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One
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guilty
Benitez receives
life for Weir
murders in 2014
B y MATHE W WALL ACE
Jose Hernandez Benitez didn’t give
many answers as to why he committed Weir’s first murders in known history. But he was given an answer Friday as to his fate for killing two people
in 2014: life in prison without parole.
Mr. Benitez, a citizen of Mexico
who lived in Dale, pleaded guilty to
killing Yazmin Corona, 23, and Omar
Ruiz, 24, at a Thanksgiving party in
2014. Three others were wounded in
the shooting. Everyone at the party
worked at Dos Salsas in Cedar Park.
The district attorney’s office offered Mr. Benitez a plea bargain. In
exchange for a guilty plea, they would
not seek the death penalty but he will
spend the rest of his life behind bars,
waiving his right to either appeal or
parole.
“You understand that means no parole. Forever,” Judge Stacey Mathews
said during the sentencing.
There were lots of questions as Mr.
Benitez took the stand Friday. Unfortunately, the family of Ms. Corona
would be left with few answers as to
why she was killed.
According to Mr. Benitez, he went
to the party with his brother and proceeded to drink for the next three or
four hours. At some point, he became
angry. Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Benitez went
outside and began to argue. Mr. Benitez wanted to date Ms. Corona, but
she had rebuked his advances. She
was allegedly dating Mr. Ruiz at the
time of the party.
“Why did you get your gun?” Assistant District Attorney Danny Smith
Restoration reality
Bruce Dickey, left, of Austin,
the grandson of Dr. James Lee
Dickey, visits with former Taylor mayor Benito Gonzales at
the groundbreaking ceremony
Saturday for The Dickey Museum in Taylor, above. A group
of citizens, led by members
of The Blackshear/O.L. Price
Ex-Student Association, have
been the driving force behind
making the museum a reality.
The museum will be Dr. Dickey’s
former home. Dr. Dickey, an
African-American, was named
Taylor’s Man of the Year in 1952
and stopped a typhoid fever
epidemic, winning national
recognition.
Left, Bruce Dickey, left, and his
father, James Dickey, Jr., both
of Austin, were at the ceremony. Dr. Dickey was James’ father
and Bruce’s grandfather.
See more photos on 8A.
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Photos by Andy Sharp
Governor Abbott plans
visit to G’town dinner
Governor Greg Abbott will be in
Georgetown February 9 to deliver
the keynote address at this year’s
Reagan Dinner hosted by the Williamson County Republican Party.
The event, set for 7 p.m. in the
Sun City Ballroom at 2 Texas Drive,
serves as the Williamson County Republican Party’s major fundraiser
for 2016. Proceeds fund headquarter
operations, get out the vote efforts
and other outreach activities.
Other scheduled dignitaries include Texas Supreme Court justices Don Willett and Eva Guzman.
Justice Willett will serve as emcee
and Justice Guzman will deliver
the traditional ‘Tribute to President
Reagan.”
Williamson County GOP Chairman Bill Fairbrother called it “an
honor” to host the governor.
“In his first year in office, Governor Abbott has a proven record of
standing up for Texas, exhibiting
honesty, integrity and commitment
to conservative principles,” he said
in a January 19 press release.
“He’s helped to keep Texas’ economy strong, our government limited,
and our lives more free. He perfectly
exhibits the legacy of Ronald Reagan and there is no better man to
lead Texas at this moment in time.”
The evening will feature a who’s
who of local Republican leaders
with dozens of elected officials and
2016 hopefuls expected to attend.
Tickets are $85 and must be pur-
Jarrell ISD may seek bond election
The Jarrell school district could
be looking at a school bond election
in the coming months.
District administrators are reevaluating their facilities and demographic reports to determine
needs for the school district, Superintendent Bill Chapman said
Monday.
At the January 11 board meeting, Gary Marek, a facilities planner with the Texas Association of
School Boards, highlighted facility needs at Jarrell Intermediate
School, which Dr. Chapman said
is one of the first steps in deciding
what the future of the district will
look like.
“This is one of the planning tools
for going that route, if and when we
decide to go that route,” he said, referring to a possible bond election.
“This item was one of the first
things we wanted to look at before
seeing what our next steps are.
We’re trying to gather as much data
as we can before we do anything.”
The intermediate school is one
of many temporary buildings Jarrell administrators added to the district’s original public school, which
was built in 1916. The district did
not build a permanent campus until 2007, when Jarrell High School
was built.
Temporary buildings continued
to house children until Jarrell Elementary School was built in 2009.
The intermediate school was then
used as the middle school until 2014
when Jarrell Middle School was
constructed.
Jarrell Intermediate School is
surrounded by a number of aging
portable buildings.
“The building is well maintained, but the reality is, because
it’s made up of manufactured
buildings, it probably doesn’t
make economic sense to invest a
lot of money in it,” Mr. Marek said.
“You don’t want to spend millions of dollars on that type of facility.”
Some of the school’s problems include aged heating, ventilation and
Continued on 7A
Greg Abbott
Texas governor
chased in advance. Mr. Fairbrother
anticipates tickets to sell out quickly. Sponsorship opportunities are
also available ranging from $1,250
to $10,000.
In addition to a general reception
and a private host reception for
sponsors, the evening will feature a
live and silent auction. Contact reagandinner@williamsoncountygop.
org or 512-577-1620 for reservations
and more information.
The Williamson County Republican Party’s office is at 716 South
Rock Street in Georgetown. Visit
www.williamsoncountygop.org.
—Joyce May
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Down by the river
Andy Sharp
Late in the afternoon on Saturday, Esmeralda Tijerina of Georgetown enjoys a peaceful section of the San Gabriel
River on its eastern banks across from San Gabriel Park.
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The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
Voter registration deadline looms for the primary elections
B y J OYC E M AY
Residents planning to cast
a ballot in the March 1 primary have until Monday to
register to vote.
Forms are available for
download from a link on the
county’s website, www.wilco.
org, under the elections tab.
Applications can also be
picked up and dropped off at
WilCo’s election office at 301
Southeast Inner Loop, Suite
104, in Georgetown.
A number of places
around the county, including post offices, libraries and
Department of Public Safety
offices, also keep voter registration forms available.
City hall at 113 East Eighth
Street and the public library
at 402 West Eighth Street are
two convenient places for
Georgetown residents.
Forms can be returned by
mail but must be postmarked
by Monday.
Choices aplenty
Republican primary voters
have their homework to do.
In addition to a plethora
of presidential candidates
to sort through, voters have
a number of choices to make
in local races.
Retirements and other departures have opened wide
certain fields, such as the
sheriff ’s and county court-atlaw 2 races, while challengers have stepped up in other
places to argue than can do a
better job than incumbents.
Four men are campaigning to become WilCo’s next
sheriff: Robert Chody of
Cedar Park, Mike Cowie of
Jarrell, Randy Elliston of
Georgetown and Bill Kelberlau of Georgetown.
Tony Trumps, also of
Georgetown, withdrew from
the race and endorsed Mr.
Chody, who has served as
Precinct 1 constable for seven years. His name though
will still appear on the ballot.
Sheriff James Wilson endorsed Mr. Cowie.
The number of candidates
increases the likelihood of a
May run-off election.
The same can be said for REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
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town and Lesli Fitzpatrick of
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Incumbent Precinct 3
Commissioner Valerie Covey of Georgetown faces Matt
Heaton, an insurance executive from Georgetown.
Ms. Covey has served since
November 2006. Mr. Heaton
said he is running to bring a
“fresh voice” to commissioners’ court.
Precinct 1 Commissioner
Lisa Birkman announced in
April 2015 that she would not
seek a fourth term.
Certified public accountant Paul Matthews, financial
planner Donna Parker and
banker Landy Warren, all of
Round Rock, are now vying
for her seat on the court.
No opposition
Several incumbents, including County Attorney
Dee Hobbs, district judges DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
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either party.
Larry Gaddes, chief deputy tax assessor-collector,
The two are campaigning
has a clear path to succeed for the Democratic nominahis boss, Deborah Hunt, who tion for Precinct 1 commischose not to seek a sixth term sioner.
as tax assessor-collector.
Anthony Rector, victim
services coordinator for the
Democratic hopefuls
Georgetown Police DepartFew Democrats have
ment, is running for Precinct
signed up at the local level
3 county commissioner. He
for the March 1 election.
The only contested race will face either Ms. Covey or
in the Democratic primary Mr. Heaton in the fall.
Early voting begins Febis between Terry G. Cook, a
Round Rock resident and for- ruary 16 and ends February
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and Chad Chadwell, a design picks run against each other,
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Applications can be obtained at a number of spots around the county including post
offices, libraries and Department of Public Safety offices.
Georgetown City Hall at 113 East Eighth Street and the Georgetown Public Library at 402
West Eighth Street keep forms handy.
They are also available for download and printing from a link on the county’s website,
www.wilco.org, under the elections tab.
Forms can be mailed but must be postmarked by February 1.
Applications can also be picked up and dropped off at WilCo’s election office at 301
Southeast Inner Loop, Suite 104 in Georgetown.
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test can register online or by
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The deadline to register is
February 5. Testing will be at
8:30 a.m. each exam day inside
Richarte High School, 2295
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Georgetown High School.
The exit exam dates are:
n February 29, English
n March 1, math
n March 2, science
n March 3, social studies
Science fair judges needed
Each elementary campus in
the school district needs volunteers to judge science fairs in
January and February.
The science fair dates are:
n Mitchell, January 28, 8:30
to 11:30 a.m.
n Carver, January 28, 9:30 to
11:30 a.m.
n Village, January 29, 8:30 to
10 a.m.
n Pickett, February 4, 8:30 to
11:30 a.m.
n Ford, February 4, 9 to 11
a.m.
Cooper, Frost, McCoy and
Williams have already had
their science fairs.
District seeks volunteers
The Georgetown school district is looking for people to
volunteer for the Destination
Imagination program, which
is a hands-on system of learning that encourages creativity,
courage and curiosity.
The district needs 54 volunteers to serve as judges for
Georgetown’s 27 teams at the
Regional Tournament March
5 at Vista Ridge High School in
Leander.
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High School students can apply for a $500 scholarship in
the annex office.
Applicants must be student
members of the GHS Parent
Teacher Student Association
and must be planning to attend
an institute of higher education in fall 2016.
Deadline is 4 p.m. February
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April 6.
n Paige Leanne Harris
n Alexander Law
n Jeffrey Tanner Mount
n Jennifer Elizabeth Neal
n Katherine
n Madison Ashley Schuler
n Cassidy Corrine Turner
Christina Elizabeth Fojtik
was added to the Baylor University fall honor roll by maintaining a grade point average
of at least 3.7.
15 named to
UNT dean’s list
GRADUATIONS
Peter McGrath of Georgetown graduated from The College of St. Scholastica with a
Doctor of Physical Therapy in
December.
Matthew Pysh of Taylor graduated from Clemson
University with a Master of
Science in bioengineering in
December.
Rowan Guidici of Georgetown graduated from Baylor
University with a Bachelor of
Science in psychology.
Kevin Mitchell of Georgetown graduated from Baylor
University with a Master of
Business Administration.
Christina Fojtik of Jarrell
graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Science
in medical humanities.
ACHIEVEMENTS
21 named to Baylor
honor roll
Baylor University added 21
Georgetown alumni to the fall
honor roll by maintaining a
grade point average of at least
3.7:
n Brooke Linnette Bentley
n Anne-Marie Berg
n Haleigh Jordan Blackwell
n Jakob Paul Brandenburg
n Sarah Grace Brister
n Nicole Lynn Carey
n Margaret Daley
n Ashley Marie Echelberger
Roche
n Haley Root
Fifteen students were added
to the University of North Texas dean’s list for maintaining a
grade point average between
3.5 and 3.9:
n Adanma Akoma
n Emory Barnes
n James Ryan Buck
n Carter Calkins
n Allyson Marie Dahlmann
n Rachel Lyles
n Sherianne Ellina Maiorelle
n Margaret Marie Molnar
n Devin Rardin
n Sofia Constanza Restrepo
n Calvin Ross
n Faviola Magallanes Santos
n Haley Schmitt
n Hannah Beatriz Tobin
n Austin Waters
Lance Sefcik of Georgetown was named to the McNeese State University Honor
Roll for the 2015 fall semester
by maintaining a grade point
average of at least a 3.0.
Alyssa Homerding of
Georgetown was named to Arizona State University dean’s
list by maintaining a grade
point average of at least 3.7.
Kim Shelton of Georgetown was named to the dean’s
list at Austin College for the
fall semester by maintaining a
grade point of at least 3.0.
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Education meets entertainment at annual Sunday Fun Day
B y JONATHAN ADAMS
Families are going to have
a lot of options at Georgetown
Partners in Education’s third
annual Fun Day event Sunday.
Amy Brown, director of
Georgetown Partners in Education, invites adults and
children of all ages to the free
event at the Georgetown Community Center in San Gabriel
Park from 1 to 4 p.m., where
there will be Legos, an inflatable planetarium, an interactive robotics display and more.
“The entire event is built on
the idea that if you put interesting things out on a table,
people can’t not interact with
them,” Ms. Brown said.
“All of the activities we pick
are meant to illustrate a principle, like friction, surface tension or color blending.”
The goal of the event is to
teach kids in an entertaining
environment.
“We thought about calling it
a ‘Festival of Education,’ but
people won’t come to that,” Ms.
Brown said.
“The tagline is ‘children’s
museum for a day.’ It’s all of
that same intentionality, but
it’s supposed to feel like you’re
having a good time and a lot of
fun.”
There will be numerous activities at the event, Ms. Brown
said. Students will get to build
things out of Legos, create
boats out of tinfoil that are
supposed to float in water or
get a crash course in computer coding.
There will also be board
games, like Connect Four,
and Giant Jenga, which was
built by woodshop students at
Georgetown High School.
“It’s really a bunch of things
that people can do at home, but
forget they can do,” Ms. Brown
said.
“What I’ve thought is cool
is seeing people at the game
table. I’ve seen a resurgence
of board games. People aren’t
just standing around on their
phones, they’re actually there
playing.”
The event started in 2013
and attracted fewer than 600
people. The following year
there were about 300, but Ms.
Brown said the event was also
on a stormy day.
“The first year people came
and went all throughout the
day. In the second year, people
came and stayed the whole
time,” Ms. Brown said.
“It was interesting for us to
experiment with two different
extremes.”
The budget for the event is
under $1,000, Ms. Brown said,
and it paid for printing posters
and renting the community
center and the planetarium
from GirlStart, an after-school
program that encourages girls
to study math, science and
technology.
“The thing that amazes me
is that there’s nothing to buy,
nothing to win, nothing to pay
for and nothing to push someone out of line for,” Ms. Brown
said.
“The event is just a very
good time for a lot of people.”
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Tiffany Colvard holds out her gloved hands to catch a bubble made out of dry ice, warm water and a bit of soap at the 2014 Fun Day at
the Georgetown Community Center.
Frost awards go to ambitious Georgetown, East View students
B y JONATHAN ADAMS
Four years of hard work are
paying off for Sarah Siems,
whose greatest accomplishment is being ranked 10th in
her class at East View High
School.
“I am proud to be No. 10 in
my class ranking,” said Ms.
Siems, one of four Georgetown seniors who received
the Jack Frost Citizens of the
Month Award at the January
16 board meeting.
“I worked hard for my
grades and it’s nice knowing
it has paid off.”
Ms. Siems was joined by fellow East View senior Payden
Clayman and Georgetown
High School seniors Nathan
Jones and Rachel Scott in receiving Frost awards.
The award was named after
former Georgetown Superintendent Jack Frost. It honors
academically exceptional
and community-involved students.
Ms. Siems dances for the
East View dance squad, the
Sparklers, and earned the
hardest worker award. She
Sarah Siems
East View senior
Payden Clayman
East View senior
Nathan Jones
Georgetown High senior
Rachel Scott
Georgetown High senior
is a member of the National
Honor Society and Mu Alpha
Theta, a mathematics honor
society.
“A good citizen is someone
who is involved in the community and wants to help improve
the community,” Ms. Siems
said. “That person is also a
good role model for others.”
Ms. Siems has applied to
Stephen F. Austin University
in Nacogdoches and Baylor
University in Waco; she wants
to study marketing and public
relationships.
Center for Kids.
“A good citizen is someone
who takes the time to be involved in the community and
gives his or her time to charitable organizations,” Mr. Clayman said.
“That person puts his or her
own priorities second.”
Mr. Clayman wants to study
sports management and play
collegiate golf.
Medical plans
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Mr. Clayman plays golf and
basketball and writes for East
View’s student newspaper The
Patriot Press.
He also volunteers at The
Caring Place and the Ride On
Mr. Jones is in the National
Honor Society and Mu Alpha
Theta. He played quarterback
for the Eagle football team.
