Jaybird-Woodpecker feud recalled

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Cody Thagard, Westin Judy and Daniel Preza being awarded certifi-cates of achievement from Rosenberg after being named the All-Around Champion in their respective age group during the 2014 Pitch, Hit & Run Skills competition ...

Also, Joe Vera and the rest of the members of the Fort Bend Hispanic Heritage Forum recuperating after an-other successful 2014 Cinco de Mayo event on Saturday ... Richard and Ale-jandra Gonzales receiving a certificate of recognition from the Rosenberg Im-age Committee ... Joseph Reddo smok-ing, grilling and basting different meats at his Rosenberg barbecue joint.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of toler-ance comes when we are in the major-ity. — Ralph W. Sockman

Martin Dale Carden, 60Reuben Elvis Frenzel, 94Carmen D. Horsford, 73Albert John Prihoda, 77Ida Bockhorn Schulze, 97

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale of Gallery Furniture will be the guest speaker at Fort Bend Lawyers CARE’s annual Justice for All Luncheon, which will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, at Sweetwa-ter Country Club.

The event honors volunteer lawyers, non-lawyer volun-teers, sponsors, do-nors and strategic partners.

McIngvale will share a personal story about build-ing his business and working with charitable organizations.

The entrepreneur is also building his largest Gallery Furniture location to date in Richmond — next to the Palla-dium in the Long Meadow Farms.

FBLC provides civil legal aid and ad-vocacy to low-income Fort Bend County residents, families, veterans and their spouses.

Proceeds from the luncheon help fund FBLC’s service to less fortunate county residents with their legal needs.

The luncheon is chaired by Jacque-line Baly. The presenting sponsor is once again The West Law Firm.

For tickets and sponsorship opportu-nities, contact Tasha Hernandez at 281-239-0015 or tasha@fortbendlawyerscare.org.

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By MARquItA GRIFFInnewsroom@fbherald.com

Nearly 125 years ago in downtown Richmond, near where city hall stands today, a bloody shoot-out claimed the lives of several men in two feuding po-litical parties — the Jaybirds and the Woodpeckers.

It’s one of Texas’ more popular sto-ries.

On that hot August day in 1889, a showdown much like a Hollywood scene made history.

The bad blood between the Republi-can Woodpeckers and the Democratic Jaybirds was already at a boiling point, but when members of both groups con-fronted one another in the middle of Morton Street on Aug. 16, blood was shed.

This summer, the Fort Bend County Museum will open an exhibit centered

around this historic battle.Right now, it’s looking for artifacts

and photographs related to the Jaybird-Woodpecker feud.

“A Scene of Strife: The Jaybird-Wood-pecker Battle” will run from June 27 through Aug. 31.

In conjunction with the exhibit, the museum will present three lectures that focus on the causes of the famous battle in Richmond, the events of the battle and the aftermath of the feud, including the Terry v. Adams case — the last in a series of court cases that addressed the system of white primaries designed to disenfranchise Southern black voters.

The petitioners, qualified black voters in Fort Bend County, sued an organiza-tion known as the Jaybird Democratic Association, which since 1889 had orga-nized white-only pre-elections for coun-ty offices.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in

the Terry v. Adams case held that white-only pre-primary elections were uncon-stitutional.

Additionally, on Aug. 16 this summer, the 125th anniversary of the Jaybird-Woodpecker Battle, a costumed reenact-ment will be conducted on the streets of Richmond.

Actors will portray the historic fig-ures who played a part in the conflict.

There also will be a walking tour to point out the buildings with history con-necting them to the battle, and those that housed the various personages who had a role in the bitter conflict.

Anyone who has items or information that they would like to share for this ex-hibit may contact Chris Godbold, chief curator of collections at 281-343-0218 ext. 237 or cgodbold@fortbendmuseum.org, or Shereen Sampson, museum site nanager, at 281-342-6478, or ssampson@fortbendmuseum.org by May 16.

Museum exhibit“Mirabeau and Henrietta Lamar:

The Richmond Years” is the current ex-hibit at the Fort Bend County Museum, 500 Houston St. in Richmond. It tells the story in artifacts and text of Fort Bend’s 19th-century icon and his young wife. For more information, call 281-342-6478.

Preparedness seminarRosenberg Police Chief Dallis War-

ren will provide information about the role of the emergency management in the city — and answer questions about the roles of churches in the event of a natural disaster — during the free seminar “How Would You Prepare for a Disaster?” at 7 p.m. Monday at Peace Lutheran Church in Rosenberg.

Libraries closed FridayAll Fort Bend County libraries will

be closed Friday for Staff Development Day. Regular library hours will resume on Saturday. The online library will be available at fortbend.lib.tx.us for searching the catalog, renewing books or placing holds, downloading e-books, or using the research databases.

needville Knights of ColumbusNeedville Knights of Columbus will

be having a crawfish boil at 6:30 p.m. Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Leroy Mitch Pa-vilion behind the KC Hall. Crawfish will be $6 a pound with potatoes and corn. Chicken nuggets and fries will also be available. Proceeds will go to charity.

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A man and woman were found shot to death in a New Territory subdi-vision home Monday morning and two children were taken to Memorial Hermann with gunshot wounds, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office re-ported.

While no official cause of death was given, sheriff’s office spokesman Bob Haenel said burglary is not suspected.

Forensic investigators were in the 4800 block of Russett Lane at news-paper deadline and the neighborhood was packed with news media and heli-copters overhead, he said.

Children who were injured include a 15-year-old female and 11-year-old boy. Both were flown by medical heli-copter to Memorial Hermann Hospi-

tal, said Haenel.When asked if authorities believe

the incident is a case of murder-sui-cide and attempted murder-suicide, Haenel said:

“We don’t think it was a burglary or anything like that. But, right now, we are trying to determine who shot whom.”

Haenel said a neighbor in the 4800 block of Russett Lane, located near Sugar Land, heard shots being fired shortly after 6 a.m.

Haenel said the sheriff’s office re-ceived a call from the neighbor at 6:22 a.m.

New Territory is a master-planned community within Sugar Land’s ex-traterritorial jurisdiction.

The population was 15,186 at the 2010 census.

2 dead, 2 hurt in shooting

At New Territory homeA man and wife were found dead at the residence, while two children were taken to the hospital with injuries.

HERALD PHOTO BY DAVID EMSWILER

Showing appreciation for teachersMariah Bentacur, Andrea Zamora and Alejandra Ramos, from left, third-grade students at Pink Elementary School in Richmond, make artwork that will be offered as gifts during Teacher’s Appreciation Week. The activity took place in the school gym.

HERALD PHOTO BY DAVID EMSWILER

Mason Road extensionContract construction workers are busy with the last leg of an extension of Mason Road from Pecan Grove north toward Delta Lakes Drive. Pouring of the concrete lanes began Monday. The project is part of the 2007 mobility bond plan. This $10 million portion of the project includes no less than $3 million in developer contributions, according to Fort Bend County Commissioners. This section is considered Phase 3 and will offer a four-lane highway with curb and gutter as well as a storm sewer adjacent to Lone Meadow Farms subdivision. The project included reconstruction of nearby Oyster Creek Bridge.

By JESuS ACEVEDO JR.jacevedo@fbherald.com

Bumpy Rosenberg streets could be a thing of the past if the Rosenberg City Council approves a list of streets for the street overlay and reconstruction project during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

The project was presented at a city council workshop meeting on April 22 before being brought to Tuesday’s council meeting, slated for 7 p.m.

A total of 21 streets are proposed to be fixed under this project. These include West Street, Walnut, Radio Lane, Mulcahy Street, Blackwood, Cottonwood, J. Meyer Road, Houston Street, James Street, Av-enue L, Seventh Street, Avenue J, Cart-wright, Heritage Haven, Grande Gables, Homestead Road, Lazy Lane, Richard Street, Allwright and Koeblen Road.

Two of the streets will be rebuilt and nineteen will be patched, leveled up and overlaid with hot-mix pavement.

The costs estimate for the repairs is $863,923.11. The current fiscal year budget includes $300,000 for the project with an additional $79,410 being funded from left over funds from the 2011 fiscal year street paving program.

The Rosenberg Economic Development Corp. will provide $140,673.61 in funds for the work to be done on Koeblen Road.

The RDC also agreed to fund one-third of the cost.

The city’s executive director of admin-istrative services, Joyce Vasut, has pre-pared a budget amendment in the amount of $439,892.11, to complete funds for the project.

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Fort Bend Museum DocentsThe Fort Bend Museum Do-

cents will meet Saturday, May 10, at the Gus George Academy, 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle. The pro-gram will be presented by Texas historical fiction author and sto-ryteller Garlyn Webb Wilburn. A social time will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by the program at 10 a.m. Guests are welcome. For more in-formation, call 281-232-6478.

