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Vol. 11, No. 67 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 USPS 9400 75 cents little league … little league … Second finals game Massa-v winner! decides major title Huge shark takes Tackle Time to the wire With the little league’s dis- As a result, NASA East trict 14 major division cham- advanced to the Texas By Ian White But Calhoun’s catch could pionship tournament in dou- little league’s section 3 not topple Brian Wimmer’s ble elimination, NASA East tournament, which covers TEXAS CITY – As the dead- 7.60lb trout, which took the played Santa Fe on Saturday teams from districts 14, line for this year’s Tackle Time tournament’s biggest prize, a after winning their first game 15, 16 and 25. They are approached on Sunday, Avery check for $2,500, after coming 10-0 on Thursday. due to play against the Fuller was confident of victory in ashore on Saturday. In the second game, the district 25 champions, the offshore shark division, hav- That might have been the NASA East all-stars beat the Northside Nationals, ing registered a catch weighing in 52-year-old tournament’s big- Santa Fe 5-0, to become today, Wednesday, July 9, at 629lb, pictured left. gest cash prize but one regard- the district’s new major at West University Little But, at virtually the last min- ed as perhaps the most valu- division champions. League at 8pm. ZL ute, James Massa stepped ashore able went to the first inductee with a 673lb tiger shark on into Tackle Time’s new Hall of his line to snatch the division’s Honor, a distinction that went $1,500 first prize. to long-time shark division win- Aid for a city’s low “The weigh station was two hours ner Kenneth Higginbotham. from closing when Massa brought To emphasize the magnitude his fish in,” Jay Campbell said. of the honor, Campbell told The income schoolchildren Campbell, president of the Post: “There will not be annual tournament’s organizing body, recognition, but it will be reserved Magician and comedian and other donors to provide Texas City La Marque Jaycees, for those that make a significant Adam Trent is to headline an clothing and school supplies said Massa’s entry was not the impact at the event.” August show to raise funds for families within the city’s only prize winner to be weighed He also said the funds raised to help La Marque’s low- school district. in on Sunday. from this year’s tournament income families send their The organization’s direc- In the contest’s main divi- had already enabled the Jaycees children to school. tor, Penny Miller, said sion, inshore speckled trout, Josh to give $2,000 to Galveston The La Marque Aid and Trent has been invited to Calhoun scooped the $1,000 sec- County Food Bank and that Guidance Service will be perform because he is a ond prize with a 7.38lb specimen he anticipated further handouts hosting the Friday, August “perfect representative of landed early on Sunday morn- of some $15,000 in scholar- 15, event at Galveston’s the power of education and ing, relegating William Wimmer’s ships towards Texas City High Grand 1894 Opera House the need for supporting Courtesy photos 7.32lb entry to third place. School students. to attract local businesses our local youth”. ZL Results Offshore First Fish lb weight Second Fish lb weight Third Fish lb weight Shark James Massa Tiger 673.00 Avery Fuller Tiger 629.00 CB Bailey Tiger 598.00 Open Fredo Ramos Dorado 20.18 Scott Caldwell Dorado 11.94 Michael Plitt Tripletail 5.90 Ling James Massa 50.50 Dutch Kueteman 50.50 Frank Carner 45.38 Breakfast to welcome Kingfish Michael Rogers 46.00 Mark Trosclair 36.02 Roger Robinson 30.06

Inshore First lb weight Second lb weight Third lb weight Speckled trout Brian Wimmer 7.60 Josh Calhoun 7.38 William Wimmer 7.32 Flounder Jason Williamson 4.28 Randy Crable 3.79 David Kehrer 3.70 area’s new teachers Stingray Ricky Wilkenfeld 179.00 Colton Carner 149.00 Zach Mulitur 110.00 Gar Joeldan Flisowski 92.00 Clay Tombrella 78.25 Emily Maniscalco 65.50 The Texas City-La Marque and La Marque independent Sheepshead Julian Flores 6.90 Darrell Holmes 6.18 Willis Coleman 6.00 Jackfish Mike Harris 29.20 Mike Harris 29.12 Mike Harris 26.48 Chamber of Commerce will school districts, College of Gafftop Roger Robinson 6.02 Brandi Harris 5.88 Dutch Kueteman 5.65 welcome new teachers from the Mainland, Our Lady Redfish John Woodcock 9.60 Avery Fuller 9.40 William Harris 9.26 several school districts with of Fatima School, Premier Inshore youth First lb weight Second lb weight Third lb weight Sand trout Adrian Flores 2.56 Grant Thiem 1.98 Demi Hildebrand 1.92 a breakfast in their honor on Learning Academy and Croaker Jaycee Thiem 1.26 Ashton Harris 0.84 Mynon Parnell 0.84 Friday, August 22. Mainland Christian School. Hard Head Brandon Henscey 2.58 Ashton Harris 2.48 Demi Hildebrand 2.30 The chamber’s education The chamber hopes people Inshore youth First length Second length Third length committee will host the event will support the event by Blue Crab Brandon Henscey 0ft 9in Ashton Harris 0ft 9in Brandon Henscey 0ft 9in in the cafeteria at Mainland donating door prizes or items Medical Center. for the new teachers’ wel- Among the educational come bags or sponsoring the establishments invited to breakfast with donations of the event are the Texas City $20 per teacher. ZL Inspirations By Frances Durisseau Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night. It is so easy to get caught up in a pattern of worry. We fear that our past will somehow come back and hurt us once again. Many times, that's because we Heather Hildebrand, right, accepts the award for outstanding youth fisherman for her daughter, have people in our lives that keep remind- Demi, shown left with her 22lb kingfish. Demi won third place for a sand trout and a hardhead. ing us of every mistake and bad decision that we've made, and seem to enjoy telling us that we are always going to be a failure. You must rise above that negativity, and Jobs news worse than publicized you cannot dwell on the past. Your history can’t be erased. Your future has yet to be written. Make the most of what’s going to By Ian White last month, which claim that, tions in employment, whereas America’s unemployment rate happen instead of worrying about what you in May, Texas created 56,400 the seasonally adjusted figures fell from 6.3 to 6.1 per cent. can’t change. Don’t waste your time being AUSTIN – Despite recent jobs and cut its unemploy- reflect what is actually hap- But, locally at least, the sad, because you’re wasting away moments upbeat comments about the ment rate from 5.2 per cent pening in the economy.” new statewide data, which in which you could be happy! You have good state’s jobs market from Texas in April to 5.1 per cent. The implication of that TWC produces a week or so reason to believe that you can trust yourself. As The Post reported on statement appeared to be that, after its official statistics each Not because you've always made all the right Workforce Commission exec- choices, but because you have survived all of utives, figures produced last June 25, the official non- despite the two official sta- month but does not overtly the bad ones! You have grown and matured week say the local unemploy- adjusted figures for the tistical sets’ mixed messages, publish to the media, would each time you've risen from the ashes of ment rate actually deterio- Houston area and the state’s the seasonally adjusted figures seem to turn the commission’s failure. Don't let the people who do so little rated in May. other MSAs painted a dif- were a better indication of argument on its head. for you, control so much of your feelings and Along with the figures for ferent picture, showing an May’s statewide jobs market Instead of standing at the emotions. When you begin to value your- other metropolitan statistical aggregate rise in unemploy- and that the Texas economy is, published unadjusted rate of self, others will also. How you treat yourself areas, those for the Houston- ment from 4.7 per cent in indeed, on the way up. 5.0 per cent, the commis- teaches other how to treat you. Therefore Sugar Land-Baytown area were April to 5.1 per cent. TWC’s optimism might ion’s internal adjusted figures treat yourself with respect, kindness and When we asked a TWC yet be proved well founded, record Houston MSA’s unem- love, and expect the future to bring good worse after seasonal adjust- things into your life. Say no to worry and yes ment than their official raw spokesman to comment on however, as the US Bureau of ployment rate for May as 5.1 to possibility! alternatives issued last month. the differing sets of figures Labor Statistics’ latest national per cent, with some 161,400 That flew in the face of for last week’s article, he said: figures, issued on Thursday, area workers unemployed and Contact Frances Durisseau at TWC’s official seasonally “The non-seasonally adjusted show that total US nonfarm not the published number of [email protected] or Face- adjusted statewide employ- figures do not account for payroll employment increased about 156,700. book at http://tinyurl.com/cgyde6h. ment statistics, also published predictable seasonal fluctua- by 288,000 in June and CONTINUED PAGE 6

