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n Lenten Fish FrysHoly Family Catholic Church will

host its 2012 annual Lenten Fish Fry every Friday during the Lenten Sea-son with meals served each Friday through Good Friday, April 6. The events will be held at the Holy Fam-ily Life Center at 2009 Briar Lane in Wharton. Serving will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Inside, all-you-can-eat plates will be $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 10 and free for those under age 6. Outside, the to-go drive through plates will be $9. The menu consists of catfish fillets, French fries, hush puppies, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, tartar sauce, ketchup, cocktail sauce and ice tea. Desserts will be 50-cents each with free coffee. Proceeds will go toward the new roof and repairs on the church.

n Babe Ruth RegistrationWharton Babe Ruth Baseball

registration deadline for 13-15-year-olds is Friday, March 16. Monday through Friday the sign up location will be at Stephenson and Company at 1609 N. Richmond Rd. in Whar-ton from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Forms and information are available at the league web site leaguelineup.com/whartonbrb. Players 13- through 15-years-old from all of Wharton County and Wallis ISD schools are eligible to sign up. Coaches’ Intent to Coach letters are available at the office of Phil Stephenson. Manag-ers are needed. For more informa-tion call Phil Stephenson, president, at 532-5964.

n ROTC FundraiserWharton High School Junior

ROTC members will be at the KC barbecue cook off today selling sau-sage-on-a-stick, menudo and coffee beginning at 8 a.m. All proceeds go toward future field trips and leader-ship school.

n Barbecue FundraiserBoling Youth Football League

will be having a barbecue sand-wich fundraiser from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. today at the intersection of FM 1301 and FM 442 in Boling. Meal includes a sandwich, chips and drink. Delivery is available for large orders. Call Irene at 979-533-4717 for details.

n KJT/KJZT Barbecue DinnerSt. John’s KJT and KJZT of Hun-

gerford will host their annual Bar-becue Chicken and Sausage Dinner beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Hungerford Community Cen-ter. The meal features barbecued sausage and chicken with all the trimmings. Plates are available for dine-in or drive through. There will also be an auction and free dance until 4 p.m. with music by Texas Legacy Band. The public is invited.

n Aggie Moms MeetThe El Campo Area Aggie

Moms will meet on Tuesday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Gold Room of Commercial State Bank. Moth-ers of current, former and future Texas A&M students from Wharton County are invited to attend. For information, call Kim Cooper, 979-

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By KEITH [email protected]

The filing deadline is rapidly ap-proaching for those who want to run for a city council or school board posi-tion in the May 12 local elections.

In Wharton, two more people have filed for School Board positions, while

Mayor Domingo Montalvo Jr. made it official and filed for re-election on Wednesday.

The filing period for the May 12 elec-tions continues through 5 p.m. next Monday, March 5. Positions will be available on the Wharton City Coun-cil, Wharton School Board, Wharton County Junior College Board, East

Bernard City Council and East Ber-nard School Board.

The most interest locally appears to be in the Wharton School Board, where six candidates have filed for two available positions.

This week, Barry Sharp and Joe Mask also filed for the Place 2 posi-tion. They join Terry Dorris and Gar-land Mann, who had previously filed for the vacant position. Billy Bahnsen resigned from Place 2 in October after he moved to Louisiana, and the board voted to hold the position vacant until the May election.

In Place 1, Michael Grissom and Virginia Gonzales Harn have filed. Gary Ward, the current school board president who is in Place 1, is not seeking re-election.

In the Wharton city election, all incumbents have now filed for re-elec-tion after Montalvo filed to seek his second term as mayor.

Previously, council members Karen Schulz in District 2, Don Mueller in District 4 and Jeff Gubbels in the Dis-trict 5 at-large position had filed for

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By BENJAMIN [email protected]

Some draw. Others paint. And Frank Aguilar? He welds.When it comes to art, the 52-year-old seeks

his muse on the machine shop floor, fabricat-ing twisted, battered pieces of scrap-bin met-al into abstract, thought-provoking pieces.

So far, he’s got over a dozen pieces under his belt, over half of which have ended up in art shows and on permanent display in places like Houston and Victoria. His most recent

work, entitled “Mr. Hearty,” depicts a stick man constructed out of pipe, outfitted in ten-nis shoes with a red ceramic heart. Inspired by the importance of nutrition and exercise, the piece attracted the notice of the American Heart Association and is now on display in a Victoria business center.

Not bad for a guy who started by con-structing a metallic flowerpot for a church fundraiser.

“After that, the inspiration came on and on,” Aguilar said.

Born in Hallettsville, Aguilar grew up in Raymondville, his parents moving the fam-ily back and forth from Texas to states in the northern part of the United States in search of seasonal employment. While obtaining his GED as a teenager, Aguilar enrolled in

Work of Heart

Photo by Benjamin SharpFrank Aguilar of Wharton looks at the piece of art he did on time. His work has been in art shows and on permanent display in places like Houston and Victoria.

Man’s recent work on display after attracting American Heart Assn.

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By SHANNON [email protected]

New maps are out and some groups still aren’t happy, but Texas now has a court or-der to hold a primary on May 29, although challenges are still possible.

“It’s looking like it will be,” Wharton County Elections Administrator Audrey Wes-sels said Thursday.

A San Antonio federal court released new redistricting maps Tuesday and an election order Thursday.

The Texas GOP released its analysis of the proposal Tues-day saying it “should enable the Republican Party of Texas to maintain a substantial ma-jority of the Texas House of Representatives, and gives a chance to obtain the highest number of Republicans ever elected to the Texas House.”

The Texas Democratic Par-ty had other thoughts on the proposed map.

“We appreciate the court’s efforts, but their maps are far from accurate representation. These maps may be slightly better than those passed by a radical legislature, but they still grossly misrepresent the demographics of our state,” TDP spokeswoman Rebecca

Acuña said Tuesday. “The Tex-as Democratic Party will con-tinue to support our allies who are fighting to ensure that all communities are accurately represented.”

The proposed maps put Wharton County in State House District 85 along with all of Jackson County and most of west and south Fort Bend County. That would pull the county out of Republican Representative John Zerwas’ area, a move anticipated since the current redistricting effort started.

The State Senate plan keeps Wharton County in Dis-trict 18 currently represented by Republican Glenn Hegar. District 18 gains a small por-tion of Harris and Nueces counties and keeps Lee, Bur-leson, Gonzales, Fayette, Washington, Dewitt, Lavaca, Colorado, Austin, Waller, Go-liad, Victoria, Jackson, Whar-ton, Refugio, Aransas, Cal-houn and Matagorda counties along with the northern and western portion of Fort Bend.

The Congressional map pulls Wharton County out of District 14 currently rep-resented by Republican Ron Paul and places it in District

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By NATALIE [email protected]

No water will be released to most rice farmers this year, according to a March 1 Low-er Colorado River Authority press release.

State regulators gave the LCRA permission in Decem-ber to cut off water supply for downstream farmers if lakes Travis and Buchanan levels did not reach 850,000 acre-feet by March 1.

The lakes were at 847,324 acre-feet midnight Thursday. One acre-foot of water equals 326,000 gallons, or enough water to fill the El Campo Aquatic Center one and a half times.

The decision will have di-sastrous effects on the local economy, area farmers say.

“I am very disappointed with the decision,” Rice Belt Warehouse president Dick Ottis said Thursday. “This

is something that will weigh heavily on area farmers and the industries that depend on them.”

Area cooperatives depen-dent on serving the rice farm-ing industry are especially vulnerable, he added.

“This decision hurts,” Ot-tis said. “I don’t think people understand what a major cri-sis this is and how the entire community is connected.”

LCRA directors created a new water management plan in February and are waiting for Texas Commission on En-vironmental Quality approv-al. The plan is an attempt to tighten restrictions on down-stream rice farmers and in-crease water reserves for cit-ies and power plants.

“This plan will greatly af-fect the farming industry on many levels for years to come,” Ottis said.

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n WCJC Choirs Spring ConcertThe WCJC Concert Choir and Chamber

Singers will present their Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at the Horton Foote Theater in the Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Build-ing. The music will include gospel, patriotic, spiritual, jazz, music from musicals, and folk songs. WCJC Choir Director Lee Lemson will direct the choir and the chamber singers, Debra Lemson will be the accompanist and the student director will be Thomas Elam. There is no cost for this concert, it is a Cen-ter For the Arts Presentation.

n Retired Teachers MeetAll retired teachers in Wharton County

are invited to a meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at El Campo Civic Center. There will be a $7 catered lunch by reservation only. Call one of the following numbers for reservations: Wharton, 282-8182; East Bernard, 335-4346; El Campo, 543-4583, by Saturday, March 3, to reserve a lunch. Horticulturist Leon Macha will speak on spring gardening.

n Wharton Elementary School Events

Wharton Elementary School will be host-ing several events on Thursday, March 8, at the school. The WES Book Fair will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. in the school’s library. WES Open House will be from 6 to 7 p.m. in the classrooms. WES Rising STAAR presentation will be from 7 to 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Refreshments and baby sitting will be pro-vided.

n Chamber BanquetWharton Chamber of Commerce & Ag-

riculture will host its 93rd annual C of C Ban-quet on Thursday, March 8. The chamber is looking for donations of auction items, or cash donations to purchase auction items. Gold Tables are $1,000 and Silver $500. Individual tickets are $35 and may be re-served now. The theme of the banquet is

Many Hats, One Vision. Hats from various professions will be used for table decora-tions, if anyone has a cool hat, consider lending it to the chamber for the event.

n Holy Family Blood DriveHoly Family Catholic Church will host

a blood drive from 7 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, in the CCD Building, 2011 Briar Lane. To schedule an appoint-ment, visit giveblood.org and login to Digital Donor. Enter sponsor code No. 0027. Call Shirley Chilek at 532-3356 for an appoint-ment or for more information.

n Annual Ushers’ DayNew Zion Bethel Baptist Church will host

its 17th annual Ushers’ Day at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. Guest speaker will be Pastor E.L. Dawson of Progressive Baptist Church in El Campo.

n B&GC Spring Break HoursThe Boys & Girls Club of Wharton Youth

Center will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 12 to March 16. The Teen Scene will be open from noon until 9 p.m. Call the Club at 282-9660 for more information.

n Blood DriveNan Ya Plastics, 2081 FM 102 in Whar-

ton, will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. The Donor Coach will be in the parking lot and the pub-lic is invited to give.

n Jake Ford Planners MeetResidents and former residents of Jake

Ford community are invited to a meeting to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at New Zion Bethel Church on CR 235. The meeting features discussion on the upcom-ing community picnics for 2012. For infor-mation, call Curtis Edwards at 532-0491 or Augerine Anderson at 713-721-2380.

n Four Gospel ProgramGreater St. Stephen Church, 2500 N.