Happy Cousins Dance ClubThe Happy Cousins Dance Club

will feature Odessa performing during its dance from 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Ameri-can Legion hall in Rosenberg. For more information, call Norbert Scotka, president, at 281-342-2785.

Disabled American VeteransFort Bend County Chapter 233,

Disabled American Veterans and auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Rosenberg American Legion Hall, 4520 SH 36. Election for officers will take place.

Orchard town hall meetFort Bend County Precinct 1

Commissioner Richard Morri-son will host a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at Orchard City Hall, 9714 Kibler. Morrison will discussing any

concerns Precinct 1 resident may have.

Beasley Bash entriesThe 19th Annual Beasley Bash

— which will take place May 16-17 — is accepting applications for participation. The contact num-bers are: Barbecue Cook-Off, 281-684-0998 or 281-541-1581; parade, 832-573-3009; and craft, commer-cial and food vendor vendors, 713-819-3793. For more information, visit beasleybash.org.

Lamar ’64 reunionThe Lamar High School Class

of 1964 will have its 50th reunion at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Swinging Door. Ticket are $30. There will be an open bar and bar-becue. For more information, call Linda at 281-342-3364.

Wallis Dance ClubThe Wallis Dance Club will

have a public dance from 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Post 200. Al Sulak will perform. For more information, call Steve Muzny at 979-478-2494 or Charley Janik at 979-478-6226.

Needville FCA Fun RunThe Needville High School

chapter of Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes’ “Run as to Win” 5K Fun Run will be Saturday, May 24, at the school. Age divisions are el-ementary (grade 1-4), 10-19, 20-29, 30-39 and 40 and over. Entry fee is $20. People who register by May 6

receive a T-shirt. Pre-registration forms are at the school, Amegy Bank’s Needville branch, B and C Cleaners and Simple Simon’s Pizza. For more information contact Jo Ann Berry at berryj@needvilleisd.com or 979-793-4158, ext. 1323.

Learn about plants“Native Plants,” a presenta-

tion by Fort Bend Master Gar-deners, will tare place at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7. The Texas Native Garden and other dem-onstration gardens will be open for tours and Master Gardeners will be available for tips and advice from 9-11 a.m that day. All events will take place at the Agriculture Center, 1402 Band Road in Rosenberg. For more information, call 281-341-7068 or visit fbmg.com.

Lamar ’59 reunionThe Lamar High School Class

of 1959 will celebrate its 55-year graduation anniversary at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Fort Bend Country Club, including a lunch at 2 p.m. If invitation is not received, call Laverne at 281-232-5663, Bugs at 281-391-2109 or Ger-ald at 713-461-1019.

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Today in HistoryBy The AssociATed Press

Area Birthdays

Note: The deadline for Area Birth-days is 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 4 p.m. Friday for the weekend edition. Any birthdays called in after that will go in the following day.

Fort Hood has wildfireFORT HOOD — A grass

fire on a Fort Hood range has burned nearly 2,000 acres. Fort Hood authorities say the fire was discovered at the Browns Creek range. No one was hurt.

Classroom burnsAUSTIN — Classes have been

canceled at Walnut Creek Ele-mentary School after fire broke out before dawn when the building was closed. Investiga-tors are trying to determine the fire’s cause.

Man gets prisonHOUSTON — Lawrence

Stowe, who falsely claimed he was licensed to practice medi-cine in Texas, has been sen-tenced to prison in a stem cell treatment scam.

Jet path re-examinedSYDNEY — An interna-

tional panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly hunt for the missing Malaysia jet to ensure search crews are looking in the right place.

Ferry rules revisitedSEOUL, South Korea — The

South Korean government is scrambling to fix what the prime minister calls the “deep-rooted evils” that contributed to last month’s ferry sinking.

Pistorius trial resumesPRETORIA, South Africa —

The Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumed Monday after a two-week recess, with the de-fense team calling its fourth witness to bolster the athlete’s defense.

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Today is Monday, May 5, the 125th day of 2014. There are 240 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 5, 1862, Mexican troops defeated French occupying forces in the Battle of Puebla. (The Cinco de Mayo holiday commemorates Mexico’s victory.)

On this date:In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte,

51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena.

In 1891, New York’s Carnegie Hall (then named “Music Hall”) had its official opening night.

In 1914, actor Tyrone Power was born in Cincinnati.

In 1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennes-see with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. (Scopes was found guilty, but his conviction was later set aside.)

In 1934, the first Three Stooges short for Columbia Pictures, “Woman Haters,” was released.

In 1942, wartime sugar ration-ing began in the United States.

In 1955, West Germany became a fully sovereign state. The base-ball musical “Damn Yankees” opened on Broadway.

In 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7.

In 1964, the Granada TV docu-mentary “Seven Up!,” which pro-filed a group of 7-year-old British children, first aired on Britain’s ITV network. (The subjects were revisited every seven years in se-quels called “7 Plus Seven,” ‘’21 Up,” ‘’28 Up,” etc., the latest one to date being “56 Up.”)

In 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, the first of its Triple Crown victories.

In 1981, Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland in his 66th day without food.

In 1994, Singapore caned Amer-ican teenager Michael Fay for vandalism, a day after the sen-tence was reduced from six lashes to four in response to an appeal by President Bill Clinton, who considered the punishment too harsh.

Ten years ago: Seeking to calm international outrage, President George W. Bush acknowledged mistakes but stopped short of an apology as he condemned the abuse and deaths of Iraqi prison-ers at the hands of U.S. soldiers during appearances on two Ara-bic-language TV networks. (Bush did offer an apology the following day.) Picasso’s 1905 painting “Boy with a Pipe” sold for $104 million at Sotheby’s in New York, break-ing the record at that time for an auctioned painting.

Five years ago: Connie Culp, America’s first face transplant recipient, appeared before report-ers at the Cleveland Clinic. (Culp underwent the procedure after be-ing shot by her husband in a failed murder-suicide attempt.) Texas health officials confirmed the first death of a U.S. resident with swine flu.

One year ago: In Afghanistan, seven Americans and one Ger-man soldier were killed in three separate attacks. Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, seriously wounded in a 2011 shooting at a Tucson, Ariz., shopping mall, re-ceived the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Li-brary in Boston. LeBron James of the Miami Heat was the over-whelming choice as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. Brett Rum-ford won the China Open by four strokes to become the first Austra-lian in 41 years to win consecutive European Tour titles.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Pat Carroll is 87. Former AFL-CIO president John J. Sweeney is 80. Saxophonist Ace Cannon is 80. Country singer-musician Roni Stoneman is 76. Actor Mi-chael Murphy is 76. Actor Lance Henriksen is 74. Comedian-actor Michael Palin is 71. Actor John Rhys-Davies is 70. Actor Roger Rees is 70. Rock correspondent Kurt Loder is 69. Rock musician Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) is 66. Actor Richard E. Grant is 57. Former CBS News correspondent John Miller is 56. Rock singer Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 55. NBC News an-chor Brian Williams is 55. Rock musician Shawn Drover (Mega-deth) is 48. TV personality Kyan Douglas is 44. Actress Tina Yoth-ers is 41. Rhythm and blues singer Raheem DeVaughn is 39. Actor Vincent Kartheiser is 35. Singer Craig David is 33. Actress Dan-ielle Fishel is 33. Actor Henry Cavill is 31.

Lunch rules tighteningALEXANDRIA, Va. — As

part of a government effort to make school lunches healthier next year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to be whole-grain rich, or more than half whole grain.

Circus stunt failsPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Au-

thorities are trying to deter-mine what caused a support frame to collapse during an aerial hair-hanging stunt dur-ing a circus, injuring nine per-formers.

Pilot crashes at showFAIRFIELD, Calif. — Stunt

pilot Edward Andreini, 77, was killed when his vintage biplane crashed upside-down on a run-way at a Northern California air show.

The Adult Services Depart-ment at Fort Bend County Librar-ies’ George Memorial Library will have a Wii Can Play, Too: Adult Game Day on Friday, May 16, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, in Room 2C of the library, located at 1001 Golfview in Richmond.

People who enjoy the challenge, excitement and competition of playing video games are invited to test their skills against one an-

other on the Nintendo Wii at this special event for adults and older teens. This event will feature the classic series – Wii Home Run Derby, a part of Wii Sports.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the library’s Adult Services de-partment at 281-341-2604 or the li-brary’s Public Information Office at 281-341-2677.

Library sets video gaming day

Fulshear board to meetFULSHEAR -- The Fulshear

Development Corporation Board of Directors will conduct its reg-ular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.

The board will consider ac-tion on the Irene Stern Commu-nity Center, 6920 Katy Fulshear Road.

Directors will consider ap-proving the installation of water and sewer lines to the facility, ac-cording to the agenda.

Golf cart rulesOn Saturday, Fulshear Police

began registration and inspec-

tions of golf carts.To download a newly adopted

ordinance and registration pa-perwork visit the city’s website at www.fulsheartexas.gov

Owners of golf carts that pass inspection will receive a regis-tration sticker and the golf cart may be used immediately.

