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SAT., MARCH 30CRAFT SHOWCraft Show benefittingCrosby Middle SchoolSpanish Club. From 9 amto 4 pm, 14705 FM2100.

MONDAY, APRIL 1WILLS & PROBATE- CROSBY LIBRARYCrosby Edith Fae CookCole Branch Library, 135Hare Road, Crosby, Texas77532, invites individu-als and families to a freeevent: “Wills andProbate”, on Monday,April 1 at 4:30 pm, in themeeting room. Guestspeaker is AssistantCounty Attorney SusanFillion. Ms. Fillion has lotsof information to shareincluding estate plan-ning basics, do-it-yourselfwills, mistakes to avoid,and more.Call 832-927-7790 formore information.

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These storiesin the PRESS:•Call to Arms meetingset for April 6•ITC fire is not over•Water monitoring•Air monitoring•Deer Park fire HealthConcerns......And more, Page 3

Crosby Dental, p. 2 New Outpatient Center,p.8 Wells Fargo Rates, p. 8

ZXP is keyindustry inHighlands

JAMES TAYLOR, CEO ZXP

HIGHLANDS – One ofthe oldest and largest busi-nesses in Highlands is op-erating under newownership and manage-ment, according to JamesTaylor, the new CEO. Thecompany is nowknown as ZXPTechnologies, andhas a history ofover 80 years inHighlands, when itwas originally acanning factory forfigs and fruit.

Taylor spoke ata recent RotaryClub meeting, talk-ing about the busi-ness success, andthe work culture atthe company.

Taylor said thatsince his grouptook ownership in Febru-ary 2018, they have seenbusiness revenues in-crease by 50%. One key tothis is focusing on theirbest customers. At onetime they had 290 custom-ers, and now they concen-trate on only the top 10.

Taylor spoke about thesize of the business, which

has 206 employees, andnow has no “temporary”workers, a major changefrom previous policy. Hesaid this has improved at-titudes and work efficien-cy. The company also has

instituted continuing edu-cation opportunites for allemployees, and raised payfor everyone. Taylor hasinstilled the workers witha sense of responsibility fortheir work product.

The company’s productsinclude lubricants, trans

See ZXP, page 6

Crosby ISDexits Exigency

Texas Education Agency personnel on hand to inform of a monitor andwhat the implications are for overseeing the reimbursement of fundsgathered from parents for computers. At right is MaryAnn Whittaker,monitor of Crosby.

Cody Bill passes House with 145 - 0 voteAUSTIN – The Final

vote in the House of Repre-sentatives got unanimousapproval of those attendingthe session on Tuesday forHB 76, the Cody StephensBill.

According to ScottStephens that has made it

his mission to get Texas touse E.C.G. machines in ad-dition to the exam a doc-tor does with astethoscope, “The TexasHouse of Representativesvoted to pass HB 76 todaywith no opposition! Tis wasa huge step for us and for

Cody’s Law, bringing us somuch closer to gettingheart screening into everyschool across Texas.

This is a wonderfulcause for celebration. Wedefinitely want to take amoment to acknowledge allthe hard work from Rep.

Dan Huberty, lobbyistKathy Grant, everyonewho testified at the PublicEducation Committeehearing and all of you whocalled and wrote letters toyour representatives tovote in favor of HB76.”

This is the fifth year the

Cody Bill has been pre-sented and some but mini-mal changes have beenmade. It is now an “opt in”rather than an “opt out”proposition.

The bill moves to theSenate, now.

See Crosby ISD, page 6.

CROSBY – At theBoard of Trustee’s meetingon Monday night few couldhave been more glad to seeconsideration to terminatethe Declaration of Finan-cial Exigency than Super-intendent Scott Davis.

The burden of having tolayoff educators and othersfell on him following thedetermination of necessity.

He had reported to theboard of the District’s ex-pectation of ethical behav-

Ball season beginswith crack of the bat

Last Saturday, a parade down Main St. and thronged ball parks signaledthe beginning of baseball and softball season in Crosby and Highlands.

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CROSBY – The VictoriaCollege Pirates added thefourth player to their inau-gural National Junior Col-lege Athletic Associationvolleyball team on Wednes-day by signing Crosby mid-dle blocker Brooke Oney toa letter-of-intent.

