Seguin teenager, baby reported missing

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Seguin teenager, baby reported missing
Felicia Frazar
felicia.frazar@seguingazette.com
The Seguin Police Department
is asking for information that
could help locate a 14-year-old,
and her 8-month-old baby.
Raeanne Leos, of Seguin, and
her baby were last seen Sunday
at about 11 p.m. when they left
Leos’ parents’ home, Deputy
Chief Bruce Ure said Monday
afternoon.
“The mother, Raeanne Leos,
voluntarily left her parents home
with her sick baby, and we are
unable to be locate either of
them,” he said.
Police do not suspect any
foul play, but are still looking for
information on where Leos and
her child could be, Ure said.
“We are concerned,” he said.
“We know that the baby requires
medical attention. We need to
ensure that the mother is safely
found, and the baby receives her
required medical attention.”
Courtesy photo
Raeanne Leos, 14,
of Seguin, and her
8-month-old baby
were last seen
Sunday night. The
Seguin PD is currently asking for any
helpful information.
MISSING - 3
3 injured in
collision on
123 South
HOME SWEET HOME
Felicia Frazar
felicia.frazar@seguingazette.com
Three people were injured in
a multi-car collision on Monday
afternoon.
First responders were called to
the intersection of State Highway
123 South at Farm-to-Market 477
for a major wreck at about 3:30
p.m., Seguin Fire Battalion Chief
Tom Teboe said.
“The Seguin Fire Department was
notified by a volunteer fire department first responder about the accident,” he said. “When we got here
there were four vehicles with major
damage.”
WRECK - 3
Steffanie Agnew - Seguin Gazette
(Left to right) Bill King, president of Guadalupe Valley Habitat for Humanity, Robert Andrade, Seguin Mayor
Don Keil and Pastor Ed Bilderback break ground with shovels Saturday for Guadalupe Valley Habitat for
Humanity’s 22nd home.
Ground broken on Habitat
for Humanity’s 22nd house
Steffanie Agnew
steffanie.agnew@seguingazette.com
T
he Andrade family will
become Seguin’s latest
homeowners thanks to
Guadalupe Valley Habitat
for Humanity.
On Saturday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the organization’s
22nd home.
Robert Andrade attended the ceremony with his wife, Annette Andrade, and
their four children.
“This morning it started to hit me that
soon we’re going to be homeowners,” he
said. “Coming from a small apartment
with four children, knowing that each
one of them is going to have their own
bedroom, it’s very touching. For me, it’s
accomplishing something big for them.
The ceremony made me feel very good
inside.”
HABITAT - 3
VITA program
at TLU offers
tax help for free
Jennifer Luna
jennifer.luna@seguingazette.com
Students from Texas Lutheran
University are ready to offer tax assistance to the community to receive as
much money as they can this tax season.
Strategic Communications Manager
Ashlie Ford said the Volunteer Income
Tax Assistant (VITA) program that has
been serving Seguin residents for 10
years has already completed 43 returns,
giving back $73,000.
TAXES - 3
Sheriff ’s Association of Texas seeking members
Felicia Frazar
felicia.frazar@seguingazette.com
A statewide law enforcement
organization is inviting Texas
residents to sign up for — or
renew — memberships.
The Sheriff ’s Association
of Texas is mailing invitations
soliciting Texans to become
associate members after receiv-
ing numerous requests from
residents wanting to help
law enforcement agencies,
Guadalupe County Sheriff
Arnold Zwicke said.
“It is something that we do
every year that benefits the
employees at the sheriff ’s office
and jail,” he said. “It is the only
one (organization of this type)
that I recognize or endorse.”
The invitations will go in the
mail in the coming weeks, offering residents the chance to join
the association or renew their
membership for a small fee.
All of the proceeds from the
dues go back to law enforcement, Zwicke said.
“It does not go into a private company like a lot of the
others do,” he said. “Associate
member funding allows the
Sheriff ’s Association of Texas to
provide critical training, technical resources and legislative
support on key criminal justice
issues to law enforcement officers across the state.”
The funding also goes toward
providing agencies with educational material for crime
prevention and awareness pro-
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“The Associate Membership
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which is vital to our mission of
making our communities safer
places to live, work and play,”
Zwicke said.
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WRECK
From page 1
Felicia Frazar - Seguin Gazette
A multi-car wreck on Monday had law enforcement officers diverting traffic off of State Highway 123 South at FM 477.
The wreck involved two pickup trucks, an SUV and an 18-wheeler.
Seguin EMS and Akin Ambulance
Service tended to a number of
patients. One victim was transported by helicopter to a San Antonio
hospital, while two were transported to Guadalupe Regional Medical
Center, Teboe said.
According to a Texas Department
of Pubic Safety trooper, the driver of
a southbound Ford F-150 reportedly
fell asleep at the wheel and crossed
into oncoming traffic.
