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Keynote speaker Priscil-la Pate talked with Madison County Chamber of Com-merce members about vision, and it was clear on Friday, as two very deserving members of the community received awards for Man and Woman of the Year.

Also honored at the annual event was the man who was called the Moses of Madison County, Lanier Stevens.

Jesse Jaenicke and Mary Dorris were honored for their contributions to the com-munity, and received their awards from last year’s win-ners.

In honoring Dorris, Dawn Knight said she was the most community-minded person she knew.

Knight said Dorris was a member of the board of Oak Ridge Country Club, and now serves as vice president. She also was a member of the Arts Council, the Texas Mushroom Festival, SonShine and Rufus Refuge, and has been dedicat-ed to each and every cause.

Herbert Gilbert that any-one who needed Jaenicke anywhere, anytime, he was there, lending a hand, espe-cially if that needed lights and

sound for events, including the Texas Mushroom Festival, Shop & Stroll and the Christ-mas Parade.

While Dorris and Jaenicke received well-deserved hon-ors, the night was dedicated to a man deemed the pastor of Madison County.

Long-time friend Dennis Ivey said Stevens was the best friend he’s had.

“From Day 1, he took an

interest in me,” Ivey said. “Heaven knows the amount of lives he touched. I believe he was sent to the people of Madison County.”

Stevens always listened, and always cared, and when you spoke with him, you were the most important thing, Ivey said.

“Madison County’s Moses has died, but what he started will go on,” he said.

The Madison County Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year is Mary Dorris, who was honored by last year’s winner Dawn Knight.

By Tony [email protected]

Most hands were raised by Madison County residents when asked who opposed a high-speed rail bisecting the county.

At a Federal Rail Admin-istration public hearing on Monday, residents spoke over-whelmingly against the Tex-as Central plan to build a rail connecting Dallas and Hous-ton, the route of which comes through several counties, in-cluding Grimes, Madison and Leon.

While the hearing dealt mostly with a draft environ-

mental impact study that has been performed, negative comments attacked the eco-nomics, routing and most importantly, land acquisition through eminent domain.

Travis Kelly, vice president of external affairs for Texas Central, said the turnout in Madisonville has been strong, as it has been in other meet-ings scheduled in the area, and provides his company with an opportunity to listen to the people the rail would affect.

“That’s the nature of these meetings; these comments are for the FRA to listen to and respond to,” he

County vocal in opposition to rail project

METEOR PHOTO BY TONY FARKAS

County residents show their hands when Gene Whitesides asked how many people are against the high-speed rail project at a Federal Rail Administration public hearing on the draft environmental impact study on Monday.

Congratulations to Mary Dorris and Jessie Jaenicke, two deserving residents who received the Madison County Woman and Man of the Year awards at the recent Madison County Cham-ber of Commerce ban-quet. In addition to this year’s speaker Priscilla Pate, Dennis Ivey also spoke about his close friend, the late Lanier Stevens. The Stevens family was also recog-nized at the banquet.

•Congratulations to Randi and Blake Pipes on the birth of Brody Cannon. The little guy arrived Jan. 25 and was welcomed home by big sister Blair. Brody is the grandson of Mitty and Duane Standley.

•On our birthday list, Randi’s sister Carlie Standley celebrates her birthday Feb. 8. That’s the same day Barbara Cole celebrates her birthday. Then happy birthday to Robby Rich-ardson and Judy Cook, whose birthday is Friday, Feb. 9.

Amanda Wakefi eld’s birthday is Sunday, Feb. 11, while Betty Kimbro celebrates her birthday Feb. 12. Shanna Elling-ton and Melanie Tie-perman blow out her candles Tuesday, Feb. 13. Tuesday is the same day Gracie Sanders has her birthday and it’s a very special 92nd birth-day. How great is that?

Got birthdays, anni-versaries in your family? Why not share them? Email to [email protected] or call 936-348-6541. Spell those names for us, though. We learned years ago that the name Ann can be spelled several ways.

•On to what’s going on ’round our town.

Quite a few folks in the country are a little unhappy since they were not allowed in Mon-day’s meeting about the planned high-speed rail that will cross Madison County if it is passes. Seems the crowd inside maxed out the number of people allowed in the Kimbro Center early and those who arrived after that number were turned away at the door. The meeting was first scheduled to be held at Madisonville High school. Now everyone

METEOR PHOTOS BY TONY FARKAS

The Madison County Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year is Jesse Jaenicke, who was honored by last year’s winner Herbert Gilbert.

Chamber celebrates 2017

By Campbell Atkins [email protected]

FORT WORTH — Aman-da May, a 4-H member from North Zulch, captured Divi-sion IV Reserve Champion in Junior Limousin Beef Heifer Show at the 2018 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on Jan. 22.

The 2018 show hosted junior cattle exhibitors from across Texas competing for awards and $36,210 in premiums.

“I didn’t know how well I did at first,” said May. “This was my second time showing here, so I had an idea of the layout. I knew the competition here is

Local 4-H youth shine in Fort Worth

By Tony [email protected]

Both precincts for Madison County Justice of the Peace are up for election this year, but only one of the current JPs is running for re-election.

Precinct 2’s Lew Plotts has opted to step down after years of service.

As with all races at the county level, only Republicans have fi led as candidates.

Justice of the Peace Precinct 1Karla Plotts Clark

First-time candidate Karla Plotts Clark is looking to follow in her retiring father Lew Plotts’ footsteps.

She said she was a teacher for 29 years, but now is retired and

Eight vying for JP

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Jonathan Palomino, a member of the Mighty Mustang Band, will per-form with the Texas All-State Symphonic Band in San Antonio on Sat-urday, Feb. 17, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Con-vention Center as part of the 2018 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention.

He was chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at Dis-trict, Region, and Area levels.

Jonathan is a student at Madisonville High School plays in the band under the direction of Stephanie Schmidt who

is a member of the Tex-as Music Educators As-sociation, a 19,000-plus member organization

headquartered in Aus-tin. This is Jonathan’s first time to perform as a member of a TMEA All-State organization.

Jonathan is the son of Ruth and Pablo Palomi-no.

All-State is the high-est honor a Texas music student can receive, as 1,780 students are se-lected through a process that begins with more than 70,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 15 en-sembles.

Only the top 2.5 per-cent of musicians who initially audition be-come All-State musi-cians.

Agricultural leaders from Madison County Farm Bureau attend-ed the 84th Texas Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Dec. 2-4 in Frisco.

Kevin Counsil partic-ipated in the discussion of the latest agricultural issues, including private property rights, seed and plant certification, Texas-bred horse pro-gram and agricultural practices; the recogni-tion of top county Farm Bureaus and individ-uals; and evaluation of

the organization’s pol-icies, were the tasks for nearly 900 voting dele-

gates from county Farm Bureaus.

County delegates voted on proposed pol-icy changes during the meeting’s business session the final day of the meeting. Farm Bu-reau policies reflect the needs of local farmers and ranchers and direct the state’s largest farm organization. Approved recommendations on national policies ad-vance to the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting

Madisonville Junior High School One-Act Play and academic teams placed second overall in regional UIL competi-tions held recently.

MJH One Act Play, with 37 cast members, performed on Dec. 8, 2017, at Palestine High School and won second place team. In addition,

students took home in-dividual awards: Best Actor (top acting award), All Star Cast (three stu-dents), Honorable Men-tion All Star Cast (three students), Technical All-Star Cast and Director’s Best Award.

The UIL Jr High Ac-ademics meet was held in Athens on Dec. 12,

2017. The MJH Academ-ics team of 158 students competed in various academic areas, and 65 students won individu-al medals. The follow-ing event teams won first place: sixth grade and eighth grade Maps, Graphs and Charts, sev-enth grade Listening Skills, sixth and seventh grade Chess Puzzles, sixth and seventh grade Social Studies, and sixth grade Spelling.

The following event teams won second place: sixth grade Mathemat-ics, seventh grade Maps, Charts and Graphs, eighth grade Listening, sixth and seventh grade Music Memory, eighth grade Dictionary Skills, eighth grade Social Stud-ies, sixth and seventh grade Ready Writing, and Science I.

The following event teams won third place: sixth and seventh grade Dictionary, seventh and eighth grade Music Memory, seventh grade Calculator Skills, eighth grade Spelling, eighth grade Art, and Science II.

Mark Short, leader of the Walk-er County Beekeepers Association, and Larry Fuchs, supervisor of the Beekeepers School, gave a presen-tation Jan. 10 discussing the ins and outs of beekeeping. They explained how to use the Kenyan Top Bar h ive. We learned many interesting facts about bees and what flowers we

could plant to attract bees to our gardens.

On Feb. 7 the Tri-county Diggers Gar-den Club will have a program concerning house plants and plants for shady places presented by Tricia Bradberry, Star of Hope, at the Bedias Civic Center, 301 E. Main St. in Bedias at 10 a.m., with coff ee on at 9:30 a.m. All visitors are welcome.

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Larry Fuchs, supervisor of the Beekeepers School, and Mark Short, leader of the Walker County Beekeepers Association, show off a Kenyan Top Bar hive during a presentation.

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About Norann

• Madison County Land Owner Since 2004

• Runs a B&B in Madisonville

• Graduated from the University of North Texas, Denton Texas

• Fair and Impartial

• Against High Speed Rail

• Hard Working

• Holds certificates from Texas A&M Agrilife Extension in: Ethics 101, Budget Planning, and Texas Open Meeting Act

• Worked for a Criminal/Civil Attorney for 4 years in Denton while in college

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NORTH ZULCH — Al-most doubling in size, the North Zulch Fire Depart-ment’a annual Chili and Gumbo Cook-Off on Sat-urday was a success, rais-ing more than $5,000 for the department.