“What excites mostabout Victoria College vol-leyball is the ability to playthe sport that I love at thenext level at a college thathas everything I was look-ing for - a remarkablenursing program, beautiful

Victoria College signsCrosby volleyball standout

campus, and smaller classsizes,” Oney said. “I am soincredibly excited to be onthe first NJCAA DivisionI team from Victoria Col-lege. I know that there willbe lots of challengesahead, but I'm so gratefulthat I get to face them asa Victoria Pirate.”

The 6-foot Oney was anhonorable mention selec-tion on the All-District 21-5A team her senior season.She was also named to theacademic all-district teamthe last three seasons.

“What influenced memost to play volleyball wasthe simple fact that Iwasn't ready to be ‘done,’ ”Oney said. “I didn't wantmy career to end when Iknew I still had so muchpotential. I also feel likeplaying collegiate sports isa huge privilege, so I amglad that I was goodenough to make it.”

The Pirates will beginthe 2019 season at homeon Aug. 22 against Whar-ton County Junior College.

Crosby senior Brooke Oney signed a letter-of-intent Wednesday to playvolleyball at Victoria College. Seated with Oney are her parents, Eric andTraci Oney. Standing are, from left, VC Assistant Volleyball Coach SkylarChreene, VC Head Volleyball Coach Josh Moore and Crosby AssistantVolleyball Coach Marissa Simmons.

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Tees-N-TailsCrosby-Huffman Chamber of Commerce will hots its 27th Annula Tees-N-Tails

Golf Tournament on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Red Wolf Golf Resort, 27350 AftonWay, Huffmam, TX 77336. Registration at 10:30 am. Please contact Chamber Officeat 281-328-6984 or chamber@crosbyhuffmancc.org with any questions.

Huffman Education Foundation Casino nightIt’s all in for Casino Night on April 26, 7 pm - 11 pm at the Walden Country Club to

benefit the Huffman Education Foundation. The event will feature Texas Hold ‘Em,roulette, craps, blackjack, a live auction, with door prizes per drawings.

Regular tickets are $100 per person and with that the hors d’oeuvres, open bar,$3,000 in casino Chips, and possibilities for 6 prizes drawn by the hostess. Space islimited so first come first served. To obtain tickets call (281) 328-7601 or visitwww.huffmanef.com to buy tickets on-line.

Crosby-Huffman markets tomembers at Crawfish Shack

Southern Lace Estates surprises their host with a display photo of theirhost from a wedding of Dan Meaux’s daughter at their wedding eventcenter. It was marketing your business to other members event at theCrawfish Shack last Thursday. In attendance were governmental agenciesas well as a variety of private enterprises. Members accepted the challengeto display their wears and speak of their products and services.

Debbie Holmelin explains the benefits of her in-homewine experience and food matching service to EddieFoster of the Chamber board at her marketing stationinside the Crawfish Shack last Thursday.

There is a lot of busi-ness developing in Cros-by. New folks are comingin and new fresh busi-ness ideas are being rep-resented locally.

Attendees got achance to experience thelatest electronic circula-tion aiding devices, getcoupons for HuddleHouse in Huffman anda myriad of the latestproducts and services.We learned that Confec-tions has been voted

best coffee housein Crosby.

We learned thatEddie Foster is onthe Crosby Munic-ipal Utility Dis-trict Board andthat an election isto be held in May.Velma Ellison isalso running forthat board.

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These are the eventsthat are happening at theSam and Carmena GossMemorial Branch Librarythe week of April 1, 2019.•Tuesday, April 2 - 10:00am, Baby & Me (ages 0-24mos.)•Wednesday, April 3 - 10:00am, Adult Easter Craft (Reg-istration Required (281)576-2245, ages 18 & up)•Thursday, April 4 - 5:30pm, Author Visit - Ann Weis-garber will be discussingher new book, The Glove-maker.•Friday, April 5 - 10:30 am,Storytime (ages 0-5 yrs)

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They will be hostingour HS@tL group for a funday of varied activities. Wewill be celebratingNational Poetry Month witha “Spine Label Poetry”contest. The winners willhave their poem displayedfor the rest of the month.There will be a table forblackout poetry, haikus,simple poetry templates,and magnetic poetry. Theywill have a poetry slam forthe Grand Finale. They willalso be celebrating Easterwith a fun shaving creamand paint easter egg craftoutside on the patio.

Jones Public Library islocated at 801 S. ClevelandSt., Dayton, TX 77535. Call936-258-7060 with anyquestions.

