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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014
The Sealy High School choir will hold its Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 in the school auditorium.
Herman Sons Christmas party The Cat Spring Herman Sons Lodge No. 44 is having its annual Christmas party and awards presentation on Dec. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall. The lodge is providing barbecue baked potatoes and members are asked to bring appetizers or desserts. The Humanitarian Award will be presented. Donations to the Gordon Library will be made in lieu of a gift exchange. For more information, call 979995-2719, or 979885-3695.
By JOE SOUTHERN editor@sealynews.com
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Jahkai Gonzales, 7, gets ready to ride Gunther, a 14-year-old dromedary, during the Festival of Lights celebration Saturday at Levine Park in Sealy. Look for the photo gallery online at www.sealynews.com.
The last day to order a 2015 Sealy High School yearbook is Friday, Dec. 12. Order forms can be picked up at the Student Service Window or in the yearbook room, B133. Orders can also be placed online at www.balfour.com. Contact yearbook adviser Val Goad at 979-885-3515 for more information.
Song of Christmas St. John Lutheran Church in Cat Spring will host the musical “The Song of Christmas” on Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. Members from several churches will perform and the entire public is invited to the free event. Refreshments will be served. The church is located at 408 Ross Street in Cat Spring. For more information, call 979-865-3842. ■ NEWS BITS, page 11
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Fantastic Fantasy Christmas celebration draws crowds Tour of Homes returns to Sealy
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- Page 6 The weather was cool but not too cold on Saturday, just enough to warm the hearts and spirits of the thousands of people who came out to celebrate the season with Sealy’s annual Fantasy of Lights. Levine Park and the surrounding downtown area was bustling with activity as families enjoyed a day of games, live entertainment, food and craft vendors, camel rides, sled rides on snow and so much more. Trains and pajamas were the order of the day as the event followed a Polar Express theme. “We’re really pleased
with the way things went,” said Melanie Willingham, president of the Sealy Community Foundation, the organization that puts on the festival each year. She said the crowds were probably bigger than they were two years ago. Last year it was cold and wet and attendance was down. “The biggest thing I’ve had people talking about is the snow. People love the snow,” she said. The snow was manmade and provided by Ice Express. A tractor trailer load of ice was crushed and blown into
A girl wipes out while sledding on the artificial snow Saturday during Sealy's Fantasy of Lights celebration. two mounds for sledding and a small field where numerous snowball fights broke out. Huge crowds lined Main Street for the popular parade of lights. “When they turn the lights on at the park just before the parade
Community celebrates as Liedertafel turns 100
I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Psalm 143:6
Thank a
Veteran and Serviceman everyday
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Liedertafel Hall is a place in time and on Saturday the residents of Sealy celebrated its first century milestone with plenty of brats, beer, sauerkraut and German chocolate birthday cake. The versatile octagonal building has been many things over the last 10 decades and today still stands as a centerpiece of social activity. The sounds of live music performed by Kovanda’s Czech Band help many relive the nostalgic dancehall
it’s like ‘here we go – Christmas season is here,’” Willingham said. One of the more popular attractions was the camel ride. Actually, the camel was a 14-year-old
The Austin County inmates being temporarily housed in the Fort Bend County Jail are home for the holidays – or at least as close as the jail in Bellville. Sheriff Jack Brandes reported that on Monday all but two of the 12 inmates housed in the neighboring county have been returned and that the Austin County Jail is completely open now that new staff have undergone training. The remaining two inmates are staying due to medical issues. “We’re a good three weeks ahead of schedule,” Brandes said. Brandes closed the newer and larger section of the jail for the second time this year in October due to staffing problems. It was first closed and inmates shipped to Fort Bend last summer after a string of resignations by jailers left the jail too short staffed to operate at full capacity. The October closing was to allow newly hired staff to undergo formal training. The sheriff said the jail now has 15 jailers with three more interviews scheduled for this week. Full staffing is 20 jailers. Brandes said having jailers properly trained is making a big difference. “The attitude (among jailers) is wonderful and everybody’s happy,” he said.
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Carolyn Zapalac cuts the birthday cake Saturday during the 100-year celebration of Liedertafel Hall. days and the lively Fireman’s Frolics that kept the place hopping in its early years. Memories of the good old days were shared by Leroy Zapalac and Bill Ripple, who told stories of the Fireman’s Frolics and of the big name performers who have graced the hall.