NZFD Chief Tony Clay said the damp weath-er and cold tempera-tures didn’t hamper the event, and may have even helped, given the menu.

Volunteer firefighter and organizer Vance Bal-lard said he was pleased with the turnout, as there were 24 teams, which is up from 17 from the fi rst year.

The team Can’t Beat Our Meat took home the Taster’s Choice award, and Triple E Cookers won the Showmanship award for being the most engaging.

In the Gumbo category, fi rst place went to Get Right Cookers, second place to Camo Cookers and third place to Bowls of Steel.

In Chili, fi rst place went to LJR, second place to 5-Pack and third place to the Madi-sonville Fire Department.

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Can’t Beat our Meat won the Taster’s Choice Award. Triple E Cookers won the Showmanship Award.

First place in Gumbo went to Get Right Cookers.

Second place in Gumbo went to Camo Cookers. Third place in Gumbo went to Bowls of Steel.

First place in Chili went to LJR. Third place in Chili went to the Madisonville Fire Department.

Second place in Chili went to 5-Pack.

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AUSTIN — House Speaker Joe Straus on Jan. 31 said a new state audit raises questions about the management of the state Health and Human Services Commission and illustrates the need for leg-islative hearings.

A report released last week by the State Auditor’s Office found that HHSC allowed Superior Health Plan Inc. to report approx-imately $29.6 million in bonus and incentive pay-ments paid to affiliates’ employees, even though those payments were not allowed under the state’s contract with Superior. Th e state agency also ap-proved Superior’s request to report affiliate profits as costs without following the approval process con-tained in the state’s con-tract with Superior.

“This audit highlights serious weaknesses in HHSC’s oversight of its own contracts. Taxpay-ers have a right to expect that the Commission will hold providers to contract requirements. Unfortu-nately, this isn’t the fi rst example of HHSC failing to properly enforce require-ments in taxpayer-funded contracts. This audit shows that there is a lot of room for improvement at HHSC,” Straus said.

Some $80 billion of the state’s $217 billion budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal biennium is funding the Health and Human Ser-vices Commission and the agencies it oversees.

Revenue total increasesTexas Comptroller

Glenn Hegar on Feb. 2 announced that state sales tax revenue totaled $2.67 billion in January, an

amount 9.1 percent more than the total recorded for January 2017.

Sales tax revenue is the largest source of funding for the state budget, ac-counting for 58 percent of all tax collections. Growth in sales tax revenue oc-curred across all major economic sectors in Janu-ary, led by collections from the mining, construction and wholesale trade sec-tors.

Manufacturing, retail trade and restaurant sec-tors also saw strong gains. Hegar reported total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in January was up 10.8 percent com-pared to the same period in 2017.

Revenue from other major taxes on motor ve-hicle sales and rentals, motor fuels and oil and natural gas production also rose in January. No-tably, oil and natural gas production taxes, which totaled an estimated $407 million for the month, were up 63.9 percent from January 2017.

Get ready to vote, Texans

Feb. 5 was the voter registration deadline.

On Jan. 31, Secretary of State Rolando Pablos reminded Texans to be ready to cast their vote in the March 6 Primary Election.

Pablos encouraged eligible voters to ensure that they (1) are reg-istered to vote in their county of residence; (2) are aware of what they need to bring to the polls in order to cast a ballot; and (3) contact their county elections office to (a) become familiar with their ballot; (b) locate their appropriate polling location; and (c) plan their trip to the polls.

“I commend all Tex-ans who take responsi-bility for their civic duty by exercising their right to vote,” Pablos said, adding: “Most impor-tantly, I encourage all Texans to work together to ensure that our young-est generation is instilled with a tradition of voting and encouraged to make their voices heard at the ballot box.”

Paxton hails court ruling

Texas Attorney Gen-eral Ken Paxton praised a Lubbock federal court’s Feb. 1 ruling in his law-suit seeking relief from obeying 2012 guidelines issued under President Obama by the Equal Em-ployment Opportunity Commission.

The guidelines limit the ability of employ-ers, including the state and its agencies, from categorically excluding convicted felons from certain employment po-sitions.

In part of his multi-pronged order, Senior

U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings ruled in partial agreement with the state’s position, saying, “Th ere are certainly many categories of employment for which specifi c crimi-nal history profi les of ap-plicants would be a poor fi t and pose far too great a risk to the state of Texas and its citizens.”

However, Cummings added that “a categorical denial of employment opportunities to all job applicants convicted of a prior felony paints too broad a brush and denies meaningful opportunities of employment to many who could benefi t greatly from such employment in certain positions.”

Cummings ordered the EEOC to promulgate an enforceable, substantive rule.

Abbott comments on arrests

Gov. Greg Abbott re-leased a statement follow-ing the announcement by the Texas Department of Public Safety that the Texas Rangers on Feb. 1 had arrested four suspects on charges of misconduct at the Texas Juvenile Jus-tice Department.

“Misconduct on the part of employees en-trusted with the respon-sibility of protecting our youth will not be toler-ated,” Abbott said.

Th e arrests come after Abbott directed the Texas Rangers to investigate reports of sexual mis-conduct and inappropri-ate relationships at state youth detention facilities.

Ed Sterling is director of Member Services for the Texas Press Association.

For 17 years, the Texas Mushroom Festival has been the premier event in Madisonville and Madi-son County.

For one day, Madison-ville is the center of the Brazos universe. Th ere’s food, and wine, and beer, and arts and crafts, ven-dors, music, oh, yeah, and mushrooms.

Th is brings in so much to the area — not just peo-ple, but tax dollars as well. But on the people side, well, think of it like this: on average about 15,000 people attend the festival, which for Madisonville, a town with a population of 4,500, an expansion to al-most fi ve times its normal size.

Th e income from this event goes to many things — the festival itself, the Madisonville Area Revi-talization Initiative, schol-arships, etc. It’s really the gift that keeps on giving throughout the year.

To pull off an event

like this, it takes the com-bined eff orts of a whole lot of people. Each separate event that makes up the whole needs to be han-dled by a caring, and yes, unpaid, volunteer, and there needs to be a gov-erning board that directs all this.

If you are a fan of the festival, or someone who is passionate about Mad-isonville and Madison County, a perfect way to express that love is by helping. Many of the vol-

unteer positions are for the day only; the director spots take just a few hours a week to pull off .

The current board, comprised of many peo-ple who have served for some time, needs some help. Th ey’ve shown their love for the festival, and are looking for others to give them a hand — to help the festival grow, to keep it and Madisonville on the map, and to bring fresh ideas.

Sadly, that’s not hap-pening.

Th ere’s really only two options here: Step up and help, or let the festi-val fade away. Th ere still will be something, as the vendors more than likely will continue under a dif-ferent banner, but that lustre, that thing exclu-sively Madisonville, will be gone, and whatever’s left will be diminished. (Incidentally, that same malady is afflicting the Madison County Mu-

seum, and will have the same eff ect.)

If that seems a bit hy-perbolic, consider this: there was at one time a thriving, vibrant art coun-cil in town, which held its last meeting last year, as no one stepped up to keep it going.

Volunteering can be diffi cult, and sometimes thankless, but the great feeling of giving to your community, of creating something truly memo-rable, can’t be overstated.

•This week’s Head-line of Note comes from chron.com, the website of the Houston Chronicle. It’s more of a pun, really, or one of those groaner jokes heard at parties: Flight carrying more than 80 plumbers grounded due to toilet trouble.

Sometimes these things just write them-selves.

Tony Farkas is pub-lisher of the Madisonville Meteor.

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Madisonville GED

and ESL Classes

Adult GED (general education diploma) classes will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at 714 Bacon St. in Madi-sonville. There is no charge for attending.

Eng l ish as a Second Language classes will be held Mondays from 5-9 p.m. Classes are free to attend.

For information, call (936) 349-8003 or on Facebook at @madisonvilleadult-learning.

Childcare is avail-able. Please mention it when you register.

Prayer Group

A Madisonv i l le prayer group will hold weekly sessions at 12:15 p.m. Wednes-days at the House of Hope, 901 W. Trinity. All concerned resi-dents are welcome.

For information, call Ferney Lord at (936) 662-7856.

Head Start

Brazos Valley Com-munity Action Agency is accepting applica-tions for its Head Start program for the up-coming school year.

Head Start is a pre-school program that provides comprehen-sive educational so-cial services to eligible children. It provides appropriate educa-tional curriculum and other services to help with everyday needs. Head Start, located at 901B Trinity, is open from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Fri-day, and the center is open for children from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. To reg-ister, parents/ guard-ians must provide proof of income for the past 12 months, the child’s birth cer-tificate, an immuniza-tion record, insurance cards and a photo ID

for the parent. Con-tact the center at (936) 348-3915 for an appointment.

FIRST WEEK

West End Cemetery

The West End Cemetery group will meet the first Mon-day of every month at 6 p.m. in the Senior Citizens Facility. We encourage all to be present and spread the word to others in our community.

Eastern Star

The Madisonville Order of Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Madison-ville Masonic Lodge.

American Legion

The American Le-gion Family Post 84 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.

Diabetes

Support Group

Diabetes Sup-

port Group meets the first Thursday of every month from 6-7 p.m., at Huntsville Memorial Hospital Conference Rooms A/B. Snacks are provided. Group will feature varied educa-tional presentations from experts. For questions, contact Hannah Allen (936) 435-7919.

Woodmen

The Woodmen Lodge meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thurs-day of each month at the Madisonville Vol-unteer Fire Station.

Kruzin’ Eagles

The Kruzin’ Ea-gles Riding Group meets at 10 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Madi-sonville Fire Station, then goes for a ride. There is a monthly potluck supper. For information, call Tim at (936) 245-0997.

