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COMMUNITY PROFILE:

Gallery Furniture opens hugenew store on Grand Parkway

Rep. Hernandez tohost LegislativeTown Hall Meetings

Join State RepresentativeAna Hernandez on:

•Wednesday, August 19,2015 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMat Alvin Baggett RecreationBldg., 302 Keene St., GalenaPark, TX., 77547.

•Thursday, August 20, 2015from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM at Chan-nelview High Joyce Hendrix Ed-ucational Center, 828 SheldonRd., Channelview, TX. 77530.

•Tuesday, September 15,2015 from 6:45 pm - 8:30 pmat Neighborhood Centers, Inc.Ripley House, 4410 Navigation,Houtson, TX. 77011.

Come get an update onnew laws passed during the84th Legislative Session.

For more information call713-675-8596.

JC COUNCIL NEWS WRAP-UP:

Jacinto City Council hears Jamailof Keep City Clean committee

$20 MILLION OF WASTE PITS SETTLEMENTWILL BE RETURNED TO RIVERFRONT AREAS

By Gilbert HoffmanNorth Channel Star

Harris County AttorneyVince Ryan’s office won a$29.2 million lawsuitagainst the companiesthat polluted the San Ja-cinto River with toxicwaste from a paper mill inthe 1950’s, and now theCounty Commissionershave voted to return someof that award to the areawhere the pollution has af-fected it most. $10 millionof the County’s share willbe spent on environmen-tal improvements in theHighlands area, accordingto County Judge Ed Em-mett.

In addition, this week

State Rep. Wayne Smithannounced that the state’sshare, approximately an-other $10 million, will bedesignated for improve-ments along the San Ja-c i n t o R i v e r , a n dadministered by the Tex-as Parks and Wildlife De-partment.

In a statement issuedby Jackie Young of theSan Jacinto River Coali-tion, the following wassaid:

“Tuesday, June 23,2015 Harris County Com-missioners voted for theCounty’s portion of thesettlement funds from theWaste Pits Litigation to beused within a 5 mile radi-us of the Waste Pits andwithin the San Jacinto

River watershed. In No-vember of 2014 two of thethree companies HarrisCounty filed suit against,settled for $29.2 million.Roughly $10 million wentto Harris County and willnow be used exclusivelyfor projects related to thelocal environment, recre-ation, quality of life im-p r o v e m e n t , a n dpotentially for pollutioncontrol services.”

“In January, the SanJacinto River Coalitionhosted a community eventcalled “Bring the MoneyBack” where they askedlocal residents to provideinput on the types ofprojects that they feelwould have the greatestlong-term impacts. Resi-

dents suggested projectssuch as city infrastructurefor homeowners using pri-vate groundwater wells, amemorial and educationcenter so that future gen-erations can lear about thep o l l u t i o n t h a t o n c eplagued the local environ-ments and communities,groundwater and soilsampling to find out theextent of contamination inthe area.”

Smith announces another$10 million

At a recent HighlandsRotary meeting, StateRepresentative WayneSmith told the group thatworking with State Rep.John Otto, chair of the Ap-propriations Committee

and representing the Day-ton area, he had managedto get the State’s share,approximately $10 mil-lion, designated for returnto the Highlands area, andadministered through theTexas Parks and WildlifeDepartment.

Smith said the exactlanguage of the House BillNo. 2 was as follows:

“Section 27. Parks andWildlife Department: SanJacinto Lawsuit Settle-ment . In addit ion toamounts previously ap-propriated for the statefiscal biennium endingAugust 32, 20a5, if moneyis recovered under anagreed final judgment in

Galena Park Soccer winners

THE EXTERIOR FACADE of the new Gallery Furniture store on Highway 99 in West Houstonpresents a striking appearance from the highway.

WEST HOUSTON –Jim and Linda McIngvalestarted their successfulfurniture business in 1981,building it into the area’sleading furniture outlets,and a phenomenon known

nationally for its success.Most of this business

was conducted out of theirfirst location, at 6006 I-45North, a converted housethat was replaced by alarge modern store.In 2009

Jim McIngvale opened asecond location on PostOak Boulevard, to reachout to a new market, and

See Gallery Furniture, p. 3

See $20 million, page 6

By Allan Jamail

Jacinto City, TX. June25, 2015 - The Mayor andCouncil at the regularCouncil Meeting on June

Front right: Mayor Ana Diaz / Back left to right: City Manager Lon Squyres, CouncilwomanCarmela Garcia, Councilmen Greg Robinson & Allen Lee. The wording on the signs; English:We Pick Up Trash, Junk, Limbs and Other Items on Saturdays. Spanish: Recogemos basura,chatarra, ramas de arboles y otros artículos los sábados.

(photo by Allan Jamail)

11, 2015, displayed newsigns for heavy trash pick-up with the hope it will en-courage citizens to cleanup their property.

Mayor Ana Diaz onlyeight months into her first

term as Mayor in May of2013 made it her goal toreturn the city’s healthconditions back to the

See KEEP CITY CLEAN,page 3

Galena ParkSwimming Poolopen to the public

Galena Park Swimming Poolis open for 2015 season. Costis $4 per person. Open to thepublic 11 am - 9 pm Tuesday toSunday. Senior Citizens: 8 am -9 am. Swin Lessons: 9 am - 11am. Pool will close on August14 and will only open again forLabor Day Weekend, Sep. 5, 6& 7.

Galena Park-JacintoCity CIP meeting

Thursday, August 6, 2015.5:45 pm at Alvin Baggett Rec-reation Building, 1302 Keene inGalena Park. Points to talk:

• Kirk Higbie, Director ofSafety & Environmental, will talkabout the Port Terminal Rail-road Association (PTRA) and itsrole in rail transport and how itcompares to that of the majorrail lines (Union Pacific and Bur-lington Northern Southern Pa-cific (BNSF).

•Starting a Food Bank –AARP Chapter 1160 in cooper-ation with Galena Park Recre-ation Department and JacintoCity/Galena Park Rotary is work-ing to establish a Food Bank inGalena Park. Details are avail-able from AARP PresidentChuck Lewis, 713-455-4698.

San Jacinto River Toxic Waste Pits

The Galena Park Galaxy Soccer Team won secondplace in the recent recreation department, city-widesoccer tournament that was held in the park besideBaggett Center. Recreation Director Ernesto Paredespresents the winners with a plaque at the last CouncilMeeting. Present were coaches Francisco Macias andRolando Grimaldo, and players Fernando Mendoza,Aramatzi Macias, Eric Zapata, Nathan Gallegos, AxxelVazquez, Jesus Resendiz, Alejandro Grimaldo, andNathan Macias. CONGRATULATIONS, GALAXY!

Deputies apprehendthree robbers

DENTRILL STILLS

EAST HARRIS COUN-TY – On Saturday, July 11,2015, Harris County sher-iff ’s Office District 3 Patroldeputies were involved ina pursuit of three aggra-vated robbery suspects ineast Harris County.

