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Vol. 12, No. 33 Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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Keeping county
looking pretty
By Travis Gumphrey
TWO COUNTY cities have
won large slices of a $2m
prize fund from the state for
their “keep our city beautiful”
projects and campaigns.
Dickinson and Friendswood
were two of 10 cities to win a
share of a prestigious environmental award from Keep
Texas Beautiful.
Based on their population
size, Dickinson’s share of the
2015 Governor’s Community
Achievement award was
$180,000, while Friendswood
earned $210,000.
The money will come from
the Texas department of transportation and is to be used for
landscaping projects along a
local state right-of-way.
Winners were selected in
10 population categories
based on achievements in
community leadership and
coordination, education, public awareness, litter prevention
and cleanup, litter law and
illegal dumping enforcement,
beautification and community improvement and solid
waste management.
Dickinson’s application
was strong because of the
city’s involvement in events
like Trash Bash, which this
year will be held on March
28 at the town’s Highway 3
boat ramp.
Other programs that set
the city apart from its rivals
were projects such as the establishment of Keep Dickinson
Beautiful and its affiliation with
KTB, the hosting of community roundtable breakfasts, a rainbarrel workshop, informing
and educating the public about
curbside recycling, participation in the Great American
Cleanup, creating a Public
Lands Day to clean up city
areas, and a backyard garden
tour that’s now in its third year.
Dickinson mayor and KDB
director Julie Masters attributed the award to the hard
work of the many volunteers
who flock to the organization’s events.
She said: “Keep Dickinson
Beautiful is now a six-time
winner of this prestigious
award, resulting in over
$700,000 of right-of-way
beautification projects for the
city since 1993.
“Volunteers with KDB have
worked tirelessly for more than
25 years engaging and educating citizens on taking personal
responsibility for improving
the environment. We are so
excited that our volunteers
have been recognized for their
hard work this past year.”
KTB will formally recognize all 10 cities during its
annual conference in Fort
Worth in June.
Keep Dickinson Beautiful courtesy photos
Top, Keep Dickinson Beautiful board members Suanne Sparks, left, and Claire Rhoades just could
not resist a little messin' with Texas when they attended last year's Keep Texas Beautiful annual
conference and found a photo booth extolling the virtues of improving the state's environment.
Above, the Dickinson organization provided trees and assisted local Scouts in planting 26 crepe
myrtles on public land during last year's Arbor Day, supporting one lead scout in acquiring his Eagle
Scout designation in the process and helping to win this year's community achievement award.
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Creighton backs Taylor
on power to the parents
By Lora-Marie Bernard
DISTRICT 4 senator Brandon Creighton
has backed his fellow county politician Larry
Taylor by supporting the district 11 senator’s
recently unveiled parent-empowerment bill.
Creighton, whose district includes the
Bolivar peninsula and Seabrook, is co-authoring SB14, which seeks to allow parents of
children in a failing school to petition for
reconstitution, repurposing, alternative management or closure after two years instead of
five under the current statute.
According to the state’s education agency,
more than 146,000 students are trapped in
almost 300 public schools with two or more
consecutive years of standards failure.
“Senator Taylor and I are working shoulder
to shoulder to advance and strengthen Texas’
current parent empowerment law,” Creighton
said in a statement last week.
“Parents shouldn’t be forced to subject their
children to schools that are clearly failing to
meet their needs.”
The legislation is expected to help beleaguered school districts such as La Marque
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ISD. Creighton said he believes the community has a right to be heard in such situations
and mentioned Beaumont as an example.
“Beaumont ISD’s recent corruption and
abuse of the public trust is a prime example
of why our parent-empowerment legislation
needs to pass this session,” he said.
The senator, above left, added: “We cannot
waste a day when it comes to the education of
our children.
“Texas students deserve every opportunity to reach their full potential and parents
deserve every tool available to take action and
make a difference in their school districts.”
He said the bill would provide meaningful
change in the state’s communities.
“Strengthening Texas’ current parentempowerment law by shortening the wait
period for parents’ ability to petition from five
years to two consecutive years is a move in the
right direction,” he said.
Quick course in the bid for an education overhaul
By Travis Gumphrey
ON TUESDAY of last week,
lieutenant governor Dan
Patrick and senate education
committee chairman Larry
Taylor announced their plans
for the transformation of the
Texas education system in a
response to governor Greg
Abbott’s demand for lawmakers
to put education on the legislative fast track during his State
Of The State address.
Taylor filed senate bill 6
regarding A-through-F public
school performance ratings, SB
14 regarding parental involvement in school affairs, SB 894
regarding digital learning and
SB 895 regarding opportunity
school districts as a first step to
addressing priority education
reform for the 84th legislative
session on Tuesday morning.
Announcing the measures, he
said: “It is vital for lawmakers
to bring all Texas students into
the 21st century by removing
roadblocks and encouraging
innovative and transformative
learning tools.
“Embracing change is not a
choice. Texas students and parents demand it.”
The proposals include a rating
system for public schools, lifting
existing limits on online courses,
making it easier for high-school
students to take courses that
count for college credit, updating teacher evaluations and an
“opportunity” school district to
oversee the worst-performing
schools in the state.
Two days later, Taylor, above
right, filed SB 981 as a companion to house bill 1305, which
district 24 representative Greg
Bonnen lodged the same day
seeking to slash the qualifying
thresholds for free and cut-price
school lunches and breakfasts
throughout the state, passing
a considerable portion of their
costs to the federal government.
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2 Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Senate bills set stage
for tax and debt relief
A TRIO of powerful state
senators, along with Texas
lieutenant governor Dan
Patrick, on March 5 jointly
announced the filing of legislation they have coauthored
to cut the state’s taxes and
pay off its debt.
Patrick, below right, who
presides over the 31-member senate in Austin, and
the senate’s finance chair,
Flower Mound Republican
Jane Nelson, business and
commerce chair, Tyler
Republican Kevin Eltife
and finance vice chair,
McAllen Democrat Chuy
Hinojosa, each delivered
brief statements.
Patrick said the state constitution limits spending to
no more than the growth
of the Texas economy and
appropriations intended
to cut taxes or reduce state
debt also count against the
spending cap.
The legislation, in the
form of a bill and a joint
resolution, if passed and
signed into law, would allow
voters to decide whether or
not to exempt tax cuts and
debt payments from the
state’s constitutional spending limit.
“Debts today become
taxes tomorrow,” Hinojosa
explained. “As Texans, we
pride ourselves as a pay-asyou-go-state but, in the past
12 years, our state and local
debt has skyrocketed.
“As responsible stewards
of taxpayer dollars, we need
to rein in our dependence
on debt and get serious
about paying off our current
outstanding debt.
“Exempting appropriations for tax relief and debt
relief from the spending cap
will free up more dollars
for critical areas like education and infrastructure in
the state budget without
busting the constitutional
spending cap.”
TEXAS’ seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate fell to
4.4 per cent in January from
4.6 per cent in December
2014, the federal government’s bureau of labor statistics announced last week.
The Texas workforce commission on March 6 reported the adding of more than
20,000 seasonally adjusted
non-farm jobs in January for
a total increase of 392,900
jobs in 12 months.
“We are pleased to see that
the growth of jobs in our state
is continuing,” said commission chair Andres Alcantar.
Texas employers added
20,100 jobs including
growth in nine of 11 major
industries in January, which
is a great testament to the
strength and resilience of
our economy and labor market, he said.
Hope Andrade, the TWC’s
commissioner representing
employers, said: “The latest
labor-market data indicates
that Texas is approaching the
12-million-jobs milestone,
with 11,769,600 jobs now in
Texas. Employers continue to
propel Texas on a path paved
with growth and innovation.”