ITC Fire event is not over, saysOEM director Lina Hidalgo

Comm. Garcia closesparks for safety

Chambers County ismonitoring Air Quality

Galveston Bay Foundationcollects water samples inresponse to Deer Park Fire

Garcia updateshealth concerns

In response to the ITCincident in Deer Park,Chambers County con-ducted air monitoring lastfriday and over the pastweekend along the entirelength of West ChambersCounty, from Beach Citythrough Mont Belvieu. “Wewant our citizens to feelsafe and to know that weare monitoring the situa-tion,” says County JudgeJimmy Sylvia. ChambersCounty Office of Emergen-cy Management (OEM)has been in communica-tion with Harris County

HARRIS COUNTY, TX– Friday, March 22nd2019--As a precaution,Harris County Precinct 2Commissioner Adrian Gar-cia is closing eight Precinct2 parks with waterfrontsin the IntercontinentalTerminals Company (ITC)incident area. A number ofschool districts have alsoclosed, as a precaution.

“After the news of theITC dike breach earlier to-day, I decided to close someof our parks out of precau-tion because my main pri-ority is keeping ourresidents safe,” Garcia

(HOUSTON, TX –March 25, 2019) GalvestonBay Foundation collected14 samples over four daysstarting on Friday, March22, from areas both up-stream and downstreamfrom the ITC fire. All thesamples showed less thanone part per billion of ben-zene in the water, otherthan one sample from Sat-urday, March 23, whichshowed a spike of 46.8parts per billion of ben-zene.

The Texas Commissionon Environmental Qualitysurface water quality stan-dard for fish and shellfishis 581 parts per billion.However, the EPA recom-mends a National WaterQuality standard of 16parts per billion for fishand shellfish exposure.Therefore, this samplecomes in below TCEQ’sstandards, but above therecommended EPA level.Benzene voflatizes in thewater column, which

OEM and Baytown OEM,and has been receivingperiod updates regardingplume direction. Accord-ing to Chambers CountyEmergency ManagementCoordinator, Roy K. Turn-er, “We have also been incontact directly with theNational Weather Serviceregarding significant fore-cast and wind directionchanges.” In addition,Chambers County hasbeen in direct communica-tion with the Center forToxicology & Environmen-tal Health (CTEH), the in-

dependent company thathas been providing airmonitoring during the in-cident. Should there bewind shifts or anticipatedplume direction changes,CTEH has informed thecounty that they will shiftmonitoring sites whereneeded.

In addition, air monitor-ing was completed alongWest Chambers last fridayand no positive readingswere noted. Monitoringtook place throughout theweekend as well.

said. “We want to ensureour parks are safe and ableto function in the way ourcommunity expects and de-serves. I want to give theEPA, TCEQ and others thetime they need to continuetheir testing.”

The following Precinct 2parks will be closed withall scheduled events can-celled until further notice:1.Bay Area Park in Houston2.Clear Lake Park in Seabrook3.Sylvan Beach in La Porte4.Juan Seguin in La Porte5.Rio Villa Nature Trail6.Meadow Brook7.River Terrace8.Moncrief Park

means it evaporates to theair. By Monday, all sam-ple levels were back downto less than one part perbillion.

Galveston Bay Founda-tion was still collecting wa-ter samples from a few keylocations as of last Tuesdayto followup on findingsfrom the weekend.Galveston Bay Foundationwill continue to monitorsampling efforts by TCEQand ITC to ensure that ef-fective water quality test-ing is occurring.

Galveston Bay Founda-tion has received initialresults from their watersamples for Volatile Or-ganic Compounds such asbenzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene, and xylenes. Theyare working to compilethese initial findings toshare with the public. Theywill also work with Envi-ronmental Defense Fund(EDF) to disseminate theirdata reports as well, whichwill include information on

air and water sampling. Asthese compounds are high-ly volatile, they do not of-ten persist in the water butdo pose short term healthconcerns.

Galveston Bay Founda-tion is also concernedabout potential contamina-tion from the fire fightingfoams that were used tofight the fire. Many ofthese foams containPFOAs which can persistin the environment and ac-cumulate in fish and shell-fish tissue. This could posemore chronic health con-cerns for the region.Galveston is working withTexas A&M University toanalyze water samplesfrom PFOAs and hope tohave results to share in thecoming weeks.

“We began taking thesesamples to ensure therewas good data available to

See Water Samples,Page 6

During the Deer Parkfire, the high readings ofbenzene in the air were aresult of chemicals escap-ing the foam blanket cov-ering the tanks at ITC.Crews applied foam to thesite to eliminate the sourceof the chemical and moni-tor the air quality.

