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Dateline WhartonDateline Wharton

BURN BANWharton County’s burn ban

is in effect until further notice.www.co.wharton.tx.us

n Brahma FB TicketsRegional football playoff tickets

for the East Bernard Brahmas as the home team vs. the Blanco Panthers as the visitors are available at EBISD school campuses and Savon Drugs through Friday at noon. The game will be played at Bastrop Memorial Stadium 755 SH 21 in Cedar Creek. Pre-game tickets are $4 for students and $7 for adults. District 13-2A THSCA – senior citizen passes are accepted. Prices are the same at the gate.

n WCJC Art ExhibitA Wharton County Junior Col-

lege Faculty Art Exhibit will run through Friday at the WCJC Art Gallery located in the Duson-Han-sen Fine Arts Building, Room No. 109, Wharton campus at 911 Bol-ing Hwy. The exhibit is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday. The collection is free of charge and open to the public.

n BHS Blood DriveBoling High School will host a

blood drive from 8 a.m until 2:30 p.m. today, at the BHS Homemak-ing Building. Call Melissa Salas at 657-2816 for an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome.

n Java JamBrennan Leigh is the featured

guest for our next Java Jam at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Milam Street Coffee Shop. Brennan plays a man-dolin. The format is 6 to 7 p.m. opening music; 7 to 8 p.m. a buf-fet and 8 to 9 p.m. second round of music. Bring a covered dish, enough for you and a bit extra. There is a $15 per person to help pay for the guest musicians. Dessert will be served.

n BHS Cheerleader EventThe Boling High School Cheer-

leaders will host an evening of fun, food and entertainment for ages 2 and older from 4 to 11 p.m. on Fri-day at the Boling High School Home Economics Building. As an early bird special, pay by Nov. 26 and the cost is $20 for the first child, $10 for each additional child. Pay after Nov. 26 and the cost is $25 for the first child, $15 for each additional child. For more information, contact Les-lie Barron at [email protected].

n Special Musical at PlazaThe world premiere of a new

musical based on Wharton author Marilyn Sebesta’s children’s book Scout, The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker, with music by Houston composer Suzanne Davis Marion., will be performed on the Plaza The-atre stage on Friday through Sun-day and again from Dec. 7 to Dec. 9. Friday and Saturday curtain times are 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2:30 p.m. General admission is $17 each. Seniors, students and groups of 10 or More are $15 each. Susanna lives in a small town much like Wharton with her lovable but clumsy chocolate-brown Labrador retriever, Scout. Scout joins Susanna and her friends in ballet class, get-ting ready for the town’s first-ever production of The Nutcracker. Mice from the neighboring feed store invade the dress rehearsal looking for the Mouse King, and Scout’s clever response earns her a starring role in the show. Part of the pro-ceeds of this production will benefit Wharton County S.P.O.T. (Stray Pet Outreach Team), a volunteer animal rescue organization.

n Music WorkshopRev. Christopher Dwayne Ellis

and Cooling Water Ministries will host a Music Department Work-shop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat-urday at New Faith Church, 2412 N. Walnut in Wharton. Registration and breakfast will be held from 8 to

See DATELINE, Page A2

GulfCoastlaysoffemployeesExact numbernot releasedby hospitalBy BENJAMIN [email protected]

Citing “economic headwinds,” Gulf Coast Medical Center in Wharton offi-cials have implemented hospital-wide

layoffs.The job cuts — which occurred just

before Thanksgiving — reportedly af-fect departments throughout the hos-pital and are part of an effort to reduce expenses, according to a news release issued Monday by Southwest Health-care Services, the hospital’s owner.

“Because of decreased referrals and utilization of local physicians and resultant decreasing demand for medical services, Gulf Coast Medical Center has been forced to implement certain cost reduction measures as a means of maintaining the financial vi-

ability of the hospital and in order to preserve its ability to serve Wharton and the surrounding community,” the release stated.

“In order to combat these economic headwinds, Gulf Coast Medical Cen-ter has been forced to focus on reduc-ing operating expenses, inclusive of the rightsizing of its staff in propor-tion to lower utilization of services go-ing forward.”

There have been reports of as many as 40 to 60 employees affected by the layoff, but the exact number was not revealed in the news release. Randy

Slack, GCMC’s chief executive offi-cer, on Monday deferred all questions regarding the layoffs to Southwest Healthcare Services representatives. Voice messages and emails to South-west to ascertain that information were not returned.

Southwest bought GCMC — which is a 161-bed acute care facility — from Signature Hospital Corp. in March. The Scottsdale, Ariz., based company also owns hospitals in California and Ohio.

Photo by Terrell JessenWharton High School senior quarterback Bartee Grissom sits on the football field at Matador Stadium in Seguin following the Tigers’ 37-22 loss to Navarro in a Class 3A Division II area playoff Saturday night. Grissom led the Tigers to the playoffs for the last two years, and after sitting out for three weeks because of an injury, sparked the Tigers in a bi-district win over Yoakum before Saturday’s season-ending loss. For more on the game, see Sports, Page B1.

The agony of defeat

Staff photo by Benjamin SharpThe southbound lanes of U.S. 59 turned into a parking lot Monday after a propane truck overturned near the Wharton Regional Airport. Traffic was backed up from FM 961 to almost FM 102.

Accidentcauses12-hourmessonU.S.59By BENJAMIN [email protected]

An overturned LPG gas truck caused a 12-hour traffic jam on U.S. 59 Monday, with vehicles backed up from FM 961 all the way back to FM 102.

Firefighters and police from 11 departments responded to the accident, which occurred around 5:20 a.m. in the north-bound lanes of the highway just south of Wharton Region-al Airport.

The main concern was keeping the liquefied petro-leum gas from catching fire, said Wharton Fire Chief An-thony Abbott.

“We created an evacuation and hazard zone,” Abbott said, “and put a water supply on it to keep the vapors down and prevent it from igniting.”

The truck was headed north on the highway and overturned when the driver lost control in the fog, officials

By KEITH [email protected]

A countywide burn ban is back.The ban will be in effect at 12:01 a.m.

Thursday, but no burning will be allowed beginning at one hour before sunset today.

County Judge Phillip Spenrath made the an-nouncement during Monday’s commis-sioners meeting.

On Monday, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) for Wharton Coun-ty was 521, which is above the 500 mark that automatically triggers the burn ban.

The previous Monday, on Nov. 19, the KDBI value was 497, according to Andy Kirkland, the county’s emergency man-agement coordinator. With a dry week last week, the index continued to rise, prompt-ing the burn ban.

The KDBI is reviewed every Monday, and any changes in the burn ban status are given to law enforcement officials, fire departments, officials and media outlets. The ban begins at 12:01 a.m. Thursday so that local newspapers can publish the in-formation in their mid-week editions.

County’sburnbanreturnsThursday

See HOSPITAL, Page A9

See ACCIDENT, Page A9

Small Business Saturday — yes, last Saturday was the day, nationally, to support and thank small businesses across the United States.

We do know that small businesses create more jobs than any other industry. We often celebrate large com-panies and forget those who provide those day to day jobs.

We want to highlight our local small businesses more than one day a year, but year round. They cannot exist without us but it is just as true that our community depends on them for products and services. I know it has become easier and easier to jump in our cars and run a few miles up the highway. It isn’t always necessary and I believe we need to shop at home.

Let’s think about it. Who supports our schools when they have special projects? If you ever wonder, take a look at the football programs each year. It is also true for all other WISD departments. What about the Lions Club pancake suppers, Pilot Club chili suppers and Rotary Gala?

It is our local businesses who are first on our lists. Do we go to cities for those helps or would we expect their help? Our local folks are always there for us but let’s be fair. I believe during these holidays we need to make our local businesses first on our list. You will be surprised at the many selections. Thanks, local small business owners, we appreciate you.

I feel honored to be the neighbor of a star, not a Broadway star but a Whar-ton Plaza Theatre star. I hope you will meet this special

neighbor at the world pre-mier, where she stars in The Dog Who Saved the Nut-cracker.

This is a perfect holiday musical based on the book by local author Marilyn Sebe-sta. Scout, my neighbor and the heroin, is a beautiful, yes clumsy, chocolate-brown Labrador. She looks forward to meeting you and making her debut in her tutu.

There are two weekends of performances — this Friday through Sunday and next weekend, Dec. 7-9. It is the perfect performance for all ages and a wonderful way to continue with this delight-ful season.

Thanks to Ron Sanders, the staff and the Wharton Chamber of Commerce for a fun Christmas parade. No one remembers for sure how many years Wharton has had Christmas parades but it has been a long time.

Those special projects do not fall from the sky or hap-pen by wishful thinking. It takes hours of hard work by dozens of people and probably hundreds of phone calls.

How and why did the date and time, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Christmas parade come about?

For many years there was

no definite date and each year the board had to choose a time when nothing was go-ing on, which is impossible.

Just about everything was tried. One of those years we thought a great date was sometime in December, on a weekend. That happened to be the time the students, including WHS Band were at UIL. What is a parade with-out a band? Mornings and afternoons have been tried with fewer people attending.

Another reason for select-ing this date was to give our local businesses an oppor-tunity to showcase their merchandise to parade goers before holiday shopping in Houston.

Finally, I believe while Larry Jackson was chair-man of the Chamber Board, we tried the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and that has been a great date.

How does it all come together? It takes dedicated volunteers and we have some special ones. It was 15 years ago that Jeff Rainer of Sonic Drive-In volunteered to chair the parade commit-tee, probably not realizing he was taking it into the next century. Sometime after that Logan Giese joined Jeff and those two have worked magic

ever since, each year run-ning smoother. In addition the Wharton Police and Fire Departments have helped with safety issues, making sure everyone has a fun and safe experience.

We were saddened to hear of the death of the Rev. Rich-ard “ Dick” Grant, former Rector of St. Thomas Episco-pal Church.

He retired to Florida after beginning his long fight with a very aggressive cancer. Dick and his wife Amy were in Wharton from 1990 until 2002 and were active in many phases of the Wharton community. We are better because they passed our way during their ministerial journey.

Tickets are now available for one of the highlights of the season. The American Cancer Society 2012 Christ-mas Home Tour is planned for Saturday, Dec. 9 from 2 until 5 p.m. The admission is a $10 donation to the Ameri-can Cancer Society. All the homes are special and very easy to find.

Three of the homes are on North Resident, one on Alabama Street and the Wharton County Historical Museum. Maps are avail-able and in the meantime a special thanks to the Blacks, Hlavinkas, Caseys, Frances Crump and both the 20th Century Technology and Wharton County Historical Museums.