Fulton St. in Wharton, will hold a brother-hood-sponsored four gospel program at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 18. For more information, call 282-2284.

n Hospice EventsHospice is hosting its Heating It Up For

Hospice events Thursday, Friday and Satur-day, March 22, March 23 and March 24 in El Campo. A Hold-em for Hospice Poker Tour-nament will be held on Thursday, March 22 at Muldoon’s Saloon in El Campo. Registra-tion begins at 6 p.m. Entry fee $150. The group’s eighth annual BBQ Cook Off will be held that Friday and Saturday. Categories are brisket, beans, chicken, chili, sausage, seafood and ribs. Space is limited and entry fee is $200. The 5K Stride & Stroll will be held on Saturday, March 24, in Alamo Park in El Campo. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the run begins at 9 a.m. Entry fee is $30. A Motorcycle Fun Run will be held Satur-day, March 24, at Alamo Park in El Campo. Registration is at 11 a.m. Entry fee is $20 donation per rider. For entry forms or more information about these events, call Reneau Gold at 979-578-0314 or go online at Hos-piceSupportlnc.org.

n MEHOP MammogramsThe Rose, a non-profit group supporting

the Matagorda Episcopal Health Outreach Program, MEHOP, will host on-site mam-mographies in Wharton on Friday, March 23, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church by ap-pointment only. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call Misti at MEHOP at 979-245-2119. A person is eli-gible if they are a female age 35 or older, do not have any breast symptoms or problems, are not currently pregnant or nursing, do not have breast implants, have not been di-agnosed with breast cancer within the past two years and have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months. The Rose accepts most insurance plans. If uninsured, women can find out if they qualify for a sponsored mammogram. The Rose also offers a re-duced rate cash price.

n Presbyterian Fish FryFirst Presbyterian Church hosts a Fish Fry

from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 23. FPC is located at 1602 John Knox St. in Wharton. Inside, all-you-can-eat plates will be $10 for adults and $6 for children under 10 years of age. To-go plates will be $9 and can be picked up in the foyer. Served will be catfish

fillets, French fries, slaw, pinto beans, tartar sauce, ketchup, iced tea and dessert. Ad-ditionally, there will be bake sale items for purchase to take home.

n Dinner, Dance BenefitA benefit for Ann Brinlee Vignes, to de-

fray medical expenses, will feature a dinner, dance and auction from 5 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, March 24, at the KC Hall, 2820 N. Fulton in Wharton. The dinner will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and will consist of pork steaks with all the trimmings. Plates may be eaten there or taken as a carry-out. The auc-tion begins at 6 p.m. and the dance, fea-turing a dee jay, will be from 8 p.m. until midnight. The cost is $8. For more informa-tion, call Keith at 979-559-2919 or Jim at 979-533-1115.

n Plaza Medicine ShowThe Plaza Theatre on Monterey Square,

will offer The Monterey Square Medicine Show, a variety show directed by Candyce Byrne, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. General admission is $10 with seniors, students and groups of 10 or more $8 each. Showcased will be favorite Plaza performers and other talented new-comers in a variety extravaganza featuring instrumentalists, singers, dancers, comedi-ans and other spoken-word artists. This is not a competition.

n Mission WorkshopGreater St. Stephen Church, 2500 N.

Fulton St. in Wharton will host a mission workshop at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 31. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. and there is a $10 registration fee. For more in-formation, call 282-2284.

n MLB Pitch, Hit and Run EventThe MLB Pitch, Hit and Run Competition

will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 8, at the Little League Park. The event is open to boys and girls ages 7-15 and the event is free. A copy of birth certificate is required. Winners advance to different rounds with national finals held at the MLB all-star game this summer. For more information call Mat-thew Watkins at 979-533-0288.

n Holy Family GalaHoly Family Catholic Church will host its

Spring Gala 2012 on Saturday, April 28, at 2009 Briar Ln. in Wharton. Music will be provided by Billy Mata and the Texas Tradi-tion. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. There will be a live auction at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will follow the live auction. Also featured will be a silent auction and U Pick It. Single ticket price is $50 and 8-person reserved tables may be purchased for $400. Ticket prices include dinner and dance. Setups will be available. No tickets will be sold at the door, all are pre-sale only.

Dateline Wharton is a free listing for nonprofit events and fund raisers open to the public. We encourage local civic groups, organizations and groups with activities that will benefit local residents to submit information. Submissions must be in our office three weeks prior to the event, deadline for registration or ticket sales. Sub-missions subject to editing. The listing will publish in up to four issues. Send listings to [email protected] or 115 W. Burleson St. TX 77488. Please include contact information.

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While many states contin-ue to struggle economically, our great Texas has seen marked improvement with hundreds of expanding and relocating businesses want-ing our reliable workforce, favorable taxes and limited governmental restrictions.

Locally, Wharton County and neighboring areas continue to be identified as preferred sites for new expan-sion because of our close proximity to Houston, the rail and international ports.

As companies like Leedo Cabinets, Integra Fuels and JM Eagle compete for local workers, county-wide wage scales will begin to shift upward. More competition for workers means higher paying jobs for those with needed skills.

As wages increase, county residents will begin to experi-ence greater buying power at local shopping centers, restaurants and car dealer-ships.

As demand for local prod-ucts escalates, merchants and suppliers will increase their in-store inventories of cabinets, light poles, pipes, valves and agricultural products.

With added supply orders in hand, local manufacturers will again seek out and em-ploy even more skilled work-ers which in turn attract new working families and needed home construction to our county-wide communities.

New families will bring more wisdom, skills, and property tax revenues to county school districts and neighborhoods. New-found tax revenues and previously mentioned sales tax increases will assist local governments

in reinforcing public safety, improving infrastructure, and enriching quality of life opportunities.

From the beginning, the key ingredient to kick-start-ing a local economy is the ability to lure in new busi-ness opportunities and inject needed jobs. Your local elect-ed officials have experienced success in winning-over new prospects by offering some of the following economic incen-tives:

• Tax abatements are reductions of taxes or an ex-emption from taxes granted by a local government on a piece of real property for a specified length of time. Pur-suant to Section 312 of the Texas Tax Code, a municipal-ity may use tax abatements alone or in conjunction with other development incen-tives. Tax abatements carry a maximum 10 year incen-tive period and require that project property be located in designated zones that would otherwise not attract suffi-cient market development in a timely manner.

• Tax Increment Financ-ing (TIF) allows cities to establish a reinvestment zone

for economic development. Within the TIF zone, a city can use newly generated taxes, attributable to new improvements, to fund public improvements like sidewalks, water lines and street lights.

While only cities can initi-ate TIFs, counties and school districts can later partake in established agreements.

• Chapter 380 (city) and 381 (county) agreements are the crown jewel of local economic development incen-tives as they permit local gov-ernments to offer sales tax rebates, utility infrastructure participation and develop-ment fee rebates.

Simply put, cities can waive permit costs, help de-molish old structures, provide dirt to level land and offer expanding businesses some reimbursement of future taxes.

• Section 380/381 agree-ments include a sunset provi-sion to limit the city’s obli-gations if the development activity does not occur within a reasonable time.

Most agreements require that a minimum number of jobs be created, a minimum value of assessed improve-

ments be constructed and maintained; and a minimum value of annual payroll be created.

Section 380/381 agree-ments will also contain a recapture provision in the event the business entity fails to meet the aforementioned performance standards.

The amount and duration of incentives being offered largely depends on the number of new jobs and the increased assessed value of improvements.

The ultimate decision is whether local officials want to make sacrifices to lure in new expansion. Local govern-ments can elect to be proac-tive in their creativity and use of tax incentives or they can stay the course and hope that extended unemployment and economic uncertainty will correct itself naturally over time.

My fellow citizens, please rest assured knowing that your locally elected represen-tatives understand and are aware of the economic chal-lenges of the day and will not commit any local tax dollars to projects that might jeop-ardize the fiscal well-being of our great County.

As your county judge, my primary objective continues to be preparing Wharton County for the future while always maintaining our unique small-town way of life.

Phillip Spenrath is the county judge of Wharton County. His column appears on the first Saturday of each month. He can be reached at [email protected].

Helping economic development

Monday, March 5• East Bernard School

Board meets at 7 p.m. at the East Bernard ISD Adminis-tration Building Board Room, 723 College St., East Bernard.

Tuesday, March 6• Wharton Airport Board

meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 102 E. Caney St., Whar-

ton.• Boling School Board

meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Bol-ing ISD Administration Build-ing, 301 Texas Ave., Boling.

Wednesday, March 7• Emergency Services

District No. 3 board meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 102 E. Caney St., Wharton.

With Spring Break just around the corner, three school districts in Wharton County have changed the date of the March school board meetings.

East Bernard ISD and Bol-ing ISD will have their school board meetings a week earlier than usual. The East Bernard School Board will meet at 7 p.m. next Monday, while the Boling School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday.

The East Bernard School Board normally meets the sec-ond Monday of each month, while the Boling School Board normally meets the second Tuesday of the month. How-

ever, both of those dates fall during the week of Spring Break — March 12-16 — for both school districts, along with Wharton.

The Wharton School Board will have its March meeting on Thursday, March 22, two days after the normal third Tuesday meeting date.

Wharton ISD will also be out for Spring Break on March 12-16, and the Thurs-day meeting date will give administrators more time to prepare for the meeting af-ter coming back from Spring Break.

— Keith Magee

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Stewart Morris and Stew-art Title Company hosted a luncheon on Feb. 15 at the Morris Coach House outside of Wharton to announce the start of construction of the 20th Century Technology Museum, an addition to the Wharton County Historical Museum.

Attending the event hosted by Morris were contributors to the project, Wharton Coun-ty officials and officers of both museums.

Morris’ recent pledge and commitment in providing $50,000 has been matched

and now makes it possible to start construction. He also do-nated an additional $12,500 that day toward the match of his $50,000 commitment. Ad-ditional funds will be raised among citizens who realize the importance of both the 20th Century Technology Museum and the Wharton County Historical Museum to attract visitors of all ages and interests to the Wharton area.

The public is invited to the ground breaking ceremony at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at the Wharton County His-torical Museum.

Morris pledges $62.5K for museum addition

Courtesy photoStewart Morris is providing a pledge of $62,500 for an addition to the Wharton County Historical Museum to relocate the 20th Century Techhology Museum to that location.

27 along with all of Nueces, Aransas, Refugio, Calhoun, Matagorda, Victoria, Jackson and Lavaca counties as well as portions of San Patricio, Caldwell and Bastrop coun-ties.

That’s the plan, Wessels said, but added she can’t pro-ceed until an election calen-dar is formally released and she gets the go-ahead to for-mat voter registration cards.

“We’re sitting here wait-ing,” she said. “We’re starting to get a little overwhelmed. We have voter cards, city and school elections and the pri-mary. It’s a lot to do.”

It will get done, she added, “I’m confident we can make it happen.”

One concern with a Tues-day, May 29 election date is the fact it immediately fol-lows the Memorial Day holi-day and is so near local school

graduation dates.“Voting will be going on

during the busiest time of the year,” Wessels said. “I’m con-cerned about the turnout.”

Local city and school elec-tions will be held Saturday, May 12 with early voting April 3 through May 8.

Early voting for the pri-mary will start the follow-ing Monday, May 14 and run through Friday, May 25.

So far six Wharton County offices are contested races in the upcoming Republican Primary and at least one race — the county sheriff ’s office — will be contested in the No-vember General Election.

But that may not be the final candidate list because local offices were included on the court-ordered March 2-9 second filing period.

At this point, two Republi-cans and five Democrats have filed for the District 27 Con-gressional district although

four of those Democratic filers live in a county not within the

current boundaries of the dis-trict.

— Court action sets primary for Tuesday, May 29Continued from Page A1

“Tightening water restric-tions will have an impact on what is purchased and sold in the area businesses. Area jobs are at stake,” Ottis added.

A small percentage of wa-ter released would be better than nothing at all, El Campo rice farmer L.G. Raun said Friday.

“If we had some water re-leased, it would be better for our infrastructure since at least a small percentage of our crop could be harvested,” he said. “If the farmers aren’t in the fields, the businesses aren’t going to make any mon-

ey.”Rice farmers in Garwood

may fare better than other area farmers because they will receive some water for their rice crop, Raun said.

“From my understanding, when the water rights in Gar-wood were sold to the LCRA, the contract had different con-ditions,” he said. “It is a small bright spot in this whole situ-ation, but unfortunately that’s not the case for the rest of the area.”

Farmers in the Garwood ir-rigation operation will receive up to 19,000 or 20,000 acre-feet, according to an LCRA press release Thursday.

— Water won’t be releasedContinued from Page A1


WHS ROTC at the KC Cook-offSaturday, March 3rd, 2012

All proceeds go toward future field trips, and Leadership school.

Cadets will raise money selling Sausage-on-a-stick, Menudo, and Coffee beginning at 8:00 AM

With a current enrollment of approximately 80 students, the ROTC programs build character, turn out well-rounded disciplined individuals, and can help students build a career after graduation. There are many benefits to the program, yet gaps in avail-able funding and budget cuts are causing JROTC to suffer.

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Saturday, March 3• Wharton High School

Junior ROTC members will have a fundraiser selling sau-sage-on-a-stick, menudo and coffee beginning at 8 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus bar-becue cook-off, 2820 N. Fulton St., Wharton.