Air quality is beingmonitored in coordinationwith the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, TexasCommission on Environ-mental Quality, HarrisCounty, and other federal,state, and local agencies.

“My number one prior-ity is ensuring the safetyof our residents,” HarrisCounty Precinct 2 Com-missioner Adrian Garciasaid.

Residents are still en-couraged to monitor theirsymptoms. Harris CountyPrecinct 2 CommissionerAdrian Garcia has part-nered with Harris CountyPublic Health System tostation mobile health unitsopen to the public andavailable to everyone for

provide health screeningsand assessment. Thoseunits were stationed at500 W. 13th Street at theJimmy Burke ActivityCenter in Deer Park forabout 3 days beginninglast Wednesday.

“We know not everyonehas insurance or can af-ford to go to the doctor,”Commissioner Garciasaid. “We are taking actionto make sure residents aregetting checked out andare getting their healthquestions answered.”

Harris County PublicHealth has also estab-lished a hotline to assistresidents with health-re-lated questions. Residentscan call the Harris HealthSystem’s Ask My Nursehotline (713-634-1110)from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.seven days a week. Calling9-1-1 should be reservedfor life-threatening situa-tions.

To stay up to date pleasecheck www.readyharris.org/Deer-Park-Fire, orwww.deerparktx.gov/itcfire

JUDGE LINA HIDALGO, head of Office of Emergency Management, holds a newsconference on Monday to update the public on status of the ITC fire and clean-up.(photo Gilbert Hoffman)

CLEAN-UP continues at the ITC site in Deer Park. In this photo, taken over aweek after the fire, foam is being sprayed to seal tanks, and a pump truck at cen-ter is removing chemicals that still pose a hazard. (Photo courtesy KPRC)

DEER PARK – Well intothe second week after thehuge chemical storage tankfire at the ITC site in DeerPark, authorities and emer-gency crews are still busytrying to deal with the after-math of the blaze.

ITC, or IntercontinentalTerminals Company, has is-sued dozens of press releas-es and conferences, butmany of the public feel thatthe facts of the fire have stillnot been revealed.

Harris County JudgeLina Hidalgo, who is also thehead of the OEM, or Officeof Emergency Management,held a press conference onMonday. She thanked allthose first responders andother government agenciesthat had worked quickly andin a coordinated way to dealwith the disaster.

However, she had a clearmessage for all, saying “ThisIncident is not Over.” Sheemphasized that the imme-diate problem was contain-ing the chemicals and tominimize contamination ofthe air and water around thesite.

Multiple agencies aredealing with the problems,including the EPA, TCEQ,Harris County PollutionControl, Harris CountyHealth Department, FireMarshal’s office, and various

first responders around thearea.

Judge Hidalgo revealedthat the county had issued asubpoena and a preservationorder to ITC, asking for in-formation to be preserved foran investigation. In addition,several agencies includingthe state of Texas and Har-ris County have announcedthey will sue ITC for airquality violations, and costsinvolved in responding to thefire.In addition, hundreds ofprivate suits are expected.So far the company has re-ceived over 300 claims.

Francisco Sanchez, of theOEM, stated that the inci-dent was still at a Level 3alert. Hidalgo noted that thiswas the second longest acti-vation in the last ten yearsby the OEM, only exceededby Hurricane Harvey.

Chemicals and foam thatleaked into the Ship Chan-nel have caused the CoastGuard to close it, and restrictships on the San Jacinto Riv-er. They have deployed 2700feet of containment booms.

The Harris CountyHealth Department advisedthe public to contact theirdoctor if they feel affects ofthe fire. If you do not have ahealthcare provider, you cancontact “Ask-My-Nurse” at713-634-1110 from 8am to8:30pm.

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SENATE NEWSBy Richard Lee

(Austin) The state'steacher pension planwould meet statutoryrequirements for fiscalsoundness under a billapproved by the Senatewithout objection Mon-day. The TeacherRetirement Systemprovides monthly annuitypayments for more than420,000 retired Texasteachers and other publicschool employees, butdoesn't meet the legalstandard of "actuarialsoundness", that is, theability to meet all of itsoutstanding obligationswithin 31 years. Thatperiod currently stands at87 years representingalmost $47 billion inunfunded liabilities. SB12 author and HoustonSenator Joan Huffmanwarned that if theLegislature takes noaction, the program'sunfunded obligationswould reach $124 billionby 2050. "This is long-term planning showingfiscal responsibility," shesaid. "This plan is farmore cost efficient thansimply attempting tocontribute one-timeinfusions of cash every sooften." Under the planapproved by the Senate,the fund would beactuarially sound by thenext fiscal year.