Billie Jones is a longtime Wharton resident who writes a weekly column on items of interest about the Whar-ton community. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Upcoming events in and around our communityDateline Wharton

9:45 a.m. There will be a musical following the workshop that evening at 7 p.m. For more information, call 979-257-6073.

n T.L. Pink MeetingThe T.L. Pink National Alumni and Ex-stu-

dents Association will hold its national meet-ing at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wharton County Library. All members are asked to attend the event. Final plans for the annual scholarship dinner will be made at the meet-ing. For information, call 979-453-0405.

n S.P.O.T. PetCo AdoptionsWharton County S.P.O.T. will hold adop-

tion days on Sundays, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 at PetCo in Rosenberg. Abandoned dogs and cats, which have been rescued and received vet care, will be available for adoption. There is an adoption fee and ap-plication to complete. For more information, contact SPOT at 979-253-3446 or [email protected].

n Cowboy Church Play DayCoastal Plains Cowboy Church will host

a Holiday Buckle Play Day at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the CPCC Arena, FM 1301 and Newgulf Rd. outside of Boling. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and Play Day starts at 2 p.m. Participants need to call Michelle Han-cock at 281-814-1634 or email [email protected] before going to the event. Trophy buckles will be given for first place all-around in each age group. Awards will also be given for second through fourth place in each age group.

n Hospice LuncheonHospice Support, Inc. invites the pub-

lic to join in the annual Celebration of Life Tree Lighting Ceremony and Luncheon. The Wharton luncheon is at noon on Wednes-day, Dec. 5, at First Baptist Church in Whar-ton. If anyone would like to purchase a 2012 ornament, visit hospicesupportinc.org to view the ornament and get an order

form, or stop by the office at 1102 N. Me-chanic St. in El Campo.

n WCJC Choir ConcertThe Wharton County Junior College

Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will present their annual Candlelight Christmas Concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 at First Baptist Church of Wharton on Fulton St. The concert will include narrators read-ing scripture and inspirational readings ap-propriate for the season. The concert will conclude with the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Anyone in the community who has sung this chorus is welcome to sing with the choir on stage. Messiah scores will be available. This free concert is a Center of the Arts Series presen-tation. For more information, call the WCJC Communication and Fine Arts Division sec-retary, Vicki Hudson, at 532-6300.

n FUMC Free Movie First United Methodist Church will host a

free movie on the lawn for the community at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Classic movies on Rudolph and Frosty will be shown. For more information, call 532-1100, or visit fumc-wharton.org. The church is located at 1717 Pioneer Ave., next to WCJC.

n Basketball TryoutsOpen run tryouts for the Zero Gravity

Texas 2013 season will be held at Just Do It Now, 1619 Martin Luther King Blvd. in Wharton. Tryout days and times for boys will be Saturdays Dec. 8 and Dec. 22. Fourth through sixth grade boys tryout from 4 to 5:30 p.m., seventh and eighth grade boys from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and ninth and 10th grade boys from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tryout days for girls will be Sundays on Dec. 2 and Dec 16 for junior high and high school girls from 3 to 6 p.m. All participants must be accom-panied by an adult and registration for each age group will be 30 minutes before each tryout time. A $5 tryout fee will be charged per person per night. The tryout is mandato-ry for anyone who would like to participate

in the season. If selected there is a fee to play for Zero Gravity Texas. For more infor-mation concerning tryouts and Zero Gravity Texas visit zgbasketball.com or call Pete Es-posito at 979-559-0074.

n Local S.P.O.T. AdoptionWharton County SPOT will host a dog

and cat adoption on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Wharton County Junior College campus, Parking Lot No. 2. Abandoned dogs and cats, which have been rescued and received vet care, will be available for adoption. There is an adoption fee and application to com-plete. For more information, contact SPOT at 979-253-3446 or [email protected].

n Church CelebrationOur Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic

Church celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe Sunday, Dec. 9, at the K of C Hall, 2820 N. Fulton in Wharton. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. beef fajita plates are available for $8. There will be hot dog meals for children, baked goods and gorditas at 2 p.m. Raffle tickets $1 each or 6 for $5. Fish pond, Mexican bin-go, Los Carmelitos Dancers, drama on the Apparitions of Guadalupe and silent auc-tion will also be offered. The public is invited and credit/debit cards are accepted. Call 532-3492 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for more information.

n Christmas Bake SaleHoly Family Catholic Church in Wharton

is sponsoring its fourth annual Christmas Bake Sale beginning at 7:30 a.m. until noon, on Friday, Dec. 14, at the Family Life Center, 2009 Briar Lane. In addition to cakes, pies, cookies and kolaches, there will be home-made noodles, breads, strudels, cream cheese rolls and tea rings. To place an order for bake goods or to make a cash donation in advance, call Carolyn Bucek at 532-1910.

n Breakfast With SantaHave breakfast with Santa and Mrs.

Claus and their favorite friends, Ariel, Belle, Cinderella and Snow White from 10 a.m,

until noon on Saturday, Dec. 15, at The Lodge in Wharton. The event is sponsored by Faith Christian Academy. There is a $15 admission per person, tickets may be pur-chased at Barbee Services. Pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus will be available for purchase with packages for $5 and $10.

n Wreaths Honor SoldiersAt 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, a

wreath from the Wreaths Across America project will be laid at the Wharton County Veterans Memorial on Monterey Square. Following will be a ceremony at 12:30 p.m. when wreaths will be laid in the St. John’s Cemetery in Hungerford. The public is invit-ed to both events. It is a time to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and teach children the cost of freedom.

n Light the Night EventFirst Baptist Church of Wharton will hold

its second annual Light the Night, a free Christmas extravaganza for the community from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 507 N. Fulton St. in Wharton. There will be a live nativity scene, camel rides, special music by the CDC children and First Baptist Church Sanctuary choirs; a presentation by the Pup-pet Ministry of First Baptist Church, refresh-ments and photo opportunities. For more information, call the First Baptist Church of-fice at 532-4295.

n Free Dinner, ToysThe Come Up From Nothing Trail Riders

will host a Christmas Dinner and Toy Drive at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24, at the C.U.F.N. Hall, 110 S. Ford St. in Wharton. All the food and toys will be free to all families in need. Food and toy donations will be taken by calling Daisy at 979-543-0740, Crystal at 979-616-0068, Alicia at 979-257-6540 or Iesha at 979-257-9021. Donations will be accepted up to Saturday, Dec. 15.

n Food DriveWharton Veterinary Clinic will host a

food drive through Dec. 31. All proceeds will

be donated to Share to restock their pan-tries. Donations will be accepted during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. until noon on Saturdays. Especially needed are toiletry items such as toilet tissue, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.

Dateline Wharton is a free listing for nonprofit events and fundraisers open to the public. We encourage local civic groups, organizations and groups with activities that will benefit local residents to submit information. Submissions must be in our office three weeks prior to the event, deadline for registration or ticket sales. Submissions subject to editing. The listing will publish in up to four issues. Send listings to [email protected] or 115 W. Burleson St. TX 77488. Please include contact information.

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Every year stores seem to display Christmas decora-tions and gifts earlier and ear-lier. In turn, children seem to ask their parents for gifts ear-lier and earlier.

However, many children in our community are unable to live with their parents. That are unable to pester their par-ents for Christmas gifts is yet another reminder of their cir-cumstances.

The Wharton-Matagorda Child Protective Services Board provides Christmas gifts to the foster children in Wharton and Matagorda Counties. The goal every year is to allow each child to re-ceive that special something on their list, and to know that someone cared enough to make sure they received it.

The organization appreci-ates the gifts businesses and individuals have given in the past years. However in the last few years, Christmas do-nations for Christmas gifts

have declined. Unfortunately, the need has not. Monetary donations are needed and ap-preciated. Monetary gifts al-low the caseworker who has worked with and knows the child to pick out their specific gifts.

The board is asking resi-dents to consider helping them provide Christmas gifts to those children. Donations are needed before Friday. Monetary donations may be sent to:

Wharton-Matagorda Child Protective Services Board

110 E. BurlesonWharton, TX 77488Attn: Ramiro Hernandez,

SupervisorWharton-Matagorda Child

Protective Services Board members include Mary Ann McKinney and Don Hil-lis from Wharton, Betty Hill and Vice-Chairperson Jo Ann Vasina from East Bernard, Annie Stafford from Boling, Chairperson Letisia Ramos and Sara Judkins from Bay City, Bill McGonagle from Van Vleck, Paul Smith and Aman-da Hunter from Palacios, and Karen Hickl from El Maton.

If your business or agency would like to supply some oth-er type of help for these chil-dren, contact Wanda Corley at 979-532-5310.

CPS board seeksdonations forfoster childrenDonations neededby Friday to helpbuy presentsfor Christmas

Precinct 1 Constable Donald Barbee, who will turn 87 in January, will receive a proclamation noting his contributions on Friday in the commissioners court courtroom. A special retirement party is planned from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., with the public invited.

Barbee has served as Precinct 1 Con-stable since 1980.

In addition to his role as constable, Barbee has participated with the Whar-ton Volunteer Fire Department and worked as a reserve deputy with the Wharton County Sheriff ’s Department.

Barbee also served time in the U.S. Navy.

Barbee will officially retire on Dec. 31. His replacement is Mike Hubenak, a for-mer Department of Public Safety trooper who was elected to the post earlier this year.

Public retirement party planned Friday for Barbee

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It’s Harvest Time!at the

Wharton CountyFarmers’ MarketLocated at Guffey Park in Wharton, Texas

Just off the square on Houston Streetbetween Milam & Caney

Open Every Saturday November 3rd thru December 8th

Come out for fresh fruit and vegetables, local honey, yard eggs, home-made pickles, salsa, kolaches, breads, pies, cakes, beautiful hand-made crafts, jewelry, art and decor, and much, much more!

For vendor information call Jane Holmes at

(979) 657-2555Follow us on Facebook!

Now through Nov. 30• Wharton County Junior

College Faculty Art Exhibit will be on display from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. through Fri-day at the WCJC Art Gallery in Room 109 of the Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Building, WCJC campus, 911 E. Boling Hwy., Wharton. 532-6300.

Wednesday, Nov. 28• Wharton County Vet-

erans Service office will be open from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4 p.m. at 1017 N. Alabama Road, Wharton. 532-1311.

• Blood drive will be from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Bol-ing High School Homemaking Building, 407 Atlantic Ave., Boling. Melissa Salis, 657-2816.

• Matagorda Episcopal Hospital Outreach Program (MEHOP) Mobile Medical Clinic is open from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. in the St. Thomas Thrift Center parking lot, 416 W. Milam St., Wharton. 877-705-2008.

• Rotary Club of Wharton meets at noon at the Wharton Civic Center, O’Quinn Meet-ing Room, 1924 N. Fulton St., Wharton. www.whartonrota-ryclub.com.

• Family story time is at 2 p.m. at the Wharton Coun-ty Library, Central Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton. Homeschoolers are welcome. 532-8080.

• Domestic violence sup-port group meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Wharton Women’s Crisis Center, 116 E. Burleson St., Wharton. 531-1300.

Thursday, Nov. 29• Wharton Lions Club

meets at noon at Hinze’s Bar-B-Q, 8229 U.S. 59, Wharton. Sue Boyette, 281-782-7759.

• Java Jam is at 6 p.m. at Milam Street Coffee Shop, 200 W. Milam St., Wharton. 282-9771.

Friday, Nov. 30• Boling High School

Cheerleaders will host an evening of fun, food and en-

tertainment for ages 2 and older from 4 to 11 p.m. at the BHS Home Economics Build-ing, 407 Atlantic Ave., Boling. [email protected].

• Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. at Victory in Jesus Recovery Center, 218 N. Houston St., Wharton. John Williams, 533-2319.

• Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at Victory in Je-sus Recovery Center, 218 N. Houston St., Wharton. John Williams, 533-2319.

• The Dog Who Saved the Nutcracker will be present-ed at 7:30 p.m. at the Plaza Theatre, 120 S. Houston St., Wharton. 282-2226.

Saturday, Dec. 1• Wharton County Farm-

ers’ Market and Craft Show is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Guffey Park on Houston Street between Milam and Caney streets, Wharton. Jane Holmes, 979-657-2555.

• East Bernard Chamber of Commerce will have its an-nual Christmas parade at 3 p.m. in East Bernard. Chil-dren’s activities and food and crafts vendors will be set up in a parking lot between Savon Drugs and Polak Petals be-ginning at 10 a.m. 532-3871.


Sunday, Dec. 2• Wharton County Stray

Pet Outreach Team (SPOT) will have a pet adoption from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Petco, 23710 Commercial Drive, Rosenberg. 979-253-3446.


Monday, Dec. 3• Pre-school story time

(ages 1-5) is from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at the Wharton County Library, Central Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton. 532-8080.