The ordinance offers golf cart users stipulations for op-erating golf carts in master planned communities and on city streets.

It also offers a penalty provi-sion for not adhering to the ordi-nance.

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Fort Bend County Commis-sioners will conduct its regu-lar meeting Tuesday and begin budget season with the first of three meetings following regu-lar session.

Commissioners will consider approving two new paramedic coordinator positions at the regular meeting at 1 p.m. at the Fort Bend County Courthouse.

Both positions will be paid for through grant funds, ac-cording to Kent Edwards, direc-tor of human resources for the county.

In other business, the coun-

ty will consider an interlocal agreement with Montgomery County for an “Alert FM license and receiver equipment” as part of the homeland security urban area security initiative grant program.

The equipment is expected to provide lifesaving emergency information to the county, ac-cording to paperwork commis-sioners will consider.

Commissioners will consider allocating $77,900 for founda-tion work and repairs to the Mustang Community Center.

Also in the Parks & Recre-ation Department, commis-sioners will consider allocating

$61,800 in funding for the instal-lation of wireless internet at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds.

In public transportation, commissioners will consider a $263,989 grant agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation in Rural Public Transportation grant funding.

That funding will include a local match of $185,269.

Commissioners will also con-sider the Federal Transit Ad-ministration Project budget to add $1.632 million from FY 2011 funding. The action will require a $1.88 million local match.

In other action commission-ers will consider submitting

an application to the U.S. De-partment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for partici-pation in the Bulletproof Vest Partnership and to seek grant funds in the amount of $32,312.

The action would include a fifty-percent match by the coun-ty, according to paperwork com-missioners will consider.

Following the regular meet-ing Tuesday, the first budget session will get underway at 2 p.m.

The second budget session is at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the courthouse and a third session is scheduled at 8 a.m. Thursday at the courthouse.

New paramedic positions to be considered;budget season is underway at courthouse

Budget workshop scheduled

Part of tour for 125th anniversaryClaire Rogers, executive director of the FBCMA, points to the window at the historic McFarlane House from which Earle McFarlane shot at Judge Parker during the Jaybird-Woodpecker Feud on Aug. 16, 1889. The McFarlane House will be on the walking tour hosted by the museum. See story on page 1.

The Board of Aldermen of the Village of Pleak and the Pleak Planning Commission will hold a Joint Workshop starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May in the Pleak Village Hall. The hall is located at 6621 FM 2218 South at the corner of FM 2218.

The work-shop agenda will focus on discussion of goals to achieve on a five-year plan for the future of the Village of Pleak.

T h i s workshop is open to the public.

‘Backyard Basics’The Texas A&M AgriLife Ser-

vice of Fort Bend County and the FBC Master Gardeners are of-fering advice on how to get back to homegrown and homemade basics through their “Backyard Basics” monthly programs and workshops. Each month a differ-ent topic is discussed. The “Back-yard Basics” programs will run through the month of November.

This month’s offering is on “Cu-linary Herbs” and will be held on Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the FBC Extension Office, 1402 Band Road in Rosenberg. The program will conclude around 11 a.m. Registration for one person is $15.00, and a couple is $25.00. Chil-dren under age 10 accompanied by parents are free.

For more information on any of these events you may call Admin-istrative Assistant Brandy Rader at 281-342-3034 or by email at bran-dy.rader@ag.tamu.edu. — or you can visit their website of www.fortbend.agrilife.org or the Fort Bend Master Gardeners at www.fbmg.com. Each of the websites will offer the option to download and print fliers or registration forms.

Car, craft showThe Sons of the American Le-

gion Squadron 271 will hold its an-nual “Summer Jam” Car & Craft Show on Sunday, June 1, at the Le-gion Hall, 4520 Highway 36 South in Rosenberg.

If interested in entering a car, truck, motorcycle or antique trac-tor you may contact Ray Horelica Jr. at 281-633-1637 — or visit their website of www.summerjamcar-show.com for more information.

Their indoor craft show is al-ways a great shopping opportuni-ty. It will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. If you are interested in regis-tering as a vendor and would like to reserve a booth you may call Holly at 832-595-5666 or email her at hollyhearts@aol.com.

Happy birthdayHappy birthday wishes going

out to Pleak Planning Commis-sion member Janell Kucera.

Janell’s special day is Tuesday and we hope that she gets to cel-ebrate and have fun during her entire birthday month!

Local infoFor information on what’s hap-

pening in the Village of Pleak, vis-it its website (www.villageofpleak.com) for a listing of the dates and times of the scheduled monthly meetings for both the Pleak Alder-men and Pleak Planning Commis-sion.

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Would you like to learn how to create distinctive hair braids us-ing simple techniques?

Fort Bend County Libraries will present a special program, “Creative Hair-Braiding,” on Sat-urday, May 17, beginning at 10

a.m., in the Meeting Room at the Albert George Branch Library, lo-cated at 9230 Gene Street in Need-ville.

Aurora Salazar will demon-strate how to make a basic hair braid, a French braid, a Dutch

braid, and a fishtail braid.The program is free and open

to the public.For more information, call the

branch library at 979-793-4270 or the library’s Public Information Office at 281-341-2677.

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When a loaded 18-wheel trac-tor trailer carrying a trackhoe excavator struck a railroad bridge here, turning it into splinters at the U.S. 90A/SH 36 crossing, it also struck a chord in me.

It occurred the same day last week that a major railroad inci-dent occurred in Virginia when 17 cars derailed in Lynchburg and three carrying fuel fell into the James River.

That Virginia incident caused an inferno like Iraq when the oil fields blew.

We are fortunate no trains were crossing the bridge in Rosenberg, nor were near the Union Pacific-owned bridge at the time of our Rosenberg incident, between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. last Wednesday.

There could have been falling rail cars.

Precinct 1 Fort Bend County Commissioner Richard Morrison said these “forked” bridges — to use the name he gives two similar rail-like bridges in the area — are dangerous.

No railroad official responded to my questions about the poten-tial threat of falling train cars. But, the threat was real.

And given the time of day, when drivers are on their way home from work, who knows what might have happened if a train was on the bridge or within crossing distance when the Key-stone Concrete driver tried to fit a beach ball into a pinhole?

In Lynchburg, the National Transportation Safety Board says there was no human error for the cars jumping the tracks.

In Rosenberg, there most defi-nitely was human error. These

bridges are not high enough from the roadway for today’s commer-cial traffic and this was a sign something needs to be done about it.

What’s more, I recently timed trains traveling south from Sealy

and Wallis area and they toot along at 75 miles per hour towards Rosenberg. They blast their horns at Long Lane and other c r o s s i n g s , thank you, but folks are getting killed any way.

Austin County saw a fatality a little more than one year ago, between Wallis and Sealy. A fe-male driver was exiting SH 36 to her home on the opposite side of the railroad tracks when disaster struck in the form of a high-speed train.

These are very long trains, mind you, with dozens, if not hundreds of cars.

Not one person I spoke to in Fort Bend County or at Union Pa-cific was able to tell me what the speed limit is for rail cars in the county. What that really means is that no agency is checking the railroad to see if they are adher-ing to the speed laws.

An official for UP said the speed limit is associated with loads and products being transported as well as the location where they are running.

Welcome to the world of rail-roads. It’s been that way since

Moses. My point is this: what is the

stopping distance for a train traveling 75 miles per hour while pulling 100 cars? Is it that bridge that got splintered the other day?

About three years ago, Bellville had a railroad incident at the SH 36 and Front Street railroad cross-ing. The entire thing was caught on video and the conductor was inside city limits when he was traveling 50 mph.

Though he saw the tail end of a multiple-wheel caterpillar-type transport vehicle was stuck on the tracks, he had to plow into it anyhow.

Despite having the most high tech brake system, the BNSF ve-hicle could not stop in time.

I have hundreds of photos of the engine and debris it left. It oc-curred around 1 a.m. The engine car somehow remained upright but jumped the tracks. The trans-port vehicle it ran into was turned into Play Doh.

The utility lines and wooden poles for more than a block were damaged or completely snapped.

The driver of the vehicle es-caped injury by running from his rig before impact.

There are hundreds or thou-sands of train cars passing through Rosenberg daily that sta-tistics tell us it is not a matter of if there is a railroad incident in our future, it is a matter of when.

What local authorities do now to improve or ignore safety issues may very well save lives and prop-erty when it does.

Contact David Emswiler at demswiler@fbherald.com.

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Pat on the BackHere’s a pat on the back to the Rosenberg Bulls for winning

the Rosenberg Parks and Recreation 2014 Men’s Softball Spring League.

Teenage drivers are more likely to be involved in a fatal car accident when other teens are in the car, ac-cording to a recent study conducted by the Automobile Association of America’s Safety Foundation.

The study is based on data gath-ered by the government on teen car accidents between 2007 and 2010.