• Boling Youth Football League will have a barbecue sandwich fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at FM 1301 and FM 442, Boling. 533-4717.

Sunday, March 4• St. John’s KJT and KJZT

of Hungerford will have its annual barbecue chicken and sausage dinner at 10:30 a.m. with an auction and free dance until 4 p.m. at the Hun-gerford Community Center, Hungerford.

Monday, March 5• Pre-school story time

(ages 1-5) is from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at the Wharton County Library, Central Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton. 532-8080.

• Alateen meets at 4 p.m. at Victory in Jesus Recovery Center, 218 N. Houston St., Wharton. John Williams, 533-2319.

• Disabled American Vet-erans, Wharton County chap-ter, meets at 6 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 2786 County Road 306, El Campo. Bruce Wil-liams, 713-898-1941.

• Boling Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Boling High School cafeteria, Boling. Brad Macha, 979-532-1220.

Tuesday, March 6• Wharton County Vet-

erans Service office will be open from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4 p.m. at 1017 N. Alabama Road, Wharton. 532-1311.

• Pre-school story time is from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the

Wharton County Library, East Bernard Branch, 746 Clubside Drive, East Ber-nard. 335-6142.

• Wharton County Junior College Choir and Cham-ber Singers will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. at the Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Building, Horton Foote The-atre, WCJC, 911 Boling Hwy., Wharton. 532-6300.

Wednesday, March 7• Wharton County Vet-

erans Service office will be open from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4 p.m. at 1017 N. Alabama Road, Wharton. 532-1311.

• Family story time is from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at the Whar-ton County Library, Central Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton. 532-8080.

• Matagorda Episcopal Hospital Outreach Program (MEHOP) Mobile Medical Clinic is open from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. in the St. Thomas Thift Center parking lot, 416 W. Milam St., Wharton. 877-705-2008.

• Wharton County Retired Teachers Association meets at 10:30 a.m. at El Campo Civic Center Myatt Room, 2350 N. Mechanic St., El Campo. Dana Riley, 532-3523.

• Rotary Club of Wharton

meets at noon at the Wharton Civic Center, O’Quinn Meet-ing Room, 1924 N. Fulton St., Wharton. www.whartonrota-ryclub.com.

• Domestic violence sup-port group meets at 5 p.m. at the Wharton Women’s Crisis Center, 116 E. Burleson St., Wharton. 531-1300.

Thursday, March 8• Wharton Garden Club

meets at 9 a.m. at the Whar-ton Historical Museum, 3615 Richmond Road, Wharton. Dana Riley, 532-3523. (OCT, NOV, JAN, FEB)

• Wharton Lions Club meets at noon at Hinze’s Bar-B-Q, 8229 U.S. 59, Wharton. Sue Boyette, 281-782-7759.

• Wharton Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture will have its 93rd annual banquet at 6 p.m. at the Wharton Civic Center, 1924 N. Fulton St., Wharton. 532-1862.

• Fraternal Order of the Eagles No. 4507 meets at 7 p.m. at Joe’s Place, County Road 138, Wharton. Keith Stolle, 979-559-2919.

Friday, March 9• Matagorda Episcopal

Hospital Outreach Program (MEHOP) Mobile Medical Clinic is open from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the St. Thomas

Thift Center parking lot, 416 W. Milam St., Wharton. 877-705-2008.

• Al-Anon meets at 4 p.m. at Victory in Jesus Recovery Center, 218 N. Houston St., Wharton. John Williams, 533-2319.

• Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 4 p.m. at Victory in Jesus Recovery Center, 218 N. Houston St., Wharton. John Williams, 533-2319.

• Holy Family Catholic Church will have a fish fry from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Holy Family Life Center, 2009 Briar Lane, Wharton. 532-3593.

• East Bernard Knights of Columbus will have a fish fry from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Riv-erside Hall, 14643 Buls Road, East Bernard. 335-4875.

Sunday, March 11• Holy Family Catholic

Church will have a blood drive fromn 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the CCD Building, 2011 Briar Lane, Wharton. Shirley Chil-ek, 532-3356.

• Community calendar is published every week. To add or change a listing, contact Managing Editor Keith Ma-gee at [email protected].

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re-election.None of the council mem-

bers or mayor had any chal-lengers as of Friday morning.

In the WCJC board elec-tion, candidates have now filed for all three of the avail-able positions, and at least two will be contested.

Patti Montello and Merle R. Hudgins have filed for Po-sition 5, which is currently held by Rick Davis.

Position 6 will also be con-tested as Carolyn Sue Poor has filed against Boling resi-

dent Monty John Merecka, who had previously filed.

Gerald Donaldson, who is currently in Position 6, said he won’t seek re-election.

Danny Gertson III had previously filed for re-election for Position 7.

WCJC elections are held every two years on even-num-bered years. Terms are for six years.

Other terms are two years for cities and three years for school boards.

In East Bernard, two coun-cil members have filed for re-election to their at-large posi-

tions — Thomas Vacek and Terry Hlavinka.

In addition to the two at-large spots available, East Bernard will also elect a mayor this year. Mayor Buck Boettcher is seeking re-elec-tion, and he’ll be challenged by current city council mem-ber John Salcido. Salcido is currently in the middle of a two-year term for his at-large council position.

East Bernard city resi-dents will also have another issue on the ballot as they will also vote on a quarter percent sales tax for street

maintenance. The sales tax is already being assessed, so voters will decide if they want it to continue.

“It has to be renewed every four years,” City Secretary Melvin Sands said. “It expires in December.”

Since 2005, the city has collected $343,410 in sales tax for street work, and the city has used $338,959 for street repairs, Sands said.

“It has been a very use-ful thing for the city,” Sands said. ‘And we still have a lot of streets we’re working on.”

On the East Bernard

School Board, two positions will be up this year. They in-clude Place 3, currently held by Ricky Kramr, and Place 4, currently held by School Board President Charles

New. Both New and Kramr have filed for re-election. No other candidates had filed as of Wednesday morning.

The filing period continues through Monday.

a welding course at a local trade school and found that he had enough desire and skill to make that a career.

In the early 1980s he settled in Victo-ria, working as a welder for a chemical plant. When he was laid off he relocat-ed to the aluminum plant in El Campo, where he and his wife, Elsa, raised five children.

In 1997, Aguilar hired on at Koenig Welding in Wharton and has been there ever since.

Since his initial foray into art fabrica-

tion at his church fundraiser, Aguilar has taken to his hobby with utmost sincer-ity. His largest pieces have centered on state and national tragedies, such as the terrorist strikes of 9-11 and the more re-cent explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

“We have a good life here and from the Lord we’re blessed,” Aguilar says, “But there’s so many material things and trag-edies that take away from that.”

One of his more universal themes is the passage of time. Aguilar constructed an imposing sundial to reveal the strug-gle mankind faces with the brevity of life

– and the search for meaning in the short time that we’re given.

Some might call such artwork depress-ing, or negative. But Aguilar doesn’t see it that way. A piece that he’s currently working on, for example, will depict a large thorn, one that signifies the diffi-cult, painful aspects of life that must be overcome in order to make a positive im-pact on those around us.

“Life is thorny, but it’s where you plant your seed and the harvest you reap that is important,” he said. “I get inspired in my art to make pieces that bring people together.”

— Man’s work attracts American Heart AssociationContinued from Page A1

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— Field crowded for WISD position; candidate filing deadline is Monday

Mowing, uh, deal with it!By PAM [email protected]

So, now that spring is upon us, if we are lucky, it will last through Easter, it’s time to start thinking about grass. I have to be very honest here — I’m not a big fan of large grassy areas. While it’s pretty, it does require a fair amount of hands-on care, most nota-bly, it must be mowed regu-larly.

Mowing is not very much fun even if you have a super-duper riding mower. Most mowers have two speeds, turtle and rabbit. My hus-band drove fast bunny, my son, “pedal-to-the-metal” rab-bit and my 12-year-old grand-son was somewhere in the middle. I drive a hair above turtle with a death grip on the steering handles. So here are a few observations:

n Mowing is boring. Some people get in the zone and solve the problems of the world, some find it very relax-ing — please, give me a good book and a box of chocolates — as for myself, I think it’s re-ally boring.

n It’s loud. I can’t imagine how you’d listen to music or anything else in that noise. I wore a pair of ear protectors and even with those, it’s loud. Made my ears tired after a while.

n You not only have to watch the ground to make sure you mow acceptable things — grass/weeds, yes, tree limbs — pretty much a no, you have to watch where you are, too. Low hanging tree branches will smooth knock you off the mower if you don’t pay attention.

n Most yards are not smooth. They are really bumpy. You bounce all over the place on a mower. I don’t like roller coasters at the best of times, much less one that has a huge knife attached to the bottom of it, hence the aforementioned “death grip” on the handles. I’d say it needed a seat belt but I sus-pect it’s better to be thrown off than trapped under.

n You need to dress ap-propriately. A riding mower is kind of like running hurdles. Things not tied down are go-ing to bounce around a lot.

n You cannot take your hands off the steering han-dles — ever — while it’s in forward gear! It’s apt to veer off into whatever is close by — flowerbed, fence, tree. Also, you have to remember that the silly thing is wide in the middle and just because the front will get through a tight place, the middle may not.

n You need goggles. I mean that mower throws up dirt, sticks, and chewed up weeds and grass like crazy and you cannot take your hands off the steering to rub something out of your eye or off your face.

n If you mow through a place where the grass is sparse and the dirt is much or an ant bed, it’s like driv-ing through a dust storm, or in the case of the ant bed — a dust storm with annoyed bugs that bite.

So, all-in-all, I don’t think I like to mow, however nature’s idea of a flowering meadow is not the same as mine, so I ex-pect I’ll have to get used to it.

(Editor’s note: Pam Nash is a Master Gardener and a member of the Wharton Gar-den Club.)

Wharton Journal-SpectatorSaturday, March 3, 2012 • Section A Life & Leisure www.journal-spectator.com

WHS ROTC FundraiserChicken Fried Chicken Dinner!

Thursday, March 8th, 2012 • 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.Plates will be drive-thru only at the WHS Cafeteria

$8.00 a Plate - Pre-sale only!

“Royal Court - 2012 JROTC Winter Ball”Tickets available from Wharton JROTC cadets,

or can be reserved by calling the JROTC office at 532-6242.With a current enrollment of approximately 80 students, the ROTC programs build character, turn out well-rounded disciplined individuals, and can help students build a career after graduation. There are many benefits to the program, yet gaps in avail-able funding and budget cuts are causing JROTC to suffer.

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The Directors of the Wharton Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture cordially invite you to our

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Leslie Granado Mata and Daniel Hernadez held an Angry Birds® party on February 25, 2012 at McDonalds, for Adrian Granado who turned 5 years old.

The hostesses were mother Leslie Granado Mata and grandmother Mary Jane Hill.

The children had their choice of Happy Meals®, along with an Angry Birds® chocolate cake there were also Angry Bird® table cloths, plates, and cups.

Special guests included Grandma Mary Jane and PoPo Gary, Big sister Angel-Ashley Amanda Horta, Allyson Canales, Valarie Garza, Amy Gonzales, Amanda Torres-Fernando Hernandez, and Roxanne Hensley.

Special gifts received were: glove & baseball bat from mommy and lots of clothes from grandma Mary Jane & PoPo Gary - Money, clothes & toys from guests.

Adrian was also treated to Chuck-E-Cheese® by his dad & had a chocolate chip cake on the actual day of his birthday which was February 22nd, 2012.

Also attending the party were his cousins Tessa & Taya Garza, Carly Horta, Lizzie & Andre Jacob Batilla & Angelica Samuel & Andrina Rodriguez and his friends Serenity & Myah Gonzales-Bailee Barnes, Rose Herrera, Haidyn Hensley, and Crisslyn Garza.

Special thanks to Celena Campos for all her help.

BrokenChain

We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name.

In life we loved you dearly.In death we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you,you did not go alone;

for part of us went with you,the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories,your love is still our guide;

and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.

Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same,

but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

Happy BirthdayLove,

Mom, Allyson,and Carly Rai

Ray Matthew Horta“Beaner”

March 4, 1988Courtesy PhotoSAR President Russell Dart sits with Wharton County historian Merle Hudgins during the group’s February meeting where she received a certificate of appreciation for her patriotic endeavors as an historian.

The Cradle of Texas Chap-ter of the Sons of the Ameri-can Revolution (SAR) met on Feb. 11. SAR Chapter Presi-dent Russell Dart opened the meeting and a color guard presented the colors. Special guest and program presenter was Merle Hudgins, Wharton County’s official historian, an honor bestowed upon her by the Wharton County Commis-sioner’s Court.

She is the wife of Joe Hudgins of Hungerford, who is a direct descendant of families who settled in the Tidewater area of Virginia in 1656; and, later during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783 his ances-tors fought for the Colony of Virginia.

Hudgins discussed in de-tail her historical research in Wharton County from 1845 through the present with spe-cial emphasis on the historical markers placed in the county, along with their histories, key individuals and places of placement.

She explained the signifi-cant differences relating to the applications for historical markers, as well as the differ-ent types of markers available. Hudgins has written and pub-lished narratives for almost all of the historical markers in Wharton County. She also has published more than 40 entries into The Handbook of Texas.

She is in the process of com-piling a 450-page book which relates the historical period of 1850 to 1900, the most violent period in the history of Texas.

President Dart honored Hudgins with a certificate of appreciation for her patriotic endeavors as an historian.

Share busy, needs volunteers This last year, Share,

through the support of the community has helped a total of 6,616 adults and children, received and gave out 101,222 pounds of food to those in need and provided a majority of cli-ent services in the area of food and clothing.

Minimal client services went to lodging, pharmacy, and utilities.

Share is in need of volun-teers. If anyone can spare at least two hours a week, they can help their community.

If so, Share needs volun-teers on Mondays or Thurs-days from 10 a.m. to noon or noon to 2 p.m.

There are several ways to help.

Volunteer jobs include manning the front desk, in-

terviewing clients, helping fill food or clothing orders and general miscellaneous assis-tance.

Share is particularly short of help on Mondays. Contact Share at 282-2021 or come by 229 W. Milam between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Mondays or Thursdays for more infor-mation on volunteering.

Krenek gets degree at UT

Courtney Renee Krenek, RN, graduated from the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin on Dec. 3, with a bachelor of sci-ence degree from the school of nursing.

She is employed at the Scott & White Memorial Hospital E.R. Department in Temple. She is the daughter of Paul and Denny Krenek of East Bernard. Courtney Krenek

Get children hooked on books at library

Get children hooked on books and reading at an early age.

Bring them to the Wharton County Library each Monday at 9:30 a.m. for Pre-school Sto-rytime and each Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. for Family Storytime for stories, music and crafts.

All of the programs are free.

• APOSTOLIC •Apostolic Faith Church

3353 Novosad Rd. 532-5128Pastor Anthony FordTuesday Service 7:30 p.m.Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

• ASSEMBLY OF GOD•Abundant Life Christian

Fellowship Assembly of GodPastor, Richard Smith121 E. Ahldag 532-2916Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship Service 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.

• BAPTIST •College Heights Baptist Church

1515 Briar Lane 532-4442Pastor, Don HurleySunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Service 10:45 a.m.Evening Service 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church507 N. Fulton 532-4295Mack Mathis, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.Wednesday Evening 6:15 p.m.

Greater St. Stephens 2500 N. Fulton St. 979-282-2284Pastor S.WilliamsSunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Tuesday Mission 7 p.m.Wednesday Brotherhood andMission 7:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. - Bible Study & Teacher Meeting7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Macedonia Baptist Church1019 Spanish Camp Rd. 532-2908Rev. Leo C. Humphrey, PastorSunday School 8:00 a.m.Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

Mother Zion Baptist ChurchEast Milam Str. 532-1831Rev. C.L. Wallace, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Mt. Calvary Baptist ChurchF.M. Road 102, Wharton 532-5799Rev. Roy Harris, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Mt. Gilead Baptist ChurchCounty Rd. 257Rev. Royal Jackson Jr., PastorSunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Prayer/Teacher Mtg. Wed. 6

Mt. Scilla Baptist Church3503 Hudgins Cut-off 532-8601Rev. Carl Spradley, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7:00

New Hope Community Church226 N. Fulton 532-3224Pastor A. Charles StearnsSunday Worship 9:00 a.m.Tuesday Bible Institute 7:00

New Mt. Olive Baptist ChurchCR 448 Rd., Wharton, TXRev. J. Wright, PastorSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m. New Zion Bethel Baptist Church

Owens Road (C.R. 235) WhartonRev. A.J. Hatfield, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Peaceful Rest Baptist Church2903 Jr. College Blvd.Rev. E. Baines, PastorSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Primera Iglesia Bautista 128 E. Belle St. 532-5890Rev. Joel RamirezSunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

• BAPTIST Cont. •St. James Missionary

Baptist Church of Jesus Christ815 Mattie 532-5604Rev. B.B. Willis, Sr., PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

St. Stephen’s Missionary Baptist 1213 Bailey St. WhartonSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Tabernacle of Prayer2500 Jr. College Blvd. Riverbend ClubRev. Chris Jackson, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

• CATHOLIC •Holy Family Catholic Church

2011 Briar Lane 532-3593Dominic Antwi-Boasiako, PastorSat. Evening Mass 5:30 p.m.Sunday Mass 10:00 a.m.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church

506 S. East Ave 532-3492Parochial Vicar Gabriel Espinosa Sat. Mass 5 p.m.Sunday Masses 8,10,12:30

•CHURCH OF CHRIST• Church of Christ

1908 M.L. King Blvd. 532-4837Eddie Brinkley, MinisterMorning Worship 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Church of Christ501 Abell 532-3524Paul D. Jones & Luke Guthrie,

MinistersSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Classes 7:00 p.m.

Church of Christ913 Spanish Camp Rd. 532-2567James B. Scarlett, Sr., MinisterMorning Worship 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

• CHURCH OF GOD • Wharton Church of God

404 MoutrayRev. T.C. Banks, PastorSunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Roy Memorial C.O.G.I.C.1308 W. Caney, P.O. Box 692Eric Mosely, PastorSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:30 a.m.

• EPISCOPAL • St. Thomas Episcopal Church

N. Rusk at Bob-O-Link 532-1723Christian Formation Classes..9:30 Holy Eucharist, Sunday 10:30Wednesday Holy Eucharist 6:30

• LDS •Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints1906 Briar Lane 532-3002Branch President: Mario Perez531-0628Sacrament 9:00-10:10 a.m.Sunday School 0:20-11:00 Primary/YM/YW 11:10-12:00

• LUTHERAN • St. John’s Lutheran Church, LCMS614 Pecan St. 532-2336Rev. Wm. Barry Sharp, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Divine Worship 10:00 a.m.St. Paul Lutheran Church, ELCA

325 N. East Ave. 532-2315Rev. Laura M. OlsonDivine Worship 10:00 a.m.Sunday School 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Evening 7 p.m.

• METHODIST • First United Methodist Church

1717 Pioneer 532-1100Rev. Meredith WendeSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.Youth Fellowship 5:00 p.m.

St. James AME Church117 Northeast AveRev. Linda E. Smith, PastorService 2nd & 4th Sunday 11Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Thompson Chapel United Methodist Church

Rev. Eddie W. Ferguson, PastorSunday School 9:15 a.m.Worship, 1st & 3rd Sun 10:00

• PENTECOSTAL •Templo Bethel CLADIC

419 S. Sunset 532-1420Pastor-LIC Pablo MartinezSunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship Service 11:30 a.m.

Peace Tabernacle, U.P.C.146 N. Alabama Rd. 532-4933Charles Fisher, PastorSunday Morning 10:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Service 7:30 p.m.

Templo De Libertad442 Milam 532-2650Pastor Joshua (Josue) GarciaSunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

True Holiness Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ

Bishop R. A. Wauls 531-05703209 E. Alabama Rd WhartonSunday Service 7a.m. & 12Wed. Bible Class 7 p.m.

• PRESBYTERIAN •First Presbyterian Church

1602 John Knox St 532-3375Rev. Debbie Cenko, PastorMorning Worship 10:30 a.m.Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

• NON-DENOMINATIONAL •Caney Creek Church

“The Church on Wharton’s Square”Mickey Reynolds, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Worship Service 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.

Christ Is Life Church915 S. Alabama Rd. 532-3254Paul Stelb, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Cornerstone Worship Center4425 Walters Rd • 240-1758Pastors Frank & Lisa PaizSunday Worship 10:00 a.m.Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.Church of Restoration of Wharton3639 County Rd. 161 532-5128Pastor Anthony FordTuesday Service 7:30 p.m.Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Grace Community Fellowship1900 E. Boling Hwy. 532-3999Pastor Myles SweeneyFirst Service 9:00 a.m.Second Service 10:45 a.m.

New Faith Church1224 N. Walnut 531-1453Rev. Matthews, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Evening Worship 7:00 p.m.Thursday Bible Study. 7:00 p.m.

Wharton Praise Tabernacle529 W. Milam 532-4158Elder John Newsome, pastorSunday School 10:00 a.mMorning Worship 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Tuesday Prayer 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Bible 6:30 p.m.

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What the Bible says By Ella Mae MillerInto God’s Kingdom. “Therefore if the Son

makes you free, you shall be free indeed,” says John 8:36. Free from the sin that keeps us under Satan’s control! When we are born again, we are taken out of Satan’s kingdom of darkness and we are placed into the king-dom of Jesus.

In every society there are laws to govern the people. It is the same in spiritual life. The law of sin and death governs Satan’s kingdom. The new birth gives us a new law. “For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ

Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death,” says Romans 8:2).

Read what the law of life produces in Ga-latians 5:22,23.

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Iago Junior High students take honors at UIL meetOn Jan. 28 Iago Junior

High students competed in the District 29-AA UIL con-test. The students and faculty had been preparing for this competition since early No-vember. The hard work has paid off as Iago took first place in the Seventh and Eighth Grade Division and second place in the Sixth Grade Divi-sion

The writing events were held on Jan. 18 under the direction of Brenda Humber-son. She served as the coach for both Ready Writing and Editorial Writing.

In sixth grade Ready Writ-ing, Jack Wilkins took third place. In seventh grade Ready Writing, Kirby Evelo took sec-ond place and Kaylin Meek took sixth place. In eighth grade Ready Writing, Sierra Ganske took fourth place. In seventh grade Editorial Writ-

ing, Annabelle Hanka took second place, Kymber Garza took third place and Robin Llanes took fifth place. In eighth grade Editorial Writ-ing, Hailey Harborth took sec-ond place.

All speech events took place Jan. 26 at the Iago cam-pus. These events include Oral Reading, Modern Orato-ry and Impromptu Speaking.

Sara Harborth sponsors the Oral Reading events. In sixth grade, Karsyn Douglas took fifth place. In seventh grade, Kymber Garza took sixth place. In eighth grade, Harold Taylor took first place, Miles Tolbert took second place and Melina Moore took sixth place.

Ashley Macek sponsors Modern Oratory. Myrissa Sanchez took first place, Hai-ley Haborth took fifth place and Hannah Ortiz took sixth

place.Ashley Macek also spon-

sors Impromptu Speaking. Victoria Arriazola took first place, Caroline Gavranovic took fourth place and Abigail Kalina took sixth place.

Sammie Zahradnik is the Art Smart sponsor. In sixth grade, Hailey Gavranovic and Kimberly Duarte tied for first place, Ashleigh Sulak took third place, Jazmine Flores took fourth place and Dulce Vasquez tied for fifth place.

In seventh grade, Caro-line Gavranovic took first place, Joseph Deluna tied for second place, Madison Sta-vinoha took fourth place, Am-ber Woytek took fifth place and Paiton Kalina took sixth place.

In eighth grade, Sierra Ganske took first place, Kate Cheney took second place, Claire Winkenwerder and

Maggie Merecka tied for third place and Anah Voulgaris took fifth place.