The bill would achievesoundness by graduallyincreasing rates from thethree major contributors:

AUSTIN — Images of astream of billowing darksmoke drew the nation’sattention last week to afire that engulfed 11 pet-rochemical storage tanksat the IntercontinentalTerminals Company about15 miles southeast ofHouston in Deer Park.

On March 17, Gov. GregAbbott ordered that allstate resources be madeavailable to local and in-dustry officials and urgedresidents to heed the warn-ings of local officials. Gov-ernmental bodies innearby affected areas or-dered residents to shelterin place because of con-cerns about unhealthy airquality. Deer Park Inde-pendent School Districtand other districts can-celed classes for severaldays.

The fire was extin-guished on March 20. Tex-as Attorney General KenPaxton on March 22 an-nounced that his office, act-ing on behalf of the TexasCommission on Environ-mental Quality, had filed alawsuit naming the tankstorage company as thedefendant. The lawsuit al-leges that the fire causedair pollution from benzene,xylene, toluene and othercontaminants, in violationof the Texas Clean Air Act.

In a statement accom-panying the lawsuit, Pax-ton said, “No company canbe allowed to disrupt livesand put public health andsafety at risk.”

The Chemical SafetyBoard, an independent fed-eral agency charged withinvestigating industrialchemical accidents, an-nounced March 21 that aninvestigation into the firewould be opened.

the state, local schooldistricts and active publicschool employees.Districts would see theircontribution rate risefrom 1.5 percent today to2 percent by fiscal year2025. Both the memberand state contributionrates would go up to 8.25percent by fiscal 2024, upfrom 7.7 percent foremployees and 6.8percent for the state.Also in the bill areprovisions for a bonuscheck, up to $500, to bepaid to beneficiariesduring the next bienni-um. It's the first such"13th check" that retiredteachers have receivedsince 2013.

The money coveringthe state portion of thebill, more than $500million from the Econom-ic Stabilization Fund, wasapproved by the Senateas part the supplementalbudget bill on March13th. That measure'sauthor and the chamber'slead budget writer SenateFinance Committee ChairSenator Jane Nelson ofFlower Mound, said thatHuffman's proposaldemonstrates the state'sintention to protect thefuture income of thestate's retired educators."What we put in lastsession was just to keep[TRS] afloat," she said inreference to a one-timeinfusion to the fund in the2017 session. "This is a

Senate givesunanimous approval toteacher pension fix

Air pollution from tankfire sparks lawsuits

Jobless rate stayslow

Texas’ seasonally ad-justed unemployment rateheld at 3.8 percent in Feb-ruary, according a March22 news release by the Tex-as Workforce Commission.

The Midland Metropol-itan Statistical Area re-corded February’s lowestunemployment rate with anon-seasonally adjustedrate of 2.2 percent, fol-lowed by the Odessa at 2.7percent and Amarillo at 2.9percent.

Growth in the Texaseconomy continued in Feb-ruary, with 17,700 season-ally adjusted non-farmpositions added over themonth.

TWC Chair and Com-missioner RepresentingEmployers Ruth R. Hughssaid her agency “is commit-ted to engaging with allemployers across Texas tostrengthen our economyand to create and expandopportunities for all.”

TWC CommissionerRepresenting Labor JulianAlvarez added, “To ensurepositive growth, we mustcontinue to invest in nec-essary training and educa-tion for subsequentgenerations."

Ticketing systemtargeted

Photographic traffic sig-nal enforcement systemswould be banned underSenate Bill 653 by Sen.Bob Hall, R-Edgewood.

Hall seeks to prohibitmunicipalities and otherlocal jurisdictions from us-

ing red-light cameras as ameans of issuing traffictickets.

In laying out his bill be-fore the Senate Transpor-tation Committee, Hallsaid that under the redlight camera enforcement,“the innocent owner hasthen the burden of proofand often great expense ofproving that they did notcommit the alleged viola-tion. This turns our judi-cial system completely andutterly upside down by re-quiring the accused toprove their innocence."

More than two dozenpeople testified for oragainst the bill in a March20 Senate TransportationCommittee hearing.

Regents to examinepolicies

Gov. Abbott on March 18sent a letter to all Texaspublic university boards ofregents following the U.S.Department of Justice's in-vestigation into an allegedcollege admissions briberyscheme.