• Alateen meets at 4 p.m. at Victory in Jesus Recovery Center, 218 N. Houston St., Wharton. John Williams, 533-2319.

• Disabled American Vet-erans, Wharton County chap-ter, meets at 6 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 2786 County Road 306, El Campo. Bruce Wil-liams, 979-282-1832.

• Boling Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Boling High School cafeteria, Boling. Brad Macha, 979-532-1220.

Tuesday, Dec. 4• Wharton County Vet-


• UH-Coastal Plains Small Business Development Cen-ter representative will be in Wharton from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wharton Economic De-velopment Corp. office, 1944 N. Fulton St., Wharton. For appointments, call 979-320-4085.

• Pre-school story time is from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the Wharton County Library, East Bernard Branch, 746 Clubside Drive, East Ber-nard. 335-6142.

• Tech Tuesday, an as-sistance program for basic computer skills and more, is from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Whar-ton County Library, Central Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton. 532-8080.

Wednesday, Dec. 5• Wharton County Vet-


• Matagorda Episcopal Hospital Outreach Program (MEHOP) Mobile Medical Clinic is open from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. in the St. Thomas Thrift Center parking lot, 416 W. Milam St., Wharton. 877-705-2008.

• Rotary Club of Wharton meets at noon at the Wharton Civic Center, O’Quinn Meet-ing Room, 1924 N. Fulton St.,

Wharton. www.whartonrota-ryclub.com.

• Family story time is at 2 p.m. at the Wharton Coun-ty Library, Central Branch, 1920 N. Fulton St., Wharton. Homeschoolers are welcome. 532-8080.

• Domestic violence sup-port group meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Wharton Women’s Crisis Center, 116 E. Burleson St., Wharton. 531-1300.

• Community calendar is published every issue. To add or change a listing, contact Managing Editor Keith Ma-gee at [email protected].

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“If what passes for country music these days gives you a headache, Brennen Leigh has the remedy.”

So wrote the Austin Chronicle in a review of the talented singer-song-writer’s latest album, The Box.

Leigh will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday night at the monthly Java Jam at the Milam Street Coffee Shop in downtown Whar-ton.

She mixes the tradi-tional sounds of country and bluegrass effortlessly and with deep admiration, yet manages to remain contemporary with sub-ject matter that is both fascinating and universal.

Born in Fargo, N.D., Leigh lived in Moorhead, Minn. where she began performing with her brother, Seth Hulbert. In 2002, she decided to give Austin a try.

2004 was a banner year

for the then fledgling sing-er-songwriter. She began a Tuesday night residency at Austin’s Evangeline Cafe, one that continues to this day. She also re-leased Too Thin To Plow, a satisfying display of her firm grasp on Ameri-cana that won her some opening dates with Ralph Stanley.

Leigh has expanded her audience to Europe, especially in Norway where she’s performed eight times since 2005.

In the multifaceted Austin music scene, Bren-nen Leigh stands apart with talent that is distinc-tive and a sound that is uncommonly satisfying. See BrennenLeigh.net for additional information.

Come join the fun at the Milam Street Coffee Shop on Thursday from 6 to 9 pm,

Wharton’s most unique live music/dining experi-ence. Bring a covered dish and $15 per person.

See www.milamstcof-fee.com for directions and more details.

Leigh to perform at Thursday’s Java Jam

Courtesy photoBrennen Leigh of Austin will perform at the Java Jam, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Milam Street Coffee Shop on Monterey Square in downtown Wharton.

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Last week, we left Al, a Nashville agent, driving Mickey Gilley’s 20-year-old Cadillac back to Houston with a load of Gilley CDs in the trunk. The tires were as old as the little-driven car and going through the terminal stages of dry rot.

about 1 a.m., Al heard a blowout bang and tried to call a wrecker on his cell phone. He got a “no service” signal. So he opened the trunk, unloaded the CDs and found a spare. As soon as he got the tire changed and let down the jack he heard another loud bang. The spare too was a dry rotten sun of a gun. So Al sits in the trunk of the car with the emergency flasher on hoping somebody would come along that had a cell phone that had a different provider.

Suddenly a car appeared, pulled over and a middle aged lady emerged. “Hey sugah, you need some help?” she asked. She was on her way to a convenience store about 10 miles up the road, to get some more beer, and she’d call the wrecker from there. “Want a beer,” she asked, “I got one more left.” Now he’s sitting in the trunk of Mickey Gilley’s car enjoying the only beer he had for the day when another car approaches and turns on his searchlight and multicolored revolving light show. A constable got out and asked if he was having a problem. Al explains that he’s just waiting on a wrecker. The officer asks if he is aware that drinking and driving are against the law. Al says, “I wasn’t drinking while I was driving. I had a flat and now I’m just peacefully sitting here in the trunk of the car having one beer. That’s all I’ve had all night. A woman stopped by and gave me this beer.”

“Uh, huh. I’m gonna have to see your

license and registration.”Al gave him the papers. “Sir,” says the

constable “I see your license is from Tennessee but the car is registered here in Texas. “Yes,

I’m Mickey Gilley’s agent. I borrowed this car from him. He lives in Pasadena, Texas where I’m headed now. If you don’t believe me here’s his phone number, call him.”

So the officer, who had a different carrier with service called the number. The officer explained and

Mickey said the car was his but it was stolen a couple of days ago by a thief with shifty eyes from Tennessee. Before the lawman could get the handcuffs on Al, Gilley laughed and said he was just joking. To verify the story the of-ficer asked Gilley to sing something, so Mickey sang, “Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Clos-ing Time.”

About that time the wrecker arrived, Al gave the officer a couple of complimentary promotional CDs that are free anyway and the officer left. When Al climbed into the wrecker with the driver there was a woman sitting in the middle. She smiled, and said “Hi sugah. Just checkin’ on ya. Let’s go get a beer.”

nHey folks: The next Java Jam will be this

Thursday at the Milam Street Coffee Shop in downtown Wharton featuring Brennan Leigh, a beautiful songwriter and mandolin player from Austin. She’s a knockout. See www.whar-toncountytx.com for details. Bring a covered dish and $15 per person.

Doc Blakely is a humorist and motivational speaker who resides in Wharton. For more information, visit www.docblakely.com.

Is there any reason that we who live in Wharton County and other parts of Texas or the United States should be concerned with what is taking place in the Middle East?

Are there any lessons which have an impact on us here and now in the Texas Gulf Coast?

Mohamed Morsi, the duly elected president of Egypt, has been consoli-dating power under his personal authority at breakneck speed. Last week he declared himself no longer under the authority of Egypt’s own laws! Thus he has usurped the authority of the Egyp-tian judiciary and other aspects of Egyp-tian government.

And what is he seeking to accomplish? In “Egypt’s President Moves Toward Dic-tatorship” James Phillips wrote, “Egyp-tian President Mohamed Morsi made his lunge for power shortly after helping to broker a fragile ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the extremist offshoot of his own Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood’s agenda includes imposing Sharia (Islamic law), curbing the rights of women and religious mi-norities, abandoning Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel, and advancing Islamist causes around the world.”

But one may wonder, what about the Arab Spring? What about all the advanc-es made? Why is Morsi doing this?

Probably because of human nature and man’s lust for power.

Our Founders recognized those forces deep within us. Understanding them, Thomas Jefferson offered the solution: “In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”

No amount of education cures those propensities.

That is why our Texas Constitution, modeling the United States Constitution¸ provides for a separation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches including checks and balances on each.

James Madison, considered the fa-ther of the U.S. Constitution, addressed these concerns after the Constitution was drafted and signed but not yet ratified by the states. Advancing the cause for rati-fication in 1788 he wrote Federalist 51: “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments”.

Consider his insights, cautions and rec-ommendations. He wrote, “the great secu-rity against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary consti-tutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others.”

How did he propose to do so? “The

provision for defence [sic] must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of the attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The

interest of man must be connected with the con-stitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflec-tion on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of govern-ment.”

Madison then penned this literary gem of in-

sight: “But what is government itself, but the greatest of reflections on human na-ture? If men were angels¸ no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be neces-sary” [emphasis added].

He then offered this solution: “In fram-ing a government which is to be adminis-tered by men over men, the great difficul-ty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”

While Madison recognized that the first defense against government encroach-ment rested in the people themselves (our Founders expected the populace to be civic minded, vigilant and virtuous) he knew more was needed; “experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” Thus separation of power, checks and balances and the principle of federalism — dividing authority between national and state/local government.

What then, are the lessons for us in Texas in light of what is taking place with Morsi, the Middle East, and our own na-tion?

1. Human nature has not changed; deep within mankind is a lust for power/control.

2. We should not be so naïve as to believe that education alone can cure that problem (think pre World War II Germa-ny, the most educated nation of its time).

3. We the people (or we Texans as Debra Medina reminds us here in this state) must be civic minded, vigilant, and virtuous.

4. We the people/we Texans must hold our governing authorities accountable to uphold, federalism, separation of powers and checks and balances.

5. If we do not, do not be surprised when governing officials, whether Repub-licans or Democrats or Muslim Brother-hood make a grab for power.

It’s in our nature. Our Founders weren’t so naïve or self-centered after all.

The price of liberty ... and justice ... is virtue and eternal vigilance.

Peter Johnston, an East Bernard resi-dent, earned a history degree from Cornell University and is a former high school his-tory teacher. He can be reached at [email protected].

There’s a lot of post-election analysis going on since President Barack Obama’s sophisticated cam-paign surprised Mitt Romney and other Republicans with a stronger-than-expected victory.

Obama’s convincing win, in both the electoral vote (332-206) and the popular vote (by 3.9 million votes), confirms that in a time of chang-ing demographics and views of the role of government, the president’s message and methodology are more convincing to more people than Romney’s.

The election also underlined that while the candidates were on ballots all across the country, the states really in play, and getting most of the attention, were just seven, according to respected elec-tion analyst Bill Schneider. They were Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, Schneider said.

That is in stark contrast to 1960, when 24 states — including Texas — had winning margins of less than 5 percent, Schneider says.

Among the tactics that helped the Obama campaign maximize its effectiveness was in-depth analysis of the TV viewing habits of people considered marginally likely to vote, according to Jim Rutenberg of

the New York Times.Rutenberg learned that the

president’s campaign team found it could advertise more effectively with their own data rather than the standard commercial television advertising approach based on de-mographic data like age groupings.

As a result, the Obama campaign told Rutenberg it bought ads on late-night programs like “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” ESPN, and even TV Land, a cable network featuring reruns of old TV programs.

Their effort was to try to reach less-political voters, who would be making up their minds about who to vote for, and whether to vote at all, closer to the election.

A by-product of the concentration on swing states by both major cam-paigns was that legislative majori-ties and governorships were more likely to go the way the non-swing states were expected to go in the presidential race.

The National Conference of State Legislatures found that 37 of the 50 states in 2013 will be under the unified control of one party — be it Democrat or Republican. That’s the largest number in 60 years, the NCSL reported.

Republicans will be in control in

24 states, including Texas. At least 13 states will be Democratic; New York was still sorting out some tight election districts.

That means that while President Obama will have to wrangle with divided government in Washington — Democrats marginally in charge in the U.S. Senate, and Republicans still with a majority in the House of Representatives — governors and legislators in those 37 states can have significantly more control.

For the Republicans, it can mean cutting taxes and expenditures on education and health care. Where Democrats are in control, they’ll be freer to increase spending on those items, even if it takes additional taxes.

Romney held on to the tradition-al Republican view of the last sev-eral decades, wrote David Brooks,

the New York Times columnist, fre-quent TV and radio news talk show guest, and a thoughtful observer of American political sociology.