The study shows that teens who drive with their friends in the car take more risks than when alone or with an adult.

When teen drivers have at least one passenger under 21, it increases the chances of being in a fatal accident by 44 percent. Even worse, a teen’s risk of dying in a Texas car accident doubles when carrying two passen-gers under the age of 21.

With three of more passengers, the risks quadruples and continue to rise as the passengers on board in-creases.

Last August, a pick-up truck with six students inside collided with a private-commercial dump truck. It resulted in the death of one Foster

High School student and five area students were severely injured.

That accident was preceded by an April car accident in which another Foster High student, Bailey Cooper, died.

All traffic deaths are tragic, but the number of future car accidents in-volving teens can be reduced.

The answer could be more adult su-pervised driving. The statistics back this claim.

When a teen is driving with an adult at least 35 or older, the risk of being in a fatal car accident decreas-es by 62 percent.

That’s because teen drivers are more of a distraction than adult driv-ers, who are encouraged to set an ex-ample of good driving behavior for teens.

Safe driving starts at home and parents can help by going on super-vised drives with their kids. The more hours a teenager spends driv-ing with an adult passenger, the more likely the driving habits will stick with him.

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Secretary of State John Kerry recently urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to dial down the confrontation in Ukraine. “If Russia continues in this direc-tion,” Kerry warned, “it will not just be a grave mistake, it will be an expen-sive mis-take.”

So far, however, it’s the l e a d e r s in Wash-i n g t o n , Bonn and Brussels who are m a k i n g mistakes -- not Mos-cow. President Obama and his allies are not following through on their threats. And their timid-ity could be both expensive and dangerous.

It’s clear by now that Putin is a bully, a bully who pushes oth-ers around until someone calls his bluff. But instead of standing up, the West is backing down.

The economic sanctions an-nounced by Washington are a tap on the shoulder, not even a slap on the wrist: freezing the assets of 17 companies; denying travel visas to seven business leaders; blocking the export of militarily useful technology.

Russian investors were so relieved that the Moscow stock market actually went up. Even the Obama administration con-ceded the weakness of its ac-tions. “We don’t expect there to be an immediate change in Rus-sian policy,” a senior official told reporters.

Really? If you expect no change, then why bother? All you do is embolden Putin and his surrogate bullies, swagger-ing around Ukraine in their black ski masks, seizing inter-

national monitors, occupying government buildings, raising Russian flags.

The Washington Post editorial board got it right: “By choosing not to use the economic weapons at its disposal and broadcasting that restraint to the world, Mr. Obama is telling Mr. Putin as well as other potential aggres-sors that they continue to have little to fear from the United States.”

When Putin has “little to fear,” the fear factor for everybody else shoots up. Sure, Washington is 4,857 miles from Moscow, a long way for a bully to reach. But Riga, the capital of Latvia? It’s 570 miles from the Kremlin. How do you think the Latvians — and the Estonians and the Lithu-anians and the Moldovans — are feeling right now? Safe? Reas-sured?

During his recent trip to Asia, the president offered an insight into his foreign policy thinking. “Typically, criticism of our for-eign policy has been directed at the failure to use military force,” he told a questioner in Manila. “And the question I think I would have is, why is it that ev-erybody is so eager to use mili-tary force after we’ve just gone through a decade of war at enor-mous costs to our troops and to our budget?”

Obama is setting up a straw man. Military force should al-ways be a last option, but even his harshest critics are not suggest-ing that he physically dislodge the Russians from Ukraine. His error is not using the “economic weapons” described by the Post.

In this case, traders are more powerful than tanks; investors, more influential than infantry. Putin’s real weakness is the mar-ketplace, not the battlefield.

The ruble has lost 7.6 percent of its value against the dol-lar since the beginning of the

year; the Moscow stock market is down 13 percent. Standard and Poor’s, the financial rat-ing agency, dropped its grade for Russian bonds to one notch above junk status and warned investors that further econom-ic sanctions could “undermine already weakening growth prospects.”

In the first three months of the year, $51 billion in capital fled Russia. In a desperate move to block the exits, central bank-ers in Moscow raised interest rates — twice — to 7.5 percent.

To be sure, Obama is re-strained by his European al-lies, whose greater economic stake in Russia makes them more reluctant to confront Pu-tin. American trade with Rus-sia amounts to $26 billion an-nually, compared to Europe’s $370 billion.

Joe Kaeser, the head of giant German company Siemens, ac-tually went to Moscow, met with Putin, took photos with him and gave him a “vote of confidence,” as the Wall Street Journal put it. Poor show, Joe.

But that’s exactly why Putin is so vulnerable. He needs the West -- to buy Russian goods, es-pecially gas and oil; to build Rus-sian infrastructure; to invest in Russian bonds. If he didn’t crave a “vote of confidence” from the head of Siemens, he’d be far more lethal.

Obama calls the latest round of sanctions the “next stage in a calibrated effort to change Rus-sia’s behavior.” And rashness can be just as damaging as timid-ity. But the evidence seems clear: Obama’s calibrations are off-key. Russia’s behavior is not chang-ing. It’s time to turn up the heat and make the bully sweat.

Reach syndicated columnists Steve and Cokie Roberts at steve-cokie@gmail.com.

U.S. should make bully Putin sweat

WASHINGTON – “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” a phrase said or written in various forms by numerous people in the 18th and 19th centuries, should today also stand in altered form as, “Eternal vigilance is the price of safety.” Two wonder-ful stories confirm the point and tell us much more.

Are you one of the sheep or are you a hero? Chelsie Shel-las is a hero in Wacsea, Minn. Bet-tye Windom and her sister Beth Insley are heroes in Port Gibson, Miss. Had they been among the sheep, today we would be griev-ing over two preventable trag-edies. Only their vigilance saved the day.

Chelsie happened to notice a 17-year-old crossing her yard in a suspicious manner and she quickly called 911. Almost as quickly, police arrived and found John David LaDue in a storage unit filled with weapons, explo-sives, and plans. He was going to

kill his parents and an unknown number of students and teachers at his high school in an apparent attempt to emulate the infamous 1999 high school massacre in Col-umbine, Colo. Only Chelsie’s vigi-lance stopped him.

Bettye and Beth were driv-ing behind a school bus on Highway 28 in Copiah Coun-ty, Minn., when they noticed smoke, but no flames, begin-ning to billow from beneath the bus. They honked, flashed their lights, and finally sped in front of the bus and braked to a stop. Neither the bus driver nor the three chaperones or 22 students on board were aware there was a problem. But Bet-tye and Beth, both vigilant and persistent warned them and scurried them to safety, just moments before the bus exploded in flames.

There have always been ter-rorists, disgruntled teenagers, and mentally disturbed people, but today they have automatic weapons, sophisticated explo-sives, and electronic devices ca-pable of detonating them. With their ability to create mayhem and mass casualties, the world is becoming increasingly dan-gerous, which means our old manner of daily living, relying

upon police and a few safety-conscious people for protection, is no longer enough. Today, these problems are everyone’s problems.

We are already warned by au-thorities to be mindful of suspi-cious behavior in airports, but how many people are equally mindful of their own backyards as Chelsie was or of a school bus on a street billowing a little smoke as Bettye and Beth were?

The fact is that people from all walks of life need to adjust their thinking. Teachers need to watch for the disenchanted loners. Office workers need to be cognizant of disgruntled people among them. We can no longer walk down the sidewalk or drive down the street blissfully un-aware of our surroundings. Had Chelsea, Bettye, and Beth done so, dozens of young lives would have been lost.

And we must remember that the best anti-terrorist, anti-crime tool we have is the cellphone. Al-most everyone has 911 in their grasp, and no one has the luxury of noninvolvement. We are all in-volved.

Douglas Cohn writes his syndi-

cated column in partnership with Eleanor Clift.

At Plantation Drive residents’ meeting with Commissioner Andy Meyers, it was stated that more exits are needed from the eastern side of Pecan Grove to Harlem to alleviate traffic from having to use Plantation Drive as the only exit from Pecan Grove to the east.

In addition, it was requested that the old Owens Road be not joined to Plantation Drive.

The county Engineering De-partment will submit two alter-native roads for traffic wanting to

drive eastward from Pecan Grove to Harlem.

This would be dependent on a developer planning a subdivision on the southeast side of Pecan Grove.

A proposal was also submitted to FBC Engineering that the pres-ent Owens Road intersection with Harlem be rerouted to join at the boulevard that will exit from the southeastern corner of the new subdivision, proposed by Johnson Investments, immediately north

of Bowie Middle School, instead of at Plantation Drive. This is be-ing discussed with the developer.

It is good to see that there may be some alternatives to all the traffic having to use Plantation Drive.

I hope residents will push for more help in reducing the traffic on Plantation Drive and to make it safer.

Paul MetcalfPecan Grove

Traffic reduction still needed on Plantation Drive

Cokie and Steve Roberts

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The Rosenberg Police De-partment law incident report is as follows.