“I still remember how it all worked,” Zapalac said. He said the Frolic was always held the last Thursday in July. All of the businesses in town closed at high noon. Zapalac said he and his buddies learned ■ 100, page 14
The Sealy Independent School District is in the process of acquiring several properties along Hwy. 90 by the football stadium. Some property owners are willing to sell and others may be forcing the district into condemnation proceedings. When the property acquisition is complete, the district will own all the land along Hwy. 90 from North Circle Drive on the east to the driveway just west of the Pueblo Motel near Allens Creek. Before that happens, the district must
first reach an agreement or settlement with the owner of the Pueblo Motel as well as another property near the stadium. In the meantime, the district has purchased an empty lot and is about to purchase the pink Best Budget Inn next door to the stadium. “We’ve signed a contract and we hope to close soon,” Supt. Sheryl Moore said in a recent interview. The district purchased the motel property for about $300,000. Moore said the money comes from the district’s fund balance. “We’ve got a very ■ PROPERTY, page 3
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Ronnie Milsap was truly a legend in my time Nearly 40 years of patience finally paid off Friday night when I finally got to see Ronnie Milsap in concert. Thanks go to the Austin County Fair for bringing in this great musician and singer to entertain the crowds. As a boy growing up in the 1970s, I was a hard-core country and western music fan. None of that rock and roll for me, no sir! (That would come later.) Just give me the likes of Waylon, Willie, Dolly, Loretta, Kenny, Eddie, Tammy, Glen, Johnny, Donna and many others, including Ronnie. Growing up in the sticks of Colorado on a budget that didn’t include concerts, I spent a lot of time listening to the radio and recording songs on my trusty cassette tape recorder. I would later be able to buy records and tapes. As an adult, thanks in large part to a career in journalism, I eventually began seeing my musical heroes in concert, often meeting many of them in person. Ronnie Milsap was one of those high on my list, but I was never in the right place at the right time to see him until Friday night. When he was first led on stage, I was struck by how frail he seemed. Once he was seated at the piano, I was impressed at how powerful he was. His 71-year-old voice was as strong
as it was when songs like “A Legend in My Time” and “Daydreams About Night Things” were topping the charts. It was the first time I had seen a blind performer and I was initially surprised by his lack of interaction with the audience. At the same time, however, you could see and feel how the audience was connecting with him. You could tell by his smile that he was definitely feeling the love. I don’t imagine the people around me were feeling the love from me. I kind of pushed my way toward the front so I could get pictures for the paper. Although I had two cameras with me, I was having difficulty with the lighting and had to resort to using flash photography. To those who had to put up with it, I am sorry. It was necessary and it worked. To those around me who had clearly over imbibed and were having a joyous time, I’m glad you enjoyed the show. In a way, you helped make it more entertaining. For weeks leading up to the concert I had a number of Milsap’s songs stuck in my head. “Daydreams About Night Things” was tops on that list and if anything disappointed in the show it was that he did not sing
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that song. (Note: if he did sing it, I missed it. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.) It reminded me of the time I finally got to see Glen Campbell in concert and he did not sing “Rhinestone Cowboy.” Prior to Milsap taking the stage, Daryl Singletary appeared in concert. Although he was not high on my list of entertainers to see I thought he put on a pretty good show. Unfortunately, he had a fairly sparse crowd. To his credit, he was up against the PRCA rodeo and a very humorous act by a hypnotist, all happening at the same time. Now that my decades-long wait to see Ronnie Milsap is over, there are a handful of other classic country singers I wish to see. Tops on the list are Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Donna Fargo. If there is any way of dropping a hint to the fair board for next year, please consider this it.
County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Randy Reichardt 166 Jefferson Cat Spring, TX 78933 Barn - (979) 865-5441 County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Douglas King P.O. Box 754 Wallis, TX 77485 Barn - (979) 885-3829 Office - (979) 478-7121 Sealy City Manager Christopher Coffman 415 Main Street Sealy, Texas 77474 (979) 885-3511
State Representative Lois Kolkhorst, Dist. 13 P.O. Box 1867 Brenham, Texas 77834 (979) 251-7888
Sealy ISD Superintendent Sheryl Moore 939 Tiger Lane, Sealy, Texas 77474 (979) 885-3516
Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski 1 East Main Bellville, Texas 77418 (979) 865-5911
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Country music legend Ronnie Milsap sang to a full house Friday night during his concert at the Austin County Fair.
LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR A beautiful commute Dear Editor, It’s been a while since the Sealy News has published anything from me (no, I’m not boycotted). I want to share a typical morning of going to work from my point of view, living out in the country as I do. I give the wife a goodbye kiss (good idea), head out the door, and my brother’s rooster
starts crowing like it knows it’s me. If I’m noisy enough (sometimes intentionally), my other neighbor’s dogs start barking, and the tranquil environment in which we live has been briefly shattered. I leave my place and about a quarter-mile later I have to avoid cottontails and a family of deer. Proceeding down the “luxurious” asphalt road (mine is
dirt), I have to watch for more critters that are either alive or dead. Turning on the next road, I have to watch for larger animals, like cows or horses and the occasional donkey. The real fun starts as I have to get on the freeway, and as it almost always is, I try to occupy the same space that an 18-wheeler has claimed. So I do like everyone else and not look in my rear view
mirror at the headlights about seven feet behind my frantically accelerating under-powered car that somehow finds new life in proportion to my not wanting to become a statistic. Sometimes I alert my wife about the road hazards. And so begins a typical day in the country and this is all before sunrise. Thomas Wilson Sealy
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Keyontae Tolbert (28) dives over the middle to complete a two point conversion for the Tigers on Saturday against Houston Sterling. Tolbert had 55 yards rushing, 8 yards receiving, two touchdowns and one two point conversion in the game.
Tigers raid Sterling for big victory By MINDY BLANKEMEYER reporter@sealynews.com
For the Sealy Tigers’ only Saturday game this season, they travelled all the way to Houston Sterling last weekend to take on the Blue Raiders and came home victorious, 43-6. The large AstroTurf stadium and field was located on the 610 Loop south past NRG Stadium near Telephone Road. The distance didn’t seem to matter to the parents and fans because they came out in packs to support the players, cheerleaders and band. The Sealy crowd was larger than the home crowd. Newly redistricted, Sealy is playing Houston teams which share fields with other local schools, and playing times vary between the schools from Thursday nights, Friday nights, and Saturdays. Sterling is now 0-3 in district and fell to Sealy in what was an unexpectedly hot October Saturday on the field for the players. The first quarter opened with the Tigers receiving the ball and running it back to the 41 yard line to start the game. Three first downs and four plays later, Holten Einkauf sent a pass to Charles Brooks in the end zone for the first touchdown of the game with 10:23 left in the first quarter. The extra point by Tyler Nunn was good. The next touchdown came after Sterling turned the ball over on downs to Sealy. Einkauf handed off to Titus Davis and he ran the ball in for six points. The extra point by Nunn again was good. The score was 14-0 with 5:27 left in the first quarter. The next points for Sealy came in the second quarter with 5:41 on the clock when Einkauf handed off to Keyontae Tolbert, who ran the ball in for six points over the left side. The extra point again was good by Nunn. Tolbert was also the
runner on the fourth touchdown later in the second quarter. Time ran out on the clock when the Tigers decided to go for the twopoint conversion and were successful as Einkauf passed to Hunter Fronczak in the end zone bringing the halftime score to Sealy 29, Sterling 0. Coming back from halftime, the Raiders seemed to have their act together. They were fighting a little harder and started making some blocks they couldn’t in the first half. The Raiders were able to score six on the Tigers in the third quarter with 4:59 on the clock, but the extra point was no good. Even though the Raiders tried, they couldn’t stop two more Tiger touchdowns in the third. Einkauf ran in the ball on a quarterback keeper for six with 2:06 left in the third. The Tigers decided to try for a two-point conversion and were unsuccessful, bringing the score to 35-6. A blocked punt attempt by the Raiders by defensive back Dante Jenkins was picked up and run in for a short six-yard touchdown for the Tigers. Sealy again decided to try for the two point conversion when Einkauf handed off to Brooks, who ran it in, bringing the score to
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Kobe Aguado (8) tackles a Sterling ball carrier Saturday in Sealy’s 43-6 win. Aguado had eight tackles and one sack during the game. 43-6 with 7 seconds left in the third. The fourth quarter went scoreless for both teams, but Sealy did get to use many of its secondary players on both sides of the ball and gave a lot of players the opportunity to showcase themselves, including about a dozen downs by Kolby Wolf in the quarterback position. “We were focused as a team and on point, reading our plays, staying on assignment and wrapping up … It was a good team effort,” said
player Dante Jenkins. Up next for the Tigers, they will travel to Houston Furr on Friday, Oct. 31 for a 7 p.m. start. Furr is currently 1-2 in district play, and 4-3 overall. Furr, in predistrict play, faced teams such as Houston Austin, Houston Kashmere, Jeff Davis, and Sharpstown. Those are bigger schools who are all heard of in the playoffs each year. In district, their only loss came to Wheatley 21-19. Sealy will face Wheatley at home in
the final game of district play on Nov. 7 for homecoming. After the third week of district play, the current rankings have Navasota in first with a
3-0 record. Wheatley is second at 3-0, Sealy in third at 2-1, Furr in fourth at 1-2, and Sterling and Washington in fifth and sixth place.