In his free time, he volunteers with the Community Restore Project, an organization
that restores homes for families in need.
After high school, he wants
to attend Baylor University,
where he received $66,000
worth of scholarships based
on his SAT scores, to study biology. He later wants to attend
medical school.
“I would one day like to use
my skills as a doctor to serve
on international mission
trips,” Mr. Jones said.
Ms. Scott is on the archery
team and was a state and national qualifier. She is also a
member of NJROTC and president of the Georgetown FFA.
“I am very proud that I was
elected the president of the
Georgetown FFA and Hoofpicks 4-H for the year of 201516,” Ms. Scott said.
“Both of these presidencies have been goals of mine
since I was a freshman in high
school.”
Outside of school, she volunteers with the Special Olympics, Relay for Life and the
Ride on Center for Kids.
Ms. Scott wants to attend
Oklahoma State University
and hopes to earn her veterinary medicine license with an
emphasis on equine reproduction.
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News business evolves
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an and I took the day off to
first time ever, we had cancellago to the winter meeting of
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the Texas Press Association
complained that the paper was
in San Marcos and then on
nothing but “kid sports.”
down to San Antonio for a day. The
Once the second high school
Association members are mainly
started up, Georgetown no longer
small newspapers, the country
had a “town team” — a team that,
weeklies and papers like the Sun,
winning or losing, most folks talkwhich you might call the Former
ed about, even if they had no kids
Country Weeklies.
in school. But an attendance zone
In the last 30 years little has
is different from a town. People
Clark Thurmond
changed at these meetings. We
without children in school don’t
visit with folks who have the same
have the same attachment to an
problems; we exchange ideas; we
attendance zone team as they
console each other over the unfixable. There is have to the town team. Nowadays, we only get
hardly anything more enjoyable than a round the town team feel when a team goes to state.
of Ain’t-It-Awful with old friends.
But even then, it doesn’t draw the whole town
One thing has changed, though — the trade as in days gone by.
show. Thirty years ago there was lots of maAnd then there’s digital. Back in the day,
chinery. Gadgets to look over, to watch clatter Sun photographers were the source of the best
and snap. There were press parts, big full-page sports photography in Georgetown, and we
cameras, automated film processors that prom- had a steady stream of parents coming in for
ised to get you home for supper on production
reprints. Now the digital camera gives less exday. Stuff that was interesting to watch. Nowaperienced sports photographers an acceptable
days it’s all software, Internet services and the
photo. One-on-one, not as good as, say, Russell
like. Nothing makes a pleasing rumble. Nothing
Rinn, but often good enough. And the booster
offers to save hours of numbing handwork. It’s
clubs have put up lively Facebook pages and
all brain stuff now.
websites with lots of comments and photos.
At the lunch our inspirational speaker gave
Nowadays there’s far more routine school
the standard talk, telling us to get cracking, go
sports information out there than ever before.
back home and make changes! For the last 30
In the end it became clear that the number of
years we’ve drudged home with our notes and
“town fans” had fallen way off and that most
good intentions and watched these bright ideas
of the school fans had migrated to the Internet
bounce off the wall of old habits.
Thirty years ago the stressor of the day was where they got immediate info put up by enthuthe free paper that sucked up ads but didn’t siastic volunteers.
So we dropped game coverage and are workspend much on reporters and photographers.
Then it was cable television. Now it’s the Inter- ing toward a sports department that interests
the general reader, the person who won’t read
net.
So our man this time told us to go home and a five-day-old game story, but who will enjoy a
look for things to stop doing, things that may sports-oriented feature along with capsule covbe long established, but these days are obsolete erage of how the school teams are doing.
And we’re expanding the sports department
in the newspaper. We’re a few months ahead of
to include a wider range of sports and fitness
him.
activities, hence the new name, “Sports & Rec.”
n
There’s no model for this. Well, actually, there
At the end of last summer, after watching
the results of several years of increased Sun is: the sports coverage of The New York Times
sports coverage — more than everyone else in and The Wall Street Journal. These high-end
the Georgetown market combined — we finally national papers don’t follow teams with saturafaced the music. The readership in Georgetown tion game stories, rather, they do features and
for stories and photos from games played five sports news that is interesting, not only to the
days before had shrunk to a tiny number. Two fan, but for the general reader, too. We aim to
things had happened: the second high school develop for our readers a good, interesting and
readable version of this style of sports and fitand the digital world.
When East View started up, we doubled our ness coverage.
We’re just starting, so if you have any ideas,
sports budget. The number of game stories
doubled. We had hoped that getting twice as I’d love to hear them. Email me at clark@wilmany kids in the paper as before would boost cosun.com. Or call at 512-930-4824.
Winds Aloft
Other Views
Constitutional apples and prunes
T
By DAVID WOFFORD
he United States Constitution contains 27
amendments. The first 10 of these, also
known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified
in 1791 and for all practical purposes, are
part of the original document. Then, if
my math serves me correctly, in the 225 years
since the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the
U.S. Constitution has been amended 17 times.
Not too untidy.
The Texas Constitution took effect in 1876.
In the 140 years since, that document has been
amended nearly 500 times. What a smoldering
mess!
You might recall that our last election included seven propositions to further amend our
state constitution. I am certainly not a constitutional scholar, but it appeared to me that at
least six of those propositions could have been
taken care of by legislative action. However, at
some point our Texas Legislature has decided
to emulate the California Legislature and rather than do the job for which they were elected,
they decided to slough off that duty to the electorate. This ensures that they are not required
to take responsibility for anything that might
reflect negatively on them.
So if you had a tire with 17 patches and another tire with almost 500 patches, which would
you replace first? Wrong! You obviously do not
understand how this program works.
Misdirection has been a tool utilized for thousands of years by anyone in charge of something. Rather than focus their attention on the
task for which they are being paid, they wave
their arms and point fingers at someone else’s
operation. Their hope is that you’ll focus your
attention elsewhere and not recognize their
smoldering mess.
Our Good Governor Greg Abbott replaced
one of the purest politicians that ever set foot
on this planet. Governor Rick Perry dedicated
his life to public service and somehow amassed
a net worth of around $3 million (according
to Wikipedia) in working a lifetime of these
part-time jobs. In Governor Perry’s 14 years as
governor of Texas, he appointed his cronies to
head up every state department. The appointment of these cronies to run state departments,
along with sweeping privatization, has ensured
that Governor Perry’s supporters have enjoyed
lucrative jobs and/or lucrative contracts to perform functions that previously were handled by
government employees. The result is billions of
tax dollars wasted every year. The Texas Health
and Human Services Commission contracting
with 21CT is just one example.
So as a not-so-casual observer, I would think
that Governor Abbott, the chief executive officer of Texas, would have plenty to do in cleaning up the mess that is our current state government. Or if his legal roots are giving him
an uncontrollable itch, he might want to put his
efforts into cleaning up the Texas Constitution.
Wrong again.
Governor Abbott is spearheading an effort
to call a Constitutional Convention for the purpose of amending the U.S. Constitution through
his “Texas Plan.” My interpretation of his
“Texas Plan” is that it’s a plan to give Governor
Abbott national stature, positioning him as a
viable presidential candidate for 2020. But that
interpretation involves a lot of reading between
the lines.
I know I’m a hopeless Pollyanna. But I dream
that some day we’ll have elected officials that
are satisfied with simply doing the job for which
they are elected, and then trust the electorate to
reward them for their efforts and accomplishments.
David Wofford is retired and lives in Taylor.
Letters
Field for sheriff sparks interest
Police chief
endorses Chody
We hear a lot these days about our rights, to
include the freedom of speech, religion, or to
bear arms. Let’s also take note of the responsibility to properly execute our right to vote for
our elected officials.
Currently we have five people running for
sheriff of Williamson County. I suggest that
each of us takes the time to become informed
about each candidate, their values, their platform, and their desires for the Williamson
County Sheriff ’s Office.
Like nearly every chief of police in Williamson County I am concerned about who will be
the next sheriff. And like nearly every chief of
police in Williamson County I have endorsed
Robert Chody in his run for sheriff.
Chody is the most experienced law enforcement officer and a current office holder elected
to the head of another law enforcement agency. I would strongly urge any citizen to become
informed and vote on March 1 for our next sheriff of Williamson County.
BOB SHELTON
Chief of Police
Granger Police Department
Elliston would make
fine WilCo sheriff
Williamson County is a fast-growing community and we need top-level officials in our government serving us.
My wife and I support Randy Elliston for
sheriff. His work history, credentials and education set Mr. Elliston apart from other candidates. As a resident and taxpayer of Williamson
County, I want to be protected by the very best
people we can get.
Mr. Elliston’s background includes:
n Retired chief of the Texas Highway Patrol
managing over 2,700 troopers, 2,000 vehicles,
1,500-plus staff employees and a budget of more
than $229 million. He can handle the Williamson County Sheriff ’s Office.
n Graduated from Baylor University with a
degree in criminal justice and holds advanced
law enforcement certifications.
Options available
to avoid abortion
It seems to me that we may want to look at the
abortion question in a different way. I am prolife and believe that life begins at conception.
Others see the question differently and may
disagree with me.
We all go through the same process of development before we are born. If our parents felt
they could not have a baby when we were a fetus, we wouldn’t be here. Please look at where
we are now: single or married, rich or poor,
happy or sad. Would any of us really wish we
were not born? I would think that none of us,
save possibly those who are severely depressed,
would choose death.
I realize that those who might decide to have
an abortion may have serious reasons for considering this option, but do we truly have the
right to take another life? Can we not give this
child the same gift of life that our parents gave
us? Some of us take these nine months to nurture a child and then offer it through adoption,
to a couple who will devote their lives to giving
this child the upbringing that perhaps we could
not. Sometimes, once a mother has seen her
n Started his law enforcement career in 1997;
has served Texans for 37 years.
n Sees the growth now and in the future of
Williamson County. He believes our county deserves the highest-qualified person willing to
serve in every capacity. He is willing to serve
the residents of Williamson County to make it
the safest place possible.
MICKEY POWELL
Glass Mountain Cove
Tap Chody’s energy
for WilCo sheriff
Robert Chody has 20 years of experience
[serving] his country and community, a life story full of positive attributes and expertise. Robert is well trained to become sheriff. He is a man
who puts his faith, honor and energy into action to benefit his community every day. He is a
sensitive man with great compassion for every
citizen.
He will be a great sheriff because as a leader,
he not only talks but he listens. He knows how
to network and prevent duplication of services
to maximize the use of manpower. Robert sees
a need, immediately formulates a plan, gets it
implemented and achieves results. He is highly
organized and will be able to handle all aspects
of being sheriff with superior competence.
His high energy, youthful stamina and positive outlook is what we need in Williamson
County. Please join me in supporting Robert
Chody for sheriff.
SUE DE VILLEZ
Old Chisholm Trail
Re-elect district
attorney Duty
Woe is me! The Williamson County Republican Party is supporting Shawn Dick for district
attorney. Mr. Dick and his law firm has defended the worst of the worst in his career. They get
the bad guys off so they can go out and do another crime. What kind of district attorney are
they trying to put in office?
No doubt about it; I will vote for Jana Duty.
LAWRENCE HOLLAND
Lynn Cove
child, she cannot give it up.
There are any number of reasons to consider
abortion, but abortion is not the only answer.
There are many mothers who have received
help from charitable organizations like the
John Paul II Life Center (512-407-2900) or Annunciation Maternity Home (512-864-7755). Life
is not over because one is pregnant and unmarried; it is the start of a new life of love for both
mother and child.
LEE BURNS
Hacienda Lane
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The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
William G. “Bill”Hoeflein
William G. “Bill”
Hoeflein, born July
17, 1924, passed away
Friday, January 22,
2016, at his home in
Georgetown after a
brief illness. Bill was
born in Johnson City,
New York, and was a
long-time employee
of IBM. He took a hiatus from
IBM to serve his country in the
Navy, during World War II and
then returned to IBM in 1946 after the war, where he remained
employed until his retirement
in 1986. He relocated his family
to the Austin area in 1967, and
later moved to Georgetown
in 1978 where he spent the remainder of his life. A devout
Catholic, Bill was also active
in charities, and was one of the
original founding members of
The Caring Place and was active in the St Vincent de Paul
Society in Georgetown. Bill is
survived by his devoted wife of
69 years, Helen J. Hoeflein, née
Nicholson. He is also survived
by his daughter, Patricia Vale-
rio; son, Bill Hoeflein;
son, Thomas Hoeflein; and daughter,
Mary Rexroat. Bill is
also survived by five
grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren; a brother;
a sister; and various
nieces and nephews.
The visitation will be held
Friday, January 29, at The Gabriel Funeral Home in Georgetown, from 6 to 7 p.m., followed
by a Rosary. Funeral Mass will
be held Saturday, January 30, at
St Helen’s Catholic Church in
Georgetown at 10 a.m. Those
desiring to make memorial contributions can contact The Caring Place (http://www.caringplacetx.org/) or St. Vincent de
Paul (http://www.ssvdp.org/ ).
Nelda Carter Burson
Nelda Faye Carter was born in her
grandparent’s house
on a farm near Walburg on November
20, 1934, to Alton Carter and Jewel Guthrie Carter. She grew
up in Georgetown
and graduated from
Georgetown High School, but
not before she met and married the love of her life, Charles
“Hoss” Burson, on March 28,
1952. After Hoss’ Navy stint,
they returned to the Georgetown area where they remained
for the rest of their married
life. They had three children,
Carolyn, Scott and Julie.
Nelda was a born storyteller
and made a career of it as an elementary school librarian. She
also shared her wit and wisdom
in the two books she wrote. She
was an avid reader and traveler. As a lifelong member of the
Georgetown Church of Christ
she taught numerous ladies and
children’s Bible classes. She
also spent many years working in a local jail ministry and
maintaining the church library.
She was active in both the Boy
Scout and Girl Scout programs.
She was instrumental in the
construction of Georgetown’s
Girl Scout building. She had a
tremendous impact on many of
the lives she touched through
her focus on faith, family and
friends.
She is survived by her hus-
band of almost 64
years, Charles Burson; her sister, Glenda
Simank; her children,
Carolyn and husband
Ronnie Dunk, Scott
and wife Debbie, Julie
and husband Bob McCammon; her grandchildren, Cameron
Dunk, Brittany Faske and husband Thomas, Jennifer Miller,
Hannah Bednorz and husband
Dustin, Lilly Burson, Kye McCammon, Alexis McCammon,
Morgan McCammon; and her
great-grandchildren, Jude
Proctor, Laney Faske and Jillian Bednorz.
A time of visitation was held
Monday, January 25, from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at Ramsey Funeral
Home. Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, in the chapel of Ramsey
Funeral Home with Minister
Tim Curtis officiating. Burial
will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Georgetown.
Memorials may be made
to the Georgetown Church of
Christ in lieu of flowers.
You are invited to share a
message or memory in our memorial guestbook at www.RamseyFuneral.com.
Chad Randall Crawford
Chad
Randall
Crawford received the
Crown of Righteousness as promised in
II Timothy 7-8 on
Friday, January 22,
2016. After a brief
illness, he left this
world peacefully at
the break of dawn
while surrounded by his loving
family.
Chad was born on April
19, 1982, to Deborah Huffman
Kunisch and Donald Randall
Crawford in Victoria.
He graduated from Hutto
High School in 2000, and went
on to receive a bachelor of arts
degree in theology and communications from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor in
Belton in 2004, where he also
served as student body president his senior year.
In 2007, Chad received his
masters of divinity degree
from Wake Forest University in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During the commencement
ceremony he received The
Greek Award, which is awarded to the student who showed
excellence in ancient languages
and translation.
Following graduation, Chad
was ordained as a minister
at Knollwood Baptist Church
in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, and later served as
a youth pastor at Woodland
Baptist Church in San Antonio. He went on to work for the
non-profit organization, Interfaith Power and Light in San
Francisco, California.
In addition to his academic
accomplishments, his proudest
moment came after hiking the
Appalachian Trail in 2007. Chad
was a Thru-hiker who completed the entire 2000 mile trail
from Maine to Georgia in four
and a half months. He loved the
Appalachian people
and hoped to return
one day.
Chad was blessed
with many friends
during his travels.
He was a man of
many interests, from
politics to poker, and
loved a good laugh.
Chad was preceded in death
by his paternal grandfather,
Donald C. Crawford; and his
maternal grandfather, Henry
Riley Huffman.
He is survived by his mother, Debi Kunisch and stepfather,
Dr. Robert Kunisch; his father,
Randy Crawford and stepmother, Tracy Crawford; his sister
and brother-in-law, Celeste and
Justin Conlee; and sister, Carley Crawford. He is also survived by nephew, Truett Riley
Conlee; and niece, Violet Grace
Conlee; and paternal grandmother, Virginia Crawford;
and maternal grandmother,
Georgia Huffman; in addition
to numerous aunts, uncles and
cousins whom he loved dearly.