A caller stated to Har-ris County 911, that he wasfollowing three armed sus-pects, who had robbed twomales in the driveway of aresidence in the 900 blockof Barbara Mae.

He described that twoblack males wearing blackbandannas and armedwith pistols fled to a goldcolored Cadillac and spedaway at a high rate ofspeed.

The witness followedthe suspects alone the EastFreeway towards DellDale. As the Cadillac triedto elude the witness, one ofthe males in the backseatleaned out the window and

fired his handgun at hisvehicle.

District 3 patrol unitswere able to catch up to thewitness’s vehicle and be-gan pursuing the Cadillac.

As the suspects drove onMarket Street towards theEast Freeway, they strucka small SUV vehicle at theintersection. The suspects’vehicle suffered major

See ROBBERS, page 3

Gunfire, chase after 9-1-1 alert

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HARRIS COUNTY, TX-Harris County Sheriff’sOffice Robbery Divisionhave announced the charg-ing and arrests of over 24adults and 2 juveniles in aseries of aggravated rob-beries in the northeastHarris County and the cityof Houston.

Investigators with theHCSO Robbery Division,the Houston Police Depart-ment Robbery Division,and Harris County DistrictAttorney’s Office filedmore than 54 felony charg-es on the 24 adult and 2j u v e n i l e d e f e n d a n t s .Charges include aggravat-ed robbery with a deadlyweapon and engaging inorganized criminal activi-ty, aggravated assault ona peace officer.

The incidents took placein a variety of areas innortheast Harris Countyand also in the City ofHouston. The defendants

Over 24 arrested in cellphone store robberies

would enter the business-es at gunpoint and demandiPhones and cash from theemployees and customers.They would threaten to killthe employees, if they gavethem iPhones with track-ing devices.

Washington, DC – U.S.Representative Brian Bab-in (TX-36) spoke on theHouse floor today to con-demn President Obama’sannounced “nuclear deal”with Iran, which falls shortof preventing a nuclear-armed Iran and puts thesecurity of the Americanpeople at risk. The tran-script of his speech is asfollows:

“President Obama hasmade a ‘deal’ with the Is-lamic Republic of Iran – aterrorist regime that reg-ularly leads chants of‘Death to America’, burnsour flag, and has killedhundreds of American sol-diers.

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A great cooperation be-tween local law enforce-ment and the Harr isCounty District Attorney'sOffice for bringing justiceto all victims involved.

The following caseswere closed from this ar-rest of these defendants:

Babin denounces PresidentObama’s nuclear deal with Iran

anytime access’ to Iran’scivil and military sites.Unfortunately, this dealsets forth no such require-ment. Under the deal, in-spectors can only ask forpermission to access Irani-an military sites, like theirfortified underground fa-cility in Fordow.

“Decisions about accesswill be left to Iran’s lead-ers, who have said that in-spectors will not bepermitted to inspect mili-tary sites, even ‘in theirdreams’.

“This deal doesn’t re-quire the release of theAmerican hostages beingheld by Iran’s government.It has no acknowledge-ment by Iran of Israel’sright to exist. These provi-sions would signal that

Iran is serious aboutchanging their ways. Butthey have said no. Andthat’s why Congressshould reject this bad deal.I yield back.”

HARRIS COUNTY, TX– Harris County SheriffRon Hickman has movedto terminate the costly con-tract awarded to Mike Bar-ber Ministries, fundedthrough the Harris Coun-ty Jail’s Commissary Fundunder the previous admin-istration.

In 2012, Mike BarberMinistries was awarded acontract to coordinate thenetwork of volunteer chap-lains, and chaplain servic-es in the Harris CountyJail. To date, Mr. Barberhas been paid over $1.1million in funds collectedthrough the profit of com-missary sales to inmates.

In a move to impose rea-sonable cost controlsthroughout the Harris

HCSO Sheriff terminatescostly jail ministry contract

County Jail System, Sher-iff Ron Hickman terminat-ed the Harris CountySheriff ’s Office businessrelationship with Barberby sending notice to hisDeSoto, Texas headquar-ters.

In no way are religiousofferings suspended in theHarris County Jail as aresult of the decision tovacate the current con-tracted services with Bar-ber. The Sheriff ’sExecutive Director of Com-munity Relations, EdwinDavis and the HarrisCounty Sheriff ’s OfficeChaplains have moved tosupplant and replace anyservices offered by Barberwith cost-free volunteersfrom the faith based com-

munity of Harris County.“In a community the

size of Harris County, faithbased missions can offermany of the same servic-es, and more,” states Sher-iff Hickman. “It’sunconscionable to expendexorbitant amounts oncontracted prayer, when acommunity of volunteers isready and willing to pro-vide ministry services. Wemust be better stewards offunds under our control.”

The Harris County JailChaplaincy program is co-ordinated through part-nerships withcongregations of all faiths.In doing so, the Sheriff ’sOffice has turned to a morecost effective coordinationsolution.

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JUDGE Don Coffey spoke to the Highlands RotaryClub about a new law passed by the 84thLegislature, that will affect how JP courts andschool districts deal with the problem of truancy,and what level of penalty can now be assessedon a student with absences.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE Wayne Smith speaks atthe Highlands Rotary Club about the legislationpassed in the 84th session, and how it affectslaws and life in his District 128.

Rotary hears speakerson new laws passedby the 84th Legislature

Now that the TexasState Legislature has com-pleted their Biennial ses-sion, new laws have comeinto affect or will soon, andcitizens need to be awareof them, and their conse-quences.

That was the premisefor two talks given recent-ly at Rotary luncheons inHighlands, by Judge DonCoffey and State Repre-sentative Wayne Smith.

Judge Coffey said thatthe new Truancy regula-tions would go into affecton September 1st. They area result of Senate Bill 106by John Whitmire, andHouse Bill 2398 by Rep.Harold Dutton.

Both bills reflect Cof-fey’s position, that hewanted to implement inhis Juvenile Court, wheretruant students would berehabilitated, and not pun-ished as criminals.

With the new laws, thiswill be possible. The mini-mum age that they willapply has been moved upto 12, from 10 years old,and cutting class will nowbe a Class C misdemean-or, a civil penalty not acriminal penalty.

Coffey worked with thelegislators to push the billsforward, he said.

Juvenile Court now willbe able to prescribe reha-bilitative sentences, suchas classes and communityservice. School districtswill be expected to have atruancy prevention pro-gram. No longer will theybe able to file a “disruptionof class” charge, but mustdetail the infractions.

State RepresentativeWayne Smith was able topoint out three areas thatwill benefit the local area:

One, the return of $20million from the Waste Pitslawsuit, to be spent in theHighlands area to alleviateenvironmental problems;

Two, the widening ofFM2100 to a 4 lane high-way from Diamondhead inCrosby to FM1960 in Huff-man, now 30% complete inthe design stage. Thewhole project will top $60million project costs, hesaid. Costs are shared byTxDOT and Harris Coun-ty Pct. 2.

