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HOUSTON (AP) — A wayward manatee is re-ceiving medical care in San Antonio after about a dozen people hauled the 1,000-pound animal out of the cooling waters of the Texas coast.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the West Indian manatee was rescued from Trinity Bay near Houston on Tuesday. A Chambers County sheriff’s

deputy spotted the 10-foot-long animal on Sunday and a wildlife specialist flew in to coordinate the rescue.

SeaWorld San Antonio employee Kyle Cheves says the animal is severely malnourished and will be rehabilitated at the park before being taken to Flor-ida. He says it’s the third manatee rescue that the park has assisted with in the past 27 years.

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State Senate-hopeful Lois Kolkhorst has received three more endorsements, including Gov. Rick Perry.

Kolkorst, a Republican from Brenham, is one of five candi-dates running to replace Glenn Hegar in Senate District 18.

Hegar is resigning from the Senate after his election to state comptroller. Perry set a special election for Dec. 6, a day after Hegar’s resignation becomes effective.

Perry, the Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund (AgFund) and the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) are the latest to endorse Kolkhorst.

“As a hard-working small business owner, Lois Kolkhorst knows the importance of limiting government’s influence on the private sector and understands how to balance budgets,” Perry said.

“I am proud to support Lois Kolkhorst’s candidacy for the Texas Senate and I am confident in her ability to help keep Texas the nation’s economic engine and model for conservative gov-ernment.”

Kolkhorst said she is “honored to have Gov. Perry’s support for this critical special election.”

“I’ve fought alongside the governor for over a decade to ad-vocate for the policies that have made Texas number one in the nation for job creation,” she said.

“Gov. Perry’s commitment to securing our border and fighting back against the big government policies of Washington, D.C. have been a model for conservatives across the nation, and I’m excited to have his endorsement.”

CLEAT executive director Charley Wilkison said Kolkhorst has been a “rock solid ally” of law enforcement officers in the state.

“Rep. Kolkhorst has a 100 percent voting record of fighting crime and keeping criminals behind bars,” he said.

CLEAT is the largest law enforcement organization in Texas.Texas Farm Bureau and AgFund president Kenneth Dierschke

said Kolkhorst has been a strong proponent of private property rights.

“Our members tell us they can count on Lois to do what’s right. She’s a fifth-generation Texan, and we know she will fight for property rights,” Dierschke said. “She is a qualified leader that we look forward to working with in the Senate, as we have in the House.”

Kolkhorst gets Perry’s endorsement

Special to The Banner-Press

The Texas Department of Public Safety will be out in full force for the Thanksgiv-ing weekend, promoting safety and targeting dangerous drivers as the holiday travel sea-son gets under way.

One of their main focuses will be on drunk drivers, and John McNamee, executive di-rector with Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Texas, said that’s why those who plan to imbibe need to plan ahead.

“Have a designated non-drinking driver,” said McNamee. “People don’t think they’ll ever be a victim of drunk driving, but the re-ality is one-in-three people will be impacted by a drunk-driving crash in their lifetime.”

In Texas last year, there were almost 1,100 alcohol-related traffic fatalities, the highest figure among the 50 states.

Despite the large number, drunk-driving deaths in Texas have been on a slow down-ward trend for several decades.

McNamee said one way to reduce them

even further would be to require an ignition interlock for all motorists convicted of drunk driving.

“In Texas they have it for either repeat drunk drivers or a drunk driver convicted over .15 BAC, but ignition interlocks for all offenders would go a long ways,” he said.

It’s expected DPS will arrest around 400 drunk drivers over the Thanksgiving week-end with a total for the year of more than 80,000 arrests for driving under the influ-ence.

DPS targeting Thanksgiving drunk drivers

The 293-acre Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site (WOB) will be open for Thanksgiv-ing, park officials have announced.

The park and its amenities are open all week, except for the Star of the Republic Museum, which will be closed on Thanksgiving Day but open the rest of the week.

WOB gives visitors unique insights into the lives and times of the 59 delegates who met on

that very spot to make a formal declaration of in-dependence from Mexico in 1836.

The park grounds are open from 8 a.m. to sundown; the Visitor Center is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Independence Hall is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (tour times vary); Barrington Farm is open 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Star of the Republic

Park at Washington to be open Thanksgiving

ARTHUR HAHNManaging Editor

A local volunteer effort will feed more than 300 families on Thanksgiving.

That’s a lot of turkeys ... 55, to be exact.Faith Mission’s Cannery Kitchen will be host-

ing meals Thursday for an estimated 250 people. Another 45 families are expected to receive meals delivered to their homes by volunteers.

The annual Thanksgiving lunch has again drawn volunteers from a wide segment of the community, including area churches, said Heath-er Thielemann, who is coordinating the volunteer effort.

In addition to sponsorship by Faith Mission and Brenham Nursing Home and Rehabilitation, churches are again involved, said Thielemann.

The statewide average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel in Texas has dropped again before the start of the busy Thanksgiv-ing holiday travel period.

Drivers are now paying $2.60 per gallon, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.

That price is eight cents less

than one week ago and 53 cents less than one year ago.

Of the major metropolitan ar-eas surveyed in the Lone Star State, drivers in Beaumont are paying the most at $2.63 per gallon while drivers in Amaril-lo are paying the least at $2.49 per gallon.

Nationally, drivers are paying an average of $2.81 per gallon which is 21 cents more than the average in Texas.

AAA Texas projects 3.6 mil-lion Texans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the

Thanksgiving drivers get fuel cost break

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Workers with Arens Towing secure an 18-wheeler before pulling it out of a stock pond this morning along Highway 36 North near FM 390. The accident occurred about 1 a.m. this morning. No injuries were reported.

Giving a tanker a helping hand out of the pond

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Osmar Valerio (left) and Kaitlyn Doyle relax as they give an apheresis donation Tuesday afternoon during the ICT blood drive at Brenham High School.

Giving the gift of life

Official: Manatee rescued from Houston-area bay

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Brenham Nursing Home con-tacted Faith Mission with an offer to donate all the turkeys needed.

“We’ve had eight churches that have been involved with the planning this year,” she said.

Churches have been working all week to prepare items for the feast.

Doors for dining at the Can-nery Kitchen, 314 E. Ala-mo, will open at 11 a.m., with meal serving from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Anyone is welcome, Thiele-mann stressed.

The meal will run the full gamut of traditional Thanksgiv-ing items, from turkey to green beans to cranberry sauce.

“We’re deboning 55 turkeys

today,” said Thielemann with a laugh.

Volunteers have again turned out in big numbers to help out, she said.

“We are pretty full with vol-unteers right now. This is the first year that we’ve had volun-teer signups available online, and that worked out really well,” said Thielemann.

For homebound meals, teams of two or three people will be making those deliveries and will spend some time at each stop, giving short devotionals and get-ting to know those residents.

Thielemann said the volun-teers making deliveries will then write personalized Christ-mas cards to those recipients.

Their names will also be giv-

en to churches, which will make attempts to visit them through-out the year, she added.

The Rev. Randy Wells, ex-ecutive director of Faith Mis-sion, said the annual program was established to help people who would otherwise be alone during Thanksgiving.

“I am so humbled that so many families begin their Thanksgiv-ing holidays by serving others, which delays their personal family celebrations until later in the afternoon,” said Wells.

“The holidays are a time when many people experience great sadness and depression from various issues such as having an empty nest, being a widow or struggling to meet basic needs. It is so great to live in a com-munity like Washington County where people put service above self to make a difference.”

Activities will begin at 11 a.m. with a history of Thanksgiving program narrated by retired ra-dio personality Frank Wagner.

Thielemann said there will also be music, testimonials and activities for children.

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Lake Somerville full stage: 238.0.Lake level at 7 a.m. today: 237.34.City of Brenham water usage: Nov. 24: 2.359 million gallons.Rainfall this month: 8.7”.Rainfall this year: 40.34”.Average annual rainfall: 44.15”.

BRENHAM ROTARY CLUBThe Brenham Rotary Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at the Can-nery Kitchen in Brenham at noon. Guest speakers for December are Dec. 2, Julie Renken, district attorney; Dec. 9, Richard Stadelmann, Texas A&M professor-religion department, Muslim religion; and Dec. 16, Dana Eckermann Hughes, speaking on Juvenile Diabe-tes. There will be no meeting Dec. 23. Cost for the meal is $10 per person.

NANCY CAROL ROBERTS MEMORIALLIBRARY PUBLIC STORY TIMESThe Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library, which is now housed at City Hall (200 W. Vulcan), offers two public story times week-ly: After school story time is Tuesdays at 4 p.m. and Preschool Story Time is at 10:15 a.m.

LAYMEN’S PRAYER BREAKFASTThe Laymen’s Prayer Breakfast meets the first Thursday of each month at 6:45 a.m. at Must Be Heaven.

ANTI-LITTER VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDKeep Washington County Beautiful is the local affiliate chapter of Keep Texas Beautiful, and the goal is to organize programs to control litter in the community and educate the public about litter prevention and recycling. Volunteers are needed to join the program and help organize and participate in trash pick-up events. Visit www.KWCBtx.org or send an email to kwcb@brenhamtexas.com for more information.

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Residents wanting to report suspicious activities — such as strange cars in their neighborhood — but don’t want to call 911 can use dispatching’s non-emergency number of 337-7272.

———The Brenham Police Department during the 24-hour period

ending at 7 a.m. today responded to 56 calls and one accident.Central communications had 2,173 radio transmissions on the

central communications system and 85 calls to the 911 emergen-cy phone system during the 24-hour period ending at midnight Tuesday.

A breakdown of the 911 calls: Brenham Police Department, 12; Washington County Sheriff’s Office, seven; Washington County Emergency Medical Services, nine; Texas Department of Public Safety, two; fire departments, one; five hang-ups or abandoned calls; 25 non-emergency calls; 23 outbound checks on abandoned calls; and one call transferred to another county.

Monday at 12:19 p.m., Officer Ashley Burns was dispatched to the 2900 block of Woodridge Boulevard for a report of a wel-fare concern. Officer Jared Campbell was on scene as well.

They met with the hotel manager who said a guest was not answering his or the cleaning crews’ knock at the door.

The manager said the guest was supposed to be checked out by 11 but was still in the room, with the security latch set from the inside.

The hotel staff cut the lock and Burns and Campbell entered the room. They found a female asleep in the bed as well as drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine, according to the report.

Stephanie Lee Triplett, 24, of Brenham was charged with manufacture and delivery of controlled substances.

Tuesday at 2 a.m., Cpl. David Dudenhoeffer and Officer Sier-ra Newell were approached by a female who said her wallet had been stolen out of her purse.

The victim said she had given a friend a ride and that before she picked him up, she had put her wallet in her purse and laid it on her back seat.

After she dropped her friend off, she noticed her wallet was missing. The victim said she had over $400 in her wallet.