The Celebration of Life for
Chad Crawford will be held 2
p.m. Friday January 29, at Riverbend Church - Smith Family
Chapel located at 4214 North
Capital of Texas Highway in
Austin.
In lieu of flowers, Chad
would have wanted donations
be made to the following institutions: New Hope Housing,
newhopehousing.com (choose
Donate from their website, enter gift info, and designate “on
behalf of Chad Crawford” in
special comments. All funds received will be used to make one
large contribution in his name)
or Appalachian Trail Conservancy, 799 Washington Street,
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia,
25425, appalachiantrail.org.
Johnnie Simek
Funeral Mass for
Johnnie Simek, 80, of
Jarrell, will be held 10
a.m. Friday, January
29, at Holy Trinity
Catholic Church of
Corn Hill in Jarrell
with Father Stephen
Nesrsta officiating,
under the direction of
The Gabriels Funeral Chapel in
Georgetown. Burial will follow at
the Holy Trinity Cemetery.
A visitation will be held from
6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 28,
with a Rosary from 7 to 8 p.m. at
the funeral home.
Johnnie passed away Sunday,
January 24, 2016, at his home in
Jarrell. He was born December
16, 1935, in Jarrell, the son of
Joe Simek and Mary (Sladecek)
Simek. He served in the United
States Army and for the Civil Service for eight years at Fort Hood.
He was married to his dearest
wife, Alice (Lefner) Simek, for
46 years. Johnnie was a member
of Holy Trinity Catholic Church
where he served as organist for
45 years during the tenure of
14 priests. Johnnie retired from
the Williamson County Road and Bridge
Department after 20
years of employment.
He is preceded in
death by his parents.
Survivors include
his wife, Alice Simek;
two children, Monica
Snook and husband Chance;
son, Mark Simek and Shannon
Woolman; one sister, Dorothy Tomasek; four grandchildren, Ashley Ortiz, Justin Simek, Preston
Snook and Heather Snook; numerous nieces, nephews, great
nieces and great nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made
to the Holy Trinity Catholic
Church of Corn Hill, 8626 FM
1105, Jarrell, Texas, 76537, or the
charity of your choice.
Dean A. Edwards
Dean A. Edwards,
local entrepreneur
and 35-year resident
of Georgetown, passed
away Sunday, January
24, 2016, with his family by his side. Dean
battled cancer for six
years before complications took him.
Dean was loving, funny, smart,
stubborn and gruff at times but
when it came to his family and
friends, he would do anything for
them. He was loved and respected by people around the world.
Dean was born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, to Pamela Ruby
Arnold and Dean D. Edwards.
He was the oldest of five siblings
and was raised in Bangor, Maine.
Dean met Martha Ann Kautz in
1971, married in 1973, enlisted in
the U.S. Army, and his son Dean,
was born the same day that he
graduated from basic training.
Dean was stationed at Fort Hood
in Texas where daughter Erica
Ann was born. Shortly after
Dean was sent to Korea. It was
during this time that families
were not sponsored, however after three months of being apart,
Martha traveled to Korea with
six-month-old Erica and two-anda-half year old Dean.
Next Dean was stationed at
White Sands Missile Range, New
Mexico, his final station. Upon
leaving the military, he started
his life of entrepreneurship,
moving to Corpus Christi, buying a semi-truck and becoming
an independent trucker for 15
years. He moved his young family to Georgetown so he would see
them more often. In 1981 he start-
ed Edwards Woodshavings and Compost
until he fulfilled his
dream of owning his
own motorcycle shop.
Hog Alley opened in
1993 and is still run
by his family. His next
dream, Hardtails Bar
and Grill opened in 2009.
Dean is survived by wife, Martha Ann Edwards; son, Dean F.
Edwards and wife Sandy; daughter, Erica Ann and fiancé Tony
Reyes; three grandchildren,
Olivia Rose, Victoria Montana
and Dean Lars; siblings, Lee
Edwards, of Georgetown, Michael Edwards, of Sandwich,
Massachusetts, Janis Manning,
of Hampden, Maine, and Paul
Edwards, of Bangor, Maine; his
favorite mother-in-law, Martha
Shannon, of Inglis, Florida; and
his many in-laws, nieces and
nephews.
Dean we love you, wanted you
to stay longer, but our Lord wanted you more.
The family will receive guests
for a time of visitation from 5 to 8
p.m. Friday, January 29, at CookWalden Davis Funeral Home in
Georgetown. A service to celebrate Dean’s life will be held on
Saturday, January 30, at 4 p.m. in
the chapel of Cook-Walden Davis
Funeral Home.
Jacque Rogers
Our wonderful and
loving wife and mother, Jacque Rogers,
passed away Friday,
January 22, 2016, at
her home in Round
Rock with her family
at her side. She was
84 years old and born
in Nordheim, Texas,
on September 10, 1931. She and
David Rogers were married May
7, 1960, in Georgetown at the
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She is survived by her
husband, David Rogers; her son,
Joel Rogers; her brother, Tom
Flowers; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
She was a loving, warm, and
kind wife and mother. She served
her family with delicious meals,
keeping the house, teaching her
son, helping her mother, and rescuing and helping little lost dogs,
cats and other animals all her
life. She always was very kind
to all little children who came to
visit.
We have been blessed with so
many loving and wonderful family members and friends over
the last few days that
have called us, come to
see us and comforted
us. They have all mentioned how much they
loved and appreciated
Jacque and offered their assistance to us. We are very grateful
for all of your love and support.
We look forward to seeing Jacque again when she is resurrected in Jehovah’s wonderful coming paradise Earth. Her favorite
scripture was Isaiah 41: 10 and
13, where Jehovah states, “For I,
Jehovah your God, am grasping
your right hand, the One saying
to you, Do not be afraid. I will
help you.”
Frances Jeannette Oshel
Frances Jeannette Oshel, 76,
died Thursday, January 14, at a
local nursing home.
She was born January 21, 1939,
to William and Mabel Lindquist
Wallace in Stafford, Kansas. On
December 22, 1961, she married
John Oshel in Emporia, Kansas.
She was a public school teacher
and a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband;
a daughter, Melany Gale Forsberg,
of Conway, Arkansas; two sons,
John Eric Oshel, of Georgetown,
and Douglas Jay Oshel, of Cedar
Park; nine grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Hewett-Arney Funeral Home
of Temple is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday, January 30, 2 p.m.
at Main Street Baptist Church,
Georgetown.
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Irma Wallner Rodgers
Irma Wallner Rodgers met
her Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ, on Thursday, January
21, 2016, after a brief but brave
struggle with cancer. She was
78. Even during her last days,
she blessed those around her
with a magnificent smile and a
heart full of love for her family
— both here and in her homeland, Germany.
Irma was born on December
14, 1937, in the tiny Bavarian
town of Punzing, Germany, to
the late Anna Fisch and Joseph
Wallner. One of five daughters,
she earned a degree in fashion
design and became a master
seamstress which influenced
and guided her career in couture.
In Munich, she met the love
of her life, the late David Gerald
Faughnan, a military officer,
and together they began building a life in America together
with their three daughters.
Irma called many places home:
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania and California, but
Texas was her favorite place of
all. She lived in Georgetown for
nearly 40 years, an active member of First Baptist Church, before moving to Houston in 2013.
Unfailingly glamorous, Irma
worked in the world of high
fashion her entire life. When
not selling labels like Lacroix
and Valentino, she loved to
entertain family and friends
with spectacular meals always
served on her treasured Rosenthal china. Christmas was her
favorite holiday and she took
great joy in baking dozens of
different recipes from her German childhood. Irma loved
traveling, a funny story, singing and yodeling, and above all,
a good game of Yahtzee. She
had an incredible work ethic, a
strong trait she saw in her family history. She was kind and
generous beyond measure. Her
smile and laughter could light
up the dark. Irma was a devout
Christian who shared her love
of the Lord with her family; it
was her strong faith that supported her throughout her entire life and especially the last
few years.
Irma’s greatest pride centered around her family whom
she adored. She leaves loving
memories to be cherished by
her daughters and sons-in-law,
Mandy and Casey Angelich, of
Kingwood, Trish and Rock Morille, of Houston, and Dina and
Dean Ash, of Flower Mound;
precious grandchildren by
birth and marriage, Austen
Angelich, Audrey and Simon
Mclean, Ashley and Joe Hindy,
Katherine Morille, Rock Lucas
Morille, Connie and Brandon
Ash, Preston Ash, Evan Ash
and Brinley Ash; and her beloved great-grandson, Banner
Ash. She is survived by her loving sisters in Germany, Anneliese Eierle, Rosmarie Korianski and Christa Ragaller. Prince,
Schatzy, Tiger, Gretchen and
Daisy will miss her, too.
A memorial service celebrating Irma’s life was conducted
Monday, January 25 in The
Chapel of the Mulkey-Mason
Funeral Home in Lewisville.
The family wishes to thank
Dr. Daniel Yoshor, Dr. Mark
Udden and Dr. Jacob Mandel,
Baylor College of Medicine;
staff and friends at Brookdale
West University Place; Pin Oak
Caregivers, Houston Hospice
and Aspen Hospice for their extraordinary care.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family suggests
that gifts in memory of Irma
may be sent to the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor
College of Medicine, MSC:
#800, P.O. Box 4976, Houston,
Texas, 77210, or the charity of
one’s choice.
Robert Blankenship
Robert Blankenship, born October
19, 1925, in Elmdale,
Texas, passed away
on January 24, 2016,
in Round Rock.
Robert was employed by Swift and
Co. in Fort Worth
before beginning his
career as a meat grader with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, retiring in 1991 as a grading supervisor after 32 years of
service.
Robert served in the U.S.
Navy during WWII, seeing action in the Pacific.
He served as a Southern Baptist deacon and Sunday School
teacher for decades and was
involved in many church-related activities throughout his
lifetime.
Golf was his favorite pastime and he was very good at
the game. Whenever
asked if he had played
any golf lately, his
standard response
was “not enough.” He
really loved his golf.
Robert is survived
by Betty, his wife of
68 years; son, Robert,
Jr. and daughter-in-law Natalie;
daughter, Joy Vera and son-inlaw Pete Vera; and niece, Lynn
Blankenship.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January
27, at Ramsey Funeral Home
with a visitation beginning at 2
p.m. Burial will be held at Laurel
Land Cemetery in Fort Worth.
6A
BUSINESS
The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
BRIEFS
Former chamber board
chairman passes on
Longtime
Georgetown
chamber member and past
board chairman Rick Smith
died January 14, the chamber
announced last week.
Mr. Smith was chairman of the
chamber board in 2002 and was
instrumental in implementing new
and ambitious
regional partnerships aimed
at promoting
e c o n o m i c
development
throughout
Williamson
Smith
C o u n t y.
He
also served as a member
of the chamber’s economic
development committee and
also chaired the city’s economic
development commission.
In addition, Mr. Smith was the
recipient of the Owen W. Sherrill
Lifetime Achievement Award for
Economic Development in 2005.
Delaney hires pair to
leadership positions
n
The Georgetown Chamber of
Commerce had a record week in
terms of expanding membership.
They added 11 new members to
the membership rolls:
n Janet Bres, Keller Williams
Realty, 823 South Austin Avenue.
n Grand Endeavor Homes,
4411 South Interstate 35, Suite
100.
n Accent on Travel Central
Texas, 1911 North Austin Avenue
Suite 506.
n Anna Kraft Photography,
2000 FM 1460.
n Serreyun Jackson, MaryKay
consultant.
n Austin Elite Realty, Cedar
Park.
n Camp Gladiator, Austin.
n Angelic Strings with Harpist
Michael Morris, Austin.
n Lindsey Sharpe, Edward
Jones, Austin.
n Castle Tactical, Cedar Park.
n Twisted Ranch, Jonestown.
n
The Georgetown Housing
Authority will celebrate the ribbon
cutting of its new activity learning
center Thursday. The event will
begin at 4:30 p.m. at 210 West
18th Street.
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secured our future.”
The superintendent presented the education cornerstone award to John Copelan
and Oona Villarreal, cochairs of the district’s bond
committee.
“Thank you to the committee for all of your hard work,”
said Mr. Copelan.
“Through a lot of effort, we
were able to pull this off.”
City Manager David Morgan said 11.4 people are moving to Georgetown each day.
New services and projects
from 2015 include implementing emergency medical
services, merging with the
Chisholm Trail Special Utility District, starting work on
Garey Park and renovations
to San Gabriel Park, Down-
town West and numerous
transportation projects.
“Growth is not going to
stop,” Mr. Morgan said.
From an economic development standpoint, 2016 stands
to be a landmark year for
Georgetown. The Sheraton
Hotel and Conference Center
will open in late July. There is
spec space available for new
businesses, the city manager said, as well as huge residential development, such as
Wolf Ranch coming online.
The Texas Life-sciences Collaboration Center continues
to recruit new firms to their
campus.
“And soon we will go totally
green and become the largest
municipally-owned utility in
the country with 100 percent
solar and wind providing our
power,” Mr. Morgan said.
The city manager presented the economic development
cornerstone award to Tracy
Jackson of TASUS Texas.
The company recently celebrated a decade in Georgetown.
“It’s been an long, emotional journey but a good journey,” Ms. Jackson said.
“TASUS cares about this
community and I could not
have found a better company
to work for.”
To conclude the event,
County Judge Dan Gattis presented the public safety cornerstone award to longtime
County Sheriff Jim Wilson.
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Couple to offer new Georgetown day care option
B y MAT T LOE SCHMAN
Dave and Lilia King believe
in The Learning Experience.
After all, they’ve put their
own daughters through TLE
academy of early education.
“I was that picky mom
back when my children were
younger,” said Ms. King, who
with her husband co-owns a
new Learning Experience
academy at 1821 Westinghouse Road Suite 2200.
“We put our two girls
through TLE in the Northeast and found it was a perfect fit for us. We wanted to
get even more involved and
family led us to Texas where
we now have the opportunity
to own TLE in Georgetown.”
During a busy day last
week prepping for their
early February opening,
the owners took a few minutes to talk about their new
10,416-square-foot center and
their excitement to finally
welcome children to TLE.
“We have had really good
traffic coming in this week,”
said Ms. King, noting the
Georgetown location is the
first TLE in Central Texas.
“This location is amazing,
right between Georgetown
and Round Rock. Teravista
is growing so quickly and
the new Carver Elementary
is next door — we could not
have asked for a better spot.”
TLE offers child care to
children ages six weeks to
five years and after-school
care for children up to eight
years old. The Learning Experience is not just a yearround day care facility but a
complete child development
Teravista Crossing
0
The Texas Board of Legal
Specialization
recently
announced attorney Julie Sparks
has received board certification
in immigration
and nationality
law.
Ms. Sparks,
who practices
in Georgetown
and Austin with
Morales Huie
& Sparks, P.C.,
Sparks
is now the only
board certified attorney in this
field in Williamson County.
Board-certified attorneys must
be licensed for at least five years,
devote a required percentage
of practice to a specialty area
for at least three years, attend
continuing education seminars,
pass an evaluation by fellow
lawyers and judges and pass a
six-hour written examination.
Ms. Sparks has been with her
firm since 201 .
Matt Loeschman
Winners of Cornerstone Awards last week were, from left, John Copelan, education; Sheriff Jim
Wilson, public safety; Rhonda Mundhenk, health care; and Tracy Jackson, economic development. Not pictured is education winner Oona Villarreal.
146
Georgetown attorney
receives board certification
Community and business
leaders gathered Friday to
highlight the four building
blocks for a city of excellence
— education, economic development, health care and
public safety — at the seventh
annual Community Impact
Summit and Cornerstone
Awards at the Georgetown
Chamber of Commerce.
“Each year that we do this,
we realize how blessed we
are to live in Georgetown,”
Chamber President Karen
Sheldon said.
“This is truly a wonderful
place to be.”
The annual event brings
together the movers and
shakers of the community. In
2002, the chamber created an
initiative called ‘Georgetown
100,000,’ a shared community
vision that said Georgetown
will be the finest community of 100,000 or more in the
United States. Each year the
event celebrates and highlights the four cornerstones
by awarding organizations
or individuals that exemplify
this vision.
Scott Alarcón, chief executive officer of the Georgetown
Health Foundation, provided
a health care update and
said the city has “incredibly
strong acute care facilities.”
Mr. Alarcón noted the $8
million intensive care unit
expansion at St. David’s
Georgetown Hospital is expected to be complete by this
April. An MRI area upgrade
will provide much more
space and comfort for those
undergoing imaging tests.
Work has also commenced
on a new driveway that will
connect the hospital campus
to Interstate 35, greatly improving emergency vehicle
access.