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By Dr. William M. good than anything else. Johnson – Galveston Although most mushrooms are County Extension Agent- not poisonous, you must never take Horticulture - Dr. John- chances on eating wild mushrooms. son is a horticulturist In order to determine if they are ed- with the office of Texas ible, you must have them properly A&M Extension Ser- identified and there are few indi- vice. Visit his web site viduals who are qualified to do so. at http://aggie-horticul- Mushroom poisoning can vary ture.tamu.edu/galveston from a minor upset stomach to a rather painful protracted death. Question: White mushrooms The abundance of mushrooms in quickly appeared in my lawn and many area lawns provides a greater in many other lawns in my neigh- opportunity for small children to borhood. My lawn looks like a come in contact with them. Re- cluster of spaceships from Mars move mushrooms as they appear to has taken up residence! Where do reduce the temptation they can of- the mushrooms come from and is fer to children. there anything to control them? Question: One of my trees was Are they edible? recently struck by lightning. Is Answer: Mushrooms have be- there anything I can do to save come very common in many lawns the tree or is it likely to die? Photo by William M. Johnson since the onset of rainy weather over A lightning strike to a tree in one's After extended periods of high rainfall and warm temperatures, mushrooms can seem- the past several days. They belong landscape is a traumatic experience ingly appear in lawns overnight. While such lawns can look like clusters of spaceships from to a group of organisms called fun- for both the tree and its caretaker. Mars have taken up residence, mushrooms generally are not harmful to lawn growth. gi. Mushrooms are the reproductive After checking to see if one's own manifests itself over a period of and hemlock. Some of these species, develop cracks over time that can portion of the fungi and the veg- limbs are intact, attention quickly months or even years. like sycamores, are likely targets be- harbor insects or hold water that etative portion (known as hyphae) shifts to the welfare of the tree. The In some cases, the majority of the cause they tend to tower over other lead to decay. Applying a wound grows belowground. morning after an electrical storm, lo- damage occurs to the main roots of species. Pines and hemlocks may dressing may make the caretaker Since mushrooms lack chloro- cal Extension offices often field ques- a tree as the electrical discharge (up be lightning-prone because of the performing the operation feel bet- phyll that is found in green plants, tions from concerned homeowners to 100 million volts at thousands of water that collects on their needles ter, but it is not recommended. they must derive their food from regarding the prognosis for beloved amperes) vaporizes the water inside during thunderstorms. If the lightning damage has cre- decaying plants. They will grow on trees and what care might be given the roots, creating superheated steam. One theory explaining why oaks ated hazardous broken branches, decaying underground roots, bark, to help them survive or recover. Un- People standing above such roots dur- are commonly damaged during these should be taken care of quick- and other sources of organic mat- fortunately and quite accurately for ing a storm may be electrocuted even electrical storms is that the rough- ly. However, in most cases, it is best ter found beneath the soil. They are the concerned tree steward, the best though they are standing a good dis- ness of the bark prevents uniform to wait 6 months before doing ma- often found in areas that had trees answer to these urgent questions is tance from the tree's trunk. trunk wetting, causing the electri- jor (expensive) corrective work. removed some years back. often, "time will tell.” It is difficult to predict which cal current to jump from surface If, during this waiting period, the Some types of mushrooms grow A lightning strike can affect a trees will be struck by lightning and water to the water inside the trunk. tree shows no obvious signs of de- in a distinctive circular-to-elliptical tree in many ways. Some are imme- which are most likely to be seriously Homeowners typically want to cline, then it may be worth the ex- pattern known as a "fairy ring." The diately obvious and some are not. injured. In general, lone trees, those take immediate action to help a pense to do major corrective pruning. mushrooms described here occur in Sometimes the trunk and/or large tallest in a group or those growing damaged tree survive the aftermath In many cases, it will become obvious a random pattern and are close rela- branches are splintered. A strike in moist soil have the highest prob- of a lightning strike. In most cases, at some point during the waiting pe- tives of “fairy ring” mushrooms. may make continuous grooves in ability of being struck. however, there is little that can be riod that the tree will not recover and When we have periods of high the trunk or main branches. In the considerable body of light- done to help a tree recover. that removal is the best option. rainfall and warm temperatures, In many cases, the apparent ning lore, certain tree species are Should one apply any of the My experience has been that a mushrooms can appear virtually damage may appear minimal commonly listed as more lightning- various wound dressing concoc- lightning strike does not automatical- overnight. Save your money–there while internal injury to the vas- attractive than others. These in- tions commonly used? While most ly spell doom to a tree as many such is nothing you can do to prevent cular tissues of the trunk and clude maple, ash, tulip tree, syca- wound dressing concoctions do no trees are able to make a remarkable re- this. Frequent mowing will do more roots is extensive and gradually more, poplar, oak, elm, pine, spruce harm to the tree, many dressings covery given adequate care and time. Weather Whys – by the Texas A & M Department of Atmospheric Sciences Q: You sometimes hear of very cold air freezes the When water vapor from the and more scientists believe age year. In heavy air traffic may have an impact on cli- contrails. What are they? warm and humid engine exhaust hits the cold air, ice contrails act like natural cir- areas, as much as 20 percent mate change over long peri- A: Contrails are what exhaust,” he says. “Air crystals develop and they rus clouds and block out of the sky may be covered ods of time.” appear to be long lines temperatures where con- produce a contrail.” solar energy from above by contrails. Another study Weather Whys is a ser- of clouds high in the trails are formed are usu- Q: Do contrails affect the and keep in the heat from shows that lower atmospher- vice of the Department of sky and they are formed ally minus 40 degrees or weather? below,” he adds. “A group of ic temperatures across North Atmospheric Sciences at from jet aircraft exhaust, colder. Contrails could A: This is a question NASA scientists estimated America rose almost 0.5 Texas A&M University. explains Brent McRoberts be compared to exhaling that is beginning to be seri- that contrails cover about degree per decade from 1975 More news about Texas of Texas A&M University. in winter and seeing your ously debated worldwide, 0.1 percent to 0.4 percent of to 1994, which is why some A&M University “Contrails are created when breath because it’s so cold. McRoberts adds. “More the Earth’s skies in an aver- researchers believe contrails Follow us on Twitter Pet Talk: Fatty tumors be removed in some cases. ogy or histopathology,” said your veterinarian at the first “These tumors are diagnosed Dr. Ho. “It really depends on detection of any new lumps or by histopathology, which the biological behavior of the bumps that you discover while The discovery of a fatty Most lipomas feel fair- Once diagnosed by a veteri- means you can’t just look at tumor, and most of time they giving Fido his daily tummy tumor underneath your pet’s ly soft and movable under narian, most lipomas do not the lipoma and call it infil- can be asymptomatic.” rub. Lipomas are fairly com- skin can be disconcerting to the skin and do not usually require treatment unless the trating lipoma,” said Dr. Ho. Since liposarcomas are mon, and though malignant any pet owner. Luckily, the typically make pets uncom- location or mass causes any “We need advanced imaging malignant, and potentially can liposarcomas and infiltrative most common fatty tumors, fortable unless they are in a inconvenience for the animal, and surgery to help us diag- spread to other parts of the lipomas are rare, it always bet- lipomas, are benign and usu- location where normal move- such as located in an area nose this uncommon tumor.” body, treatment varies greatly ter to be safe than sorry when ally not cause for concern. ment is disrupted. Once that restricts any movement If, after diagnostic tests from that of benign lipomas. it comes to our beloved pets. “Lipomas are com- your pet develops a lipoma, or causes discomfort. “In that are run, it is discovered to “Usually, we recommend Pet Talk is a service of the mon tumors of dogs, and it is common for additional case, we would recommend be a liposarcoma, however, surgery and/or radiation treat- College of Veterinary Medicine although the gross appear- tumors to appear. If this does surgical excision,” said Dr. more immediate attention ment to control liposarcomas & Biomedical Sciences, Texas ance and texture of these occur, each tumor should be Ho. Performing surgery for and action will be necessary. and some infiltrative lipo- A&M University. Stories can tumors is characteristic, they checked individually. cosmetic reasons alone is typi- Unlike lipomas and infiltra- mas,” said Dr. Ho. “However, be viewed on the Web at vet- are benign tumors in most “Dogs can form lipomas cally not condoned. tive lipomas, these rare, fatty since these tumors are not as med.tamu.edu/news/pet-talk cases,” said Dr. Rita Ho, under any conditions, even if Another sub-classification tumors are malignant and can common, it is important to . Suggestions for future topics veterinary intern instructor the dog is in good body con- of lipomas, infiltrative lipo- spread to the animal’s lungs, have your veterinarian check may be directed to editor@ at the Texas A&M College dition,” said Dr. Ho. “It is not mas, are also benign but can bones, and other organs. the mass out beforehand.” cvm.tamu.edu. 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GALVESTON – “On time and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “I create master plans for proj- form maintenance dredg- ing stream, makes it more of a under budget” is the statement Galveston District operations and ects to include timelines, required ing within the Houston challenge to ensure all projects are Project Scheduler Bernice Taylor maintenance projects she coordi- resources, the order of needed Ship Channel, from balanced together.” is proud to make about the nates along the Texas coast. tasks and the responsibilities Carpenters Bayou to Taylor explains that the she of each project team member,” Greens Bayou, as well as spends a significant portion of 7/6 ANSWERS 7/6 ANSWERS said Taylor. “My job is to work the deep-draft portion of her day helping project and oper- closely with project managers to Greens Bayou Channel to ations managers to identify items provide frequent updates to the provide sufficient channel in their schedules that can be daily project schedule and feed- depth for the transit of compressed or executed concur- back about how completed tasks deep-draft vessels. rently with other activities in are affecting the overall project “The Houston Ship Bernice Taylor order to save time and money. progress to ensure that project Channel is my largest Photo courtesy www.army.mil/ “Everything revolves around milestones are met within the operations and main- article/129316/USACE_Galveston_ money and schedules, with prescribed budget constraints.” tenance project,” said District_Spotlight_on_Bernice_Taylor each activity being critical to The Houston Ship Channel is Taylor. “The project’s cri- somebody’s schedule,” Taylor one of the many projects Taylor teria changed and is now and the Bayport Ship Channel. said. “Finding ways to make schedules. In April, the district operated as a watershed, which The streamlined approach enables each piece of the puzzle fit in awarded an $8.2 million contract means we combine funding from us to have four separate projects the shortest timeframe is a great to RLB Contracting Inc., to per- Barbours Terminal, Greens Bayou operating under the same fund- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 THE POST www.thepostnewspaper.net Wednesday, July 9, 2014 3 Home security alarms Panel gets input on population The summer months are charge, as well as monthly the perfect time for a vaca- monitoring charges. Also, influx at Texas/Mexico border tion getaway. Unfortunately, talk to your insurance agent; they are also the perfect some systems may qualify AUSTIN – A U.S. examples of ways military time for a home robbery. you for a discount on home- House Homeland Security activities spur economic According to the FBI, the owner's premiums. 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He said Member Services account for 6 percent of the According to an Academic of Greater between two to five years unaccompanied Central Director for Texas state's economic activities,” Study of Home and Houston and in length. What is your American children are con- Press Association Business Security by Temple South Texas recourse if you are not sat- tinuing to make the jour- Combs said. University, the Electronic isfied with the services pro- ney to the United States Combs said the analysis, Security Association (ESA) modate your lifestyle and vided? Can you cancel the through Texas in record conducted by her agency, Anti-trafficking force says that homes without specific valuables you want contract? What are your numbers; and shows practices school meets security systems are about protected. 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McCaul, R-Texas, chair that may inhibit or pre- Fourth of July, made an of the House Homeland vent prompt response to announcement listing (*Note: This article was the bed of pickup trucks) cult to be removed from your Security Committee, this threat are suspended safety tips for Texas esti- published last year; howev- have certainly become a car and/or pickup trucks! listed more than a dozen for the duration of the state mated six million “barbe- er, considering the quantity booming “criminal indus- Final outcome: Do not areas of action the fed- of disaster,” the proclama- cue households” that own of thefts from cars with- try” throughout the nation. assist a criminal in stealing eral government is taking, tion states. propane gas grills.ÂÂ in our city—and vehicle Starting in 2009 the your car and/or your valuables one of which was public Among tips given was: thefts—I feel it is necessary Galveston County Sheriff’s within your car by leaving health screenings “for all Site shows impact of “To turn the cylinder valve to remind everyone about Office Auto Crimes Task your vehicle as a keen target. those who come into our bases off or on, remember, Righty, this information.) 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PUBLIC DOMAIN with A weekly review of Galveston County local authorities’ affairs Lora-Marie Bernard Makeover that was too extreme Engle is named new KEMAH – The home fea- ily said the cost of the home’s high school principal tured on the television show property taxes and insurance “Extreme Makeover: Home ranged between $1,200 and LEAGUE CITY – Karen Edition” could become a drug $1,500 per month, which was Engle has been promoted to rehabilitation facility. more than they could afford. the principal’s position at Kemah’s city council mem- Furthermore, they said, sev- Clear Lake high school, bers said they want more in- eral of the children had grown replacing Debra Dixon, formation after the Kemah up and moved away so the who resigned last month. Palms Rehab Center made a large home was bigger than Clear Creek Independent request to allow more parking they now needed. School District superinten- at the site. They put the home on dent Greg Smith announced The council will consider the market at $700,000 and The home, just blocks from Kemah Boardwalk, Engle’s appointment during the matter again at its next eventually sold it for about the district trustees’ regular He said: “Her experi- meeting, on July 16. has proved to be too expensive for the family for $500,000. whom it was built by the Extreme Makeover show. board meeting on June 23. ence, vision and knowledge The one-acre home in the The two-story house, a He said: “This is a will serve her well in this 1000 block of Delesandri has contractors and engineers as- home would be too expensive few blocks from the Kemah wonderful opportunity for new position. As a Lake been shrouded in controversy sisted the show in the home’s for the family because the proj- boardwalk, has eight bed- Clear Lake high school, graduate, she has strong ties since it was featured on the remodeling and renovation. ect had increased its value. rooms, four-and-a-half bath- CCISD and Dr Engle. within the Clear Lake com- national television show. They donated their mate- They also said its utility bills rooms, a game room and a “She has been instrumen- munity and CCISD.” It was built for the Beach rials and labor, which meant would rise because the show’s media room. tal in creating and realizing He added that she “has family, who were forced to that the new home was essen- design plans called for high- Its new owners are planning the vision for the [district’s] done an outstanding job live in a FEMA trailer for tially a gift. end features. for their drug rehabilitation education village as prin- opening and setting the some time after Hurricane But several of the contrac- They said the featuresfacility to feature 14 beds and cipal of Clear Falls high course for Clear Falls high Ike, having adopted and fos- tors criticized the show after looked good but had little for patients to pay between school and also has school in the past four years tered more than 85 children. filming ended. They said in value for the modest family. $20,000 and $40,000 for experience in building and will be greatly missed” Several Galveston County public that they believed the Late last year, the fam- their treatment. a high school from the at that school. ground up, which will be Engle said she her time An island of dreams invaluable as the rebuild serving at Clear Falls had CLEAR LAKE SHORES – The city City approves software of Clear Lake high school been “remarkable”, adding: council has a goal to spruce up the island TEXAS CITY – The city is to install new cost the city more money but will help staff begins this summer.” “Together with students, community, making it more attractive. software to streamline its ability to collect collect delinquent notices more easily, the Engle, above, is a former staff and parents, we At its latest regular scheduled meet- liens on code violations and tax services. city commission approved a new contract principal of both Clear established a school culture, ing, the council created a landscape and Mark Ciavaglia of Houston law firm with Ciavglia’s firm that allows the new Lake elementary and Clear school traditions and stan- beautification advisory committee and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson software to be installed. View high schools and an dards of excellence. I will hired a seasonal landscape specialist. said the software will allow the city to see The commission also approved paying a assistant principal at Clear miss the staff and students. The committee will focus on landscape the “end game” in the handling of code media intern from College of the Main- Lake intermediate and “As a former Falcon, improvements, landscape maintenance and enforcement liens. land $6,000 from hotel taxes. “With the Landolt elementary schools. I am looking forward to other beautification projects and its mem- The Oracle-based program will allow revitalization of city cable channels 16 The district’s assistant strengthening my ties in bers will make recommendations and pro- staff to “take the existing records and Excel and 17, new content needs to be created superintendent of second- that community and help- vide guidance to city administrator George lists and convert them as a legacy system” regularly to keep the channels interesting ary education, Scott Bock- ing Clear Lake high school Jones. The seasonal landscape specialist will to import them into the program, he said. and informative for our citizens,” city art, said Engle “will be an reach new heights work for six months per year. After hearing that the program will not manager Nick Finan said. excellent leader for CLHS”. in educational excellence.” Little comfort on jobs Unpublicized seasonally adjusted civilian labor force estimates for Texas metropolitan FROM PAGE 1 lished non-adjusted alter- statistical areas (000s) The good news is that, native by almost 5,000. instead of rising from the The news was even worse May 2014 April 2014 May 2013 CLF Emp Unemp % rate CLF Emp Unemp % rate CLF Emp Unemp % rate published unadjusted rate of for the state’s worst-per- United States 155,613.0 145,814.0 9,799.0 6.3 155,421.0 145,699.0 9,753.0 6.3 155,609.0 143,919.0 11,690.0 7.5 4.6 per cent in April, the forming MSA, McAllen- Texas 12,999.1 12,330.8 668.3 5.1 12,981.2 12,304.0 677.2 5.2 12,814.0 11,990.6 823.3 6.4 MSA’s unemployment rate Edinburgh-Mission, whose Hstn-Sgr Lnd-Bytn 3,160.2 2,998.9 161.4 5.1 3,155.5 2,991.4 164.4 5.2 3,111.8 2,917.2 194.6 6.3 McAln-Edbrg-Mssn 319.6 289.9 29.7 9.3 320.9 290.0 30.8 9.6 319.4 284.8 34.5 10.8 fell from the unpublicized May unemployment rates Midland 96.9 94.4 2.6 2.6 96.8 94.2 2.6 2.7 94.3 91.2 3.1 3.3 internal figure of 5.2 per cent went from the published Source: Texas Workforce Commission for that month. non-adjusted 8.6 per cent to Similarly, the unpubli- 9.3 per cent in the unpubli- Published non-seasonally adjusted civilian labor force estimates for Texas metropolitan cized Texas MSA aggregate cized adjusted data. The best- statistical areas (000s) monthly unemployment performing area, Midland, rate dropped from 5.2 to suffered an adjusted loss of May 2014 April 2014 May 2013 5.1 per cent, in line with some 100 jobs for the month. CLF Emp Unemp % rate CLF Emp Unemp % rate CLF Emp Unemp % rate United States 155,841.0 146,398.0 9,443.0 6.1 154,845.0 145,767.0 9,079.0 5.9 155,734.0 144,432.0 11,302.0 7.3 the published statewide May The adjusted figures are Texas 12,969.3 12,313.7 655.6 5.1 12,930.2 12,317.4 612.8 4.7 12,821.1 12,015.9 805.2 6.3 employment figures. But shown above right. The sec- Hstn-Sgr Lnd-Bytn 3,160.8 3,004.1 156.7 5.0 3,155.5 3,009.9 145.6 4.6 3,109.7 2,918.9 190.8 6.1 locally unemployed work- ond table, from our June McAln-Edbrg-Mssn 318.1 290.6 27.5 8.6 318.9 291.5 27.4 8.6 319.8 286.4 33.4 10.5 Midland 97.0 94.5 2.5 2.6 96.8 94.5 2.3 2.3 94.5 91.4 3.1 3.3 ers’ unpublicized adjusted 25 issue, is shown again to Source: Texas Workforce Commission total outnumbers its pub- enable easy comparison.