Third, new legislation todiscourage metal theft, bymaking it necessary to pro-

vide ID to anyone trying tosell metal to a scrap yard.This is expected to reducetheft of copper wiring, suchas occured twice at the Lit-tle League park.

Smith said that this ses-sion of the legislature hadover 6000 bills filed, that1323 were approved andsent to the governor foraction, and that 18 of thosebills were authored orsponsored by Smith.

Smith spoke about thecommittees that he chairs,namely the Licensing andAdministrative Procedurescommittee, and the Cul-ture, Recreation and Tour-ism committee.

In the former, he consid-ers such matters as theTABC or alcohol commis-sion, gambling, lottery, rac-ing, and auto dealers, as

well as his own profession,engineers and architects.

The latter commissiondeals with state parks,such as the San JacintoBattleground and the Bat-tleship Texas, historicalsites, and Parks & Wildlife.He said that he was ableto get an additional $25million this year for theBattleship.

The total biennial bud-get this year was $209 Bil-lion, $11 billion wasassigned to the Rainy Dayfund, and an additional$1.5 Billion was dedicatedto expanding educationneeds.

Other important issueswere Border security, TaxRelief, Open & CampusCarry of handguns, frack-ing, community collegesand drones.

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Summer Fun atAlvin D. BaggettCenter

Kids ages 5-12 are invitedto join fun this summer at theAlvin D. Baggett CommunityCenter in Galena Park.

The program consists of:arts/crafts, reading time, swim-ming, movies. Games and activ-ities both insdei and outside.Summer Fun begins June 8,2015 and ends August 14,2015. Cost is $25 per week/perchild. Time is Monday - Friday10 am - 2 pm.

SWIM LESSONS:Swim lessons, for ages 5

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Summer MealsFor Kids

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San Jacinto Pilot Clubmeets 2nd and 4th Thurs-days at noon at the GalenaPark ISD AdministrationBuilding.

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North ChannelLibrary events-Saturday, July 18, 10 am - 3pm, Scrapbooking with Mia;2 pm, Faithful Paws.-Monday, July 20, 2:30 pm,Supehero Craft (t icketsrequired).-Tuesday, July 21, 10:30 am,Toddler T ime; 1:30 pmPreschool Story; 4:30 pm,Teens-Duct Tape Wallets.-Wed., July 22, 10 am, BookClub; 2:30 pm & 3:45 pm,Exotic Vs. Native AnimalsDeus sen Pa r k ( t i c ke t srequired).-Thur., July 23, 10:30 am,Baby Time; 4:30 pm, Teens-Superhero Legos.

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former days of better kepthomes and yards. She saidshe was concerned withthe unusual large amountof public nuisancesthroughout the city.

Since then Mayor Diazrecently asked for the cityto have signs made to dis-play throughout the cityinforming the citizens thateach Saturday they couldput on the curbside largeitems like furniture, build-ing materials, buildingrubbish, old vessels capa-ble of holding water, refrig-erators, ovens and mostanything else except tires.Tires will only be picked uptwice each year and thecity will put the dates ofthe free Tire Roundup inthe city’s quarterly news-letter.

The city picks up trash,kitchen garbage, tree limbsand brush twice eachweek. Tree limbs andbrush is picked up withoutextra charges but only ifthey’re tied and bundledsmall enough for easily lift-ing to place in the wastetrash truck.

The city is enforcinghealth laws such as leav-ing a garbage container onthe curbside after 8 PM onthe day the garbage wascollected. It’s also unlawfulfor property owners or oc-cupants of any structure orproperty to utilize the pre-mises for the open storageof any abandoned motorvehicle, icebox, refrigera-tor, stove, glass, buildingmaterial, building rubbishor similar items.

In the past few monthsa new effort for the en-forcement of the require-ment to have dogs and catsvaccinated to prevent ra-bies has increased withover 400 pets beingbrought into compliance.

Citizens can report vio-lations in their neighbor-hood and problems withmosquitoes by calling cityhall at 713-674-8424 orPublic Works 713-453-7411.

At a previously council

Twenty-five schools inAldine, Alief, Galena Park,Houston, Pasadena, Shel-don and a state charterschool will receive a shareof $650,000 in afterschoolfunding as the 2015-2016school year begins. Theprogram called the Part-nership Project is admin-istered by the Center forAfter-School, Summer andExpanded Learning forKids, or CASE for Kids, adivision of Harris CountyDepartment of Education.Funding is designated foreconomically disadvan-taged children ages 4-12and is provided by theHouston-Galveston AreaCouncil, the Texas Work-force Commission and localfoundations.

Harris County Depart-ment of Education com-mits local funds tosupplement literacy andnumeracy activities inquality, out-of-school timeprogramming for youth.Those funds are matchedwith a commitment of fed-eral childcare funds forquality improvement forschool-age youth throughthe Texas Workforce Com-mission. HCDE provides a

Just hold it up to the sun.Or any light, really. It’s lit!

KEEP JACINTOCITY CLEAN,Continued from page 1

meeting Allan Jamail, aformer Councilman andMayor who in 1973 found-ed the Keep Jacinto CityClean Committee (KJC-CC) said he and his wifeLinda and the committeemembers would be work-ing with the city to helpimprove the unhealthyconditions.

In April Jamail intro-duced to Mayor Diaz a res-olution that the CityAttorney Jim DeFoyd pre-pared designating annual-ly the 2nd week of April asKeep Jacinto City CleanWeek. Mayor Diaz placedit on the Council’s agendawhere it received unani-mous approval.

The Council approvedthe first reading of a newcity ordinance regulatingthe residency require-ments for sex offenders. Ifa person is required to reg-ister on the Texas Depart-ment of Public Safety’s sexoffender database it’s un-lawful for that person andor a property owner to al-low a sex offender to estab-lish residency within twothousand (2,000) feet ofany premise where chil-dren commonly gather. Cit-zens can use the followingweb site to locate the reg-istered sex offenders intheir neighborhood.

The Council issued a re-quest for qualifications foran architectural firm todesign a new police station.The city’s police stationover fifty (50) years old hashad two fires recently andhas had numerous roof andstructural problems.

Mayor Ana Diaz saidshe wants the city to havetwo (2) community widegarage sale days’ this year,the dates and details willbe decided later.

City Manager LonSquyres reported FireChief Rebecca Mier has re-cently been certified as aCode Enforcement Officerand she’ll supplement thecode enforcement efforts inthe city.

25 Harris County schools to share $650,000in afterschool funding in 2015-2016

variety of resources suchas training, site visits,scholarships and a lendinglibrary to the 25 selectedsites.

“The goal of the Part-nership Project is to investin comprehensive after-school programs that havea primary focus on numer-acy and literacy develop-ment,” said CASE for KidsDirector Lisa Thompson-Caruthers. “CASE willprovide funded projectsupport for numeracy andliteracy integration into

Galena Park ISD Green Valley elemenatry school studentsSarah Aguilar, Natalie Garcia, Carlos Nava and Kayla Thomas.

academic and enrichmentactivities, as well as site-based coaching to improveoverall program quality.”