As he presented the cornerstone award to Lone Star
Circle of Care Chief Executive Officer Rhonda Mundhenk, Mr. Alarcón noted the
organization went from near
bankruptcy in 2014 to a $7.8
million positive margin in
fiscal year 2015.
“That is pretty remarkable,” he said.
The award recipient concurred.
“This was a life-changing
experience for me and we
believe that people needed
these services,” Ms. Mundhenk said.
“I am grateful for this recognition but this belongs to a
lot of people.”
In his education update,
Superintendent Dr. Fred
Brent touted the hard work
of the school board, many of
whom were in attendance.
He thanked the community for their support of a $160
million school bond that will
fund a fourth middle school,
replace Purl Elementary, renovate Tippit Middle School,
and more.
“The community has chosen to invest in a lot of our
older campuses and that is
crucial,” Dr. Brent said.
“As we continue to grow,
bonds become a bigger part
of the process, but by taking
proactive measures, we have
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The Delaney at Georgetown
Village has opened its
information center and named
two team members to head
up the new senior lifestyle
community coming this summer
to Georgetown.
Greg Williams has been named
executive director and Tanner
Easley has been named director
of marketing
and
sales.
As executive
director, Mr.
Williams will
be responsible
for operations.
He
brings
Williams
management
expertise
spanning more
than 16 years
to the job,
specializing
in operations
of continuing
care retirement
communities
Easley
offering a full
spectrum of independent living,
assisted living, memory support
and skilled nursing care.
Mr. Easley brings more than
seven years of experience to the
marketing director position.
The Delaney at Georgetown
Village is expected to open later
this year at 359 Village Commons
Leaders nail four city cornerstones
Matt Loeschman
Owners Lilia and Dave King will open The Learning Experience
Academy of Early Education on Westinghouse Road in early
February.
center with a dynamic, fun
environment committed to
quality care and education
of children. One step inside
the new building reveals a
colorful world of wonder outfitted with technology that
children are sure to enjoy.
“We want this to be bright
and enthusiastic,” Mr. King
said.
Everything is labeled to
the letter based on state regulations and a state-of-the-art
security system is in place.
TLE curriculum pro-
grams are based on years of
research and early childhood
education experience. They
offer both academic programming as well as a variety of enrichment programs
for children.
A quick tour of the Georgetown location reveals classrooms divided based on age
and development beginning
with shoe-free infant rooms.
From there, children advance into the Toddlers,
Twaddlers, Preppers, Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten programs. They can expect to learn math, phonics,
science, music and much
more.
“We believe what is good
for one child is good for all,”
Ms. King said.
“Each month we have a
new theme and no one is going to be left out.”
The company has several
proprietary characters for
children to enjoy, including
mascot Bubbles the Elephant. The BubblesU program allows kids to continue
learning on their computers
or mobile devices even when
they are away from the academy.
TLE also prides itself on
philanthropy and giving back
to the community, the owners
said.
Tuition prices vary based
on the type of program each
child enters. The owners said
parents who work for certain
companies are eligible for
price breaks on tuition.
“Since we are a nationwide
company, we have an extensive discount program,” Mr.
King said.
TLE will open with the
owners plus one more staff
member on the administrative team along with five
trained teachers who have
been through extensive background checks.
After opening, TLE
Georgetown is planning several after-hours and weekend
events, said Mr. King.
Those interested in having
their youngsters attend TLE
are asked to stop by the center.
“We want the parents to
come in and tour the facility
so we can show them the value they get for that tuition,”
Ms. King said.
“We have an open-door policy.”
Mr. King said he is looking
forward to the center’s opening and building a strong
bond with the community.
“We are caring for children
— that is the ultimate trust,”
he said.
“We envision those parents
becoming part of our extended family.”
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SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING PERMITS Filed 12/18-12/23
WHO
Pulte Group
DR Horton Inc.
DR Horton Inc.
KB Home
Prince Development LLC
M/I Homes
Lennar Homes
Lennar Homes
Lennar Homes
Lennar Homes
Perry Homes LLC
M/I Homes
M/I Homes
M/I Homes
Jeff Watson Homes
Vale Building Group Inc.
Lennar Homes
Lennar Homes
Lennar Homes
M/I Homes
M/I Homes
WHERE
106 Hogan Bluff Court
205 Deep Creek Drive
320 Moulins Lane
1205 Half Hitch Trail
1708 Leander Street
204 Fort Cobb Way
3652 Bainbridge Street
3664 Bainbridge Street
3628 Ashbury Road
3625 Ashbury Road
508 Montalcino
4113 Haight Street
3819 Ashbury Road
4117 Haight Street
2854 Cedar Hollow
105 Spring Meadow Cove
3629 Ashbury Road
3644 Bainbridge Street
3660 Bainbridge Street
3817 Stanyan Drive
224 Galveston
SQ FT
2,549
2,532
2,179
3,600
3,012
2,750
2,423
3,055
3,405
2,161
3,002
2,920
2,591
3,183
2,660
1,977
2,896
2,060
2,493
3,266
3,185
$ VALUE
219,214
217,752
187,394
309,600
259,032
242,000
111,495
117,130
155,193
156,495
350,000
256,960
228,000
280,104
305,561
220,000
122,514
100,974
105,723
287,408
280,280
WHO
WHERE
SQ FT
Perry Homes LLC
Combined value:
401 Montalcino Lane
3,205
$ VALUE
350,000
$4,862,829
PLANNING & ZONING PERMITS Filed 1/14-1/21
WHO
GISD Middle
School #4
WHERE
1601 Rockride Lane
WHAT
Administrative exemption for new
middle school
Weldon Copeland
Wastewater
Extension
4950 Jim Hogg Road
Infrastructure construction plans for
wastewater extension
Pearl Snap Hall
701 North Austin
Avenue
Amending plat for events hall
Convenience Store
FM 1460 and
Westinghouse Road
Traffic impact analysis for new store
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY Filed 1/14-1/21
WHO
GTU Jet
GAABT Aviation Inc.
Airrosti Rehab Centers, LLC
WHERE
160 Terminal Drive
505 Terminal Drive
100 River Hills Drive Suite 102
SQ FT
N/A
N/A
N/A
$ VALUE
N/A
N/A
N/A
The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
Colorful
evening
7A
Correction
A few minutes after
sunset on Saturday, the
skies above the San
Gabriel River held on
to their color palette at
San Gabriel Park, left.
In the January 24 edition of
the Sun on page 4A, the Berry Creek Country Club was
mistakenly called the Berry
Springs Country Club. We regret the error.
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or face penalties and interest.
The state-mandated deadline for payment is January 31
each year but since that date
falls on Sunday in 2016, taxpayers get extra time.
Bills not paid on or before
February 1 are considered delinquent and will be subject to
a 7 percent penalty come February 2.
County tax offices are open 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Payments can be made at
the following locations:
n Georgetown, 904 South
Main Street;
n Round Rock, 1801 East Old
Settlers Boulevard;
n Cedar Park, 350 Discovery
Boulevard;
n Taylor, 412 Vance Street.
Tax payments postmarked
February 1 or earlier are acceptable.
The tax office reminds residents of its new “wait anywhere” software that allows
customers to make same-day
appointments online at wilco.
org/tax.
Users simply enter their
cell phone number, choose the
service they need and select
which office they would like to
go to.
They then arrive at the office
shortly before their scheduled
time, check-in using their cell
phone and they will be called
within minutes.
“You are basically getting
in line when you make the appointment on your computer,”
Larry Gaddes, chief deputy
tax assessor-collector said.
“Our data shows that you
can cut your wait time by more
than 90 percent by getting in
line online.”
The office launched the software in October.
“This innovative solution is
being implemented to address
longer wait times due to the
explosive growth Williamson
County is experiencing,” Deborah Hunt, tax assessor-collector, said at the time.
“This will result in our
customers spending less time
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more time doing the things
they want and need to do.”
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Jose Benitez
Sentenced to life in prison
Continued from 1A
asked during the hearing.
“I never think about it. I
just lost it,” Mr. Benitez said.
“I lost it because I was
drunk. I’d been drinking all
day.”
Mr. Benitez grabbed his
pistol from his car. He told
Mr. Smith he purchased the
weapon from someone in
2013.
Omar was killed first. Mr.
Benitez watched him fall to
the ground before going inside.
“Why did you go inside?”
Jarrell school district
is weighing options
Continued from 1A
air conditioning systems, poor
security, outdated technology,
small computer labs and insufficient electrical outlets.
The school also has an entire building that cannot be
used.
“My thought is, from an outside perspective, you can continue to invest in the maintenance to keep it running,” Mr.
Marek said.
“You can get five to 10 more
years out of it.”
The superintendent has not
figured out how much it would
cost to do a full renovation on
the aging facility compared
to building an entirely new
school.
Board President Ken Bovio
said the school’s future has a
lot of work cut out for it.
“It’s pretty evident that
we have a lot to do,” Mr. Bovio said. “This is a big help
to guide us through what
processes we need to think
about.”
— Jonathan Adams
Mr. Smith asked.
“I don’t really know,” Mr.
Benitez said from the stand.
Inside, the partygoers
were sitting in the living
room. Mr. Benitez turned
his gun on Ms. Corona first.
He then proceeded to pull
the trigger until his gun
jammed. He fled the scene
and went home. Detectives
with the Williamson County
Sheriff ’s Office arrested him
the next day.
“I’ve been asking that
question to myself all the
time. Every time I wake up
Kindergarten
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and go to sleep and I don’t
know,” Mr. Benitez said as
the prosecution repeatedly
asked him why he killed Ms.
Corona.
“I’m really sorry about
what I did to their family
and my family.”
“You will die in prison.
You will never get out,” Mr.
Smith said.
“Your actions have led to
a whole lot of suffering for
a whole lot of people. Their
daughter died and you have
no reasons.”
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Future home of
Dickey Museum
D
Photos by Andy Sharp
r. James Lee Dickey lived from 1893 to 1959, and as
part of his efforts to improve health care in Williamson County, he created a vaccination program to help
the fight against a typhoid fever outbreak in 1933.
He also founded a clinic focused on prenatal and venereal disease.
Dr. Dickey was profiled in numerous publications, including
a 1953 story in the Saturday Evening Post.
At one time, he was the only African-American physician in
Williamson County. Dr. Dickey helped Taylor residents in building recreational facilities, as well as a community center, for
young African-Americans.
Taylor’s efforts to restore his old home are being helped by
Prairie View A&M University, the Texas Historical Commission,
The Williamson Museum, Preservation Texas as well as Texas
Tech professor Elizabeth Louden and Lubbock architect Raymond Powell.
A dedication for the museum is planned for November.
Lubbock architect and Texas
Tech professor Elizabeth
Louden, left, surprises Jennifer
Harris, right, with a rendering
of the future Dickey Museum,
above.
Right, Ray Martin, hugs James
Dickey, Jr., left, of Austin.
“Dr. Dickey was the one who
birthed me into the world,” Mr.
Martin said.
Far right, a crowd gathered
Saturday morning on Burkett
Street in Taylor to attend the
groundbreaking ceremony.
Williamson Museum executive director Mickie Ross talks during the groundbreaking
ceremony. Right, Ray Martin, who now lives in Houston, but was born and raised in Taylor,
was among those in attendance.
Professor Barry Norwood, a member of the Prairie View
A&M School of Architecture, speaks.
Taylor resident Jennifer Harris, president of The Blackshear/O.L. Price Ex-Student Association,
speaks Saturday, left. Above, shovels were on hand for the ceremony.
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River relaxation
Late day light filters across the surface of the San Gabriel River at San Gabriel Park on Saturday. A day that began very cold, with temperatures just below freezing, mellowed out nicely, providing an
opportunity to get in a little fishing before the sun’s rays faded.
You’re not a fan of art?
Well, allow me to persuade you
W
hy should you go to
an art event?
Recently I heard
someone say that
art wasn’t his
“thing” and that was why he
didn’t go to art events here
in town, or anywhere. Unfortunately, I hear this type of
statement quite often. Usually the person stating this refers to visual arts specifically,
and I am always puzzled by
this notion.
People go to all kinds of
events for various reasons:
for entertainment, for a sense
of community, to socialize, to
support family members and
friends in their interests, to
learn something and much
more. Sports events and tournaments, festivals, rodeos,
chili cook-offs, lectures, plays,
concerts, or parades, serve as
part of our community experience. Some are just for
entertainment value, while
others provide education or
culture.
It seems that some folks
do not believe that the visual arts can offer anything
to them. If you or someone
you know hold that belief, I’d
like to provide some food for
thought.
Sports can feed our need
for excitement and competition. At a basketball game, the
action is so close you might
feel as if you are part of the
team. In fact, as a spectator at
any sports event, you are an
integral part of the team. If
there is no one in the stands,
athletes are playing for themselves, their own sense of accomplishment. These are excellent reasons to play sports,
but without an enthusiastic
audience, something is lost in
the process for all concerned.
We attend community
events, festivals and parades
for the shared experience. At
the Red Poppy Festival each
year, we get to see our neighbors, enjoy the spectacular
offerings our town is so fortunate to have and we get to eat
our fill of kettle corn.
Support and culture
Upcoming art events
ART
LOOK
Jane Estes
comingle when we attend
plays, concerts and performances by our kids or the talented people in our city. These
events wouldn’t exist without
support from parents and
citizens, as well as our local
businesses and city leaders.
Participation is what fuels
the organizations responsible for leading the musicians,
dancers and actors to achieve
their dreams.
We are fortunate to have
many free educational events
in our town, many of them
generously offered by Southwestern University and our
wonderful Georgetown Public Library. The mission of
the library is, “life-long learning.” Many of these lectures
and symposiums are very
well attended — proof that
Georgetown residents are
committed to educational experiences no matter the age.
Art exhibits, openings
and artist lectures around
town are free and open to
the public. Attending these
occasions is also a shared
community experience. Artists create work with the motivation of challenging themselves, but also for the works
to be seen.
Just as in sports, participation of an audience completes
the cycle. Art is a conversation between an artist and the
public. Without viewers, an
elemental part of the process
n PrintAustin:
a month-long
event highlighting
printmaking at Austinarea galleries. From
January 15 to February
15. For more info, visit
www.printqustin.org.
n Little Boxes exhibit,
Georgetown Art Center,
opening January 29
through February 28.
n Georgetown
Symphony concert,
January 30 at 7 p.m.,
held at Round Rock
Presbyterian Church.
n FUN Day for the
family, hosted by
Partners in Education.
January 31 from 1 to 4
p.m. at the Georgetown
Community Center.
n Traditional Irish
music by the ensemble,
Aidan. Sunday, February
21 at 2 p.m. at the
Georgetown Public
Library.
has been denied. When we
view art, we are celebrating
our human experience — no
matter whether you like what
you are seeing or not.
Some might say that going
to an art exhibit is boring.
I’ve heard some people say
that they can be in and out of
a gallery in 10 minutes. This
is true, but in doing so you
have missed the point. For
the experience of viewing art
to be meaningful, you have to
spend a significant amount of
time standing still and looking. Really looking.
And you have to ask yourself questions. What is the
artist conveying? Do I like
this piece? Why or why not?
What is meaningful about
this work? What techniques
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Tenors enjoyed party food
L
ast week was a whirlwind for me, getting
ready for the arrival of
Jem Sharples, Scott Ciscon, and Paul Martin...
otherwise known as Tenors
Unlimited from London...for
their performance at the Palace last Thursday evening.
The show was sponsored
by the Georgetown Symphony Society and was a real
high point for performances
I’ve seen in Georgetown over
the years! I knew the singing
would be spectacular, but
didn’t know how much fun
the show would be. Just ask
Sandra Montgomery! Those
guys are hilarious as well as
talented.
The night before the performance, a private party
for GSS donors and friends
was held in the home of Sam
and Rebecca Pfiester, and the
Tenors joined us for a lively
and fun evening that included them singing four numbers, including a serenade of
unsuspecting Kathy Sellers!
Lucky girl…
Much of the menu that
night were old favorite recipes, but as is often the case,
until you’ve sampled something, you forget to clip the
recipe, so I’ll share a few of
those today at the request of
some of the party guests. I
hope you don’t mind!
n
This dip was a favorite
of tenor Jem Sharples, so I
printed the recipe for him. I
wonder if you can get Velveeta and Rotel in London?
Picadillo Dip
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
3/4 cup chopped pimiento
3/4 cup slivered almonds,
toasted
1 t. salt
3/4 t. black pepper
2 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. dried oregano
1/2 cup water
4 oz. can chopped black olives
4 oz. can mushrooms,
drained
1 can Rotel tomatoes and
green chiles
1 lb. Velveeta cheese, cut into
COOK’S
CORNER
Laurie Locke
cubes
1 cup golden raisins
Brown beef with onion.