April 2923:54:43, Suspicious Person,

2400 block of Southwest Fwy23:54:33, Subject Stop, 1001

Lane Dr; Victoria Garden23:50:29, Traffic Stop, Hern-

don Dr & Avenue H23:45:34, Subject Stop, 5004

Avenue H; Jack In The Box23:44:48, Traffic Stop, 2000 4th

St23:29:51, Alarm Burglary, 4323

Avenue H; Steinausers Feed23:16:40, Harassment, 1300

block of Mahlmann St23:14:50, Traffic Stop, Town

Center Blvd & Radio Ln23:04:19, Subject Stop, 1910

Louise; Arbor Glen Apts22:14:50, Minor Accident, FM

2218 & Reading Rd22:10:20, Alarm Burglary,

24600 block of Commercial Dr21:58:42, Civil Matter, 6200

block of Homestead Rd21:36:57, Welfare Check, 1000

block of Sally Ann Dr21:31:05, Subject Stop, 1000 block

of Lane Dr; Victoria Garden21:23:08, Subject Stop, 900

block of Lane Dr; Victoria Gar-dens

21:21:37, Subject Stop, 800 block of Lane Dr; Murray Hill Apts

20:46:12, Welfare Check, 1200 block of Westwood Dr; Pecan Park Apts

20:25:58, Loud Music, 26000 block of US 59 South Bound-FM 2218 Ramp

20:22:41, Property Check, 26000 block of US 59 South Bound-FM 2218 Ramp

20:08:08, Traffic Stop, First St & Brooks Ave

19:49:57, Civil Matter, 700 block of Rawson Dr

19:50:43, Traffic Stop, Reading Rd & Town Center Blvd

19:43:00, Traffic Stop, Avenue I & Alamo St

19:36:49, Traffic Stop, 5405 Av-enue I; Dominos Pizza

19:24:39, Alarm Burglary, 5100 block of Cotter Ln; Vlgs Of

Town Center19:10:49, Traffic Complaint,

2700 block of Avenue F18:59:16, Traffic Stop, Avenue

K & 7th St 18:45:11, Traffic Stop, 3500

Highway 3618:13:50, Harassment, 600

block of Knoll Forest Dr18:20:53, Warrant Service,

1700 block of Avenue L18:21:12, Traffic Stop, 1000

Herndon Dr18:15:10, Stalled Vehicle,

Highway 36 & US Hwy 5917:47:22, Warrant Service, 900

block of Spur 1016:57:31, Welfare Check, 1300

block of Mahlmann St16:42:03, Minor Accident, US

Hwy 59 & Cottonwood School16:24:55, 911 Hang Up, 2400

block of Avenue H16:14:50, Assault, 4500 block

of Avenue H16:06:24, Civil Matter, 1000

block of Sally Ann Dr16:01:55, In House, 2100 block

of Avenue C15:58:35, Traffic Stop, Lane Dr

& Mustang Ave15:40:14, Traffic Stop, Lane Dr

& Lindsey Dr15:33:24, Traffic Stop, Avenue

D & 3rd St15:31:22, Recovered Stolen,

4800 block of Avenue H15:02:09, Burglary, 1100 block

of Frances Dr14:58:04, Traffic Stop, Avenue

N & Ward St14:36:02, Traffic Stop, Avenue

N & Ward St14:30:56, Theft, 24900 block of

Commercial Dr; Kohls14:30:12, Escort, 28100 block

of US 59 South Bound14:27:34, Traffic Stop, 2910 Av-

enue H; Wells Fargo Bank14:25:26, Traffic Stop, Louise

& Airport Ave14:20:09, Traffic Stop, Lane Dr

& Sally Ann Dr14:00:37, Runaway, 4600 block

of Airport Ave; George Jr High13:54:10, Minor Accident, 1000

block of Sally Ann Dr13:55:23, Traffic Stop, Hous-

ton St & Avenue D13:37:12, Disturbance, First St

near Mons Ave13:35:39, Flee Accident No In-

jury, Avenue H & Houston St13:32:41, Theft, 24900 block of

Commercial Dr13:25:55, Assist Fire Depart-

ment, 226 Mebane Ln12:49:15, Traffic Stop, Town

Center Blvd & Vista Dr12:43:50, Suspicious Vehicle,

24400 block of Commercial Dr; Home Depot

12:38:24, Traffic Stop, Town Center Blvd & Vista Dr

12:35:16, Burglary, 3300 block of Avenue J

12:28:28, Traffic Stop, Town Center Blvd & Vista Dr

12:20:17, Traffic Stop, Town Center Blvd & Vista Dr

12:13:37, 911 Hang Up, Foster High

12:13:05, Traffic Stop, Town Center Blvd & Vista Dr

12:00:40, Traffic Stop, Town Center Blvd & Vista Dr

11:46:40, Traffic Stop, 700 Blume Rd

11:35:06, Traffic Stop, Reading Rd & Greengate Dr

11:30:24, Traffic Stop, West-wood Dr & Lane Dr

11:29:14, Traffic Stop, 5141 Av-enue H; Burger King

11:24:23, Traffic Stop, 5330 Reading Rd

11:24:07, Traffic Stop, Brooks Ave & First St

11:15:17, Traffic Stop, 5300 Reading Rd

11:04:38, Assist Other Agency, 5200 block of Hardwood Dr

10:59:22, Theft, 5800 block of Avenue I

10:39:02, Traffic Stop, 1200 Westwood Dr

10:35:31, Traffic Stop, Louise & Airport Ave

10:32:13, Traffic Stop, 1000 Lane Dr

10:24:22, Traffic Stop, Louise & Main Ave

10:05:40, Traffic Stop, Louise & Rychlik Rd

10:04:25, Problem With Neigh-bor, 1500 block of Grayson Run Ct

09:56:46, 911 Hang Up, Ve-lasquez Elementary

09:49:42, Traffic Stop, Louise

& Avenue N09:40:42, Traffic Stop, Avenue

N & Brumbelow St09:37:38, Traffic Stop, Louise

Rd & Avenue P09:36:43, CPS Referrals, 1400

block of 8th St09:31:52, Traffic Stop, Louise

& Bayou Cane Ln09:26:03, In House, 7100 block

of Reading Rd09:26:18, Traffic Stop, Louise

& Airport Ave09:21:58, Assist Other Agency,

Terry High School09:14:16, Disturbance, 1300

block of Mahlmann St09:09:39, Traffic Stop, Mons

Ave & Lory St09:09:10, Traffic Stop, Radio

Ln & Town Center Blvd09:08:28, In House, 4600 block

of Mustang Ave08:59:27, Traffic Stop, Damon

St & Avenue I08:52:08, Warrant Service,

1200 block of Austin St08:49:16, Traffic Stop, 4th St &

Mons Ave08:43:06, Animal Call, 1400

block of 8th St08:40:28, Traffic Stop, 1000

Lane Dr08:36:09, Traffic Stop, Mons

Ave & Alamo St08:35:45, Traffic Stop, 300

Klauke Rd08:18:52, Traffic Stop, Klauke

Rd & Blume Rd08:15:36, Alarm Burglary, 1300

block of Ellis Grove Ln07:57:24, Traffic Stop, Home-

stead Rd & FM 221807:54:41, Alarm Burglary,

28050 Southwest Fwy; HFCU07:28:41, Suspicious Vehicle,

1100 block of Mulcahy St05:42:54, Traffic Stop, 1300

block of Mahlmann St 05:28:22, Abandoned Vehicle,

First St & Walger Ave04:26:07, Disturbance, 28100

block of Southwest Fwy; Amer-icas

02:11:20, Assault, 4800 block of Avenue H

01:30:05, Traffic Stop, Reading Rd & FM 2218

00:02:38, Traffic Stop, Avenue I & Reading Rd

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Region III-4A Bi-district baseball playoffs: GR 12, Ball 1 (5)

Class 2A State golf championships

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Sports ShotsFCA fun run The Needville High School chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes will sponsor “Run as to Win,” a 5K fun run on Saturday, May 24 at Needville High School. The age divi-sions will be Elementary age (1st-4th grade), 10-19, 20-29, 30-39 and 40 and over. Entry fee is $20. Awards will be given to the overall top male/female finishers in each age divi-sion. Pre-registration forms can be picked up at Needville High School, Amegy Bank-Needville Branch, B and C Cleaners and Simple Simons Pizza. The 5K will start at 8:30 a.m. Par-ticipants need to arrive no later than 7:40 a.m. Any additional questions can be directed to Jo Ann Berry at berryj@needvilleisd.com, or call 979-793-4158, ext. 1323.

Bayou Bowl golf The 12th Annual Bayou Bowl golf tournament is scheduled for Thurs-day, June 12 at River Bend Country Club in Sugar Land. The 1 p.m. shotgun start is a scramble format. registration and lunch begins at 11 a.m. A team entry fee is $600. Sponsorships are available. Call Jim Creech at 832-868-8572 or email HeadCoach716@yahoo.com.