Ongoing Events

Head Start

BVCAP Head Start is a preschool program that provides compre-hensive educational social services to el-igible children. Head Start provides a rich, developmentally ap-propriate educational curriculum, social ser-vices to help with ev-eryday needs of life, mental health services and nutrition services. The facility is at 901 B W. Trinity St. in Mad-isonville. Call (936) 348-3915.

Story Time

Storytime for ba-bies, toddlers and pre-schoolers will begin on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. The 30- to 45-minute program consists of stories, songs, rhymes, finger-plays, feltboard activ-ities and much more. Registration is required for each child; come in to the Madison County Library at 605 S. May St. to fill out the regis-tration form.

For information, call (936) 348-6118.

Feb. 8

The Rock Hounds Etc. will meet at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at First United Methodist Church, 102 S. McIver St., in the old fellow-ship hall. A sign will be near the entry door.

Anyone interested in knowing more about rocks, fossils, miner-als, Indian artifacts and similar items will find this rock club fun and educational.

There will be a pot luck meal (visitors are our guest), “show and tell” time, a program and door prizes.

Feb. 9

Gentlemen, please bring your daughter,

niece, or granddaugh-ter to the First United Methodist Church Father Daughter Dance. Young ladies, preschool to eighth grade, are welcome. Refreshments will be served and a photo-graph will be provided to each couple at no cost. Come and make wonderful memories with your sweetheart on Friday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. In Wes-ley Hall. There is no charge.

•West End Memorial Association is hosting a fish fry fundraiser from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Madi-son County Recreation Center, 900 Amos St.

A plate costs $8 and comes with fish, French fries, salad, bread and dessert, and preorders are wel-come. Proceeds from the fundraiser will con-tribute to the upkeep of West End Cemetery.

To order early, call (936) 348-2111 or (979) 777-6051 by Tuesday, Feb. 6.

Candidate meeting

A Meet the Candi-dates Night will be held Friday, Feb. 9, at the Kimbro Center. Doors open at 5 p.m., and speakers will begin at

6. A question and an-swer period will follow. Refreshments will be served.

Feb. 10

Two Mile United Methodist Church under leadership of Rev. Regina Green-wood in Leona, Texas will host a memorial in honor of the late Albert and Myrtia Washing-ton King.

Honored also will be Albert and Myrtia’s children — J.L. King, Ollie Mae King-Polk and Quincy King-Woods. Please join us as we celebrate the King Family, who has ties with The Two Mile United Methodist Church.

Guests will be James Davis and Gwen Davis with the Free Pentecostal Church Family of Mad-isonville.

Calendar feast

Madison County Juneteenth Organiza-tion is hosting a Cal-endar Feast event at 6 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Juneteenth Center, 1101 Seventh St. The feast will celebrate the months of the year with different foods associ-ated with each month. The event is free.

Information: Bernice Holiday, (936) 577-1991.

Feb. 13

Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, 600 N. McIver St., will host a pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 4-6 p.m. Ev-eryone is invited.

Feb. 14

Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, 600 N. McIver St., will have the Imposi-tion of Ashes on Ash Wednesday from 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Drive up to the carport. At 6 p.m., Ash Wednesday services will be held. For Information, con-tact the Rev. Cindy Clark at (713) 291-3599.

Feb. 24

Lake View Baptist Church will be feeding the hungry and home-less with love and food from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24. For information, call (936) 348-9288.

Feb. 28

A community-wide revival will be held Feb. 28 and March 1-2 beginning at 7 p.m. nightly at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 205 S. Martin Luther King, in Mad-isonville. The evan-gelist will be Gregory Collins of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church.

April 10

Lonestar Legal Aid will be at the Madison Health Resource Cen-ter, 813 State St. Suite 100, on Tuesday, April 10, from 1-4 p.m. No appointment is neces-sary.

For information, call (936) 349-0714.

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has the time required that she said this job needs.

“One of the most im-p o r t a n t aspects of being Jus-tice of the Peace in M a d i s o n County is a v a i l a b i l -ity,” she said. “Th e JP’s of-fi ce is an extremely busy place and as our popula-tion increases, it becomes busier every day. Our county deserves elected offi cials who are able to commit the time neces-sary to fulfi ll the duties of the offi ce.”

Clark said she will abide by and uphold the law, but wants to be a friend to the community.

“I will do my best to make sure the law is car-ried out,” she said.

Clark said that if elected, she will shadow her father for the next eight months for on-the-job training.

“I want the voters to know that they can expect fair and consistent treat-ment from my offi ce and that my door will always be open to anyone who needs my help,” she said.

Jon StevensIncumbent JP Jon Ste-

vens is in the last year of his first four-year term, and wants to keep on making a difference in people’s lives.

“ T h a t ’ s what it means to me,” he said. “It’s not about the numbers; it’s being there for the public.”

Stevens said he has been fi rm but fair as a jus-tice.

“I understand the working man, but people have to be held account-able for a violation,” he said. “I’m a fi rm believer in accountability, but I still have compassion. That makes me a good judge.”

Stevens said that in his first term he helped fix what he called a broken system.

“Precinct 1 had a lot of tickets falling through the cracks, with people coming in 5-6 years later even, and we would have to dismiss those tickets,” he said. “Court dates were missed because of high offi cer turnover, and pre-vious JP did not follow up. Now, court dates are set and tickets are fi nalized. No excuses.”

As a JP, Stevens said he has developed a good working relationship with law enforcement, but his reason to continue as JP is his love of Madison County.

“I inherited my love of Madison County from my father (Lanier Stevens), and I just want to serve the people,” he said. “I don’t do it for the money. Out of three years of being of office, I’ve given two years’ worth of my cost of living raises to my clerk, because I want to help people.”

He also said elected officials, especially the Justices, are more than full-time personnel; they’re on all the time.

“Everyone that runs for offi ce say they’ll be full-time; however, elected offi cials are all-time,” Ste-vens said. “I sign warrants in the middle of the night, even when I’m not on call, because that’s the job. I work for the county all the time.”

Stevens said he will continue to do that in a second term.

“If you need me, call me. I tell that to every-body. Th at’s my motto,” he said.

Justice of the Peace Precinct 2

Mitchell DillMitchell Dill knew of

Lew Plotts’ retirement, and given his history in s e r v i c e , decided to throw his hat into the ring.

He said h e h a s spent his adult life in some type of public service: in 1977 he was employed by the TDCJ, and in 1986 transferred, to the Texas Alcohol Beverage Com-mission, retiring in 2008 as supervisor to the Bryan offi ce. After that, he was asked to work for Madison County as bai-liff for district and county courts, and stayed in that position till march of 2017.

“Th at piqued my inter-est in the JP position,” he said.

Dill said he views any elected offi cial as a stew-ard of the public trust, and would try every day to be worthy of that trust.

“I will offer fair and impartial treatment for all people having busi-ness with the court,” he said. “I will promote pub-lic safety issues.

“I want to make a con-tribution to the commu-nity, and for myself and my family, we found that public service is a great way to do that,” Dill said.

Stan RodgersLeon County Deputy

Sheriff Stan Rodgers, in running for Justice of the Peace, is answering a need to do public service.

“I’ve was a police of-fi cer in the Houston area in the ’80s, I was in the Air Force in the ’70s, and in the pri-vate sector in Houston for a long time, working

for the same company for the last 19 years,” he said.

In order to do his cur-rent occupation, Rodgers said returned to the Po-lice Academy at 64 years of age and spent 18 weeks getting recertifi ed.

“My experience with the public and private sector give me a well -rounded abilities.

Been a resident of Madison County for 2 years.

I hope to be honest and fair with the public, and a good judge of what’s right and wrong. I will follow the law.

I be honored if you vote for me.

Richard GilbreathBusiness owner and

electrician Richard Gil-breath said he always has been inter-ested in law e n f o r c e -ment and the judicial system, so the open JP position was his opportunity to run.

He said he has been a resident in Madisonville since 1992, and since moving here he has built his business and served as a community volunteer.

A focus in his term would be dealing with what he believes is a growing drug problem within the city.

“I feel like becoming Justice of the Peace would be another way to serve my community and make it a better place for our children and grandchil-dren,” Gilbreath said.

Lynn Jeff riesLynn Jeff ries is a life-

long resident of Madison County, and is currently in charge of main-t e n a n c e for county f a c i l i t i e s as well as supervises

people performing com-munity service.

“I will be a full-time JP with an open-door pol-icy,” he said. “I would like to make sure that people that come into my offi ce are treated with honesty, dignity and respect, and also help with Emergency Management with the county as well.”

The Madison County Courthouse has been Jef-fries employer for the last 13 years, where he has had to interact with many departments and people in the courthouse.

“One of my responsi-bilities is to aid in times of emergency with Mad-ison County Emergency Management, and an-other is to interact with those serving community service,” he said. “During this time I became inter-ested in the criminal jus-tice system, and then that is when I decided to pur-sue my degree in criminal justice.”

Jeffries said that in 2012, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in crim-inal justice from the Uni-versity of Phoenix, which he pursued after interact-ing with diff erent depart-ments in the county.

“I understand what the job of JP entails and the responsibilities that come with it,” he said. “If elected, it will be my ut-most priority to serve and be fully available to my community any time. I am ready to start my career in the criminal justice sys-tem and provide fair and impartial decisions.”

Kelly NavarroAfter discussing and

shadowing retiring JP Lew Plotts about the po-sition, Kelly N a v a r r o decided it was some-thing that s o u n d e d appealing.

C u r -rently, Navarro works as

dental assistant for Dr. Richard Dorris, and has been in the medical fi eld for about 20 years.

