Serving Burleson County for 130 years
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Serving Burleson County for 130 years
Burleson County Tribune Serving Burleson County for 130 years [email protected] Volume 130 No. 25 $1.25 306 West Hwy 21, Caldwell, Texas 77836-1122 • 979-567-3286 www.bctribune.com Thursday, January 29, 2015 Road closures due to 5 inches of rain Possible weekend rain and ice next week Burleson County received over 5.5 inches of rain over less than a 48 hour period last week, and the showers prompted numerous road closures. The rain began late on Wednesday, Jan. 21, and lasted until midday Friday, Jan. 23, with Thursday bringing the most rainfall -- 5.25 inches, reported by the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS stated that Wednesday’s, Jan. 21, total was .19 inches, and the Friday, Jan. 23, total was .2 inches -- for a grand total of 5.64 inches last RISING WATER IS pictured along this bridge looking northward on F.M. 50, just past the F.M. 60 intersection. Heavy rainfall was reported throughout the county on Thursday. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders week. The Tribune’s Facebook poll showed Ashley Muzny of Caldwell receiving 5.5 inches on Thursday alone. Oth- Steck urged to stay, still leaving Local citizens praised the recently resigned Caldwell Main Street manager Debbie Steck at a Tuesday, Jan. 20, city council meeting and urged the council to find a way to keep her. But Steck said several issues remained unresolved after a Wednesday, Jan. 21, meeting with city administrator Johnny Price, so her decision is final. Steck and Price would not comment on Monday, Jan. 26, about what the issues were. “I was given an opportunity to think about it (from the Wednesday meeting), but given that the circumstances had not changed at all, I decided to leave,” Steck said. DEBBIE STECK “These issues could have been rectified fairly easily in my estimation,” Steck said. “The decision was obviously made not to take such actions.” Steck praised the city council, who she said See STECK, page 9B ers from around the county on Thursday received 2.95 inches in Snook and almost 4 inches near Deanville. Last week’s rain brings the county’s official January 2015 total to 9.76 inches. The average rainfall for the STANDING WATER is pictured at the Brazos entire month of Janu- River Levee historical maker along F.M. 50 on See WEATHER, page 10A Friday. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders Debris pile fire contained Caldwell firefighters quickly responded to a fire on Monday, Jan. 26, in a debris pile off State Highway 36 South and extinguished it. The cause remains unknown, no one was injured and no foul play is suspected, said Caldwell Fire Chief David Pevehouse. The fire erupted at 2:31 p.m. in a fenced vacant lot on MLK and Oak street off State Highway 36 South, and residents nearby reported hearing a loud noise, similar to an explosion, Pevehouse said. The fire was reported CALDWELL FIRE CHIEF David Pevehouse responds to this fire on by neighbors, he said. Monday, Jan. 26, off MLK and Oak Streets in Caldwell. The fire was Pevehouse was the quickly extinguished. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders See FIRE, page 9A Missing girl at Cade Lake found SISD’s Camarillo’s contract extended Caldwell man found guilty in drug case Snook tables voting on cleanup deal It was an anxious few hours for law officers and numerous volunteers last Friday, Jan. 23, in the search for a missing 12-year-old girl at Cade Lake. But it had a happy ending. The girl was found hiding underneath her trailer home on Fir Drive, unharmed. A dog search team from the Brazos Valley Search Dog Network in Bryan located her at 6:23 p.m. after picking up her scent in her bedroom directly above her hiding place, said deputy Christine Labertew of the Burleson County Sheriff’s Department. Labertew said the girl, who has run away from home before, had emotional issues, “was Services held for Hancock scared and confused and did not want to talk to her grandmother.” However, the girl was charged, under the juvenile statute, with being a runaway, a misdemeanor and placed See CHILD, page 4A A 40-year-old Caldwell man was found guilty of manufacture of over 400 grams of methamphetamine on Friday, Jan. 23, during a jury trial, and he will be sentenced on March 12. Rodney Clyde Schultz was found guilty by a 10 women, two man jury at about 4:30 p.m. See TRIAL, page 5A THESE BOARS are pictured from last year’s Boars of Texas Hog Hunt. The hunt weigh-in is set for Sunday. See story on page 9A. The Somerville School Board has extended superintendent Charles Camarillo’s contract through 2021. And he is deferring a salary increase until the teachers’ salaries are raised, school board president Bryan Crook said. The board will consider the teachers’ and Camarillo’s salaries in June, he said. Crook said Camarillo wasn’t interested in a salary increase at this time. “He didn’t want an increase unless we can increase salaries for teaching staff,” he said. The board met on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in a special called meeting to consider Camarillo’s contract. Crook said after the meeting that “the overall evaluation of Charles (Camarillo) was excellent. He’s doing an outstanding job.” Camarillo concurred that the process went See SISD, page 9A The Snook City Council has tabled approval of an interlocal agreement with Burleson County to enforce property maintenance and health-sanitation nuisances, pending final approval of three ordinances. The council tabled action at its Monday, Jan. 26, meeting, and will See COUNCIL, page 10B Eli Young Band to play Chilifest Funeral services for Leslie Dewitt Hancock Jr., a former Caldwell businessman, were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Caldwell. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. See HANCOCK, page 7A ELI YOUNG BAND WAS NAMED as the headliner for Chilifest 2015 and will play Saturday, April 11, near Snook. The band’s members are, from left, James Young, guitar, Mike Eli, vocals and guitar, Jon Jones, bass guitar, and Chris Thompson, drums. -- Band courtesy photo The Eli Young Band will be the headliner band at the 2015 Chilifest, festival organizers announced on Friday, Jan. 23. Organizers and sponsors met at Boulevard 217 in College Station to announce this year’s lineup. The band, from Denton, will be among 11 acts to perform as part of the two-day event near Snook -- held in the field known as the Starlight Ballroom at State Highway 60 West and F.M. 3058. The Eli Young Band will perform on Saturday, April 11. The band has three No. 1 songs, a Grammy nomination and an Academy of Country Music Award (ACM) for Song of the Year for their song “Crazy Girl.” “Crazy Girl” was the band’s first No. 1 hit and became a double platinum single and the most played country song on Billboard’s 2011 year end chart. See CHILIFEST, page 10A
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