The department’s website address is cityofbrenham.org/po-lice.

———Brenham Fire Department had no calls during the 24-hour

period ending at 7 a.m. today.The department’s website address is cityofbrenham.org/fire.

———Washington County Emergency Medical Services calls for

the 24-hour period ending at midnight Tuesday were:• Responded to nine medical emergencies.• Made five emergency out of county transfers.Tuesday at 10:18 a.m., EMS responded to an automobile ac-

cident in the 11500 block of Highway 105. Three patients were checked at the scene.

The EMS website address is www.washingtoncountyems.net.———

Washington County Sheriff’s Office during the 24-hour pe-riod ending at 6 a.m. were unavailable.

The sheriff’s office website address is www.washington-cosheriff.org.

BRENHAM BEAT

Brown’s mother: Ferguson decision ‘heartbreaking’

ST. LOUIS — Michael Brown’s moth-er says it has been a “sleepless, very hard, heartbreaking and unbelievable” time for her since the announcement that a grand jury didn’t indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson for killing her son.

21 dolls on bamboo stakes found in Alabama swamp

PRATTVILLE, Ala. — The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office recovered 21 dolls from a local swamp Tuesday morning, but officials feel the motive in placing them is more mischievous than sinister.

Inclement weather affecting Thanksgiving travelers

MINEOLA, N.Y. — One of the busiest, most stressful travel days of the year posed special challenges in the crowded Wash-ington-to-Boston corridor as travelers on their way to Thanksgiving celebrations contended with a nor’easter packing rain and snow.

Sheriff: 5 children missing in Texas house fire

EDNA, Texas — Officials say five chil-dren are missing after the roof of a South Texas mobile home partially collapsed in a fire, making rescue attempts impossible.

Jackson County Sheriff A.J. Louderback couldn’t confirm Tuesday whether the chil-dren were killed in the fire but investigators believe some in the family of eight perished.

FBI: Harris County investigators stole comic books

HOUSTON — A Harris County grand jury has indicted a county investigator ac-cused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in rare comic books while working an embezzlement case.

Seven protesters arrested after blocking Dallas road

DALLAS — Seven people have been arrested while blocking part of a Dallas highway to protest a white Missouri police officer not charged in the fatal shooting of a black man.

Once maligned, Iran’s Jews find greater acceptanceYAZD, Iran — More than a thousand

people trekked across Iran this past week to visit a shrine in this ancient Persian city, a pilgrimage like many others in the Islam-ic Republic — until you notice men there wearing yarmulkes.

Macaws bring harmony to Caracas’ chaos

CARACAS, Venezuela — In one of the world’s most hostile urban jungles, the spectacle of rainbow-colored tropical birds streaking across the late-afternoon sky has become a natural respite from rampant crime and choking pollution.

Official: Afghan president orders military review

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a top-to-bottom review of the operations of Afghanistan’s defense forces, including discussing the resumption of controversial night raids banned by his predecessor.

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Kolkhorst sponsored legis-lation to kill the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor.

“Our members are grateful for that,” he said.

Early voting began today and ends next Tuesday at the court-

house annex downtown.The four other candidates are

from Fort Bend County: Demo-crats Cindy Drabek and Chris-tian E. Hawkins; and Republi-cans Gary Gates and Charles Gregory.

EndorsementContinued from A1

FeastContinued from A1

Thanksgiving holiday travel pe-riod (today through Sunday).

That’s a 5.2 percent increase in travel volume from last year and the highest volume for the holiday since 2007. Of the 3.6 million who will travel in the Lone Star State, 3.3 million will go by automobile.

“Those who will take road trips for the Thanksgiving hol-iday will appreciate the lower prices at the pump compared to years past,” said Doug Shupe, AAA Texas/New Mexico repre-sentative.

“We are enjoying these lower fuel prices as a result of global oil production exceeding de-mand and relatively few issues at local refineries.”

FuelContinued from A1

Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except on Thanksgiving Day); Fanthorp Inn is open Sat-urdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

A special Christmas celebra-tion will be held Saturday, Dec. 13.

Free and low-cost holiday ac-tivities for all ages include pe-riod music, craft making, read-ings, food samplings and sale of artisan gifts, culminating in the park’s popular Candlelight

Christmas event at the Bar-rington Living History Farm featuring vignettes of Texian frontier festivities with music, musket firing, dancing and a candlelit tour of the farm.

More information on the park complex and its events is available at the website for the Washington on the Bra-zos State Park Association — which supports the state his-toric site and preserves Texas history through programs, ed-ucation and celebrations — at www.wheretexasbecametexas.org, the TPWD website for the park at www.tpwd.state.tx.us /state-parks /washing-ton-on-the-brazos and the mu-seum website at www.starmu-seum.org.

ThanksgivingContinued from A1

Six Blinn College students put their persuasion skills to the test Monday during the second annual “Speak Up, Speak Out!” public speaking contest on the college’s Bryan campus.

Finalists Carlos Candia, Gregory Wyrick, Garrett Pessink, Baruc Monroy-Cas-tillo, Roxanne Lane and Ryan Henson, were each selected by faculty judges from one section of the College’s public speaking course to represent their class in the contest. Each finalist gave a five to seven-minute speech on topics of their choosing, ranging from calorie consumption to an-imal rights.

The audience was encouraged to use cell phones to cast their votes, and more than 200 student spectators filled the Barbara L. Pearson Banquet Room to sup-port their classmates and weigh in on the top persuasive speaker.

Candia captured first place with a polished speech on cal-orie consumption in America. With little prior experience in public speaking, Candia said he was surprised and honored to be voted as the top speaker.

“I was amazed when my name was called,” Candia said. “My only experience is talking to my fellow marines in the Ma-rine Corps; I’ve never given a speech to an audience this large. All the finalists were incredi-ble. Having won is just amazing with the talent I saw.”

Garrett Pessink placed sec-

ond with a speech on Doctors without Borders and Gregory Wyrick placed third with his presentation on the Lung Can-cer Alliance. The three winners were awarded a $250 scholar-ship to the Blinn College-Bryan campus bookstore, with addi-

tional prizes for the first- and second-place winners.

The annual event, founded one year ago by the college’s Communications Studies Pro-gram and coordinated by speech instructors Britney Hibbeler and Rachel Jumper, showcases the talent in Blinn’s public speaking classes, which enroll more than 1,000 students.

“We were really excited about how the inaugural event turned out and we were hoping to have an event that either met or ex-ceeded our expectations from last year. I think we did that,” Hibbeler said. “We are really impressed with the quality of speakers we had. They did a great job and we’re incredibly proud.”

Blinn students showcase public speaking skills at annual contest

Special to the BannerAn audience of student spectators selected Carlos Candia (center), Garrett Pessink (left) and Gregory Wyrick (right) as the top speakers at Blinn College’s second annual “Speak Up, Speak Out!” public speaking contest.

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Elder Care: How to Help Your Parents ManageIt’s a decision most adults dread: having to take over the financial and day-to-day living decisions for parents who can no longer manage on their own. When caring for your parents, you may need to plan on three levels: managing finances, making health care decisions, and making sure their daily household needs are met. Finding qualified experts who can advise you in these areas may make it easier to manage the situation.

Managing FinancesIf your parents currently are able to communicate, try to initiate a conversation about how they would like their money to be managed. Rather than telling them what to do, be clear that you would like to help and to make sure that their wishes are met. Access to bank and brokerage statements, insurance policies, and other financial documents may help you to safeguard your parents’ assets.If your parents work with a financial advisor, try to arrange a joint meeting where all parties can review the situation. If you pay your parents’ bills and manage their checkbook, arranging for direct deposit of Social Security or pension benefits, as well as electronic delivery of recurring bills, could expedite the process.Arranging for Health CareIf your parents are mentally competent, ask them about consulting a lawyer who can draft a health care proxy, a legal docu-ment designating you (or another person) to make decisions about medical care when they are no longer able to do so. If your parents have opinions about end-of-life care, their wishes can be incorporated into a living will, another legal document.Even without these documents, the medical establishment is likely to look to you or other siblings to make decisions about health care, which could include arranging for long-term care or making end-of-life decisions. As part of this process, deter-mine the type of medical insurance that your parents have and what it covers. Overseeing Daily Living ActivitiesIf your parents are able to remain in their home, you may need to consider helping them to manage medication, to conduct daily tasks such as bathing or meal preparation, and to make arrangements for assistance with household chores. A visiting nurse and home care agency may provide assistance in these areas.

You may want to consider consulting a Professional Geriatric Care Manager, a professional who may help arrange for home care, provide crisis intervention, and help you identify solutions to potential problems. You can learn more at www.caremanager.org.Managing a parent’s affairs can be complicated, but arranging for support from qualified people may help you care for par-ents in a way that meets their needs and does not create too much stress on you.

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Dr. Hal's FootnotesFor proper foot health

In my practice I try to educate my patients on proper foot health. I want to put some of those tips into print as a community service.

Corns and Calluses Corns and calluses are areas of thickened skin that develop to protect that area from irritation. An example is a corn over the little toe that may protect a bony prominence. Corns and calluses may become painful if they get too thick and in people with diabetes or decreased circulation, they can lead to more serious foot problems. If corns and calluses are causing pain or discomfort, or if you have diabetes, you should see Dr. An-dersen so that he can determine the cause. Dr. Andersen will check your feet, inspect your shoes, and watch you walk. He may suggest changing your shoes or add-ing padding to your shoes. He may reduce very large corns or calluses with a simple, painless office pro-cedure. Cortisone injections are sometimes given if corn or calluses are causing significant pain. Always wear properly fitted shoes. Dr. An-dersen can help you determine what shoes are best for you. He may also suggest an orthotic insert that will relieve pressure on your feet.

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Billy Starnes, a financial advisor with the finan-cial services firm Edward Jones in Brenham, and Rachel Eckert Nordt, a branch office administrator, recently attended an invitation-only training oppor-tunity at the firm’s headquarters in St. Louis.

The two-day Custom Forum is offered to less than 1,200 branch teams throughout the country, those that rank among the firm’s most successful in helping clients work toward their long-term fi-nancial goals.

Starnes and Nordt were among the 150 branch teams that attended this session.

“At the Custom Forum, we strengthened our knowledge and skills by sharing ideas with oth-

er successful teams and attending training from home-office professionals, all of which will direct-ly translate into helping our clients meet a growing number of financial needs,” Starnes said.

“Rachel and I tailored some of the training to fo-cus on areas of our business that we want to grow.”

Nordt added, “Attending this training together has allowed us to strengthen our team approach to serving our clients.

“With our new insights on communication, ef-ficiency and available resources, we are now even better equipped to deliver an ideal client experience to every client.”

