Hundl, Kosik to exchange vows
Posted on August 19th, 2008

Gene and Belinda Hundl of East Bernard announce the engagement of their daughter Amanda Ann Hundl to Kevin Michael Kosik, son of Kathleen Kosik and the late Daniel Kosik of Wallis.
Amanda is the granddaughter of Agnes Jochec of East Bernard and the late August Jochec Sr. and Ed Hundl of Wharton and the late Lydia Hundl.
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BAE employees volunteer at Outreach for Back to School
Posted on August 19th, 2008

Several volunteers, mostly from BAE Systems in Sealy, helped gather Back to School supply packages for children from low income families who have applied for help with Back to School supplies. Each year Austin County Outreach provides Back to School supplies to children in Austin County who are able to start the school year with the supplies they need for school. Volunteers pictured are Allen Bailey, Bob Julian, Terri Julian, Scott Brown, Kris Manak, Magen Schindler, Kaleb Manak, Jamie Whitworth, Billie Acock, Kacey Baker Haley, Cody Brown, Donna Schindler and Madison Schindler.
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Austin County Grand Ol’ Picnic this Saturday
Posted on August 14th, 2008
By Carol Koenig
The 7th annual Austin County Grand Old Picnic will be held this Saturday from 5-10 p.m. at Koenig Ranch, 7902 Hoppe Sister Rd in New Bremen community near New Ulm. See map in ad in this paper. Adult tickets are still only $15 and children under voting age eat free. Admission includes barbecue meal, door prizes, live and silent auction, supervised children’s activities, fishing and swimming with your supervision and a spectacular fireworks display at dark-thirty. Relaxed picnic attire is mandatory. Anyone wearing a tie or pantyhose will be thrown in the lake.
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Fourth Annual Wayne Reber Memorial Benefit scheduled in August
Posted on August 14th, 2008
The 4th Annual Wayne Reber Memorial Foundation Benefit will be Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wallis. Activities begin at 9 a.m.
Barbecue brisket and sausage plate lunches will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Plates will be $7 each and available for take-out or dine in at the air conditioned hall. Advance tickets for the meal can be purchased by calling 979-478-6510 or 979-478-7371.
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New procedure in place for Outdoor Burning
Posted on August 14th, 2008
Drive around Austin County and you should see a familiar site in many areas - brush piles. From Wallis to Welcome and from Cat Spring to Cochran, there are brush piles just waiting for a match to hit them and set them ablaze. Why so many brush piles? Are dozer operators busier than normal clearing land or cleaning out old stock ponds? Most likely not, they are probably waiting on the burn ban to be lifted by the Austin County Commissioners Court.
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Information on special assistance registry for evacuations
Posted on August 14th, 2008
In an attempt to identify special needs for Emergency Management purposes, as defined by the Governors Task Force, the special needs definition is “Those who cannot take care of themselves.” This population includes you if:
• you have a disability or special health care need and require assistance to get out
• you cannot drive and cannot arrange transportation
• you do not have a vehicle and you have no one else to help you evacuate.
Please register by dialing 2-1-1 and press 1 for English or 2 for Spanish.
If you have any questions, please call County Judge Carolyn Bilski at 979-865-5911.
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Commissioners call bond election
Posted on August 14th, 2008
Austin County Commissioners ended months of discussion Monday afternoon as they called a bond election for Nov. 4, 2008. The bond election will ask for $6 million, to be repaid over 20 years. The purpose of the funding will be repair and construction of bridges, improve public roads and improve drainage infrastructure countywide.
Commissioner chose not to include any improvements or additions to the Austin County Jail in this election.
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Brazos reaches Recognized rating
Posted on August 14th, 2008
Brazos ISD has been named a Recognized District in the 2008 Accountability Ratings released by the Texas Education Agency.
Brazos High School and Brazos Middle School each achieved Recognized status and Brazos Elementary actually dropped from Recognized last year to Academically Acceptable in 2008. The district scores as a whole gave Recognized status.
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Scrimmage this Saturday
Posted on August 14th, 2008

The Brazos Cougars have been lining up against each other for two weeks and will get their first outside competition this weekend. They host Burton and Royal for a tree-team scrimmage at Cougar Stadium on Saturday. Junior varsity starts at 9 a.m. followed by varsity action at 11 a.m. WNR photo by Johnny Griffin
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Around Here - Rosendo Garcia
Posted on August 14th, 2008

Rosendo Garcia could live just about anywhere in the state of Texas, but for the last two years and the foreseeable future he and wife Terri call Wallis home.
Garcia is an Industrial Firefighting expert and Associate Training Specialist with the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) based in College Station.
He specializes in Spanish speaking training for firefighters around the world but also is responsible for 11 of the72 area schools around Texas that are available to any firefighting service in Texas.
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