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by Ed Sterling
Transportation bills pass
ON VOTES of 28-2, the
senate has tentatively
approved two measures
intended to increase
transportation funding.
Committee substitute
senate bill 5 and senate joint resolution 5 by
transportation committee chair Robert Nichols,
below left, a Republican
from Jacksonville, would
let voters decide whether to
approve a split in the state
motor-vehicle sales tax.
The legislation has been
sent to the senate finance
committee for consideration
and companion bills have
been filed in the house of
representatives by Eastland
Republican Jim Keffer.
Unemployment rate falls
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Further revenue collected
by the state would be split
so the public-accounts
comptroller would deposit
50 per cent to the state’s
highway fund, 30 per cent
to its general-revenue fund
and 20 per cent to its available-school fund.
Democrat
senators
Rodney Ellis, below, of
Houston and Kirk Watson,
below left, of Austin were
the two who cast votes
in opposition to the measures, which now move to
the house of representatives for consideration.
In an excerpt from a
longer statement explaining his vote, Ellis said:
“Dedicated funds are
poor public policy simply
because they limit flexibility. This year, a critical
As CSSB 5 is presently
worded, the first $2.5 billion in that class of revenue would go into general
revenue and the next $2.5
billion would be dedicated
to the state’s transportation department.
need may not be as critical next year, and funding
cannot follow problems.
By constitutionally dedicating this funding, we
are creating a new multibillion-dollar hole that is
going to be difficult to
fill during years when the
budget is tight.”
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A boost for
DWI watch
THE STATE’S public-safety department on Friday,
March 6, announced an
increase in patrols focused
on drink-driving crime
from the following day
until March 22.
State troopers will focus
on high-risk locations at
times when alcohol-related
crashes are most frequent
and in areas with high
concentrations of schoolspring-break activity.
During last year’s
spring-break enforcement
period, state troopers
made 1,389 DWI arrests
and issued some 18,886
speeding citations, 3,343
seat-belt and child-safetyseat tickets and about
23,600 other citations.
They also made 861
fugitive arrests and 728 felony arrests during the period, the agency reported.
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A reader writes in praise of Bay Area Harbour
Playhouse's adaptation of the play The Cat And
The Canary, which first became a movie in 1927.
We need
equality for
all Texans
A multi-million dollar campaign, Texas Wins, kicked
off last Wednesday, March
4, amid alarming efforts to
openly promote and expand
discrimination in the Lone
Star state. The campaign will
amplify the values of opportunity and fairness shared by
a majority of Texans.
All hardworking Texans
should be able to put food
on the table and a roof over
their heads. So it’s shocking
that Texans can still be fired
from their jobs or denied
housing simply because of
who they are.
Such discriminatory policies are potentially expanding
to include veterans, single
moms, people of faith and
many others. This is a can
of worms we don’t want to
open. Discrimination of any
kind is not in line with our
state’s values and Texas Wins
will ensure all Texans are protected from it.
Some of Texas’ largest
employers – AT&T, Texas
Instruments, American
Airlines, Dell, BP and
Chevron – are on record in
their support for workplace
equality for all employees.
But a few legislators –
unrepresentative of mainstream
Texans ¬– have proposed constitutional amendments that
would allow some to claim
that their religion gives them
the right to ignore laws.
For too long, the state’s
anti-equality forces have had
the run of the field. That
ends today.
Christina Canales
Gorczynski
Campaign director, Texas Wins
Austin
GOP not
following
mandate
In the November elections, America gave the
Republicans a mandate to
stop president Barack Obama
and the Democrats from
wrecking the country and we
expect that this carnage be
stopped and reversed.
We now hear Republicans
say they want to cooperate
with Obama so he will move
to the middle. Americans don’t
want to hear this nonsense
because the president is a leftist who hates our constitution
and deliberately circumvents it.
Robert Dahlquist
Orange
California
Playhouse a
little gem
In Dickinson on Highway
3 there sits the Bay Area
Harbor Playhouse. It is a
great little getaway to walk
into this historic theatre.
Upon entering, you can
just feel the history of yesteryear and there are hors
d’oeuvres laid out for the
guests to enjoy.
On Friday, my fiancée
and I attended one of the
last performances of The
Cat And The Canary,
directed by Frederic Pearl
who also is the vice president of the theater’s board
of directors.
The all-amateur cast and
crew did an amazing performance of their adaptation
of this 1922 show written
by John Willard. The melodrama is based on the reading of the will of Ambrose
West, which takes place 20
years after his death, gathering all the living family
together to name an heir.
The plot of the story
thickens as the heir is
named and the remaining
family members believe the
heiress – Annabelle West,
played by Nancy O’Gea –
has gone mad.
The tale unfolds into a
murder mystery in three
acts, with the stage being
gradually transformed in
front of the audience, allowing us to see the effort and
love the volunteers put into
a Playhouse production.
As well as Annabelle,
the main cast consisted of
Paul Jones played by Caleb
Hagler, Harry Blythe by
Sean Chapman, Charlie
Wilder by Nick Zupon,
Cecily Young by Kendall
Chapman and Susan Sillsby
by Katherine Bilich.
Other characters included
attorney Roger Crosby
played by Willy Devlin,
housekeeper Martha
Pleasant by Dianne Foussac,
asylum guard Hendricks
by AJ Johnson and doctor
Patterson by CT Gomez.
This weekend, I hope to
visit the Playhouse for a special engagement, a pre-statefinals mini-run of its competition production of Joe
Dipietro’s Over The River
And Through The Woods.
There are evening performances on Friday, March
13, and Saturday and a
matinee on Sunday. All
tickets are just $10, so Post
readers wishing to join me
should call 281-337-7469
before they all go!
Jimmy Graves
Texas City
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A weekly review of Galveston County local authorities’ affairs
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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with
Lora-Marie Bernard
Faircloth taking up
Mitchell honor cause
STATE representative
Wayne Faircloth has filed
a bill to rename Galveston
Causeway in honor of
Cynthia and George
Mitchell before the end of
the year.
It is among one of his first
dozen bills since his elec-
tion to the house of representatives’ district 23 seat
last year.
House bill 2181, filed
on March 3, requests that
markers are placed at each
end of the causeway denoting the tribute and that all
other necessary road signs
are also replaced to reflect
the name change.
The bill also enacts section
9, article III, of the Texas
constitution, which allows for
the bill to become active on
September 1 if a two-thirds
majority in each chamber of
the legislature is not reached.
It also leaves room to continue to refer to the bridge as
the Galveston Causeway as
it recognizes that the tribute
would be an addition to the
bridge’s current designations.
Since his election, Faircloth
has authored 11 bills and coauthored three.
May start Garage sale to benefit Galveston pool
for park
info series
Jobs fair breaks down
disabled boundaries
DISABLED workers looking for a local job were given an
employment boost when a La Marque training firm and local
businesses joined forces to host a job fair for them in Texas City.
This is the fifth year that Vocational Guidance Services
has hosted its Talent Has No Boundaries fair to showcase the
skills and talents of workers with disabilities.
The idea is to show employers that disabled people represent a diverse and vibrant talent pool, VGS executive director
Shirley Terrell said.
Among the companies and organizations attending this
year’s fair were the city of Houston, Texas A&M Galveston,
the Salvation Army, Home Depot, Sam’s Club, Mainland
Medical Center and Dish Network.
The fair also gained political support, with La Marque mayor
Bobby Hocking and county precinct 3 commissioner Stephen
Holmes welcoming employers and job applicants to the event.
Terrell said the fair was a huge success and provided
numerous people with job opportunities.
“It was packed here today,” she said. “We definitely had a
good crowd.”