The latest Jobs for Life graduation class had nine members at ceremonies held Nov. 23 at Calvary Baptist Church. Graduates were Michael Aroh, Amberian Blackmon, Shalandra Graves, LaShaunda Denise Hodick, Billy Wayne Bodacious Little, Tommie McDonald, Carly E. Sigala, Keosha Williams and Neosha Williams. The partnership of churches and businesses has a mission to train and equip unemployed or underemployed county citizens become valuable members of the work force, obtain an income to provide for their families and discover their “God-given pur-pose” through the dignity of work, said organizers. For more information about the Jobs for Life program,contact Jobs Partnership of Washington County at 251-8220 or Faith Mission at 830-1488.

Jobs for Life graduates nine

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers spent modestly more in October, a slight im-provement after no gain at all in the previous month.

The Commerce Department said today that consumer spending rose 0.2 percent last month, while September was revised from a decline to a flat reading. Income grew 0.2 per-cent in October.

Spending is watched because it accounts for 70 percent of economic activity. Solid job gains this year are helping to lift spending, which is bolstering the overall economy.

The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.9 per-

cent rate in the July-September quarter. Econ-omists expect growth of around 2.5 percent in the current quarter, and they believe 2015 will bring further spending gains and growth of around 3 percent.

The rise in spending reflected a 0.2 percent increase in spending on non-durable goods such as clothing and a 0.3 percent rise in spending on services such as utility payments and rent. Spending on durable goods such as autos fell 0.2 percent in October.

The small rise in spending and income left the saving rate unchanged at 5 percent of af-ter-tax income.

Consumer spending up 0.2% in October

The Texas Fam Bureau, the state’s largest farm and ranch organization, has recognized Edith Dickschat for 69 years of membership in the organization.

Dickshat was among those recognized as TFB began a search to identify its longest ten-ured members earlier this year.

“For more than 80 years, members have actively partic-ipated in leadership programs, community service, policy de-velopment and advocated for agriculture,” Larry Winkel-mann, county Farm Bureau

president.“The state organization want-

ed to recognize those longtime members.”

More than 100 counties sub-mitted over 400 entries in the search for the longest tenured member.

Dickschat joined TFB in 1969.

“Searching for the members with the deepest roots in our county and TFB gave us the op-portunity to relive our history and learn from our members,’ Winkelmann said.

Edith Dickschat (center) receives a plaque from Washington County Farm Bureau president Larry Winkelmann, hon-oring her for 69 years of membership in the organization. Also pictured are county Farm Bureau board members Russell Borgstedte and Linda Oberhoff.

Farm Bureau honors Winkelmann

2 from Edward Jones office attend elite training session

Nothing brings friends, family and neighbors together in the spirit of unity and gratitude quite

like Thanksgiving. At this festive and happy time of year, we’re particularly grateful to be

a part of this community. Your friendship and support have contributed so much

to our success and happiness, and we thank you.

From our family to yours, go our sincere best

wishes for a very happy Thanksgiving and

a blessed holiday season. We hope

you enjoy every moment!

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WEEKLY BRIEFSCUB PLAYOFF GAME DETAILSRegional football playoffBrenham Cubs (home) vs. Cros-by Cougars (visitors)Saturday at 6 p.m. at Woodfor-est Bank Stadium in Conroe.Pre-game adult tickets are $6, student tickets are $4. Tickets will be available at Brenham High School only, today from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.All tickets will be $8 at the gate.Only UIL District 19-5A “Of-ficial District Pass” (cardhold-er plus four) and THSCA and TGCA passes will be accepted.Directions: U.S. 290 East to-wards Houston; exit and turn left on FM 1488 through Mag-nolia; right on Highway 242; right on I-45 frontage road; u-turn at Research Forest/Tam-ina; right on Shenandoah Park Drive; right on David Memori-al Drive (19155 David Memo-rial Drive, Shenandoah, Texas 77385)BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB YOUHOOP BASKETBALL REGISTRATIONRegistration for the 6-12 fresh-man and junior divisions of YOUHoop Basketball will be open until Dec. 29. It is $25 for members and $50 for non-members. Practices begin Jan. 6 and games start Jan. 20.For more info call: 277-9383

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EDWARD ISAACSSports Editor

The Brenham girl’s basket-ball team held off 6A Killeen Tuesday night 50-41 due in large part to a 14-0 run to be-gin the game. The Lady Kan-garoos scored just two points in the first quarter (14-2) and

10 points during the first half (20-10).

“They (Killeen) wanted to run and gun, and they had 10 points in the first half,” said head coach Clayton Harris. “That demoralized them. Their game plan is to get up and down the floor and score 60 points. They didn’t do that tonight. We dictated the tempo.”

The Cubettes (5-3) main-tained the gap in the third by outscoring Killeen 14-13. The Lady Kangaroos got within seven points late in the fourth thanks to several 3-pointers but came no closer.

“If you are going to shoot it outside, that’s a shot we’re giv-

ing up,” Harris said. “We’re just not going to let you come in and make layups. They ex-ecuted.”

Senior Teaira McCowan had six points in the final period and

Cubettes hold on to beat Killeen, 50-41Darcus scores 16 points in win

Melissa McCaghren/Banner-PressAngel Darcus shoots a layup Tuesday night against Killeen.

BY THE NUMBERS

Cubettes: A. Darcus 16 PTS; T. McCowan 9 PTS; A. Jackson 11 PTS; S. Armstead 6 PTS

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 F

Killeen 2 138 18 41

Brenham 14 146 16 50

EDWARD ISAACSSports Editor

The Cubs did a lot of things right in Friday’s game against Elgin. Defensively, the only mistakes were giving up a couple of long pass plays in the fourth quarter along with missing a few tackles in the first half.

“Other than that, I thought the defense played really, really well against their one-back and no-back formations,” said head coach Glen West. “As the game went on, I think they figured out we were having trouble with the box (Notre Dame Box) in short yardage situations. I thought their coaches did a great job of finding ways to adjust to what we were doing.”

West said his coaching staff had an excellent game-plan for what Elgin wanted to do defensively.

“They did a nice job of changing their plan at halftime,” he said. “They really slowed us down and handled the situation well. I also thought we had a couple of key penalties that stopped some drives. We were also stopped on several short-yardage situations that we needed to convert. The biggest positive, though, was we still found a way to win.”

Brenham had 60 yards worth of penalties Friday which has to improve if the team is to continue advancing.

“We need to cut out those various penalties,” West said. “You can’t have those and continue to win.”

He was impressed with the way the team handled the final minutes

Brenham didn’t panic in closing minutes of area playoff game

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Friday’s playoff game would’ve made a high school football lover out

of anyone. If you attended, you were probably standing or sitting on the edge of your seat during the last 60 seconds even if you had no rooting in-terest in either team. I was do-ing the latter.

Texas high school football in November and December can be terrific entertainment, and Brenham’s game featured everything from two 21-point leads to a kickoff and punt re-turn for a touchdown to inter-ceptions to, most importantly, a game-winning field goal. It was fantastic.

There was a great contrast between how the contest began and how it ended. The Cubs marched out to a 21-0 lead af-ter scoring three unanswered TDs in the first quarter. Ear-

nest Patterson recorded one of those in the smartest play I’ve seen all season. He was go-ing to let a punt go untouched but noticed an opening in the Wildcats’ coverage. He caught the ball after it took its first bounce and raced to the end-zone for a 63-yard TD.

But it became clear that this wasn’t destined to be a blow-out when Elgin responded with

two TDs of its own, closing the gap to 21-14. The second half was a defensive battle, as there were seven total punts between the two teams.

Elgin and the Cubs’ defen-sive front were particularly impressive in the second half. Both squads shut down the run game (Brenham had 60 rush-ing yards, while Elgin had 25). I enjoy watching the effects after coaches make halftime adjustments. The Wildcats’ changes were the most notice-able.

They went from allowing 130 rushing yards and 256 total yards in the first half to 60 yards on the ground and 138 total yards in the third

and fourth quarters. Bren-ham scored just 10 points af-ter recording five touchdowns during the first half.

The Cubs’ eight possessions in the second half went as fol-lows: Turnover, punt, turnover on downs, touchdown, punt, punt, punt, field goal. It’s safe to say, for the most part, El-gin dominated — probably the only time that’s happened all season.

On the other side, Bren-ham’s defense forced at least three turnovers for the second straight playoff game. De-fensive end Marqez Bimage wreaked havoc on the offen-sive line. He had an eight-yard sack and never let quarterback

Kyle Snell get comfortable in the pocket. Since Bimage, who was moved from linebacker to DE earlier this season, is just a sophomore, he’s only going to get better — a scary thought for opposing teams.

Winning the turnover battle will be a must if the Cubs wish to be playing around Christ-mas. So far, in two playoff games, they’ve done that.

Contact Isaacs at sports@brenhambanner.com.

Press Box Perspective: Cubs/Elgin game will be etched in school history as a classic

Just a Bit Outside

EDWARDISAACS

ATHENS, Texas – Blinn College women’s basketball committed way too many turn-overs and led to easy baskets for Trinity Valley in a 83-46 victory over the Buccaneers Tuesday in Athens.

Trinity Valley applied full-court pressure for nearly the entire game and Blinn had a hard time holding on to the ball, giving Trinity Valley Community College a collec-tion of easy buckets.

“We did not play very well,” said Blinn head coach Jeff Jen-kins. “Trinity Valley is usually a tough place to play.”

The game didn’t start well for the Buccaneers in the first half as they trailed 45-16. Scor-ing was a little easier in the sec-

ond half for Blinn but Trinity Valley was still able to extend its lead before the final buzzer.

Moe Bedford and Ashley Cherry each had nine points in the loss as the Buccaneers did not have a double-digit scorer. Katelynn Johnson also tallied eight points in a losing effort.

The full-court pressure of Trinity Valley served its pur-pose as Blinn had a hard time getting into its offense even af-ter crossing half court. Coach Jenkins did like the effort of Cherry in the game and thought that she played well.

Blinn College will travel to McLennan Community Col-lege Monday for a non-confer-ence game starting at 5:30 p.m.

Buccaneers succumb to Trinity Valley pressure and lose, 83-46

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D E A R ABBY: I re-cently found out my daugh-ter has been having an af-fair with her sister’s hus-band.

This will tear our fam-ily apart.

It will also have a huge impact on my grandchildren.

I have not yet told my wife, who will be devastated, but I’m having trouble carrying this burden alone.

I feel they should be held ac-countable.

Should I look the other way, or make them responsible for their actions, knowing the hell it will create? — STRESSING IN THE USA

DEAR STRESSING: What an unfortunate mess.

Please do not assume that you are responsible for any damage that may result from this affair.

Because you know about it, it’s logical to assume that it’s only a matter of time until others find out what has been going on.

That’s why you should talk to your daughter.

Tell her you know about the affair and will now have to in-form her sister, who deserves to know that her marriage is in serious trouble and why.