“I have friends and family in law enforcement — I’ve worked with neigh-borhood watch in North Zulch,” she said. “I have a priority of keeping people’s property safe.

“I want to do my part to help people, like renters and landlords — anything anyone owns is special and they should be able to keep it,” Navarro said.

Th ings before the court will be considered on a case-by-case basis, Na-varro said.

“I plan to work with law enforcement and be avail-able to hear people’s con-cerns,” she said.

Steven ColeHaving lived in Madison

County all his life, Steven Cole said he wanted to give something back to a county that always had been good to him.

Cole said he’s cur-rently working at the TDCJ Ferguson Unit as a pro-gram supervisor in the mop and broom factory and the saddle shop, and has been in the law enforcement fi eld for 24 years.

“I have a degree in busi-ness administration from Sam Houston State Uni-versity,” he said. “I’ve done some disciplinary work, and I have a good base of knowledge from long-time experience. Also, I’m done budgeting, accounting work, and am in charge of fi ve employees and eight convicts.”

Cole want the position to be run as well as it can be, and to make sure that the JP is responsible to the community.

“Th e rule of law is key, and should be applied to everybody,” he said. “I will always be firm, fair and consistent.”

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Area DigestTrout Fishing Clinic

Fort Boggy State Park, the Friends of Fort Boggy State Park and Texas Parks and Wildlife Fisheries are teaming together to put on the inaugural Trout Fishing Clinic for Kids on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Fort Boggy State Park, 4994 Highway 75 South, in Centerville.

Th is event teaches basic angler skills to children ages 5 to 12 (knot tying, safety, fi sh habitat and casting).

Th e event is free to all children ages 5 to 12; registration is required as space is limited, and those registered by Feb. 18 will receive a free event T-shirt; children who complete the basic angler clinic will receive a free rod and reel while supplies last.

An adult must accompany all children and no more than two children per adult is allowed. Park entrance fee is $3 for people 13 or older.

Th e sessions will run from 8:30-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 2:30-5 p.m. During each 2 ½-hour session, children will have the opportunity to use loaner rod and reels and free bait to catch rainbow trout.

To register or for information, call Betty Heffl er, event coordinator, at (903)-322-3478 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. daily.

Mail ballots availableVoters who are eligible and wish to vote by mail must ob-

tain, complete and return an application for ballot by mail no later than Feb. 23, 2018. Applications may be obtained in one of three ways:

•picked up by individuals at Madison County Court-house, 101 W. Main St. Madisonville, before early voting starts Feb. 20.

•e-mail or call and request an application; or

•an application can be downloaded from the Madison County Website Elections page.

For information or to request an application, contact County Election Administrator Earl Parker at (936) 349-0132.

Workshop scheduledTexas A&M Center for Population and Aging will host a

chronic pain self-management health and wellness work-shop from Feb. 7-March 14 at Madison County Library Annex, 605 S. May St.

Th e free workshop will meet each Wednesday during that time for 2 ½ hours each day, from 1-3:30 p.m.

Th e workshop teaches strategies for wellness, including techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain and isola-tion; exercise and nutrition; appropriate use of medication; and communication, among others.

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incredible and that win-ning was a huge deal. I was shocked when the judge called my name, but I’m just so honored.”

Of the 33,000 entries at the nation’s longest-run-ning livestock, the live-stock exhibited by more than 11,500 juniors are among the best market animals in the country. One of the show’s main

objectives is to support the professional and leader-ship development eff orts off ered by the 4-H and FFAQ programs in Texas.

After May’s accom-plishment, she was ex-tremely appreciative to her parents and close family friends for putting her in a position to be suc-cessful.

“My parents have al-ways supported me no matter what,” said May. “Th ey’ve been my driving force along with the Coun-sil family, I couldn’t have

done it without them.” •Th e Madisonville FFA

group was named Reserve Champion in the Ag Ma-chinery and Equipment Division of the Junior Ag-ricultural Mechanics Proj-ect Show in Fort Worth.

Th e Ag Mechanics Proj-ect Show is considered a highlight of the opening weekend.

Members of FFA and 4-H organizations spent countless hours designing and constructing equip-ment such as livestock and wildlife feeders, trail-

ers and cultivation tools to suit a variety of farm and ranch needs. Th ere are also divisions for outdoor recreational equipment as well as a division for the restoration of farm and ranch equipment such as tractors and horse-drawn equipment. Th e contest has received signifi cant popularity among high school agricultural sci-ence programs since 2013.

Th e Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo lasted 23 days and concluded on Saturday.

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North Zulch 4-H member Amanda May poses with her family after she was named Division IV Reserve Champi-on in Junior Limousin Beef Heifer Show at the 2018 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on Jan. 22.

Editor’s note: Th is is the second of two articles relating events from past issues of the Madisonville Meteor.

January 1968: W.H. Scott announced that he’d sold half-interest in Scott’s Drug as of Jan. 1 to young pharma-cist Marshall Clouser. Clous-er and his bride Sunny had just married on Dec. 1 and were living on Whistle Street in a rent house belonging to Ray Reding. Janet Price and Earl Wayne Parten married on Jan. 5 and went to Hous-ton for a short wedding trip. Th e State was paying a $10 bounty for each wolf killed. Ernie Petri, Jr., B.A. Morgan, Jim Howe, Billy Bard, Sam-my Leathers, and M.R. Gaf-ford recently killed wolves. Jerry Dyer’s Mustang bas-ketball team defeated Trini-ty 43-38 in the district open-er. John Sawtelle led scoring with 12 points, and Calvin Sloan, Jeff ery Johnson, Fred-dy Starns, Steve Wells, and Tommy Starns were also on the A-team. Th e Mustangs B-team won 43-35, with Gene Bracewell scoring 13 points and Larry Sanders

12. Th e Corral Café charged $2.25 for its Th ursday night all-you-can-eat shrimp meal, and Boney Bass Chev-rolet advertised a 1966 half-ton 8-cylinder Chevy truck, with radio, heater, and trail-er hitch, for $1,350.

January 1978: Local busi-nesses J.B. White and Winns were still operating, as was Th e Carousel, with clothing for ladies, children and in-fants. Glenn Stiffl emire was Meteor editor and publisher, and Norman Risinger han-dled advertising and sports. Folks in Madison County or

surrounding counties paid $5 for a year’s subscription, those living elsewhere in the state paid $6, and out-of-state folks paid $6.50. CB radios were the rage, and the Country Bumpkin CB Club met at Midway Commu-nity Center. School board elections were coming up, and Dr. Bob Jones, Jimmy Fite, Faye Smith, and Herb Krantz had fi led. Coach Jim Vinson’s Mustangs defeat-ed Willis 56-46 in roundball action. Jerry Paul Moff ett led scoring with 18 points, followed closely by Herbert Nealy with 17. Lamar Braz-zell, Ronnie Gilbert, Greg Scott, and Quinny Mosley also got in on scoring.

January 1988: John Dean Carter celebrated 50 years as a grocer, having started in 1938 at the age of 19. Coach Jerry Harper re-tired as Madisonville High School head football coach and athletic director after 16 years in those positions. His football teams’ record was 127-67-5. Gregory Har-deman, son of Beverly and Grady Hardeman, celebrat-

ed his fi rst birthday on Jan. 10. Reed’s Furniture Store’s bridal registry listed Angela Fraley and Gary Baker and also Donna Reno and Curtis O’Brien. Scoring 36 points, Bobby Whaley led the Mus-tang basketball team to beat Rockdale in 64-57 in the district opener. Other Mustangs scoring were Ray Neeley, Michael Bibbs, Otis Moten, Andre Buckner, Keifer Wheaton and Allan Jaster. Coach Jeff Jeff erson’s Lady Mustangs crushed Rockdale 74-37. Sonya Mc-Cloud’s 17 points made her high scorer. Others who scored were Tina Randle, Sheila Johnson, Latunja Burns, Secnetria Dunn, Stephanie James, Cassan-dra Cooper, Froncella Reece and Katrina Nellums. North Zulch Lady Bulldogs round-ballers romped over Rock-dale 51-27. Cheryl Andrus led scoring with 17 points, and others scoring included Sondra Gray, Brenda May, and Lea Ann Busa.

January 1998: Heavy rains fell locally on Jan. 6, with fl ash fl ooding around

the county. Dustin Todd Harkrider was born on Jan. 10 to Lynn and Todd Harkrider. Ben and La-verne Waldrip established the Dale Waldrip Memorial Scholarship through Mad-isonville Church of Christ. Th e Mustangs beat Snook 88-85 in basketball action, with Kevin Ford high scorer with 26 points. Others scor-ing included Cyrus Byrd, Anthony Merchant, Jimmy Walker, Jimmy Wheaton, David Underwood, and Jeremy Williams. Roy Da-vis was unable to play due to fl u and a broken ankle. Kyle Rogers celebrated his third birthday Jan. 21. He fell while jumping on a couch and broke his foot in 3 plac-es, so he spent 4 hours of that birthday in the emergency room. Advertisers included Reed’s Furniture, Godwins’ Super Market, and Spring-fi eld Service Co.

January 2008: Helen Far-ris Tinkle’s family honored her with a 90th birthday celebration and reception. Dan Douget fi led to run for Sheriff on the Democrat-

ic ticket in the upcoming primary, and Jerald Tarver was running as a Democrat too, for Constable, Precinct 1. North Zulch’s Lady Bull-dogs defeated Milano at the Th orndale tournament, Maricia Ferrell led scoring, followed by Kelsey Heath, Calley Raynor, Taylor Jones, Jana Whitmire, Emily Weise, and Mallorie Ferrell. MHS’s Lady Mustangs beat Pales-tine Westwood 59-31, with Chasity Young netting 20 points. Others on the team were Unique Johnson, Adrianna Gilbert, Brittney Collins, April Curtis, Tiara Morning, April Ford, and Kamry Green.