The following districtsand schools will receivethese funds:

Aldine—Goodman Ele-mentary (77088) $30,000;Raymond Academy (77039)$30,000; Stehlik Intermedi-ate (77038) $30,000

Galena Park—GreenValley Elementary (77015)$30,000

Sheldon—Monahan Ele-mentary (77044) $30,000.

COMMUNITY WATCH

One person died after a head-on crash last Wednesdayafternoon, July 8, 2015 in northeast Harris County. Twotrucks crashed into each other near C.E. King and Highway90. The investigation is continuing.

Two women shot duringa wrong drug deal

HOUSTON – Two wom-en were shot outside aneast Houston night club.

According to the Hous-ton Police Department, the

incident happened atabout 2 a.m. just off theInterstate 10 East in-bound service road nearFederal.

Investigators said thatthree women were beingchased by a man who hada gun. The women were inone car, while he was inanother.

The suspect pulled upalongside of them, shootingat them several times, po-lice said. The victim’s carended with bullet holes.

The bullets struck thedriver and back seat pas-senger. Police said twowomen, 27-year-old and 28-year-old, in the car were hitby bullets – one shot in thearm and the other in theleg.

The two women weretransported to the hospitaland in serious condition.

The third woman wasable to give police detailsabout how this started. In-vestigators said it mayhave started with a drugdeal.

front end damage. The sus-pects kept fleeing fromdeputies, even as the hoodof the vehicle folded up andobscured their view.

The suspects then drovealong the feeder road of theEast Freeway towardsSheldon road, where theyran into the front gate of abusiness. All three malesattempted to run in to thecontainer yard of the busi-ness.

A 15 year-old male wasimmediately taken intocustody by deputies. A sec-ond suspect identified asDantrell Stills (DOB 11/30/92) and an unidentifiedblack male ran from depu-ties.

A perimeter was set uparound the container yardwith responding person-nel. A witness told depu-ties, Stills and the malehad jumped a fence andran to a trailer park on

Dell Dale. A deputy foundStills hiding in the trailerpark and was taken intocustody without incident.The third male was notfound in the search of thearea.

HCSO Robbery investi-gators have charged the15 year-old juvenile malewith aggravated robbery,and aggravated assaultwith a deadly weapon.

Dantrell Stills is cur-rently charged with aggra-vated robbery three (3)counts.

The Houston Police De-partment has also chargedStills, with Capital Mur-der in a fatal robbery thatoccurred in the City ofHouston in March of 2015.

HCSO District 3 patrolunits exemplified true pro-fessionalism and diligencein the capture of both sus-pects.

Deputies apprehend three robbers,Continued from page 1

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By Ed Sterling

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July 2, 2015 – TheSupreme Court’s recentdecision to ignore theletter of the law anduphold the ObamaAdministration’sunconstitutional rewriteof Obamacare under-mines the Americanpeople’s trust andconfidence in ournation’s highest court.

Justice Scaliasummed up the Court’sactions rightly when hecalled them “absurd”and opined that “wordsno longer have meaning”under the Court’s rulingin King v. Burwell.

As a result, moreAmericans will now beforced into a brokenhealth care system thathas already failedmillions of Americans;putting federal bureau-crats between patientsand their doctor, drivingup costs and hurtingmore American familiesand businesses.

Unfortunately, this issymptomatic of thelarger problem inWashington – one wherethose of influence andpower live under adifferent set of rulesthan average Ameri-cans. Case and point,the Executive Branch –which has written therules for Obamacare –and the Judicial Branch– which is now a co-author of Obamacare –are both exempt fromObamacare. Yet, everyother American isrequired to live underthis disastrous law.

While Congress andits staff are required topurchase their healthplans under Obamacare,such a requirement isnot extended to theother two branches ofgovernment. This needsto change – and I amprepared to lead thecharge, starting with theSupreme Court.

By upholding thePresident’s fundamen-tally flawed and uncon-stitutional health carelaw for the second time,the Court has essential-ly become co-authorsand full partners in theimplementation ofObamacare.

A U S T I N — T e x a sComptroller Glenn Hegaron July 7 announced hisdecision not to go the usu-al route to insure thatTexas meets its budget-ary obligations.

The state’s chief finan-cial officer explained thatevery year for the pastthree decades the statehas issued a Tax RevenueAnticipation Note to dealwith “periodic mismatch-es” between revenues andexpenditures during thefiscal year and “anticipat-ed mismatches” that re-sult from the state’sproviding nearly 50 per-cent of its payments to lo-cal school districts in thefirst three months of thefiscal year.

According to the Officeof the Comptroller, thestate will not issue a TaxRevenue AnticipationNote for fiscal 2016 “as aresult of strong fund bal-ances, sound fiscal man-a g e m e n t a n dconservative budgeting.”

And, Texas will fullyrepay its current TaxRevenue AnticipationNote ($5.4 billion bor-rowed last year to bridgebudget gaps) on Aug. 31,the last day of the currentfiscal year.

State settles withFarmers

Texas Attorney Gener-al Ken Paxton on July 6announced the approvalof a settlement withF a r m e r s I n s u r a n c eGroup that he said wouldreturn $84.4 million topolicyholders.

The settlement stemsfrom a 2002 case filed bythe Texas Attorney Gen-eral’s Office and the Tex-a s D e p a r t m e n t o fInsurance.

Paxton said that ac-cording to state investiga-tors Farmers deceivedconsumers and engagedin discriminatory practic-es for a period of fiveyears that in some caseshad consumers payingexcessive amounts forpremiums while havingtheir coverage reducedwithout their knowledge.

MESSAGE FROMREP. BRIAN BABIN

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Supreme Court ShouldLive Under ObamacareLike the Rest of America

Justice Scalia perfect-ly described whatunfolded at the SupremeCourt of the UnitedStates (SCOTUS) bymaking the point in hisdissent that “perhaps weshould start calling thislaw SCOTUScare.”

As the co-authors andsaviors of Obamacare,it’s important that theseindividuals understandthe full impact of theirdecisions on the Ameri-can public.

That’s why I intro-duced the SCOTUScareAct of 2015 (H.R. 2905)to require the SupremeCourt and its employeesto give up their FederalEmployee Health Planand enroll in Obamacarelike the rest of America.This legislation simplyextends the sameprovision of the law thatrequires Congress tosign up for Obamacareto include the SupremeCourt. By eliminatingtheir Obamacareexemption, it will putthe Supreme Court onthe same health care asthe rest of America.

Since introducing theSCOTUScare Act, wehave received a tremen-dous amount of supportfrom across the country.We have heard fromcountless individualswho continue to feelmore and more disillu-sioned with Washingtonand the judiciary,executive and legislativebranches of government.

As elected leaders, wehave an obligation toaddress these concernsand the SCOTUSCareAct is a simple, butcommon-sense reformthat we can – and musttake. It will provide usan opportunity to takean important stepforward on the pathwayto restoring the Ameri-can people’s trust.

