Clean bill of health for Calhoun County audit finds good finances
A four day audit of Federal Revenue Sharing Funds totaling over 700000 concluded with Calhoun County receiving a clean bill of health. Auditor James Widdows noted overall good finances but cited a single technical omission the county will rectify. The court authorized a solid waste site survey and reappointed mosquito control board members. Actions included approving treasurer and tax assessor reports and hospital payments. Furniture and signage purchases for the courthouse annex were postponed to April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Commissioners Court
Calhoun County
James Widdows
Washington, D.C
Widdows
Census Bureau
Office of Equal Opportunity
Port O'Connor
Willie Peikert
Joe Brett
Leo Rainer Eldon Gooden
Joe Rubio
Alcoa Scholarship finalists honored dinner tonight
Finalists in the Alcoa Foundation Scholarship Awards compete for three 4000 dollar scholarships for children of Point Comfort Plant employees. Five seniors Vicki Falk Genaro Gonzales Jr Matt Harriss Robert R Jedlicka Kathleen E Rehak attend a 530 p.m. high school dinner with parents and the selection committee. Winners will be announced by the Alcoa Foundation in Pittsburgh on March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoa Foundation
Point Comfort Plant
Vicki Falk
Raymond Falk
Olivia
Genaro Gonzales Jr
Genaro Gonzales
Matt Harriss
W.B. Harris
Robert R. Jedlicka
F.R. Jedlicka
Port Lavaca
Kathleen
Seadrift Absent Voting Opens for City Election
Absentee ballots for the April 5 Seadrift city election are available starting Monday at city hall. Voting by mail and in person ends at 5 p.m. April 1. City hall hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Three council seats are up for grabs with two incumbents seeking reelection and one new candidate.
Weather Update Cloudy mild with afternoon showers likely
Cloudy and mild with showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Clearing and mild Tuesday with southeasterly winds 8 to 16 mph shifting to southerly and gusty tonight, then northerly Tuesday morning. Highs in the mid 70s, tonight lows upper 50s, shaded by 60 percent precip chance. Marine: winds 15 knots, shifting to NW 15-22 knots Tuesday, seas 2-3 ft, higher in showers. High tide 6:09 p.m. Sunset 7:38 p.m. Pressure 29.95.
Planning Board Meeting Tonight in Port Lavaca
The Port Lavaca Planning Board will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Annex to discuss public used undedicated roads in the city, plus consider the building ordinance and the Subdivision ordinance, per chairman Lyman Saylor.
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Port Lavaca
Absentee Voting Open for Calhoun ISD Board Election
Absentee voting for the Calhoun County Independent School District board of trustees election begins Monday and runs through 4 p.m. April 1 during school hours. Ballots are available at the district office. Three seats are up, with two incumbents unopposed, and candidates Harold E. Evans and Shirley A. Whatley filing for Precincts 4 and 5 respectively as John Fisher Smith retires.
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Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees
Leonard E. Dreymala
Six Mile
Ray Childress
Seadrift
Harold E. Evans
Long Mott
Shirley A. Whatley
Calhoun County TSTA Dinner Meeting Set For Tuesday
The Calhoun County local Texas State Teachers Association dinner will convene Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Calhoun High School cafeteria to vote on amendments to the local TSTA Constitution and install new officers. Retiree C D George will be honored for 38 years in education. Ronnie Young to be installed as incoming president. awards will include T A Carmichael and 30 year pins for Marjorie Green.
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Calhoun County
Texas State Teachers Association
Calhoun High School
Harrell McKinzie
Tsta Bay
Association
Ronnie Young
T.A. Carmichael
Marvin W. Kirkman
Raymond Whittaker
CCISD
Marjorie Green
Inequities noted tax bias hit homes and business
The Legislative Property Tax Committee reported in Austin that homeowners and commercial properties pay more than their fair share due to unequal assessment practices. It found Texas school districts undervalue real estate by about 40 percent, or roughly 80 billion dollars, based on a study of 35 representative districts out of 1,100 statewide, with higher assessment rates on single family and commercial property compared with industrial and rural properties.
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Austin
Legislative Property Tax Committee
Texas
Texas weekend violence toll rises to 17 in Abilene drive-in deaths
The weekend tally shows 25 total violent deaths by midnight Sunday with 15 in traffic crashes. Four Abilene victims were found in a car with exhaust-heater failure, all believed from Hamlin, along with other crash and shooting fatalities across the state.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Abilene
Eddie Mae Starling
John
Larry J. Marshal
Mary Ann
Hamlin
Breckenridge
Denise Judd
Donald
Absentee Voting Opens Ahead of April City Elections
Absentee voting begins in POINT COMFORT with ballots available at city hall 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Returns must be in person by 5 p.m. April 1 or by mail by 10 a.m. April 3. Voters will choose three aldermen and the city marshal. Marshall candidates are Wayne Thorsgard Mikael Harrington Mason Askew. Aldermen candidates include incumbents Robert Sheppard Donald Kallock and Betty Griffith Robert Pearce.
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Point Comfort
Wayne Thorsgard
Mikael Harrington
Mason Askew
Board of Aldermen
Robert Sheppard
Donald Kallock
Betty Griffith
Robert Pearce
Alcoa Murphy promotes James T Murphy to personnel assistant
James T Murphy, formerly a potrooms technician at Alcoa Point Comfort Operations, is promoted to personnel assistant announced by O L Royer. A Bryan Texas native, he holds a Texas Southern University bachelor in industrial arts 1960 and a Prairie View A and M University masters in guidance counseling 1974. He earlier taught in Crane and Victoria schools, served in Victoria police, then rejoined Point Comfort in 1973. He and wife Dorothy Louise have five children and attend Mt. Salem Baptist Church at 911 E Convent Victoria.
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James T. Murphy
Alcoa
Point Comfort
O.L. Royer
Murphy
Roger Said
Bryan
Texas
Texas Southern University
Prarie View A & M University
Victoria and
Crane
Victoria Independent
Victoria
Point Comfort Operations
Dorothy Louise
Mt. Salem
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Alan Ramirez
Cindy Ramirez
Office of Revenue Sharing
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Jim Hogg
Tsta
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Dallas
Seagoville Drive-In
William Charles Frier
Joseph Gilder
Houston
Cathy King Caldwell
Big Spring
Sherman
Scouting BY the Sea
Rosalyn Mercer
Kathy Gomez
Melinda Stancik
Ruth Bolander
Edna
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