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GALVESTON COUNTY, GALVESTON COUNTY, that original Letters HUGHES ROAD TO application fee Post-Training Remanufactured ANCE WITH TEXAS TEXAS Pay Increase with warranty of Testamentary for END OF THE ROAD. 409-813-1510 the Estate of Brenda THE TERMS Sealed proposals in sets for Students! and we deliver. INVITATION TO BID www.acownerfi- Ann Cook, Deceased, AND PROVI- Sealed bids in sets of of fi ve (5), one (1) origi- Contact South nal and four (4) copies, nance.com (Depending on were issued on July four (4), one (1) original Domicile) Get Houston Engine; SIONS OF and three (3) copies will will be received in the The City of Dickinson 3, 2014, in Cause be received in the offi ce offi ce of the Galveston is accepting Competi- BUSINESS Home EVERY 1-713-918- County Purchasing Agent No. PR-0075181 in THE TEXAS of the County Purchas- tive Sealed Bids for all Week + Excellent 5811 for more the Probate Court of ing Agent until 2:00 until 2:00 P.M. CST, on OPPORTUNITY ALCOHOLIC 07/17/2014 and opened supervision, materials, Benefits. CDL-A information. Galveston County, P.M. CST, on 07/17/2014 and opened immedi- immediately in that of- labor and equipment BE THE 1st required. 1-888- TexSCAN to: Elizabeth Hope BEVERAGE fi ce in the presence of ately in that offi ce in necessary for the place- Medical alert 362-8608 Apply Alessi, Stephanie Mi- CODE THAT the presence of the Galveston County Audi- tor and the Purchasing ment of 6 inches of company in your @ AverittCareers. LAND FOR chelle Dawsey f/k/a Galveston County Audi- Stephanie Michelle CALVIN JO- tor and the Purchasing Agent. Sealed propos- concrete paving on 48th area! Owning com EOE - SALE Agent. Sealed bids are als are to be delivered to Shackelford Street from Highway 3 to your own local Females, minori- SEPH’S SA- to be delivered to Ru- Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO distributorship. ties, protected ABSOLUTELY The residences of fus G. Crowder, CPPO CPPB, Galveston County Illinois Street, Avenue L such Co-Executors LON & SPA CPPB, Galveston County Purchasing Agent at We do 70% of the veterans, and THE BEST VIEW from 2nd Street to end of are Galveston Coun- (ENTER- Purchasing Agent at the Galveston County individuals with Lake Medina/ Courthouse, 722 Moody, the road, Martin Luther work! Unlimited ty, Texas. The post the Galveston County $ return. disabilities are Bandera, 1/4 PRISE INC.) Courthouse, 722 Moody (21st Street), Floor 5, King Avenue/Avenue C offi ce address is: Purchasing, Galveston, Investment encouraged to acre tract, cen- (21st Street), Floor 5, from Salvato to end of c/o MABRY, HER- HAS FILED Purchasing, Galveston, Texas 77550, (409) 770- the road, Dakota Street required. Free apply.TexSCAN tral W/S/E, RV, BECK & ROBERTS Texas 77550, (409) 770- 5372. The time stamp AN APPLI- clock located in the Pur- from F.M. 517 to Illinois call 1-844- M/H or house OK Attorneys at Law 5372. The time stamp clock located in the Pur- chasing Agent’s offi ce Street and Desel Drive 225-1200. South Central only $830 down, Post Offi ce Box 1797 CATION shall serve as the offi cial chasing Agent’s offi ce from Hughes Road to TexSCAN regional, Auto $235 month Texas City, Texas FOR WINE shall serve as the offi cial time keeping piece for MISCELLANEOUS this solicitation process. end of the road in Dick- detention pay (12.91%/10yr), 77592-1797 time keeping piece for All persons having AND BEER this solicitation process. Any proposals received inson, Texas. CABINS FOR after one hour! Guaranteed after 2:00 P.M. CST on HUGE AUCTION claims against this Any bid received after Frequent home- financing, more RETAIL- 2:00 P.M. CST on the the specifi ed date will be RENT Friday, July Estate which is cur- BIDS MUST BE RE- time, earn up information call specifi ed date will be re- returned unopened. Fully Furnished 4th 10:00 am rently being admin- ERS PER- turned unopened. CEIVED BY THE CITY to $1,100 week. 1-830-460-8354 Cabins on the Bayou located at 346 istered are required MIT (BG). Purpose: SECRETARY OF THE CDL-A, 6 months TexSCAN Purpose: Galveston County is We Cater to Plant Main, Rosebud, to present them seeking a contractor to CITY OF DICKINSON Workers. Clean Quite experience SAID BUSI- The County of Galves- Texas. Pictures within the time and ton is seeking a vendor provide Nuisance Abate- NO LATER THAN 10:00 and Fully Furnished. required. EEOE/ AFFORDABLE and Information in the manner pre- NESS TO BE to supply crushed lime- ment Services. The A.M. ON MONDAY, Full Kitchen, Wi-Fi, AAP 1-888-425- RESORT LIVING scribed by law. stone material in ac- specifi cations contained at AAAUCTION. CONDUCT- within this solicitation JULY 21, 2014. NO BID 2 Sleeping Areas. 6374; www. on Lake Fork. Dated this 3rd day of cordance to the specifi - NET 10% Buyer’s cations attached to this are the minimum ac- WILL BE ACCEPTED Weekly Rentals. drive4marten. RV and manu- July, 2014. ED AT 6011 Call for details. Premium. invitation to bid. All sig- ceptable requirements AFTER THAT DATE com TexSCAN factured housing nage and materials must for this service. 409-978-2400 JBartosh #13414 W. MAIN AND TIME. ALL BIDS OK! Guaranteed be commercial top of the 1-281-507-8713 NOTICE TO ST. SUITE line grade and quality, All proposals must be RECEIVED AFTER financing with for more informa- CREDITORS and be able to withstand marked on the outside of THAT DATE AND TIME 10% down. Lots B-100, the envelope: EMPLOYMENT tionTexSCAN use in commercial in- WILL BE CONSIDERED starting as low as dustrial applications. Notice is hereby LEAGUE RFP #B142005A UNRESPONSIVE. $6900 Call Josh, Guaranteed given that original CITY, GAL- All proposals must be NUISANCE ABATEMENT 1-903-878-7265 marked on the outside SERVICES Regency Village Income for Your Letters of Testamen- BIDS WILL BE PUBLIC- TexSCAN VESTON of the envelope: Skilled Nursing Facility Retirement Avoid tary for the Estate of Proposers name, return LY OPENED AND READ market risk & COUNTY, ITB #B142017A address, and the en- AT THE DICKINSON ACREAGE REPO JOHN WALTER FISH- closed label should be get guaranteed CRUSHED LIMESTONE CITY HALL LOCATED Currently hiring with septic ER, Deceased, were TEXAS MATERIAL prominently displayed income in retire- on the proposal package AT 4403 STATE HIGH- Full Time tank, pool, pier, issued on June 26, 77573. ment! CALL for Bidders name, return for identifi cation pur- WAY 3, DICKINSON, ramp. Owner 2014, in Cause No. poses. Dietary Cook FREE copy of our TRACY C. address, and the en- TEXAS 77539 ON MON- finance. Granbury SAFE MONEY PR0075145, pending closed label should be COLLINS, prominently displayed Specifi cations can be DAY, JULY 21, 2014, AT Position Summary: 1-210-422-3013 in the Probate Court GUIDE Plus on the bid package for obtained on application 10:10 A.M. Prepares and cooks nourishing food for TexSCAN Annuity Quotes of GALVESTON Coun- PRESIDENT identifi cation purposes. at the offi ce of the Gal- residents and guests under sanitary veston County Purchas- from A-Rated ty, Texas, to: ROBERT conditions as directed and in accordance Specifi cations can be ing Agent, located in the Bid documents may be 141.35 ACRES, ROY FISHER. Galveston County Court- with established policies and procedures Companies! Published obtained on applica- downloaded from the house, 722 Moody, (21st and in accordance with State and Federal southwest of 800-425-0826. All persons having July 6, 2014 & tion at the offi ce of the Purchasing Page of the Galveston County Pur- Street), Floor 5, Pur- guidelines Rocksprings. TXCAP claims against this July 9, 2014 chasing Agent, located chasing, Galveston, Tex- City of DickinsonÊs web- Rugged hills and Estate which is cur- in the Galveston County as, 77550, or by visiting site at www.ci.dickinson. the Galveston County Education / Certifi cation valley. Heavy Now Hiring rently being admin- NOTICE TO ALL Courthouse, 722 Moody, tx.us or obtained in per- cover, native, (21st Street), Floor 5, website @ http://www. Requirements: Reporters istered are required PERSONS HAVING Purchasing, Galves- galvestoncountytx.gov/ son at Dickinson City and exotic game. Call John to present them CLAIMS AGAINST ton, Texas 77550, or pu/Pages/BidListings. Hall, 4403 State High- 1. Prior experience in cooking $995/acre, fixed by visiting the Galves- aspx. 409-943-4265 within the time and THE ESTATE OF way 3, Dickinson, Texas. 2. Prior experience in a long term care rate owner terms. ARVIL LEE COOK ton County website @ in the manner pre- http://www.galveston- Proposal prices shall be Minority and small busi- environment or health care environment 1-800-876-9720. Notice is hereby giv- either lump sum or unit 3. Must have knowledge in the use of DirecTV- Over scribed by law. countytx.gov/pu/Pages/ ness vendors or con- www.ranchen- en that original Let- BidListing.aspx. prices as shown on pro- common kitchen equipment 140 channels only tractors are encouraged terprisesltd.com ters of Testamentary posal bid sheets, if ap- $29.99 a month. plicable. The net price to submit bids on any c/o: ROBERT ROY for the Estate of Arvil Bid prices shall be either TexSCAN Call Now! Triple lump sum or unit prices shall be delivered to Gal- FISHER Lee Cook, Deceased, and all City of Dickinson If you are compassionate and dedicated to Savings! $636.00 as shown on the proposal veston County, including 1618 El Dorado Oaks were issued on July all freight, shipping, and projects. making a difference in the lives of others we TEXAS HILL sheet, if applicable. The in Savings. Free 3, 2014, in Cause net price will be delivered license fees. Galveston invite you to apply at 409 W. Greene, Web- COUNTRY drasti- Drive County is tax exempt upgrade to Genie No. PR-0075203 in to Galveston County, in- A mandatory pre-sub- ster, TX 77598. Contact Ms. Leal @ 281-332- cally reduced. Houston, Texas and no taxes should be & 2014 NFL the Probate Court of cluding all freight, ship- mittal conference will 4738. Fax resumes to 281-724-6060. Private wooded 77059 ping, and license fees. include in proposal pric- Sunday ticket Galveston County, ing. be held at 10:00 a.m. on home site, Galveston County is tax free for new cus- to: Elizabeth Hope exempt and no taxes Monday, July 14, 2014. $19,900. 