Frances Durisseau’s
Inspirations
Exercise your attitude
R
ecently, I’ve been led to pursue exercising. It hasn’t been by
choice. It wasn’t by my doctor’s
advice, although he would probably
recommend it and be very happy about it for
several reasons.
Like many of you who work out, I’ve been concentrating on different areas so I guess you could call it cross training. I have had
to really start working on my patience, my fear and my faith.
To have patience, we must have an attitude that allows us to
continue, to persevere, to stay steady and maintain our course
no matter what’s going on around us. That’s not always easy to
do because life always seems to be throwing things at us to test
our patience.
That is where my fears come blasting through the door. Fear
rises up and challenges my patience, which causes the “what
if’s” to begin, along with other similar questions.
That is when my faith can start turning into doubt. All it takes
is a small crack, starting with my patience, and, in no time at all,
all three are radically out of control.
Each needs my total and complete attention every day, in order
to be rebuilt and brought back to a place of strength, so that they
can carry me into whatever my future holds for me.
Resident views
sought for
disaster plan
LEAGUE CITY has released
a survey to determine residents’ concerns about disaster
response in the town.
The 12-question survey asks
residents how they prefer to
receive emergency communication, how important certain
projects are to the city’s ability
to respond and what actions
they have taken to prepare
themselves for disaster.
It also offers open-ended
questions for residents to tell
the city what other issues
could be addressed in its
disaster-mitigation plan.
City manager Mark Rohr
said last week sent a message
to residents urging them to
take part in the survey.
“We invite you to give us
your input on what disasters
you feel most threaten our
community and what steps
we can take to strengthen our
readiness for those disasters,”
he said.
“This helps us to be better
prepared to prepare for and
recover from disasters.”
The survey, which is
expected to take five to 10
minutes to complete, can be
accessed online at surveymonkey.com/s/mitigation.
TINY space worms are being
used to study bone and
muscle loss.
A recent NASA report
discusses the international
space center research of
roundworms barely a millimeter long.
Two Japanese scientists are
studying the caenorhabditis
elegans, an organism that is
used as a model for larger
organisms. Fruit flies are used
in the same vein.
The results of the investigation could lead to new
treatments for bone and
muscle loss in humans living
in space. Its findings could
also be beneficial to people
on Earth suffering from muscle and bone diseases.
NASA’s chief scientist for
the international space station program office at the
space agency’s Johnson space
center in Houston, Julie
Robinson, said: “Spaceflightinduced health changes, such
as decreases in muscle and
bone mass, are a major challenge facing our astronauts.
“We investigate solutions
on the station, not only to
keep astronauts healthy, as
the agency considers longer
space-exploration missions,
but also to help those on
THE GHIRARDI Oak in League City has shown new
foliage on the ends of several limbs, according to city
arborist Heather McKnight’s latest regular report.
Pruning in April will remove any leaves that don’t show
a spring push. McKnight recommended continuing broad
spectrum fungicide treatments but no spring fertilizer,
based on soil analysis.
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Earth who have limited
activity as a result of aging
or illness.”
The scientists are studying the effects of gravity loss,
which is similar to the effects
of bed-stricken patients.
Inactivity, even the removing
of simple daily movement,
can have a negative effect on
the bones and muscles of the
infirm or elderly. Patients on
prolonged bed rest experience
muscle atrophy, bone density
loss and changes in metabolism, similar to the effects
of long-duration spaceflight,
NASA says.
Depending upon the
results, the simple, tiny
roundworm could lead to
a cure for diseases affecting
millions of the aging and
infirm population on Earth
and the astronauts orbiting
the planet.
Oak shows spring push
FRAZZ
LEAGUE CITY’s annual
City Hall In The Park
series is to begin in May.
The proposed calendar
for the series, which advises
residents about city services and projects, is:
Thursday, May 7,
6:00pm, League Park:
Pet adoption/microchip/
registration with vendors
Saturday, June 6,
10:00am, Nature Center:
National Trails Day celebration
Saturday, July 18,
10:00am, Countryside
Lynn Gripon Park:
Summer kayak and
canoe clinic
Thursday, August 20,
6:00pm, Hometown
Heroes Park: Open
swim/float night
To learn more about
the series, e-mail
Bridget.Kramer@
leaguecity.com.
THE CITY of Galveston will conduct a garage sale from 9:00am to 4:00pm each day from
Friday to Sunday this weekend to benefit the community swimming pool at Lasker Park.
Organizers are asking residents to donate to the cause by taking clean usable items for sale
to the McGuire Dent Recreation Center, at 2222 28th Street between 3:00pm and 8:00pm
today, Wednesday, and tomorrow.
City staff can arrange for moving larger items to the center and provide tax receipts
for donated items.
Volunteers are also needed to help the staff sort and prepare for the event. Call city hall at
409-797-3500.
Elegant theory of
worms in space
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I must do the time warp again
W
e left off last
week with
me
writing about
two scary subjects – the best
scary movies of the 1980s
and my sinus infection/cold/
flu from hell.
I’m happy to report that,
after two weeks of sneezing,
coughing and choking, I’m
feeling much better. Not
completely well, but better.
As for those scary ’80s
movies, I only managed to fit
four of them into last week’s
column. I have four more to
go and these are probably my
top four favorites. See if you
remember them.
One of the best classic horror films, The Lost Boys,
was released in 1987. It had
an excellent cast – the two
Coreys, Haim and Feldman,
as well as several excellent
character actors.
The Lost Boys (remember
the story of Peter Pan?) were
terrifying and believable as
vampires. The musical score
for the film was eerie, creepy
and highly threatening. If
you haven’t seen the film,
you should definitely rent it.
On the sillier side of the
horror category is a really
funny, weird movie that
debuted in 1988, entitled
Killer Klowns From Outer
Space. I just lucked into
finding this on TV and got
hooked on the strange plot.
Very creepy aliens, dressed
as evil clowns, are attempting to take over Earth.
They capture earthlings
and seal them in cottoncandy cocoons for eating
later on. (I warned you it
was weird.)
This film has just about
every horror/sci-fi cliché in
the book in its story line.
courtesy image
Another favorite that I’ve
watched many times is the 1989
flick The ’Burbs. It stars Tom
Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Gale
Gordon, Bruce Dern and Corey
Feldman, just to mention a few
familiar names in the cast.
The basic plot is about
how neighbors can become
over-the-top
pa ra noid
about a new family in the
suburbs, which eventually
leads to a total breakdown
of civilization. It manages
to be both extremely funny
as well as spooky.
Last but not least is the
1979 cult classic The Rocky
Horror Picture Show. It’s one
year shy of being a 1980s
film, but it’s such a unique,
wacky spoof of the horror
genre that I had to include it.
I’d heard about this film
for years but never got the
chance to see it in a theater. I
finally caught up to it on TV.
While it is probably much
more impressive seen on the
big screen, with a live audience in costumes shouting
their favorite lines, seeing it
on a small screen was still
highly enjoyable.
It’s the story of a young
couple who take refuge in a
creepy castle during a terrible
storm and find themselves
trapped in a mad scientist’s
weird experiment.
I realize this sounds like
your average run-of-the-mill
horror spoof, but it’s much,
much more. And I’m sorry
to say I can’t tell you why,
because that would ruin the
film for you.
The cast is excellent: Tim
Curry, Susan Sarandon and
Barry Bostwick, just to name
a few. The musical numbers
are well-executed, especially
The Time Warp.
The best performance is,
by Nicky De Lange
without question, that of
Curry as the mad scientist.
It’s not for everyone’s taste
This was definitely a
movie worth waiting for but, if you love good horror
and I thought it was every films and well-done spoofs
bit as good as the reviews I of them, this movie’s for you.
had read.
Pass the popcorn, please ...
