1 vote to have violated the Texas Open Meetings and the Public Information Act. Photos by Lillie Ruby.

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Terms of Agreement in the case City of Hempstead, Texas, et al v. Waller County,Texas el al; Cause No 13-03-21872 in the 506th Judicial District Court of Waller County, Texas1. Execution of a Joint Agreed Motion for Entry of Final Judgement and proposed Joint Agreed Final Judgement void-ing the Host Agreement between Waller County and Pintail and voiding Waller County Ordinance No. 2013-001, with no other specific findings in-cluded in the Join Agreed Final Judgement

2. An award of attorneys’ fees within the Proposed Judgement in favor of CALH and against Waller County in the amount of $325,000. Payment of the judgment will be made in full within 60 days of en-try of the judgment.

3. An award of attor-ney’s fees within the Proposed Judgement in favor of Hempstead and against Waller County in the amount of $245,000. Payment of the judgment will be made in full with-in 60 days of entry of the judgement.

4. Agreement that Waller County will not exercise any authority pursuant to the Texas Health and Safety Code concerning disposal of solid waste within the City of Hemp-stead’s extraterritorial ju-risdiction, until and upon (a) request by the City of Hempstead for assis-tance from Waller County and (b) approval by the Waller County Commis-sioners Courts; and

5. A full and complete release from all claims

which any party has or may hereafter have against any other party, for or by reason of any matter, cause or things whatsoever occurring prior to the date of the Settlement Agreement, whether known or un-known, suspected or un-suspected, arising out of or in any way connected with the Host Agreement, Waller County Ordinance No 2013-001 and/or any causes of action asserted in this lawsuit by Hemp-stead and/or CALH and Pintail’s counterclaim seeing a declaration that Waller County Ordinance No 2013-001 is valid and effective; including, but not limited to, claims between Pintail and Waller County related to indemnification and/or reimbursement under the Host Agreement, but specifically not includ-ing any claim, defense, or assertion, whether one or more, that has been or may in the future be raised in any forum, re-garding the validity of Waller County Ordinance No. 2011-001 and/or its applicability to (a) Texas Commission on Envi-ronmental Quality MSW Registration No. 40259 (Pintail Landfill Transfer Station), (b) Texas Com-mission on Environmen-tal Quality MSW Permit Application No. 2377 (Pintail Landfill), and/or (c) all or any part of the 410.37 acre facility site described in such regis-tration and permit appli-cation.

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WASHINGTON, Tex-as – All Texans – natural born or adopted alike – are invited to the annual Texas-sized birthday cel-ebration atWashington-on-the-Brazos State His-toric Site at the exact spot where the Republic of Texas was born 179 years ago. The Texas Indepen-dence Day Celebration will take place on Satur-day, Feb. 28 and Sunday, March 1.

The state historic site will host the week-end celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on its expansive, 293-acre park grounds located between Brenham and Navasota, less than 90 minutes from Houston. It was here on the banks of the Brazos River that 59 delegates bravely met on March 2, 1836 in an unfinished frame building to make a formal declaration of independence from Mexico. The Republic of Texas existed as a sepa-rate nation from 1836 to 1846.

The two-day birth-day bash features live music, traditional crafts, living history presenta-tions, firing demonstra-tions, historical encamp-ments, commemorative programs and a keynote address by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Sunday. There will be no park entrance or parking fees. Vendors selling a variety of festi-val foods will be on site. Visitors can bring picnics and are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs, however, state park rules apply and alco-hol is prohibited.

This year, several 7th grade students will be selected to lay a wreath at the site’s “Texas Indepen-dence Monument” next to Independence Hall on Saturday morning to kick off the programs. The students were chosen based on a Texas-related written essay.

Guests will step back into history at the two-day event to experience life in Texas in 1836 by visiting with re-enactors; witnessing firing dem-onstrations in the Texas

Army camps; viewing demonstrations of cook-ing, weaving and period crafts; and walking the same trail as Texas’ fore-fathers and pioneer fami-lies. Texas musicians will provide musical enter-tainment, including the North Harris County Dulcimers, the Lone Star String Band, which plays old-time music and “old fiddle tunes and songs,” the Star of Texas Dul-cimers, and the Great American Medicine Show featuring Professor Farquar and his “historic narratives, comic chroni-cles, tall tales, unabashed balderdash and the great-

est songs of the 19th cen-tury.”

The featured exhibit at the Star of the Repub-lic Museum—Enduring Spirit: African Americans in 19th Century Texas—opens on Feb. 1 and runs for a year. Artifacts on display will include typi-cal documents of the peri-od such as slave records, freedmen contracts and an oath of allegiance. Stoneware pottery made at the Wilson Pottery near Seguin, the first African-American business in Texas, will be exhibited as well as an example of the intricate and difficult Pine Burr pattern quilt.

The state historic site includes three attrac-

tions: Independence Hall, Star of the Republic

Museum, and Barrington Living History Farm) that will feature special activ-ities during the two-day celebration. Admission fees for the museum and farm will be waived dur-ing the birthday celebra-tion. Independence Hall is always open free of charge, however, visitors pay a modest fee for a guided program. Free bus shuttles will run through-out the park on Saturday and Sunday, as well as from the city of Navasota to park grounds.

This event is made possible by ExxonMo-bil, Bluebonnet Electric Co-op, the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley, the City of Brenham, the City of Navasota, Bren-ham/Washington County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Blinn College, KTEX 106 Sounds Like Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Washington on the Brazos State Park Association.

More detailed infor-mation on the week-end’s festivities will be continually updated at www.wheretexasbeca-metexas.org. The public can also call (936) 878-2214 or e-mail office@wheretexasbecametexas.org for more information. For lodging informa-tion, please contact the Brenham Visitor Center at www.visitbrenhamtex-as.com/ or 1-888-BREN-HAM, or the City of Navasota at 936-825-7055 or www.navasotatx.gov.

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Top left, reenactors getting ready to fire a volley. Top right, the Texas flag flown from a cov-ered wagon. Photos by Lillie Ruby.

Bottom left, Washington on the Brazos Photo by TPWD .A reenactor wearing typical hunting gear during the time of the Texas Republic. Photo by Lillie Ruby.