18-hole Upon satisfaction of DRIVERS: PARTNERS IN tomers!! Start Dated the 7th day of Alessi, Stephanie Mi- should be included in Construction documents golf course, lake your proposal pricing. contractual terms (e.g., OWNER EXCELLENCE saving today July, 2014. chelle Dawsey f/k/a goods delivered in prom- will be available for re- Brownwood, Stephanie Michelle OPERATORS and OTR drivers, APU 1-800-395-0787. Upon satisfaction of ised condition, services view at the pre-submittal resort style pool, rendered as agreed, experienced OTR equipped, pre- TXCAP NOTICE TO ALL Shackelford The contractual terms conference. new clubhouse. residences of such (e.g., goods delivered etc.), contractor shall be drivers needed pass, EZ-pass, PERSONS HAVING paid via Galveston Coun- Financing avail- Co-Executors are in promised condition, for expanding passenger policy. Canada Drug CLAIMS AGAINST ty’s normal accounts able. 1-877-886- Galveston County, services rendered as All bids submitted for fleet. Call USA 2012 and newer THE ESTATE OF agreed, etc.), contractor payable process. 7576. TexSCAN Center is your Texas. The post of- City consideration must Truck today. equipment. SANDRA HOPEWELL shall be paid via Galves- choice for safe SEINSHEIMER, fi ce address is: ton County’s normal ac- Bonding Requirements: include the original and • PROPOSAL GUARAN- 1-866- 545-0078 100% NO touch. $106 MONTH and affordable DECEASED c/o MABRY, HER- counts payable process. one copy, be clearly TexSCAN Butler Transport TEE: Evidencing its BUYS land for medications. BECK & ROBERTS fi rm commitment to en- marked on the outside 1-800-528-7825; Notice is hereby The Galveston County RV, MH or cabin. Our licensed Attorneys at Law Commissioners’ Court gage in the contract if of the sealed envelope AIRLINE CAREERS Proposer is selected for www.butler- Gated entry, given that original Post Offi ce Box 1797 reserves the right to with the words „Compet- Canadian mail award of contract, each begin here-Get transport.com $690 down, Letters Testamenta- Texas City, Texas waive any informality and itive Sealed Bid #1407- FAA approved order pharmacy ry for the Estate of to reject any and all bids Proposer is required to TexSCAN ($6900/10.91% 77592-1797 furnish with their pro- 05, City of Dickinson Maintenance train- will provide you SANDRA HOPEWELL and to accept the bid or All persons having posal a Cashier’s Check, Street Rehabilitation ing. Housing and / 7YR) 90-days SEINSHEIMER, were bids which, in its opinion, with savings of claims against this is most advantageous to Certifi ed Check from any The Post same as cash, issued on July 3, 2013-2014 48th Street Financial aid for up to 75% on Estate which is cur- Galveston County with bank within the State Guaranteed 2014, in Cause No. of Texas, or an accept- from Highway 3 to Il- qualified students. Newspaper rently being admin- total respect the govern- all your medica- PR-75190, pending able Proposer’s Bond (in linois Street, Avenue L Job placement financing, istered are required ing laws. is looking for tion needs. Call in the Probate Court the event of requests assistance. CALL 1-936-377-3235 to present them for bids, this is called a from 2nd Street to end of Aviation Institute Sales Staff, Today 1-800- of Galveston Coun- Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO TexSCAN within the time and CPPB Bidder’s Bond), in the the road, Martin Luther ty, Texas, to: J. F. amount of fi ve percent of Maintenance Reporters and 317-6360 for in the manner pre- Purchasing Agent King Avenue/Avenue C Seinsheimer, III (5%) of the total con- Houston 877-846- $10.00 off your Galveston County from Salvato to end of Photographers 20 Acres Any claims may be scribed by law. tract price. The Pro- 4155 or Dallas first prescription Dated this 3rd day of poser’s Bond must be the road, Dakota Street 888-896-8006 Call Now ONLY $99/mo. presented to: J. F. and free ship- Seinsheimer, III, July, 2014. executed with a surety from F.M. 517 to Illinois TXCAP 409-943-4265 $0-DownOwner NOTICE TO ALL company authorized to Financing, NO ping. TXCAP c/o Maureen Kuzik PERSONS HAVING do business in the State Street and Desel Drive ATTN Drivers: or send CREDIT CHECKS! McCutchen, Mills NOTICE TO ALL CLAIMS AGAINST of Texas. Failure to fur- from Hughes Road to Shirley L.L.P., Suite PERSONS HAVING THE ESTATE OF nish the bid/proposal end of the road, Atten- Be a Name, Not resume to Near El Paso, CASH FOR guarantee in the proper 400, 2228 Mechan- CLAIMS AGAINST PAULA MAE BELL tion: Carolyn Anderson, a Number $$$ info@thepost- Texas. Beautiful CARS/TRUCKS: ic, P. O. Box 1943, form and amount, by the THE ESTATE OF time set for opening of City Secretary‰, and Up to 50cpm Mountain Views! Get a Top Dollar Galveston, Texas newspaper.net ROBERT LOWELL Notice is hereby bids/proposals may be must contain the name $$$. BCBS + Money Back INSTANT Offer! 77553. KIDD given that original cause for rejection of the of the company submit- Pet & Rider, Full Guarantee 800- Running or All persons having bid/proposal Notice is hereby Letters of Testa- ting the bid. Benefits & 401K 343-9444 land- Not. Damaged? claims against this given that original ◊ Estate, which is cur- mentary for the Es- • PERFORMANCE AND + Quality Home [email protected] Letters of Testa- Wrecked? OK! rently being admin- tate of Paula Mae PAYMENT BONDS A performance bond will Time. Orientation TXCAP mentary for the Es- Successful proposer, Tell We Pay Up istered, are required Bell, Deceased, Sign On Bonus. tate of Robert Low- before beginning work, be required for all con- To $20,000! to present them were issued on July CDL-A Req ell Kidd, Deceased, shall execute a per- tracts over $100,000.00 your GET IN ON the within the time and 3, 2014, in Cause formance bond and a Call Toll Free were issued on July and a payment bond will 1-866-938-1326 great Texas land in the manner pre- No. PR-0075220 in payment bond, each of 1-888-416-2207. 3, 2014, in Cause which must be in the be required for all con- www.ad-drivers. friends boom! 2-5 acres scribed by law. the Probate Court of TXCAP No. PR-0075182 in amount of the contract. tracts over $25,000.00. com TXCAP ideally located Galveston County, the Probate Court of The required payment A separate maintenance about just minutes DATED July 3, 2014. to: Edwin Beeker and performance bonds Now Hiring Galveston County, PAID CDL from Fort Worth The residence of must each be executed bond may be required to: by a corporate surety Training! No The from $39,900. Sales Staff for such Executor is for all contracts less experience The Post Gabrielle Denise in accordance with Sec- than $100,000.00. Oth- Priced way below Kidd Harris County, Tex- tion 1, Chapter 87, Acts needed. Stevens POST Call John O. of the 56th Legislature, erwise, it is included market in one The residence of as. The post offi ce Transport will 409-943-4265 Regular Session, 1959 with the performance of Texas’s hot- such Executrix is address is: (Article 7.19-1, Vernon’s bond. Payment bonds sponsor the cost Your test and fastest Galveston County, c/o MABRY, HER- Texas Insurance Code). of your CDL train- growing markets. VACATION Texas. The post of- BECK & ROBERTS are to be for 100% of the ing. Earn up to source fi ce address is: Attorneys at Law The Galveston County contract price. Utilities includ- Commissioners’ Court $40K first year c/o MABRY, HER- Post Offi ce Box 1797 for ing water, great WEEKEND reserves the right to and $70K third schools, more. BECK & ROBERTS Texas City, Texas waive any informality The City reserves the GETAWAY avail- 77592-1797 year. Excellent Excellent bank Attorneys at Law and to reject any and all right to reject any or all benefits, 1-888- LEGAL able on Lake Post Offi ce Box 1797 All persons having proposals, and to accept bids and waive any or all & Texas Vet the proposal which, in Fork, Lake Texas City, Texas claims against this 726-4130, www. Financing. CALL its opinion, is most ad- irregularities or to pro- NOTICES Livingston or 77592-1797 Estate which is cur- becomeadriver. NOW! 1-866 952 vantageous to Galveston ceed otherwise when in com. EOE Lake Medina. All persons having rently being admin- County with total respect the best interest of the & 5398 EXT. 82 the governing laws. TexSCAN Rooms fully fur- claims against this istered are required City. Bids shall be valid TexSCAN Estate which is cur- to present them nished! Gated Rufus G. Crowder, CPPO for a period of sixty (60) DRIVERS: LOCAL rently being admin- within the time and community with CPPB days from the date bids OWNER LOOKING TO SALE clubhouse, swim- istered are required in the manner pre- Purchasing Agent NEWS! land? Reach over Galveston County are opened. OPERATORS and ming pool and to present them scribed by law. experienced OTR 2-million readers within the time and Dated this 3rd day of for one low price in boat ramps. Call CALL in the manner pre- July, 2014. 1st Advertisement: The drivers needed the Texas Statewide for more infor- scribed by law. Now Hiring Post Newspaper, July for expanding Advertising NOW mation: 1-903- Dated this 3rd day of 2, 2014 fleet. Call USA Network. Contact Photographers 878-7265, 1-936- July, 2014. 2nd Advertisement: The Truck today. this newspaper or 409-943-4265 377-3235 or The POST Ask for John Post Newspaper, July 9, 1-866- 545-0078 call 1-800-749-4793 for more detail. 1-830-460-8354 2014 TexSCAN 409-943-4265 409-943-4265 ◊ TexSCAN TexSCAN 409-943-4265 8 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 www.thepostnewspaper.net THE POST Legal Notice GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Sheriff Sales Information & Procedures WEBSITE: www.galvestonso.com Bidders – register with Laura Honish before the sale to receive your bidder number, the sale starts at 10:00am. If you are the winning bidder of a property at the sale today, be sure and go to the Tax Offi ce, see Mr. Gordon Robinson and get your Certifi cate of Eligibility. This is required for you to receive your Sheriff’s Deed. Please be advised that the Minimum Bid is the past due taxes to be paid to the Galveston County Tax Offi ce up until the date that the Order of Sale was fi led, DO YOUR RESEARCH, taxes may be due outside of taxes due at the sale, you will be responsible for paying any and all other taxes due on said property, including prior and current taxes as well.