Bobbie Peter is the coach for Calculator Applications. In sixth grade, Jack Wilkins took first place. In seventh grade, Jordan Spacek took first place and Brionne But-ler took third place. In eighth grade, Myrissa Sanchez took first place, and Kaylor Rolf took second place.

Kristye Jessen sponsors Dictionary Skills. In sixth grade, Jordan Diaz took third place. In seventh grade, Karina Perez took first place and Sawyer Schoenfield took second place. In eighth grade, Sabrina Arriaga took first place, Lorena Perez took second place and Samantha Flores took third place.

Carol Simpson sponsors Listening Skills. In sixth grade, Vernon Jackson tied for sixth place. In seventh grade, Aubrey Alcala took fifth place. In eighth grade, Emilio Ramirez took first place and Leslie Gonzales

took second place.Heather Guess sponsors

Maps, Graphs and Charts. In sixth grade, Dillon Lapoma took first place and Joshua Campos took sixth place. In seventh grade, Tyler Martinez took fourth place. In eighth grade, Hailey Harborth took first place and Britney Casey took sixth place.

Lisa Ryman sponsors Mathematics. In sixth grade, Delaney Guttenberger took first place and Nick Dube took sixth place. In seventh grade, Jared Schindler took third place and Kory Didear fifth place. In eighth grade, Austin Soendker took first place, Na-than Gates took second place and Mason Chaka took fourth place.

Fred Drennan sponsors Music Memory. In sixth grade, Jose Perez took fifth place.

Dana Kulak sponsors Number Sense. In sixth grade, Juan Guerrero took second place, Corey Fults took third place and Jack Wilkins tied for fourth place.

In seventh grade, Serena An-tone took third place, Stratus Stratiou took fourth place and Julie Salinas took fifth place. In eighth grade, Daniel Mont-gomery took second place, Gale Penrice took fifth place and Fernando Ramirez took sixth place.

Janice Raska sponsors Sci-ence I and Science II. In Sci-ence I, Marco Jimenez took second place. In Science II, Kyle Smith tied for fifth place.

Holly Wittig sponsors Spelling. In sixth grade, Chloe Hodde took second place and Jacob Razor took fourth place. In seventh grade, Jared Schindler took second place. In eighth grade, Carmen Ro-bles took second place, Allison Hobbs took fourth place and Jamie Macek took sixth place.

Sammie Zahradnik spon-sors Social Studies. In sixth grade, Avery Campos took fourth place and Dylan Bartek took sixth place. In seventh/eighth grade, Dakota Watson took first place and Justin Joyce took sixth place.

City boards need volunteersThe Wharton City Council

is seeking people to serve on the following boards and com-missions.

Those vacancies are on: Beautification City Commis-

sion, Building Standards Commission, Holiday Light Decorating Chairman and Mayor’s Committee on People with Disabilities.

If interested in serving on

any of these boards, commit-tees or commissions, contact Wharton City Secretary Pau-la Favors at City Hall, 532-2491 ext. 225, or via email at [email protected].

•BOLING •Church of Jesus Christ

421 E. Texas St. BolingBobby Charles, Pastor657-9903Worship Service 2:00 p.m.Wed. Mid-week 7:30 p.m.Crossover Community Fellowship1146 Hwy. 1301 657-2263Valmon Mead, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Wed. Prayer Service 7:00 p.m.

First United Methodist ChurchBoling 657-3057Rev. Kenny CarterWorship 9:00 a.m

Shiloh Baptist ChurchFM 442 657-2729Rev. Carl NealSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Catholic ChurchDominic Antwi-Boasiako, PastorSaturday Spanish Mass 7:00Sunday Mass 8:00 a.m.

• Burr •Concord Missionary Baptist Church407 County Rd. 115Burr, TX 77488Rev. Gregory Webb, Sr., PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:15 a.m.

• IAGO •Iago Federated Church

Inter-denominatonalBro. John TurnerFM 1096, Iago 657-2466Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship 10:45 Wed. Adult Worship 6:30 p.m.Children/Youth 6:15 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.grades 2nd - 12th

Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchCo. Rd. 2817, Iago 657-1106Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Bible Study Wed. 6:30 p.m.

Prosperity Baptist ChurchSunday School 10 a.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Evening 6:45 p.m.

• EAST BERNARD •First Baptist Church

619 Fitzgerald, E.B. 335-6125Tony Gideon, pastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:15 a.m.Wednesday Youth, RAs, GAs and

Prayer 7:00 p.m.First United Methodist Church

421 Pietzsch, E.B. 335-6298Alex Lupo, PastorMorning Worship: 9:30 a.m.Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.Senior High MYF 6 p.m.during school year

Holy Cross Catholic Church839 Church St., E.B. 335-7551Father Donald Ruppert, PastorSaturday Mass 5:00 p.m.Sunday Masses 7, 9 & 11 a.m.

Iglesia Metodista Libre823 Seydler 335-4604Antone Rauda, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.Worship 6 p.m.Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m.Friday Bible Study 7 p.m.

• EAST BERNARD Cont. •River of Life Church

301 Wallace, E.B. 335-7706Joe Barbee, PastorBible School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

• LANE CITY •First Baptist Church

81719 Beadle St. (979) 532-3418Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Mount Zion Baptist Church115 S. Kerr 532-1673Rev. Carl KempSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

• HUNGERFORD •Center Union Baptist Church

139 Ponderosa Rd. WhartonSunday School 9:30 a.m.Church Service 10:30 a.m.Tues. Night Mission 6:00 p.m.Bible Study 7:00 p.m.Rev. Deric D. Dawson

Faith Temple C.O.G.I.C.7410 Colorado St. 532-8028Elder Grayling Alexander, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m.Wed. Doctrinal, Bible study. 7

LifeWay ChurchFM 1161 at Co. Rd. 218 532-5372David Kirschke, PastorCounseling 9 a.m.-5 p.m. dailySunday Services 10:00 a.m.Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Little Zion Jerusalem Baptist Church

Peach Creek, Loop 183 532-2829Rev. Larry Collins, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Devotion 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

St. John’s Catholic ChurchChurch St., Hungerford 532-4747Father Charles DwomohSaturday Mass 4 p.m.Sunday Mass 7:00 & 9:30 a.m.Confession: Sat. 3:30pm - 3:50pm by

appointmentSeven Star Baptist Church

7506 Hawes St 532-8922Rev. R.I. Campbell III, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Wednesday service 6:00 p.m.Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

• SPANISH CAMP •Camp Zion/Rising Star

Baptist ChurchSpanish Camp 532-1909FM 1161 West Spanish CampRev. Clarence Owens, Jr. PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Wed. Prayer/Teacher Mtg. 6:00 p.m.

• KENDLETON •Kendleton Christian Center

13326 H.P. Johnson KendletonPastor D. Mills 532-5390

Newman Chapel U. Methodist Hwy. 59 KendletonPastor Eddie W. FergusonChurch Phone (409) 532-5446Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Service 11:15 am.

• LISSIE • Lissie United Methodist Church

Corner of Raymond & Franklin St.Janice Kerlee, PastorSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

• GLEN FLORA •First Baptist Church

134 N. Elm St. Glen FloraRev. Ernest Gillis, PastorSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Teachers Mtg. Tuesday, 6:30 New Prosperity/East Gate Church

Rev. Ruiel Taylor III, PastorFM 102, Glen Flora 532-5427Sunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

• ELSEWHERE •Sand Ridge Baptist Church

FM 102-CR 259, Egypt 979-677-3435Rev. A.C. Gardner, PastorSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Service 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7:00

Bonus Baptist ChurchHighway 102, Bonus 234-2205Rev. Ronald L. Ebert

St. Luke Missionary Baptist Bonus

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Mt. Vernon Baptist ChurchFM 102 Rev. C.E. McWashingtonSunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Day Of Pentecost Apostolic Revival Ctr

Rev. R.L. Carter, Min. EvangelistFM 102 S. Matthews CommunityMeets at Mt. Zion Baptist ChurchSunday 4:00 p.m.

Magnet Baptist ChurchMaurice Marrow, Pastor223 Billy Neal Rd. 657-2754Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

First Baptist Church, PledgerWillard E. Hill, PastorFM 1301 Pledger Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Bethlehem Baptist ChurchCounty Road 100 • PledgerRev. Ray Felder, PastorSunday School - 10:00 a.m.Mission - 10:45 a.m.Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Union Baptist ChurchPledger Pastor J. LewingSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Bible Study & Youth-Wed. 7

Grove Hill Missionary Baptist Rev. Derrick D. Blount, Pastor115 First St. 657-2461 PledgerSunday School 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.The Lord’s Supper 6:00 p.m.Wed. Mission 5:30; Bible Study 6:30

Prairie Grove Baptist Church3007 Co. Rd. 227 • Boones BendRev. Theodore Baines • 532-0857Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

God’s Last Days PentecostalPastor Malvin Gray, Sr. 1516 FM 1299 979-532-1609Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Service 11:10 a.m.

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Listed below is a calender of the Active Advantage pro-grams in the coming months. For information about Active Advantage or any of the pro-grams, call Carol Wootton at 282-6090.

March 13 — Members will travel to Galveston Island for a matinee performance of Carl Hurley & Jeanne Robertson.

Lunch will be at Mario’s Seawall Italian Restaurant with authentic Italian cuisine in Galveston’s oldest Italian restaurant. Cost is $70 per person, lunch is included.

March 28 — Members will travel to Isle of Capri Casino in Lake Charles, La. Cost is $28 per person.

April 6 — No lunch meeting and program in April, since

the first Friday is Good Fri-day.

April 12 —Members will complete the Easter season with a tour of the Painted Churches. This time in Hal-lettsville, Sweet Home, Shin-er, Moulton and Moravia. Cost is $65 per person with lunch included.

April 29-30 — Members will travel to Paragon Casino Re-sort in Marksville, La.

Cost is $50 per person dou-ble occupancy or $75 per per-son single occupancy.

Price includes motor coach transportation, luggage han-dling, $10 in food coupons and $20 cash play.

May 4 — Active Advantage luncheon and program at the Lodge in Wharton at 11:30 a.m.

May 19 to May 27 — Mem-bers will travel to Costa Rica and see lush forests and stun-ning waterfalls, exotic wildlife and endless coastlines. Cost is $2,379 per person double oc-cupancy or $2,779 per person single occupancy.

June 1 — Active Advantage luncheon and program at the Lodge in Wharton at 11:30 a.m.

June 6 — Members travel to Delta Downs in Vinton, La. Cost is $25 per person.

June 16 — Members will see a matinee performance of Theatre Under The Star’s Best Little Whorehouse in Tex-as, the saga of the legendary Chicken Ranch. Cost is $75 per person. Lunch is on your own.

The Comfort Wood DAR celebrated George Washing-ton’s 280th Birthday with a luncheon at the Dragonfly Cafe in Wharton on Feb. 22.

Although the cafe is not yet open for business, Caro-line Wagner, owner, set up a private party for the group. She hopes to have the new eatery up and running in the near future.

The menu consisted of chicken salad, fresh fruit, sal-ad, tea , coffee, and desserts.

Two prospective mem-bers were in attendance. The group spent an afternoon of dining and visiting.

They also held a “show and tell” about facts on Washing-ton as well as other family heirlooms.

Bill Sanders, genealogist of the Cradle of Texas SAR, gave a short talk about preparing genealogical papers for both the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution.

Marian HobbinsFuneral services for Mar-

ian Bertha Hobbins, age 91, of Sugar Land and a former long time resident of Wharton, were held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2, 2012 at Wharton Funeral Home. Burial fol-lowed in Wharton Cemetery.

Mrs. Hobbins died Tues-day, Feb. 28, 2012 in a Whar-ton nursing home following an extended illness.

A complete obituary will appear in the next edition of the Wharton Journal-Specta-tor.

Helen PyssenHelen Wobbe Pyssen, age

94, of Boling, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was born on June 30, 1917 in Mentz the daughter of the late Henry Maerz and Elizabeth Braden Maerz.

Mrs. Pyssen was a former resident of Newgulf and had been a resident of Boling since 1973.

She was a graduate of Crescent High School. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry Wobbe, in 1967 and later by Lee Roy Pyssen in 1981.