In his letter, Abbottcalled for governing boardsof Texas’ institutions ofhigher education “to exam-ine and investigate admis-sions policies andprocedures to ensure thatno university employeeengages in fraudulentschemes, quid pro quo ar-rangements or impropri-eties of any sort.” He addedthat Texas parents andstudents "must have con-fidence that the system isnot rigged.”

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By Ed Sterling

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more permanent fix and acommitment on the partof this Legislature thatwe care about our retiredteachers."

The bill now heads tothe House for consider-ation. That body'sversion of the bill, asfiled, would raise only thestate's contribution rate,up to 8.8 percent.

In committee Monday,the Senate State AffairsCommittee considered abill intended to pre-emptwhat its author called a"growing attack onfreedom of speech andexpression of religiousbeliefs." Lubbock SenatorCharles Perry worrieswhen licensing boardsadopt standards or rulesthat violate religiousexpression, it could causepeople who work underan occupational license tochoose between their joband religion. His bill, SB17, would preventlicensing boards fromadopting rules thatunreasonably restrict aperson's free exercise ofreligion. It also creates anew defense for peoplefacing disciplinary actionfrom regulators. "If aperson comes in front ofthe occupational licensingboard based on theirspeech or conduct, thisbill provides a defense tolosing their license aslong as their conduct orspeech is based onsincerely held religiousbeliefs," said Perry. Thebill would not protect aperson from being fired,sued or losing theirlicense for violations ofthe law or standards ofcare. It would also notapply in situationsinvolving the administra-tion of life-saving medicalcare or law enforcement.

The Senate willreconvene Tuesday,March 26 at 11 a.m.

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David Brian Perkins, 60,passed away March 25,2019 in Houston, Texas.David was born on Janu-ary 20, 1959 to parentsRobert and Gloria Perkinsin Kingsville, Texas. Hemarried the love of his life,Chrystal, on August 21,2003 and they enjoyedmany years together. Dav-id was a superintendent atGlex, Inc where he workedfor 35 years. During thattime, he developed some ofhis most treasured friend-ships. He was an avid golf-er, often found on the golfcourse before the sun rose.While his golf partnersrode in golf carts, Davidinsisted on carrying hisclubs all 18 holes. He alsoenjoyed barbequing, espe-cially ribs, spending timeon the beach, and gam-bling, where he was alwaysa winner. David was a ded-

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husband Roland; as well asnumerous nieces, neph-ews, extended family mem-bers and many friends.Friends are welcome tojoin the family for visita-tion from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.on Wednesday, March 27,2019. Funeral services of-ficiated by his cousin, KenJamison, will be held at10:00 a.m. Thursday,March 28th in the chapelof Carter-Conley FuneralHome. Graveside serviceswill immediately follow atSan Jacinto MemorialPark under the direction ofCarter-Conley FuneralHome.

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2nd Annual Rock’N C Steak Cook-Off held March 23CROSBY – Anytime there

is a national competitionoriginating in Texas there isconsiderable local interestbut that is doubled when itis about cooking out.

Crosby Fair & Rodeo heldtheir second Steak Cook-Offto Steak Cook-Off Associa-tion’s (SCA) guidelines herelast weekend where onecould buy a steak done rightafter the contest and listento Coby Carter play someWestern Swing, grab a part-ner and dance, afterwards.

The fund-raiser like mostof the Crosby Fair & Rodeoactivities is dedicated to en-riching life in Crosby, prima-rily by enabling local youthto continue their educationbeyond high school. Thestanding joke is, “Ignorancehad a long run, we work totry something different.”

According to trusted in-surance man and announc-er, Rick Loggins, “We did inthe neighborhood of $2500 atthe auction. Sold over 120steak dinners. Had 29 cook-teams, down from last yeardue to an overlap with theCrosby Sports AssociationOpening Day. Calcutta paidout over $2,400 and CrosbyFair & Rodeo paid out$2,800. We had great volun-teers including Erin Fuchs incharge. We always want tohave more local people. Wehad more folks from out oftown this year, some camefrom the other side of Waco,Lake Whitney, Dallas, andLouisiana. We are planningfor bigger and better nextyear. We were pleased withthe music Cody Carter ofNew Mexico. Had a lot of peo-ple dancing and we love tosee that.”

There were four contestsin all. The Steak Cook-off, theKids’ Division, Michelada,and Appetizer all awardedpoints to the World Champi-onship coming this winter.Applicants are encouraged tocompete in several conteststo earn the right to go on tothe World Championshipawarded automatically tothe Steak Cook-Off winner.