That view is the traditional fron-tier notion of individual responsibil-ity — that government discourages innovation and breeds entitlement. Brooks said the percentage of people who agree with that view has shrunk.

He said growing Hispanic and Asian-American populations have an “awesome” work ethic, but “they are also tremendously apprecia-tive of government. In survey after survey, they embrace the idea that some government programs can incite hard work, not undermine it; enhance opportunity, not crush it.”

When they look at barriers to their success, it’s often “a modern economy in which you can work more productively, but your wages still don’t rise. It’s a bloated fi-nancial sector that just sent the world into turmoil. It’s a university system that is indispensable but unaffordable. It’s chaotic neighbor-hoods that can’t be cured by with-drawing government programs,” Brooks wrote.

And the Obama campaign fig-ured out not just how to reach those folks, but to get them to turn out

and vote in the critical swing states to decide the election for Obama.

nThere were 12 states where the

victor got less than 53 percent of the vote. Obama won 11 of them, Romney 1 — North Carolina, with 50.6 percent.

The close states that Obama took, by these percentages:

• Colorado: 51.2• Florida: 50.0• Iowa: 52.1• Minnesota: 52.8• Nevada: 52.3• New Hampshire: 52.2• New Mexico: 52.9• Ohio: 50.1• Pennsylvania: 52.0

nThe presidential popular vote:Obama-Biden (D): 63,679,412

(50.73 percent)Romney-Ryan (R): 59,769,964

(47.61 percent)Johnson-Gray (Lib.): 1,236,280

(0.98 percent)Stein-Honkala (Green): 445,247

(0.35 percent)Other (24 parties, plus write-ins):

398,783 (0.32 percent)

Contact Dave McNeely at [email protected] or 512-458-2963.

Obama win means changing electorate, smarter voter tracking

Morsi, the Middle East and if angels were to govern men

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Alcohol, drug chargesTrenton Joseph Joeckel, 31,

of Wharton, was charged Nov. 25 with driving while intoxicated (second offense). He was re-leased on bond.

Manuel Duran Delgado, 85, of Wharton, was charged Nov. 25 with public intoxication. He was released on bond.

Jacob Guerrero, 17, of El Campo, was charged Nov. 25 with public intoxication and mi-nor in possession of alcohol. He was released on bond.

Wayne Lee Hargrove, 44, of El Campo, was charged Nov. 25 with public intoxication. He was released on bond.

Marcus Ray Garcia, 19, of El Campo, was charged Nov. 25 with public intoxication and criminal trespass.

Serafin Bernabe-Perez, 21, of Markham, was charged Nov. 24 with driving while intoxicated. He was released on bond.

Curtis Albert Chumchal, 52, of Wharton, was charged Nov. 24 with driving while intoxicat-ed and striking fixture/highway landscape. He was released on bond.

Dennis Michael Stephens, 49, of Wharton, was charged Nov. 24 with public intoxication.

Kristen Ivy Kinney, 40, of Kingwood, was charged Nov. 23 with driving while intoxi-cated/open container. She was released on bond.

Dabid Pineda Chavez, 36, of Bellville, was charged Nov. 22 with public intoxication. He was released on bond.

Michael Anthony Earls, 45, of Wharton, was charged Nov. 22 with driving while intoxicated (third offense or more). He was released on bond.

Urbuno Jimenez, 30, of El Campo, was charged Nov. 22 with public intoxication and fail-ure to identify/giving fictitious information. He was released on bond.

Burglary, theft chargesJesmon Lepre Grant, 22, of

Wharton, was charged Nov. 24 with theft of firearm. He was re-leased on bond.

Dominique Lashae Sewell, 18, of East Bernard, was charged Nov. 23 with theft of property.

Leonard Anton Wynn, 25, of Charleston, S.C., was charged Nov. 23 with theft of property. He was released on bond.

Assault chargesApril Samora Pena, 28, of

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Kenneth Bernard Paige, 40, of Angleton, was charged Nov. 23 with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Kayla Ann Montgomery, 20, of Wharton, was charged Nov. 21 for assault causing bodily in-jury. She was released on bond.

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ton, was charged Nov. 25 with driving while license invalid (previous conviction). He was released on bond.

Clarence Spradley Jr., 47, of Bay City, was charged Nov. 25 with two counts of driving while license invalid (previous convic-tion). He was released on bond.

Jerold Jermaine Gray, 38, of Wharton, was charged Nov. 25 with capias pro fines.

Deidre Antoinette Coulter, 26, of El Campo, was charged Nov. 24 with failure to appear, issuing a bad check and display-ing expired inspection. She was released on bond.

Debra Ann Hardenburgh, 51, of Boling, was charged Nov. 23 with failure to appear and two miscellaneous class C charg-es. She was released on bond.

Freddie Talavera, 24, of Houston, was charged Nov. 23 with resisting arrest/transport.

Francisco R. Morales Jr., 29, of East Bernard, was charged Nov. 22 with driving while li-cense invalid (previous convic-tion). He was released on bond.

Wade Chenoweth Dow, 49, of Houston, was charged Nov. 21 with forgery of a financial instrument.

Jerry Hicks Jr., 33, of Hous-ton, was charged Nov. 21 with bond violation/violating a pro-tective order. He was released on bond.

“In Custody” is compiled from the records of the Whar-ton County Sheriff’s Depart-ment. Persons arrested have been charged with crimes but may not be guilty. Under law, they are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. This information is published in the belief that an informed commu-nity is best able to preserve and protect life and property.

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An El Campo ISD school bus was among nine vehicles that collided in a heavy fog on Texas 71 just north of Dane-vang early Monday morning.

All 13 students and the driver aboard the bus escaped injury, but four other people were transported from the scene to El Campo Memorial Hospital with non-life threat-ening injuries.

The Department of Pub-lic Safety is investigating the scene trying to establish how it all started.

People on the scene con-sistently said the southbound ECISD bus had been stopped to pick up children and that the first vehicle in the north-bound lane had stopped as well.

The bus’ flashing red lights were activated, witnesses said.

Fernando Lordo had just loaded his three children — ages 15, 11 and 10 — on the No. 10 bus right in front of his house near the County Road 405 intersection.

“My children were right there, getting on the bus,” he said, adding he didn’t see the collisions.

Lordo’s mind was on the children.

“I went for the kids. I took them to my house,” he said. “I told the bus lady to get ev-erybody out. Everybody was fine.”

Lordo ensured the children were well away from roadway, under a porch awning.

Dollie Solis of Danevang had been northbound on Tex-as 71 en route to work at El Campo Middle School.

She was stopped for the southbound bus.

One vehicle went by and then “a white car hit my car. Then the next thing you know cars are flying,” she said. “All the cars were hitting each other.’

But in the fog, it was hard to tell exactly what happened.

“It was very heavy. I couldn’t see anything,” Solis said.

Former ECMS Principal Rodney Montello was south-bound on Texas 71 behind the bus.

“It happened fast. You couldn’t see anything,” he said.

He tried to slow people down.

“The fog was just so thick you couldn’t see anything,” Montello said. “You could hear them hitting, but you couldn’t see them hitting.”

Vehicles were strung out on Texas 71 around Lordo’s home — one was about a half mile north, two others almost directly in front, a semi and three others covering both lanes.

The bus sat on the south-bound shoulder with one pick-up ahead of it. Another was in Lordo’s yard.

Tony Miller’s vehicle wasn’t hit despite the fact he was two vehicles behind the school bus southbound.

“The red lights were flash-ing and somebody came plow-ing through,” he said. “I tell you what, there was a lot of lucky people.”

One of those lucky ones was Lynette O’Briant.

Her plan for the morning was to head to Bay City early.

Her trip ended in front of Lordo’s home.

“What I saw was a person coming out of the ditch try-ing to stop me,” she said. “I saw nothing else except the fog. I hit the brakes. I hit the brakes too hard.”

Her vehicle collided with another one.

El Campo and Danevang volunteers worked the scene along with DPS and Wharton County Sheriff ’s deputies.

El Campo police also re-sponded rerouting traffic for hours as crews worked to clear the roadway.

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The multi-vehicle pileup took place just minutes after a one-vehicle wreck near the Wharton airport. That wreck,

involving a leaking propane tanker, closed both north and southbound lanes for 10 hours Monday.

The collision forced traffic to re-route through Crescent

during a heavy fog, which taxed county resources as agencies worked to control and divert motorists through the detour.

Nine-vehicle accident injures fourEl Campo ISD school bus isinvolved, butno children hurt

By SHANNON [email protected]

A trip to the movie saved the life of an El Campo area grandfather Friday when a fire destroyed his trailer home.

The 852 County Road 310 trailer was already engulfed in flames around 3 p.m. Fri-day when the first emergency responders arrived on the scene only to learn one person may still be inside.

Heavy orange flame rolled through a bedroom at the north end of the trailer with a large amount of smoke fill-ing the unit as firefighters de-ployed hoses and prepared to battle the blaze.

It was unlikely anyone could have been saved at that point, El Campo Assistant Volunteer Fire Chief Jimmy George Jr.

But with a few quick phone calls, family members discovered Felix Reyes had gone against habit and decid-ed to attend a movie at the El Campo theater.

“We’re blessed,” his son-in-law Ruben Martinez said as he stood near the burning trailer which literally brought Reyes to his knees several times.

“They said somebody was in the house. We got lucky he wasn’t,” El Campo Fire Mar-shal Larry Staff said Monday. “The occupants went to the picture show.”

Felix and Diana Reyes and their 15-year-old grand-daughter — Martinez’ daugh-ter — typically live in the

trailer. They lost two pets – a kit-

ten and a poodle.“The animals will be

missed,” Martinez said. “My daughter is an animal lover. It’s going to be hard on her.”

El Campo VFD sent 19 men and six units to battle the fire while Danevang pro-vided additional units and personnel.

“We got everything under control quickly,” George said with the department report-ing the blaze largely doused about 30 minutes after ar-rival.

Firefighters recovered the two animals’ bodies and re-turned them to the family for burial if they wished, George

said.“It’s heart-wrenching for

the family, but nobody was hurt,” he added.

Martinez said that the blaze may have been electri-cal in nature. His father-in-law’s trailer had electrical is-sues in the past, he said.

There was no working gas connection in the trailer, Staff said.

The family reportedly did not have insurance on the trailer valued at $10,000. The trailer was considered almost a complete loss along with all its contents.

Red Cross was called to the scene to provide immedi-ate assistance, George said Monday.

Fire destroys CR 310 trailer home

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grees. Spray a 9x13-inch bak-ing dish. Cover the bottom with 1 can of the pizza crust. Layer with the salami, ham and pepperoni. Cover the meat with the cheese. Top with a second can of pizza dough. Brush the top with the Italian salad dressing. Bake for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and bake for 5-10 more minutes.

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Children’s book turned musical opens FridayBy JACK [email protected]

Horton Foote would have loved it: audiences at the Pla-za will enjoy a unique oppor-tunity in December, a chance to see The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker, a musical which is not only being produced for the first time, but which has been created by a team of art-ists with close Wharton ties.

Wharton resident Marilyn Sebesta wrote Scout: the Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker, a children’s book published in 2008 on which the musical is based.

Suzanne Davis Marion, a Houston singer, pianist and composer, wrote the show’s music and lyrics.

Candyce Byrne, president of the Plaza’s board of direc-tors, published author and a Wharton resident, adapted Sebesta’s book for the stage.

Amber Barbee, the direc-tor of the show’s premiere production, is a Wharton resident who works as a coun-selor at Hutchison Elemen-tary School in Richmond and who, for the last 10 years, has worked with the Plaza The-atre’s youth group, The Lite-footers.