This ’n’
That
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CLEAR LAKE SHORES
Meetings and Events
March 17, 2015
City Council meets at
7pm, 931 Cedar.
DICKINSON
Meetings and Events
Dickinson
Public
Library, 4411 Hwy 3,
Dickinson 281-534-3812.
www.dickinsonpubliclibrary.org.
Weed' N Wish Garden
Club meets begining
at 9:30am, March 12,
at the Historic Railroad
Museum, 218 FM 517
West, Dickinson.
Dickinson historical
society annual Wine
and Roses - April 24,
2015, 6:30pm at the KC
Hall. For more info call
(281) 534-4367 or email
[email protected].
Sisters Helping Sisters
- Spring Mix Fishing
Tournament, March 28,
2015. The Lazy Lizard
Cantina, San Leon, TX.
For info contact Jaton
Liner at 512-547-9631 or
email jaton_marketing@
yahoo.com.
Clear
Lake
Area
P a n h e l l e n i c
Association
hosts
Sorority Recruitment
Informational Meeting
- March 29, 2015, from
2 - 4pm at Bay Oaks
Country Club, 14545 Bay
Oaks Boulevard.
This
event is for senior girls
and their parents/guardians interested in learning
about sorority life on the
college campus. For info
contact Becky Hensley,
Recruitment Chairman,
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March, 18, 2015
City Council meets at is a rescue dog that was adopted by animal-control officers and has spent many days riding
7pm, 1401 Hwt 146.
shotgun in their animal-control truck. The city's mayor, Matthew Doyle, and commissioners were The Right Stuff Annual
Gala - April 11, 7:30 p.m.
on hand for the opening ceremonies, which celebrated one of the few dog parks in the county.
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Cold facts determine fruit risk
Readers send their questions about seasonal issues
Beautiful
gardens
by William Johnson
indeterminate or vine types,
which grow tall.
Determinate types are a little easier to grow, as the plants
do not have to be trained to
stakes, as we generally do the
indeterminate types. They produce their fruit over a shorter,
more concentrated period.
Indeterminate tomato plants
grow larger and require more
management, but they have
the potential to produce more
fruit over a longer period.
To confuse matters more,
there are semi-determinate
varieties. Celebrity is a commonly grown tomato variety
in this area. It has excellent
resistance to many diseases and
dependably provides a heavy
yield in the home garden.
Q: My broccoli plants
have produced a bountiful
display of yellow flowers.
Why has this happened?
A: Broccoli is a cool-season
vegetable that dependably
produces in local gardens.
However, we have had some
unusually warm days and
some unusually cool days in
the past few weeks and the
warm days have stimulated
broccoli plants to set flowers.
That also means that you
missed a portion of your harvest as it is likely that the flowers were produced from the
side sprouts, which are quite
tasty when harvested young!
William Johnson is a horticulturist with the Galveston
County office of Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service.
Visit his website at aggieh o r t i c u l t u re . t a m u . e d u /
galveston/index.htm
Photo by William Johnson
Above, locally grown peaches started flowering and setting fruit in
late January and February and a reader asks if they are at risk of
cold-weather damage. As long as temperatures remain above 32°F,
young peaches on a tree in these parts should be not be damaged.
Above, broccoli is a vegetable that grows easily in
the gardens of south-east
Texas, being a cool-season
plant, while Celebrity, left,
is a variety of tomato that
is also commonly grown in
this area, perhaps because
it is particularly resistant to
many horticultural diseases.
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before 1951, which is when
hybrid varieties were developed,
while others insist that it needs
to have originated before 1920.
Because heirloom varieties have not been genetically modified or crossed into
other strains, there are no
specific features that they
share except that they have
usually become well adapted
to their local growing area’s
conditions over the years.
While heirloom varieties
are usually prized for their
flavor, they often feature fruit
that has a unique color – red,
orange, gold, green, purple,
striped, white – or shape.
The seeds from heirloom
plants have been passed from
generation to generation and
often have a local or even
familial significance. I regret
that I did not keep seeds from
the heirloom tomatoes that
my grandfather grew.
Several smaller seed companies have found a niche
in the market by exclusively
selling heirloom seeds and
even large commercial seed
companies are following suit.
As a group, heirloom tomatoes tend to produce less fruit
in our growing area. They
are likely to be more diseaseprone than hybrid varieties
and take longer to produce
fruit. Even so, I recommend
trying one or two plants for
their flavorful fruits.
Q: What’s the difference
between a determinate and an
indeterminate tomato variety?
A: Tomatoes also come
in two basic growth habits.
Determinate or bush types
stay short in contrast to
LOLA
Q: When should I plant
my tomatoes to be sure
they do not freeze from
the cold weather?
A: If you want a sure date,
I would recommend July 4
as the spring season seems
reluctant to arrive. I plan on
planting my tomatoes this
weekend. I will remain ready
to provide some cold protection in the next several weeks.
Q: Will the cold weather
pose a threat to the young
peaches on my trees?
A: The short answer is that
temperatures are not likely
to drop low enough to be
of concern with cold-weather
injury to young peaches in
the Galveston County area.
However, the matter is way
more complex than just stating a flat range of temperatures. As long as temperatures
remain above 32°F, the young
peaches on a tree should be not
be damaged. Temperatures
would have to drop into the
upper 20s to cause damage to
young peach fruit.
The duration of belowfreezing temperatures would
also be an influencing factor. As temperatures have not
dropped to freezing point
in most areas of the county, your peaches should be
fine. I have not protected the
peaches at my home or in the
horticulture demonstration
in Carbide Park.
Q: You offered heirloom
tomatoes at your plant sale
a few weeks ago. What is an
heirloom tomato?
A: As it turns out, there
is no universally accepted
definition of heirloom seeds
or vegetables, but there are
several important guidelines
that will help you start growing your own.
An heirloom tomato is an
open-pollinated variety or
strain that is not used in
large-scale modern agriculture. The variety or strain
must be of a certain age to
qualify as an heirloom.
Some say the variety or strain
needs to have been grown
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GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Sheriff Sales
Information & Procedures
WEBSITE: www.galvestonso.com
Bidders – register with Laura Honish before the sale to receive your bidder number, the sale starts at 10:00am. If you are the winning bidder of a property at the sale today, be
sure and go to the Tax Office, see Mr. Gordon Robinson and get your Certificate of Eligibility. This is required for you to receive your Sheriff’s Deed. Please be advised that the
Minimum Bid is the past due taxes to be paid to the Galveston County Tax Office up until the date that the Order of Sale was filed, DO YOUR RESEARCH, taxes may be due
outside of taxes due at the sale, you will be responsible for paying any and all other taxes due on said property, including prior and current taxes as well.
The winning bidder must come to the Sheriff’s Office by 4:00pm today and pay in full, see Laura Honish the address is; 601 54th Street, Suite 1114 Galveston, TX.
(409) 766-2312
If the winning bidder does not come in and pay by 4:00pm today, then the bid is forfeited and the Sheriff’s Office will resell the property again between the hours of 4:15pm
and 5:00pm at the Courthouse. If there is no bidder at the second sale, property is struck off to the taxing entity as Trustee.
Note: Rule 652. TRCP Purchaser failing to comply
If any person shall bid off property at any sale made by virtue of an execution, and shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale, he shall be liable to pay the plaintiff in execution
twenty per cent on the value of the property thus bid off, besides costs, to be recovered on motion, five days notice of such motion being given to such purchaser; and should the
property on a second sale bring less than the former, he shall be liable to pay to the defendant in execution all loss which he sustains thereby, to be recovered on motion as above
provided.
Payment method, cash, money order or cashier’s check made payable to Galveston County Sheriff’s Office. (Note) No personal or company checks will be accepted.