She was also preceded in death by a sister; a brother; three grandchildren, John Wobbe, Al Smaistrla Jr. and Greg Smaistrla; and a great-granddaughter, Denise King.

Mrs. Pyssen worked in the cafeteria of Gulf Coast Medical Center before her retirement and was a mem-

ber of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Boling. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, the Holy Family Quilters, the St. Joseph’s Altar Society and served as a Cub Scout Den Mother.

A rosary was recited Wednesday evening, Feb. 29, at the chapel of Wharton Fu-neral Home and a Funeral Mass was held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Wharton with Rev. Dominic Antwi-Boasiako officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in Wharton.

Survivors include daugh-ters and sons-in-law, Pat and Al Smaistrla of East Ber-nard and Linda and Butch

Buenger of Wharton; son, Henry Wobbe Jr. of Wharton; step daughters, Dixie Laird of Groesbeck and Mary Ann Powell of Boling; step-sons, Lee Roy Pyssen Jr. of Austin and Bob Pyssen of Poteet; grandchildren, Jacqueline Scarborough, Daephne Kres-ta, Kelly Brown, Karol Hart-man and Jill Wobbe; great-grandchildren, Allison King, Sara Wind, Nick Kresta, May-gen Brown, Brady Brown, Luke Hartman and Cameron Hartman; great-great-grand-children, Madeline Wind and Andrew Wind; and numerous nieces, nephews and step-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Paul Hartman, Nick Kresta, Ran-dy Kresta, Frances “Bitty” Stock, Wade Zahn, Al Stock and John Wind.

In lieu of usual remem-brances the family requests memorials to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, c/o Holy Family Catholic Church, 2011 Briar Ln., Wharton, TX 77488

Funeral services were un-der the direction of Wharton Funeral Home.

John WoodardFuneral services for John

L. Woodard Sr., age 93, of Wharton, will be held at 10 a.m. today, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at East Gate-New Prosperity Baptist Church, 5211 FM 102 in Wharton, with Rev. R. Taylor III offici-ating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be

from 9 to 10 a.m. today at the Church with services starting at 10 a.m.

Mr. Woodard passed away at his home on Feb. 27, 2012. He was born April 15, 1918 in Wharton to Sam and Betty Bryant Woodard.

Surviving are sons, John L. Woodard Jr. of Houston, Melvin Woodard of Clinton, Md., and Charles Woodard of Hitchcock; daughters, Hazel Spiller of Hitchcock and Judy Malone of Wharton; 18 grand-children, 32 great-grandchil-dren, 11 great-great-grand-children and a host of other relatives and friends.

Services under the direc-tion of Gooden-Hatton Funer-al Home, Inc.

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Bob and Ellen Priddy celebrate their 60 th wedding anniversary,they have plans for a fun filled weekend with their family.

May God continue to bless them with many more years of health and happiness.

Happy 60th Wedding AnniversaryJessica Morehead, RN

Question: “Sometimes after leaving my doctor’s appointment, I rememberquestions I should have asked. Should I start making notes to take to my appointments?”

• Be Organized. Write down your questions/concerns. If you have a specific problem, write down your symptoms or keep track of your readings, i.e., Blood Sugars, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, etc. This will help your Doctor choose the right plan/treatment for you.

• Keep Good Records. Provide your Doctor with a list of all your Doctors/Specialists, with their contact information and last appointment date. Include your pharmacy information, allergies, current medications w/prescribing Doctor, any surgical procedures and hospitalizations with facility names/dates.

• Bring a Second Set of Ears. It is best to ask a friend or family member to accompany you to your appointments. If possible, use the same person each appointment. If you are unable to do so, write down as much information as you can, and ask your Doctor to clarify any questions during your appointment.

• Know When to Keep in Touch. Before you leave your appointment, know when to schedule your next appointment. Also ask your Doctor what readings, such as Blood Sugars, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, etc., that they want you to follow.

We have Medical History Forms available in each of our offices that you are welcome to come by and pick one up to fill out and keep with you so you’ll have all the above information ready to take to your next Doctor’s appointment. Just call the office and say you’re coming by to pick up a “free” Medical History Form.

Answer: It’s not just you, we all do this occasionally. And yes, notes or list of questions would certainly be helpful. Let me give you an example of how to get the most out of your Doctor’s appointments:

Bentley gets medals, awards earned 70 years agoBy BURLON [email protected]

Joe Bentley, 91, got some-thing he deserved recently he didn’t know about for 70 years. They were awards earned while serving in the Texas State Guard from 1941 to 1946.

Researched and obtained by his fellow Shriner Karl McLeod (TSG Col., retired) at Camp Mabry in Austin, McLeod presented them to him at a recent luncheon.

The awards included a TSG pocket bar, 8th Division TSG pin, Military Police pin, Sam Houston regimental pin, America Defense Medal, TSG Achievement Medal, TSG Achievement bar, TSG Service bar; U.S. Service bar and U.S. Army hat pin; TSG shoulder patch, TSG shoulder patch in green and black, MP shoulder patch, sergeant rank insignia in the form of a decal for his car; bars for sleeve; pins, gold and black and on a band.

Some of his family mem-bers were present as his wife of 71 years, Joy, pinned his medals on him.

“I never knew about these,” Bentley said. “When the war was over, we (members of the state guard) just continued with our lives and quit train-ing.

The battalion would meet and train as a military unit on a regular basis. The U.S. Army provided a barracks cap, rifles and ammunition. The men were dressed in khaki shirts, khaki pants and work boots they purchased themselves.

McLeod said that Bentley may be the last one left of the unit which served in this area from that time period.

“Besides, Joe is a good man and he deserves the recogni-tion,” he said. “It was my plea-sure to research his records and get the items for him.”

It was 70 years ago that America was embroiled in World War II fighting on two fronts — across the Atlantic Ocean in Europe against the Germans and Italians and in the South Pacific Ocean fac-ing the Imperial Japanese military forces.

There was a third front that had to be secured. That front was the borders of the U.S. As war loomed on the horizon, all regular military units and the Texas National

Guard had been placed into training. That left Texas vul-nerable if an attack came from the Gulf of Mexico.

The Texas State Guard was formed to be ready to defend the Texas shores which was home to oil refineries and in this area Newgulf was the site of the largest sulphur mine in the world at that time. It was vital to the production of mu-nitions and medicines needed for the war.

The answer of what to do came with the 47th Texas Legislature and House Bill No. 45 effective Feb. 10, 1941. It created the Texas Defense Guard, to become known as the Texas State Guard. It was organized by the governor to serve whenever any part of the Texas National Guard was in active federal service.

Within a year, the Texas Defense Guard numbered 170,497 officers and enlisted men. This number was in sharp contrast to the 11,633 members of the Texas Na-tional Guard mustered into federal service some months before.

A militia force, it was in-tended to serve only within the borders of the state, ex-cept by mutual consent of the state governors involved to aid the military or police forces of another state, or “in fresh pursuit of insurrection-ists, saboteurs, enemies, or enemy forces beyond the bor-ders of this state.”

Members of the guard would neither be liable for, nor exempt from, federal mili-

tary service as a result of their membership. Most were men not eligible for the draft be-cause of physi-cal reasons or job, such as farming, vital to the war effort.

There were 51 battalions formed, each containing a headquarters and a headquar-ters detach-ment, a service d e t a c h m e n t and a medical detachment, in addition to be-tween four and eight companies of men.

The 47th Battalion of the Texas State Guard had its headquarters in Whar-ton County. German prison-ers of war from the Afrika Corps were housed at Camp Wharton, which was the for-mer county fairgrounds and buildings, from 1943 to 1945. These, too, became part of the TSG.

The Texas State Guard has its roots in Stephen F. Aus-tin’s colonial militia. On Feb. 18, 1823, Emperor of Mexico Agustín de Iturbide autho-rized Stephen F. Austin, the leader of the first non-Spanish efforts of Texas settlement, “to organize the colonists into a body of the national militia, to

preserve tranquility.”Austin was appointed to the rank of lieutenant colonel and al-lowed the colonists to elect all subordinate militia officers.

Soon after, Austin’s mili-tia was authorized to make war on Indian tribes who were hostile and molested the settlement. In 1827, in a move contrary to modern perceptions of Anglo-Texan colonists in Mexico, Austin’s militia mobilized in support of the Mexican government to put down the Fredonian Re-bellion, a group of Americans who tried to declare a part of Texas as an independent re-public separate from Mexico.

In 1835 all of the local mi-

litias in Texas were annexed by Sam Houston to provide a unified military command for the provisional government of the Republic of Texas. Af-ter becoming an independent republic in 1836, these forces were eventually replaced by the Army of the Republic of Texas.

In 1845 with the annexa-tion of Texas by the U.S., this structure was supplanted by the U.S. Army, but local mi-litia companies were main-tained for ready response.

After secession from the Union in 1861, existing mili-tia companies rallied and new militia regiments were formed which were made available to

the various armies of the Con-federacy.

Many Texas companies were assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia.

It was officially founded as the “State Guard” in 1871 during Reconstruction to unify the independent mili-tia companies and regiments throughout the state and con-tinued in operation until 1903 and replaced by the nation-alized Texas Army National Guard.

It was revived in 1941, af-ter thousands of Texas troops were deployed overseas in World War II, to provide state military forces and support for wartime civil defense.

Gulf Coast Medical Center hosted Valerie Wozniak and Annette Lei’s First Baptist Church Child Development Center kindergarten class for a tour of the hospital on Feb. 23.

The tour follows the story of the children’s book Curious George Goes to the Hospital. Prior to arriving at the hos-pital, the children read the book, so they know that Curi-

ous George has swallowed a puzzle piece, and has come to the emergency room because he has a tummy ache.

The children visited the various hospital departments such as the emergency room, radiology and surgery.

When Curious George goes to his hospital room, the chil-dren learn about blood pres-sure monitors, how to oper-ate the bed controls, call the

nurse for assistance, etc. The children “donned”

their scrubs and went into the operating room with Curi-ous George, where the puzzle piece was removed from his tummy.

It is an opportunity for chil-dren to learn that a hospital is not a place to be feared.

To learn more about chil-dren’s tours at Gulf Coast, call Carol Wootton at 282-6090.

Staff Photos by Burlon ParsonsLeft, Joy Bentley, wife of Joe for the last 71 years, pins on him one of the med-als earned while serving in the Texas State Guard during World War II. Looking on is fellow Shriner Karl McLeod (Col. Texas State Guard, retired) who re-searched Bentley’s records at Camp Mabry in Austin and got the medals and awards for him. They were presented recently at a luncheon. Above, Medals and awards presented to Joe Bentley at the luncheon. Below, Gathered a re-cent luncheon are members of Joe Bentley’s family who attended the surprise presentation of medals and awards earned by him for his service in the Texas State Guard in World War II. Pictured with Bentley are, from left, Travis, Betsy and Shawn Parsons, Joy Bentley, Julianne Howard, Joe Bentley, Tori Rathburn, Lauren Richey and Lynne Howard.

ourtesy PhotoVisiting Gulf Coast Medical Center with Curious George are, from left, First Baptist Church Child De-velopment Center kindergarten class members are Valerie Wozniak and Anette Lei, teachers, and stu-dents Avery Wilcox, Kaitlyn Stephenson, Owen Wyatt, Ashton Walters, Anthony Robles, John Cerrillo, Carson Sonnier and Austin Howell.

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Just to say Thank YouThe pastor and members at Christian Community Church, Kendleton, would like to express our thanks and gratitude to the people of Wharton for their support in our bake sale (Saturday, 2-25-12), for their donations, to those who baked, those that just gave out of the kindness of their heart, and everything else that made it possible toward our building fund.

Our endeavor is to put a roof on our church. Please continue your support, and on March 10, 2012 we will be having a car wash at McDonalds

on Richmond St., Wharton. It starts at 9 a.m., look for you there.

The 2012 Basketball Hall of Fame class has been released by the Nation-al Junior College Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Coaches Association and includes a former Wharton Coun-ty Junior College coach.

