County maintains burn ban as county faces hot winds
Wilson County Commissioners voted Monday to keep the countywide burn ban in place amid continuing dry conditions. A Friday fire sparked by a welding pipe fence shut Hwy 181 for over thirty minutes as volunteers from Path and Floresville battled winds and flames, burning an estimated 25 to 35 acres of recently cut hay fields and producing heavy smoke.
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Wilson County
Path
Floresville
Highway 181
Chronicle-Journal
Thomas L. Brossart Poth
Poth
Connally gives up veterans home
The Wilson Memorial Hospital District will stop operating the Frank M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home for the coming year. The district board said it cannot run the facility profitably without a 4.5 percent increase from the Texas Veterans Land Board, warning of a potential $384,000 loss and citing concern over diverting funds from Connally Memorial Medical Center. The decision follows lengthy negotiations that failed to reach an agreeable solution. Continued on page 2.
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Frank M. Tejeda
Texas State Veterans Home
Wilson Memorial Hospital District
Hospital District Board
Veterans’ Home
Wilson County
Fran Chilek
Texas Veterans Land Board
Hospital Board
Veterans Home
Connally Memorial Medical Center
County to hold final tax hearing Thursday
County commissioners plan a Thursday vote on a property tax rate of 0.4159 down from 0.4425, aiming to raise 93,283.83 in extra revenue, while residents criticized low turnout at two prior hearings and debated homestead exemption implications and a county burn ban extension.
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Ray Wolff
Marvin Quinney
Edwin Baker
Public Health and Safety
Miss Elsie Retires From Floresville Peanut Festival After 23 Years
Miss Elsie Schroller known as Miss Elsie retires this week after 23 years with the Floresville Peanut Festival citing health. She survived a triple bypass and a heart attack with a pacemaker and a prior cancer battle. Beginning as secretary treasurer she rose to executive director guiding a board that grew from 15 to 53 members. She cherishes working with queen and court and the festival gowns from April onward. Continued on page 2.
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Elsie
Floresville
Elsie Schroller
Peanut Festival
Peanut Festival Board
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Tigers
Connally
Thomas L. Brossart
Miss Elsie
Peanut Festival Organization
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