Also, you will need a separate money order / cashier’s check for $30.00 made payable to Dwight Sullivan, County Clerk for recording of the Sheriff’s Deed.
Again when bidding speak up and say your price, I do not recognize hand signals, use good bidding etiquette for your fellow bidders.
Also do your research before bidding on a piece of property!!!
Last but not least (SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES)
Thank you and Good Luck
Sheriff Sales
Sale Date: 4/7/2015
By virtue of an Order of Sale or Writ of Execution directed to me in the below entitled cause numbers from the clerks of the various Courts named below, in and for the County
aforesaid, with dates, and cause numbers as set forth below, I have on the dates set forth below levied upon, and will proceed to sell, without appraisement, for cash, to the highest
and best bidder on the first Tuesday in April, 2015, that being the 7th day of April, 2015, at Public Auction, at the Galveston County Courthouse in the Commissioner’s Courtroom,
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., all the right title and interest of the defendants named below in and to the Real Estate described below. * Please note on tax sales pursuant to the Texas Property Tax Code, sheriff sales may only include taxes which were delinquent on the date of trial. The below described sheriff sales may be subject to
taxes not included in the judgment. Property purchased or struck off at sheriff sale is subject to those tax year(s) not included in the judgment and must be paid by the
purchaser at sheriff sale or resale. * Also the Address/Location per GCAD reflects the likely location of the property based upon records from the Galveston Central Appraisal District (www.galvestoncad.org). The information as to Address/Location is provided solely as a courtesy, it should not be relied upon as conclusive. Interested
parties should conduct appropriate research to verify the location of property BEFORE bidding at the sheriff sale.
HENRY TROCHESSET, SHERIFF OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
BY: CAPTAIN DOUGLAS HUDSON
Sale #: 9
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0146
Court: 212th
Judgment Date: 7/22/2014
Order of Sale Date: 2/17/2015
Levy Date: 2/24/2015
Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Mary Louise Williams, et al
Defendants: Mary Louise Williams
Sale #: 1
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: Galvesotn Co
Court:
Levy Date: 3/4/2015
Posting Date: 3/6/2015
Atty For Plaintiff:
Style of Case: Galveston County Housing & Economic Development vs. Housing Opportunity Program
Defendants: Housing Opportunity Program
Account #: 1245-0007-0001-000
ABST 150 PAGE 2 LOT 1 BLK 7 AUSTIN PLACE
Minimum Bid: $0
Legal Description
Notes:
Address/Location per GCAD: 715 GRAFTON, LA MARQUE
Sale #: 2
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 07TX0777 Court: 405th
Style of Case: County of Galveston vs. Susie Celli, et al
Defendants: Susie Celli, Domenic Dell’Osse, Renato Dell’Osso, Amy Michelle Belluomini, Luisa Livia Belloumini Stubbs aka Luisa L.B. Stubbs
and Luino Dell’Osso, Jr.
Account #: 3985-0049-0001-000
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOTS ONE & TWO (1-1), BLOCK FORTY-NINE (49), HIGHLAND PARK, LA MARQUE, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT VOLUME 255, PAGE 632 IN THE OFFICIAL
DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Address/Location per GCAD: LA MARQUE
Sale #: 3
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 12TX0436
Court: 405th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Michael Robinson, et al
Defendants: Michael Robinson, Gwendolyn Robinson and The United States of America
Address/Location per GCAD: 3413 PALM AVENUE, TEXAS
Address/Location per GCAD: 2615 TEXAS AVENUE, DICKINSON
Sale #: 5
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 13TX0162
Court: 212th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Lebertha Lorena Velazquez Gayton aka Bertha Lorena Velaquez Gayton, as Trustee for Vincent William
Marmolejo, Jr.
Defendants: Lebertha Lorena Velaquez Gayton also known as Bertha Lorena Velazquez, Gaytan, as Trustee for Vincent William Marmolejo, Jr.
Account #: 5320-0252-0013-000 R183431
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOTS THIRTEEN (13), FOURTEEN (14) AND FIFTEEN (15), IN BLOCK TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO (252) OF NICHOLSTONE, SAID
PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICUARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 2010062783 IN THE
OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Address/Location per GCAD: 4517 E 33RD STREET, DICKINSON
Sale #: 6
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 13TX0493
Court: 10th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Edward B. Hartmann, et al
Defendants: Edward B. Hartmann, Bank of America, N.A., PWH Hospitality, LLC dba Pointe West Club and Property Owners Association of Pointe
West, Inc. aka Property Owners of Point West, Inc.
Account #: 5911-0004-0001-000 R426447
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK FOUR (4), OF POINTE WEST, SECTION ONE (1), A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 2004-A, PAGE 122 IN THE OFFICIAL MAP RECORDS IN THE
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Address/Location per GCAD: 25610 SPOTTED SANDPIPER DRIVE, GALVESTON
Sale #: 7
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 13TX0681
Court: 405th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Matthew Harvey, Jr., et al
Defendants: Matthew Harvey, Jr., Bessie Harvey, Lawrence Lee Harvey and Robert Ray Harvey
Account #: 5182-0123-0003-000-R165666
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT THREE (3), BLOCK ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE (123), MOORES ADDITION, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 215, PAGE 313, IN THE OFFICIAL DEED
RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Account #: 3505-0030-0007-002- R100379
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
SOUTH 29.5 FEET OF LOT SEVEN (7-2), BLOCK THIRTY (30), IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY
BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 9407589 IN THE OFFICIAL
DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Sale #: 11
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0422
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Neal C. Cloud, et al
Defendants: Neal C. Cloud and Alice Janery Cloud
Court: 56th
Account #: 7030-0049-0001-002- R224217
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
EAST 27 FEET 6 INCHES OF LOTS ONE THRU FOUR (1-2). BLOCK FORTY-NINE (49), TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS,
SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 1227, PAGE 714, IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Sale #: 12
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0487
Court: 10th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Gloria Dean Young Simpson
Defendants: Gloria Dean Young Simpson
Account #: 5040-0000-0017-000
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT SEVENTEEN (17), MCDANIEL SUBDIVISION, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT FILM CODE #008-51-2462 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON
COUNTY, TEXAS
Address/Location per GCAD: 2026 ROSALEE LA MARQUE
Sale #: 13
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0543
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Juan J. Villarreal, et al
Defendants: Juan J. Villarreal and Verenice Villarreal
Court: 212th
Account #: 5035-0000-0002-000- R133203
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT TWO (2), OF MC COLLUM SUBDIVISION, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT
RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 9964449 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF
GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Address/Location per GCAD: 2 CLOVER BEND LA MARQUE
Sale #: 14
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0563
Court: 405th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Stephen Ganter, et al
Defendants: Stephen Ganter
Account #: 6470-0000-0026-000- R230966
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT TWENTY-SIX (26), IN SHADY CORNERS, AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY
DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2011015785 IN THE OFFICIAL
DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Address/Location per GCAD: 3725 SHADY STREET SANTA FE
Sale #: 15
Sale Type: TAX
Atty For Plaintiff: Perdue
Style of Case: Dickinson Independent School District vs. Abie Charles Wolf, et al
Defendants: Abie Charles Wolf, Rema Charles
Account #: 6246-0075-0004-000/R153342
Minimum Bid: $0
Legal Description
Notes:
TRACT 1:
LOTS 4 & 4A, BLOCK 75, SAN LEON, IN THE AMOS EDWARDS SURVEY #10, LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS AS
DESCRIBED IN A DEED RECORDED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2003009556 IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, GALVESTON
COUNTY, TEXAS
Address/Location per GCAD: 2800 BLK OF AVENUE F DICKINSON
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT SIX (6) AND THE NORTHEAST 10 FEET OF LOT FIVE (5), IN THE RIPKE ADDITION TO DICKINSON, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 9803862 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED
RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Address/Location per GCAD: 3921 VICTORIA AVENUE DICKINSON
Sale #: 10
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0377
Court: 122nd
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs Phyllis A. Brooks AKA Phyllis Ann Brooks
Defendants: Phyllis A. Brooks AKA Phyllis Ann Brooks
Address/Location per GCAD: 300 BLK 2ND AVENUE NORTH TEXAS CITY
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOTS TWENTY-ONE (21) THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR (24) AND THE ADJACENT PORTION OF ALLEY, IN BLOCK TWO HUNDRED
FIVE (205), OF NICHOLSTONE, ALSO KNOWN AS ‘TRACT A’, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 8834750 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
OF GALVESTON COUNTY,TEXAS
Account #: 6145-0000-0006-000 R166928
Address/Location per GCAD: 2704 HIGHWAY 3 DICKINSON
Account #: 5320-0205-0022-000 R183017
Court: 122nd
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
Legal Description
LOT TWELVE (12), IN BLOCK ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR (124) OF MOORE’S ADDITION TO THE TOWNSITE OF DICKINSON, A
SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 92, PAGE
280 IN THE OFFICIAL MAP RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
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LOTS SEVEN (7) AND EIGHT (8), IN BLOCK EIGHT (8), OF THE REVISED PLAT OF HEIGHTS ANNEX, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 254-A, PAGE 76, IN THE OFFICIAL
MAP RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
Sale #: 8
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 13TX0767
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs William H. Finnegan, Jr.