I hope this whirlwind trip brought you pleasant mem-ories.

Madison County Muse-um, at 201 N. Madison St., Madisonville, TX, is open to the public Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Museum curator Jane Day Reynolds welcomes your visits. Memorials or dona-tions may be mailed to the Museum, P.O. Box 60, Madi-sonville, TX 77864.

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ASSEMBLY OF GODFirst Assembly of God812 E. Main St., Madisonville; Stephen Winner, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.

APOSTOLICJoshua Refuge Apostolic Church1922 Hwy. 75 North, Madisonville, TX 77864, 936-348-3783. Pastors Larry and Dorothy Wil-lis. Bible Study, Thursdays 7-8:30 p.m.; Sunday School, 10-11 a.m.; Morning worship, 11:30 a.m.Madisonville Apostolic Church 601 N. May St. in Madisonville; Greg Roberts, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

BAPTISTBedias Baptist3729 Main St., Bedias, 936-395-2311; Nathan Hoke, Minister; S.S. 9:30 a.m.,5 p.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.Christ Chapel Baptist11574 Hwy 21 E., by Midway post off ice, Simon Goncharenko, Minister; W.S. 11 a.m., 936-348-6400Cross BaptistHwy. 39, Cross; Monroe Rice, Pastor; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., 7 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.Elwood BaptistOSR, Elwood, 936-348-3337; Glenn Connor, Minister; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 6:30 p.m.Faith BaptistHwy. 90, Madisonville 936-348-3259; www.faithmadisonville.com; David Clapp, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.First Baptist of Madisonville300 S. Elm, Madisonville 936-348-2686; Joshua Crutchfi eld, Pastor; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m., Prayer Meeting, Wed. 6:30 p.m. First BaptistPOB 10, North Zulch; 254 Madison Ave., 936-399-2331; Pastor, Chip Parmer, S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wed. Prayer Service, Youth and TeamkidsFreedom Missionary BaptistMadisonville; O.L. Leveston, Minister; First Sunday of each month; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m., Wed. 5 p.m.Free Will Baptist365 Zulch Ave., North Zulch; Warner Collier, Minister 936-399-2800; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 6 p.m.Grace Baptist7171 Fm 1372, North Zulch; Don Sem on ski, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.Hispanic Baptist310 N. May, Madisonville; Pablo Palo mino, Minister 936-348-2319; Dom. 10 a.m. y 6 p.m., Mierc. y Vier. 6 p.m.Hopewell Missionary Baptist12695 FM 247, Midway; Willie Claiborne, Minister; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., 2nd & 4th SundayLake View Baptist416 N. Short St. Madisonville 936-348-9288Charleton Greene, Minister; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m.; Bible study Wed. 6:30 p.m.; Missionary Soc. Wed. 5:30 p.m.Little Rock Missionary BaptistF.M. 1428 south of S.H. 21, Connor com munity; Danny Baker, Minister; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., 2nd & 4th SundayLone Star Missionary Baptist22426 Gin Tank Rd., Bedias; David Burns, Pas-tor; 1st & 3rd Sunday, 11 a.m.Madisonville Christian Fellowship3973 Hwy 21 East, Madisonville; 936-348-3923; Wade Phillips, Pastor; S.S. 9:30 a.m., W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m., Servicios en Espanol; Wed 6 p.m.; Family Day on second Sunday.Mesquite Hill Baptist7401 Rocky Ridge Lane, Madisonville; Daniel Vines, pastor; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

New Life Baptist Church1508 E. Collard, Madisonville; Lloyd Jones, Minister; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.Pleasant Grove BaptistHwy. 39, North Zulch; Whitt Meyer, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m. W.S. 11 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.Pool Chapel Missionary Baptist1008 McIver, Madisonville; D.F. Johnson, Minister; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11:30 a.m., Wed. 7:30 p.m.Primera Iglesia Bautista de los Hispa ños506 S. Elm St., Madisonville, 936-581-9892; Sylvester Mendez, Minister; W.S. Sun. 5 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; all SpanishRock Prairie Baptist9085 Oxford Cemetery Road, Madisonville; Olan Weaver, Pastor; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.Sand Prairie BaptistOff Hwy. 39 on 1452W in George Community; Bro. Larry Andrews, Pastor; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Bible study 5 p.m., worship 5:30 p.m. Wed. 6:30 p.m.Shiloh BaptistFM 1696, Panky Community; Joe Gray, Minis-ter; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.Shiloh Missionary Baptist205 S. Martin Luther King Dr.; Madisonville; Edward Collins, Minister; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Wed. 6 p.m.Sweet Zion Missionary Baptist305 Bogan Street, Madisonville; 936-245-7470; Rev. Tony Green; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.Union BaptistFM 2289, Normangee; Kerry Stroud, Min ister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; Awana Club meets Wed. 6 p.m

CATHOLICSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic100 S. Tammye Lane, Madisonville; Mi chael J.Barone, Minister 936-348-6368; Confessions 11 a.m. Saturday; Mass in English 9:30 a.m. Sunday; Mass in Spanish 1 p.m. Call for daily services.

CHURCH OF CHRISTAntioch Church of Christ15821 Hwy 21 E., Midway; Howard Watson, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.Bedias Church of Christ22058 Hwy. 90 North, Bedias; 936-295-2004, S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m.Highway 90 Church of Christ1115 S. Madison, Madisonville; Bill Jeter, Minister, 936-348-8448; S.S. 9:30 a.m.; W.S. 10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m. - Wed. 6 p.m.Midway Church of Christ10 mi. east of Madisonville on Hwy 21Lanier Stevens, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m., Wed. 6:30 p.m.Mt. Tabor Church of Christ8 mi. N. of Madisonville on Hwy. 75,Stuart Carter, Minister; W.S. 9:30 a.m., 936-348-6331North Madison Church of Christ402 N. Madison, Madisonville;936-348-3517; S.S. 10:50 a.m.; W.S. 9:30 a.m.,North Zulch Church of Christ323 Zulch St., North Zulch; 936-399-2351; Fred Keefer, Minister; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.West Main Church of Christ804 W. Main St., Madisonville; Freddie Ander-son, Minister; S.S. 9:30 a.m., W.S. 10:30 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.Southside Church of Christ6050 FM 247, Midway; Bro. Mack Bailey Sr., minister. Bible Study 9:30-10:15 a.m., W.S. 10:30 a.m.

EPISCOPALHoly Innocents Episcopal600 N. McIver, Madisonville; 936-348-2034; W.S. 10:30 a.m

PROTESTANT EPISCOPALSt. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal201 N. Texas St., Madisonville; 979-549-2876Ben Lyons, Minister; services on Sundays and Wednesdays; call for times.

LUTHERANBethlehem Lutheran5058 Church Lane, North Zulch; 936-399-5563; S.S. 8:30 a.m.; W.S. 9:45 a.m.

METHODISTBedias United Methodist3202 Main St., Bedias, Ann Worrell, Pastor; 936-395-0300, www.bediasumc.org., S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 11 a.m. Wed. prayer svc. 6 p.m.First United Methodist102 S. McIver, Madisonville; Patricia Wehn-Glowski, Minister 936-348-2691; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 8:30 & 11 a.m.Tanyard United Methodist9866 Tanyard Church Lane, Midway Regina Greenwood, Minister; 1st Sunday; W.S. 11:30 a.m.Two Mile United MethodistHwy. 977, Leona; Regina Greenwood, Minister; 2nd & 4th Sunday; S.S. 10 a.m., W.S. 11 a.m.Zion United MethodistIola, 936-394-2614; Beverly Tune, MinisterS.S. 9 a.m.; W.S. 10 a.m.

MORMONChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints1205 E. Main, Madisonville, 936-348-3116, Branch president Virgil Landry; W.S. 10 a.m.; S.S. 11:15 a.m.

PENTECOSTALFree Pentecostal House of Prayer716 W. Main, Madisonville; Elder James Davis, Pastor; S.S. 10 a.m.; W.S. 11:30 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.Mission Pentecostes902 S. May, Madisonville; Antonio Torres, Minister; Dom. 6 p.m.; Mier. 7 p.m.; Vier. 7 p.m.United Pentecostal507 E. Magnolia, Madisonville; Don Grigs by, Minister; W.S. 10 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

NON-DENOMINATIONALBrazos Valley Power Center105 N. Madison St., Madisonville; 903-344-2769 or www.thepowercenter.net Tim and Sheena Doern, Pastors; W.S. Sun. 10 a.m. & Wed. 7 p.m.Church of Hope20260 Hwy 90 North, Bedias 936-395-7033Dewitt Rowe, Minister; W.S. 6 p.m. Sat.; Prayer 10 a.m. Tues.; Teens 7 p.m. Fri.Cornerstone Bible Church“Changing the world by being his church”3058 Johnson Ln., Madisonville, TX979-324-3619Sunday worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening 6 p.m., Wednesday night 7 p.m.Sr. Pastor: David Medina, Associate Pastor: Jerry Huff Cross Roads Cowboy Church1207 S. Madison St, Madisonville; 936-349-4401; 10 a.m. Sun., Wed. 7 p.m.Living Truth Church1100 N. May, Madisonville; Lon McVeigh, Minister; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.New Life Church11969 Hwy 21 East, Midway; Terry Bry an, Min-ister; S.S. 9:45 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m.The Dwelling Place2185 Waldrip Rd. (I-45 N. & Waldrip); Glenn Campbell, Minister 936-348-2772; W.S. 10:30 a.m.; 7 p.m. service at House of Hope, 901 W. Trinity St.Victory Bible Church3707 S.H. 21 W., Madisonville; John Weeks, Minister. W.S. 10:45 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