Drain well and return to
pan. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Simmer,
stirring occasionally, for an
hour or so. Serve with tortilla
chips. Best made a day ahead,
and then re-heated. Serves 20.
n
I love this salmon spread!
I served it with crackers and
it also makes a great finger
sandwich filling. A little labor-intensive but worth it!
Smoked Salmon Caper
Spread
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 T. Dijon mustard
Dash olive oil
Dash Worcestershire sauce
Dash Tabasco
1 1/2 t. tiny capers
1 1/2 t. caper juice (from jar
of capers)
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. black pepper
3 T. fresh chives, minced
8 oz. salmon fillet, about 3/4inch thick
1 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1 cup cold water or white
wine
1 T. fresh lemon juice
4 oz. package smoked salmon, cut into small pieces
In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon
juice, Dijon mustard, olive
oil, Worcestershire, Tabasco,
capers, caper juice, salt and
pepper. Whisk in chives and
taste for seasoning.
Heat a skillet over high
heat. Add water or wine and
lemon juice. Generously salt
and pepper salmon fillet. Put
salmon in skillet and bring to
a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover pan, and poach the
salmon until done, about six
to eight minutes. Turn it over
after three to four minutes.
When done, remove to
a plate to cool. When cool,
peel off skin and discard it.
Remove any pin bones from
salmon and break fish up
into the mayo mixture. Add
chopped smoked salmon to
mixture and stir well.
Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve with
crackers, or spread on toasted baguette slices and broil
until they puff up and begin
to brown.
n
We passed these little bites
on trays that evening. Easy to
mix up the topping ahead of
time!
Lynn’s Shrimp Crostini
40 (1/2-inch thick) French
baguette slices, toasted
2 T. oil
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 T. Dijon mustard
1 lb. cooked shrimp, peeled,
deveined and chopped
1/2 cup minced green onion
1 1/2 T. chopped fresh dill
weed
1 t. grated lemon zest
Salt and pepper to taste
Chopped fresh parsley
Brush baguette slices with
oil and put on cookie sheet.
Bake until toasted, or broil
one minute until lightly
browned. Cool and set aside.
Beat cream cheese with
mayo and mustard until
smooth. Fold in shrimp, onions, dill and lemon zest.
Season with salt and pepper.
Spread 1 T. or so of mixture
on each toasted bread slice.
Put on cookie sheet and
broil for two to three minutes or until mixture begins
to brown. Sprinkle with
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events
mulch and support the East View
Patriot Band. Purchase five or more
bags for delivery Sat., Mar. 5. Bags
cost $6 each and cover approximately
CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
Recycle those trees and help provide two cubic feet. Order at EVBAnd.org. If
mulch for city residents. Trees can be you have questions, call 512-277-3847.
dropped off for free. Collection Station, Mon., Jan. 4 to Mon., Feb. 29.
250 W.L. Walden Drive, Georgetown,
through Sat., Jan. 30, Mon. through VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Special Olympics Texas is looking
Fri., 8 to 5; Sat., 8 to 3
for a few good volunteers to help in
its Winter Games. Volunteers would
THE OLD SOUTH BALL
The Williamson Museum hosts a soirée help athletes competing in bowling.
featuring music from the 1860s. Period Call 800-876-5646. Mel’s Lone Star
attire is required and can be borrowed Lanes, 1010 North Austin Avenue,
from the museum. $25 per person or Georgetown, Fri., Feb. 4 and Sat.,
$40 per couple. Call 512-943-1670. 710 Feb. 6.
South Main Street, Georgetown, Sat.,
Jan. 30, 7 to 10
parents
learn
TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST
Derrick Wolter, a Texas Parks and
Wildlife biologist, will discuss the
dove banding program and explain
how to get involved. Free. Williamson
County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Office, 3151 Southeast Inner Loop,
Georgetown, Thu., Jan. 28, 6
BRIDGES TO GROWTH
Becoming a Love and Logic Parent is a
free, four-part series taught in Spanish
covering how to raise responsible
children, shared control, problem
parenting styles and consequences
versus punishment. Call 512-864-3008.
The Caring Place Annex, 2001 Railroad, MASTER GARDENERS
Georgetown, Thu., Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Learn from other master gardeners in
Feb. 11, 6 to 8
a series of short, 10-minute talks. Topics
include how to prune roses, revive
cyclamens, carve spineless cactus
and much more. Call 512-943-3300 for
more info. 3151 Southeast Inner Loop,
Georgetown, Mon., Feb. 8, 6:30
SPRING YOUTH SOCCER
Registration is open for the 2016
season. $45 for residents; $55 for
non-residents. Call Blake Reynolds for
more info, 512-819-3102. Georgetown
Recreation Center, 1003 North Austin SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKING
Avenue, register through Sat., Feb. Meet other business owners
27; late registration runs Sun., Feb. and entrepreneurs in a casual
28 to Sat., Mar. 5.
environment. Sponsored by the
Board of Directors Networking Group.
Free, coffee and breakfast available.
Visit bodnw.blogspot.com. Mel’s Lone
Star Lanes, 1010 North Austin Avenue,
Georgetown, Wed., Jan. 27, 8:30 to
WALBURG SONGWRITERS
Wed. concerts at the Walburg German 9:30 a.m.
Restaurant with guest performers
weekly. Ten performers are selected
each week. Songwriters should sign
in by 6:30. 3777 FM 972, Walburg, Wed.,
Jan. 27, 7
TEAM RWB
A support group that helps veterans
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
connect with the community through
The cultural iconic and Rock and Roll physical and social activity. San
Hall of Fame band comes to Williamson Gabriel Park, 305 East Morrow Street,
County. Tickets range from $40.75 to Georgetown, Sat., Jan. 30, 9 a.m.
$70.75. cedarparkcenter.com. Cedar
Park Center, 2100 Avenue of the Stars, WILLIAMSON COUNTY ART GUILD
Cedar Park, Thu., Jan. 28.
Jimmy Dyer speaks on “Images of
the Southwest.” For membership
MARK SINGS
information, contact membership@
Enjoy singer Mark Thornton wcartguild.org. Georgetown Public
performing a genre-spanning Library, 402 West Eighth Street, Tue.,
collection of love songs. Tickets Feb. 2, 6:30
are $10 and available at the door.
Sun City Atrium, 1 Texas Drive, NEWCOMERS & FRIENDS
Georgetown, Fri., Jan. 29, 7:30
Wayne Rhoden, former president of the
Williamson County Master Gardener
Program, presents “The Butterflies &
Hummingbirds of Georgetown.” Visit
georgetownnewcomers.org.
Berry
EAST VIEW BAND FUNDRAISER
Creek Country Club, 30500 Berry
Get your organic Texas hardwood Creek Drive, Georgetown, Thu., Feb.
kids
biz
music
groups
philanthropy
Sun photo
The thrill of victory
Special Olympics Texas is looking for a few good volunteers to help in its Winter Games. Volunteers would help athletes competing in
bowling. Call 800-876-5646. Mel’s Lone Star Lanes, 1010 North Austin Avenue, Georgetown, Fri., Feb. 4 and Sat., Feb. 6. Above, Jared
Friemel, a member of the Georgetown-based Cen-Tex Rockets, was happy with his results during the last year’s Special Olympics mens’
bowling competition in Georgetown.
4, 9:30
CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CONNECTION
The luncheon features Patricia Willough
speaking about “Learning to be
Comfortable with the Uncomfortable.”
$16 per person. Register by Mon.,
Feb. 8. Call 512-864-1352. Berry Creek
Country Club, 30500 Berry Creek
Drive, Georgetown, Fri., Feb. 12, 11
theater
PILLOW TALK
Way Off Broadway Community Players
presents a memorably funny comedy
for the third show of their 19th
season. Tickets: adults, $20; students,
seniors and military, $15; children
10 and under, $10. Call 512-259-5878.
Way Off Broadway Community Players’
Theater, 2243 Business Park, 11880 West
Old F.M. 2243, Leander, Fri. and Sat.,
Jan. 8-30, 8
THE LITTLE MERMAID
GHS Fine Arts Department presents
the Disney classic. Pre-sale tickets,
$10; tickets at the door, $12. Klett
Center for the Performing Arts, 2211
North Austin Avenue, Georgetown, Fri.,
Jan. 29, 7; Sat., Jan. 30, 2 and 7; Feb. Social, 501 South Austin Avenue, cupid.georgetown.org. The Square,
4-6, 7
Georgetown, Thu., Jan. 28, 7
Georgetown, Sat., Feb. 6, 7:30 a.m. for
fun run; 8 a.m. for 5K
REPUBLICAN CLUB
THOM PAIN
See the Southwestern production of Meet with other Sun City Republicans. AUSTIN CIVIC ORCHESTRA
a one-man show written by Will Eno. Call 512-864-0964. Cowan Creek On the 20th Century features music
Donations are accepted. Proceeds Amenity Center, 1433 Cool Spring Way, by Anthony Iannoccone and David
benefit the National Alliance on Georgetown, Thu., Feb. 4, 6
Whitwell. Enjoy the Polka and Waltz
Mental Illness. Call 512-966-4161.
from The Good Soldier Schweik
Black Box Theater, 1001 East University REAGAN DINNER
and Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from
Avenue, Georgetown, Sat., Jan. 30, The Williamson County Republican The Firebird. Adults, $12; seniors,
Party hosts Governor Greg Abbott, students and military with ID, $10.
7:30; Sun., Jan. 31, 3
Texas Supreme Court Justices Don austincivicorchestra.com. Alma Thomas
XANADU
Willett and Eva Guzman at the annual Fine Arts Center, Southwestern, 1001
Based on Universal Pictures’ cult tribute to President Ronald Reagan. $85 East University Avenue, Georgetown,
classic movie, enjoy the hilarious, per person. Call 512-577-1620 or email Sat., Feb. 6, 7:30 to 9:30
roller-skating musical adventure reagandinner@williamsoncountygop.
about following your dreams. $28 org. Sun City Ballroom, 2 Texas Drive, VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT
per person; seniors, $26; students Georgetown, Tue., Feb. 9, 7
The Round Rock Symphony presents Be
and active military, $15; children
My Valentine featuring soprano soloist
nine and under, $11. Call 512-869Chan Yang Lim from South Korea.
7469. The Palace Theatre, 810 South
Premium seating costs $30 and general
Austin Avenue, Georgetown, weekends
admission is $25 for adults. Student
through Feb. 14; Fri. and Sat., 7:30; NASHVILLE NIGHTS GALA
tickets cost $5. www.gsstx.org. Klett
Sun., 2
The annual fundraiser for the Cultural Center for the Performing Arts, 2211
Activities Center promises live North Austin Avenue, Sun., Feb. 14, 4
CLUELESS VALENTINES
entertainment, and a silent and live
Murder on the Square presents this auction. Participants will also enjoy line
murder mystery dinner inspired by a dancing, casino games, hors d’oeuvres CLASSIC CAR AND VINTAGE PLANES
classic board game. $50 per person, and cocktails. $100 per person. Call 254- Stephanie Myers’ fifth show benefits
Free
and
$45 for seniors. Call 512-943-4214. 773-9926. Cultural Activities Center, 3011 HelpOurWounded.org.
open
to
the
public.
To
register,
visit
Gumbo’s North, 701 South Main Street, North Third Street, Temple, Sat., Jan.
Georgetown
classiccarbuysell.com.
Georgetown, Sat., Feb. 6, 7
30
Municipal Airport, 160 Terminal Drive,
Georgetown, Sun., Feb. 28, 11:30;
GARDEN PARTY QUILT SHOW
trophy
presentation, 2:30
The Friendship Quilt Guild hosts a juried
show featuring both contemporary and
traditional quilts. Enter the raffle for a ROTARY FEST 2016
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
Examining the theme “photographing chance at winning a specially designed Join Master of Ceremonies Chikage
today to preserve yesterday for quilt. Admission costs $5 per person. Windler for a “Night in the Jungle.”
tomorrow,” Wes Odell’s exhibit spans Call 979-836-1302 or 979-277-9873. Enjoy dinner and dancing with music
his entire body of work. “It’s my story Fireman’s Training Center, 1101 Highway provided by The Austin Rock-A-Fellas.
as an artist, and since my photography 290 West, Brenham, Fri., Feb. 5 and The event also features a raffle and
silent auction. $40 per person. Call 512is intertwined with my life, it is my Sat., Feb. 6, 10 to 5
677-4786. Sun City Ballroom, 2 Texas
story as a person, too.” Georgetown
Drive, Georgetown, Fri., Mar. 11, 6
Public Library, 402 West Eighth Street, FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE
through Sat., Jan 30; artist reception Presented by Extreme Cheer & Tumble,
the 17th annual Father Daughter Dance SHADES OF TEXAS QUILT SHOW
Sat., Jan. 30, 2 to 4
offers a magical evening to dance the The Crossroads to Texas Quilt Guild
night away. Tickets cost $12 and can is accepting entries for the annual
MIDWEST MATRIX: TEXAS
The exhibit features contemporary be purchased at templeparks.com. quilt show. Enter in one of 12 different
prints from more than 20 artists Daughters must be 18 and under. Frank categories. Entry information available
focusing on the post-World War II W. Mayborn Convention Center, 3303 at QTTQuiltGuild.org or call 254-699printmaking revival in America. Free North Third Street, Temple, Fri., Feb. 5 5920. Killeen Civic and Conference
and open to the public. Alma Thomas and Sat., Feb. 6, 6 to 9
Center, 3601 South W. S. Young Drive,
Theater, 1001 East University Avenue,
Fri., Mar. 18 and Sat., Mar. 19
Georgetown, Sat., Jan. 30 through
Thu., Feb. 25, 1 to 5; opening reception,
TEXAS FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sat., Jan. 30, 5 to 7
Featuring storied musical acts like
Dr. John, Leon Russell, Asleep at the
CUPID’S CHASE 5K
A flat-and-fast course takes runners Wheel, Cowboy Mouth and more. New
through downtown Georgetown, Orleans-inspired cuisine prepared
Southwestern University and the by celebrity chefs also highlights
scenic parks. The race also features a the event. $30 in advance, $40 day
DEBATE WATCH PARTY
The Williamson County Republicans kid’s fun run and costume contest. $22 of, $150 for VIP. cedarparkcenter.
host a presidential debate party. Call for 5K; $10 for fun run. Proceeds benefit com. Cedar Park Center, 2100 Avenue
512-577-1620 to RSVP. The Uptown Georgetown Parks and Recreation. of the Stars, Cedar Park, Sun., Apr. 3, 11
jaunts
art
on the horizon
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Courtesy photo
The cultural iconic and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band comes to Williamson County. Tickets range from $40.75
to $70.75. cedarparkcenter.com. Cedar Park Center, 2100 Avenue of the Stars, Cedar Park, Thu., Jan. 28. Above,
members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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3B
Good news in
Wiliamson County
JANUARY 27, 1916
Just a short while back
when this month was
young, the announcement
was made that the Commissioners’ Court had accepted the proposition of
the Young Men’s Business
League [along with] the
dwellers upon the Round
Rock Road, making that
road a certainty.
They also determined as
a priority the other Round
Rock Road out two or three
miles south of town. Both
of these are good things
for Georgetown. The first
probably will put us on
the Meridian Highway, the
other opens up a fine trade
territory.
This week the Sun announced: First, the securing of the Boys’ Encampment of the YMCA for this
year. Second, the active
opening [of] a campaign
to secure the YMCA for
Georgetown. Go to the Presbyterian Church tomorrow
night and hear about this.
Third, the building of the
Williamson County Science Hall by Southwestern
University this summer.
Fourth, the probable securing of a place on the map
by putting this city on the
Meridian Highway. Fifth,
plans are on foot to secure
the Old Settlers Grounds
and all that tract of land
as a permanent park or
entertainment grounds for
Georgetown, the committee
having secured an option
on this land from Mr. T. Williams.
n
The following articles
will be given away absolutely free Feb. 12:
Article No. 1 – Gown, given to the customer buying
the largest bill during the
sale.
Article No. 2 – Chemise,
given to the customer coming the farthest to our store.
Article No. 3 – Shirtwaist,
given to the customer with
the largest number of girls
in family.
Article No. 4 – Readymade dress, given to the
customer with the largest
family.
Article No. 5 – Handsome corset cover, given to
the customer buying the
largest number of yards
of piece goods, calico not
included.
Article No. 6 – Handsome
middy blouse, given to the
customer buying the largest number of garments,
our drawers not included.
JANUARY 25, 1973
Chamber of Commerce
Awards: Citizen of the Year
1972, Charles Forbes. Distinguished Service Award
to the late Trooper Billy D.
yesteryears
BA RBA R A Y ELV ER TO N
Howry. Agriculturalist of
the Year to Norman Howell
of Florence.
n
School offices move from
University and Church to
KGTN building downtown.
n
Get to Know Your Eagle
Basketballers: Sam Tanksley and Jay L. Wolf, Jr.
n
Clyde P. Woerner was
promoted to regional sales
manager by Allied Mills.
n
Junior Rotarians for the
month are Malcolm Robertson and James Jansen.