Sebesta’s book was in-tended from its inception to become a musical. Her work as a county extension agent with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service included getting children involved in music and drama programs, and she says she had wanted for some time to write a chil-dren’s musical.

When her chocolate Lab-rador retriever wandered across the street and wound

up at a dance studio where children were gathering for a lesson, the seed that grew into the book’s plot was planted. Working with a publisher she had met at a book-signing, she wrote the book, thinking it might turn into a script for a musical even though she knew she could not write the music herself.

Serendipitously, Sebesta met Suzanne Davis Marion at a Houston book-signing. Both had written children’s stories

about ballet and Marion had also written children’s music. They quickly realized that they would be ideal partners to write a children’s musical.

Candyce Byrne was the next person to join the team, when Sebesta asked her if Wharton’s Plaza Theatre might consider producing the as-yet unwritten musical. Here was more serendipity: in addition to having great theatrical expertise, Byrne was an experienced writer,

and she says she “knew from the instant Marilyn proposed turning her book into a musi-cal that it was a natural and bound to be a success.”

In the process of helping Sebesta write a proposal to present to the Plaza’s board, Byrne became a member of the creative team, helping to adapt the book into a theatri-cal script.

Part of the process of get-ting the Plaza’s board to

Courtesy PhotoThe transformation of the children’s book Scout: the Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker into the musical The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker, which premiers Friday at the Plaza Theatre is the results of four talented individuals working together. Pictured are, from left, Candyce Byrne who adapted the book for the stage; the musical’s director Amber Barbee; book author Marilyn Sebesta; and Suzanne Davis Marion who wrote the music for the children’s musical.

See SCOUT, Page A8

WCJC concert on Dec. 6 The Wharton County Ju-

nior College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will present their annual Candle-light Christmas Concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 at First Baptist Church of Whar-ton on Fulton St.

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rational readings appropriate for the season.

The concert will conclude with the singing of the Hal-lelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah.

Anyone in the community who has sung this chorus is welcome to sing with the choir on stage. Messiah scores will be available.


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lie Mae Hamilton, age 83, of Wharton, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at St. Stephen’s Baptist Church, with Rev. C. Gardner officiat-ing. Interment will be on Dec. 3, 2012 in Houston Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Ms. Hamilton passed away Nov. 25, 2012 at Gulf Coast Medical Center. She was born June 26, 1929 in Wharton to John and Mable Holmes Sim-mons.

Surviving are son, Charles Simmons of Houston; daugh-ters, Helen Haywood of Hous-ton, Shirley Curtis of Whar-ton, Mary Lou Breeding of Corpus Christi, Brenda Mos-ley of Houston, Wanda Clark

of Wharton, Loretta Triggs of Wharton, Yvonne Washing-ton of Wharton and Falanda Moore of Hungerford; sisters, Dorothy Haynes of Washing-ton, D.C. and Clara Vernon of Houston; 36 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services are under the direction of Gooden-Hat-ton Funeral Home, Inc.

Charles MillerCharles Phillip Miller,

54, of Rowlett, died Nov. 21, 2012. He was a former mem-ber of First Baptist Church in Wharton and attended school here until the 10th grade.

Robert WittigRobert Earl Wittig, age 83,

of Wharton, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Houston fol-lowing an extended illness. He was born on May 20, 1929, in Wharton the son of the late Clarence August Wittig and Frieda Henrietta Margareta Koch Wittig.

Visitation was held on Tuesday at Wharton Funer-al Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at St. John’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Barry Sharp offici-ating. Burial will follow in Ev-ergreen Memorial Park Cem-etery in Wharton.

Robert was a lifelong resi-dent of Wharton and he grad-uated from Wharton High

School in 1947. He served his country in the U.S. Army 1st Armored Division and radio operator for the 5th Armored Division. He married Geor-gia “Ann” Lewis on Sept. 6, 1958, and she preceded him in death on Nov. 23, 1980.

Besides his wife and par-ents, Robert was also pre-ceded in death by his brother Leroy Wittig.

Robert was a farmer and worked as armed security for the South Texas Nuclear Proj-ect for 10 years. Robert loved offshore fishing, playing dom-inoes, gardening, and grow-ing pecans and vegetables. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his daughters, Kathy Freidhof and husband Bill of Houston, Naida Kellogg and husband Randy of Cypress and Roxan-na Wittig of Sugar Land; son, Larry Wittig and wife Teri Ann of Lake Jackson; broth-ers, Leonard Wittig and wife Lil of Boling, Albert Wittig of Freeport, Raymond Wittig of

Wharton, Herman Wittig and wife Linda of Boling and How-ard Wittig and wife Loretta of Lane City; sisters, Helen Thomas and husband Bill of Houston and Edith Thons-gaard and husband Dale of Wharton; sister-in-law, Shir-ley Wittig of Wharton; grand-children, Conner Freidhof, Claire Freidhof, April Wil-liams, Lindsey Wittig, Clif-ford Wittig, Clayton Wittig, Elijah Wittig and Shelbi Kel-logg; and great-granddaugh-ter, Kaci Williams.

Pallbearers were Conner Freidhof, Brian Bremser, Stephen Carson, Clifford Wit-tig, Clayton Wittig and Chad Thonsgaard.

Funeral services were un-der the direction of Wharton Funeral Home in Wharton.

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The Iago Junior High School Student Council held its annual Veteran’s Day pro-gram on Nov. 9, in the IJHS Gym. There were 23 veter-ans from Boling, Wharton, Markham and Rosenberg plus 22 community members who attended.

Posting colors were stu-dent council members Jacob Razor and Cash Ricci-Ott. Haley Gavranovic, secretary, conducted the Pledge of Alle-giance. The IJHS seventh and eighth grade band played the National Anthem. A Veteran’s Day Poem was read by Aubrey Alcala, student council presi-dent.

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schedule the show re-quired identifying its di-rector. Sebesta wanted to ask her friend Amber Barbee, who is skilled in children’s theatre from her work with The Lite-footers every summer, to direct the musical. However, knowing Bar-bee had cut back on her theatre activity because she wanted to be with her two small sons in the summer, Sebesta asked her to recommend some-one else. Serendipity again: “When Marilyn asked me to direct a show that would open in December ... I could still be a full time mom and help other children learn theatre arts.”

Once its members had been identified, the artis-tic team began meeting regularly. “I don’t believe it occurred to ... us that this project was so enor-mous,” said Suzie Mar-ion. “With the tireless talents and vivid imagi-nation of Candy and Am-ber and Marilyn, things just seem to flow!”

Changing a book into a musical

The artists’ first task was making the prose narrative into a theatrical script.

Although much of the action in Sebesta’s book is set in a dance studio where students are preparing a per-formance of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker Suite, the musical emphasizes bal-let even more: the second act, in fact, is devoted to perfor-mance of a reduced version of the second act of Tchai-kovsky’s holiday classic.

There also had to be “addi-tions which remain true to the

characters and the ... book,” said Marion, “but which in-clude lively stage action.”

“We added characters to illustrate points that were carried by the narrative in the book,” added Byrne. Con-versely, while characters were added, locations were deleted: “every time you change the scene in a play ... you risk bor-ing the audience by making

them sit in the dark,” Byrne pointed out, so the action had to be set in as few locations as possible.

Sebesta and Byrne were able to identify where songs and dances would fit in the story, “and even the names of the songs,” said Marion. “Su-zie made writing the music seem easy,”said Barbee. “The most challenging part is the

costuming. We have boys and girls dressed as dogs who, in turn, are dressed as ballerinas and sol-diers. Costume designer Mary Agnes Grissom has done a phenomenal job, creating 40 costumes.”

That many costumes were necessary because the musical has more characters than the book — not only to replace narration, but also be-cause the show’s creators wanted to provide as many roles for local chil-dren as possible.

And it isn’t the only way The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker is intend-ed to help the commu-nity: part of the show’s proceeds will be donated to S.P.O.T., to help spay, neuter and vaccinate S.P.O.T. animals before they can be adopted.

One of the most im-portant changes the ar-tistic team made as they developed their musical from Scout, the Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker was increasing the prom-inence of Tchaikovsky’s work.

The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker is “a

great way to introduce youngsters to the story of The Nutcracker Suite and teach them what to ex-pect from the music,” said Marilyn Sebesta.

The Nutcracker Suite has long been a Christ-

mas-season favorite, and Sebesta, Marion, Byrne and Barbee hope the musical they have developed will itself be-come popular and be produced again and again in Wharton and, if a publisher is interest-ed, at theaters in other towns as well. But their emphasis now is on this Christmas.

And appropriately for that

season, in the end The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker is all about children: about kids’ real-world, 2012 issues a little boy is bullied because he loves ballet, and a little girl wants to be a soldier.

As Sebesta says, her story is meant to tell kids “be your-self; accept others for being themselves; be kind and giv-ing; and recognize the value of love.”

“(We) hope people will leave the theater with a song on their lips and (with) their hearts all ready for the holi-day,” says Byrne.

—Scout, subject of children’s book, now inspires musicalContinued from Page A6

Courtesy PhotoScout, the Chocolate Labrador Retriever owned by Wharton resident Marilyn Sebesta has become the subject of two children’s books written by her owner. She is shown in her tutu as she appeared in her first book, Scout: The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker. A children’s musical inspired by the book entitled The Dog Who Saved The Nutcracker opens this Friday at the Plaza Theatre and runs for two consecutive weekends.

Church holds special program SundayThe members of Pilgrim

Rest Baptist Church invitethe public to their Mission An-nual Day Program at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Guest speaker will be Rev. Corey Gardner of St. Ste-phen’s Missionary Baptist Church in Wharton.

Happy birthday wishes go out to Naomi Hines and Henrietta Lathon today; Lydia Holmes, Tori Hol-mes, Georgia Kranek and

Maureen Voulgaris on Thursday; Laila Brown on Friday; Kristen Cull-ers, Crystal Mock and El-bert Speaker on Saturday; Darrell Evans and Donna Svatek on Sunday; Tonya Heard, Bennie Hundl and Patsy Legler on Monday; and Natalie Gonzales, JoAnn Taylor and Georgia Wolff on Tuesday. Svatek and Wolff are Purple Heart Volun-teers at Gulf Coast Medical

Center.Get well wishes are sent

to Rev. Obie Rhodes, pas-tor of White Cloud Baptist Church.

Sympathy and prayers go out to the Ilse family on the loss of their loved one Ilse Miller of Co-lumbus on Nov. 20. She was a cousin of Shirlene Lowder-

milk of Wharton.Sympathy and prayers

are also sent to the Lemons family who lost their loved one Albereen Lemons of Eagle Lake on Nov. 18, and

to the Gibson family who lost their loved one Estelle Gib-son of Wharton on Nov. 16.

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Christmas is coming and it’s a perfect time to visit the Wharton County Library to check out books and enjoy the activities during the month.

Everyone is also invited to come to the Wharton County Library and see the Christ-mas display created by Patti Daniel. The trains on display are on loan from the private collection of Robert Osborne, retired East Bernard Elemen-tary School principal.

While there, it’s also a per-fect time to check out some holiday books to read for one-self or to children.

During this season, it is a time to remember friends and family. The Library has a memorial wall plaque in the front lobby with the purpose of honoring and or remember-ing the book lovers in every-one’s lives. Anyone wishing to make a $100 donation can add the name of their loved one on this plaque located right near the inside front doors of the library.

Everyone will also have a chance to do some Christmas shopping at the Scholastic Book Fair coming to the li-brary from Dec. 12 to Dec. 18. It’s a Buy one, Get one free

book fair and it will have a large selection of items from which to choose.