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Modern psychology often confi rms ancient wisdom. Much of the advice that has been

empirically verifi ed by the fi eld of Positive Psychology echoes ancient philosophers, including the wisdom of the Bible. Oneof the clearest examples of this is the advice to be thankful and count your blessings. Researchers at the Positive Psychology Center at Penn have confi rmed that the simple exercise of writing down three things that went well at the end of each day will improve the quality of your life. You will feel less depressed simply by focusing on the positive things in life, and by thinking about why things went well you set the stage for a more positive future. One easy way to do this is to start a journal, or even just start a document on yourcomputer. You might title this journal or document “Three Blessings,” or “Three Good Th ings” if you want a more secular title, and then simply list the three good things that happened to you (or which you did) and answer the question why for each one. Th e question as to why it happened is important because it forces us to refl ect on the causes of these good things and helps us to repeat them. – Christopher Simon

Th ree Blessings

“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefi ts.”—Psalm 103:2 NIV

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Correction: Last Wednes-day’s, Jan. 31, Welcome to Bedias column, on page 9 of the Madi-sonville Meteor, included a photo caption stating that Bedias resi-dent, Bob Goldstein, was running for Grimes County Judge. This is not correct, and we regret the erroneous photo caption stating otherwise.

The Rev. Henry Sanders’ church, Faith Outreach Chris-tian Center in Navasota, contin-ues to be our host for our Sec-ond Sunday Christian Movie Nights. Everyone is invited and encouraged to join us for each of our wonderful Christian movie nights in our new home.

Our next film, “The Perfect Stranger,” will be offered on

Sunday, Feb. 11, at 5 p.m. Please go to our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/BediasTex-asChristianFilmFestival, or www.facebook.com/FOCC1976,

for more information on our programs.

• We had the opportunity to attend a Candidate Meet & Greet last Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, at Bob Goldstein’s Bedias resi-dence. It is very important that we take advantage of these op-portunities to meet, and closely question, the people who want to work for us in public office.

Tommy Mayhood askes us to share that the T. J. Goree SCV Camp is hosting a program about the Scots-Irish during the Civil War. Our guest speak-er will be Faber Mc Mullen of Navasota. The meeting begins at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the meeting room at the Rancho Viejo Restaurant, on the Court-

house Square, in Madisonville. All interested parties are invited to attend.

• Do you have a community or church event you would like included in our weekly column? We would love to share your news with our readers.

• Happy birthday to Nancy Bowen, Roy Willis, J.D. Mallard, Joan Escamilla, Jennifer Figley, Gregory Washington, Jr., Sorin Ardeleanu, Bob Goldstein, Del-Ray Lentz, Joe Williamson, Bob Williams and Joseph Burditt.

Happy anniversary to Sharon and Dwayne Allen and Raby and Christine Wallen.

Congratulations to everyone else celebrating personal and family occasions. Drop us a note

if you want to add someone to our birthday, anniversary or concerns list.

• Please take care when driv-ing near schools, in road con-struction and repair areas and as our weather changes. Please up-hold our brave law enforcement officers, volunteer firefighters and other first responders, also, please remember Richard Tay-lor, Nicki Thomson, Lew Gears, J.D. Mallard, George Newton, Aidan Fedor and Betty Darby in your hearts and prayers.

Send news to [email protected], and please follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/Bedias-News.

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First Corinthians 13 says, “If I speak in the tongues of men or of an-gels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cym-bal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fath-om all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not en-vy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not eas-ily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perse-veres.

Love never fails. But where there are proph-ecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part,  but when com-pleteness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;

then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

When was the last time you shared a kind world with someone, or helped someone who was in need? If you can’t remem-ber then it’s been entire-ly too long. Take some time to engage someone in a truly loving manner. Show them the kind of love Christ showed us.

Don’t allow yourself to live this life filled with the stuff that doesn’t matter. God matters and people matter, so get busy loving.

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Sheriff ’s ReportJan. 28

MPD Offi cers Wilson, Ostermeyer, Lawrenz and Reid were called to Hope Circle to assist with a re-ported disturbance.

MPD Offi cers Wilson, Ostermeyer, Lawrenz and Reid were called to Park in response to a reported dis-turbance.

EMS was called to May to assist with a medical emergency.

Jan. 29MPD Offi cer Edwards

was called to Church of Christ to assist with an es-cort.

Deputy Klingle was called to Mustang Loop in response to a credit card abuse report.

EMS was called to Washington to assist with a medical emergency.

Deputy Shiver was called to FM39 in response to a domestic disturbance report.

MPD Offi cer Edwards was called to Trinity in re-sponse to reported threats by phone.

MPD Offi cer Edwards was called to Dollar Gen-eral to assist with a minor accident.

EMS was called to the Ferguson Unit to assist with a medical emergency.

MPD Officer Bohan was called to Main to as-sist with a minor accident.

Deputy Elkat was called to FM39 in response to a reported burglary.

Deputy Elkat was called to Lone Star to as-sist with a minor accident.

Jan. 30Deputy Klingle was

called to Dingerville in response to a reported theft of property.

MPD Officer Oster-meyer was called to Mary in response to a reported assault.

Deputy Elkat re-sponded to an alarm.

EMS was called to Assisted Living to assist with a medical emergen-cy.

Deputy Elkat was called to McVey in re-sponse to a suspicious vehicle report.

Jan. 31Deputies Martin and

Lawrenz were called to Oregon Lane in response to a reported burglary.

EMS was called to Washington to assist with a medical emergency.

MPD Offi cers Wilson and Ostermeyer were called to May in response to a reported assault.

Feb. 1MPD Officers Wolff

and Reid were called to HWY 21 to assist with a minor accident.

Deputies Martin and Lawrenz were called to Madison in response to a reported trespassing.

EMS was called to Park Hill to assist with a medi-cal emergency.

EMS was called to Ferguson to assist with a medical emergency.

Highway Patrol Offi cer Reese was called to Buc-ee’s in response to a reck-less vehicle report.

Deputy Ogle was called to HWY 21 in response to a suspicious person re-port.

Deputy Kyle was called to Quiet Waters in response to a report of estray.

MPD Offi cers Wilson and Ostermeyer were called to the Walmart Parking Lot to assist with a minor accident.

EMS was called to Bun-dic to assist with a medi-cal emergency.

Feb. 2EMS was called to

Washington to assist with a medical emergency.

MPD Offi cer Edwards was called to Minden in

response to a stolen vehi-cle report.

Deputy Kishino was called to I45 to assist a motorist.

Deputies Bates and Kishino were called to I45 in response to a reckless vehicle report.

EMS was called to Union to assist with a medical emergency.

EMS was called to Ev-ans to assist with a medi-cal emergency.

MPD Officer Bohan was called to Dale in re-sponse to a harassment report.

MPD Officer Bohan was called to Stanley Feed Store in response to a re-port of suspicious activity.

MPD Offi cer Bohan re-sponded to an alarm.

Deputy Elkat was called to Illinois Lane in response to a report of estray.

MPD Officer Bohan was called to Bogan in re-sponse to a reported dis-turbance.

EMS was called to Standley to assist with a medical emergency.

Feb. 3Highway Patrol Offi cer

Arellano was called to Le-on County to perform an agency assist.

MPD Offi cer Edwards was called to Limit in re-sponse to a stolen vehicle report.

MPD Offi cer Edwards was called to South St. in response to a suspicious vehicle report.

EMS was called to Wil-son to assist with a medi-cal emergency.

MPD Offi cer Haynes was called to Casey in re-sponse to an animal issue.

Deputy Klingle was called to HWY 90 to assist with a welfare concern.

Deputy Kishino was called to Burr in response to a report of estray.

EMS was called to HWY 90 to assist with a medical emergency.

MPD Offi cers Edwards, Camarillo, Gilbert, Mor-ris, Ogle and Kishino were called to Jack in the Box in response to a reported civil matter.

MPD Offi cers Edwards and Camarillo were called to Wells in response to a reported disturbance.

MPD Offi cers Edwards and Camarillo were called to Walmart to assist with a welfare concern.

Highway Patrol Offi cer Bates was called to HWY 21 to assist with a minor accident.

EMS was called to

Chambless to assist with a

medical emergency.

Deputy Elkat was

called to Quail in response

to a domestic disturbance

report.

MPD Officer Bohan

was called to Madison in

response to a loud music

report.

Deputy Elkat was

called to Tuner in re-

sponse to a suspicious ve-

hicle report.

EMS was called to sh21

to assist with a medical

emergency.

Feb. 4

Highway Patrol Offi cer

Reese responded to an

alarm.

MPD Offi cer Edwards

was called to Bogan in re-

sponse to a reported dis-

turbance.

Deputy Klingle was

called to Gin in response

to a report of estray.

MPD Offi cers Edwards

Camarillo and Reese were

called to May in response

to a report of burglary.

MPD Offi cers Edwards

and Camarillo were called

to Brookshire Bros in re-

sponse to a reported dis-

turbance.