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Austin County Texas Exes award scholarships The Austin County University of Texas E x - S t u d e n t s Association recently awarded $2,000 in scholarships to two students from Austin County high schools. Each recipient has also been rewarded registration at Camp Texas in the amount of $250 and $50 for four years’ dues for the Texas Exes Student Chapter. Recipients this year are Matthew Ballard of Sealy High School and Allan Kovar of Brazos High School. Ballard graduated from Sealy High School and was ranked sixth in his class of 179. He plans to major in journalism. Ballard was vice president of his senior class, treasurer of the Student Council, a member of the National Honor Society (NHS) and golf team and competed in several UIL writing competitions. Kovar graduated as
salutatorian from Brazos High School. He plans to major in accounting. He participated in basketball, tennis, baseball, football and FFA, serving as president his senior year. He was president of NHS his senior year and was also a member of the Student Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Guardian Angel Life Teen. He is an alumnus of Boys State and participated in several academic UIL events. The funds for these scholarships were given as endowments in honor of the following people: J. Lee Dittert, former Austin County judge; Di Dittert Krumrey, who served in the 1980s as Austin County chapter president; L. F. McCollum, founder and CEO of Continental Oil Company; J.D. and Anita Kamas, Bellville and Austin County business leaders; Helen
Allan Kovar Batte Kistler, dedicated public school teacher; Ernie Koy Sr., Longhorn football and baseball All-American of the 1930s; Brian Zapalac, Sealy businessman and former chapter president; Margaret Koy Kistler, part of the Daily Texas and recognized as the first female sportswriter in the state of Texas; Robert
(Bob) Charpiot, avid Longhorn supporter and Bellville businessman; B.J. Jahnke, prominent chemist and the first woman to work in the Baroid laboratory; Jane Koy, wife of Ernie Koy Sr. and mother of Ernie Koy Jr., Marget Koy Kistler and Ted Koy; and Ollie Brown, father of Caroline Compton, who
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Yard of the Month The Garden Club of Sealy has selected the home of Neysa and Jackie Smaistria at 519 Main St. as its Yard of the Month for July.
Wax on and getting wax off By AMBER GONZALES editor@sealynews.com
When you come home after a hard day of work out on the ranch or, in my case, sitting behind a desk squinting at a computer screen, you deserve some relaxation time. For some people that can be resting on the porch with a book, taking a hot bath or enjoying a pint of ice cream. It depends how bad the day was. Well, a little while ago I was having some relaxation time and was reading in bed with some aromatherapy candles around the room. One of them was pumpkin flavored and a nice bright orange color. I reached over for my cup of tea and, thunk, smacked the candle onto the floor. This candle had been burning for some time, so there was plenty of hot, liquefied, bright orange wax in there. Now it was on the table, the walls, my ukulele and carpet. I won’t write the not so relaxed exclamation here, but it was not a good end to my day. However, I was able to use some great tips I
learned and would like to share with you. Removing wax from carpet: don’t panic. Try to clean up as much as you can, but don’t go to the extent that you just burn yourself and smear the wax. You will need a packet of brown paper bags, like what you send the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in, and an iron. Some people use a cold compress to freeze the wax stuck in the carpet first, but it seems to work just as well if you skip that step. Spread the clean brown bag over a section of wax and run a warm iron over it. The paper should absorb the wax as it melts. Warning: start cooler and work your way up because you don’t want to trade wax for scorch marks. There is also a chance you can melt the bag onto the carpet. I’m not getting my apartment deposit back. Repeat this process with fresh bags until you have removed all the wax. It sounds strange, but it really works. To get rid of any waxy residue some carpet clean-
ing solution and scrubbing should work. To send use your tips and tricks, or “life
hacks,” or just to ask us a question on your mind, email editor@ sealynews.com
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Matthew Ballard was originally from Waller and spent his career in the oil and gas industry. Brown had a lifelong love of UT and the friendships he made there, which have spanned 60 years. The Austin County Texas Exes scholarship is available for graduating Austin County high school students and
transfer students from Blinn. The scholarship is awarded each spring, and students are considered for the scholarship after submitting an essay to the Texas Exes in Austin. For information regarding the scholarship, please contact the scholarship chairman at (979) 733-6917.