There will be favorite au-thors, award winners, mys-tery books, best-selling series, fun activities and much, much more. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to pick up some colorful, fun stocking stuffers.

Children will also be able to visit Clifford the Big Red Dog at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, and at 9:30 a.m. Mon-day, Dec. 17. For more infor-mation, call Linda Hines at 532-8080.

New Books at the Library are:

Adult FictionThe Forgotten by D. Balda-

cci.Tiger’s Claw by D. Brown.Low Pressure by S. Brown.Beautiful Lies by C. Clark.The Black Box by M. Con-

nelly.The Twelve by J. Cronin.Poseidon’s Arrow by C.

Cussler.A Texan’s Honor by S. Gray.Goldberg Variations by S.

Isaacs.The Bridge by K. Kings-

bury.Flight Behavior by B. King-

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Angels at the Table by D. Macomber.

A Fool’s Gold Christmas by S. Mallery.

Eight Girls Taking Pictures by W. Otto.

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling.

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Firefighters maintained a continuous stream of water on the trailer and on the spill, trying to keep the propane vapor low to the ground. Neighboring departments were called to assist with the water sup-ply. In addition to Wharton, firefighters from El Campo, East Bernard, Hunger-ford, Glen Flora and Boling responded.

Also responding were hazardous ma-terials teams from Richmond and Fort Bend County, as well as the Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas Department of Transportation and police, deputies and state troopers.

Southbound traffic was rerouted onto FM 961 and sent toward Crescent. The backlog not only created a headache for those unfortunate enough to be heading south on the highway but also for the crews sent to help clean up the spill. Ab-bott said gas company representatives eventually reached the scene and off-loaded around 40 percent of the propane still in the tank.

The tank was then up-righted and relocated to a nearby area where it was drained.

The highway was opened back up around 5:30 p.m.

Abbott said the driver of the truck sustained only minor injuries in the ac-cident.

“It could have been a bad situation but it all went pretty smoothly,” he said.

Photo courtesy of Jamie LovelessLouise resident Jamie Loveless provided this an aerial view of Monday’s accident on U.S. 59 involving the propane truck. The photo was taken around 3:30 p.m. “We just happened over the accident when we were flying to Richmond to drop off an airplane,” Loveless said.

— AccidentContinued from Page A1

According to the news re-lease, Southwest plans to con-tinue to provide services here.

“Gulf Coast Medical Center remains committed to provid-ing quality healthcare services to Wharton and the surround-ing community and will con-tinue to expand or contract its service offerings as appropri-ate, based upon the needs of its patients and referring phy-sicians,” the release stated.

According to a list of ma-jor area employers compiled in January by the Wharton Economic Development Corp., Gulf Coast Medical Center is one of Wharton’s top seven employers with 235 employ-ees.

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Navarro runs past Tigers, 37-22Class 3a Division ii area playoff

Strong ground gameby Panthers knocks WHS out of playoffsBy MATTHEW [email protected]

SEGUIN — The Navarro Panthers relied on a strong running game with four dif-ferent running backs carrying the load and racked up 391 yards on the ground to take a 37-22 victory over Wharton Saturday in a Class 3A Divi-sion II area playoff at Mata-dor Stadium.

The Tigers’ season ended at 8-4, and Navarro, which improved to 10-2, advances to play Port Isabel this weekend in the regional semifinals.

The Panthers’ opening drive set the tone of the game even though they did not score. They drove to the Tiger 33 where they were stopped on fourth down, but they ran more than six minutes off the clock. The Tigers took over with only 5:26 left in the quar-ter.

On the Tigers’ first drive, they only managed to pick up five yards and were forced to punt. The Panthers took over at their own 45 with 4:02 left in the first quarter.

The Panthers got the scor-ing started on their next drive when Evan Deleon ran the ball in from 25 yards out. Luis Jiminez added the ex-tra point, making the score 7-0 with 1:49 left in the first quarter.

On the Tigers’ next drive, Alfred Pinkney picked up 20 yards to the Panther 11 on a second down and 3.

After Ramon Frazier add-ed 6 yards on the next play to the five, Pinkney ran the ball in for a touchdown. Brett Kocian added the extra point, making the score 7-7 as the first quarter came to an end.

Navarro regained the lead on the next possession when on fourth and 7 from the Ti-ger 46, Ty Durham connected with Zane Conlin for 22 yards to the Tiger 24.

Conlin ran the ball in on the next play for a touchdown. Jiminez added the extra point making the score 14-7 with 7:41 left in the half.

The Tigers were forced to punt on their next posses-

sion, and Navarro took over at their own 12 with 5:10 left in the half.

On second and 10 from the Tiger 35, Durham con-nected with Conlin again for 29 yards to the Tiger 6 and the Tigers were called for a personal foul, moving the ball to the 3.

Deleon ran the ball in on the next play for a touchdown. Jiminez added the extra point, and Navarro had a 21-7 lead with 1:02 left in the half.

The Tigers were able to drive to the Panther 18 on their next drive but the clock ran out.

In the second half, on the Tigers’ next possession, they cut into the lead thanks to big plays.

On second and 6 from their 31, Bartee Grissom ran for 21 yards to the Panther 48.

Pinkney added 5 on the next play and the Panthers were called for a personal foul, moving the ball to the Panther 28

On fourth and 6 from the 24, Grissom connected with Ashton Branch for 22 yards to the Panther 2. Two plays later, Pinkney ran the ball in for a touchdown. Grissom added the 2-point conversion, and Navarro was up but only by a 21-15 score with 9:14 left in the third quarter.

On the Panthers’ next pos-session Conlin picked up 49 yards to the Tiger 23 on sec-ond down and five plays later LJ Anderson ran the ball in from 8 yards out. Durham connected with Anderson for

the 2-point conversion mak-ing the score Navarro 29, Wharton 15 with 6:14 left in the quarter.

The Tigers again cut into the lead on the next posses-sion when Grissom connected with Branch for 35 yards for a touchdown. Kocian added the extra point making the score 29-22 in favor of Navarro with

2:19 left in the quarter.Conlin added a 4-yard run

for a touchdown on the Pan-thers’ next drive. Anderson added the two-point conver-sion to put Navarro ahead, 37-22, with 9:54 left in the game.

After a Tiger punt on their next drive, the Panthers took over at their own 6.

The Tigers almost caught a break on the next play when Conlin mishandled the hand-off from Durham but he recov-ered the ball.

The Panthers were able to drive to the Tiger 34 before they ran out the clock.

Grissom completed 8 of

photo by Terrell JessenWharton quarterback Bartee Grissom (2) hands off to running back alfred pinkney (3) during saturday’s Class 3a Division ii area playoff game against navarro in seguin. The Tigers were eliminated from the state playoffs after losing, 37-22.

Class 3A Division IIArea playoff

Navarro 37, Wharton 22

Score by quartersWharton 7 0 15 0 — 22navarro 7 14 8 8 — 37

Scoring summaryFirst quarternavarro — evan Deleon 25 run (luis Jiminez kick), 1:49Wharton — alfred pinkney 5 run (Brett Kocian kick), 0:00Second quarternavarro — Zane Conlin 24 run (Jimi-nez kick), 7:41navarro — Deleon 3 run (Jiminez kick), 1:02Third quarterWharton — pinkney 1 run (Bartee Grissom run), 9:14navarro — l.J. anderson 8 run (an-derson pass from Ty Durham, 6:14Wharton — ashton Branch 35 pass from Grissom (Kocian kick), 2:19Fourth quarternavarro — Conlin 4 run (anderson run), 9:54

Statistics WHS NHSfirst downs 11 17rushes-yards 29-155 69-391passing yards 133 51passing (C-a-i) 8-12-0 2-2-0fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0penalties-yards 5-28 2-25punts-avg. 3-36.3 0

Individual leadersrushing: Wharton, pinkney 13-74, Grissom 7-42, Dontre elliott 8-33; navarro, Conlin 30-208, Deleon 19-72.passing: Wharton, Grissom 8-12-0 133; Durham 2-2-0 51.receiving: Wharton, Branch 3-87, leeshad o’neal 2-21; navarro, Con-lin 2-51.

GridironGuesstimationsWeek 14 (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) Keith Magee Burlon parsons Ben sharp Bill Wallace Chris filoteo Leader-Newslast week’s record 5-5 9-1 6-4 8-2 sports editorseason record 89-41 77-53 89-41 95-35 Guest picker

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Blanco nextfor Brahmas

Class 2a Division iireGional playoff

See TIGERS, Page B2

This week’s game

East Bernard vs. Blanco• WHO: east Bernard Brahmas (11-0, no. 2 in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football) vs. Blanco pan-thers (8-4)• WHAT: Class 3a Division ii regional playoff• WHEN: 7:30 p.m. friday• WHERE: Bastrop isD Memori-al stadium, 755 Texas 21 West, Cedar Creek• TICKETS: $7 adults, $4 stu-dents, available at eBisD school campuses and savon Drugs through noon friday. at the gate, all tickets $7• NEXT UP: The east Bernard-Blanco winner will play the lex-ington (no. 6, Texas Football)-refugio (no 1, Texas Football) winner in a Class 2a Division ii state quarterfinals playoff next week

By KEITH [email protected]

The East Bernard Brahmas are ready for the next chal-lenge.

On Friday, they’ll travel to Cedar Creek to face the Blanco Panthers in a Class 2A Division II regional playoff game at 7:30 p.m. at Bastrop ISD Memorial Stadium.

The Brahmas are making their third straight trip to the regional round of the playoffs, and this year they are hoping it won’t end there.

East Bernard lost to former district rival Schulenburg in 2010 and fell to Sonora last year in a heartbreaker, 28-27.

This year, the Brahmas enter the game as the favor-ite, but veteran East Bernard Coach Jerry Long, as always, will have his team focused and ready for the game.

East Bernard is riding an 11-game win streak and a No. 2 state ranking by Dave Camp-

bell’s Texas Football.The Brahmas had an easy

See BRAHMAS, Page B2

B2 Wharton Journal-Spectator, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 journal-spectator.com

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Thursday, Nov. 29Basketball• Wharton at Victoria

Faith Tournament (VB), TBA• Wharton and East Ber-

nard at Industrial Tourna-ment (VG), TBA

• Wharton and Boling at Columbus Tournament (JVG), TBA

• East Bernard at Halletts-ville Tournament (FG, JVG), TBA

• Boling at Needville Tour-nament (VB), TBA

• Boling at Brazos Tourna-ment (VG), TBA

• Brazos at East Bernard (7BB, 8BB, 7AB, 8AB), 5 p.m.

• East Bernard at Brazos (7BG. 8BG, 7AG, 8AG), 5 p.m.

Swimming• Wharton vs. Lamar and

Terry at Lamar CISD Nata-torium (VG, VB), TBA

Friday, Nov. 30Basketball• Wharton at Victoria

Faith Tournament (VB), TBA• Wharton at Columbus

Tournament (FB, JVB), TBA• Wharton and East Ber-

nard at Industrial Tourna-ment (VG), TBA

• Wharton and Boling at Columbus Tournament (JVG), TBA

• Sacred Heart at East Bernard (FB, JVB, VB), 5 p.m.




• Wharton Tournament (7BB, 7AB, 8BB, 8AB), TBA

Football• Class 2A Division II re-

gional playoff: East Bernard vs. Blanco at Bastrop, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 1Basketball• Wharton at Victoria

Faith Tournament (VB), TBA• Wharton at Columbus

Tournament (FB, JVB), TBA• Wharton and East Ber-

nard at Industrial Tourna-

ment (VG), TBA• Wharton and Boling

at Columbus Tournament (JVG), TBA




• Wharton Tournament (7BB, 7AB, 8BB, 8AB), TBA

Swimming• Wharton at Victoria Invi-

tational (VG, VB), TBA

Monday, Dec. 3Basketball• Wharton at Royal (7BB,

7AB, 8BB, 8AB), 4:30 p.m.• Royal at Wharton (7BG,

7AG, 8BG, 8AG), 5 p.m.• East Bernard at Van

Vleck (7BB, 8BB, 7AB, 8AB), 5 p.m.