Defendants: William H. Finnegan, Jr.
CANCELLED
Account #: 5182-0124-0012-000- R165682
Address/Location per GCAD: 1207 30TH STREET GALVESTON
Account #: 3905-0008-0007-000 R175416
Sale #: 4
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 13TX0116
Court: 405th
Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Christopher S. Curran, et al
Defendants: Christopher S. Curran and Mary Kathryn Curran
Address/Location per GCAD: 30TH & AVE R, SAN LEON, TX (VACANT)
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Sheriff Sales
Sale Date: 4/7/2015
CONTINUED
Sale #: 16
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 13TX0448
Court: 56th
Style of Case: Dickinson Independent School District vs Earlie J. Sonnier, et al
Defendants: Earlie J. Sonnier (deceased), all unknown heirs, successors or assigns, or other unknown owners, adverse claimants owning or claiming
any legal or equitable interest in and to such property, Bernice Sonnier (deceased), all unknown heirs, successors or assigns, or other unknown
owners, adverse claimants owning or claiming any legal or equitable interest in and to such property,Chester Wayne Cohen, individually & as heir to
Bernice Sonnier, Lester Eugene Cohen, individually & as heir to Bernice Sonnier, all unknown heirs, successors or assigns, or other unknown owners, adverse claimants owning or claiming any legal or equitable interest in and to such property, Frank J. Cohen, individually & as heir to Bernice
Sonnier, all unknown heirs, successors or assigns, or other unknown owners, adverse claimants owning or claiming any legal or equitable interest in
and to such property, Furman Wesley Cohen, individually & as heir to Bernice Sonnier, Sherman Wesley Cohen (deceased), all unknown heirs, successors or assigns, or other unknown owners, adverse claimants owning or claiming any legal or equitable interest in and to such property, Mykeba
Dynette Cohen Clark, individually & as heir to Sherman Wesley Cohen, Akuba Zurli Malkia Cohen, individually & as heir to Sherman Wesley
Cohen, Kodwo N. Cohen, individually & as heir to Sherman Wesley Cohen, Kerwin W. Cohen, individually & as heir to Sherman Wesley Cohen,
Kelliesha Shaniece Bingley, Makaiah Lynyece Clark
Sale #: 18
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0273
Court: 56th
Style of Case: Dickinson Independent School District vs Steven S. Gutter
Defendants: Steven S. Gutter
Account #: 5182-0066-0006-000/R165387
Sale #: 19
Sale Type: TAX
Cause #: 14TX0434
Court: 212th
Style of Case: Clear Creek Independent School District vs Adam Watson
Defendants: Adam Watson
Minimum Bid: $0
Legal Description
Notes:
TRACT 1:
LOT SIX (6) IN BLOCK SIXTY-SIX (66) IN MOORE’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF DICKINSON, AN ADDITION IN GALVESTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT OF SAID ADDITION OF RECORDS IN VOL. 155 PAGE 10, IN THE OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Account #: 6240-0076-0013-000/R150041
Notes:
TRACT 1:
LOTS THIRTEEN (13) AND FOURTEEN (14), BLOCK SEVENTY-SIX (76), TOWNSITE OF SAN LEON, CONSISTING OF 0.1460 ACRES
OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, OF THE AMOS EDWARDS SURVEY, ABSTRACT TEN (10), LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS
AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 238, PAGE 27 OF THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Address/Location per GCAD: 14TH ST, SAN LEON,TX (VACANT)
Account #: 5395-0007-0001-000/R357723
Address/Location per GCAD: 2501 AVE D, DICKINSON, TX
Minimum Bid: $0
Legal Description
Minimum Bid: $0
Legal Description
Notes:
TRACT 1:
LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) OF FINAL PLAT OF OAK CREEK, SECTION ONE (1), AN ADDITION IN GALVESTON COUNTY,
TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 18, PAGE 414, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
Sale #: 17
Sale Type: TAX
Style of Case: Friendswood Independent School District vs Edward W. Lenggenhager, et al
Defendants: Edward W. Lenggenhager Jr. (deceased), CIT Loan Corporation FKA CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., In Rem Only
Address/Location per GCAD: 303 GREEN OAKS DR, LEAGUE CITY,TX
Account #: 6832-0007-0092-000/R219133
Minimum Bid: $0
Notes:
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TRACT 1:
LOT 92 IN BLOCK 7 OF SUNMEADOW, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP
THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 15, PAGE 38 OF THE MAP RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON
COUNTY, TEXAS.
Address/Location per GCAD: 520 E. CASTLE HARBOR, FRIENDSWOOD,TX
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TIME: 2:00P.M. CST
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ITB #B152008
OPEN: 03/26/2015
TIME: 2:30 P.M.
ITB #B152009
OPEN: 03/26/2015
TIME: 2:30 P.M.
INVITATION TO BID
AQUA-PERMETHRIN
INSECTICIDE
GALVESTON COUNTY,
TEXAS
INVITATION TO BID
PERMETHRIN 31% &
66% PIPERONYL
BUTOXIDE
GALVESTON COUNTY,
TEXAS
Sealed bids in sets
of four (4), one (1)
original
and
three
(3) copies will be received in the office of
the County Purchasing
Agent until 2:30 P.M.
CST, on 03/26/2015
and opened immediately in that office in the
presence of the Galveston County Auditor and
the Purchasing Agent.
Sealed bids are to be delivered to Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO CPPB, Galveston County Purchasing
Agent at the Galveston
County Courthouse, 722
Moody (21st Street),
Floor
5,
Purchasing,
Galveston, Texas
77550, (409) 770-5372.
The time stamp clock
located
in the Purchasing
Agent’s office shall serve as the
official time keeping
piece for this solicitation process.
Any
bid
received
after
2:30 P.M. CST on the
specified date will be
returned unopened.
Purpose:
The County of Galveston
is seeking a vendor to
supply Aqua-Permethrin
Insecticide for use by
the Galveston County
Mosquito
Control Department.
League City,
Texas
LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE
281-337-1547
All proposals must be
marked on the outside of
the envelope:
ITB #B152008
AQUA-PERMETHRIN
INSECTICIDE
Bidders name, return
address, and the enclosed label should be
prominently
displayed
on the bid package for
identification purposes.