If you do, it may save the marriage.

******DEAR ABBY: In the past few

months I have gone to differ-ent parties for friends from my church group.

I always go to the celebrations eager to meet and chat with peo-ple I haven’t seen in years.

However, one thing both-

ers me about these get-togethers.

Toward the middle of the event, I often get approached by the host who will ask me to assist with a certain task such as setting up the table, clearing or even do-ing the dishes.

No one else is ever asked to help.

I was raised in a family that empha-

sized good manners and to al-ways be willing to help a friend.

But in these situations I feel uncomfortable because I don’t want to refuse my host and I was invited as a “guest.”

Isn’t it rude for a host to ask a guest to help clean?

If so, what would be the ap-propriate response? — IN-FRINGED UPON IN CON-NECTICUT

DEAR INFRINGED UPON: Whether it’s pre-sumptuous to ask depends upon how close the host is to the guest being asked to lend a hand.

Some people would consid-er it a compliment; however, if you’re not close, it IS pre-sumptuous.

And if you prefer not to be recruited, all you have to say is, “I’d rather not.”

******DEAR READERS: Tomor-

row is Thanksgiving, and no

Thanksgiving would be com-plete without my sharing the traditional prayer penned by my dear mother:

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remember the hungry.We thank Thee for health

and remember the sick.We thank Thee for friends

and remember the friendless.We thank Thee for freedom

and remember the enslaved.May these remembrances

stir us to service,That Thy gifts to us may be

used for others.Amen.Have a safe and happy cel-

ebration, everyone! — Love, ABBY

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Clandestine family affair needs complete confession

ASK DOCTOR K

Some advice about skin care is simply a waste of time DEAR DOCTOR K:

I hear and read so much advice about skin care, and I don’t know what’s true and what’s not.

Can you address some common myths about skin care?

DEAR READER: You’re right to be skep-tical.

My patients often tell me that they’ve heard about a way to keep their skin clear and healthy, and often it is simply not true.

I’ll debunk some of the most common myths I hear:

-- The right skin cream can keep your skin looking young.

For reducing wrinkles, the treatment with the best evidence behind it is retinoic acid (as in Retin-A) that you apply to your skin. But the best ways to keep wrinkles at bay are using sunscreen and not smoking.

-- Antibacterial soap is best for keeping your skin clean.

It’s unnecessary to keep your skin com-pletely free of bacteria, and impossible to accomplish anyway.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

(FDA) recently indicated it was considering taking antibacterial soaps off the market.

That’s because there is no evi-dence they clean better than regu-lar soap.

In addition, they may promote bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

They may negatively affect body hormones.

They may make children more likely to develop allergies. And the antibacterial chemical in most such soaps, triclosan, may have harmful effects on the environment.

-- Eating chocolate or oily foods causes oily skin and acne.

There’s no evidence that any specific food causes acne.

An oily substance called sebum causes acne. It’s made and secreted by small glands beneath the skin.

-- Tanning is always bad for you. Spending too much time in the sun or in

a tanning booth can increase skin cancer risk.

Excessive tanning can also cause skin to wrinkle and age prematurely.

That is not a myth: It’s undeniably true. I spent a lot of time on the beaches of sunny Southern California when I was a kid, only

rarely using suntan lotion. And I’ve had many skin cancers as a re-

sult -- all cured, fortunately. But developing a light or gradual tan

through repeated, but careful, sun exposure isn’t dangerous.

Just take appropriate precautions: Use a sunscreen of at least SPF 30, apply

it thoroughly and reapply when necessary, and avoid peak sun exposure times (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

-- Tanning is good for you. There’s no evidence that tan people are

healthier than paler people. Sun exposure does have a health benefit,

though. Sunlight activates vitamin D in the skin.

Vitamin D helps keep bones strong, and may well have other health benefits. But you can get the vitamin D you need from food and supplements. You don’t need to tan.

-- The higher the SPF of your sunscreen, the better.

Above a certain level, a higher sun pro-tection factor (SPF) has little added benefit. Using sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 is fine.

Keeping your skin healthy is important, no doubt.

But beware of these myths, as they will only distract you from your goal.

Your Birthday Thursday, Nov. 27

Leave the past behind you. Turn the page and move on to bigger and better prospects. Trust your intuition and rely on your experience to help you ma-neuver your way to victory. You have the skills, and now it’s time to utilize them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Be sure to com-parison shop before you make a hefty purchase. You can save money if you do your home-work. Look for coupons that will offer an even bigger dis-count. Celebrate your savings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A rebate, settlement or windfall will come your way. A close friend will be able to pro-vide an answer to a matter that has been troubling you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It’s OK to ask for help. There are some matters that just can’t be dealt with alone. Seek the guidance of people who are familiar with your situation.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t waste your time trying to change other people. Look inward and make personal alter-ations instead. You’ll be happy with the results you get and the compliments you receive.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Lend a hand to someone in need. Your compassion and caring can be of help to those who have fallen on hard times. Check your community calen-dar for groups that interest you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Plan an elegant evening with

someone special. A quiet time away from the hustle and bustle will give you a chance to recon-nect and make promising plans for the future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Discuss your ideas with new acquaintances or colleagues. You will get a fresh outlook that will help you develop what you want to pursue.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — If you set up a budget and plan carefully, you will be able to put money aside for a much-needed vacation or treat that will make your life or living quarters more comfortable.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You will be hard to resist today. Offer suggestions to someone you want to partner with per-sonally or professionally. Mi-nor health issues may cause a setback if they’re not dealt with quickly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — With a little help, you will be able to finish what you start. Avoid distractions and work in-dependently to avoid slowdowns due to interference. Run the show instead of watching it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Your success depends on you. Other people may disagree with your plans, but you must do what you have to in order to get ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t let your emotions cloud a personal issue. Take a step back and try to see the oth-er person’s point of view before you react. Compromise will make you look good.

ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

ANTHONY L.KOMAROFF, M.D.

CATHY’S CORNER

Every time I read a magazine article, I learn something new. I just fin-ished reading the Nov. 12 issue of The New Ameri-can and the Nov. 24 issue of Time magazine, and I’m going to share a cou-ple of items with you that I found rather interesting, in addition to an item or two that were not in those magazines.

Did you know that hy-draulic fracturing (frack-ing) has been used for more than 60 years in this country? Fracking has been in the news a lot lately. Environ-mentalists are against fracking because of the prodigious amounts of water that is required for the process. However, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that some 70 to 140 billion gallons of water were used in the U.S. for fracking during 2011, while home-owners used 20 times that amount just to water their lawns.

Did you know that there was an earth-quake in the Dallas area Saturday evening that measured about 3.3, and that the earthquake was blamed on fracking? One truck driver sleep-ing in a motel near the airport said the floor and his bed shook. (While I was in a hospital in Ja-pan for the birth of my fourth son, an earth-quake caused my bed

to roll back and forth across the room. The Japanese lady who helped me with my kids told me that, if I ever happen to be outdoors during an earthquake, the safest place to be is beneath a big tree or on the railroad tracks. She said that the roots of the tree would prevent the earth from swallowing a person when the ground gaps open and closes during a tremor.)

Did you know that, just two years ago, Texas had 899 operating oil and

gas wells, which was more than the total number of wells in 15 other pe-troleum-producing states? (That’s not counting Oklahoma, which had 196 oil and gas wells.)

Did you know that, although nucle-ar reactors have been proven reason-ably safe for the purpose of producing electrical power, the United States lags far behind the rest of the world in nu-clear reactors for power production? There are just six power plants under construction in the U.S. at present, and those won’t be ready to use until 2020, whereas there are 430 nuclear reactors worldwide, with 29 in China alone.

Did you know that the greatest con-centration of the brightest scientific, engineering and mathematical minds in the U.S. lived in New Haven, Con-necticut during the 19th and 20th centu-ries? Among those mental giants were Eli Whitney, Samuel Morse, Charles Goodyear and Josiah Willard Gibbs. (Yale University, founded in 1701, is located there, and Yale was America’s early university offering to compare —

somewhat-to the prestigious Sorbonne University, founded in the Middle Ages in Paris, France.)

Did you know that women are more likely to practice yoga than men? However, the men who seek the ben-efits from yoga experience reduced stress, less anxiety, improved balance, a healthier heart and relief from in-somnia.

Did you know that 1,179,398 Texas Lottery tickets were purchased for Sat-urday night’s drawing? (I bought one.) And, did you know that there were only 14,485 winners, while there were 1,164,913 losers? (Mine was a loser, of course.) There were no jackpot win-ners, and only 14 winners with five out of six numbers, each of whom received only $1,879.

Did you know that one of our pe-can trees bears such small pecans that it takes 560 pecans to fill a coffee can that holds one pound and 13 ounc-es of coffee? (Yes, I counted them as I picked them up, one by one by one.) It took more than an hour to find those

560 pecans, which weighed just three and one-half pounds. Figuring that pe-cans are bringing 40 cents per pound (if you are trying to sell them in the shell), that can of pecans will bring only $1.40. That means that my time spent picking up those pecans was worth only $1.25 per hour. How’s that for minimum wage?

But that’s not the end of the pecan story. Did you know that we have a pe-can tree on this place that is more than 100 years old, and that the pecans on that tree are smaller yet? Those pe-cans are just beginning to fall. I found 82 of those tiny nuts so far. Those 82 teeny-weeny nuts weighed in at three ounces! Thank goodness that the tree has only a few pecans on it this year, or I’d wear out my magnifying glass.

Did you know that, if you purchased a pound of pecans in their shells at a local grocery store, you would have to pay approximately $5?

Did you know that I have just run out of crazy “Did-you-know” items? Ar-en’t you glad?

CATHYGANSKE

OpinionsThe Banner-Press | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 | Page A7

www.brenhambanner.com/opinion

A GLANCE BACKFrom The Banner-Press files, here’s a look at how things were 20, 30 and 40 years ago.

20 years agoSteve Murray, principal of Brenham High School, has announced that Jesse Benn, Rockie Knit-

tel, Joshua Oelze and Timothy Spiess have been named Commended Students in the 1995 National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program.

About 35,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being honored for their exceptional academic promise.

30 years agoLela Kay Hughes of Industry and her paint mare Texas Dandys Doll were champions at the Amer-

ican Paint Horse Association’s Texas State Championships in Waco.The duo place first in pole bending and fourth in the open barrel racing and were awarded the

1984 APHA World Champion in pole bending. 40 years ago

Brownie Troop No. 161 toured The Banner-Press.They toured the paper to see how their hometown newspaper is put together.The group is guided by Mrs. Nestor Clay, (leader); Mrs. Pasty Meyer, (helper) and Mrs. A.E. Sims

(co-leader.)

IN PERSPECTIVE

The beliefs of some people are funny. This is the season when some of those humorous irrational thoughts are on display.