Jail LogTh e following persons

were arrested or booked into the Madison Coun-ty jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

•Bradley, Marvin James, 33, evading arrest

•Brooks, Frank C. Jr., 57, motion to adjudicate/possession of a con-trolled substance

•Brown, Kedarius, 21, burglary of a habitation

•Bustos, Margarito Hurtado, 35, court com-mittal

•Byrd, Bobby Glenn Jr., 28, burglary of a hab-itation

•Childress, Danny Ray, 54, resisting arrest

•Deforest, Charles William, 56, engaging in criminal activity

•Donahoe, Tiffany Jean, 39, theft

•Dotson, Alferder-ick Ross, 32, terroristic threats

•Driskell, Matthew Byrle, 34, possession of a controlled substance

•Duke, Anthony Lee Jr., 44, motion to adju-dicate/driving while li-cense invalid

•Elem, Voshon, 20, court committal

•Evans, Francis Lee, 29, failure to appear, as-sault

•Fairhurst, Michael Edward, 41, unautho-rized absence

•Francisco, Allenae, 19, criminal mischief

•Gray, Stanley Allen, 57, driving while intox-icated third or more of-fense

•Green, Joseph Hay-wood, 45, motion to re-voke/burglary of a hab-itation

•Greer, Joseph Hay-wood, 45, driving while license invalid with pre-vious convictions, failure to appear

•Grisham, Michael Blake, 32, warrants

•Hardeman, Deldrick Dewayne, 28, burglary of a building

•Henley, Jamie Leigh, 48, court committal

•Herrera, Richard No-

ah, 21, evading arrest•Keefer, John Wayne,

48, engaging in criminal enterprise

•Lotts, Laeve Lekitt, 28, court committal

•McLean, Lauren Danielle, 35, assault on a public servant

•Mikeska, Melanie Kay, 39, motion to re-voke/manufacture or de-livery of a controlled

•Moore, Th omas Pat-rick Jr., 42, criminal tres-passing

•Nealy, Michael Alonzo, 35, burglary of a habitation

•Phillips, Richard Ver-nard Jr., 40, tampering or fabricating evidence

•Phillips, Stephanie

Kay, 34, possession of a controlled substance

•Porter, Jennifer Sherea, 26, no charge listed

•Randle, James Ber-nard, 37, assault

•Regino, Mark An-thoney, 20, possession of marijuana

•Robinson, Reginald Oneal, 53, criminal tres-passing

•Senff, Samantha Lynn, 37, motion to ad-judicate/driving while li-cense invalid

•Simon, Jessie Earl II, 33, failure to appear, driving while license in-valid with previous con-victions

•Stukes, Robert Allen,

55, driving with license invalid

•Thompson, Saman-tha Jane, 35, failure to ap-pear, theft

•Tucker, Edward, 32, interfering with public duties

•Villarreal, Mark An-thony, 29, criminal non support

•Washington, Dekel-dric Dantrel, 27, manu-facture or delivery of a controlled substance

•White, Cornell, 48, no car insurance

•Williams, Shanda Lynn, 47, aggravated as-sault

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said. “Th rough this kind of public input, it better informs the planning process, and makes us aware of the many concerns.”

Th e FRA, while it showed support for a particular route, could tweak the plans based on feedback received at meetings like this, he said.

Many people expressed concern about the two cemeteries that would be uproot-ed by the plan — Ten Mile cemetery and Oxford Cemetery, as well as the two-mile-per-side buff er required for building the railroad.

Residents referred to the project not as a railroad, but a land grab that eventually will cost the taxpayers large amounts of money.

Th e FRA, however, did not answer any questions posed at the meeting; Kelly said that the questions will be answered on-ly in the fi nal draft of the environmental study.

Katherine Dobbs of the FRA said there still is a signifi cant amount of work need-ing to be done in the planning process.

Gene Whitesides, a landowner that will be aff ected by the railway, said this proj-ect does not serve the public, despite the claims of the FRA or Texas Central.

“If this project is allowed to proceed, no matter what the bank says, no matter what the deeded landowners say, no mat-ter what the title company says, a private company claiming they have the right of eminent domain can take what is legally yours and all you can do is say ‘thank you,’” he said. “I am soundly against this project.”

Ronald Richards, also a landowner in the aff ected area, said he is 100 percent against the project, and “10 to 20 billion percent against Texas Central and its boondoggle report.”

Richards cited other problems with the

rail, including electromagnetic emissions, noise pollution, decreased land values and infections to the environment.

“Th e county will be responsible to build new roads for the ones that are closed, and then upkeep on those,” he said.

Other members of Whiteside’s family spoke out against the project as well.

For two more hours, residents ques-tioned the FRA about the fi nancing of the project, passenger estimates and the over-all feasibility of the project.

Two county commissioners, Th omas Collard and Carl Cannon, expressed their opposition to the rail.

Addressing the FRA, Collard said, “It sucks what you’re going to do to these peo-ple. You’re going to destroy a lot of lives.”

He said the county passed a resolution several years ago against the project, and will stand behind it to the end.

Carl Cannon said he was extremely concerned about property taxes in the county.

“For the last three years, we did not raise taxes, but I feel this will cost a lot of money and will force us to raise taxes in the future,” he said. “I’m against this.”

Kyle Workman, president of Texans Against High-Speed Rail, said people just are not for this project, which is evident by the turnout at meetings in numerous counties.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re in Madison County, or Leon County, or Grimes or Dallas, the impact is the same: you get no benefi t, and you get your land and your life decimated,” Workman said.

Th e process is supposed to take into consideration the cultural aspects as well as the human and social impacts, he said.

“It’s critical that everyone hear how this project is aff ecting them, because that’s part of the evaluation process,” Workman said.

Additional comments and ques-tions can be submitted by emailing [email protected] or by visiting the website at fra.dot.gov/page/P0700.

could have attended had that meeting place not been changed. Maybe we need another meeting here in Madisonville. At a large enough place.

•Th is Friday evening, Feb. 9, is the annual Father/Daughter Dance held in the Wesley Hall of First United Method-ist Church. Dads, granddads, uncles: if you have a young lady or more ages pre-school to eighth grade you don’t want to miss this.

Th e dance is held from 6-7 p.m. and it’s a great opportunity to make a mem-ory she will never forget. Yes, it is open to the public so moms, now is the time to get that special dress, hair accessories and all of the trimmings ready.

•Calling all members of the 4-H Horse Club. Your Feb. 12 meeting starts at 4 p.m. and you’ll get to hear. Dr. De-nise Easterling present the program. If you are a horse show judge, plan to stay afterwards for about an hour.

•Th en Valentine’s Day is Wednes-day, Feb. 14. If you’re really smart, that’s enough said. And, if you’ve got fl owers on your mind, don’t wait until the last minute to order them. Valentine’s Day and Mothers’ Day are the two busiest days of the year for fl orists.

•One more thing, if you’re considering taking your sweetheart to the Woodbine Hotel for their annual Valentine dinners, pick up the phone and make reservations if you want to dine Valentine’s evening. Th e good news is the Woodbine cele-brates Valentine’s Day for a week start-ing this Th ursday, Feb. 8, and running through Feb. 17, so you’ve got plenty of opportunities to make your sweetheart smile.

•Next weekend, Friday, Feb. 16 and Saturday, Feb. 17 is the annual Madi-sonville First Baptist Church Women’s

Ministry held in the church’s Family Life Center. Have you registered yet? Th is year’s theme is “Th e Heart of the Matter” while the speaker is Jacki King.

Th e event begins Friday evening with check in at 5 p.m. followed by some great fellowship and dinner. Th en Saturday a continental breakfast and luncheon will also be served during the day. Cost for the meals is $20. Call the Madisonville First Baptist Church offi ce at (936) 348-2686 by Feb. 14 for registration information.

•Th e annual Midway Volunteer Fire Department Steak Dinner and Dance will be held Feb. 24. Now that’s always fun and the steaks are great so don’t miss it.

Supporting our fi re departments is al-ways a good thing, no matter if it’s a fi re department close to you are not. Never know when you might need one and the fi re department closest to you may need to call some more to help you out.

•Fair time. Now is the time to make plans for the upcoming Madison County Fair. Fair week is March 17-24 with the rodeo being held March 16-17. Th e fair honors Mr. Billy Wilson this year, a life-long contributor, worker, supporter, gofer, and everything in between for the fair. Hats off to you Billy. We’ll share more about the fair next time.

•If you’re a fan of the Houston Live-stock Show & Rodeo, now is the time to get tickets for Madison County night Fri-day, March 9. Performer is Chris Young.

And fi nally, it’s time to sign off . Th e boss is waiting on this column, so I’ll leave you with this great quote from au-thor Sendhil Mullainathan.

Sendhil said, “January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as viv-idly as New Year’s resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken.”

Isn’t that the truth.

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ObituariesVirginia Miller

Virginia Elean Miller was born Jan. 23, 1938, in Silsbee, to R.V. and Alzie Elean ( B a r k e r ) S w e a r i n -gen. Al-t h o u g h she had w o r k e d outside the home as a bookkeep-er, sales-person and dental assis-tant, as well as other jobs, her most important job titles were wife and moth-er. Virginia liked working in her flower gardens, reading, traveling and visiting with friends and

family. She loved to talk and enjoyed sharing sto-ries of her life or various happenings of the day. Virginia had lived in rural North Zulch for 30 years and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Madisonville.

She passed away Jan. 26, 2018, in College Sta-tion, at the age of 80. She was preceded in death by both of her parents; husband, Joe Miller; and sons, Gary Rayburn and Larry Rayburn.

Surviving family mem-bers include daughter-in-law Gail Skinner of College Station; step-sons, Dan (Karen) Mill-er of Burnet and Randy (Susie) Miller of North Zulch; stepdaughter, Karen (Christian) Kallen

of Healdsburg, Calif.; brother, Tom Swearingen of Brady; and grandchil-dren, Emily and Sam Ray-burn, Gregory (Brandy) Miller, Justin, Travis and Danielle Miller, Gabriel Bridges, Joshua Bridges, Crystal Holbrook, Larkin (Jeaniece) Light, Luke (Lauren) Light and Kayli Rogers.