Specifications can be
obtained on application at the office of the
Galveston County Purchasing Agent, located
in the Galveston County
Courthouse, 722 Moody,
(2151 Street), Floor 5,
Purchasing, Galveston,
Texas 77550, or by visiting the Galveston County website
@ http://
www.galvestoncountytx.
gov/pu!Page s/Bid L i s ting.aspx.
Bid prices shall be either lump sum or unit
prices as shown on the
proposal sheet, if applicable. The net price
will be delivered to Galveston County, including
all freight, shipping, and
license fees. Galveston
County is tax exempt
and no taxes should be
included in your proposal pricing.
Sealed bids in sets
of four (4), one (1)
original
and
three
(3) copies will be received in the office
ofthe County Purchasing
CST, on 03/26/2015
and opened immediately in that office in
the presence of the
Galveston County Auditor and the Purchasing
Agent. Sealed bids are
to be delivered to Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO
CPPB, Galveston County
Purchasing
Agent
at
Courthouse, 722 Moody
(21st Street), Floor 5,
Texas 77550, (409) 7705372. The time stamp
clock located in the
Purchasing
Agent’s
office shall serve as
the official time keeping piece for this solicitation
process.
Any bid received after
2:30 P.M. CST on the
specified date will be
returned unopened.
Sealed proposals in sets
of six (6), one (1) original and five (5) copies will be received in
the office of the Galveston County Purchasing
CST, on 03/26/2015,
and opened immediately in that office in
the presence of Galveston County Auditor and
the Purchasing Agent.
Sealed proposals are
to be delivered to Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO
CPPB, Galveston County
Purchasing
Agent
at
Courthouse, 722 Moody,
(21’1 Street), Floor 5,
Texas 77550, (409) 7705372. The time stamp
clock located in the
Purchasing
Agent’s
office shall serve as
the official time keeping piece for this solicitation
process.
Any
proposals
received after 2:00P.M.
CSTon the specified
date will be returned
unopened.
Purpose:
Galveston County, Texas
issued this Request for
Proposal (RFP) seeking
a contractor to provide
Social Services-Financial
Assistance Services for
Galveston County eligible citizens of Galveston
County.
marked on the outside of
the envelope:
Purpose:
RFP #B152010
The County of Galveston FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
is seeking a vendor to PROGRAM FOR
supply Permethrin 31% GALVESTON COUNTY
& 66% Piperonyl Butoxide for use by the GalProposers name, return
veston County Mosquito
address, and the enControl Department.
closed label should be
prominently displayed
on the proposal packmarked on the outside of
age for identifi cation
the envelope:
purposes.
ITB #B152009
PERMETHRlN 31%
Specifications can be
& 66% PIPERONYL
obtained on application
BUTOXIDE
at the office of the GalBidders name, return veston County Purchasaddress, and the en- ing Agent, located in the
closed label should be Galveston County Courtprominently
displayed house, 722 Moody, (21st
on the bid package for Street), Floor 5, Puridentification purposes. chasing, Galveston, Texas, 77550, or by visiting
Specifications can be the Galveston County
http://www.
obtained on applica- website@
tion at the office of the galvestoncountytx.gov/
Galveston County Pur- pu/Page s/Bid L i s t ings.
chasing Agent, located aspx.
in the Galveston County
Courthouse, 722 Moody, Proposal prices shall be
(21st Street), Floor 5, either lump sum or unit
Purchasing, Galveston, prices as shown on proTexas 77550, or by
posal bid sheets, if apvisiting
the
Galves- plicable.
The net price
ton County website @ shall be delivered to Galht tp://www.galveston- veston County, including
countytx.gov/pu/Pages/ all freight, shipping, and
BidListing.aspx.
license fees.
Galveston County is tax
Bid prices shall be either exempt and no taxes
lump sum or unit prices should be include in proas shown on the proposal posal pricing.
sheet, if applicable. The
net price will be delivered Upon
satisfaction
of
to Galveston County, in- contractual terms (e.g.,
cluding all freight, ship- goods delivered in promping, and license fees. ised condition, services
Galveston County is tax rendered
as
agreed,
exempt and no taxes etc.), contractor shall be
should be included in
paid via Galveston Counyour proposal pricing.
ty’s normal accounts
payable process.
Upon
satisfaction
of
contractual terms (e.g.,
Bonding Requirements:
goods delivered in promNo proposal and perised condition, services
formance bonding is rerendered
as
agreed,
quired for this Request
etc.), contractor shall be
paid via Galveston Coun- for Proposal.
Upon
satisfaction
of
contractual terms (e.g.,
goods delivered in promised condition, services
rendered
as
agreed,
etc.), contractor shall be
paid via Galveston County’s normal accounts
payable process.
ty’s normal accounts
payable process.
Bond Requirement:
No bond is required with Bond Requirement:
this Invitation to Bid.
No bond is required with
this Invitation to Bid.
The Galveston County
Commissioners’
Court The Galveston County
reserves the right to Commissioners’
Court
waive any informality reserves the right to
and to reject any and waive any informality
all bids and to accept and to reject any and all
the bid or bids which, bids and to accept the
in its opinion, is most bid or bids which, in its
advantageous to Gal- opinion, is most advanveston County with total tageous to Galveston
respect the governing County with total respect
laws.
the governing laws.
Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO
CPPB Purchasing Agent
Galveston County
Galveston County
The Galveston County
Commissioners’
Court
reserves the right to
waive any informality
and to reject any and
all proposals, and to accept the proposal which,
in its opinion, is most
advantageous to Galveston County with total
respect the governing
laws.
Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO
Galveston County
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State boost
for isle college
A SIX-FIGURE grant has given
Galveston College’s nursing courses a
shot in the arm just as it embarks on
a series of events to promote awareness of the opportunities its education
programs provide.
The grant, worth about $130,000,
came from the Texas higher education
coordinating board, which awarded
funds for special nursing programs to
only 19 community colleges throughout the state.
Its funds will boost the college’s
registered nurse licensure programs by
developing and expanding its computer and nursing skills laboratories
and increasing the capacity and capabilities of its simulation lab.
Joe Huff, the college’s public relations director, said: “The overall goal
of the grant project is to shift clinical
hours from traditional patient care to
lab and simulation activities in order
to reduce the number of contact
hours of clinical instruction.”
The college is also partnering with
the Rotary Club of Galveston to host
a career fair and transfer day.
The event will take place in Moody
Hall, Regents Hall and the atrium at
the college’s main campus, at 4015
Avenue Q, from 10:00am to 2:00pm
on March 25.
More than 75 employers, educational establishments and other exhibitors are due to be on hand to meet
job and university-place applicants.
“This is the perfect opportunity
for students and campus visitors to
meet potential employers and colleges
and universities that are looking for
new students and community-college
transfer students,” Huff said.
The college is also at the end of its
2014-2015 Discovering Galveston’s
History lecture series, with Galveston
native Shrub Kempner presenting
a talk entitled Galveston: The Wall
Street Of Texas In The 19th Century
in the college’s Abe and Annie Seibel
wing at 7:00pm on April 9.
For information on the events, go
online to gc.edu.
Free class on
storm spotting
EVER wondered how to spot a storm
in the making so you can prepare
yourself for the deluge?
Today, you can learn how at
Skywarn, a training session for storm
identification designed for people
with no meteorological education.
The program, sponsored by the
National Weather Service, will
pitch up at the Doyle Convention
Center in Texas City at 6:30pm –
and it’s free.
The city’s emergency management
department is organizing the event,
which will teach attendees how to
identify potential tornadoes, hail,
damaging winds and flash flooding
and how to relay reports to the NWS
to help it issue effective and timely
warnings alerting communities in the
path of storms.