Three deserving coaches making up this year’s class includes Gene Bahnsen of WCJC, Buster Gilliss of Bismarck State College (N.D.) and Kevin McCarthy of SUNY Cobleskill (N.Y.).

The 2012 class also includes one of

the best national tournament players in NJCAA history, Jim Boyce of Bur-lington Junior College (now known as Southeastern Community College, Iowa), as well as former Vincennes University (Ind.) players Carl Landry and Clarence Walker.

Since its inception in 1984, a total of 130 coaches, players and special contributors have been inducted into the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame.

Bahnsen, Boyce, Landry and Walker will be honored at the 2012 NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship banquet on March 19 in Hutchinson, Kan. Gilliss will be honored at the 2012 NJCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship banquet on March 19 in Danville, Ill. McCarthy will be honored at the NJ-

CAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship banquet on March 14 in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y.

Bahnsen was hired by WCJC in 1959 as head men’s basketball coach, assistant football coach and physical education instructor after he served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1956-59.

He dedicated more than a half a century to the college and its academic and athletic programs.

For 45 years he roamed the side-lines as the leader of the men’s bas-ketball program, compiling a 609-446 overall record in the process. He led two of his squads to Region 14 Cham-pionships (1966, 1973) and two Texas Junior College Athletic Conference titles (1964, 1965). The Pioneers also were Region 14 South runners-up five

times (1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1989) under his direction.

In 1965 Bahnsen took over as ath-letic director in addition to being the head coach of both the men’s basket-ball and football programs. In 1970, he relinquished the football coaching gig and remained athletic director and head basketball coach as well as chair of the kinesiology department.

Under his leadership, intercolle-giate athletics at Wharton County grew to one of the most diverse pro-grams in the country, participating in nine sports. In the late 1980s and again in the early 1990s, the college trimmed back its athletic opportuni-ties and eliminated several sports, in-cluding the men’s basketball program

Bahnsen makes JC Basketball Hall of FameWCJC coachled Pioneersfor 45 years

Gene BahnsenSee BAHNSEN, Page B3

Janik throws no-hitterin win over Palacios

Wharton senior pitcher Melissa Janik threw a no-hitter as the Lady Tigers beat Palacios, 5-2, in a non-district game Tuesday in Wharton.

The win kept the Lady Ti-gers undefeated for the year at 4-0.

Janik struck out 11 batters and walked two in picking up the win for the Lady Tigers.

Nina Gaona led Wharton at the plate, going 4 for 4. Gaona singled in the first and fourth innings and doubled in the second and sixth innings.

Wharton went up for good in the second, scoring four runs on an RBI double by Gaona, a fielder’s choice, and a wild pitch.

Two runs in the top of the seventh helped Palacios close its deficit to 5-2. An error trig-gered Palacios’ comeback.

The Lady Tigers began play in the Weimar tourna-ment Thursday. The three-day event concludes today.

Brahmarettes defeatVan Vleck, 8-7

The East Bernard Brahma-rettes softball team, ranked No. 9 in this week’s state softball poll, came up with a tough win against a good Van Vleck team, 8-7.

“We are still trying to find a starting line-up due to the weather slowing the start of our season, but the kids are hanging in there and work-ing hard to earn their spots,” Coach Amy Bush said.

“I still feel like we will have some bumps in the road, but that is all part of the begin-ning of the season,” Bush add-ed. “This looks like it could be a fun group of kids.”

East Bernard had a 3-1 lead after three innings, but Van Vleck tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the sixth in-ning.

After East Bernard added a run for a 4-3 lead, Van Vleck scored three runs in the top of the eighth for a 7-3 lead before the Brahmarettes rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth.

“The kids came up with the win after going into the eighth inning after a bumpy few in-nings of play,” Bush said. “Erica Reyes hit a hard shot

to score two runs to win the game. It was a huge come-back.”

Offensive leaders were Al-lie Bradley 3-5; Barbie Wright 2-4, RBI; Erica Reyes 4-5, 4 RBI; Abby Alexander 3-5, RBI; Katie Reyna 3-4, RBI; Ashley Anderson 2-4, home run, RBI; and Kaitlyn Floyd, 2-4.

El Campo edgesBrahmarettes, 6-5

The El Campo varsity soft-ball team picked up their first win of the 2012 season against East Bernard 6-5 Saturday at

home.El Campo scored 2 runs in

the first inning, but the Brah-marettes crossed the plate four times in the middle in-nings to take the lead 4-2 af-ter four frames.

The Ladybirds scored 4 runs in the sixth inning to overcome East Bernard’s lead, which was enough to pick up the victory.

East Bernard traveled to Victoria Thursday to com-pete in the Victoria St. Joseph Field of Dreams tournament, which continues though Sat-urday.

Lady Tigersmove to 4-0on the year

The opening day of the 53rd Annual Whar-ton Invitational Baseball Tournament kicked off Thursday with what turned out to be four good close ball games.

In the first game of the day, the New Caney Eagles defeated the Cy Springs Panthers 7-3, Game 2 saw Brazosport defeat Bellville 4-1, and Game 3 came down to the bottom of the seventh inning with the Columbia Rough-necks defeating the El Campo Ricebirds 4-3.

The host Wharton Tigers played the night-cap against the Spring Mtb Mustangs and claimed a 5-3 win over the Mustangs.

The Mustangs got on the scoreboard first with a run in the top of the third inning to take a 1-0 lead. However, in the bottom of the third, the Tiger offense got rolling.

Claudio Rojas led off the inning with a sin-gle to right field and would advance to third on a failed pick off attempt by the pitcher that ended up down the right field line. The next batter, Sheldon Fry, drew a walk and stole second. After Nathan Williams grounded out, Andrew Cruz had an RBI single that scored Rojas and advanced Fry to third. Cruz stole second and Fry and Cruz would come in to score to make it 3-1.

The Tigers added another run in the bot-tom of the fourth on a leadoff walk by Thomas Kielman. Kielman moved to third on a poorly thrown ball. Robert Young, the second batter of the inning, drew a walk to set up a first and third situation. Young stole second and Kiel-man scored on a single by Roy Garza. Young would end up getting stranded on the base-paths.

The Tigers tacked on another run in the bottom of the fifth inning to go up 5-1. Wil-liams drew a walk, stole second, and would eventually score on a passed ball. The Tigers left runners stranded after Jacob Hinze drew a walk and Thomas Anders was hit by a pitch.

Spring would add two runs in the top of

the seventh to make it close, but the Tiger de-fense held on with a nice play in right field by Thomas Kielman to end the threat.

The Tigers got a good pitching performance on the mound from Roy Garza, who pitched 6 innings and allowed only one run. Claudio Rojas would come in the seventh to finish it up and ended up getting the save.

“We have stressed from day one that if we pitch well and play good defense we have a chance to be in every game, and we were able to do it again tonight and get another win,” said Wharton Coach Matt Sciba. “We just need to keep working and playing the game hard.”

Four more games were played Friday, and another four are on tap today to conclude the tournament.

Action begins at 11 a.m. today, and the Ti-gers will play Wharton County rival El Cam-po at 7:15 p.m. in the tournament finale.

Tigers blank Boling, 5-0The Wharton Tigers got their first win of

the season on Tuesday night with a 5-0 vic-tory over Boling in front of a good crowd at Tiger Field.

The fans turned out to watch two Wharton County teams take the field as Wharton host-ed Boling. The Bulldogs, fresh off a second place finish in the Hitchcock Tournament, came to town facing a Wharton team that had yet to get a win.

The Tigers got a strong pitching perfor-mance from Junior Thomas Anders. Anders went the distance on the mound with a com-plete game shutout of Boling. Anders allowed only one hit in the game and had 11 strike-outs on the night.

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Photo by Terrell JessenWharton senior pitcher Melissa Janik gets ready to throw the ball during a non-district softball game against Palacios on Tuesday. Janik threw a no-hitter as the Lady Tigers won, 5-2, to improve to 4-0 on the season.

Tigers win tournament opener over Mustangs

Photo by Terrell JessenWharton junior Thomas Anders pitches the ball during Tuesday’s non-district game against Boling. Anders went the distance on the mound with a complete game shutout as the Tigers picked up their first win of the season, 5-0, over county foe Boling at Tiger field.

See TIGERS, Page B3

The East Bernard boys and girls golf teams competed in the Bay City Invitational at Rio Colorado Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday.

The boys team of Garrett Losack (82), Josh Vincek (85), Blake Stelzel (91), Derrick Rucka (97) and Nathan Tovar (100), placed third with a team total of (355).

Garrett Losack was the third place medalist with his low round of 82.

The girls team of Kara Morse (87), Annie Bradley (89), Beverly Keller (122), Cathryn Morse (134), and Jayci Potts (136), placed third with a team total of (432).

Kara Morse was the second place medalist with her low round of 87.

In the junior varsity divi-sion, Katherine Rimer had an outstanding round of 77.

WHS JV girls competeat Travis tournament

The Wharton High School junior varsity girls competed in the Fort Bend Travis tourna-ment Monday at Pecan Grove Plantation in Richmond.

Emma Roddy had the low score for the Lady Tigers with a 109.

Meredith Faix shot a 116, while Haley Jetelina had a 126.

Since Wharton only had three girls, it didn’t have enough players to compete for the team title.

Wharton to host boys, girlstournaments at WCC

Wharton will host two golf tournaments next week at Wharton Country Club.

A boys tournament will be held Tuesday, while a girls tournament is planned for Thursday.

Wharton, East Bernard and Boling will compete in both tournaments.

Tee off time each day is 8:30 a.m.

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The Boling Bulldogs baseball team poses with its trophy it received at the Hitchcock tournament last weekend for winning second place.

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The Wharton Tigers track team trav-eled to Bay City last Saturday and com-peted in the BlackCat Relays.

In the varsity girls division, Carne-cia Scott placed sixth in the long jump. Scott also won the 800 meter run with Kay White placing second.

Myavia Armstrong placed second in the 100 meters, while Maggie Garza took fifth in the 400-meter dash.

The 800 relay team of White, Shawnese Felton, Brandi Williams, and Armstrong took third, and the mile re-lay of Felton, Williams, Scott, and Arm-strong took first place.

In the varsity boys division field events, Alfred Pinkney placed first in high jump and second in the long jump.

Bartee Grissom took fourth in long jump and 6th in triple jump. Ramon

Frazier was second in the shot put and fifth in the discus.

In the running events, the 400 meter relay of LeeShad O’neal, Jamall Gillis, Anthony Ray II and Pinkney placed third.

Devante Durgan took fourth in the 800, and Justin Matthews was third in the 100 and second in the 200.

The 1,600 meter relay of O’neal, Gil-lis, Peacock, and Ray took second place.

In the 300 hurdles, Andrew Cruz was fifth, Gillis placed third and Peacock was second.

In the junior varsity girls division, Maria Plaza took fifth in shot put.

The 400 meter relay of Daynisha Smith, Tori McPherson, Andrea Mach-ann and Tori Hobbs placed third.

McPherson also placed second and third in the 100 meter dash and 100 me-ters hurdles, respectively.

Mchann placed sixth in the 100 dash. In the 200 meters, Mcpherson placed third and Mchann fourth.

In the JV boys division, Fred Sim-mons and Paul Perez placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the shot put. Sim-mons and Perez also placed fourth and fifth in the discus.

Taylor Skinner placed third in the high jump, fourth in the long jump and fourth in the 200 meters.

Derrick Jones placed fifth in the long jump, third in the 100 and second in the 400.

Kemaad Jones placed fourth in both the 400 meters and 800 meters.

Eliud Guajardo, place third in both the 3,200 and 1,600, while Perez was fifth in the 1,600.

The Tigers competed in the Needville Blue Jays track meet Friday.

Next week, the varsity track teams will compete at a meet in El Campo, while the junior varsity teams will be at a meet in Sweeny. Both will be on Fri-day, March 9.

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Saturday, March 3Baseball• Wharton County Junior

College at LSU-Eunice (La.), 1 p.m.

• 53rd annual Wharton Invitational: Wharton vs. El Campo, 7:15 p.m.

• Van Vleck at East Ber-nard (V), 11 a.m.