Winner of Steak Cook-Off John Butler holding hispayout and a ticket to the Oct.5 World Champion-ship in Fort Worth.

Robert Erwin holds his second place steak payoutand plaque as he stands with S.C.A. judge RobBailey.

Joe Castillo at right, stands with the man that purchasedhis Calcutta, holding his steak plaque and third placepayout.

S.C.A. Judge Rob Bailey congratulates Joe Castilloon winning Michelada.

Bailey with the Tyler Whitehead Team as they earnedsecond place in Michelada.

Sheree French was third in in Michelada, here repre-senting French HIcks Team a.k.a. Hula Hut Girls!

SCA Judge Rob Bailey presents plaque and payoutto Renee Rodriquez winner of Appetizers.

Second Place Appetizers went to Micha Butle, wifeof the Steak winner. Bet that family can cook!

Kerrie Larkin earned third place Appetizers. Her hus-band accepted 9th in Steaks for Backseat Cookers.

Rob Bailey persents Robby Erwin the winning plaquefor the Kids Cook Division.

Alexa McGinnis accepts her second place in the KidsCook.

Braydon Heath placed third ni the Kids Cook Division.

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Goose Creek CISD’s pre-kindergarten and kinder-garten registration will beheld April 3 - April 5, 2019,at elementary campuses. Itis highly recommendedthat parents complete theonline student registrationprior to going to register atthe school their child iszoned to attend. Siblingswho will attend GCCISDschools may also be regis-tered at this time. Cam-puses will have helpstations for individualswho need support with theonline registration. Online

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registration begins April 1,2019, and online registra-tion instructions and formsmay be found on the GooseCreek CISD website atwww.gccisd.net.

Parents must bring thefollowing items when reg-istering:

- Registration confirma-tion (if online registrationhas been completed)

- Parent identification(TDL, ID or Passport)

- Birth certificate ofchild

- Social Security Card

(child) if applicable- Immunization record

(This must be up to date.If child is already 4 yearsold, he or she must have 4-year-old shots.)

- Proof of residency (cur-rent water, gas or electricbill, or lease agreement)

- Proof of Income (musthave four consecutive pay-checks with the last onebeing March.)

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Discussed the BipartisanTAPS Act to Curb School andCommunity Violence

WOODVILLE, TX –March 22, 2019 – U.S. Rep.Brian Babin (TX-36) par-ticipated in four workingmeetings with law enforce-ment leaders from acrosshis nine-county districtthis week. The meetingswere attended by dozens ofseasoned lawmen andwomen with decades of ex-pertise including the U.S.Marshal Service, TexasRangers, County Sheriffsand Constables, PoliceChiefs, and other repre-sentatives from local policedepartments and schools.

Discussed in the meet-ings was Babin’s biparti-san Threat Assessment,Prevention, and Safety Act(TAPS) Act which was re-cently reintroduced. TheTAPS Act promotes utiliz-ing the process of Behav-ioral Threat Assessment

Rep. Babin meets with LocalLaw Enforcement Leaders

and Management (BTAM)for determining the credi-bility and seriousness ofpotential threats and inter-rupting and managingthose on a pathway to vio-lence. For decades this pro-cess has been in place toidentify, investigate, as-sess, and mitigate threatsin order to counter target-ed violence. Pioneered bythe U.S. Secret Service,BTAM has proven success-ful in protecting our presi-

dents and foreign dignitar-ies. The TAPS Act wouldspread this process to

“As we approach the20th anniversary of theColumbine High Schooltragedy, it is unfathomableto think we still are not do-ing enough to prevent theindiscriminate shootings,stabbings, bombings andother mass casualty eventsoccurring all too often inour schools and communi-ties,” said Babin. Thank-f u l l y , w e ’ v e f o u n d abipartisan solution. Ourlocal leaders and law en-forcement are the profes-sionals with the boots onthe ground who have dedi-cated their lives to protect-ing our communities fromviolence, and I am thrilledto have received their over-whelmingly positive sup-port for the TAPS Act.”

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help in the overall re-sponse and cleanup effortfrom the ITC fire,” said BobStokes, Galveston BayFoundation President. “Inaddition to our data, weknow the State of Texasand contractors from ITCare now taking water qual-ity samples in the area. We

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are hopeful these collectiveefforts will provide a goodroad map for continued re-sponse and cleanup of thedischarge of product andfirewater into the HoustonShip Channel.”