• Van Vleck at East Ber-nard (7BG. 8BG, 7AG, 8AG), 5 p.m.

• Boling Iago at Rice (7B, 8B), 5 p.m.

• Rice at Boling Iago (7G, 8G), 5 p.m.

Football• East Bernard Athletic

Booster Club meeting at East Bernard High School, Coach Keri Slanina’s room, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 4Basketball• Van Vleck at Wharton

(JVB, VB), 5 p.m.• Wharton at Columbia

(JVG, VG), 5 p.m.• East Bernard at Flatonia

(JVB, VB), 5 p.m.• Van Vleck at East Ber-

nard (JVG, VG), 5 p.m.• Boling at Needville (JVB,

VB), 5 p.m.• Rice Consolidated at Bol-

ing (JVG, VG), 5 p.m.

• Send items to Managing Editor Keith Magee at [email protected].

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Alphanumeric Legend # - District W - Winner

R - Runner Up T - Third Place

* - Winner of the District

The Wharton County Ju-nior College rodeo team con-cluded the fall semester of competition Nov. 8-10 at the Sam Houston State Rodeo, which was held in Conroe.

The men’s team finished in seventh place with 120 points. The women’s team did not place.

Individual finishes include:• Bull riding: Reid Barker

placed seventh with 79 points.• Steer wrestling: Rowdy

Thames placed fifth with a time of 4.1.

• Steer wrestling: Cade Staton placed seventh with a time of 4.2.

• Team roping: Austin Stantikos and Cody Kohleffel finished eighth with a time of 6.7.

After the Sam Houston Ro-deo, the WCJC men’s team is in seventh place and the wom-en’s team is in eighth place in the Southern Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.

The team will start up in the spring on Feb 15-16 at the Trinity Valley College Rodeo in Athens.

WCJCmen 7that rodeofinale

DISTRICT 25-3A

BI-DISTRICTClass 3A Division IFriday, Nov. 16El Campo 35, La Grange 21Class 3A Division IIFriday, Nov. 16Bellville 34, Cuero 13Saturday, Nov. 17Wharton 48, Yoakum 34

AREAClass 3A Division IFriday, Nov. 23El Campo 51, Somerset 14

Class 3A Division IISaturday, Nov. 24Navarro 37, Wharton 22Bellville 21, Wimberley 7

REGIONALClass 3A Divison IFriday, Nov. 30El Campo vs. Ingleside at Victoria, 7:30 p.m.Class 3A Division IISaturday, Dec. 1Bellville vs. Orange Grove at Con-verse, 6 p.m.

DISTRICT 13-2A DIVISION II BI-DISTRICTEast Bernard, byeFriday, Nov. 16Blanco 47, Danbury 21Saturday, Nov. 17Rogers 35, Hitchcock 22

AREAFriday, Nov. 23East Bernard 47, Banquete 0

REGIONALFriday, Nov. 30East Bernard vs. Blanco at Bastrop, 7:30 p.m.

High school playoffs

time in last week’s area playoff, taking a 47-0 win over Banquete. It was the fifth shutout of the year for the Brahma defense.

Meanwhile, the Panthers defeated Karnes City, 21-14.

passes for 133 yards in the air and one touchdown. Branch caught three passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Pinkney led the Tigers on the ground with 74 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns.

—Tigers fallContinued from Page B1

— Brahmas readyContinued from Page B1

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111 Mobile Homes112 Travel Trailers113 Motor Homes114 Camper Covers115 Campers116 RV’sLIVESTOCK/FARMING131 Dogs, Cats, Pets132 Poultry, Supplies133 Cattle, Hogs, Horses134 Feed, Hay135 Seeds, Plants

FOR SALE151 Misc. for Sale152 Household Goods153 Want to Buy154 Garage Sales

ANNOUNCEMENTS171 Lost & Found172 Special Notices173 In Memoriam174 Card of Thanks175 Public Notices

DEADLINES: 4 p.m. Monday for Wednesday edi-tion; 4 p.m. Thursday for Saturday edition.RATES: Word Ads are 65 cents per word. Minimum charge, $13.00, which allows up to 20 words. Com-bination rate: An ad may be run in both Wednesday and Saturday editions for 52 cents per word per day. ($10.40 per day minimum) Word ads placed in the Wharton Journal-Spectator also appear FREE in the El Campo Leader-News, East Bernard Express and on the web.

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD: Office: 115 West Bur-leson St., Wharton. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mail address: P.O. Box 111, Wharton, TX 77488. Call 532-8840 for information.

ERRORS, OMISSIONS: Please check your ad the first day it appears. We cannot be responsible for incor-rect ads after the first day of publication.

1-1/2 ACRES with or without Morgan building. Electricity and well. $13,000.00 OR $21,000.00. Firm. Wharton. 979-531-9291.

32 ACRES, 2 miles out of Whar-ton off Hwy 60 towards Lane City, CR 138. Call 979-532-3613. NO Owner Finance.

002 Houses for Sale

1416 FORREST DRIVE, Whar-ton. Enjoy country living in this 3BR, 2BA home recently remod-eled. One+ acres, approximately 1800sf, 2-car carport, priced to sell! $129,500. 979-532-3519.

3BR, 1BA, Living/Dining room, washer/dryer room, 1,100 sq. ft. beautiful home. Complete electric, gas and plumbing up-graded to code. Carport and huge adjacent lot forms part of property and can be used to build another home. Lot size: 13,000 sq. ft. 2317 N. Fulton Dr., Whar-ton, 77488. For sale ($80,000) or for rent ($650/month). Great opportunity for investors. George, 281-794-1116.

003 Lots for Sale

BEST BUY IN Wharton County! We carry the Note! 1-1/2 acres with 125’ of county road front-age, $145/month. Call Alan to see, 713-562-8570.

007 Want to Lease

10-50 FENCED ACRES WITH water for horses in the Louise FM 1160/CR 352 area. Barn and trees would be a plus. Please leave a message, call 601-695-1733.

021 Help Wanted

TAX PROFESSIONAL needed. Call Debbie, 979-257-7262.

NANNY TO HELP ON SAT. & Sun. Please send resume with references to P.O. Box 1180-A, El Campo, TX 77437.

EZPAWN IS GROWING AND look-ing for an experienced manage-ment candidate with firearms experience at our EZPAWN loca-tion in Bay City. We offer com-petitive pay, benefits and paid time off. Please email resumes to: [email protected]

NOW HIRING: Experienced Ca-shiers and Maintenance. Apply in person: 10400 Hwy. 59N, Hungerford. Texaco Truck Stop.

NOW ACCEPTING applications at the Arbor House 1012 N. Me-chanic, El Campo. For Part-time Hostess/Bartender & Waitstaff. Must be presentable, reliable, honest & be able to work flex-ible hours. Applications ma be picked up between 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday. No phone calls please.

TOP PAY GRAVEL HAULING Class A CDL License. South TX & Gulf Coast Region, sign on bonus - some benefits, immediate open-ings call 979-648-2580.

PART-TIME MAINTENANCE per-son needed for 56 unit apartment complex, experience helpful. Must pass background check. Apply at 202 West Loop, EC.

CITIZENS STATE BANK HAS an immediate opening for a book-keeper position. Banking expe-rience preferred. Please mail resume to P.O. Box 1190 Ganado, 77962

LOOKING FOR AN experienced salesperson for a mobile home dealership in Sealy, please call 979-885-6767.

RELIABLE HOUSE CLEANER must have excellent references and able to handle all household cleaning. Home is in the Hillje/Louise area. Good workers call 601-695-1733.

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE with good people skills needed for tax preparation. Experience pre-ferred, bilingual a plus. May lead to full time after tax season. Apply at: Sanda’s Ins. 702 N. Mechanic (next to Auto Zone).

METHODIST CHILD CARE HAS full-time/part-time positions avail-able for Nursery worker. Experi-ence is helpful. Apply in person at 1009 Roberts St., EC.

GANADO NURSING AND Reha-bilitation Center is currently hiring for the following positions: CNA 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., CNA for 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., CNAs for 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. - shift differential is offered! Also accepting applications for PRN CNAs all shifts. Applications may be picked up at 107 E. Rog-ers, Ganado Texas. No phone calls please. GNRC is EOE

*MAKE UP TO $4,000 IN 13 days managing firework stand No investment required! Dec. 20 - Jan. 1, mrwfireworks.com to submit app. or call 830-429-1408 Mon. - Fri.

El CAMPO ISD IS ACCEPTING applications for substitute em-ployees within the food service department. Some food service experience preferred but not required. Apply in person Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 700 West Norris, El Campo. No phone calls please.

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT COOR-DINATOR. Horizon Health, the nation’s leading provider of Behavioral Health contract man-agement services is searching for a Clinical Assessment Coor-dinator for our 12-bed Geriatric Inpatient Psychiatric Program located at Matagorda Regional Medical Center in Bay City, TX. Responsibilities include all as-pects of patient assessment for admission into the unit, ongoing concurrent review of inpatients with payors. RN with mental health experience required. Ex-perience in Psychiatric Utilization Review and Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment preferred. Interested candidates contact: Suzanne Worthing, Program Director. Email: Suzanne.worthing@hori-zon health.com EOE

TAX PREPARER, FT/PT. Tax experi-ence a plus. Bilingual helpful. Will train. Express Tax Center. 1-888-583-2433.

DRIVERS The #1 Home Furnish-ings Co. in the world, Ashley Distribution, is growing in the Houston area & seeks Drivers to deliver furniture! AVG $65K/YEAR! *WEEKLY Home Time *Great Benefits *Job Security! Req: CDL-A, 1yr OTR exp, clean MVR. 1-800-837-2241 8am-6pm CST for app.

EXPERIENCED RANCH HAND- Ranch equipment knowledge, experience with show cattle and bilingual preferred. References necessary. Must live on site. 979-532-4300.

CAREGIVER/HOUSE Cleaner is looking for work. References available. Call 979-257-5643.

024 Schools

SIGN UP FOR ART CLASSES! Learn Drawing, Watercolor, Acrylic and/or Oil Painting and Print Making. Lessons offered from 5 to 7pm Mondays and 3 to 6pm Thursdays at Dragon Fly Restaurant in Whar-ton. Classes are $15. for a two-hour session. Call Burlon Parsons at 979-532-5285 or 979-532-8840.

041 Apt-Unfurnished

2 BR UPSTAIRS GARAGE APT. Stove & refrigerator, $430 monthly, 507 Mayfield. Call 979-543-4207.

1 BR APT. $175 WEEKLY,$300 deposit, all bills paid. Appliances included, 207 S. Washington. Call 979-543-1506.

4 BR, 1 BA FOR RENT BRICK house in quiet neighborhood 805 Betty St., in El Campo. $850 deposit, $950 per month rent. Call 979-541-9966 or 361-935-0849 for details.

3BR, 1BA, UTILITY ROOM with W/D hookups, large fenced back/front yard. $550./month, $500.00 deposit. No pets inside. 979-532-5835.

WHARTON: 2/1 Apartment, $575/month, $575. deposit OR large 2/1-1/2 Duplex $750/month, $750. deposit. 281-831-9305.

3 BR, 2 BA, CA/H, NEW carpet. $825 monthly, $600 deposit. Call 979-543-9511.

WE LOVE PETS! 3BR, 2BA in great Wharton neighborhood. Central Heat/Air, fenced yard, W/D, DW, formal dining room, 9’ ceilings and hardwood floors. $799. 979-532-9194.

