VOL 6 ·ISSUE 26
WALKER COUNTY
PRESS
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Thursday May 5 , 2022
Happy Mother's Day from walker county press Commissioners Court Again Imagination Fun Run Was Colorful Has Multiple Split Votes
A proclamation recognizing May 5, 2022 as the National Day of Prayer was read and presented during the April 25, 2022 Commissioners Court. Accepting the proclamation was Linda McKenzie(left) and Pat Graham(right) with Walker County Commissioners Court behind them.
By Wade Thibodeaux The Walker County Commissioners Court met in regular session on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 9:00 am. in room 104 of the Walker County Courthouse. This group is normally a pretty consistent unanimous vote on the agenda items, but the last two or three sessions of the court have seen multiple 3-2 votes. On a previous court agenda, the vote was 3-2 against the new subdivision regulations with the Judge casting the prevailing dissenting vote. This time the Walker County Judge, Danny Pierce voted with Commissioners Jim-
A resolution for Soil and Water Week was read and presented in Court during the April 25, 2022 meeting. Accepting the resolution were Marcus Payne(left) and Phillip Burnett(right) with(from left to right) Commissioner Danny Kuykendall, Commissioner Ronnie White, County Judge Danny Pierce, Commissioner Bill Daugette, and Commissioner Jimmy Henry.
my Henry and Commissioner Bill Daugette for the implementation of a road use agreement for overweight trucks. Commissioners Danny Kuykendall and Ronnie White voted against the agreement, claiming it would be difficult to enforce. A follow up agenda item yielded the same results with the same votes being cast the same way for requiring a surety performance bond for trucks. In other action, the court approved a couple of resolutions with one being for the recognition of April 24May 1, 2022 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week and
the other in recognition of May 5, 2022 as the National Day of Prayer. As usual, the Planning and Development Department portion of the agenda was rather lengthy, indicating that plenty of growth and activity is occuring in Walker County. Several public hearings dealing with re-plats of lots in various subdivisions were held during court as well as request for variances to different regulations throughout the County. The next regular session of the Walker County Commissioners Court will be Monday, May 9, 2022 at 9:00 am. in room 104 of the Walker County Courthouse.
The start of the Imagination Fun Run was colorful as participants showered themselves with bright paint powder. By Wade Thibodeaux ens of runners, joggers, time that runners would The second annual Imag- and walkers taking to the go through a station they ination Fun Run was held streets around the Sam would be showered with a on Saturday, April 30, Houston campus. The variation of colorful paint 2022 beginning at 9:00 event was a color run, powder. The (contd on am with dozens and doz- which meant that every- page 8)
Josey Lodge Plants Memorial Garden to Honor Deceased Scout Volunteers
By Karla Christian, Chairman, Josey Scout Lodge Scout leaders are, by their very nature, remarkably selfless. They give freely of their time, talent, resources, and often their pocketbooks, with little to no expectation of recognition or renumeration. These men and women have a positive influence on innumerable youth in our community and beyond. For many of them the (contd on page 8)