By refusing to takeaction, it will onlyfurther the division anddisconnection betweenthe American people andits leaders in govern-ment. That’s why Iintroduced this much-needed legislation andit’s why I hope that mycolleagues in Congresswill join me in fightingfor the SCOTUScareAct.

Comptroller says state willnot borrow to meet budget

“People in Texas andacross the country needto have confidence in thecompanies they dependon to insure their homes,health and property,”Paxton said. “Any compa-ny that overcharges anddeceives its customersout of their hard-earnedmoney must be held ac-c o u n t a b l e a n d I ’ mpleased that Texas con-sumers will finally haveclosure in this case.”

Under the court order,a settlement administra-tor has been assigned tohandle restitution to con-sumers. Notices aboutthe settlement will bemailed within 60 days topeople who may be eligi-ble for a refund, accord-ing to the Office of theAttorney General.

Sales tax revenuedecreases

Comptroller Hegar onJuly 8 said his officewould send cities, coun-ties, transit systems andspecial purpose taxingdistricts their July localsales tax allocations to-taling $609.8 million, anamount representing anincrease of 1.2 percentcompared to July 2014.

Hegar also said statesales tax revenue in Junewas $2.2 billion, down 1.4

percent compared to June2014.

“This slight declinewas expected due to theslowdown in the oil andgas mining sector, and isin line with the biennialrevenue estimate pre-sented in January,” He-gar said. “Receipts fromthe construction, infor-mation, restaurant andservices sectors contin-ued to grow, however,which is a testament toTexas' diverse and dy-namic economy.”

This marks the firstdecline in state sales taxrevenue following 62 con-s e c u t i v e m o n t h s o fgrowth.

RRC offers toll-freenumber

Texas Railroad Com-mission on July 6 publi-cized (844) 773-0305, itsnew toll-free telephonenumber for citizens to re-port emergencies to theoil and gas industry-reg-ulating agency. In an-nouncing the toll-freenumber, the agency alsostressed the importanceof calling 911 first in anyemergency situation.

Commission staff areon call 24 hours a day,seven days a week to an-swer emergency calls re-lated to o i l and gasexploration and produc-tion, intrastate pipelinesand alternative fuels, in-cluding propane, saidDavid Porter, chair of thecommission.

“The new tol l - freeemergency line at theCommission is intendedto provide additional sup-port and make contactwith our s ta f f morestreamlined and efficient,both during an event, andas part of any subsequentinvestigation,” Portersaid.

Court rules on flagplate

The U.S. SupremeCourt last month ruled 5-4 in favor of the Texas De-p a r t m e n t o f M o t o rV e h i c l e s i n a c a s ebrought by the Texas Di-vision of Sons of Confed-erate Veterans.

Plaintiffs sued over theagency’s decision not toadopt a license platebearing an image of theConfederate battle flag.

Justice Breyer, in writ-ing the majority opinionof the court, said, “Just asTexas cannot requireSons of Confederate Vet-erans to convey theState’s ideological mes-sage . . . Sons of Confed-erate Veterans cannotforce Texas to include aConfederate battle flagon its specialty licenseplates.”

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1. Reach out to afriend: Before you depart,leave a key with someoneyou trust so he or she cancheck up on your house,water your plants orbring in the mail whileyou’re gone. If no one isavailable, put your mailon hold at the post officeand temporarily stopsubscriptions so materialdoesn’t pile up on theporch, proclaiming yourabsence.

2. Seamlessly save onutilities: The averageAmerican householdspends about $2,500 onenergy a year, yetapproximately 30 percentof it is wasted, accordingto the experts at theInternational Associationof Certified HomeInspectors. When yourfamily is out of the housefor a few days, there’s noreason to keep your airconditioner running atfull speed. For everydegree a thermostat israised, homeowners save2 to 3 percent on theirelectricity bill. Manysmart thermostats evenhave the capability todetect when you’re awayand adjust your home’stemperature accordingly.No matter the thermostatbrand or manufacturer,the LG Dry Contact willcommunicate with yourLG duct-free air condi-tioning system, so you cancontrol simple thermostatfunctions to furtherincrease energy savings.

3. Refresh your fridge:If you’ll be gone for morethan a few days, seizethis opportunity to cleanout your refrigerator.New, smart refrigeratorsallow you to set them in“vacation mode” to reduceenergy consumptionwhile you’re away. You’llsave on energy and comeback to a nice cleanfridge, ready for all thatproduce you bought at thefarm stand on the wayhome. About a weekbefore leaving for vaca-tion, stop going on majorgrocery shopping trips;just purchase the essen-tials, such as milk andbread. Ask yourself, “WillI really eat this before thetrip and will this still begood once we get back?”

4. Vanquish theelectricity vampires:Many electronic devicesdraw power even afterthey’re turned off.ENERGY STAR–certifiedTVs and monitors havevery low standby modes,so they’re okay. Still, theaverage Americanhousehold has dozens ofthese energy vampires.Unplugging mobile phonechargers and otherdevices before you go cansave as much as 10percent of your householdenergy use.

5. Secure your homeagainst intruders:According to statisticsfrom the FBI, 61 percentof burglars use force togain entry into a home.Before you leave, makesure all window and doorlocks are working proper-ly, and notify yoursecurity company thatyou’ll be away. Removeany spare house keys youmay have hidden aroundyour property as well, soas not to risk entry by astranger.

6. Setting up a cool re-entry: Adjust your airconditioning to the idealtemperature before youget home using yoursmartphone with aconnected device such asthe LG Smart AC Moduleand app, which lets youcontrol your LG duct-freeair conditioner remotely.The app, which is compat-ible with both Androidand iOS mobile devices,lets you adjust tempera-ture, fan speed andairflow for cool, optimalcomfort upon your return.

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Robert Bruce Damuth,Sr., 88, of Houston, Texas,passed from this life July1, 2015.

Bruce was born March23, 1927 in Archer City,Texas to parents, WillisRay & Nettie Irene Da-muth. He served his coun-try during World War II inthe U.S. Army and retiredfrom Armco Steel 1984where he worked as aheavy equipment operator.

He is preceded in deathby his parents, by sister,Joyce Faye Slovak; by wifeof 55 years, Myrtle Da-muth in 2005 and by son,Robert Bruce, Jr. in 2012.He is survived by children,Barbara Damuth, LowellStanley Damuth and Mel-ody Wells & husband,Mark and by daughter-in-law, Jane Damuth; bygrandchildren, Ricky Da-muth, Donald Damuth,Karen Wells and AndrewWells; by great-grandchil-dren, Reagan AlexanderDamuth, Sonoma RyanDamuth, Jackson GrahamDamuth, Piper Leigh Da-muth, Marin Shay Da-muth; and by his sisters,Virginia Jones and NettieMae McCaskill and step-brother, Carl Madeley.

Garland Leroy Jones,Sr., 77 of Cleveland, Texas,passed from this life onJuly 05, 2015.