AVAILABLE NOW! 3BR, 2BA Mo-bile Home. Gas range, window AC units, mini-blinds, new carpet, new interior paint. 980 sq.ft., one acre land. Gardener. All updated. $475/month, $475.00 deposit. No pets. Bill Coleman, 916-799-4561. 707 Mattie St., West Wharton.

001 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 043 HOUSES FOR RENT022 WORK WANTED021 HELP WANTED021 HELP WANTED 043 HOUSES FOR RENT

979-532-8840Wharton Journal-Spectator

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 • Section B Page 3Classifieds www.journal-spectator.com

The Wharton Journal-Spectator Wednesday Crossword Puzzle

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sp.) 5. Strike a heavy

blow 9. Guy (slang) 12. Tel __, Israel 13. The superior of

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For answer, see page B4

TRUCK DRIVERS WANTEDBecome a valuable part of the largest company of its type in the United States, Wharton County Foods, LLC. A Cal-Maine Foods Company.We are one of the fastest growing companies in the area and have immediate openings in the transportation department for the following:Short Haul Truck DriverTo insure a good quality of life for our drivers, we only hire in our area (50 mile radius). This allows our drivers to be home nightly and every other weekend off depending on customers’ needs.

Wharton County Foods drivers enjoy some of the most modern equipment available.Employee Benefits include:

Vacations • Holiday pay • Sick Leave • 401K Plan Family Health Insurance • Life Insurance

Dental & Vision InsuranceWe require the following to be eligible:

Minimum of 21 years old • Class A CDLMinimum of 3 yrs verifiable experience

No Major moving violations in past 12 monthsNo Felony convictions • DOT Physical and drug screen requiredCALL US FOR INFORMATION: (979)657-2891

Wharton Independent School District is now acceptingApplications for the following positions:• Bus Drivers• Substitute Bus DriversContact: Ronnie Arnold, Coordinator of Auxiliary Services Wharton Independent School District 2100 N. Fulton St. Wharton, TX 77488 979/532-6205 Application Deadline: Until Filled

Wharton Independent School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

POSITION: TWO RN’S FOR EMERGENCY ROOM

STATUS: GUARANTEED FULL TIME HOURS/ GREAT BENEFITSSHIFT: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM

QUALIFICATION: MUST HAVE TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. MUST HAVE ACLS, TNCC, CPR AND PALS OR ENPC.

CALL TEANNA KASARDA, RN (ED SUPERVISOR) AT 979-548-1579 OR FAX RESUMES TO: 979-548-5703

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••POSITION: MEDICAL/SURGICAL RN

STATUS: GUARANTEED FULL TIME HOURS/ GREAT BENEFITS • SHIFT: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM

QUALIFICATION: MUST BE A RN WITH MED-SURG EXPERIENCE, ACLS AND CPR REQUIRED

CALL: SHERRI PIERCE AT 979-548-1570 OR SEND RESUMES TO: [email protected]

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WHARTON TEXAS LOCATION Is seeking candidates for the following positions

QC inspectorProduction Machine OperatorMaintenance Elect. Mechanics

JM Eagle is an equal employment opportunity employer. We offer excellent benefits. Apply at the “Workforce Solutions” or at JM Eagle.

Top Pay Gravel HaulingClass A CDL License

South Tx & Gulf Coast Regions

Sign on Bonus - Some BenefitsImmediate Openings

979-648-2580

021 Help Wanted 021 Help Wanted

Riverbend Apartments 2500 Jr. College Blvd., Wharton, TX 77488

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2 bedrooms, 1½ bath for $599.00/monthNew appliances, carpet and tile!

HURRY! OFFER ENDS SOON!!

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THANKSGIVING MOVE-IN SPECIAL!

OUR LAST 2 Bedroom Apts. $495 A Month For The First 6

Months & $100 off First Month’s Rent (till Nov. 30), $200 Deposit.

Clean, Freshly painted, A/C, Ceiling Fans, Storage Spaces &

Plenty of Parking. Leasing Office Open M-F, 9:30am-5pm

979-531-8884

041 Apt-Unfurnished 041 Apt-Unfurnished

WHARTON SQUAREAPARTMENTS

1 & 2 Bedroom Apts Available

$150.00 Security Deposit$100.00 OFF Approved Rent

Your First 12 Month Contract

Multi Family979-532-5276

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& Employer

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SHOP FOR RENT, COUNTRY loca-tion. Ideal for hobby shop, or farm, boat or RV storage. Call 979-541-9994.

063 Misc. Services

MAZEL CHIMNEY CLEANING Services. Free Estimates! 979-282-1495.

073 Used Cars

2005 DODGE DURANGO Limited automatic, tilt, cruise, A/C, AM/FM/CD, 8 passenger, leather, sunroof, 1-owner, 88,000 miles. Priced to sell! Call Gilbert @ 979-541-7439. Financing available!

2010 FORD EXPEDITION Eddie Bauer 5.4, automatic, tilt, cruise, AM/FM/CD, navigation, sunroof, 8 passenger, leather. Nice family SUV. Must sell! Call Gilbert @ 979-541-7439. Financing available!

111 Mobile Homes

3 BR, 2 BA DOUBLE WIDE Mo-bile Home, 2006 model, 50x28 feet. Call 979-578-8770, leave message.

3 REFURBISHED Singlewides and 2 refurbished Doublewides available now. 1-888-284-6868. RBI 33813.

GREAT NEWS $1000 shopping spree on new Doublewide, $500 on new Singlewides ending De-cember 31st 2012. Bring in ad! 1-888-284-6868. RBI 33813.

$9,120 SPECIAL FINANCE Buyer’s Bonus. 3 BR, 2 BA, New Commu-nity Series Home. $9,120 actual incentives allow you to own for about $600 monthly in only 10 years! To move in this week! Call Krystal 979-543-4984 or Joe 979-253-9545.

REPOS FOR SALE. Singles, Dou-bles. In house financing available. Call today! 1-800-346-6144. Com-plete parts store available!

1999 FLEETWOOD MOBILE Home 3 BR, 2 BA, 1,200 sq. ft. for sale by owner $17,000. Call 979-541-9995.

BUY A NEW SINGLEWIDE OR Doublewide with 575 credit score - great deals on 2nd chance financing. Open Sundays call for details. 1-888-284-6868. RBI 33813.

131 Dogs, Cats, Pets

CHIHUAHUA/RAT TERRIER mix pups, tan and white, $125. Rat Terrier pups, purebred, 3-1/2 months old, $75. Shots and wormed. 979-478-6592.

134 Feed, Hay

HAY FOR SALE. ROUND &square available, clean & fertilized Jiggs. Call 979-543-9438 or 979-578-1226.

PASTURE IMPROVEMENTS Jiggs, Tifton 85. Coastal Roots available. 979-533-2554.

JIGGS BERMUDA HAY SALE. Buy One, Get One Free! Round.. $70.00. Square.. $8.00. Call (979) 533-2447.

I BUY JUNK AND WRECKED cars and trucks. Robert, 979-532-4403.

BUYING GOLD AND SILVER COINS. Contact Carl at Milam Street Coffee, Wharton. 979-282-9771.

CASH! TO BUY JUNK CARS, junk trucks, junk farm machinery, salvage metal, batteries etc. Call 979-618-1204 or 979-618-0880, Joey.

171 Lost & Found

BLACK & WHITE MALE Chi-huahua found near Trift St., El Campo. To claim, call 979-332-1681.

172 Special Notices

KATHY’S HAIR DESIGN welcomes Kristin Haynes. To book you ap-pointments call 979-320-4678. Walk-ins welcome.

DUE TO RELOCATION, Dr. Vanessa J. Mandal is no longer practicing in Wharton, Texas and is no longer available to patients. Should you require copy of medical records, send faxed request to: 832-218-6961.

044 MISC.-RENT 153 WANT TO BUY111 MOBILE HOMES

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062 Contracting Repairs

Answer to Puzzle on page B3

For LeaseFenced in Building

(Former Resale Shop)605A N. Richmond Rd.

For more info call979-532-5000

COASTAL BENDFOUNDATION REPAIR

Guaranteed Lifetime Transferrable Warranty

Slab and Pier & BeamSenior DiscountFree Estimates

Ask for Danny McBride

1-800-460-8594

MUND MOVING CO.979-532-8810

Linda’s Sand &Gravel, LLC.

Call Linda

979-541-7621 or979-578-6308

J. S. Flores Painting & Remodeling

Free Estimates17 Years Experience

Beat Any PriceJohnny:

832.971.9104

151 Misc. for Sale

Tyler’s Jewelry & Pawn Shop*New 14k Gold & jewelry repairs*We make loans on most things of value*We buy gold, diamonds, gold and silver coins*Circle E Candles2310 N. Richmond, Wharton

979-532-0971

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Saturday, December 8Leave 12 Noon from WalMart in El Campo. Leave 12:45 p.m. from Rosenberg Fair Grounds.

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154 Garage Sales

GARAGE SALESat • Dec. 1 • 8am-? Sat • Dec. 8 • 8am-?

Some furniture, household items, etc.

5310 FM 3012Old Lane City Road

GARAGE SALEFri-Sat • Nov. 30-Dec. 1

7am-3pmKids’clothes, household items,

games, movies, furniture, books, lots of really neat stuff!

517 N. Rusk

3-FAMILY GARAGE SALESat • Dec. 1 • 8am-? Clothes all sizes, shoes, twin

beds, toys, dishes, etc.

206 School St.Iago - Near Jr. High

MULTI-FAMILYGARAGE SALE

Sat • Dec. 1 • 8am-12pmNO EARLY BIRDS

Clothes for everyone, kitchenware, linens, homegoods,

toys & much more!

3714 Cline Dr.

MOVING SALESat • Dec. 1 • 9am-4pm

Men/women clothing, shoes, some furniture,

books, etc.

611 Reed Ave.

SVATEk’S 3-FAMILYGARAGE SALE

Sat • Dec. 1 6:30am-1:30pm

Car hauling trailer, day bed, bedding, curtains, desk, table & 4 chairs, table & 6 chairs,

dresser. Lots of odds & ends.

1510 Moore St.

GARAGE SALESat • Dec. 1 • 7am-?Comforters, Christmas

items, microwaves, dishes... too many items to list!

On CR 138 Off of Old Lane Rd.

Look for Signs

2-FAMILY GARAGE SALESat • Dec. 1 • 8am-4pm

Christmas, clothes, shoes & boots, comforter sets. A little of

everything. Too much to list!

1911 Willow Bend Dr.

GARAGE SALESat • Dec. 1 • 6am-11am

Boys’ toys, bikes, riding toys, household

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2851 Turtle Creek Dr.

CARPORT SALESat • Dec. 1 • 7am-?

Christmas decorations, toys, kitchenware, pictures, truck

rims, children’s clothing, household goods & lots of misc.

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Tigers Lose BuT Have anoTHer greaT season

Tigers fall short against Navarro in area playoffIt was another great night for high school football

on Saturday night at Matador Stadium in Seguin, but unfortunately for the Wharton Tigers, it was the last game of the season.

The Tigers put up another great effort but fell short against the Navarro Panthers, 37-22, in a Class 3A Division II area playoff.

The loss ended the season for the Tigers at 8-4, but they advanced to the state playoffs for the sec-cond year in a row and won the bi-district champi-onship for two straight years.

The 8-4 season record for the Tigers was the most wins in a season since 2003.

Congratulations, Tigers, for another great year!

Photos by Terrell Jessen

WJS Edition 11/28/2012

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