Summer volleyball Slaters Sports Zone is offering vol-leyball camps from June to August, and summer leagues. For info on the camps, email info@fortbendfire.com. For details and registration informa-tion on the summer leagues, go to REGISTRATION at www.fortbendfire.com. The College Exposure Series is $75 for the LSU clinic (June 1) and the Texas A&M clinic (June 8). The University of Houston / Stephen F. Austin / Houston Baptist University clinic (June 10-12) is $175. For information on pre-workouts B4 High School tryouts, email info@fort-bendfire.com or call 281-341-0200.

Basketball camp The Foster Lady Falcon basketball camp is June 10-12 at the Foster High gym. Camp is 8:30-11:30 a.m. for grades 4-8, and 1-4 p.m. for grades 9-12. The head instructor is Clarivel Moreles. Cost for the camp is $50 and can be turned in to the front office of coach Ashton Phillips before May 23. Late registration is available at the door.

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PEARLAND — Goose Creek Memorial scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, helped by an error and a lapse of pitching control, keying a 6-3 Game 3 playoff victory to take its Region III-4A Bi-district se-ries over Terry, ending one of the most successful seasons in Rangers baseball history. Dennis Cooper hit a bases-loaded double in the fourth in-ning to bring in three runs, while Terry managed to put many runners on base but couldn’t get the hits to bring most of them home. “They just had a big inning, and we left too many on base,” Terry coach Steven Seelhammer said. The Rangers (17-11) strand-ed 10 runners in seven innings, with two in the first and fourth innings and the bases loaded in the fifth inning that saw one run despite Terry filling the bags with just one out. Both teams were digging deep into their pitching staffs to fin-ish this series. Terry starter Tito Sanchez gave up an infield hit to Theron Stockewell to lead off the game, and Stockwell scored on a Shannon Broussard hit. But Sanchez held strong for two more innings after that,

getting two outs to follow a Ball single in the second inning and pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the third. The top of the third saw Ter-ry’s bats come alive. Garrett Frazier reached on an error, one of four committed by the Patri-ots. Jaxon Williams doubled to bring home Frazier, finding the gap in left center field and send the ball rolling into the outfield wall. John Enriquez singled, then Aaron Garcia hit a sacrifice fly to score Williams from third base. Jacob Castro also had a single, but Enriquez was picked off second base with two outs to end the inning with Manny Mancilla at the plate. In the bottom of the third, Broussard, Patriots starting pitcher Mario Moralez and Chase Gorbett loaded the bases with one out, reaching on a sin-gle, walk and hit batter, respec-tively. But Sanchez got Cooper to pop up for an infield fly, then Sanchez made a stop on a hard-hit grounder back to the mound for the third out. Mancilla and Sanchez singled to start the fourth inning, and moved into scoring position af-ter a wild pitch and error. But a shallow pop fly, grounder and strikeout ended the threat for Terry.

Ball led off the bottom of the fourth for the Patriots with a single, touching off a rally that would keep Goose Creek Me-morial ahead for good. JoJo Va-lencia was hit by a pitch, then Broussard reached on an error. Moralez and Gorbett walked to walk in runs. Cooper then cleared the loaded bases with a double. Relief pitcher Enrique Garza didn’t allow any runs in the fifth or sixth innings, striking out three and allowing just one hit in those two frames. But Terry’s offense couldn’t provide what it needed for a comeback to extend its season, which Seelhammer said was one of the most successful Rangers baseball teams in the program’s three-plus decades. “We tied for the second-most wins (in Terry history),” said Seelhammer. “We had a great group of seniors who set a stan-dard, and we hope we can con-tinue that success. I can’t ask for any more as a coach from these kids.” Goose Creek Memorial re-tired the Terry side in order in the sixth inning. In the seventh, Enriquez hit a deep double near the outfield fence on the first pitch thrown to him, but a flyout and two groundouts ended the game.

Region III-4A Bi-district baseball playoffs: GCM 6, Terry 3

Rangers give up big inning, struggle with run production in Game 3 loss

Travis, East Bernard collect wins, advanceBy GARy MARTiNgmartin@fbherald.com

Class 5A Travis and 2A East Bernard both advanced to the Area baseball playoffs, while East Bernard’s softball team easily moved on to the Region IV quar-terfinals.

BASEBALL PLAYOFFSTravis 3, Clear Brook 2 CLEAR LAKE — Travis took the lead with a two-run third and the pitching staff did the rest as the Tigers completed a two-game sweep of Clear Brook. Winning pitcher Casey Mush-inski went six innings, and Pierce Khan came on to pitch the seventh to earn the save. Leading a 10-hit Tiger attack were Dillon Turney and Kam-ran Amir with two hits each and Khevin Brewer with 2 RBIs.

East Bernard 13, Deweyville 3 PASADENA — East Bernard advanced to the Area round with an impressive run-rule victory over Deweyville. Leading the offensive charge was Justin Mcguire with 7 RBIs, includinga walk-off home run in the bottom of the fifth. Other hitting stars were Der-rick Rucka and Cole Koeppen with two hits each. Tyler Sulak, Caemen Mayfield and Garrett Po-

lak each scoring two runs for the Brahmas, while Grant Aschen-beck had three hits, a walk and scored four runs. Kyle Hlavinka struck out seven and improved to 9-1 on the season.

SOFTBALL PLAYOFFSEast Bernard 16, Johnson City 1 GIDDINGS — Samathan Show no-hit Johnson City for the second straight game as the Brahmarettes advanced to the next round with a six-inning victory. Show struck out 12 in going the distance for East Bernard. The Brahmarettes pounded Johnson City pitching for 16 hits, putting the game away with an eight-run sixth. Show also put on an offensive show, recording three hits and driving in four runs. Alyssa Reyes drovein three runs and Angelica Lopez added 2 RBIs. Also producing three hits each were Haley Clark and Miranda Le-hmann.

Schulenburg 8, Brazos 0 WHARTON — Brazos’ season came to an end as Schulenburg completed its two-game sweep in the Region IV-2A Area playoffs. The Cougarettes were led by Cierra Risenger, Jessica Fernan-dez and Kenzie Krueger.

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East Bernard golfer Kate Rimer captured the Class 2A girls golf individual title in Austin. Rimer shot rounds of 78 and 75 for a 153 total, 11-over par, on the Roy Kizer course. Rimer beat runner-up Lariat Adams of Muleshoe by five shots. Brahmarette Annie Brad-ley finished in fourth place with a 161 total. The East Bernard girls took third with a 736, while the boys finished 10th. GIRLS DIVISIONTeam resultsSonora.....................334-333—667Salado......................377-358—735East Bernard...........372-364—736

Individual resultsKate Rimer, East Bernard.....................................78-75—153Lariat Adams, Muleshoe.....................................81-77—158Darby Ramsdell, Sonora.....................................80-79—159

Annie Bradley, East Bernard.....................................79-82—161

East BernardKate Rimer..................78-75—153Annie Bradley.............79-82—161Kara Morse..............106-103—209Rachel Polak...........109-104—213Jayci Potts...............112-114—226

BOYS DIVISIONTeam results1. Salado...................327-314—6412.Wall.......................332-322—6543. Crockett...............347-327—67410. East Bernard.....373-350—723

Individual resultsZach James, Whitesboro.....................................75-69—144Wilson Powell, Jefferson.....................................79-73—152Dalton Hankamer, Salado.....................................76-76—152

East BernardGarrett Losack...........78-78—156Nathan Tovar..............92-90—182Derrick Rucka............98-88—186Nick Mica..................105-94—199Jared Rejsek............118-101—219

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Lopez closes strong at Merrill Lynch Open By GARy MARTiNgmartin@fbherald.com

Richmond’s Lance Lopez shot a final-round 69 to finish in a tie for 12th at the Merrill Lynch Open at Santa Maria Golf Club in Baton Rouge, La.

Lopez carded six birdies and three bogeys to finish the tournament 10-under par (278), and took home $2,320 for his efforts. Former Lamar High stand-out Ryan Baca closed with an even par 72 to finish at 8-un-der (280), good enough for a

tie for 18th place and $1,800. Baca birdied three holes and bogeyed three others. Former Fort Bend County resident Michael Whitehead closed with a second consecu-tive two-over par 74, leaving him tied for 47th and taking home a $641.25 check.