Garland was born Jan-uary 02, 1938 in Perryton,Texas to parents, James &Lenora Jones. Leroyserved his country in theU.S. Navy and retired fromHarris County Precinct 2after 12 years, where heworked as a plumber. Hewas a member of the C.A.Fortner Masonic Lodge#1304 where he had servedas a Worshipful Masterand a 33rd Degree Mason.

He and his wife hadlived and raised their fam-ily in the Cloverleaf areafor 48 years before retiringto Cleveland where theyhave lived for almost 15years. He loved spendingtime in Van Horn where heenjoyed bow hunting andfishing with family andfriends.

He is preceded in deathby his parents and by onesister, Patricia Jones, bygrandson Joshua VonKanel and daughter, Bren-da Von Kanel. Leroy is lov-ingly survived by his

By Dr. Mark Trice

It is an established factthat we can’t please Godwithout faith (Heb. 11:6),we see many instanceswhere Jesus told people itwas their own faith thathad gained them answersto their prayers, and weknow that the just shalllive by faith (Heb. 10:38).With all of this in mind,let’s take a look at what ittakes to truly excel in yourfaith walk.

To move from commonfaith to uncommon faithyou must…

1. Visualize your mira-cle. With the eyes of faith,look out and SEE what youare believing God for.

2. Get a Word from theLord. Find a Scripture tostand on and STAND ONIT.

3. Learn to speak God’sWord. Nothing happens inthe Kingdom of God untilthe Word is spoken.

4. Never consider other

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Funeral services wereheld at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday,July 7, 2015 at Channel-view Church of Christ,1301 Sheldon Rd., Chan-nelview, Texas. Gravesideservices will follow at 3:00p.m. at Oaklawn Cemeteryin Somerville, Texas underthe direction of Carter Fu-neral Home.


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1. Is the book of Gala-tians in the Old or NewTestament or neither?

2. From Joshua 6, on theseventh day, how manytimes did the men of warmarch around Jericho? 1,3, 5, 7

3. In His first recordedmiracle, what did Jesusturn into wine? Goat'smilk, Grape juice, Fig cider,Water

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what king was buried withhis sons under an oak tree?Neco, Jehoash, Saul, Rez-in

5. How many New Tes-tament (KJV) books arenamed for a woman? 0, 1,2, 3

6. In the story of cre-ation, what did God callthe darkness? Blackness,Night, Fourscore, Trinity

ANSWERS: 1) New; 2)7; 3) Water; 4) Saul; 5) 0; 6)Night

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Now is the time for thechurch to move from gloryto glory, and this move-ment takes faith. Let us allstrive to move into thatsame type of uncommonfaith that we see illustrat-ed so clearly in what isknown as The Hall of Fameof Faith in Hebrews 11.

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In keeping with thatoriginal vision of servingthe public, “MattressMack” as McIngvale styleshimself, saw a need tomove closer to new resi-dential areas building upto the west of Houston, andhe planned a large newstore on Highway 99Grand Parkway.

On July 1st, McIngvaleopened its third store tothe public, and to the me-dia. This large store, with165,000 square feet, is aretail experience that isunique in character andwhat is included in thebuilding.

Of course, there is alarge inventory of Made inAmerica furniture, but alsoan exclusive WilliamStubbs Collection, de-signed by acclaimed de-signer Bill Stubbs, one ofArchitectural Digest’s topdesigners.

To further Mack’s phi-losophy of capitalism witha cause, one of the mainbeneficiaries of this store isThe Brookwood Communi-ty, a non-profit residentialfacility and vocational pro-gram for adults with dis-abilities. The McIngvaleshave donated an entiresection of the store to theBrookwood citizens, to selltheir personally craftedproducts.

The store also providescustomers with a uniqueand entertaining shopping

experience, through fea-tured amenities including:

• An Atrium of 20,000square feet, with monkeys,birds, ever changing floralsettings initially designedand installed by world re-nowned floral designer JeffLeatham, and the largestindoor living wall in Texaswith more than 11,000plants.

• A salt-water aquariumof 30,000 gallons, featuringa variety of fish, includingblacktip and zebra sharks.

• A full-service high-endrestaurant, bar and bakeshop, the Brick & MortarKitchen, with a separateentrance and outdoor seat-ing. This restaurant is runby his daughter Laura andher husband PhillipBrown, with Eric Johnsonfrom their Austin locationas the Executive Chef.

One of the features ofthe Atrium space is a “Liv-ing Green Wall, a four anda half story high plantedvertical wall, designed byGSky Director of Horticul-tural Design Deborah Ko-talic. Kotalic worked withfloral designer JeffLeatham on the wall, partof the Atrium space that hewas responsible for.

When asked at theopening why he built athird store, Mack an-swered “to better serve ourcustomers, and to createjobs for more people.”

Gallery Furniture’snew store,Continued from Page 1

Jim McIngvale with two daughters, Elizabeth at left, andLaura at right, welcome guests at the grand opening andexplain the Green Living Wall behind them.

The Atrium includes birds, Koi fish, monkeys, and a varietyof plants in a skylit environment with the Green Living Wallat one end.

One of many entertaining exhibits in the building is the30,000 gallon fish tank, with live sharks.

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Pilgrimage, finding America in TexasBy Lewis Spearman

Looking out on the samescenes becomes stagnantand disturbing, sometimeswe must go where we havenever been to find what lieswithin.

Pilgrimages are commonto all of the religions of theworld, be they Abrahamic,Jewish, Christian and Mus-lim or Baha’i, Taoist or Bud-dhist. All the great spiritualleaders make journey tosome shrine to find what liesthere to discover.

Christians know of Jesus’40 days in the Wildernessfrom the book of Matthew,where he was tempted andovercame. The Israelites inexile, in Exodus, the Bibli-cal wilderness is a place ofdanger, temptation and cha-os, it is also a place for soli-tude, nourishment, andrevelation from God. Thesethemes emerge again inJesus’ journey into the wil-derness.

Substantially less of spir-itual entity, a reporter tookoff for Amarillo, Texas in theheart of the Panhandle tofind how quirky, thus indi-vidualist is America in atime when most Mom andPop stores and other busi-nesses have been taken overby franchises and conglom-erates. So, two for the roadwith the knowledge thatone’s company would be lay-ing off over 6,000 employees,we leave for points north.

In route with a full tankof gas our first stop endedup in Dublin, Texas. In 1885,in Waco, Texas Charles Al-derton, a pharmacist in-vented a carbonated drink,called by customers at thattime a “Waco. ”In 1891 apharmacy owner namedMorrison and new partnerRobert Lazenby organizedthe Artesian Manufacturingand Bottling Company in or-der to sell Dr Pepper as wellas other soft drinks.

That same year, whilevisiting Waco, a Texas busi-nessman by the name ofSam Houston Prim tastedthe fountain drink andknew he wanted to sell itthrough his new DublinBottling Works company. Anagreement was made be-tween Mr. Prim and Mr. La-zenby, and Dublin becamehome to the first facility toactually bottle Dr Pepper.