Today, there will be numerous clips on TV of little Johnny and Marie putting out cookies and milk for Santa Claus. The next morning, their eyes will be wide in seeing that Santa had come down the chimney, eaten the goodies, and left them a pile of gifts in gratitude.

In a few years, Johnny and Ma-rie will realize that, “Hey!, there’s no chimney in this house for Santa to slide down. And look, there are no tracks in the yard or on the roof where he would have had to park his reindeer and sleigh as he ate our cookies and milk. So Santa Claus delivering our presents is just a little white lie told by Mom and Dad.”

A few years after that, Johnny and Marie will be passing the little lie on to their children and will be amused how their off spring are enthralled with the fiction.

This perpetual lie about Santa Claus is built around the Christmas season. Unfortunately, there are other religious beliefs and lies that are not so humorous. Some of them are down right dangerous.

The best example of the dangerous type of reli-gious lies are those of various Muslim cults. The El Shabab sect in Kenya, for instance, believes that anyone who does not profess faith in its religion must be killed. Recently, believers of that lie en-tered a bus in Kenya and killed the passengers who could not recite a particular verse of the Koran.

Politics is another area in which there is a cor-nucopia of lies that might be funny if they were not so serious. What is humorous here is the number of citizens who still believe that Presi-dent Barack is the best thing to ever happen to the United States.

These sycophants hang on every word out of his mouth as will as those of his staff as if it were the gospel. Many of those words are lies. No matter, however, they are from the mouth, desk, or office of the President of the country, so they must be true.

Lies from the White House are not new. Every president has probably told a lie a little above the white lie level while in office. Eisenhower deny-ing that Gary Powers and his U-2 over the Soviet Union were from the U.S., Nixon denying involve-ment in Water Gate, and Clinton denying an affair with Monica are three that come to mind easily.

The list of lies emanating from the White House under the current occupant, however, is too long to catalog in this short item. One subject — Obamacare — keeps that list growing on a week-ly, if not daily basis.

Currently, the revelations by Jonathan Gruber, one of the primary authors of that legislation, about how the “stupid”public was misled by lies have spurred yet more obfuscations. President Obama and Nancy Pelosi, famous for the remark that they must pass the legislation before they could know what was in it, now claim that, despite records to the contrary, they do not know Gruber and that he had nothing to do with the law.

All the Obama Care lies pale in comparison, however, with the ones now being proclaimed by Obama over the immigration issue.

He claimed in more than 20 speeches over a period of several years that he had no authority

to take unilateral action to remove the fear of deportation hanging over some long-term illegal aliens. Last week, however, he claimed that he had the same authority to do what all of his predecessors had done. He cites in support this ille-gal action the acts of Reagan and George Bush in giving relief to some illegals.

This is just more dissembling re-quired to support the basic lie. The Reagan and Bush actions were in di-rect implementation of laws passed by Congress.

Although Obama’s directive to not deport cer-tain classes of aliens might be legal and justifi-able as a type of prosecutorial discretion, it goes further than that. It confers a benefit or status — work permits — not authorized or permitted un-der existing law.

Regardless, of how welcome the act of delaying deportation might be, the new status or benefit it confers is not legal. So the President is violating the law instead of upholding it as he is required to do by the constitution.

So here’s the perspective.The current administration in Washington is

floating on a sea of lies. None of the lies is hu-morous and enjoyable like the Santa Claus lie that started this item.

Remember, though, that tomorrow is Thanks-giving and everyone in the U.S. has at least one thing for which to be thankful. Under the law, Barak Obama can remain in office for only two more years.

We should be able to survive that long. Be thankful.

Bill Neinast is a retired colonel and attorney with the U.S. Army. He lives near Burton.

BILLNEINAST

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe 19th of this month, The Banner-Press

printed a letter I wrote.The reference to stupid Americans was a quote

from an MIT professor.I do not believe Americans are stupid, and the

vote in the recent election proves they are not.William Sickels

Brenham———

It is with great gratitude and heartfelt thanks that Washington County Veterans Association wishes to acknowledge all the organizations, businesses and individuals that took part in mak-ing all the events of Veterans Day a great success.

Breakfast at the VFW Hall: food prepared by Dumas Walker Pepper and Pie Co. Brenham Me-morial Chapel’s donation for the breakfast VFW for hosting and serving the breakfast.

Brenham High School’s Allison Crawson, Don-ald Shaw, Brenham High School band, choir, ROTC, students and staff presented a beautiful Veterans Day Program.

Daughters of American Revolution for their Chappell Hill Veterans Day program.

Veterans Day program at the American Legion Hall: Thanks to all that took part in the program to honor all Veterans that have served and are serving this nation.

Doug Leher, David Lancaster, Clyde Averitt, Pastor John Sutton, Steve Miller, State Rep. Lois Kohlhorst, County Judge John Brieden, Burton Mayor Peggy Felder, Terry Roberts, Ben Seeker, LaVerna Jacobs, Tommy Williams, Doris Gle-newinkel, Louis Houser, Edna Mae Myers, Judith Finke, Sharon Eccleston, Terry Brieden, Ladies Auxiliary, ROTC VFW, American Legion, DAV, Dr. Robert Wright, Pastor Ben Martin, Stoney Phillips, Pilot Club and all the families, friends and veterans that joined us for the day to honor all those that have served our country.

Schovajsa’s Catering for preparing our noon meal. H-E-B’s Scott Hill, Yvonne Supak and Lar-ry Hargis for providing and serving desserts.

Erich, Doris and Melissa Glenewinkel for con-ducting our drawing.

Ladies Auxiliary, ROTC, VFW, American Legion, DAV for working the drive-through and VFW and American Legion working-ticket sales.

A special thank you to all the school campuses that honored the veterans with a school program which included family participation.

Special recognition to The Banner-Press staff for a wonderful Veterans Day insert. A special thank you to each reporter that did the special vet-eran interviews, and to Arthur Hahn, Bud Cham-bers and Melissa McCaghren for their special help.

KWHI’s Carolyn Warmke, Mary-Janet Reyes and KTEX for the radio coverage.

Washington County Veterans Association would like to thank the following businesses for

their support and donations: Burton State Bank staff, Gerald and Laurie Wehring, MIC Group, Rau’s Meat Market, Bluebonnet Electric, Brook-shire Bros., Judith’s Salon, Subway, Thielemann Construction, The Banner-Press, Kay’s Cuisine, Brenham National Bank, Dan’s Meat Market, Eckermann’s Meat Market, Cactus Restaurant, John Brieden State Farm Ins., Max Donuts, H-E-B, Washington County Healthy Living, Faske’s Jewelry, Dale’s Automotive, Brenham Memorial Chapel, Burton American Legion #242, K & M Grocery, South Central Concrete, Steve Miller, Mr. & Mrs. Glenwood Schwartz, Robert’s Service Station, Legacy Concrete Works, Blue Bell Creameries, LaRoche Dealerships, Spivey’s Barber Shop, Brenham Wildflowers, Brenham LP Gas, Mike Hopkins Distributing, Carey’s De-tail, Texas Seafood, Robert and Becky Squyres, Bank of Brenham, Dumas Walker Pepper & Pie Co., Industry State Bank, Bill and Dotty Wickel, Industry Telephone and I-Net, Day Star Chris-tian Book Store, Four County Auction, Pro Auto Supply, Abel A/C and Heating, Tegeler Chevrolet, Barbara and Ted Hemmer, Doris and Erich Gle-newinkel, Tegeler Toyota, Felder’s Buy & Bye, Alexander Oil Co., Richard Wegner, Must Be Heaven, Hair Depot-Burton, Gene and Edna Mae Meyer, Must Be Heaven, Lete Phillips Studio, Glissmann’s Gift Gallery, Saunder’s Distributing, Pomegranate, Applebee’s, Gary Goebel, Chap-pell Hill Bakery & Deli, Del Sol Foods/Brianna, Chili’s, Dr. Helen Philips, Bliss Candy Co., John Dean’s Computer Consulting, and Dickeys Bar-B-Que.

Washington County Veterans Association would also like to thank all the people whose names you do not see listed, the people that work behind the scene. Many people work for months prior to Veterans Day to make the programs and the day a tribute to all veterans.

Barbara HemmerBrenham

Here’s a pat on the back to for those who volunteered theirtime to help serve food at WCHLA Thanksgiving dinner Monday.

PAT ON THE BACK

‘Did-you-know’ items for your holiday entertainment

Floating on a sea of lies

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Legal Notice

ADVERTISEMENT AND INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed bids addressed to Beth A. Rothermel, County Clerk, Washington County for furnishing all plant, labor, materials, and equipment and performing all work required for the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) 2013 Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) Sanitary Sewer System Improvements until 2:00 P.M., C.S.T. on Thursday, December 4, 2014, will be received at the Washington County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Suite 102, Brenham, Texas 77833 after which the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in Suite 103.

Bids are invited for construction of six (6) inch PVC sanitary sewer collection main and three (3) inch PVC force main, services, manholes, grinder pump lift station, fencing, and driveway repair in Washington County, Texas.

Bid/contract documents, including drawings and technical specifications are available at www.civcastusa.com or may be purchased from Jones & Carter, Inc., 1500 South Day Street, Brenham, Texas 77833, 979-836-6631, or 979-836-5686 (fax), upon the deposit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per set. Deposits will only be refunded to contractors who bid the project. Deposits of suppliers and subcontractors will not be refunded. Plans and specifications may be examined without charge in the office of Jones & Carter, Inc. (Brenham Office location).

A bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid. A certified check or bank draft payable to Washington County, Texas or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.

An original of the bid shall be submitted in sealed envelopes upon the blank form of proposal furnished. Sealed envelopes shall be marked in the upper left hand corner as follows:

BID DOCUMENTS"DO NOT OPEN IN MAIL ROOM"

BID FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY2013 TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTSTDA TxCDBG CONTRACT NO. 713509

J&C NO. B0014-0009-00TO BE OPENED: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014, AT 2:00 P.M.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than the federally determined prevailing (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued by the TDA Office of Rural Affairs and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin. Adherence to the grant recipient’s Section 3 Policy is required for contracts and subcontracts in excess of $100,000.00.

Washington County reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by Washington County for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidders’ qualifications prior to the contract award.

All contractors/subcontractors that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation on federal assistance programs may not undertake any activity in part or in full under this project.

There will be a non-mandatory prebid conference on Friday, November 21, 2014, at 10:00 A.M. at the Washington County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Suite 103, Brenham, Texas 77833.

JOHN BRIEDEN, COUNTY JUDGEWASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE (Navasota area) - Bachelor’s degree or ����������������������������������������

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Resumes with complete work history AND professional references will be required. NO IN PERSON APPLICATIONS OR

PHONE CALLS – EMAIL ONLY

Livestock & Supplies

FISH DAY!!Now Is The Time For Stocking!!!