JANUARY 23 & 26,
2000
Make yourself count in
2000 Census, to be mailed
out April 1. City Manager
Bob Hart set to take city
manager job in Huntsville.
n
Chamber of Commerce
Awards: Business Leader,
Ellen Welker of Advanced
Metal Systems Inc. Citizen
of the Year, Carl Doering.
Volunteer of the Year, Carol
Woods. Ambassadors, Sally
and Terry Custer. Legacy
Award, to a Team of 29 at
the Urban Design Task
Force.
n
It’s Girl Scout Cookie
time!
JANUARY 23 & 27,
2008
The rain and cold did not
dampen everyone’s spirits.
James and Dr. Carol Mein
sang “We Shall Overcome”
as they marched from the
Square to Macedonia Baptist Church for a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
celebration and program.
Nikki Davis, Shikemuah
Williams and Melba Shaw
also laugh and sing along.
Sun photo
Lead minister P.J. Condit is pastor at Community Christian Church. The non-denominational church, home to about 175 members, is at
4300 Sam Bass Road in Round Rock.
Community church focuses on Christ
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Company, inc
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n
Bettie Mae Black Wolf
died January 19 at 90. She
was the widow of Jay L.
Wolf, Sr.
n
Jack Frost Good Citizens
are Morgan Mickan and
Kelsey Kniffen.
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Library gala celebrated
one year in the new library.
n
Morgan Mickan and
Sammy Davis were the
Eagle Football MVPs, the
awards presented at the Eagle Football Banquet.
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tries party food
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chopped parsley and serve
at once. Lynn Willis.
n
That night I also served
ham balls, corn dip, marinated vegetables, rosemary
cashews, and guacamole
shrimp dip, along with
three sweets. You’ve clipped
all of those, right?
The night of the performance, we also had a reception with the Tenors after
the show for all concert-goers. There were several
things there to nosh on, but
I thought this was the best. I
did it in a large mold shaped
like Texas just for fun.
Raspberry Cheese Tart
8 oz. Cheddar cheese, grated
8 oz. American cheese,
grated
4 or 5 green onions,
chopped (green part, too)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup plus 2 T. mayonnaise
1/2 cup raspberry jam or
preserves
Mix grated cheeses in
bowl. Add green onion and
nuts. Add enough mayonnaise to hold it all together.
Line a pie plate or other
mold with Saran Wrap.
Pack cheese mixture into
plate or mold. Cover tightly
and chill for several hours.
When ready to serve, invert plate or mold onto serving plate. Peel off Saran.
Spread jam over the top and
serve with crackers. Serves
about 16. Susan Turley via
Nancy Benold.
n
You can check out the
Tenors at www.tenorsunlimited.com or Google the
individual men for more information. They have said
they’d love to come back to
Georgetown next January
for another concert, so we
have our fingers crossed!
Thanks to Cindy Thompson for all of her meticulous work on the event, as
well as all the others who
made it possible.
“Oh, what a night!”
Laurie Locke is a psychotherapist in Georgetown,
and was the original owner of the food businesses
Laurie’s and Laurie’s Too.
She continues to cook, entertain and stay involved
in the foodie community.
Contact her at laurienowjung@gmail.com.
OUR PURPOSE: To glorify G od
by being a faithful steward of
all that is entrusted to us.
T
he Reverend P.J. Condit says that at Community Christian Church in Round Rock, denominational doctrine
and differences take a back seat to Jesus Christ.
The church at 4300 Sam Bass Road is home to about 175
worshipers and follows a simple doctrine, Pastor Condit
said: “God is creator. Christ is redeemer. The church is the living, active body of Jesus Christ.”
With that in mind, Community Christian strives to keep
what Pastor Condit calls “rigamarole” to a minimum, realizing
his congregants come from a variety of Christian backgrounds
and sometimes no faith background at all.
“Dogma becomes more complicated than the life of the
church itself, which is our relationship with God,” Pastor Condit said, describing what the church he leads tries to avoid.
Instead, he said, Community Christian “is trying to provide
worship service that resonates with the real spiritual needs of
the people,”
“That is our calling, to demonstrate God’s love for us in our
lives,” Pastor Condit said, adding that biological life is incomplete without spiritual life.
“It’s like the veins and the blood,” he said.
Pastor Condit, 39, was born in Oklahoma and raised in Houston, where his father was a computer programmer for NASA
and his mother was a plumber’s secretary.
The Condits lived overseas in Holland, from the time young
P.J. was 5 until he was 10, with his parents starting an English-speaking non-denominational church there.
The youngest of his parents’ three sons, P.J. Condit followed
in an older brother’s footsteps and enrolled at Dallas Christian
College, majoring in biblical and youth ministry studies.
“I played guitar with my youth group. I saw my future in that
area,” Pastor Condit said. “I did that through college and for the
first seven years after college.”
Following his graduation from Dallas Christian, Pastor Condit traveled to Lubbock, where for five years he was children
and youth minister at Westmont Christian Church.
Wanting to be closer to his parents and other family members, Pastor Condit came to Community Christian Church in
2005. He was youth minister for two years and hired to be lead
minister in 2008.
Today, Pastor Condit and his wife of 16 years, Kimberly, are
the parents of two children.
Community Christian Church holds Bible classes at 9:30 a.m.
every Sunday, followed by 10:30 worship services. Men’s Bible
studies are at 7 p.m. Mondays and women meet for Bible study
at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Pastor Condit said he is active in interdenominational
gatherings, citing Round Rock Mayor Alan McGraw’s annual
prayer breakfast and the National Day of Prayer service at Texas Baptist Children’s Home in Round Rock as two examples.
A collection taken at the mayor’s prayer breakfast benefits
the Round Rock Area Serving Center.
This year, Pastor Condit will be leading the National Day of
Prayer at Texas Baptist Children’s Home, which is scheduled
for Thursday, May 5.
Pastor Condit said events such as those break down boundaries.
“It is only at prayer breakfasts or the National Day of Prayer
that those neighbors are sharing what they have in Christ together,” he said. “There is a time of prayer that is not just limited to one congregation, really uniting the various denominational congregations though the body of Christ.
Assisting Pastor Condit at Community Christian Church are
worship leader Benjamin Schilling, plus elders Larry Goldsborough, Mike MacKenna, Curt Riggs and Ben Ryon.
—Brad Stutzman
at Wolf Ranch
(512) 930-4884
Georgetown Antique Mall has been in business on The Square for
23 years and supports downtown Georgetown. Come by and see us,
we have an eclectic grouping of antiques and collectibles.
Local family owned &
operated for over 25 years.
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Featherstone
3629 Williams Dr.,
Suite 102, Georgetown
512.868.8000
512-869-1146
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Expert In-House Jeweler
Custom Design Work
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Fine Antiques &
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110 West 8th Street
(512) 869-2088
GeorgetownAntiqueMall.com
Tax Preparation
IRS Representation
Audit, Review & Compilation
3613 Williams Dr., Ste 501
512-863-5720
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For information about how to sponsor the church page, call 512-930-4824 or email ads@wilcosun.com
512- 818-1717
4B
The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
Artwork can speak to us in many different ways
Continued from 1B
were used and is there a history behind this work?
These are just a few to get
you started. In other words, in
order for art to be entertaining, you have to participate
and frankly, it requires more
effort than just showing up.
If you show up and participate at art events, what
do you get out of it? Well,
any time you are looking or
listening to art, you are elevating your cultural I.Q. Scientific studies on the effects
looking at art has on your
brain are impressive.
Viewing art can lower your
stress levels and engage the
part of the brain that processes emotion. Pleasure and
reward systems in our brains
fire up while looking at art.
And finally, attending openings and artist talks is an educational experience. Every
time I go to an event, I learn
something.
Usually, it is not anything I
expected, in a wonderful way.
And I’ve supported the artist and the art organization,
so that they can continue to
provide the public with these
opportunities to expand and
strengthen our cultural bedrock.
The only thing missing is
kettle corn.
Jane Estes is a writer, a mom
and an art enthusiast. She has
recently completed her first
novel. You may contact her
through her website: www.
janeestes.com.
A new partnership between Southwestern and Art Works
A few people want to make
it easier for you to attend art
exhibits. Laura Sewell, manager of the Sarofim School of
Fine Arts Administration at
Southwestern University and
Amanda Still, newly elected president of Georgetown
Art Works have partnered to
make a mini art crawl.
On Saturday, January
30,The Sarofim School of
Arts’ Fine Arts and Art History departments will present
Midwest Matrix: Texas as part
of PrintAustin. This showcase of contemporary prints
by more than 200 artists is a
celebration of the impact of
the post-WWII printmaking
868-2224
revival in America. The opening is from 5 to 7 p.m., with a
screening of the documentary
Midwest Matrix at 6 p.m.
Not so far away, The Georgetown Art Center will host the
opening of the exhibit, Little
Boxes, a juried show inspired
by the 1962 protest song of the
same name. This event will be
held from 7 to 9 p.m., in order
for folks to attend the Midwest
Matrix opening and then continue the evening over at the
art center.
“I am thrilled that we are
having our opening reception
on the same night as Georgetown Art Center. I think this
is a fantastic opportunity for
the Georgetown community
to come out and see two outstanding exhibits,” Ms. Sewell
said.
Georgetown Art Works, the
managing nonprofit of the art
center, has art education at the
center of its mission. Ms. Still
spoke at a recent artist talk
and stressed the importance
of community involvement
in the arts. She also expressed
her excitement in partnering
Amanda Still
Art Works president
Laura Sewell
Sarofim School manager
with Southwestern University for this event.
“One of the most important aspects of this event is the
showing of the documentary
Midwest Matrix,” Ms. Sewell
said. “The film explains the
relationship between the Midwest institutions and the post
WWII printmaking. The GI
bill paved the way for many
soldiers to come home and
to go to university and study
art. The documentary weaves
the tale of the connection
to American art as a whole,
printmaking, and the artist,
professors and students that
have come out of these traditions of work. The documentary will only be shown at the
opening.”
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ANGLICAN
Light of Christ Anglican Church 420
Wolf Ranch Pkwy; Pastors: The Rev’ds Dr.
Steven Pope & WM. J. Disch; 512-591-7183
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
River of Life Church 6040 Airport Rd;
Pastor Paul Vincent; 512-863-0854
Georgetown Legacy Church 100 Stadium Dr; at Chamber offices; Robert Jones,
Pastor; gtlegacy.com
BAPTIST
Santa Rosa
Pastor, Dan
Wooldridge
254.793.0273 • srdl-cc.org
Southern Baptist
Sunday School 9:45am
Worship 8:30am, 11:00am, 6:30pm
2300 Williams Drive, Georgetown
512-863-6576 • peoplesharingjesus.com
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
of Weir
Sunday Worship:
11:00a.m. & 6:00p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Time:
6:00-8:00p.m.
Pastor Michael S. Delaney
512-948-2442
315 FM 1105
Weir, TX 78674
Andice Baptist Church (Southern
Baptist) 6570 FM 970; Daniel Crowther,
Pastor; 254-793-2557.
Calvary’s Hill Baptist Church 1802
Bridge St; Richard A. Mauldin, Jr., Pastor;
512-863-5767.
First Baptist Church (Southern Baptist)
1333 W. University Ave.; 512-869-2586.
First Baptist Church (Granger) 301 E.
Mesquite, Granger; Pastor Danny “Pat”
Cole; 512-859-1389
Friendly Will Missionary Baptist
Church - 706 West 14th St; Rudy Williams, Pastor; 512-863-2006.
Grace Baptist Church (Cooperative
Baptist) Pastor Kyle Tubbs, 1101 North
Mays St., Round Rock; 512-402-8388
Main Street Baptist Church (Southern
Baptist) 1001 Main St; Ernest Jones,
Pastor; 512-869-7854.
Macedonia Baptist Church 206 MLK
Street; Jimmy Johnson, Sr., Pastor; 512863-6044.
New Creation Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) 702 E. 15th St; David Balderas,
Pastor; 512-762-9962
CATHOLIC
St. Helen
Catholic Church
512-863-3041
www.sainthelens.org
2700 E. University Ave.
Georgetown, TX 78626
Father Brian McMaster
Welcome
Bienvenidos
Catholic Church
Mass: Saturday 5pm
Sunday 8am, 10:30am, 4pm
Rev. Father Larry Stehling
Deacon Ken Ryan
FM 970, Andice
Holy Trinity of Corn Hill FM 1105
between Walburg and Schwertner; 512863-3020.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
SOCIETY
of Georgetown, TX
1433 Cool Spring Way
Cowan Creek Center
Sun City
EPISCOPAL
Grace Episcopal Church 1314 E.
University; Rev. Fr. Trey Garland, Rector;
512-863-2068
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
The Worship Place 811 Sun City Blvd;
512-869-1310
T’Shuva Israel Steve Hoelscher & Gabe
Carrasco; 512-818-0233
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
1701 N. Austin Ave. 512-863-5435.
JEWISH
Congregation Havurah Shalom (CHS)
Sun City Cowan Creek Amenities Center;
Linda Schaffer, President, president@
chstx.org
LATTER DAY SAINTS
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints 218 Serenada Dr;
512-863-7173
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
Round Rock Christian Church 22
Chalice Way, Round Rock. Rev. Linda
McWhorter 512-244-3260.
LUTHERAN
ST. PETER
LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC)
125 years in Walburg
“The friendly little church in the valley”
Sunday School 9:30 - Worship 10:15
www.stpeterwalburg.org • 512-863-5600
I-35N to FM 972 three miles east
Cross and Crown Lutheran Church
3800 Shell Rd; Rev. Eric Hartzell, Pastor;
www.crossandcrownlutheranchurch.org
512-869-PRAY.
METHODIST
First United Methodist Church
Traditional Worship Services
8:30 & 11:00 am – Sanctuary
Contemporary Worship Service
11:00 am – McKinney Ministry Center
Sunday School – 9:45 am
410 E. University Ave., Georgetown
863-2370 · www.fumcgt.org
Grace Fellowship Church
Christian Education ....... 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service and
Children’s Church ...... 10:30 a.m.
6600 S. Lakewood Drive
512-863-7690 Jack Ender, Pastor
csgeorgetown222@gmail.com
Sunday Service • 10:00 AM
Testimony Meeting • 3:00 PM
Free
NewChurch
Contemporary
Cafe’10:30 am
Worship
9:30
& 11:00
Quest
11:00a.m.
am
Small Groups.
Children
Birth-5th
grade
Ministries
during
both services
11:00 am
(3rd Wednesday every month)
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Georgetown Church of the Nazarene
4051 E. Hwy. 29; Kevin Bell, Pastor; 512869-0303
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Chisholm Trail Cowboy Church 1500 CR
120, Weir; Pastor Alex Errios; 512-6308283; chisholmtrailcowboychurch.org
Faith Community Church Georgetown
40201 Industrial Park Cir; Alton Sutter,
Pastor; 512-966-7002.
Granger Brethren Church 306 W.
Broadway, Granger; 903-265-2277
Open Road Biker Church 8420 North
I-35, Exit 268 on the Northbound frontage
road; Pastor Butch Horton 512-966-8817
Saving Grace Christian Bible Fellowship 411 College; Rev. Harriett Jones, Pastor
512-869-4111; savinggracefellowship.com
Sonshine Christian Church 2806
Mesquite Ln; Dr. David Trumble, Minister;
512-863-9012.
River Rock Bible Church 400 Village
Commons Blvd; 512--763-4700.
PENTECOSTAL
Iglesia de Dios Comunidad de Esperanza 303 E. Morrow St; Pastores: Elias &
Sonia Rivera www.cdegt.org
PROTESTANT
San Gabriel
Presbyterian Church
9:15am Sunday Worship
• Children’s chapel offered
during worship
• Nursery provided during
worship and Sunday School
10:45am
11:00am
Children & Youth
Sunday School
Adults Sunday
School
5404 Williams Dr.
Georgetown
512-868-0902
www.sgpcgeorgetown.org
SUNDAY
SERVICE AT
10 AM
3400 Shell Rd., Georgetown
512-868-8892 • www.CalvaryGT.org
PRESBYTERIAN
375
CR
375
CR245,
245,Georgetown
Georgetown
West
Williams Dr,
past
SunSun
City. City.
West
ononWilliams
Dr, 2½
2½miles
miles
past
869.9769
869.9769::::www.newchurchgtown.org
www.newchurchgtown.org
QUAKER
Friends (Quakers) 1 Texas Dr.;
www.georgetownfriendsmeeting.org
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
Georgetown Seventh Day Adventist
5105 S. I-35; Pastor Evgeni Kovachev;
512-569-3061.