About a century later,three New York-area healthfood store owners created aunique apple soda they

named Snapple. They beganselling the original Snapplein health clubs in 1973. TheUnadulterated Food Corpo-ration, later becoming Snap-ple Beverage Corp. CadburySchweppes was formed in1969 with the merger ofCadbury and Schweppes,and over the ensuing threedecades the companyamassed the third largestshare of the North Ameri-can beverage marketthrough a series of strategicacquisitions. In 1995, Cad-bury Schweppes purchasedDr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.The acquisition brought DrPepper and 7UP, along withIBC Root Beer and theWelch’s soft drink line, intothe Cadbury Schweppesfamily. They tell me in Dub-lin they can no longer asso-ciate themselves with DrPepper.

On to Abilene, we en-countered what became acommon sight throughoutthe South but without men-tion in the national press. Aprotest drive, featuring folkswith the Battle Flag of TheConfederacy and Old Gloryflying from the back of pick-ups and cars on the day the

South Carolina Governorordered the Battle Flag low-ered from the State Capital.It caused us wonder since,having seen these through-out the state in not so nu-merous a number how theseprotests had gone unreport-ed. Few other protests hadmet the same silence thatweek.

Seems someone needed apress agent before anyonewould take notice.

It was not hard to discernthat not everything beingreported encapsulated whatwas going on around, an in-terest to reporters.

Then north on Highway6 is a broken road, no expla-nation is posted but a signsays, “Rough Road Ahead.”Some six miles of bone jar-ring travel was meet andthankfully, few southboundtravellers to encounter. Tex-as has some wonderfullydesigned roads, sections areout of science fiction pic-tures but the rough roadmakes for character, wonderand slower speeds.

The words of Jack Ker-ouac came to me then, “Myfault, my failure is not inpassions I have but my lackof control of them.” and “Ihad nothing to offer anyoneexcept my own confusion.”

A giant amount of work

had been done on this jour-ney by folks that had gonebefore me. I was lead to PaloDuro Canyon to behold thesecond largest hole in theground in America.

Palo Duro Canyon StateScenic Park covers 16,402acres of scenic geologicalstrata and formations thathave yielded artifacts fromthe earliest stages of life onEarth.

In March 1933, PresidentF. D. Roosevelt authorizedfour Civilian ConservationCorps camps of about 200men each to work in the can-yon for a period of fivemonths. The park acreagewas increased to its presentsize to better accommodatethe CCC crews, who built ElCoronado Lodge and six oth-er cabins of native stone. Inaddition, the CCC added awater system, several bridg-es and concrete river cross-ings, and variousimprovements in roadwaysand trails. A large stone res-ervoir, built at the park’snorth end and named forJames O. Guleke, who sug-gested the name GoodnightMemorial Trail for the parkroad, was of short duration.The federal government andNational Park Service spentabout $2 million on CCCconstruction. The CCCcamps remained until De-cember 1937.”

It rained everyday wewere in the desert andsmoke poured in from Can-ada from flames that start-ed in Oregon.

Looking out on the redsand greens so familiar forWestern film fans, one feelsa connection to those thatfarmed the rugged soil forthousands of years in arough and unyeilding cli-mate without accommoda-tions.

One has to feel some ofthe emotions Paul Bunyanwrote of in Pilgrim’sProgress regarding enlight-enment and pitfalls. Oragain as Kerouac wrote, “Mywitness is the open sky. ”

Learning that my ownopenness was merely aboundary issue that I had tolearn to wrangle before itled me to fatal error, I en-countered Route 66, theMother Road, the Trail ofthe Okies to California dur-ing the Depression, it issmothered on the backsideof bustling Amarillo.

“Accept loss forever.” oldJack had warned.

A retrospect ive of theoldest bottling company inTexas that sells Black CherryCola today and a variety ofothers.

Attention grabber in Dublin,a New York City companybought the Texas beverage.

Quirky stores on Route 66 include the artists’ haven the806 Coffee Shop.


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The Galena Park Independent School District offers Career and Technical Education Programs in Agriculture, Food& Natural Resources; Architecture & Construction; Arts, A/V Technology & Communications; Business Manage-ment & Administration; Education & Training; Finance; Health Science; Hospitality & Tourism; Human Services;Information Technology; Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security; Manufacturing; Marketing; Sales and Services,Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics; and Transportation, Distribution & Logistics. Admission to theseprograms is based on interest, aptitude, age appropriateness and class space availability.

Galena Park Independent School District does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color,national origin, disability, sexual orientation or age in admission, treatment, or participation in its career and techni-cal education programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended:Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972: and Section of 504 of the RehabilitationAct of 1973, as amended.

It is the policy of the Galena Park Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color,national origin, disability, sexual orientation or age in admission, treatment in its employment practices as requiredby Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the AgeDiscrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

The Galena Park Independent School District will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will notbe a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.

For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Senior Director of Human Resource Servic-es at (832) 386-1003, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator at (832) 386-1000. More information can also be ob-tained at the G.P.I.S.D. Administration Building located at 14705 Woodforest Boulevard, Houston, TX 77015.

Notificación Pública de No Discriminación en los Programasde Educación Profesional y Técnica

El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Galena Park ofrece programas de Educación Profesional y Técnica comoAgricultura, Alimentos y Recursos Naturales; Arquitectura y Construcción; Arte, Tecnología en Audio y Video yComunicaciones; Manejo y Administración Empresarial; Educación y Entrenamiento; Finanzas; Ciencias de laSalud; Hospitalidad y Turismo; Servicios Humanos; Tecnología de Información; Leyes, Seguridad Pública, Correc-ciones y Seguridad; Manufacturación; Mercadeo; Ciencias, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas; y Transport-ación, Distribución y Logística. La admisión a estos programas está basada en el interés, aptitud, edad apropiada yun lugar disponible en la clase.Es norma del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Galena Park el no discriminar basado en la raza, color, nacional-idad, origen, incapacidad, orientación sexual o edad, trato o participación en sus programas de educación profe-sional y técnica, servicios o actividades como lo establecido por el Título VI de la Ley de los Derechos Civiles de1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendas de Educación de 1972; y en la Sección 504 de la Ley deRehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.

Es norma del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Galena Park el no discriminar basado en la raza, color, nacional-idad, origen, incapacidad, orientación sexual o edad, trato o participación en las prácticas de trabajo como loestablecido por el Título VI de la Ley de los Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendasde Educación de 1972; la Ley de Discriminación de Edad de 1975, según enmienda; y la Sección 504 de la Ley deRehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.

El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Galena Park tomará las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta dedestreza en el uso del idioma inglés no sea una barrera para la admisión y participación en todos los programaseducativos y vocacionales.Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos para quejas, contacte al Director Ejecutivo de Servicios deRecursos Humanos en el teléfono 832-386-1000, y/o a la Coordinadora de la Sección 504 en teléfono, 832-386-1003. También puede obtener más información en el Edificio Adminstrativo de G.P.I.S.D. ubicado en el 14705Woodforest Boulevard, Houston, TX 77015.