A Dodge pickup truck that was
southbound appeared to have
slowed down in an effort to avoid a
collision, while the 18-wheeler traveling behind him moved onto the
shoulder, the trooper said.
The tractor-trailer hit the back
end of the Dodge, causing the smaller truck to spin out, the trooper
said.
The Ford F-150 stopped in the
southbound turn lane after hitting a
Ford SUV head-on, the trooper said.
The 18-wheeler struck the guardrail, bounced off and crossed the
highway, the trooper said.
Once the tractor and trailer hit
the grass it rolled over, spilling the
gravel that it was hauling, the trooper said.
The highway was shut down for
several hours as officers investigated
the crash, and a crew from Texas
Department of Transportation
cleaned up the oil spilled by the
18-wheeler.
The wreck is still under investigation.
MISSING
From page 1
Ure said investigators believe that Leos could
still be in the area or possibly in Port Arthur.
Anybody with information on the whereabouts
of Leos or her child can call the Seguin Police
Department at 830-379-2123 or leave an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at 877-403-TIPS
(8477).
MEMBERSHIP
From page 1
The association created the program to help
forge a partnership between communities and
their law enforcement agencies, as well as give
the residents the means to make a financial contribution, Zwicke said.
“During these economic times, the need for
building stronger public-private law enforcement partnerships continues to escalate, and
programs such as this continue to grow in
importance,” Zwicke said. “I encourage every
citizen receiving a membership appeal to consider joining forces with us by becoming an
associate member. It is a valuable investment in
our future.”
Zwicke said the sheriff ’s office has a good
working relationship with the county’s residents.
“I thank the people of Guadalupe County for
always supporting us. We have a pretty large following,” he said.
Anybody wanting to make a contribution to
the Sheriff ’s Association of Texas, or who wants
more information, can mail them at 1601 S.
Interstate 35, Austin, Texas 78741 or visit www.
txsheriffs.org.
“Should you choose to accept and join the
sheriff ’s association or renew your dues, you
simply do so,” Zwicke said. “If not, that’s the last
you’ll hear from us. The Sheriffs’ Association of
Texas does not make solicitations by telephone.
If you receive a phone call from someone who
uses the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas name,
please report it to your local sheriff or county/
district attorney.”
TAXES
From page 1
Last year, the students helped more than 100
residents receive more than $100,000 on their
income tax returns, she said.
“It can really have a huge impact on their lives,”
Ford said.
The student
volunteers who
IF YOU GO
help with the
WHAT: Volunteer Income
program
are
Tax Assistant (VITA) program
mainly students
for tax help
mastering in
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
the accountancy
Wednesdays until April 13; 9
program at the
a.m. to noon Saturdays until
university.
April 9
VITA offers
WHERE: Room 5 of the
free tax help to
Beck building at TLU
those who are
disabled, elderly, anyone with
language barriers, or who make less than $62,000
a year.
The next clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb.
17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 5 of the Beck
building at TLU.
Steffanie Agnew - Seguin Gazette
The Andrade family stand with Bill King, president of the Guadalupe Valley Habitat for Humanity, at a
groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday.
HABITAT
From page 1
The Andrade family will help build
their home with Habitat for Humanity,
which Andrade said he looked forward to doing.
“It will be a learning experience,
and it’s knowing that I’m putting up
a board or putting in a cabinet for my
home,” Andrade said. “It feels good to
know that I’m helping.”
The home was named “The
Connelly House” by Habitat for
Humanity after Molly and Chuck
Connelly, who had contributed significantly to the organization and community.
Bill King, president of the Guadalupe
Valley Habitat for Humanity, said that
the homes change families’ lives.
“It gives them a safe, nice home
for their children, and they can
focus their attention on raising
them and their education,” King
said. “That is the American dream
of homeownership.”
Seguin Mayor Don Keil attended
the ceremony and said that Habitat for
Humanity was a great organization.
“What they do, it’s not an outright
gift to these people,” he said. “They
vet the people, make sure they’re
of strong character, responsible and
worthy of owning a home. It’s like
they say, it’s a hand up, not a hand
out, and I think that’s what so great
about the program.”
Keil said that the land was owned
by the city and deeded out to Habitat
for Humanity.
“It takes a piece of ground that
was not productive for any reason,
even for the city, and now there will
be a nice, valuable piece of property
sitting on it that the community can
add tax benefits from.”
Stella Ozuna, treasurer of the
Guadalupe Valley Habitat for
Humanity, said that the next step for
the house after the groundbreaking
is the build process, which usually
takes about six months to complete.
“We actually got started today
because we had so many volunteers
and we had the materials, so we
thought, let’s get going,” she said.
Ozuna said that the organization
is looking for volunteers to help with
the construction process. Volunteers
are needed at 8 a.m. every Saturday.
In addition to volunteering, King
said that people can donate and shop
which also helps.
To learn more about volunteering or make donations, visit
the Guadalupe Valley Habitat for
Humanity’s website at www.guadalupevalleyhabitat.org.
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