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mission fluids, and anti-freeze. 60% of their prod-ucts are exported in bulk,he noted.

Since Taylor and his in-vestment partners tookover in 2018, they have in-vested $6.5 million in cap-ital expenditures, and planon spending that muchmore in 2019.

The plant now occupies41.7 acres, and has build-ings that encompass450,000 square feet. Theproperty has 210 storagetanks. They have 28 railsidings, room for 72 railcars and they expect to ex-pand on this. The volumeis 20,000 trucks per year,and 12,000 rail cards. Tay-lor said that one tank car

equals 4 trucks in volume,and they are trying to usemore rail cars for this rea-son.

They are aware of traf-fic problems on Wallisvillewith their volume oftrucks, and are workingwith they county for a bet-ter solution. They haveadded a second weightscale to keep traffic mov-ing, he said.

Taylor mentions that heis learning the oil business,since his training was intechnology, having spent10 years in Chicago withSear’s IT department. Tay-lor originally was fromMissouri, then went to Chi-cago, and came to Texas in1981.

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ior and fraud awarenessand reporting training andthe TCEQ SupplementalEnvironmental Project im-mediately before.

The Texas EducationAgency had representa-tives speak during the

meeting to inform theboard of needing to installa monitor to see that thecharges for computermaintenance taken fromstudent’s parents is reim-burse.

According to T.E.A. Dr.Jason Hewitt the monitoris needed to see that theCorrective Action Plan, ap-proved by the board at thelast meeting, goes into ef-fect to “refund the fees col-lected inappropriately. Themonitor assures that planis done effectively. What Ialso want to inform you isthat, I am the L.E.A., thereis four areas that we lookat we look at statutorycompliance, academic ac-countability, (Crosbydoesn’t have much to wor-ry about that,) financial ac-countability and we look atgovernance.”

He indicated that if

there is any kind of com-plaint filed she is here onthe grounds to look at that.“I believe we are going tolook at your A.F.R. We havea great monitor here, aformer Superintendent, wesearched high and low tofind that kind of person tocome in here and workwith Dr. Davis and his cab-inet. She is going to makemonthly monitoring re-ports to you and it is goingto lag a little bit.”

Mary Ann Whittakerwas introduced to theboard.

The board approved thepurchase of nine new bus-es to cost about $789,000.The funds for the buses areto come from the last bondpassed. They approved thepurchase of instructionalmaterials in the amount of$891,839.10 to PearsonEducation Inc.

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In accordance with Article 116.022 of the Texas Local Government Code,

NOTICE, is hereby given to any Chambers County banking corporation, associa-tion, or individual banker, that the Chambers County Commissioners Court will at10:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of April, 2019, select one or more depositorybanks for the following Chambers County Funds:

Chambers County Operating FundsInterest and Sinking FundsDistrict and County Clerk Trust FundsCounty Permanent School FundsCounty Internal FundsOther Related Funds

The county reserves the right to withdraw any or all Chambers County PermanentSchool Funds from this depository agreement. It is understood that the ChambersCounty Treasurer would give a 30-day written notice prior to any withdrawal ofthese funds.

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Any banking corporation, association or individual banker desiring to be designat-ed as a County Depository shall make and deliver to the Chambers County Judgean application applying for such contract on or before 2:00 p.m. on the 3rd dayof April, 2019. The application must be in a sealed envelope marked on theoutside “Depository Application.”

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The Commissioners Court may determine and designate the character and amountof county funds that will be demand deposits and that will be time deposits. TheCommissioners Court may contract with a depository for interest on time depositsat any legal rate under a federal law or under a rule adopted by the board ofgovernors of the Federal Reserve System or by the board of directors of theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Commissioners Court will select one of more of the qualified applicants thatoffer the most favorable terms and conditions for the handling of the countyfunds; the Commissioners Court reserves the right to reject those applicants whosemanagement or condition, in the opinion of the Commissioners Court, does notwarrant placing county funds in their possession.

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Notice of Intention To Introduce A BillIn The Legislature of Texas

Notice is hereby given of the intention to introduce inthe Regular Session of the 86th Legislature of Texas abill allowing the district to designate all or any part ofthe district as a tax increment reinvestment zone anduse tax increment financing under Chapter 311 ofthe Texas Tax Code, pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 16, Section 59, of the Constitution of Texasand Chapter 313 of the Texas Government Code. Thisbill will provide for the district’s administration,powers, duties, operation and financing underChapter 311, Tax Code.

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