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“Proposals will be received by the Galena Park IndependentSchool District until 10:00 a.m., August 11, 2015 for COURIER –

SECURITY SERVICES CSP 16-001. At that time proposals will beopened at the GPISD Admin Bldg located at 14705 Woodforest

Blvd., Houston, TX 77015. Additional information may be obtainedby contacting the Purchasing Dept at 832-386-1008 or on our

website: http://galenaparkisd.com/purchasing_currentbids. TheGalena Park ISD reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.”

ADVERTISEMENT TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids, in duplicate, addressed to City of Galena Park will be received at the officeof the City Secretary, Galena Park City Hall, 2000 Clinton Drive, Galena Park, Texas77547 until 2 P.M. CST, Tuesday August 4, 2015 and then publicly opened and readaloud at 6:00 p.m. Work consists of CONSTRUCTION OF A MONUMENT TOWER,SMALL PLAZA AREA and LANDSCAPING. Invitation to Bidders and other bidding doc-uments are available for pickup on CD-ROM, beginning at 8:00 A.M, July 16, 2015 atthe City of Galena Park, City Hall or at the office of the Landscape Architect, KnudsonLP, 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 441, Houston, TX 77092 (attention Bryan Janhsen, RLA),or may be examined without charge at the office of the Landscape Architect, KnudsonLP. A Mandatory Pre Bid Meeting will be held at Galena Park City Hall at 2:00 P.M., July23, 2015. A cashier’s check or bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total amount of thebid must accompany each bid. The successful bidder must furnish a payment andperformance and maintenance bond acceptable to the owner.

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NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is herebygiven that OriginalLetters of Adminis-tration for DocketNo. 439,468; Estateof LEO AALUND,Deceased; In Pro-bate Court No. 3, ofHarris County, Tex-as, Deceased, wereissued on July 8,2015

HARALD S.AALUND

The residence ad-dress of the admin-istrator is in HarrisCounty, Texas. Themailing address is:

c/o Weston Cotten5223 Garth Rd.

Baytown, TX77521

All persons havingclaims against thisEstate which is cur-rently being admin-istered are requiredto present themwithin the time andin the manner pre-scribed by law.Dated this July 8,2015.

by WESTONCOTTEN

Attorney for theEstate

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is herebygiven that OriginalLetters of Adminis-tration for DocketNo. 439,966; Estateof ELAINE V.WOOTAN, De-ceased; In ProbateCourt No. 1, of Har-ris County, Texas,Deceased, were is-sued on June 24,2015.

JUDY A. TOBULand MARGARET

WOOTANSVOBODA



Baytown, TX77521


by WESTONCOTTEN


LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is herebygiven that OriginalLetters of Adminis-tration for DocketNo. 439,472; Estateof PABLO H. GUTI-ERREZ, Deceased;In Probate CourtNo. 4, of HarrisCounty, Texas, De-ceased, were is-sued on July 7,2015.

FELICITAS A.GUTIERREZ



Baytown, TX77521


by WESTONCOTTEN


LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is herebygiven that OriginalLetters of Adminis-tration for DocketNo. 439,510; Estateof JOHN ANDREWWARD, Deceased;In Probate CourtNo. 1, of HarrisCounty, Texas, De-ceased, were is-sued on July 7,2015

SHERYL MARIEGILBERT WARD



Baytown, TX77521


by WESTONCOTTEN


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Notice is herebygiven that OriginalLetters of Adminis-tration for DocketNo. 439,961; Estateof EDGAR JO-SEPH WOTIPKA,Deceased; In Pro-bate Court No. 4, ofHarris County, Tex-as, Deceased, wereissued on June 24,2015.

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by WESTONCOTTEN


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Harris County v. WasteManagement of Texas,Inc., No. 2011-76724-A(295th Dist. Ct., HarrisCounty, Tex. ___ 2014),and deposited to thecredit of the generalrevenue fund , theamount of that recov-ered money that is de-posited to the credit ofthe general revenuefund, but not to exceed$10 million, is appro-priated from that fund

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er and in its watershed tomitigate the effects of en-vironmental contamina-tion and the effects of thatcontamination on naturalresources and the publicuse of natural resources.Funds transferred underthis section may be usedonly for one or more of thefollowing:

1. dissemination of in-formation pertaining tomarine life, wild animal

Houston Symphony presents annual 4th ofJuly Concert at Miller Outdoor TheaterBy Gilbert Hoffman

HOUSTON – On abalmy night last Satur-day, the Houston Sym-phony performed theirannual 4th of July Sa-lute at the Miller Out-door Theater, to a largeand appreciativecrowd.

The concert was en-titled “Star-SpangledSalute” and featuredAmerican traditionalfolk, Broadway, andPatriotic songs.

The orchestrasounded as good as thisreviewer has everheard, under the direc-tion of Pops ConductorSteven Reineke.

Guest performers

for the evening includedvocalist ChristopherJohnstone, well-knownNew York artist singingsongs from Man of LaMancha, South Pacific,and Les Miserables.

In contrast, Texans foot-ball player and oft emceeand TV personality Ches-ter Pitts narrated the icon-ic poem Casey at the Batwritten by conductorReineke.

The evening includedthe traditional songs,Sousa’s The NationalGame and John WilliamsLiberty Fanfare, salutingall the Armed Forces.

And of course, the Fina-le was a spectacular 20minute fireworks displayand the 1812 Overature,complete with cannon.

POPS Conductor Steven Reineke with the Symphony.

Chester Pitts narrated Casey at the Bat.

4th OF JULY, celebrated at Miller Outdoor Theater.

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life, wildlife values, andwildlife management;

2. scientific investiga-tion and survey of marinelife for the better protec-tion and conservation ofmarine life;

3. propagation and dis-tribution of marine life,game animals, and wildbirds;

4. protection of wildbirds, fish, and game;

5. research, manage-

ment, and protection ofthe fish and wildlife re-sources of this state;

6. expansion and devel-opoment of additional op-portunities of hunting andfishing in state-ownedland and water;

7. purchase, construc-tion, and maintenance ofboat ramsp on or nearpublic waters; and

8. resource protectionactivities.

Inquiries that theNorth Channel Starnewspaper have madeto the TDPW and toPrecinct 2 of HarrisCounty have indicatedthat to date, no defini-tive list of projects hasbeen generated or de-cided upon to make useof this money.

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Houston police are inves-tigating the fatal shooting ofa man at 13326 Joliet about4:50 a.m. on July 10.

HPD patrol officers re-sponded to a person downcall. When officers arrivedthey found the victim, Craig

Man found shot todeath inside truck

Anthony Coleman, 35, ofHouston, unresponsive andsitting in the driver’s seat ofa pickup truck parked in thedriveway of the residence.

HFD paramedics arrivedand pronounced Colemandeceased.

At this time, there are noknown witnesses nor sus-pects.

Anyone with informationin this case is urged to con-tact the HPD Homicide Di-vision at 713-308-3600 orCrime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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