To register, contact Derek Duckett
by e-mail at dduckett@texas-city-tx.
org or by phone at 409-643-5880.
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Coogs CR ASH Alamodome party
But double overtime sinks Wildcats
THE LAST time a
Cougars team visited the
Alamodome, Bryan Erwin
and his football team hoisted
a state championship.
More than eight years
later, David Montano and
his boys’ basketball team are
hoping to do the same.
A team with nary a senior
on its roster is a possible 64
minutes away from bringing
home the school’s first championship in the sport after
rallying to defeat state-ranked
Wharton 62-58 to claim the
class 4A, region IV crown in
Kingsville on Saturday.
The Coogs were almost
joined in San Antonio
by Clear Creek, but the
Wildcats’ remarkable run
was halted in a gut-wrenching 63-56 double-overtime
loss to arch rival Clear Lake
in the class 6A, region III
finals, giving the Falcons
the rubber match over the
Boys’ basketball
Wildcats, who finish their
season on 33-4.
Creek used a pair of heartstopping shots in order to
stay alive as Tyquon Jordan
knocked down a threepointer with one second left
in regulation, while Rashadre
Wilson scored with six seconds left in the first overtime
in order to push matters into
an extra session.
Despite the loss, the
Wildcats made their program’s
deepest run in the playoffs
since 1969. Coach Wes Bryan
will lose six seniors, yet will
also return six players next
fall, giving him a foundation
on which to make yet another
long run in 2015-16.
Meanwhile, Saturday’s
victory set 28-9 La Marque
with a date against Houston
Sterling in a state semifinal
game at 3:00pm on Friday.
Down four with less
than three minutes left, the
Cougars closed out with a
9-1 run, including baskets
by Tavier Blaine that resulted
in the game-tying and goahead scores that pushed the
program into a trip along the
I-10 on Thursday.
The Coogs are considered
party crashers, considering
they are the only unranked
team in the Final Four.
In order to advance to
Saturday’s final, they will
have to overcome a Sterling
team that is 30-5 overall and
ranked second in class 4A.
It will also be a clash of
offense versus defense, as the
Raiders average nearly 72
points per game and feature
four players who each average double figures. However,
they will have to contend
with La Marque’s aggressive
defense, which has allowed
just 45.5 points per game so
far this year.
Friday will mark the second time the Cougars have
played in the state semifinals.
In 2011, La Marque defeated
Arlington Heights before losing to Dallas Kimball in the
championship game to finish
on 33-5 that year.
This year’s run is now
galvanizing not only for the
team but for its community,
which remains in limbo
awaiting a decision regarding
the fate of the city’s school
district. La Marque ISD lost
its accreditation last month
and could have its schools
closed at the end of this
semester. The state has yet to
by Brandon C
Williams
reach a decision after meeting
with LMISD officials.
If the education commissioner is watching TV channel Fox Sports Southwest at 3
o’clock on Friday, he should
see good reason to keep the
Coogs competing next year.
The winner of their
Houston Sterling game will
face the winner of the semifinal between Bridgeport
and Dallas Madison, which
will be played at 1:00pm on
Friday. The 4A title game
will be played on Saturday
at 7:00pm.
Garcia gang gives Gators run for their Relay
By Brandon C Williams
AS THE WEATHER slowly begins
to warm up, Texas City’s Asa Garcia
is doing the same, as the Stings
senior finished first in the girls’ triple
jump during Saturday’s Gator Relays
in Dickinson.
Garcia, who will join Dickinson’s
Lauryn Caldwell at the University of
Texas in the fall, led the field with an
effort of 41 feet.
She finished third in the long
jump with a 17ft 7.5in performance
Track and field
and joined teammates Aerial Smith,
Carmen White and Melicha Smith in
a second-place finish in the 400-meter
relay with a time of 48.2 seconds.
Melicha Smith also won both
the girls’ 100-meter and 200-meter
dashes, the 100 in 12.3 seconds
and the 200 in 25.3, helping Texas
City finish fifth overall in the
20-school field.
Host Dickinson had its share
of highlights, with Allen Eames
finishing second in both the boys’
shot put and discus. He recorded
a distance of 48ft 4in in the shot
put, while delivering 152ft 5.5in
in the discus.
John Littles finished third in the
boys’ triple jump for the Gators with
a 42ft 3in effort.
Josh Mixon of Clear Creek
finished third in the shot put at
47ft 3in, while Clear Springs had
a pair of top-three finishers in
Devon Rojas, who finished third
in the discus on 147ft 2.5in, and
Michael Hughes, who placed
third in the pole vault with a
height of 13ft 6in.
Galveston Ball’s Kai Welford finished third in the 400-meter run
with a time of 49.9 seconds.
Fishing
for a
cure
THE Sisters Helping
Sisters women’s organization is to host a fishing
tournament in aid of
breast-cancer victims at
San Leon on March 28.
The Spring Mix event,
a five-fish stringer consisting of redfish, speckled trout and flounder,
is for teams of two to
four, each of which
must include at least
one woman
A maximum of two
redfish and only one
trout over 25 inches may
be weighed, with payouts
for the heaviest three fish
in each category.
Cost per team is $300,
plus the donation of one
silent-auction item, and
the proceeds will benefit
local women battling
breast cancer as well as
breast-cancer-awareness
organization The Rose.
The captains’ meeting
will be held on March
27 at the Lazy Lizard
Cantina at 1817 Avenue
K in San Leon from
7:00-8:00pm.
Teams will meet at
the Lazy Lizard the following day at 6:00am,
with final weigh-ins at
3:00pm.
For information or to
register, contact Jaton
Liner at 512-547-9631
or at jaton_marketing@
yahoo.com.
Chance Harmanson took
second place in the superheavyweight competition
North is Dickinson’s direction to state
By Brandon
-C Williams
DICKINSON’S dominance
continued on Saturday as
coach Earl Ricicar’s squad
captured a second straight
region IV title, sending nine
of its members to the March
28 state finals in Abilene.
Kaylond North was one
of three Gators who set new
marks, achieving two regional
records in the 242lb class by
squatting 720lb and lifting a
Chance Harmanson, second
in the superheavyweight
class, Cournelious Vaughans,
when he recorded a 655lb
total of 1,780lb, making him
third in the 165lb category,
effort that earned him a trip
an easy choice as the region’s
and Jared Ready, who took
best lifter in the heavy platform. to the state finals as well.
fifth in the 242lb class.
Along with North, DeLeon
Alec DeLeon also estabLa Marque’s William
and Crittendon, the Gators
lished a new region IV stanTinner also qualified for the
dard in the 148lb class, as he will also be sending six other state meet, finishing second
lifters with them.
squatted 550lb en route to
in the region’s division II
They are Dominic
selection as the best lifter in
superheavyweight class with a
Monsivaiz, who took second total of 1,405lb.
the small platform.
place in the 123lb class,
Superheavyweight Alonzo
Carlos Alvarez of Hitchcock
Crittendon delivered a record- Chen Phan, who was second will make the trip to state after
setting attempt in the deadlift in the 132lb class, Anietie
he finished second in the diviEtuk, who finished second
sion III class of 275-pounders
among the 242-pounders,
with a total of 1,375lb.
Powerlifting
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the ballgame
Boys of summer set to ring in spring
By Travis Gumphrey
ALTHOUGH it may not feel like spring yet, one event signals the arrival of spring and rivals the equinox itself.
Little League baseball season is upon us and with it comes
the prospect of summer nights under ballpark lights.
Galveston County little leagues are all gearing up toward
their respective opening days and ballplayers are oiling their
gloves in anticipation.
The first little league to hit the diamond for opening day
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is Texas City, which will begin the season with a parade on
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One week later, on the 28th, League City begins its season
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