UNITY
Wellspring United Methodist Church
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
Sunday Bible Class
9:30am
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am
Sunday Evening Worship 6:00pm
Wednesday Bible Class 7:00pm
408 W. Morrow Street,
Georgetown
512-863-9749
www.gabrieloakschurchofchrist.org
Northside
Church of Christ
Faith Lutheran
Church (lcms)
A Stephen Ministry Congregation
Services: 8:30 and 11:00am
Sunday School & Bible Classes: 9:50am
www
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Faith Lutheran Preschool
Rev. Walter Pohland, Sr. Pastor
Rev. John F. Selle, Associate Pastor
Cassie Schermbeck, DCE
Jonathan Loesch, DCE
010
V
8 3- 332
6 6 1 3 Lak ew ood s Dr. Sou t h
(First right past Sun City)
w w w .cof cnort hs id e.org
5 1 2 -3 0 0 -7 4 5 2
Sunday
9:30 am
10:30 am
2:00 pm
Wednesday 7:00 pm
Bible Class
Worship
Worship
Bible Class
B r a d H e lg e r s o n , P r e a c h e r
Hutto Church of Christ 100 Mager Ln,
Hutto Elementary, Hutto; Cort Laurence,
Minister; 512-497-0143
L
C
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Join us for Sunday services at
8:00am | 10:45am | 6:00pm
Bible & Sunday School
classes begin at 9:30 a.m.
www.zionwalburg.org
512.863.3065
6001 FM 1105
North IH-35 to Walburg, Exit 268, 3 miles
east on FM 972, North on FM 1105.
Traditional Worship
Traditional Worship
Sunday School for All Ages
11:00 AM Contemporary Worship
6:00 PM Youth Fellowship
5:30 PM Youth Snack Supper
Nursery care is provided for morning worship services.
All Are Welcome, All Are Accepted
Dr. Jeff Smith – Senior Pastor
6200 Williams Drive, Georgetown
512-930-5959 • www.wellumc.org
Florence United Methodist Church
300 Curry Street; Cynthia Moss, Pastor;
254-793-2535.
Jarrell United Methodist Church 404
1st St, Jarrell; Tommy Prud-Homme,
Pastor; 512-826-6064
St. John’s United Methodist Church
311 E. University; Rev. Travis Franklin;
512-863-5886
St. Paul United Methodist Church 610
Martin Luther King; Rev. Arcynthia Louie.
Wesley Chapel A.M.E. Church 504 4th
St; Silas Swint, Pastor; 512-931-2305.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Abundant Faith Church 3 Indian Dr.,
Round Rock. Pastor Art & Myrtie Cardenas. 512-258-8991
Church On The Rock - Georgetown 925
Golden Oaks Dr; Pas. Dennis Hattabaugh;
512-864-7713
Celebration Church Georgetown 1202
Rabbit Hill Rd; Joe and Lori Champion,
Pastors; 512-763-3000
Community Christian Church 4255 Sam
Bass Rd; 512-244-0310.
of Georgetown (PCA)
Join us Sundays
Worship 10:30am
Sunday School 9:15am
(Fall and Spring)
Mitchell Elementary School
1601 CR 110 (Rockridge Ln.)
512.966.9644
cpcgeorgetown.org
Warm • Engaging • Bibli al
First Presbyterian Church
Worship: 8:30am & 11:00am
Sunday School 9:40am
www.fpcgeorgetown.org
Dr. Michael A. Roberts, Pastor
703 Church St. • 863-3381
Oak Grove Church 12951 RR 2338; Rev.
Walter Hoke, Pastor; pastoroakgrove@
gmail.com
A Positive Path for Spiritual Living
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
Georgetown Chamber of Commerce
1 Chamber Way
www.unitygeorgetown.org
512.686.5432
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship 1322 E. University Ave; Rev.
Mark Skrabacz, 512-688-5069.
Hope United Church 4611 Verde Vista,
Heritage Oaks Clubhouse; Pastor Ron
Trimmer; 512-876-9097.
To list your worship services and
meeting times, contact the Sun
512-930-4824 ads@wilcosun.com.
The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
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Webers Upholstery ReYard Sale, 1-30
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Pets
Furniture
upholster your furniture.
2pm. Clothes, ewelry,
Automotive
2006 Hyundai Sonata
GLS/LX. All power , excellent
condition,
v6,
9 ,000 miles. Below Kelly
@$ ,9 0. 512-699-2999
1999 Toyota 4-Runner
SR5, clean, very good
condition, regular maintenance, no accidents,
235K, asking $2, 50.
512-5 6-5 5
1989 Honda Civic, Automatic, Well maintained,
200K
miles,
$1, 50.
Please call 512- 6 - 099.
Recreational
Vehicles
Admiral Storage 660
Jim Hogg Drive. Self-storage, covered or open RV
and boat storage. Closest
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Farm and Ranch
Fertilizer application for
wheat/oats. N-TEXX-155-5 w/microbes. Organic
N-TEXX soil inoculant w/
humus increases germination/growth. $22/acre
applied. Damon Berry,
25 - 93-231 ,25 - 023 9
Hay cutter- New Idea
5209, needs some repairs, has new tires,
512-259-1180
New Holland Ford
tractor 1 25. Has shredder box blade.
512- 69-062
Garage Sales
Berry Creek Sale,
3032 Oak Tree Dr.,
Fri am-2pm, Sat ampm. 1
Toyota factory
chrome Mag rims, household, vacuums, suitcases,
electric typewriter, TV/
VHS/DVD combo, bread
machine, steel file cabinets, Rock Island misc.
Too much to list!
shoes, curtains, dishes,
lamps, odds ends. Cancel if rain.
Antiques
Antique radios repair &
sales, models displayed
at www.vadaxradio.com,
512-221-1335.
The Wood Shop. Antique
restoration, stripping, refinishing and furniture repair. Just past Walburg
(FM 9 2) right on CR331,
call for directions and information 512- 63- 06.
Miscellaneous
GEORGETOWN
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Two Cemetery plots.
C o o k - Wa l d e n / C a p i t a l
Parks in Pflugerville. Sec.
H/92-A/3 .
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for
$ ,500. 512- 61-9 31.
Mattress blowout. Brand
new in packaging. Twin
sets
$169.00,
full
$1 9.00, queen $199.00,
and king $299.00. Can
deliver, 512- 20- 0 0.
Downsizing! Beautiful
2-pc. dining set. China
cabinet w/interior lights.
Table seats 6- . Handcrafted, excellent condition. Must see! 512- 1995 0.
Musical
Instruments
Yamaha
Piano
keyboard, bench, music
stand, light. $220. Call
512-2 0- 920.
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Concrete
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Windows & Doors
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Repairs • Upgrades • New additions
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• Interior/Exterior painting
• Siding & rot-wood replacement
• Sheet rock repairs
• Wallpaper removal & wall texture
• Pressure washer
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Electric
Feeling Good Power Wash
• Great Rates
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n Float
n Prime
n Texture
n
Impress You Cleaning
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• Men & Women’s
Alterations
Painting
Drywall
Cleaning
GEORGETOWN’S
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Mike Tanguay • Tyler Tanguay
www.impressyoucleaning.com
512-563-6575
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512-818-3822
512-868-9924
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Residential Roofing • Commercial Roofing
Reroofs • Gutters • Painting • Siding
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Victor & Modene Marek
32 Years Serving
Landscaping
Georgetown!
FORMERLY MIKE’S AUTOMOTIVE
Cleaning
Roofing
CONCRETE:
• slab • driveway • patio
• sidewalks • retaining walls
BUILDING:
• storage • horse shelters
• car ports • workshops
EXCAVATION:
• clearing property • gravel roads / pads • tree removal
• small bridges • pond clean out
Construction
Automotive
TheJewelerOfGeorgetown.com
512-415-4590
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Air Conditioning
• Batteries
• Ins. Appraisals
• Pearl Knotting
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• Repairs
• Replacement
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Cleaning
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Hourglass
Cleaning
Services. Housecleaning,
bonded, excellent service,
dependable,
flexible
schedule. Call Marilyn for
free estimates, 512- 259 12.
Static Clean. Basic to
deep cleaning: Ceilings fans to baseboards. Weekly, biweekly or monthly. Dependable, reasonable
and bonded. Brenda
512- 6 -511 .
Window cleaning let the
sun shine in! Dependable,
reasonable,
thorough.
Call Bill at 512- 3-955 .
Child Care
All About Kids Daycare.
Registered, and now enrolling. 1 years experience. Curriculum based.
All meals provided. First
month discount. 512-96636.
New grandmother would
like to care for your infant
in my home in Leander.
FMI, please call for openings 512-5 -650
TINTING
Auto • Residential • Commerical
512-869-TINT(8468)
madeintheshadetint.net
Serving Georgetown Since 1991
Made In The Shade
window tinting
Elder Care
Simply Go Portable
Oxygen
Concentrator
Phillips Respironics Inc.
with all accessories: Carrying Case, Rechargeable
Battery (2) AC/DC power
Supply, car charger, Accessory Bag, Mobile Cart.
Used only 6 months. Paid
$3500 retail (Medicare
doesn’t cover). Asking
$2500 OBO. Call 5125 9-0 2 .
Caregiver CNA looking
for full or part-time employment speciali ing in
Al heimer’s disease. Dependable and excellent
references,
512- 6 9339.
Affordable In-Home
Senior Care. YOU
choose your helper
and YOU pay them directly. No middle man!
www.helperbees.com
512-3 -5 96
Yard Work,
Landscaping
www.victormarekland
scaping.com.
Trees,
Shrubs
Landscaping,
Pruning, Removal, Hauling, Flower Beds, Top
Soil. General yard work.
33 years serving the
Georgetown area. Victor
Marek, Toll Free
-9 53 22 or cell 512- 1 3 22.
Bobcat work & Drainage
problems
I can help.
512- 6 -5021
Miller’s Tree Service Almost never underbid.
Trimming, pruning, roof
clearing, firewood, stump
grinding, haul-off. Free
estimates. Insured. 51269-1012.
Jimenez Tree Service &
Landscaping. Trimming,
removal, flower beds,
mulch, patios, stump
grinding, lot clearing, retaining walls, firewood. Insured. Free estimates.
Jose, 25 -5 1-9 53
Jacinto,
25 -5 1-9 52
www.25 treeservice.com
Trees, trees, trees! 31
years of service. All trees.
Professional tree climber.
Removal and haul-off. Insured. Leave message
512- 6 -5021.
David
Landscaping.
31yrs Georgetown. Reasonable rates! Bobcat
work, haul-off, tree trimming, removal, mulching,
spread base/dirt, decomposed granite. Mowing.
512- 6 -5021
Jack’s Bobcat Service
brush cleaning, tree removal, mowing, spread
gravel, 512-635- 00 .
Business
Opportunities
Great opportunity to
own your own business!
Salon offering large room
w/3 stations. Conveniently located off Williams
Dr. Call 512-635-6519.
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6B
The Williamson County Sun, January 27, 2016
State Bar No.: 24054180
3333 Allen Pkwy, #1909
Houston, TX 77019
Telephone: (713) 392-0360
Facsimile: (713) 701-7293
E-mail: emilybohls@live.com
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Auction
PUBLIC AUCTION
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505 W 21ST STREET IN GEORGETOWN, TEXAS 78626
WED., JANUARY 27th at 10AM
Inspection: Day prior to the auction from 9AM - 4PM
CNC Vertical Machining Centers & CNC Turning Centers • Tooling • Vertical Mill •
Engine Lathes • Surface Grinders • Horizontal Band Saws • 4’ x 14” Radial Arm
Drill • Drill Presses • Sanders • Welders • Plasma Cutter • Paint System w/14‘ x
10’ x 10‘H Booth • ZEP Parts Washer & Dip Tank • 2-Roll Lab Mill & 100-Ton Hyd.
Lab Press • Test & Inspection Equipment • Material Handling • Air Compressors •
Dry Blast Cabinet • Jobsite Storage Chests • Tool Boxes & Lots More!
TRUCKS - 2008 PETERBILT 340 T/A Rollback Truck, 6,284 Miles • 2000 STERLING
M7500 T/A Rollback Truck • 2005 CHEVROLET 2500 HD Pickup Truck • Spare Truck
Tires – Like New • MOTORCYCLES - 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON V-Rod 100th
Anniversary Motorcycle, ONLY 93 Miles • 1999 HARLEY DAVIDSON Ultra Classic
Trike (Lehman), 4,635 Miles • 2001 HONDA 200R XR Dirt Bike • TRAILERS - 2001
EAGLE BODY 35’ T/A Toy Hauler Trailer, 5,000-lb. Cap., Flip-Down Rear Door,
Carpeted Interior • 5’ x 10’ S/A Trailer • 6’ x 8’ Trailer w/250-Gallon Tank
Buyer's Premium: 15% Onsite, 18% Online | Auction Lic. Number: Myron C. Bowling, 1298
513/738-3311 | www.myronbowling.com
Hair dressers, assistant
needed, 150 chair rents.
Cindy 512-516-1215.
Residential & Commercial Construction
Interior & Exterior Remodeling
Specializing in Old Building Renovations
Over 30 Years Experience • Free Estimates
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512.869.8139
512.844.6664
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Tools of the
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Construction, remodel,
repair, kitchen, bath,
garages,
storage,
decks, patios, barns,
fencing. All types of
construction. 512-6354553, Bo Stearns, lifetime resident.
Elder’s Paint Contracting Custom residential
painting. Pressure washing & carpentry available.
Jerry Elder, 512-5639063.
Foster’s Plumbing Water heaters, water softeners, sinks, faucets, toilets,
dishwashers. Leak repair
& drain cleaning.
512-318-1820
FostersPlumbing@aol.c
om licence # M39363.
Employment
Animal Control Officer,
Part-Time 15-17 hrs/
week. Performs tasks related to the enforcement
of animal control laws
within the City. Must be
available for emergency
call outs/work weekends/
holidays. HS graduate/
Equiv.Salary: $12.33/hr.;
Open until filled. Contact:
City of Taylor, 400 Porter
St., Taylor, TX 76574,
512-352-5993 or download
application:
www.taylortx.gov. EOE.
FT Pest Control Technician King’s Pest Control.
Exciting career working
locally with established
business. Will train. 603
River Bend, Georgetown.
Call 512-930-5128.
Equipment Operator I
Maintains City’s streets/
parks/right of ways. Duties-safely operating construction
equipment/
heavy machinery and repair. Must be available to
work OT and be “On
Call”. HS diploma/GED
equivalent. Valid TX/DL;
obtain CDL-Class A license within 6 months.
$12.08/hr. Closing Date:
Open until filled. Contact:
City of Taylor, 400 Porter
St., Taylor, TX 76574,
512-352-5993 or download
application
at
www.taylortx.gov. EOE
Keller
Landscaping:
Help Needed! Driver’s License preferred, but not
required. 512-930-4769.
Childcare facility looking
for FT & PT teacher and
floater. Must be experienced, mature, dependable, with HS diploma.
512-869-3338.
Salon in Georgetown
has space available for
someone looking to be
their own boss, own their
own business. Large areas, low rates. Call for special New Year’s offer 512635-6519.
PRESS OPERATOR
Full time opportunity at the Williamson County
Sun in the crew that runs our Goss Community
printing press. Previous web printing experience
and basic mechanical ability are required.
Applicant must be able to demonstrate ability to
read and follow written instructions, have a history
of reliability on the job and be able to work cooperatively with others. Must have normal color vision.
Must be able to handle the physical requirements of
the job which involve frequent walking, bending,
stooping, climbing and moving heavy rolls of newsprint and driving a forklift. Occasional overtime.
Health and vacation benefits along with compensation commiserate with experience and degree of
training needed to be an effective team member.
Please reply to:
Kathryn Manasco, Business Manager
accounting@wilcosun.com
707 S. Main Street, Georgetown
Golf Car Mechanic Looking for a full time experienced, dependable and
professional person to
perform preventive maintenance
routine
and
emergency/non-emergency repairs on all gas
and electric golf cars.
Candidate must possess
knowledge and understanding of diagrams and
installation instructions.
Change brakes, bushings, leaf springs, batteries and any other parts as
requested. Seal differentials and rear axles. Perform electrical wiring for
batteries, motors, lighting.
Must be able to lift 60
pounds. Monday-Friday
8am-5pm.
Occasional
weekend work
Compensation
based
upon experience. Contact
Kyle at 512-864-0777 or
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kyle@capitalgolfcars.com
Part-time Receptionist
8-5 Friday only for small
medical related practice in
Georgetown. Must be
people person with positive attitude, dependable
with computer skills and
social media knowledge
officehelppt@yahoo.com
Director of Children’s
Ministry, St. John’s United Methodist Church of
Georgetown. The Director
of Children’s Ministry include oversees and coordinates our ministry to
families with children.