The winning bidder must come to the Sheriff’s Offi ce by 4:00pm today and pay in full, see Laura Honish the address is; 601 54th Street, Suite 1114 Galveston, TX. (409) 766-2312

If the winning bidder does not come in and pay by 4:00pm today, then the bid is forfeited and the Sheriff’s Offi ce will resell the property again between the hours of 4:15pm and 5:00pm at the Courthouse. If there is no bidder at the second sale, property is struck off to the taxing entity as Trustee.

Note: Rule 652. TRCP Purchaser failing to comply

If any person shall bid off property at any sale made by virtue of an execution, and shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale, he shall be liable to pay the plaintiff in execution twenty per cent on the value of the property thus bid off, besides costs, to be recovered on motion, fi ve days notice of such motion being given to such purchaser; and should the property on a second sale bring less than the former, he shall be liable to pay to the defendant in execution all loss which he sustains thereby, to be recovered on motion as above provided.

Payment method, cash, money order or cashier’s check made payable to Galveston County Sheriff’s Offi ce. (Note) No personal or company checks will be accepted. Also, you will need a separate money order / cashier’s check for $30.00 made payable to Dwight Sullivan, County Clerk for recording of the Sheriff’s Deed. Again when bidding speak up and say your price, I do not recognize hand signals, use good bidding etiquette for your fellow bidders. Also do your research before bidding on a piece of property!!! Last but not least (SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES) Thank you and Good Luck GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Sheriff Sales Sale Date: 8/5/2014

By virtue of an Order of Sale or Writ of Execution directed to me in the below entitled cause numbers from the clerks of the various Courts named below, in and for the County aforesaid, with dates, and cause numbers as set forth below, I have on the dates set forth below levied upon, and will proceed to sell, without appraisement, for cash, to the high- est and best bidder on the fi rst Tuesday in August, 2014, that being the 5th day of August, 2014, at Public Auction, at the Galveston County Courthouse in the Commissioner’s Courtroom, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., all the right title and interest of the defendants named below in and to the Real Estate described below. * Please note on tax sales pursuant to the Texas Property Tax Code, sheriff sales may only include taxes which were delinquent on the date of trial. The below described sheriff sales may be subject to taxes not included in the judgment. Property purchased or struck off at sheriff sale is subject to those tax year(s) not included in the judgment and must be paid by the purchaser at sheriff sale or resale. * Also the Address/Location per GCAD refl ects the likely location of the property based upon records from the Galveston Central Appraisal District (www.galvestoncad.org). The information as to Address/Location is provided solely as a courtesy, it should not be relied upon as conclusive. Interested parties should conduct appropriate research to verify the location of property BEFORE bidding at the sheriff sale. HENRY TROCHESSET, SHERIFF OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS BY: CAPTAIN DOUGLAS HUDSON

Sale #: 1 Sale Type: EXECUTION Cause #: CV-0066018 Court: CC2 Sale #: 9 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0718 Court: 212th Judgment Date: 7/25/2012 Order of Sale Date: 5/12/2014 Levy Date: 5/13/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Judgment Date: 3/5/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Frederick L. Fuhr Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Style of Case: Countryside South Community Association, Inc. vs. Cesar Duran Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Adam Simon, III, et al Defendants: Cesar Duran Defendants: Adam Simon, III, Zografoula Simon and William J. Akromas