• East Bernard at El Cam-po tournament (JV), TBA

• Boling at Ganado tourna-ment (V), TBA

Softball• Wharton at Weimar

Tournament (V), TBA• East Bernard and Boling

at Victoria St. Joseph Tourna-ment (V), TBA

Monday, March 5Baseball• Hallettsville at East Ber-

nard (JV, V), 4:30 p.m.Golf• Wharton at Brenham

Tournament (VB), The Falls Country Club, 8:30 a.m.

Softball• Weimar at Wharton (JV,

V), 5 p.m.• Hallettsville at East Ber-

nard (JV, V), 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 6Baseball• Wharton County Junior

College at South Suburban, Houston (DH), 1 p.m.

• Houston Scarborough at Wharton (V), 6:30 p.m.

• Boling at Columbia (JV, V), 5 p.m.

Golf• East Bernard and Boling

at Wharton Invitational (JVB, VB), Wharton Country Club, 8:30 a.m.

Softball• Boling (V), open

Thursday, March 8Baseball• Wharton County Junior

College at Angelina College, Lufkin, 3 p.m.

• Victoria ISD Tourna-ment: Wharton vs. Victoria East at Riverside Stadium, Victoria, 1:30 p.m.

• Wharton at Sweeny tour-nament (JV), TBA

• East Bernard at Flato-nia/Schulenburg tournament (V), TBA

• East Bernard at Weimar tournament (JV), TBA

Golf• East Bernard and Boling

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Softball• East Bernard at Flatonia

tournament (V), TBATennis• Boling at Columbia (V), 8

a.m.Track• Wharton at Lamar CISD

meet (JH), TBA• East Bernard at Colum-

bus meet (JV, V), TBA• East Bernard at Sealy

meet (JH), TBA

Friday, March 9Baseball• Victoria ISD Tourna-

ment: Wharton vs. Judson at Riverside Stadium, Victoria, 10:30 a.m.; Wharton vs. St. Joseph at Lowe Field, Victo-ria, 4:30 p.m.




Softball• Boling at Wharton (V), 6

p.m.• East Bernard at Flatonia

tournament (V), TBATrack• Wharton at El Campo

meet (V), TBA• Wharton and Boling at

Sweeny meet (JV, V-Boling only), TBA

Saturday, March 10Baseball• Angelina College at

Wharton County Junior Col-lege (DH), 2 p.m.

• Victoria ISD Tourna-ment: Wharton vs. TBA, time and location TBA




Softball• East Bernard at Flatonia

tournament (V), TBA

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“I thought Thomas had a really solid outing for a guy who has not pitched much in his career,” said Wharton Coach Matt Sciba. “I have told all of our pitchers that I am most concerned about be-ing competitive and throwing strikes, which he (Anders) did well tonight.”

Wharton got its offense go-ing in the bottom of the first inning when Nathan Wil-liams reached on an error. Af-ter stealing second, Williams scored on a misplayed bunt put down by Andrew Cruz. The Tigers took the lead 1-0.

In the bottom of the third the Tigers again were sparked by Williams. Williams got a bunt single and would score on a ball hit by Jacob Hinze. The Tigers would add three more runs on a walk and a couple of Boling miscues. By the end of the inning Wharton lead 5-0.

Thomas Kielman started the bottom of the fifth with a single to left center but was stranded and the Tigers would not score.

“I thought tonight we final-ly put a performance together that we need to go out and repeat each and every night” said Sciba. “We still need to continue to improve on offense and we will keep working on it. We played this game with the trademark pitching and defense that Wharton base-ball became known for during the coaching tenure of long-time coach Floyd Ciruti.”

In the junior varsity game, Boling took a 6-4 win over Wharton.

The game started well for Boling as they quickly built a 6-1 lead. Wharton would answer back and cut the lead to 6-4 after they used some timely hitting to get on base and score runs. The game was called due to a time limit re-striction and Boling took the win over Wharton.

Jarrett Barker, Ashton Branch, and Brett Kocian pitched for the Tigers and competed well on the mound. The JV Tigers were aggressive at the plate and also competed harder on defense, Sciba said.

The JV traveled to Dan-bury to play the Panthers on Friday in a doubleheader.

Brahmas beat Rice, 3-2The East Bernard Brah-

mas baseball team opened district play with a 3-2 win over the Rice Raiders Tuesday.

Cody Ognoskie went the distance on the mound, re-cording 13 strikeouts and no earned runs.

After allowing a run off an error followed by a base hit to fall behind 1-0, the Brahmas answered back with a run in the top of the third inning. Og-noskie started the inning with a gap double, Grant Ashen-beck moved him to third with a deep fly ball to centerfield, and Eric Riley got the sacri-fice RBI with another fly ball to center field.

The Brahmas again fell be-hind 2-1. With two outs in the inning, a third strike pitch in the dirt was smothered by Brahma catcher Justin Mc-Guire, on a routine throw to first base, the ball went right through the webbing of first baseman Cole Koeppen’s glove. A broken glove lace gave the Raiders extra life and it was followed by a base hit to score their second run of the game.

The Brahmas answerd back in the fourth inning with a lead-off walk by Eric Bux-kemper. Eric Pribyl stepped up and hit a double that moved Buxkemper to third. Garrett Polak ripped a base hit to right field scoring two runs, making the score 3-2.

The Brahmas play two games with Van Vleck this weekend. They travel to Van Vleck for a 6 p.m. game Fri-day and host Van Vleck at 11 a.m. Saturday.

in 1991. However, Bahnsen stayed on as athletic director and currently resides over the college’s baseball, rodeo and volleyball teams while also heading the kinesiology aca-demic program.

In 1982 Bahnsen received a special award for Contribu-tions to Texas Junior College Football and continues to serve as the Commissioner of Officials for the Southwest Ju-nior College Football Confer-

ence. In 1986 he received the Gerry Smith Memorial Award in Waco, Texas for Outstand-ing Service to Junior College Athletics.

“The highlight of all those years were the many expe-riences of helping so many young men come to a junior college to try and make it and move on to a four-year insti-tution,” said Bahnsen upon learning of his most recent honor. “It was a privilege to see them earn a degree and be successful in their careers.”

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WHARTON COUNTY District Clerk has an opening for a Part-time Deputy. Maximum 19 hours a week. Applications can be ob-tained from www.co.wharton.tx.us or picked up at the Wharton County District Court Building, 103 S. Fulton, Suite 100, Wharton, TX. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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HOUSE LEVELING. Slab, pier and beam, replace rotten seals. Mobile home leveling. Free estimates. 281-232-6268.

1994 FORD F350, 7.3 Diesel, crew cab, longbed, fifth wheel, 4X4. $2,500. 1999 FORD F250 4X4, needs motor work. $950. 979-533-2815.

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OWN LAND - NEED WELL, septic and power... We can help. Call Larry 979-743-0551 RBI 33813.

NEW BANK FINANCING WITH credit scores as low as 575. Call Larry 979-743-0551. RBI 33813.

NEW 2012 MOBILE HOMES for sale! Financing available! North Meadows Estate close to Walmart, Civic Center and excellent Middle School. Call 678-665-830 (Kathy) Hablo Espanol or 979-253-9545 (Joe).

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LEASE-TO-OWN 2 BR, 1 BA Mobile home. 1996, very clean. 1014 E. Calhoun St., El Campo. $2,500 down, $485 monthly. Call 281-655-4933.

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PASTURE IMPROVEMENTS Jiggs, Tifton 85. Coastal Roots available. 979-533-2554.

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Maintenance Director IISupervises, coordinates and performs maintenance and repairs of the physical

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Transportation Dispatcher OpeningSkills / Benefits:

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Large Hay Production Company Seeking Self Motivated Manager

Requirements/Benefits:• Minimum of 5 years management experience in hay production or related field• Mechanical knowledge of hay equipment a plus• Possess strong record keeping skills• Valid driver’s license with a clean record• Will work some weekends• Salary based on experience• 401k / Insurance available• Vacation leaveSend Resume to: “Resume” P.O. Box 43, Lane City, TX 77453

Maintenance ClerkLarge truck shop in Wharton area is seeking an Assistant to the Maintenance Manager. Job duties include but not limited to: maintaining a fleet analysis program, data entry, answering phone, clerical work. All applicants must be knowledgeable in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, etc. Experience preferred.

To apply, email resume to:[email protected]

UTILITY MAINTENANCE WORKER II The City of Wharton is seeking a qualified individual to perform semi-skilled and unskilled work in the construction, maintenance, repair and related activities pertaining to water and wastewater operations. Application and job description are available at

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Lamberti USA, Inc. is seeking Production employees. General production experience in a chemical plant is helpful, but not mandatory.

Candidate must be a team player, safety oriented, and capable of passing the pre-employment physical and drug testing. Applications may be picked up at US 59 @ CR 212, Kendleton, TX. Mail resumes to PO Box 1000, Hungerford, TX 77448 or Fax resumes to 979-532-3749, by Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

Gravel Haulers neededEarn up to $200 per day

Class A CDL LicenseGresham Trucking

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REQUEST for SEALED PROPOSALS

Wharton County Junior College is seeking vendors to provide sealed proposals for the renovation of the restrooms at the Johnson Health Occupations Building and elevator installation at the Hodges Library on the Wharton Campus.

Specifications are available at the WCJC Purchasing Office at 911 Boling Highway, Wharton, Tx 77488, or by phone at (979) 532-6305 beginning February 27th.

Drawings and Specifications are available at the office of Pfluger Associates Architects 4916 Main Street, Suite 100 Houston, TX or by calling 713-222-1141. Sealed proposals will be accepted at the office of the Vice President of Administrative Services until Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 3:00pm when they will be opened and publicly read. Pro-posals received after that time will not be considered. Proposals submitted to the college should be clearly marked: Johnson Health and Occupational Cen-ter Renovations and Hodges Library New Elevator.

The Board of Trustees of Wharton County Junior College reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers and act in the best interest of the college.

WCJC is an equal opportunity employer.

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REQUEST FOR QUOTES

Uniform and Mop Service Wharton County Junior College will accept quotes until Wednes-day, March 28, 2012 at noon for the purpose of selecting a Uniform and Mop Service for the College.

Specifications are available at the WCJC Purchasing Office at 911 Boling Highway, Wharton, Tx 77488, or by phone at (979) 532-6305. Quotes will be accepted at the office of the Director of Purchasing until Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 12:00 noon when they will be evaluated. Quotes received after that time may not be considered. Quotes may be submitted to the college by fax to (979) 532-6906 or by email to [email protected] before the deadline on March 28th at noon CT. WCJC is an equal opportunity employer.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSCause No. 14,058

On the 28th day of February, 2012, Letters Testamentary upon the Estate of James Robert Melanson (J. Robert Melanson), Deceased, were issued to Diana Riedel Melanson, Independent Executrix, in the County Court at Law, Wharton County, Texas, in cause number 14,058, pending upon the docket of said Court.

All persons having claim against said Estate are hereby required to present them within the time prescribed by law at the address shown below.

The name where claims may be sent is: The Zwernemann Law Offices, whose address is 11500 Northwest Freeway, Suite 620, Houston, TX 77092.

Donald H. Zwernemann, AttorneyTexas State Bar No. 22296000Tel: 713-623-0909 Fax 713-592-8387

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NOTICE OF SURPLUS AUCTION

Wharton County Junior College is seeking buyers for several lots of surplus equipment and furniture. The College will accept Auction bids on-line for a variety of items such as desks, chairs, tables, & other items. All bids will become final on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 5:00pm CT or the stated time listed for each item. Items may be viewed and bids placed on-line at the Wharton County Junior College home page. The website address is: http://www.wcjc.edu Bidders must register prior to submitting bids for items. Inter-ested parties can register at the Wharton County Junior College website listed above. Upon completion of the application, a bid number & password will be assigned and on-line bids can be placed. Questions regarding the registra-tion process should be directed to the Facility Director’s office at 979-532-6358. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any and all formalities and conditions. The College also may retain all bids received for 30 days prior to taking any action and bidders shall not withdraw their bids at any time thereafter. WCJC is an equal opportunity employer.

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