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Area: Longhorns at Stratford, Game 1, 7:30

‘Horns offense explodes early on to run-rule TorsBy dAVid CoLEMANdcoleman@fbherald.com

Though usually applied to col-lege basketball, the phrase, “sur-vive and advance,” is incredibly appropriate for the state baseball playoffs. On Saturday, the George Ranch baseball team survived Galveston Ball, beating the Tors 12-1 in five innings to advance to the area round of the Class 4A baseball

playoffs. George Ranch will play Strat-ford in the area round in a three-game series beginning at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Stratford. It is the first time in school history that the Longhorns have won a play-off series. The Longhorns played a nearly flawless game in all areas in Game 3 of a three-game series, outpac-ing Ball offensively and getting a great pitching performance from

Wesley Thompson. “Congratulations to these boys,” George Ranch head coach Greg Kobza said. “It’s been a long time coming. We finally advanced further than we’ve ever been be-fore. We got another week of prac-tice. That was our goal and we’ll continue to take it step-by-step.” Thompson threw all five in-nings, allowing two hits and a run with three walks while striking out eight. The lefty only had one inning where he allowed more than one base runner. That lone frame came in the top of the second, when Alvin Lee picked up a one-out single for the Tors and scored on Simien Wil-liams’ RBI single two batters lat-er. Brady Burns ended the threat with a great, diving catch on a sinking liner in left field for the third out. “I knew I had an ace in my pocket if we went three games,” Kobza said. “It’s a good feeling to have, with a senior who you can count on to give you a quality start. Wesley did that (Saturday). It’s been a while since he’s been stretched out that far. He’s gone three innings here and four in-nings there. It’s been a while since he’s been five. He did a great job.” The Longhorn offense was as opportunistic as it was prolific. George Ranch capitalized on sev-en Ball errors in the game, scor-ing at least one run in every half-inning. George Ranch sent five men to

the plate in the bottom of the first and increase that number in each consecutive frame, including nine in the four-run third and ten in the six-run fourth. Kevin Kopps was a big part of the offense, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a steal, two runs scored and four RBIs. Teammate Grant Page went 2-for-2 with a walk, two dou-bles, three runs scored and three RBIs. “(Friday) we pressed a little bit,

” Kobza said. “We had the feeling that we wanted to end it and we were pressing at the plate. We left 11 guys on base. We just weren’t hitting with runners in the right spots. “(Saturday) was a lot better. We still have a ways to go and we’re still working at getting better in our approaches. The kids did well today, put the ball in play and the guys who can run put pressure on the defense.”

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Finished productsAbove: George Ranch’s Brady Burns connects with a pitch. longhorn starting pitcher Wesley Thompson throws during the first inning Saturday at longhorn Field.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jameis Winston was reinstat-ed to Florida State’s baseball team after being suspended following a shoplifting inci-dent, the school confirmed. The Heisman Trophy win-ner was issued a civil cita-tion and entered a program that required 20 hours of community service after he walked out of a supermarket without paying for $32 worth

of crab legs and crawfish.

Holmes wins tour event CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than two years after going through brain surgery, J.B. Holmes is a winner again on the PGA Tour. Holmes made it harder than he needed to on the fi-nal hole at Quail Hollow un-til rapping in a 3-foot bogey putt for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory over Jim Fu-

ryk in the Wells Fargo Cham-pionship.

Hamlin takes Talladega TALLADEGA, Ala. — Den-ny Hamlin picked up his first career victory at a restrictor-plate track, grabbing the lead from Kevin Harvick and holding on when a late cau-tion ended the race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.

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District junior varsity championsThe Foster junior varsity baseball team went 16-3 en route to the district championship. Team members, front row from left, are Ismael Gutierrez, Keller Ferguson, Brad Massegee, Ben Schwartzberg and Cole Sitka; middle row, Chandler Speights, Chad Vautherine, Cody Wilson, Jacob Ramirez and Rob Limas; back row, Austin Sliva-Wynne, Hunter Smith, Mark Atkins, Beau Kingrey, Patrick. O’Driscoll, Kolby Orsak, Tommy Duggan and coach Bobby Neelon. Not pictured is Sergio Martinez.

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It also gave the community an opportunity to take action.

Thousands of fans and sup-porters showed up to the ball park not only to witness the Skeeters take on the Lancaster Barnstormers, but also to sup-port, understand and acknowl-edge the autism community.

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A total of $8,500 was raised during the live auction that fea-tured game-day jerseys worn during the game by Skeeters players and managers.

The silent auction, featuring artwork by, Grant Manier, who has autism, added $2500.

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At Constellation FieldHelping to “Strike Out Autism” are, from left, Congressman Pete Olson, the Montgomery family of Richmond, Skeeters Ambassador Deacon Jones, Rosenberg City Mayor Vincent Morales Jr. and Hope for Three Founder Darla Farmer.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN ACCOR-DANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PROVI-SIONS OF THE TEXAS ALCO-HOLIC BEVER-AGE CODE THAT: WHITE SHARK LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY D/B/A DAVID'S SEA-FOOD KITCHEN HAS FILED AP-PLICATION FOR A: WINE AND BEER RE-TAILER'S PER-MIT SAID BUSI-NESS TO BE CONDUCTED AT: 802 FM 2234 “G”, STAFFORD, FORT BEND COUNTY, TX 77477 OWNER: HAO DONG, MANAGER

We the People will be holding an election for the re-instate-ment of the Common Law Grand Jury in Fort Bend County at the La Porte Public Library, 600 S. Broadway Street, La Porte, Texas 77571 on Saturday, May 3, 2014 be-ginning at 2 p.m. This is a pub-lic event and all are invited to attend. There will be a 35 min. presentation at 2:15 p.m., and a vote by the showing of hands will be at approx. 2:45 p.m. All participants will then be invited to register for the Common Law Grand Jury.CONTACT: Eric Witte - ewitte12@confidesk.com

FORT BEND ISD, in accor-dance Texas Education Code 44.031, is soliciting prospec-tive bids for 71 and 53 PAS-SENGER SCHOOL BUS, RFB #14-060RL. Submissions will be due 5/19/14 @ 10:00 A.M. CST. NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Contact: Robert Langston @ 281-634-1804. Bid may be downloaded from: www.fortbendisd.com/finance/purchasing.cfm. Mail response in a SEALED enve-lope with RFB # on outside to: FBISD, 555 Julie Rivers Drive, Sugar Land, TX 77478, ATTN: Robert Langston.

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THE STATE OF TEXASCITATION BY PUBLICATION

TO: W L WALKER JR AND GILBERT H. MEIERADDRESS UNKNOWNUNKNOWN TX 00000NOTICE:You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a writ-ten answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation , same being May 26, 2014 a default judgment may be taken against you. Said answer may be filed by mailing same to: District Clerk’s Office, 301 Jackson, Richmond, Texas 77469, or by bringing it to the office. Our street address is 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond TX 77469. We are located on the first floor of the Justice Center building.The case is presently pending before the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County sitting in Rich-mond, Texas, and was filed on MARCH 24, 2014. It bears cause number 14-DCV-213458 and is styled:Tracye Mason and Jon Sand-ers vs W.L. Walker Jr., Gilbert H. Meier and Mary Kathryn ShamelThe name and address of the attorney for PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is:CORMAC P CREAVENATTORNEY AT LAW21107 CRYSTAL GREENS DRKATY TX 77450713-346-7661The nature of the demands of said PLAINTIFF OR PETI-TIONER is as follows to-wit:WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFFS PRAY THAT DEFENDANTS BE CITED BY PUBLICATION, THAT AN ATTORNEY AD LI-TEM BE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT THE INTER-ESTS OF DEFENDANT CITED BY PUBLICATION AND THAT, UPON FINAL TRIAL, PLAIN-TIFFS HAVE JUDGMENT: (A) DECLARING POSSESION OF AND QUIET AND UNCON-TESTED TITLE TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN TO REST IN PLAIN-TIFFS, EXCLUSIVELY; (B) FOR COST OF COURT; (C) FOR RESONABLE ATTOR-NEY’S FEES; AND (D) FOR SUCH OTHER AND FUR-THER RELIEF, BOTH GEN-ERAL AND SPECIAL, AT LAW AND IN EQUITY, TO WHICH PLAINTIFFS MAY BE JUSTLY ENTITLEDIf this Citation is not served, it shall be returned unserved. Is-sued under my hand and seal of said Court, at Richmond, Texas on this the 8th day of April, 2014.DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE RE-BECCA ELLIOTTFort Bend County, TexasBY/s/: ASHLEY ALANIZDeputy District ClerkTelephone: (281) 633-7616

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Public MeetingLamar CISD receives block

