Disaster relief grant aids Wilson County roads
Rep. Henry Cuellar announced Wilson County received a $350,000 HUD Disaster Relief grant for street improvements and repairs. The funds will fix damaged roads from March 2007 flooding in Precincts Two and Four, repairing 107 road areas with gravel, grading, and culvert replacement.
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Henry Cuellar
Wilson County
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Cuellar
Office of Rural Community Affairs
ORCA
Officials discuss emergency preparedness and grant plan
County officials Monday discussed disaster preparedness across animal agriculture and recruitment. A Homeland Security grant of 234000 was noted to fund a Second-Responder volunteer program and partial staff support with a Dec 1 grant deadline.
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LeAnn Hosek
EMA
Russell Wilson
Tom Gilmore
Comal County
Wilson County Precinct 4
Larry Wiley
Homeland Security
Martin Ruftis
Wilson County Emergency Planning Committee
SEPC
Court of the Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
New Orleans
Rufus
Floresville Chronicle-Journal
Commissioners Debate Road Pavement at Court Meeting
The commission discussed paving 1.5 miles of County Road 226 to aid Lipscomb Plumbing and Mount Moriah Baptist Church, weighing dollars against parishioners. Lipscomb cited delivery losses and dust while DuBoise noted church service cancellations from rain and washouts, with precinct tensions over prioritizing this road.
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Pat Kopecki
Chronicle- Journal
Commissioners’ Court
John and
Laurie Lipscomb
Lipscomb Plumbing
James DuBoise
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Lipscomb
Freightliner
DuBoise
Rotter
Leonard Rotter Jr
Texas Department of Transportation Road Survey
Albert Gomez Jr
Larry Wiley
Lime Oil Field marker unveiled in Wilson County history
A June 23 2007 dedication marked the Lime Oil Field marker at FM 539 and Polley Lane three and a half miles north of Sutherland Springs. About 100 attendees heard notes on local oil history from John and Shirley Grammer and Wilson County figures amid a photo display and a lunch at the Sutherland Springs Community Center.
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Sarah Young
la Vernia News
Wilson County
John & Shirley Grammer
la Vernia
FM 539
Polley Lane
Sutherland Springs
Sutherland Springs Seguin
Sutherland Springs Floresville-Lodi
Frank Rodriguez
Mr. Grammer
Gene Maeckel
Wilson County Historical Association
Maeckel
John
Shirley Grammer
Allen & Regina Kosub
Tambria Reed
Beulah Wilson
Sandra Shaw
Susan Richter
Elaine Stephens
Shirley
Polley Plantation
Dr. Houston
Samuel A. Maverick
San Antonio
Texas
Houston
Austin
Bill Mims
Orson Drilling
Maple C. Hughes
Louisiana
Fritz
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Washington
Chronicle-Journal
Rene and
John Grammer
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