Account #: Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Account #: 1740-0000-0024-001 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Legal Description THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LOT 6, AND SOUTH 1/2/ OF LOT 7, NW BLOCK 82, GALVESTON OUTLOTS, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY TRACT 1: LOT TWENTY-FOUR (24), IN BELLAIR FARMS, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, KNOWN ALSO AS LOT OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT BOOK TWENTY-FOUR (24) IN WITTJEN SUBDIVISION #16, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT 2523, PAGE 112 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 2004048903 IN THE OFFICAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS SOLD SEPERATLEY Address/Location per GCAD: 5600 BLOCK OF E. BELLAIR STREET, SANTA FE Address/Location per GCAD: 1911 44TH ST., GALVESTON 77550 Sale #: 10 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0858 Court: 122nd Judgment Date: 2/17/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Account #: Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Legal Description Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Gregory A. Miller, et al LOT 34, IN BLOCK 7, OF COUNTRYSIDE, SECTION THREE (3), A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO Defendants: Gregory A. Miller, Tanja D. Miller and Associated Credit Union of Texas, as Successor-In-Interest to Carbide Employees Federal Credit THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT RECORD 15, MAP NO. 135 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, Union TEXAS Account #: 5305-0012-0071-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: SOLD SEPERATLEY Legal Description LOT SEVENTY-ONE (71), IN BLOCK TWELVE (12) OF NEWPORT, SECTION SIX (6), A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, Address/Location per GCAD: 5914 MISTY MEADOW ST., LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS 77573 TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 10, PAGE 55, IN THE OFFICIAL MAP RECORDS IN Sale #: 2 Sale Type: EXECUTION Cause #: 13-CV-1047 Court: 122nd DC THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Judgment Date: 10/21/2013 Order of Sale Date: 5/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/13/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Hoover Slovacek LLP Address/Location per GCAD: 2314 MIMOSA CT, LEAGUE CITY Style of Case: Omega Bay Improvement Committe, Inc. vs. Ann L. Pesca Sale #: 11 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0884 Court: 56th Defendants: Ann L. Pesca Judgment Date: 2/20/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Account #: Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. M.G. Brown Legal Description Defendants: M.G. Brown LOT 16, OF OMEGA BAY SECTION ‘C’, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 15, PAGE 100, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS (THE Account #: 6185-0002-0005-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: ‘PROPERTY) Legal Description LOT FIVE (5), BLOCK TWO (2), ROSE ADDITION, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PAR- Address/Location per GCAD: TICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 267, PAGE 515, IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON Sale #: 3 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 10TX0104 Court: 122nd COUNTY, TEXAS Judgment Date: 3/24/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Address/Location per GCAD: 2400 BLK 5TH AVENUE NORTH, TEXAS CITY Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. George E. Pena, et al Sale #: 12 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0926 Court: 212th Defendants: George A. Pena and Michael David Pena Judgment Date: 2/11/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Account #: 3505-0078-0012-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Ollie Jewel Williams, et al Legal Description Defendants: Ollie Jewel Williams, Patricia A. Shannon Nelson and Love Brooks LOT TWELVE (12) BLOCK SEVENTY-EIGHT (78), IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DE- SCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT FILM CODE NUMBER 009-90-1460 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED Account #: 6482-0000-0015-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Legal Description LOT FIFTEEN (15), SHANNON TRACT, AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION OUT OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT NINE (9), DIVISION Address/Location per GCAD: 1818 AVENUE L, GALVESTON TEXAS ‘E’ OF THE COOK & STEWART SUBDIVISION OF THE JOHN MOORE LEAGUE, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Sale #: 4 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0102 Court: 56th Address/Location per GCAD: 1715 KANSAS, LA MARQUE Judgment Date: 2/14/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Sale #: 13 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0173 Court: 10th Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Timothy L. Mccoy, et al Judgment Date: 7/15/2013 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Defendants: Timothy L. Mccoy, Christina L. Mccoy, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. and State of Texas, Ex Relatione Texas Work- Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger force Commision Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Timothy Jay Cohen Defendants: Timothy Jay Cohen Account #: 1245-0005-0017-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Account #: 6240-0004-0037-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: LOT SEVENTEEN (17), BLOCK FIVE (5), AUSTIN PLACE, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE Legal Description PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 9906268 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE LOTS THIRTY-SEVEN (37) AND THIRTY-EIGHT (38), IN BLOCK FOUR (4), OF SAN LEON, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PAR- OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS TICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 9803592 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OF- FICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: 605 CEDAR, LA MARQUE Address/Location per GCAD: 130 18TH STREET, SAN LEON Sale #: 5 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0147 Court: 405th Judgment Date: 3/4/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Sale #: 14 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0487 Court: 405th Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Judgment Date: 2/27/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Susie McKamy, et al Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Defendants: Susie McKamy, Dung T. Nguyen and Citibank, N.A. Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Christopher B. Barrett, Jr. aka Christopher Barrett, et al Defendants: Christopher B. Barrett, Jr. aka, Jerome Spells and United States of America, Ex Relatione Department of Treasury-Internal Revenue Account #: 2310-0000-0223-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Service Legal Description UNIT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE (223), IN THE CASA DEL MAR CONDOMINIUMS, ALONG WITH AN UNDIVIDED 0.3350% Account #: 1806-0000-0005-002 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS THERETO, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY Legal Description DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 2002037746 IN THE OFFICIAL TRACT 1: THE NORTH ONE-HALF (N 1/2) OF LOT FIVE (5-2), IN E J BIERING SUBDIVISION, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 2006053167 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: 6102 SEAWALL BLVD, STE. #223, GALVESTON Address/Location per GCAD: 7200 BLK BROWN STREET, HITCHCOCK Sale #: 6 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0213 Court: 212th Judgment Date: 2/19/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Account #: 3370-0017-0001-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Legal Description Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Wiley C. Walter, Jr., et al TRACT 2: LOTS ONE (1) THRU TWELVE (12), IN BLOCK SEVENTEEN (17), OF FLAKES ADDITION TO HITCHCOCK, GALVESTON Defendants: Wiley C. Walter, Jr., Atlantic Credit & Finance, Inc., Hull & Associates, P.C. and Howard R. Clifton COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUM- BER 2004024110 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Account #: 4188-0006-0011-000 & 4188-0006-0011-001 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Address/Location per GCAD: 7200 BLK BROWN STREET, HITCHCOCK LOT ELEVEN (11), BLOCK SIX (6), JAMAICA BEACH, SECTION ONE (1) REPLAT, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 254-A, PAGE 85, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GAL- Sale #: 15 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0531 Court: 56th VESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Judgment Date: 2/25/2013 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Address/Location per GCAD: 16607 HENRY MORGAN ROAD, GALVESTON Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Christine Seaton aka Christine Elizabeth Seaton Defendants: Vival Taylor, as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Christine Seaton Sale #: 7 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0363 Court: 212th Judgment Date: 1/14/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Account #: 6790-0000-0046-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Legal Description Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. A. A. Proctor, et al LOTS FORTY-SIX THRU FORTY-EIGHT (TAX TRACT 46-1) B J STRODE SUBDIVISION, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROP- Defendants: A.A. Proctor, Lillie Bell Proctor and Jimmy Proctor ERTY BEING MORE PARTICUARLY DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 995, PAGE 486, AND IN VOLUME 1477, PAGE 643 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Account #: 1220-0000-0045-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Address/Location per GCAD: 1802 NASHBY, LA MARQUE LOT FORTY-FIVE (45), IN THE THELMA D. ARMSTRONG SUBDIVISION, IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DE- SCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT VOLUME 1001, PAGE 289 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS Sale #: 16 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0551 Court: 10th IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Judgment Date: 1/21/2013 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Address/Location per GCAD: 205 C COBB, TEXAS CITY Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Teresa Devault, et al Defendants: Teresa Devault Sale #: 8 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 12TX0425 Court: 212th Judgment Date: 1/14/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Account #: 4640-0014-0007-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Legal Description Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Jerald Arnold LOTS SEVEN (7) AND EIGHT (8), IN BLOCK FOURTEEN (14), OF LEAGUE CITY TOWNSITES, IN LEAGUE CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, Defendants: Jerald Arnold and JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association TEXAS

Account #: 3977-0000-0005-010 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Address/Location per GCAD: 904 3RD STREET, LEAGUE CITY Legal Description PART OF LOT FIVE (5), IN HIGHLAND CITY, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 68, PAGE 543 IN THE OFFICIAL MAP RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE EXHIBIT ‘A’ TO THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 200604832 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS

Address/Location per GCAD: 815 HOLLY, LA MARQUE THE POST www.thepostnewspaper.net Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9 Legal Notice GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Sheriff Sales Sale Date: 8/5/2014 CONTINUED Sale #: 17 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0608 Court: 212th Sale #: 25 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 10TX0766 Court: 122nd Judgment Date: 2/11/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Judgment Date: 3/12/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/16/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Atty For Plaintiff: Perdue Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Robert Earl Hightower, et al Style of Case: Dickinson Independent Shcool District vs. Jardina Investments LLC Defendants: Robert Earl Hightower, Richard Earl Hightower, Willie Hill, Robert Earl Hightower, Jr., Barbara Hightower, Clay Hudgiins and Rosa Defendants: Bill Huynh, Jardina Garden Center, Inc. Price aka Rosie Mae Price aka Rosie Hill Price Account #:2655-0139-0023-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Account #: 1275-0000-0120-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Legal Description TRACT 3: LOT TWENTY-THREE (23), IN BLOCK ONE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE (139), OF CLIFTON-BY-THE-SEA, A SUBDIVISION IN LOT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120), B A & P SUBDIVISION, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 254, PAGE 61 OF THE MAP PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 1673, PAGE 264, IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: 4608 19TH, BACLIFF TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: 312 HEMPHILL, TEXAS CITY Sale #: 26 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0275 Court: 122nd Sale #: 18 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0621 Court: 212th Judgment Date: 2/17/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/16/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Judgment Date: 2/19/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Perdue Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Style of Case: Santa Fe Independent School District vs. Jesus G. Rodriguez Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Jeremy Gracia , et al Defendants: Jesus G. Rodriguez Defendants: Jeremy Gracia, Jessica Gracia and Joseph H. Desanto Account #: 1080-0030-0006-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Account #: 4900-0020-0003-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Legal Description TRACT 1: LOTS FIVE (5) AND SIX (6) OF BLOCK THIRTY (30), ALGOA SUBURBS, A SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, TRACT NO. 1: LOT THREE (3) AND THE EAST ONE-HALF (E 1/2) OF LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK TWENTY (20), OF MAINLAND PARK, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 238, PAGE 1, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON SECTION ‘B’, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS AND APPUTENANCES THERETO, INCLUDING ANY EASEMENTS AND STRIPS AND 2010042218 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS GORES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH

Address/Location per GCAD: 815 22ND AVENUE NORTH, TEXAS CITY Address/Location per GCAD: 410 AVE J, ALGOA TEXAS Account #: 6905-0003-0009-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Sale #: 27 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0308 Court: 56th TRACT 2: LOT NINE (9) AND THE WEST 45.00 FEET OF LOT TEN (10), IN BLOCK THREE (3), OF SWALLOWS MEADOW, SAID Judgment Date: 12/16/2013 Order of Sale Date: 6/16/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 2009015877 IN THE Atty For Plaintiff: Perdue OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Style of Case: Dickinson Independent School District vs. Melanee Ray Hood Defendants: Melanee Ray Hood Address/Location per GCAD: 1009 26TH AVENUE NORTH, TEXAS CITY Account #: 2655-0134-0046-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Sale #: 19 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0643 Court: 212th Legal Description Judgment Date: 2/19/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 TRACT 1: LOTS 46, 47 AND 48 OF BLOCK 134, ABSTRACT 164, CLIFTON BY THE SEA SUBDIVISION IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 254, PAGE 61, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Sean Walker, et al GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND COMMONLY REFERRED TO AND KNOWN AS 1121 AVE A, BACLIFF, GALVESTON COUNTY, Defendants: Sean Walker, Chrissy Walker and Maintenance Association of Whispering Lakes Ranch TEXAS 77518

Account #: 7603-1001-0025-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Address/Location per GCAD: 1121 AVE A, BACLIFF TEXAS Legal Description LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25), IN BLOCK ONE (1), OF WHISPERING LAKES RANCH, SECTION TWO (2), PHASE ONE (1), A SUBDIVISION IN Sale #: 28 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0465 Court: 212th GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 2005A, PAGES, 88, 89 AND 90 Judgment Date: 2/19/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/16/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 IN THE OFFICIAL MAP RECORDS IN THE OFFICIE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Atty For Plaintiff: Perdue Style of Case: Dickinson Independent School District vs. James L. Bevan, Sr., et al Address/Location per GCAD: 1805 LAKE LANDING DRIVE, LEAGUE CITY Defendants: James L. Bevan Sr., all unknwon heirs, successors or assigns, or other unknown owners, adverse claimants owning or claiming any le- gal or equitable interest in and to such property, Carmen L. Bevan, James L. Bevan Jr., individually & as Heir to James L. Bevan, Sr., Cherie Stainer Sale #: 20 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0726 Court: 122nd a/k/a Cherie A. Bevan Stainer, Individually & as Heir to James L. Bevan, Sr. Judgment Date: 1/27/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/12/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Account #: #: 6240-0081-0003-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Elenora Scott aka Eleanora Pennie aka Elnora Pennie, et al Legal Description Defendants: Elenora Scott aka Eleanora Pennie aka Elnora Pennie TRACT 1: LOT 3 BLOCK 81 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2001013864 OF THE OF- Account #: 0197-0037-0000-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: FICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Legal Description TRACT THIRTY -SEVEN (37), OUT OF THE T TOBY SURVEY, BEING APPROXIMATLEY 0.115 ACRES, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, Address/Location per GCAD: VACANT, SAN LEON SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 2301, PAGE 221, IN THE OF- FICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Account #: #: 6240-0081-0012-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Address/Location per GCAD: 326 1/2 BELL DRIVE, TEXAS CITY TRACT 2: LOT 12 BLOCK 81 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 2001013865 OF THE Sale #: 21 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0754 Court: 10th OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Judgment Date: 2/18/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Address/Location per GCAD: VACANT, SAN LEON Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Robey Properties Limited Partnership, as Successor-By-Ammendment to Mary Robey Real Estate Limited Partnership Account #: #: 1295-0023-0011-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Defendants: Robey Properties Limited Partnership, as Successor-By-Amendment to Mary Robey Real Estate Limited Partnership Legal Description TRACT 4: THE SURFACE ONLY OF LOT THIRTEEN (13) IN BLOCK TWENTY-THREE (23) OF PERKINS BEACH, A SUBDIVISION OF THE Account #: 1940-0000-0210-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: G. MCCLENNY SURVEY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE OFFICE Legal Description OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS UNIT TWO HUNDRED TEN (210) OF THE BREAKERS, A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT, ALONG WITH AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS THERETO, SAID PROPERTY DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY AS ‘TRACT #4’ IN THE EXHIBIT ‘A’ Address/Location per GCAD: 4216 COON ST, BACLIFF TEXAS TO THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 9643925 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Account #: #: 1295-0023-0026-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Address/Location per GCAD: 7700 SEAWALL BLDV, STE. #210, GALVESTON TRACT 5: THE SURFACE ONLY OF LOT TWENTY-EIGHT (28), IN BLOCK TWENTY-THREE (23) OF PERKINS BEACH, A SUBDIVISION OF THE G. MCCLENNY SURVEY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE Sale #: 22 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0829 Court: 56th OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Judgment Date: 3/4/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/10/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger Address/Location per GCAD: 4223 ROSS ST, BACLIFF TEXAS Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Katharine Ann Garvin Defendants: Katharine Ann Garvin Account #: #: 6240-0109-0008-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Account #: 3510-0087-0007-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: TRACT 6: LOTS 8 THRU 11 BLOCK 109 OF THE SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10, AND ALL IM- Legal Description PROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED LOT SEVEN (7), IN NW BLOCK EIGHTY-SEVEN (87) OF GALVESTON OUTLOTS, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEX- UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 9851613 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS AS, SAID PROPERTY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NUMBER 2012010142 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: 615 7TH, SAN LEON TEXAS

Address/Location per GCAD: 1905 34TH STREET, GALVESTON Account #: #: 6240-0080-0001-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Sale #: 23 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 13TX0830 Court: 56th TRACT 7: LOTS 1 TO 4, BLOCK 80 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 LOCATED IN GAL- Judgment Date: 3/4/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/9/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 VESTON COUNTY TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2001013162 OF Atty For Plaintiff: Linebarger THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERY OF GALVESTON Style of Case: Galveston County, et al vs. Mark I. Daniels Defendants: Mark I. Daniels Address/Location per GCAD: VACANT, SAN LEON

Account #: 3505-0249-0011-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Account #: #: 6240-0008-0012--000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Legal Description LOT ELEVEN (11) AND THE WEST 7.0 FEET OF LOT TEN (10), AND THE EAST 4.0 FEET, 9.0 INCHES IN LOT TWELVE (12), IN BLOCK TRACT 8: LOT 12, BLOCK 80 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARDS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 LOCATED IN GALVESTON TWO HUNDRED FORTY-NINE (249), IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, SAID PROPERTY BEING MORE PARTICU- COUNTY TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2001013861 OF THE OF- LARLY DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT CLERKS FILE NUMBER 8826382 IN THE OFFICIAL DEED RECORDS OF FICIAL PUBLIC RECORS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS. GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: VACANT, SAN LEON Address/Location per GCAD: 916 SEALY, GALVESTON Account #: #: 6240-0081-0001-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Sale #: 24 Sale Type: TAX Cause #: 07TX0423 Court: 212th Legal Description Judgment Date: 1/22/2014 Order of Sale Date: 6/16/2014 Levy Date: 6/20/2014 Posting Date: 7/3/2014 TRACT 9: TRACT 1 AND 2 BLOCK 81 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 AND ALL IM- Atty For Plaintiff: Perdue PROVEMTNS, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICILARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE Style of Case: Dickinson Independent School District vs. John R. Austin NUMBER 2001013863 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY,TEXAS Defendants: John R. Austin Address/Location per GCAD: VACANT, SAN LEON Account #: 6240-0057-0010-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Account #: #: 6240-0081-0004-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: TRACT 1: LOT TEN AND ELEVEN (10 & 11), BLOCK FIFTY-SEVEN (57), SAN LEON TOWNSITE OUT OF THE AMOS EDWARDS Legal Description LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 10, LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN TRACT 10: LOTS 4 TO 11 BLOCK 81 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 LOCATED IN GAL- VOLUME 238, PAGE 27 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS VESTON COUNTY TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2001013866 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: N/A Address/Location per GCAD: VACANT, SAN LEON Account #: #: 6240-0057-0001-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description Account #: #: 6240-0081-0013-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: TRACT 2: LOTS ONE THROUGH FIVE (1-5), BLOCK FIFTY-SEVEN (57), SAN LEON TOWNSITE OUT OF THE AMOS EDWARDS Legal Description LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 10, LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN TRACT 11: LOTS 13 THRU 34, BLOCK 81 OF SAN LEON TOWNSITE, OUT OF AMOS EDWARD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 10 LOCATED IN VOLUME 238, PAGE 27 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED FILED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2001013867 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Address/Location per GCAD: N/A Address/Location per GCAD: 417 19TH, SAN LEON TEXAS Account #: #: 6240-0057-0006-000 Minimum Bid: $0 Notes: Legal Description TRACT 3: LOTS ONE THROUGH ELEVEN (1-11), BLOCK FIFTY-SEVEN (57), SAN LEON TOWNSITE OUT OF THE AMOS EDWARDS LEAGUE, ABSTRACT 10, LOCATED IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 238, PAGE 27 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS