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on April 25, 2001, a certain Adjustable Rate Home Equity Conversion Deed of Trust (“Reverse Mortgage”) was executed by Mildred D. Martin, Solely, as mortgagor in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation as mortgagee and Tommy Bas-tian, as trustee and was re-corded on May 9, 2001 under Instrument No. 2001040658 in the real property records of Fort Bend County, Texas. WHEREAS, the Reverse Mort-gage was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-ment (the “Secretary”) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the beneficial in-terest in the Reverse Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary by virtue of a Corporation As-signment of Deed of Trust exe-cuted by Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation on July 5, 2006 and filed in Fort Bend County on July 10, 2006 under Clerk's File Number 2006082888; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Reverse Mort-gage in that the Mortgagor ceased occupying the subject property for twelve (12) con-secutive months without prior written approval of the Lender; and WHEREAS, the entire amount owed as of May 6, 2014 is $110,572.30; and WHEREAS, by virtue of the de-fault, the Secretary has de-clared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Reverse Mortgage to be imme-diately due and payable;NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Fore-closure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Sec-retary's designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, re-corded on October 15, 2007 as in Dallas County under Clerk's File Number 20070369306, no-tice is hereby given that on May 6, 2014, at 1:00pm local time, all real and personal property at or used in connec-tion with the following de-scribed premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction by Malik Cheatham, Michael W. Zientz, Kendra Wiley or Wes Webb, who has been engaged by me to conduct such sale in Fort Bend County to the high-est bidder. The Property to be sold is described as follows:Commonly known as: 1806 COTTON MILL COURT, RICH-MOND, TX 77469 and is more particularly described as: LOT 39, BLOCK 3, REPLAT OF THE GROVE, SECTION 1, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 22, PAGE 48, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. The sale will be held at TRAVIS BUILDING, FIRST FLOOR MEETING ROOM 301 JACKSON ST., RICHMOND, TEXAS (BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00a.m. AND 4:00 p.m.)OR AS DESIG-NATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER`S OFFICE or as designated by the County Commissioners Court. The Secretary of Housing and Ur-ban Development will bid $110,572.30. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the pur-chaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorate share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bids, all bid-ders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $11,057.20 in the form of a cer-tified check or cashier's check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $11,057.20 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonre-fundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be deliv-ered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certi-fied or cashier's check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the pay-ment and all other costs asso-ciated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccess-ful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $1,000, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a certified or cash-ier's check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the

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high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the re-quired period, or within any ex-tensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD Field Office representative, will be li-able to HUD for any costs in-curred as a result of such fail-ure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Of-fice Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subse-quent to a foreclosure com-pleted pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guaran-tee that the property will be va-cant. The amount that must be paid if the Mortgage is to be paid in full prior to the scheduled sale is $110,572.30 as of May 6, 2014, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if pay-ments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertis-ing costs and postage ex-penses incurred in giving no-tice, mileage by the most rea-sonable road distance for post-ing notices and for the Foreclo-sure Commissioner's atten-dance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record search-ers, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to re-instatement. Date: April 18, 2014BY/s/: L. KELLER MACKIEForeclosure CommissionerMackie Wolf Zientz & Mann, P.C.14160 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 900Dallas, Texas 75254(214) 635-2650(214) 635-2686 Fax

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Martin Dale CardenFuneral services for Martin

Dale Carden, 60, of Richmond, TX, are pending with Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281)342-4671. Mr. Carden died Sunday, May 4, 2014, at his home in Richmond, TX. Updated service arrangements and Online Guest Book will be available at www.garmanycarden.com.

Reuben Elvis FrenzelFuneral services for Reuben

Elvis Frenzel, 94, of Richmond, Texas, will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. at Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Chapel in Rosenberg with interment fol-lowing at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Wednes-day, May 7, 2014 at Davis-Green-lawn Funeral Chapel in Rosen-berg.

Reuben was born in Round Top, Texas (Fayette County) to Edgar Frenzel and Lillie Web-ber Frenzel. Reuben went to be with our Lord and Savior April 30, 2014. His kind heart and joy-ful spirit was an inspiration to his family. His hobbies included gardening, sports, and building projects. Reuben was a mem-ber of the Carpenters Union of Houston. He helped to build many schools, churches, and even the Astrodome in Houston. The home which he resided for sixty years was built by him.

Reuben is survived by his daughter, Beverly Roark and husband, Gary, of Huntsville; nieces, Carol Ann Barta, Caro-lyn Thames, Barbara Taake, and Nancy Rudolf; nephews, Kenneth Marek, Eugene Br-decka, and Richard Frenzel; along with numerous great nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Vlasta Su-san Frenzel; his father, Edgar Frenzel; mother, Lillie Webber Frenzel; brother, Oliver Frenzel and wife, Olga; sisters, Vanette Marek and husband, Melvin, and Bernice Kelly and husband, Robert.

Pallbearers will include Kenneth Marek, Corey Kelley, Michael Kelley, Jeff Schaatt, Micah Gilcrease and Robert Roark, Jr. Honorary pallbearer is Colby Gay.

The family would like to thank the staff of Avalon Place in Trinity and Robert, Tim and the doctors at East Texas Medi-cal Center in Tyler for the excel-lent care and support provided to Reuben and his family dur-ing his stay with them.

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Carmen D. HorsfordCarmen D. Horsford 73, of

Richmond, Texas died at a local hospital on May 1, 2014.

Graveside service for Carmen D. Horsford 73, of Richmond, Texas is scheduled for Tues-day May 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg, Texas. Deacon Hec-tor Rodriguez will officiate.

Visitation is scheduled for Monday May 5, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at River-point Church at 5000 Ranson Rd in Richmond, Texas.

Arrangements are under the direction of Hernandez Funeral Home, 800 Fourth St. in Rosen-berg, 281-342-8803.

Ida Bockhorn SchulzeIda Bockhorn Schulze, age

97, passed away in Wharton, Texas on May 3, 2014. Ida was born to Edward and Dorothea Meier Bockhorn in Needville, Texas, on August 5, 1916. She graduated from Richmond High School in 1934 and married Ar-thur D. Schulze in 1936. She raised three sons while support-ing her husband in the radio, TV, and appliance business in Richmond (Schulze Radio and later Schulze Appliance). She baked many special cakes for lo-cal friends and was a founding member and organist for Peace Lutheran Church in Rosenberg.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Dorothea Meier Bockhorn; her husband, Arthur D. Schulze; her sister, Dora Guttenberger; and one of her sons, Martin Schulze.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Art and Sharon Schulze of Wharton and Kenneth and Vivian Schulze of Needville; and daughter-in-law, Sue Schulze of Sugar Land; six grandchildren, Dr. Keith Schulze (Betsy) of Bellaire, Dr. Mark Schulze (Michelle) of Aus-tin, Shawn Schulze of Rosen-

berg, Dene Schulze-Alva (Paul) of California, Stacy Schulze (Kevin Steffa) of Seattle, Chuck Schulze (Marilee) of Needville; eight great-grandchildren, Sarah, Kristen, Paul, Laura, Makayla, and Maranda Schulze and Sierra and Sage Alva; sis-ters, Freda Klawitter and Willie Mae Tielke (Melvin); and nu-merous nieces and nephews.

Following a private family burial in Richmond, memorial services will be at Peace Luther-an Church at 11:00 a.m. Wednes-day, May 7, 2014. A reception/visitation will be held imme-diately after the service in the Fellowship Hall of the Church. Family and friends are invited.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ida’s name to Peace Lutheran Church, 1026 Radio Lane, Rosenberg, Texas 77471 or the charity of your choice.

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Albert John PrihodaAlbert John Prihoda, 77,

passed away peacefully at home in Damon, Texas with his fam-ily by his side on May 3, 2014. Albert was born at home in Damon, Texas on November 7, 1936. He was happily married to the love of his life, Ida Sue Chaffin Prihoda for 55 years and lived only 2 houses down from his childhood home where they still reside. He loved farming, hunting, fishing and playing with his grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Mary Dirba Prihoda, brothers, Louis Pri-hoda, Rudolph Prihoda, Robert Prihoda and his sisters, Mary Zapalac, Lily Zapalac and Fran-ces Sykowski.

He is survived by his wife, Ida Sue Prihoda and their four chil-dren, daughter Cynthia Sweeny and husband, Coby Sweeny; son Johnny Prihoda and wife, TaJuana Prihoda, daughter, Missy Prihoda, and son Tracy Prihoda and wife, Christi Pri-hoda; 7 grandchildren, Candice Chierighino and fiancé David Cogswell, Tyler Sweeny, Shauni Prihoda, Chet Prihoda, Ashlee Hempsmyer, Madison Hemp-smyer and Kate Prihoda; sisters, Emma Horky, Helen Syzdek and Leona Zapalac; brother-in-law, Vincent Sykowski; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at St. Cyril Methodius Catho-lic Church in Damon with his nephew, Father David Zapalac officiating. Burial will follow at Damon Catholic Cemetery. Visi-tation will be Monday evening at Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia from 5:00pm until 7:00pm with a rosary begin re-cited at 7:00 pm. Serving as pall-bearers will be Ben Sopchak, Al-bert Zapalac, Donnie Prihoda, Rudolph Prihoda, Jr., Vincent Joe Sykowski, Larry Springer, Ray Horky and Jimmy Prihoda. Honorary pallbearers are his 7 grandchildren.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to AMED hos-pice nurses for their support in the final days.

Services are under the direc-tion of Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia, 634 S. Columbia Dr. 77486 (979) 345-3232. Online condolences may be left for the family, by signing the guestbook at www.bakerfuneralhome.net.

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