TO PRE-ORDER CALL ARKANSAS PONDSTOCKERS 1-800-843-4748 Walk-Ups Welcome

We will serve you:Cattleman’s Supply, Brenham, TX

Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, 4:30 P.M. - 5 P.M.

Bridal Registry

Quick Reference Directory for Busy Brides

STONEY LACINAPHOTOGRAPHY

& Graduating Senior Photos22 Years Experience

979-836-1885

Hermann’sFine Furniture, Antiques & Gifts213 West Alamo 836-7231

Amy Gervais & Zach PooleDecember 19, 2014

Gayla Jerkins & Chris MansonDecember 31, 2014

Sunni Sonnenburg & Matt WinklerJanuary 10, 2015

The Pomegranate203 W. Alamo 836-1199

thepomegranate1199@gmail.com

Schleider Furniture307 S. Austin 836-3689

www.schleiders.combridal@schleiders.com

Haleigh Schulze & Robert TaylorFebruary 21, 2015

Special Occasions2634 Hwy 36 South

979-836-2425www.specialoccasionsbridal.com

RANCH ANTIQUES117 W. Commerce

Now Offering Bridal Registry979-277-0008

ranchantiquestexas.com

Hermann’sHHH ’

BridalRegistry

Allied Ace Hardware307 N. Austin Pkwy 836-5607

Jessica Weynand & Jake CarlsonDecember 13, 2014

Kinsey Osterhaus & Jim ButlerDecember 13, 2014

Amy Gervais & Zach PooleDecember 19, 2014

Megan Tidwell & Vincent KrolczykDecember 20, 2014

Cara Mueller & Eddy JezisekJanuary 3, 2015

Tiffany Baker & Charles BakerJanuary 3, 2015

Breck Christensen & Tyler SochaFebruary 7, 2015

Emily McLemore & Tyler StilsonFebruary 7, 2015

Haleigh Schulze & Robert TaylorFebruary 21, 2015

Kelsey Schwartz & Kyler CrenshawMarch 7, 2015

Brooke Steele & Heath DurhamApril 11, 2015

Jamie Pinckard & Dane PawlowskiApril 18, 2015

Special Notices

Want To Buy Wrecked Or non-running cars w/titles.Also, equipment. Will pay

top $$$. 979-277-8420

Public Notice

AUDIT PROPOSALREQUEST NOTICE

The Burleson County Ap-praisal District is acceptingProposals of Audit Servicesfor the 2014 physical year

with an option for 2015 serv-ices. Services to include anaudit of the financial state-ments of the governmentalactivities, each major fund,

and the aggregate remainingfund information, which

comprise the basic financialstatements of Burleson

County Appraisal District asof and for the year endingDecember 31, 2014. Theaudit shall be conducted inaccordance with auditing

standards generallyaccepted in the United

States of America. Sealedproposals will be accepteduntil 11:00 a.m., December8, 2014 at the AppraisalOffice, 111 E. Fawn St.,

P. O. Box 1000, Caldwell,Texas 77836.

Help Wanted

STRUCTURAL FITTERS Must be required to position,

align ,and fit Oilfield Skidsfollowing blueprints.

Must have at least 5 years’experience in skid manufac-turing. Must have own trans-

portation. Must be able towork weekends and 12 hourdays. Must have own meas-

uring tools to perform theduties of a Structural Fitter.

PROPER ID ANDREFERENCES NEEDED

HEMPSTEAD AREACALL 979-826-4222

Hiring Now--Service WriterMust have great people

skills, dependable, organizedand computer skills. Call formore details 979-836-4811.Ask for Dodie or Shannon.

NOW HIRING CNAs –6am-2 pm & 2pm to 10 pmshifts. Apply in person at401 East Blue Bell Road

or email resume toStephani.golie@

highhopebrenham.com

EXPERIENCED INDUSTRIAL Sandblasters Needed.Must have proper ID &references HempsteadArea. Call 979-826-4222

Help Wanted

HAIR STYLIST OPENINGAt A Cut Above

Ask for Rosi979-836-4540

Bluebonnet Center

ASSISTANT TEACHERNEEDED AT

Head Start Brenham CenterVisit www.bvcaa.org formore details! Submit

application & resume toshohlt@bvcaa.org. EOE/AA.

Landscape Crew MembersNeeded

Glasco and Co. Landscapingis looking for FULL TIME

lawn maintenance and instal-lation employees. Begin acareer with a growing com-pany serving Washingtonand surrounding counties.Character and strong work

ethic essential to better serveour customers. Starting pay$10.75/hour with paid vaca-

tion. Potential for higherstarting pay with experience.

Apply in person at 601 N.Blue Bell Rd., Brenham, TXMonday through Friday 9 -12

COMMERCIAL DRYWALLInstallers needed. No expe-rience necessary. ContactTim Matatall @ Drake Interi-ors 713-956-4595 ext 295.

STRUCTURAL FITTERS Must be required to position,align ,and fit Oilfield Skids

following blueprints.Must have at least 5 years’experience in skid manufac-turing. Must have own trans-portation. Must be able to

work weekends and 12 hourdays. Must have own meas-uring tools to perform theduties of a Structural Fitter.

PROPER ID ANDREFERENCES NEEDED

HEMPSTEAD AREACALL 979-826-4222

Help Wanted

SEEKING RNS & LVNs(staff & management posi-tions)Med Aides & Certified

Nurse Aides in Bellville/Sealycall 832-651-3694 for info

VOLARE ITALIANRESTAURANT

Hiring waiters, hostesses,and kitchen help. Apply

in person, 10 A ~11 A or4 P~ 5 P at 102 S. Ross St. Brenham 979-836-1514

FITTERS, WELDERS,FITTER HELPERS Day & Night Shift-

Overtime. Application onwebsite: yardirons.com

Fax: 281-375-7702. Email: accounting@yardirons.com

34000 Sunset LaneBrookshire, TX 77423

DOMINO’S PIZZAIs Now Hiring Drivers

Can Earn Up To $14 Hr.979-251-9063 EOE

EXPERIENCED OILFIELDTRUCK DRIVERS NEEDEDMust be at least 25 yrs old,have a class “A” CDL with

tanker endorsements & gooddriving record. Competitivepay, paid holidays, safetybonuses, vacation & sick

pay. Health, dental, vision,& life insurance available.

Apply in person at:Advance Hydrocarbon

Corporation1003 CR 237, Giddings,or call (979) 542-3462

SKI TAX SERVICESeeking an income tax pre-parer. Must be fully experi-enced, registered and certi-fied, computer literate. This

is for a temporary position forthe coming tax season. Ap-

ply in person only. No phonecalls. 1200 So. Market St.

Help Wanted

Admininistrative Assistant To act as the liaison between

clients and technicians.Schedule and dispatch drillrequests. Good phone skills,organized & able to multi-task. Proficient in MicrosoftWorks. Email resume to:

hr@gessnerengineering.com

Full Time Front CounterHelp M-F, 8 A- 4 P. Must

be friendly and dependable.Send resumes to: debbie@

parkstreetbakery.com

Flat Bed Driver NeededLocal. Home every night.Flatbed experience neces-sary; class “A” or “B” CDL;forklift experience helpful.Guaranteed weekly pay.

615-483-3568

JIMMIE HAHN CONCRETEBrenham. Looking For

Experienced Class A or BCDL Drivers. Health Insur-ance,Holidays, Vacation401K. Apply in person @

1503 North Park, BrenhamCall 979-836-3664 or FaxResume to 979-836-2265

MDS COORDINATORMust have RN or LVN

license. Competitive rates.Benefits Available. Monday-

Friday. Email Resumeto: Stephanie.golie@

highhopebrenham.com orapply in person at 401 E.

Blue Bell Rd., Brenham, Tx

Experienced StructuralWelders needed for nightshift.(Applicants must be

able to pass a3G open route test.)

Proper ID And ReferencesNeeded. Hempstead

Area Call 979-826-4222

Local Company is LookingFor drivers to transport rail-road crews up to a 200 mile

radius from Somerville. Mustlive within 20 miles of

Somerville, be 21 or older,and pre-employment drug

screen required. A companyvehicle is provided, paid

training, and benefits. Nospecial license needed.

Compensation is 16 centsper mile or $7.25 an hour

while waiting. Apply atwww.renzenberger.com

P/T JANITORIAL PERSONNeeded. Must be able topass background & drugcheck. Apply in person at1117 Industrial Blvd., in

Brenham, M-F, 8 A - 5 P.

Articles For Sale

SELECT IMPROVEDVariety Pecans.

Call Fritz Pecan FarmBradley Fritz Owner

979-451-9642

Livestock & Supplies

WANTED: PASTURE LAND To Lease For Cattle

Grazing ~ Any Amount979-421-9792

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Homes for Rent

1001 N. PARK (In Town)

CUTE, COZY & CONVENIENT Just Updated!

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Livestock & Supplies

Quality Coastal BermudaFertilized & Herbicide

Applied 4X6 Net WrappedRound Bales. QuantityDiscount 979-830-1194

HAY FOR SALE5 BY 6 Round Bales

$45. Please Call979-277-2101

Farm Equipment

MASSEY FERGESON245,low hrs. barn kept, great

condition,shredder,blade,hay fork,carry all implements

available. 8,500 obo.moti-vated seller. 979-661-1800

Pets

AKC GREAT PYRENEEESPUPPIES FOR SALE

Born 10/12. $500 each. Feeincludes full registration,

worming, vaccinations, andhealth guarantee. Call

Cynthia at (832) 865-1122.www.GreatPyrPups.com

Apartments

APTS FOR RENT 979-830-8715

6 Month & 1 YearLeases Available

EFFICIENCY FURNISHEDdowntown, $600-$625/monthIncludes Utilities & Cable TV.

Security Deposit andReferences Required.

979-830-1472

Homes for Rent

2/1 $600 Mth, $600 Dep 3/2 $800 Mth, $800 Dep

All Have CHA~ All NO PetsCall 979-836-4179

3/2/3, CHA, JUST OUTSIDE City Limits. Many Extras,Including Pool & Hot Tub.

Call For More Info979-451-1657

4 BEDROOMS 2 BATHSIn a beautiful country stylehome located in the middleof Brenham, W/D included.

$1,150 month/$1,150 deposit979-203-1823

2/1 COUNTRY HOME 9 Miles from Brenham

$420 month + $300 deposit405-657-7114

Homes for Rent

3/2 HOUSE On 1/2 acre.Newly remodeled. $1050 mth

+ security dep. Pets ok.Avail. immediately

Call “J.D.” 979-203-5624

Rooms for Rent

HOUSING FOR STUDENTSshared bath, kitch-util, cablewifi incl’d. Minutes from Blinn$550 mth. Avail now! Taking Spring apps. 979-203-5624

Business Rentals

Office Spaces Available For Lease In Downtown

Brenham. All sizes, utilitiespd. Starting at $1.14 sq.ft.