This person is responsible
for directing our Sunday
school, helps with confirmation, trains our teachers, directs our children’s
church, shares the weekly
children’s sermon in the
8:30 am worship service,
supervises the nursery
manager, creates opportunities for the spiritual
growth of our children and
their families, and coordinates our children events
such as Saturday with
Santa, Trunk or Treat,
summer camp, Parents
Night Out, the family
Christmas Eve service,
and other events throughout the year related to the
spiritual growth of our
families with children.
This position is 17 hours a
week. This person attends a weekly staff
meeting and works with
the ministry team to coordinate the work of our
church to families with
children. A bachelor’s degree is required. You may
apply by filling out an application from the church
office. For further inquiries
call the church office at
512-863-5886.
Receptionist/Dispatcher
needed. Mister Sparky
Electric local electrical
business, dispatching experience preferred. Full
time/Pay based on experience, Call 512-876-4706
Now hiring for full-time
manufacturing positions
in Walburg, TX - WILL
TRAIN! Call 512-8680346 for info.
Journeyman Electrician
needed. Mister Sparky
Electric local electrical
business. Must have current license/tools/transportation. Pay based on
experience, Call
512-876-4706
Customer Service, immediate opening for Sales
Clerks. Dry cleaning drop
store in Georgetown and
Round Rock. Good pay.
512-534-1159.
Accounting
Manager,
needed. Mister Sparky
Electric local electrical
business.
QuickBooks
knowledgeable, Full time/
Pay based upon experience, Call 512-876-4706
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• Account Executive II
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We offer COMPETITIVE pay and benefits,
and much more! To find out more, visit us at
www.mygrande.com/careers
Grande proudly embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
H.R.
Marc
Co.,Inc.
21515 Martin Lane, Pflugerville, TX 78660 is hiring construction laborers:
may clean and prepare
sites, dig ditches and
trenches, shovel concrete, set forms, and loading and unloading materials. Lifting req’d up to
50lbs. On the job training.
No education or experience req’d. $12.39-15.00/
hr. based on experience
and performance $18.5922.50 O.T. 7am-4pm,
M-F. Some O.T. may be
available. 5 positions
available for temporary,
full time work 4/1/16-12/1/
16. Williamson County
area jobsites. Transportation provided to and
from area jobsites from a
central
Williamson
County area pick up location. Contact Sophia at
512-846-2701 or email
resume to
sophia@hrmarc.com. Apply at Workforce Solution
of Williamson Co
@512-244-2207, Job Order #TX8421900. Assistance finding and securing board & lodging is
available. Employer will
make deductions from
each paycheck for optional advance against
pay (no interest) not to exceed $250 for food and
lodging per worker during
1st pay period. Workers
will be reimbursed by
check for transportation
(including meals & necessary lodging) to the
place of employment if
the worker completes
50% of the employment
period. Return transportation will be provided if
the worker completes the
employment period or is
dismissed early by the
employer. Employer will
provide, at no charge, all
tools, supplies and equipment required to perform
the job. Employer provided optional health insurance company pays
$200/person per month
and balance paid by employee, optional vision
and dental paid 100% by
the employee. EOE
Auto Mechanic/Technician needed. Immediate opening. Pay dependent on experience. M-F, 8-5, apply
in person 2501 N.E. Inner Loop, Georgetown.
STYLISTS. New Images
Salon has openings for
stylists. Call Kathy 512869-9560.
Concrete workers. Set
forms, tie rebar, place &
finish concrete. Start immediately. Pay depends
on experience. 512-7999095, ask for JR.
Golf Course Maintenance (Trabajos): Sun
City (Georgetown) is looking for equipment operators/laborers for all mowing, raking bunkers, golf
course setup, etc. No experience needed. $10/hr,
40+ hours/week. Must
have valid TX driver’s license.
Contact:
craig.loving@sctexas.org
512-948-7486
Auto Body Painter
needed.
Immediate
opening. Only experienced need apply. Top
pay, M-F, 8-5, apply in
person 2501 N.E. Inner Loop, Georgetown.
Private salon room and
station available in Liberty
Hill. Perfect for hair, facials, massage or spray
tan. Contact 512-7786501, 512-773-0943.
Therapeutic Masseuse/
or Acupuncturist wanted
to share space with Chiropractor.
Contact
dloperdc@dloperdc.com
Maintenance
Worker
needed, 50 Unit Apartment Complex in Round
Rock. Must have some
knowledge of all phases
of maintenance / make
ready, No A/C required.
Must have own tools and
transportation, clear driving record & valid DL (NO
CRIMINAL
RECORD).
Must be able to be on 24
hr call, we offer good benefits- hourly wage, insurance, matching retirement, paid holidays, sick
leave, paid vacations. Apply in person at 1525
Chisholm Trail, Round
Rock. Please apply in
person or email resume to
ChisholmTrailApartment
s@gmail.com
The Wood Group is hiring Direct Care staff for
Residential
facility
in
Georgetown.
Weekend
(8am to 8pm) & PRN
shifts available. Entry
level position, no
certification required.
To apply visit our website
www.thewoodgroup.us
and fax application to our
corporate
office.
For
questions call 512-8190630.
The Sun City Texas
Community Association
in Georgetown, Texas is
recruiting a fulltime Land
Management Crew Member for immediate hire. A
starting hourly rate depending on experience,
plus paid vacation and
holidays, and insurance is
available. Land Management Crew Member duties include but are not
limited to line trimming,
mowing, chainsaw work,
and general labor duties.
Work is outdoors, year
round, and on variable terrain. Valid driver’s license
and clean driving record
required for operating
company equipment. A
background check will be
performed. Good attitude
and strong work ethic are
strongly desired. Please
reply to this ad with contact information, and a resume if available to
Charles.moore@sctexas
.org. The Sun City Texas
Community Association is
an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are
considered for positions
without regard to veteran
status, uniformed service
member status, race, religion, sex, national origin,
age, physical or mental
disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Legal Notices
Application has
been made with
the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage
Commission for
Wine and Beer
Retailer’s
OffPremise Permits
by Family Dollar
Stores of Texas
LLC d/b/a Family
Dollar
Store
#4355 located at
200
Buttercup
Creek Blvd #107,
Cedar Park, Williamson County,
TX 78613-3701.
Officers of said
Limited Liability
Company are:
Howard R. Levine,
Chairman,
CEO
and Director; Jason Reiser, Executive VP - Chief
Merchandising
Officer; Barry W.
Sullivan, Executive VP - Store
Operations; Mary
A. Winston, Executive VP - Chief
Financial Officer;
Robert L. Rogers,
Senior VP - Real
Estate; James C.
Snyder Jr., Senior
VP
General
Counsel and Secretary; Bryan E.
Venberg, Senior
VP - Human Resources;
Jonathan E. Broz, VP Assistant General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary;
Erik D. Gast, VP Finance
and
Treasurer; Jose
M. Luis, VP - Real
Estate Development; Thomas E.
Schoenheit, VP Assistant General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary;
Family
Dollar
Holdings,
Inc.,
Managing Member (officers are
same as listed
above)
No. 15-0997-CP4
IN THE ESTATE OF
MIRIAM BOHLS,
DECEASED
IN COUNTY COURT
AT LAW NO. 4
WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
TEXAS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
original Letters Testamentary
for the Estate of Miriam
Bohls, Deceased, were issued on January 15, 2016, in
Cause No. 15-0997-CP4,
pending in the County Court
at Law No. 4, Williamson
County, Texas, to: Emily
Bohls.
All persons having claims
against this Estate, which is
currently being administered,
are required to present them
to the undersigned within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law.
c/o: Emily Bohls
3333 Allen Parkway #1909
Houston, Texas 77019
DATED January 22, 2016.
/s/ Emily A. Bohls
Attorney and Independent
Executor
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Round Rock ISD will be
accepting sealed bids for:
Distributed Denial of Service Protection -Bid#83816-111 Opens 2:00 pm, February 16, 2016
CSP HVAC ReplacementPond Springs ES -Bid#91416-101 Opens 2:00 pm, February 18, 2016
CSP Roof ReplacementChisholm Trail MS -Bid#
914-16-102 Opens 2:00 pm,
February 18, 2016
CSP Freezer ReplacementBluebonnet ES -Bid#909-16103 Opens 2:00 pm, February 23, 2016
CSP HVAC ReplacementJollyville ES -Bid#914-16104 Opens 2:00 pm, February 23, 2016
CSP HVAC Replacement Live Oak ES -Bid#914-16105 Opens 2:00 pm, February 25, 2016
Food Service Management
Company -Bid#958-16-097
Opens 2:00 pm, March 10,
2016
Solicitation will be opened at,
and documents may be obtained from the RRISD Purchasing Dept, 16255 Great
Oaks Dr Ste 200, Round
Rock, TX 78681, (512) 4646950 or at
www.roundrockisd.org.
Vendors are encouraged to
register in the District’s
eROC Electronic Procurement Program online at http://
www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=2348
for future bid opportunities.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids addressed to Jonah Water Special Utility
District will be received at
the offices of Jonah Water
Special Utility District at
4050 F.M. 1660, Hutto, TX
78634 until 10:00 a.m. on
February 3, 2016, and then
publicly opened and read for
furnishing all labor, material,
and equipment and performing all work required for the
construction of: 2015 - C.R.
105 and 100; Utility Improvements.
The project is located within
Jonah Water Special Utility
District,
in
Williamson
County, Texas.
The project consists of approximately 1.13 miles of
16” C-905; DR18 PVC pipe,
2.60 miles of 12” C-900;
DR18 PVC pipe, and other
project related appearances.
The bidder shall provide a
five percent (5%) bid bond of
the maximum total bid
amount.
Plans, specifications, and
bidding documents may be
purchased from Cayote Consulting, LLC, by email to
miles@cayotecon.com
or
phone to call (254) 744-3439,
for the price of $50.00 per
set. No refunds will be made.
Said documents may be examined without charge in the
office of Jonah Water Special Utility District.
The Owner reserves the right
to reject any or all bids and
waive any or all irregularities.
No bid may be withdrawn until the expiration of 90 days
from the date bids are
opened.
It is the Bidder’s responsibility
to deliver the Bid to the place
of Bid Opening.
/s/ Miles W. Whitney, P.E.
Cayote Consulting, LLC;
Firm No. 16387
Bulldog Recovery, LLC
(License 0648296VSF) 512733-6600 has the following
vehicles impounded at 1100
S Industrial Blvd, Round
Rock, TX 78681. These vehicles were abandoned in Cedar Park and Round Rock,
Texas:
1997 Ford Crown Victoria,
White, VIN#
2 FA L P 7 1 W 5 V X 1 3 3 5 8 2 .
Charges: $212.50 plus $20
per day storage beginning on
1/5/2016.
2000 Volkswagon Beetle,
Silver, VIN#
3VWCC21C3YM484406.
Charges: $212.50 plus $20
per day storage beginning on
1/11/2016.
1995 Chevrolet Silverado,
Silver, VIN#
1GNEK13K3SJ401582.
Charges: $212.50 plus $20
per day storage beginning on
1/11/2016.
2004 Mitsubishi Galant,
Gray, VIN#
4 A 3 A B 3 6 F 6 4 E 11 2 0 6 1 .
Charges: $212.50 plus $20
per day storage beginning on
1/8/2016.
Vehicles must be claimed
and charges paid by the registered owner by February
26, 2016 or will be sold at
public auction to the highest
bidder.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
original Letters Testamentary
for the Estate of Mary Kathryn Eckert, Deceased, were
issued on November 18,
2015, in Cause No. 15-0840CP4, pending in the County
Court at Law No. 4, Williamson County, Texas, to:
Stephanie Kay Eckert.
All persons having claims
against this Estate which is
currently being administered
are required to present them
to the undersigned within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law.
c/o: Jennifer M. McKay
Attorney at Law
312 Gulfstream Dr.
Georgetown, TX 78626
DATED the 19th day of November, 2015.
/s/ Jennifer M. McKay
Jennifer M. McKay
Attorney for Stephanie
Kay Eckert
State Bar No.: 00788021
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON
CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
NO. 15-0114-CPSC1
TO: Nathaniel Andrew Wade
No Known Address, and to all
whom it may concern,
GREETING:
YOU HAVE BEEN SUED.
YOU MAY EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU OR YOUR
ATTORNEY DO NOT FILE A
WRITTEN ANSWER WITH
THE CLERK WHO ISSUED
THIS CITATION BY 10:00
A.M. ON THE MONDAY
NEXT FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION
OF
TWENTY
DAYS AFTER YOU WERE
SERVED THIS CITATION
AND PETITION, A DEFAULT
JUDGMENT FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE
PETITION MAY BE TAKEN
AGAINST YOU.
The ORIGINAL PETITION
FOR PROTECTION OF A
CHILD, FOR CONSERVATORSHIP, AND FOR TERMINATION IN SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD
RELATIONSHIP AND ORDER SETTING HEARING of
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES,
Petitioner(s),
was filed in the said Court of
Williamson County, Texas,
on the 17th day of July, 2015,
against
SARAH
MOON,
Respondent(s),
numbered
15-0114-CPSC1 and entitled:
IN THE INTEREST OF LIAM
MOON AND PATRICIA MURAN, MINOR CHILD(REN)
The suit requests: This suit
requests appointment of the
Texas Department of Family
and Protective Services, as
Temporary Managing Conservator of the child, termination of the parent-child relationship, and/or the appointment of a relative or other suitable person, or the Department as Permanent Managing Conservator of the children. The children Liam
Moon and Patricia Muran
have no presumed father as
defined by Section 151.002,
Texas Family Code. The father has a right to be given an
opportunity to file a statement
of paternity and petition the
Court for legitimation, as provided by Section 160.201,
Texas Family Code. Petitioner asks the Court to cite
the father of his rights and of
the fact that if he does not assert them, he shall lose all
rights in and to the children.
The date and place of birth of
the children who are the subject of this suit: Liam Moon,
born on June 11, 2014 and.
Patricia Moon, born on April
27, 2015.
The Court has the authority in
this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the
child(ren)’s interest which will
be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and
the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child(ren)’s adoption.
ISSUED
AND
GIVEN
UNDER MY HAND AND
SEAL of said Court at office,
on this the 19th day of January, 2016.
LISA DAVID,
DISTRICT CLERK
Willliamson County, Texas
P.O. Box 24,
405 M.L.K. Street
Georgetown, TX 78627-0024
BY: /s/ Judy Tenneyuque,
Deputy
NAME AND ADDRESS OF
ATTORNEY
FOR
PETITIONER:
Ryan Palmquist
405 Martin Luther King
Georgetown, Texas 78626
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
original Letters Testamentary
for the Estate of RANDALL
DEAN KNIGHT, Deceased,
were issued on January 19,
2016, in Docket No. 15-0719CP4, pending in the County
Court of Williamson County,
Texas, to:
LELAND RITTER
and SUSAN RITTER
The residence of the Co-Executors is in Salt Lake
County, Utah, the address for
notice presentation of claim is
Representative, Estate of
RANDALL DEAN KNIGHT
c/o Merlin Lester
213A West 8th Street
Georgetown, Texas 78626
All persons having claims
against this Estate which is
currently being administered
are required to present them
within the time and in the
manner prescribed by law.
DATED January 21, 2016.
CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF
GREG LEE RABERN, DECEASED, Cause No. 160055-CP4, in County Court at
Law #4 of Williamson County,
405 Martin Luther King
Street, Georgetown, Texas
78626.
SANDRA LEE RABERN, A/
K/A SANDRA L. RABERN,
Applicant in the above numbered and entitled estate,
filed on the 21st day of January, 2016 an APPLICATION
TO
DETERMINE
HEIRSHIP AND APPLICATION FOR INDEPENDENT
ADMINISTRATION
AND
LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT
ADMINISTRATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION
401.003 OF THE TEXAS ESTATES CODE of the said estate and requests that the
said Court determine who are
the heirs and only heirs of the
said GREG LEE RABERN,
A/K/A GREG L. RABERN,
DECEASED, and their respective shares and interest
in such estate.
Said application may be
heard at 10:00 o’clock a.m.
on or after the first Monday
next after the expiration of
ten days from the date of
publication of this citation, at
the Williamson County Justice Center in Georgetown,
Williamson County, Texas.
All persons interested in said
estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable
Court on or before above
mentioned time and place by
filing a written answer contesting
such
application
should they desire to do so.
If this citation is not served
within 90 days after the date
of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.
Issued and given under my
hand and seal of office at
Georgetown, Texas, this the
21st day of January, 2016.
Nancy E. Rister
Williamson County Clerk
405 MLK Street, Box 14
Georgetown, Texas 78626
By: /S/ S. Klint, Deputy
Applicant’s Attorney:
Lee Norton Bain
120 West 8th Street
Georgetown, TX 78626
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Georgetown
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