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TEXAS CITY – Last Wednesday in the 10th District Court Jo Muncie and Xochitl Vandiver-Gaskin. The defendant Execution of a Document by Deception. The disposition before the Honorable Judge Kerry Neves, a jury found was represented by Stephanie Barnett. of the Brazoria County case is still pending. Lionel Franklin guilty of the felony offense of Possession of Cocaine in a Drug Free Zone. The jury assessed pun- GALVESTON – Galveston County Criminal District BRAZORIA COUNTY – A grand jury has indicted Alan ishment at 20 years in the Institutional Division of Texas Attorney Jack Roady announced at the end of June that Derek Jernigan of Lakeway on charges of securities fraud, Department of Criminal Justice with a $20,000 fine; the Kenneth Lamonte Upchurch has pled guilty to the offense money laundering, and aggregated theft for the alleged maximum punishment allowed by law. of Engaging in Activity Without the Required Certificate offer for sale and sale of investments in deals to export On January 31, 2013, Texas City SWAT and Narcotics or License. Upchurch has been sentenced to thirty days medical test kits to foreign countries. The indictment, team executed a search warrant at Franklin’s residence, in the Galveston County Jail pursuant to the plea agree- issued June 5, alleges that Jernigan sold nearly $463,000 206 N. Texas St, Texas City. A search of Franklin’s apart- ment. Upchurch pled guilty to the misdemeanor charge worth of investment contracts while failing to disclose a ment uncovered crack cocaine, marijuana, scales, and cash. on June 30th, 2014 in the Galveston County Court at Law number of financial problems to investors. The securities Franklin was taken into custody for Possession of Cocaine. # 2 in front of a waiting jury panel. The Honorable Judge fraud indictment alleges that Jernigan misrepresented that Testimony at trial revealed that the Defendant was a drug Barbara Roberts presided over the plea. his companies had secured exportation contracts with the user, a suspected drug dealer and that his apartment was Upchurch was charged with the misdemeanor offense in governments of the Philippines and Malaysia and that he located less than 1000 feet from Sims Elementary School in 2012 for leasing out a home in the Victory Lakes subdivi- had completed similar deals in the past. Texas City and across the street from Carver Park in Texas sion of League City, Texas. Upchurch was not licensed by The indictment also alleges that at the time Jernigan sold City. The Texas Penal Code provides an enhanced punish- the Texas Real Estate Commission to lease out homes in the investment contracts, he failed disclose to investors that ment for persons convicted of crimes in a Drug Free Zone. 2012. He also had not received permission to lease the he filed a Chapter 13 Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition in Following the jury’s guilty verdict, they were presented home from the homeowner; however, he had put renters Galveston in 2007, a proceeding that was pending during with evidence of the Defendant’s criminal history. Evidence into the home. The renters were told to vacate the prop- his sale of the allegedly fraudulent investments. Jernigan showed that Franklin had been previously convicted of erty by the League City Police Department. also failed to disclose he had not paid a $53,847 Circuit Murder, Robbery, and Possession of Cocaine. Testimony League City Police Detective J. Griffith performed the Court judgment against him in Maryland related to a simi- in punishment revealed that Franklin was still a drug user investigation that led to the arrest. The case was prosecut- lar investment program. and was “high on drugs” at the time of the murder. After ed by the Major Fraud section of the Galveston County Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney Jeri Yenne hearing all of the evidence from both phases of trial, the Criminal District Attorney’s Office. has appointed State Securities Board enforcement division jury assessed punishment at the maximum for a 2nd degree Kenneth Lamonte Upchurch currently faces a first degree attorneys Matthew Leslie and Greta Cantwell as special felony in Texas. The State of Texas was represented be Katy felony charge in Brazoria County, Texas for Securing assistant criminal district attorneys. 10 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 www.thepostnewspaper.net THE POST Patently inspired Pam Tullo has put a new truck in the spotlight

By Ian White Although the spotlight is worked at NASA’s Johnson but one of more than 100 Space Center to help pay her In the beginning, some- features for which Ford has way through college at Texas one created the truck. Then filed patents, making the new A&M University. someone said let there be the F-150 the brand’s most pat- While there, she was a Texas truck. ented truck ever, it is, per- software developer for guid- And then there was light haps, the one that will shine ance, navigation and con- and, lo, it came to pass that brightest when the model trol simulations of the space everyone could now drive a goes on sale in the fall, so the shuttle and the international Texas City Truck. company has put Pam in her space station. A fanciful notion, you own spotlight especially for Upon gaining her engi- might think, but Texas City The Post. neering degree, she headed Ford courtesy photos High School graduate Pam Now living and working for the product-development Tullo has, indeed, put her in Dearborn, Michigan, engineer’s job she still holds former home town’s stamp where Ford has its head- in Dearborn. on the 2015 edition of Ford’s quarters, she says she But she has never forgot- F-150 truck by designing a designed the spotlight to ten her childhood in Texas new feature guaranteed to make it easy for the truck’s City, where her mom, Mary put it in the limelight. drivers to do such things as Bryant, still lives, and she It’s an LED spotlight change a wheel or set up also has a League City con- built into the truck’s door- camp at night. nection as her sister, Julie mounted side mirror, making All the driver has to do Silber, lives there. it multi-directional without to aim the light in the right So, if you ever break down interfering with the driver’s dirrection is swivel the side one cold winter’s night and line of sight. mirror and, hey presto, work a vehicle pulls up and shines It works through the mir- can commence. a spotlight on you, relax – it ror’s electronics as an inte- Not rocket science, per- might not be a suspicious gral part of its turn-signal haps, but maybe Pam will policeman but Pam with module in a world-first one day help build a jet- maybe yet another bright design for which Pam is propelled truck. After all, invention that will put you Pam Tullo, above, is reflected in the side mirror of a Ford F-150 truck applying for a patent. from 1994 until 1996 she back on the road again. fitted with her world-leading spotlight, seen in action in the dark below. The real reason for celebrating The dangers of America’s Independence Day of a nearly-forgotten bit of ism. It’s why our nation has American history. thrived while other nations In the early 1840s a young have withered and died. Rx drugs abuse historian named Mellen America has been excep- Chamberlain sought out one tional because we, the peo- A drug category that We have to sound the of the last surviving partici- ple, have governed ourselves. requires our attention is pre- alarm to parents and adult pants in the Battle of Concord Preston and his generation scription medications. Figures caregivers that prescription to ask him about that experi- had the moral courage to do from the National Council drugs are a source of grave ence. The minuteman’s name what they knew to be right ¬– on Patient Information and concern. Teens are abusing was Levi Preston, who was 91 reject an offer of easy tyranny Education show that the fact these drugs and some are at the time of the interview, and take the difficult road of is that one in five teens, or even dying because of it. which Chamberlain later self-government so that future 4.5 million young people, Adults need to lock up recorded in his work John generations might thrive. have abused Rx drugs. They their meds, keep track of By Michael Sullivan Adams, The Statesman Of We do not elect almighty are abusing these medications their medication quantities Guest column The American Revolution. leaders but public servants. We to get high, fall asleep, wake and learn how to properly Fireworks, parades and Chamberlain asked Preston don’t tolerate unlimited gov- up and deal with stress. dispose of unused medica- picnics are a great way to why he had fought the British. ernment or make allowance for Teens believe that, because tions. They must be a part of celebrate but certainly those The answers weren’t what the the divine right of politicians. By Jennifer Newton Rx medications are legal, they the solution. aren’t what we celebrated this young historian expected; We govern ourselves, thank Guest column are safer than their illicit coun- Galveston County past weekend. Preston did not speak of oppres- you very much. As parents, relatives, teach- terparts, making the medica- Community Coalition, a proj- It’s a celebration of inde- sive British rule, the stamp tax, Yet self-government is fragile; ers and concerned adults, we tions the statistical drug of ect of the Bay Area Council pendence and liberty. Our the tea tax or the writings of it only exists to the extent that spend a lot of time helping choice after marijuana. on Drugs and Alcohol, is founding fathers defied a philosopher John Locke. we continue to participate in teens circumvent the challeng- Additionally, prescription working with local agen- king, swearing their lives, for- “Well, then,” Chamberlain it. If self-government is to con- es that could ruin their lives. drugs are easy to obtain. The cies, law-enforcement bodies, tunes and sacred honor to the asked, “why did you fight?” tinue, if liberty is to flourish, if Perhaps one of the biggest 2012 National Survey on Drug schools and other organiza- task of establishing liberty and Preston’s reply: “Young we are to remain independent, challenges is substance abuse. Use and Health showed that tions to educate the commu- independence on these shores. man, what we meant in we must be informed, engaged We talk to them about the 54 per cent of people who use nity about this issue and to It is also a celebration of an going for those redcoats and active citizens. hazards of underage alcohol Rx medications non-medically increase opportunities for safe experiment the likes of which was this – we always had That is a heritage worth use and the problems associ- say they obtain them from disposal of medications and the world had never seen: self- governed ourselves, and we celebrating (and fighting ated with abusing or using friends and relatives, meaning we need your support. governance. It is self-govern- always meant to and they for) every day. Especially on marijuana and other danger- that they are freely shared or For more information, call ment that fuels our indepen- meant that we shouldn’t.” the Fourth of July, on our ous drugs such as heroin, taken from medicine cabinets the community coalition at dence and protects our liberty. It was this concept of self- Independence Day! cocaine and methamphet- or other accessible places. 800-510-3111 or go online My friend and fel- government, so natural to John Sullivan is president and amine. According to national How do we protect the rights to www.bacoda.org. low Texans for Fiscal Levi Preston and his contem- chief executive of Austin-based statistics, we’re making prog- of those who need these medi- Jennifer Newton is the Responsibility board mem- poraries, that changed the political activist group Empower ress, with most illicit drug use cations to relieve pain while also communications coordinator ber, Tim Dunn of Midland, world. It is at the practical Texans and its prime project, going down over time. preventing their abuse? for BACODA. reminded me a while back root of American exceptional- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. Friendly match on the island

Galveston – The Pirate Soccer to announce the next step in a friendly against the Houston er Carlos Herrera and local the Galveston area to be able be proud off. " finished off the Club of Galveston is excited its regeneration by unveiling Dynamo of the MLS. Ball High School center back to view MLS at close range new Pirate supremo. The Houston Dynamo Shaunn Houck for this match without travelling to the BBVA This will be an intense u-23 side will feature up and and the for-seeable future. Stadium and we hope they match up and one you don’t coming young stars as well as The match, which be new turn out to view what will be a want to miss. future MLS hopefuls. owner Bill Alsobrooks second great spectacle of soccer." Galveston Pirate SC will Galveston Pirate currently game in charge said, “This is "With the relevant success host this matchup on Saturday feature former Vasco de Gama a huge match for our club and of the United States Mens July 12, 2014 at Weis Stadium, midfielder Tiago Goncalves, the community. For us to test National Team at the World 7300 Stewart Road, on who signed his first profes- our players against a club with Cup in Brazil, the awareness of Galveston Island. Kick off is sional contract at 16 with the the pedigree of the Dynamo is soccer is possibly at an all-time 11am and admission is only Brazilian first division side. an amazing opportunity.” high. We just want to help The Pirates also have for- "It's also a great opportunity build an organisation that our $5. Make sure and get there mer Miami United goalkeep- for the soccer supporters in community on the island can early as a big crowd is expected. Early purchase tickets are available by contacting the Pirates at owner@pirate-soc- cer.com or 832-786-8133. Texas Premier Soccer League (TPSL) is a professionally run mens adult outdoor soccer league that plays across Texas. The league is sanctioned by "You owe it to yourself to hav e a healthy smile. US Club Soccer, an affiliate of We can help w ith all  your dental ne eds. USSF. As such, the winners of We make teeth sy!" TPSL gain entry into the follow- 1708 Amburn Rd., Suite A John K. Hackbarth, DDS and Associates ing years Lamar Hunt US Open Texas City, TX General Dentistry Cup competition. Teams play 409-935-2111 from September to March with the Texas Cup competition also www.NewSmileToday.com being played during the season.