Call 979-277-5830

Mobile Homes

NEW 2015 32 x 48Doublewide 3 or 4 bedroom2 baths Mid $50’s, delivered,set-up, A/C. RBI 32896. Sun-

days 1-6. Fayette CountryHomes 979-743-6192

Commercial Grade 24x60With or Without restrooms.

Fayette Country Homes800-369-6888 RBI 32896

THANK YOU FORLetting Us SERVE you for

20 YEARS. We are the Old-est Dealership in the 14 sur-rounding counties. We arehere to SERVE you Beforeand After the Purchase.Fayette Country HomesHope To SEE You Soon.

Open 7 days a week.979-743-6192 RBI 32896

WE PAY CASH For used homes. Fayette

Country Homes979-743-6192 RBI 32896

Real Estate

REAL ESTATE ADVERTISINGin this newspaper is subject

to the Fair Housing Act whichmakes it illegal to advertise“any preference, limitationor discrimination based onrace, color, religion, sex,handicap, familial statusor national origin, or an

intention, to make any suchpreference, limitation or

discrimination.”

Building For Sale To BeMoved. Approx. 1,500 Sq ft.

For More Info Please Call979-836-5962

Ask for Bonnie or “Tex”

FOR SALE BY OWNERMobile Home And Land.

Quiet Country Setting. RentalIncome $897 Per Month.Tenant Occupied. Selling

With Lease. $59,500Owner/Agent 979-830-3535

Carpet Cleaning

CARPET DEEP CLEANINGSpecial! 3 Rooms $95.00+TaxWalton & Co 979-877-8137

or 800-750-2443

STEAM-A-TRONTruck Mounted Steam

Cleaning. Carpet, Tile, SpotDye. Oriental & Area rugs,

Furniture.Pet OdorSpecialist 979-530-8575

Concrete Work

BW BUILDERS CONCRETEWork. No job too big or toosmall. Free estimates. Call

936-391-0022

AAZ CONCRETE WORKDriveways, Sidewalks, Patios

Residential & CommercialOwner:Arturo 979-451-1472

Construction

METAL BUILDINGSCarports, Pole Barns,

Steel Structures. LocallyOwned. 936-391-0022

BW Builders, Inc.

T. WELLMANNCONSTRUCTION

New Home & Remodeling979-421-0529

LEONARD GROSSCONSTRUCTION

•New Homes• Add-ons • Garages

• Barns • Carports • DecksFree Estimates!

Mobile (979) 877-4022

SHANNON MITSCHKEDrywall, Insulation, Hanging,Finishing, Texturing, New orRemodeling. 979-277-4086Serving Brenham for 20 Yrs.

Portable Buildings

Cabins/Storage/CustomBrowse our great selection or design your own. Buildingsby General Shelter Carports

and Garages by Eaglediscounttreesofbrenham.com

979-836-7225

STORAGE CONTAINERSNew/Used 20’ & 40’

Buy/Rent/Rent-to-OwnCall for Pricing 979-836-7500

or 409-748-0380

Dozer Work

MASSON DOZER SVCSClearing of all types. Pads,clean/dig ponds, shreddingdiscing, etc. 979-203-4145

Electrical Work

RR ELECTRICResidental/Commercial Work

ML#288365, TECL#29975rrelectric.2003@att.net

979-277-0415

Fence Building

CUSTOMFARM SERVICES

Specializing in FENCING:*Board*, *Pipe*, *Wire*

Ronnie Weiss979-830-1608

M & B FLORESSpecializing in all types offences and repairs andbuildings. Call for free

estimates. 979-525-3814

J.W. FENCING COSpecializing in All FencingBoard/Pipe/Wire/Buildings15 Yrs. Exp. Brenham. Freeest. John Wall 210-602-3253

Furn.Refi nishing

Antique Restoration/RepairFurniture refinishing, painted& faux finishes. 30 Yrs. Exp.Lee McGraw 979-421-3905

Moving Service

HAULRIGHT.comMOVERS AND DELIVERY

Household Moves AndFlatbed Freight Statewide

979-836-1205 or979-337-HAUL(4285)

House Leveling

H.S.C. ~ SINCE 1985House Leveling

Pier & Beam - Mobile HomesFree estimate 979-451-3684

House Leveling

RHINO FOUNDATIONLeveling & repair. Free ests.Lifetime wrty. Quality work-manship & price will not be

beat!! 281-798-0758 or979-865-1018

Housecleaning

HOUSE CLEANING SVCResidential. Experienced &

References. Please Call979-571-6078

Lawn Service

SCHULZ LAWN & FENCEMowing, weed eating, treetrimming, barbed wire fenceDarrel Schulz 979-251-1548

TEXANA LAWN &LANDSCAPE

Lawn Maint, Pasture Shred-ding & Irrigation, L.I. 8374.Landscaping, Garage DoorRepair & Fences. Insured.Tim Wilson 979-551-0214

King Lawn & LandscapingMow, edge, weed-eat, lawnmtnce.,sod, clean-up, mulch,brush & tree removal. Call

Curtis 979-203-1229

OAK LAWN SERVICESResidential mowing, edging,bed clean-up, mulching, build

new flower beds. Free est.Alfredo 979-203-4680

VICTOR’S LANDSCAPING~N~ TREE SERVICE

Complete Mow-N-TreeService 7 Days Service

979-251-0640

Landscaping

BRENHAM LANDSCAPINGMowing, Fence & flower bedclean up. Mulching, grass in-stallation 979-551-0225 Luis

Landscaping

GREEN SHADELANDSCAPE

Lawn care, fence mainte-nance, tree trimming &removal, stone work,

patios & walkways. Insured.Victor Aguilar 979-203-5372

Painting

Painting Interior-ExteriorSheetrock & Pressure WashFree Est. Carlos Sanchez

979-451-0922/979-451-5889

RIVAS PAINTINGInterior/Exterior, RemodelingSheetrock Finishing & More.

Free Est. 979-203-2613

M & M PAINTINGInterior-exterior. Sheetrockwork. Pressure washing,& more! Manuel Martinez

979-525-3446

Plumbing

PLUMB LEVEL• 24 HR SVC(Formerly Brenham Plumbing)

Serving Brenham AndSurrounding Areas Since

1998 ~ Walt ~ TMPL#36799We’re here when you need us!

979-277-9993

Texas Plumbing SolutionsLocal professional plumbingservice for Brenham & sur-rounding areas. Free basichome plumbing inspections.

Insured. Aaron RoshtoTMPL#40427 979-251-7744

Pressure Cleaning

AN AFFORDABLECustom Pressure Washing

JOB DONE RIGHT!Home, farm, comm., prof.

window cleaning. Free ests.451-2451 or 251-7595

Satellite/TV

HD-TV/SATELLITEFREE DIRECT TV!

Get up to 4 DIRECTVReceivers free includinginstallation. HughesNet®

Gen4 Satellite Rural Internet/Networking Free Site Survey

Brenham. 979-836-2421

Tree Service

-ROGER’S TREE SERVICE-Large Tree Planting, Re-

moval, Spraying, Fertilizing,Cosmetic Pruning, StumpGrinding, Cavity Filling,

Fence/Lot Clearing, Cabling/Supports. Shredding.

Insured. •Also PressureWashing Services

979-836-4517

24/7 TREE SERVICETree Trimming & RemovalFence Mtnce. INSURED

Victor Aguilar 979-203-5372

ALL TREE SERVICE DBA• MASTER TREE SERVICE• 23 Years Experience in TreeRemoval, Trimming, Pruning,

Stump Grinding, Spraying& Fertilizing. Lot Clearing.

Free Estimates 836-7140Insured! Victor Alcala

VICTOR’S TREE SERVICEDead Trees, Topping

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Every year the town and all of the locals ea-gerly waits for the first Saturday in Decem-ber. This year on Dec. 6 when children of all ages await the coming of Santa Claus to town. The events for that day have something of interest for everyone to enjoy when the town merchants put out their finest and all the organizations put on events to ring in the hol-iday season.

The Round Top Area Historical Soci-ety starts off the day with their annual Christmas Tour of Homes in which his-torical homes put out their holiday attire for you to tour and enjoy. The home tour starts at 11 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m. with homes within a short dis-tance of town square which allows you to visit at your leisure and hopefully be-tween all of the other events schedules in Round Top between those hours.

Make room for the annual Christmas parade that marks Santa’s arrival also commencing at 11 a.m. It will start ear-lier this year to allow time for all the other events. Shortly afterwards, San-ta will take time to listen to our chil-dren’s request for Christmas. Henkel Hall on Henkel Market Square will host a Christmas musical presented by students of the Round Top-Carmine school district that all parents, grand-parents and friends of the students will not want to miss.

Games and entertainment along with Christmas music will be played by our own Round Top Brass band to greet you with music during the complete day’s enjoyment. Festival Hill will add to the experience with a Christmas pro-gram by the Houston Chamber Ringers at 3 p.m.

———The Round Top Area Historical So-

ciety has announced the homes on their 17th annual Christmas Tour of Homes: the 1852 Schuddemagen house, 2014 Dog-Trot house, Wellspring’s Railroad Depot, The Settlement house and the Texas Farmhouse. These unique and historical homes of Round Top will be dressed in holiday finery and be on dis-play for you to enjoy on Saturday, Dec. 6 as part of the “Christmas in Round Top” celebration. Cost of the ticket is $15 and can be purchased before the event from the Round Top Chamber of Commerce, Round Top Real Estate or you can wait until Dec. 6 and purchase tickets starting at 10:30 a.m. from the Historical Society at the Noak house directly behind the Round Top Post Office at 397 E. Mills Street in Round Top.

———Plan a visit and enjoy a look at Round

Top’s yesteryears on Saturday, Dec. 13 from noon until 3 p.m. when the Round Top Area Historical Society museums

will be open — free to the public.

———Festival Hill at Round

has a big month of events in December that you will want to be sure you get your tickets. The Houston Chamber Ring-ers Christmas Concert is set for Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m., The Nutcrack-er Ballet for Saturday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. and the New Year’s Eve Gala for

Wednesday, Dec. 31 starting at 7 p.m. Be sure to get your tickets early as they tend to sell out quickly.

———Windale is once again hosting their

19th Century Folk Life “Christmas at Winedale event on Saturday, Dec. 13 from noon to 4 p.m. This event is free to the public and everyone is welcome to see what life was like in the 1800s. Recreation of mid 1800s folk life in-cludes demonstrations, entertainers, tours of decorated historic homes on the Winedale campus as well as story-tell-ers, musicians, dancers, wagon rides, spinning, blacksmithing, lace making demonstrations; pioneer encampments and hands on choirs, crafts, hayrides, farm-friendly animals and much more for the kids. A wonderful day for the entire family is promised as their holi-day gift to you. For more information, contact them at (979) 278-3530.

———The Copper Shade Tree’s new ex-

hibit is called “Santa’s Knee” and in-cludes handcrafted Santa and Woods-men carvings from cypress tree knees by artist Sharon Macioce. This exhibit continues until Dec. 7.

———The fall exhibit at the Texas Quilt

Museum will feature some remarkable contemporary quilts that are on exhib-it until Dec. 21. For more information call 512-797-9815.

———Pull out those ugly Christmas sweat-

ers and show us what you got as Indian Creek in Henkel Square Market invites you to participate in their Tacky Christ-mas Sweater Contest on Saturday from 5-7 p.m. Prizes will be awarded. Also on Saturday from 6-10 p.m., The Belle of Round Top invites you to share your Thanksgiving leftovers with friends and bring you own beverage as you are entertained with a great party featuring live music by the Black Cat Choir.

———Do you like to show off at Christ-

mas? This is your chance as the Round Top Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to join in the fun and get house, business, porch decorated for Christ-mas. The event will start on Dec. 1 and be sure to have it ready for “Christmas in Round Top” prizes will be given.

———If you didn’t get enough shopping in

during the Fall Antique Festival, then you have another chance when the Lone Star Gallery in Warrenton has their Lone Star Trade Days scheduled for the second weekend of the month selling vintage, shabby chic, antiques, modern, re-purposed and more. Hours are Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun-day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $5 at the door.

———The Gallery at Round Top along with

all of the merchants at Bybee Square will host a Holiday Open House to be held in conjunction with “Christmas in Round Top” on Saturday, Dec. 6 all day long. The celebration starts at 11 a.m. when all of the stores are decked out in holiday attire in anticipation of Santa’s arrival during the annual Christmas parade. The stores welcome you with wassail and Christmas cookies as you shop for that perfect gift for those you love.

———Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce

is hosting their own Christmas Tour of Homes for Saturday, Dec. 13 from 1-5 p.m. with five lovely homes on tour. Tickets in advance are $15 and the day of the event they will sell for $20. For more information contact Fayetteville Cham-ber of Commerce at (979) 378-4021.

———Carmine will also host their Christ-

mas Country Homes Tour and Christ-mas at the Depot on Sunday, Dec. 7. The home tour is from 1-5 p.m. with tickets costing $10.

———Burton Railroad Heritage Soci-

ety will be part of this event so stick around for stew, chili and soup you can purchase from Burton’s Heritage Soci-ety for a fee. For more information con-tact them at (979) 251-4078 or for home tour purchase at (979) 289-2485.

———Wellness is offered at Wellspring

B&B in Round Top. Dr. Katherine Coffee, nutritionist and TJ Janus, fit-ness trainer have joined forces to give you the know-how and the go-how to get up and start moving and to take control of your eating. Contact them at Wellspring to schedule their classes for aerobics and resistance training and to learn about nutrition, food facts con-cerning energy and weight.

They also specialize in fitness train-ing, Pilates for back pain, stress man-agement, cancer treatment for health and weight management. Put this on your calendar to start the best invest-ment in your life you can make. For more information contact Linda Brun-son at (979) 249-2019 or ljb@cvctx.com.

For those of you who can handle a more robust workout, Boot Camp is scheduled at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Monday and Wednesday mornings at 6 a.m.

———Round Top-Carmine schools will be

closed for the Christmas holidays start-ing with early release at noon on Fri-day, Dec. 19 and will return to a regu-lar school schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Christmas parties for the students will be held the morning of Dec. 19.

———Check out the many free events that

are scheduled at the Round Top Family Library.

There will be no Yoga on the sched-ule for the month of December. All of the after-school programs: art/garden scheduled classes will end the second week of December. Remember that the library has WiFi available to every-one 24 hours a day and that we have e-books and other library materials also available free to everyone.

The holidays will be here and gone before you know it and you know what that means? Chili Cookoff scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17. Start getting your gang together to join in the cookoff fun! For more information, please call (979) 249-2700 or visit www.ilovetore-ad.org.

———December Lunch bunch will be at

The Oaks restaurant scheduled from Monday, Dec. 15 at noon for our holi-day celebration, $15 will purchase your lunch with drink and tip.

———The Round Top Sons of Hermann

Lodge #151 has requested that mem-bers think about ideas for their fund-raiser for on Feb. 26, 2015 meeting. The Christmas Party will be on Sunday, Dec. 14 with a noon meal and member gift exchange which will serve as their December meeting.

———Don’t forget to vote in this special

election for Texas Senate District 18

seat. Early voting will take place at the Fayette County Courthouse on Monday, Dec. 1 and Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The actu-al election is Saturday, Dec. 6 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. for prescient 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 4446 Highway 237 South in Warrenton.

———The next meeting of the Round Top

Town Council will be held Monday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 a.m. at the Round Top courthouse.

The architectural review board meet-ing will be held on Monday, Dec. 15 at 5:30 p.m. also at the courthouse.

———Round Top is currently engaged in

Stage 1 drought plan. Please do all you can to conserve water. If your address ends on an even number you can wa-ter on even number days of the month and if it ends in an odd number you can water on the odd number days of the month. However, no watering more than two days a week. Do your part to conserve water.

———Celebrating birthdays are Robert

Sanders, Friday; Kirt Weyand, Sunday; Aiden Clemons, Monday; Kate Eilers, Tuesday; and Fritaz Schoenst, Dec. 3.

Celebrating anniversaries are David and Gesine Koether, Friday; and Bran-don and Leanne Pieper, Sunday.

———Have News? Send any news or no-

tices you wish to have announced to Jeannette Burger, 301 S. Washington, Round Top, Texas 78954. You may leave info at my office at Round Top Real Estate or you can email your in-formation to jburger@cvctx.com or call me at (979) 249-3977.

JEANETTEBURGER

Round Top News: Santa highlights Christmas events

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Ruth Emschoff (left) and Margo Ramsden slice one of 20 pumpkin pies for seniors to enjoy after their Thanksgiving dinner Monday at the Washington County Healthy Living Association Senior Center. They were celebrating Thanksgiving dinner, which featured a variety of activities as well as dinner.

Cutting pumpkin pie for seniors

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HOUSTON TEXANS

DALLAS COWBOYS

BLINN COLLEGE

Buccaneer men’s basketball (5-1): @ Trinity Valley Community College, today, 7:30 p.m.

TEXAS LONGHORNS

Longhorn football (6-5, 5-3): vs. TCU, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., FS1.

TEXAS A&M AGGIES

Aggie football (7-4, 4-4): vs. LSU, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., ESPN.

Texans (5-6): vs. Titans, Sunday, noon, CBS.

Cowboys (8-3): vs. Eagles, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., FOX.

BRENHAMHIGH SCHOOL

Cub football (9-3, 6-1): Region playoffs vs. Crosby, Woodforest Bank Stadium, Saturday, 6 p.m.

WEEK AT A GLANCE

HOUSTON ROCKETS

Rockets (10-3): vs. Kings, today, 7 p.m., ROOT-SW.

nine points total. She found foul trouble early and had to sit out for much of the contest. Senior Angel Darcus contributed four points in the fourth. She led Brenham with 16 points in just her second game this season. Darcus was dealing with an an-kle injury to begin the year.

Because Killeen ran an up temp offense and defense, the Cubettes turned the ball over nu-merous times amid the pressure.

“You’re going to commit turnovers when you play teams like that,” Harris said. “You just have to survive them. We knew they would go on runs, so we talked about cutting them off short. Our girls did exact-ly what we talked about and worked on in practice.”

Sophomore Alicia Jackson scored 11 points, while sopho-more Shameria Armstead had six points. Senior Japonica Mosley recorded four.

“JP stepped up for us tonight and played huge minutes,” Har-ris said. “A sixth man can come off the bench and make us bet-ter. That’s what she did. Kudos to her.”

The Cubettes are off until Monday when they host Hutto at 6 p.m.

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of the game.“I don’t think we panicked,”

West said. “We were able to get the field goal unit out there with three players subbed in for injuries. Our coaching staff and players did an excellent job.”

Despite scoring 21 unan-swered points in the first quar-ter, West never thought the Cubs were going to run away with the contest.

“My thought was we need to get as many points as we can right now because they’re com-ing back,” he said. “Our play-ers felt that way too. In every ballgame this year, Elgin had showed an ability to come from behind. And they’d won most of those.”

Earnest Patterson record-ed one of those first three TDs

when he returned a punt for a score. He snagged the ball off its first bounce despite the fact that all the coaches were telling him to back away.

“That was a heads-up play on his part,” West said. “If you look on the film, we’re all trying to get away, and he saw an opening and made something happen. He used that same great vision he has at running back.”

Brenham’s defensive line forced several turnovers while continuously applying pressure to Elgin’s quarterback.

“We think that’s one of the strengths of our team,” West said. “We’re very athletic there. It’s interesting because that used to be a weakness. We’ve made some nice changes, and the kids have grown up. Marqez Bimage

and Tyrrelle Rogers have done a nice job there.

“Right now, our best defen-sive lineman is probably Khevon Shepard. He was moved inside and has become a force. We’ve also got a healthy Al’Fondrick Bennett who’s made some huge plays in the last two games. We were able to rely on Dejuan Ramirez as a pass rusher late in the game, and he did a great job.”

*Senior wide receiver Jaquay Cross, who suffered a bruised shoulder late in the game against Elgin and had to come out, will play Saturday against Crosby. West said he has a good range of motion and is feeling much better.

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ATHENS — The Blinn Buccaneer basketball team struggled to score early in the second half, then could not catch back up against Trinity Valley, eventually falling 83-71 here Tuesday night.

Morris Dunnigan led the way of-fensively for the Buccaneers, scor-ing 17 points and shooting well from the outside. Revey Norton and Lion-heart Leslie each added 14 in the loss, Blinn’s first in conference play.

The Buccaneers were within three at half-time, but the Cardinals’ trap defense slowed the Blinn attack to a crawl.

“Morris (Dunnigan) made some outside shots and played well,” said Blinn head coach

Scott Schumacher. “What hurt us the most was not scoring for the first four or five minutes of the second half because they trapped and we didn’t handle it very well.”

Blinn did get within eight points, but Trinity Valley ran time off with

their possessions in the closing min-utes.

The Buccaneers host Lone Star College – Cy-Fair Saturday in the Blinn P.E. Building at 7:30 p.m.

Blinn men fall to Trinity Valley after slow second half

Melissa McCaghren/Banner-PressShameria Armstead shoots a layup against Killeen.

Melissa McCaghren/Banner-PressTyrrelle Rogers and Ja’Malik Rogers hit an Elgin offensive player last Friday.