Memorial services for Virginia were held Satur-day, Feb. 3, 2018, at First United Methodist Church in Madisonville, Texas.

Madisonville Funer-al Home in Madisonville was entrusted with ar-rangements.

Felipe Munoz

Felipe G. Munoz, 74 of Bedias, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, in Bedias. F u n e r a l Mass was celebrat-ed Tues-day, Feb. 6, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton C a t h o l i c Church in Madisonville. Visitation was held Mon-day, Feb. 5, at Day Fu-neral Home Chapel in Madisonville. A rosary

service was held Mon-day. � e burial was in Jozye Cemetery in Mad-isonville. Father Mark was the celebrant.

Felipe born on Jan. 6, 1944, in General Ter-an Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Felipe and Eusebia (Garza) Munoz, and was preceded in death by his parents and his siblings, Enedina Ontiveros, Lu-cinda Garcia, Adan Mu-noz, Homero Munoz, Antonio Munoz and Jose Munoz.

Felipe is survived by his children, Rosa Medi-na, Norma Vasquez, Ma-ria Vasquez and Calistro Munoz; his grandchil-

dren, Felipe Vasquez, Rebekah Vasquez, Dan-iel Medina, Calistro Mu-noz Jr., Isaac Munoz, Cassie Munoz and Chloe Munoz; and his sisters, Maria Melendez and Fe-lipa Perez.

Serving as pallbear-ers were Calistro Munoz, Jose Rodriguez, Jesus Martinez, Miguel Rodri-guez, Edgar Melendez and Filipe Vasquez.

Virginia Miller

Felipe Munoz

Committees continue interim work

Since I was a kid, I’ve always been fascinated by Punxsutawney Phil and his ability to predict the end of winter. With the utmost re-spect to the world’s most famous groundhog, I sure hope he’s wrong this year, as I’d be happy to trade his prediction of six more weeks of winter for some milder weather — along with some much-needed rain.

As a reminder early vot-ing will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 20, for the upcoming March 6 primary election. Please make a note of these dates and plan to exercise your privilege to vote.

With that being said, here’s and update from your State Capitol.

Interim Committee Work� e � rst month of 2018

has come and gone and the activity level in the State Capitol has really picked up with regards to the in-terim committee hearings.

While many of these hearings take place in Aus-tin, you may be interested to know that others take place in locations across the state that are relevant to the topic being discussed. For example, the House Appropriations Commit-tee will soon meet in Victo-

ria to personally visit some of the areas a� ected by Hurricane Harvey.

� is past week, I went to Tyler as the House Home-land Security Committee was there to discuss several important border security and DPS personnel-related matters.

Additionally, legislators are planning other � eld hearings across the state to discuss issues such as property taxes, free speech, air quality, and border se-curity just to name a few.

Just days ago our state’s chief tax collector, Comp-troller Glenn Hegar, up-dated the Senate Finance Committee on the state of the Texas economy.

Similar to what we heard from the President in the State of � e Union, the Comptroller reported

a bustling economy for Texas.

Among other things, he reported an uptick in job growth, the lowest unem-ployment in forty years, and double the amount of revenue in sales tax from this time last year. � at said, plenty of work will remain when the gavel falls for the 86th Legisla-tive Session next January as we continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey and plan the most prudent way to cover the associat-ed costs.

Besides the Commit-tees on Natural Resourc-es and Appropriations, which I have served on for several sessions, I will also be working this inter-im with four other mem-bers of the House, and � ve State Senators, to review the methodology and for-mulas used for funding our institutions of higher education.

As Co-Chair of this committee, I will lean on much of the experience I’ve gained in this space in past sessions, but also look forward to � nding new in-novative ways to increase equity among institutions and ultimately create a more productive environ-ment for all students.

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Iola will have its an-nual donkey basketball game on Feb. 19 starting at 7 p.m. � e � rst game will be senior students against teachers and the second game will be se-niors vs. the community. Ticket prices will be $7 in advance and $10 at the door. Preschool-aged children get in free.

Tickets can be pur-chased from any Junior class member or in the High School o� ce. Pre-ceding the games is a Se-nior Fish Fry starting at 5 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Plates are $10 and can be bought at the door. To-go plates are al-so available.

• � is week is the book fair for the elementary school. It will take place in the library in the An-nex building from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. If you are unable to attend in person, you are wel-come to visit the online book fair at scholastic.com/fair. � is option is available through Feb.

13. � ere is a wide selec-tion of a� ordable books for your child to choose from.

• � ere will be a dad-dy/daughter dance on Feb. 17 from 6-8 p.m. at the elementary caf-eteria. � is event is for elementary-aged girls. � e dance will be $15 for dad/special persons and � rst daughter, $5 for additional daughters not to exceed $20 per fami-ly. � ere will be dancing, snacks, drinks and some great activities.

• Registration is here for Iola teams for Brazos

Valley Girls Softball As-sociation. � is is for girls who are between the ag-es of 7-14. Your daughter should be bringing home a paper about it from school within the next few days. � ere are also some copies available at the front desk of the ele-mentary school. � e cost is $75 per child. Games will be played at central park in College Station on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. They will also have games on Wednesday nights as needed. Practices will be in Iola at the discretion of the coaches. Please con-tact Venessa Smithy with any questions. Registra-tion deadline is Feb. 14.

If there are any upcom-ing events or items, you wish to be seen in the ar-ticle please call (979) 402-0947 or email [email protected]. The deadline for submitting an event or announce-ment is Wednesday at noon.

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Brady, New England falls

The world already knew what was going to happen with two minutes left, a 5-point Eagles lead and Tom Brady marching onto the field. We’ve seen this movie before: Brady would lead his team 75 yards for another mi-raculous comeback and a sixth Super Bowl.

Except it didn’t happen. Philadel-phia’s Brandon Graham got to Brady for the first sack of the game and forced the ball loose, which the Eagles immediately covered.

Super Bowl 52 offered numerous big plays, blunders and head-scratch-ing calls (by coaches and officials) be-fore it ended with the first Super Bowl in Philadelphia Eagles history by a score of 41-33.

The last person to blame was Brady. The 40-year-old had maybe his best Super Bowl yet statistically with more than 500 yards, a record in the big game. In fact, New England’s offense was stellar. After a quiet first half, Rob Gronkowski led the team in catches and recorded 116 yards and two touchdowns. Danny Amendola added 150 more yards and Chris Ho-gan added 128.

The demise of the Patriots could be found on the other side of the ball. Despite consistently giving up yards, the 2017 Patriots were very good at keeping their opponents off of the scoreboard for the majority of the season. This was not the case in the Super Bowl. Head Coach Bill Beli-chick opted to bench star cornerback Malcolm Butler about an hour before the game, a decision no one will be able to properly justify, especially Be-lichick.

Nick Foles played another out-standing game and was named Super Bowl MVP after 3 touchdown pass-es and 373 yards. He also caught a touchdown pass on a fourth and goal play in the first half. He seemed to find big plays throughout the night to running back Corey Clement and wide receivers Alshon Jeffery and Nelson Agholor. The game-winning touchdown went to tight end Zach Ertz.

The score to Ertz appeared to bring into question once more the NFL catch rule, which everyone seems to have a different opinion on. It was a similar play to Jesse James of the Steelers, whose catch was ruled incomplete in a week 15 loss to the Patriots. This, however, was upheld. It appeared as if Ertz took a few strides, dove for the goal line and crossed it before the ball came loose. He was ruled a runner, where James was still ruled a receiver at the time.

The play occurred on third down and the Eagles probably would’ve tak-en a lead with a field goal anyways be-fore the strip sack, but it was an earli-er catch that was most controversial. Halfway through the third, the Eagles took a 10-point lead after a third down catch in the back of the end zone by Clement. While he caught it at first, he appeared to lose posses-sion and his foot clearly touched the white out-of-bounds markings. This was the wrong call, and the Eagles should’ve had to settle for 3 points.

Still, the Eagles offense moved the ball with ease in dire situations and the Patriots were unable to record a crucial stop all night. They seemed to do the impossible: beat New England in a high-scoring affair. If you told Tom Brady he’d get 33 points against a strong Eagles defense, that didn’t really make any big plays until the end, he would’ve surely thought he’d win his sixth.

There were some blunders early in the game. The Patriots only managed 3 points in three possessions inside

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Meteor photo by CaMpbell atkins

Madisonville’s Sam Bennett completes a fast-break basket early in the second half of Fri-day’s 75-58 win over Athens.

Mustangs push for District

n see Eye on Sports, page 14

By Campbell Atkins [email protected]

The Madisonville women’s basket-ball team picked up two wins this week over Palestine on Tuesday and Athens on Friday during senior night.

The Lady Mustangs concluded the regular season last night and the post-season will begin next week.

Before the game, seniors Latayvia Byrd, Tylisea Roundtree, Shakayla Burns and Kennedy Cooper were hon-ored with their families in their final regular season performance in front of their home fans. They were treated bal-loons and gift baskets from their un-derclassmen teammates and a stand-

ing ovation from their home fans. The Mustangs used the momentum

from their senior celebration and dom-inated right out of the gates against the Hornets on Friday. They seemed to snag just about every rebound in the opening quarter and were up 12-3 in the blink of an eye. This was courtesy of a 12-0 run that came after Athens started the game with a three-pointer.

Athens was finally able to post some points from the second quarter on, but the Mustangs were just too much down the stretch after the hot start. They took the 59-43 win despite a solid fourth quarter performance from the Hornets.

In her final game in Madisonville, Roundtree posted a double-double

with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Burns followed up with 18 points and Byrd scored 13 and 11 rebounds for her own double-double.

Last Tuesday, the Lady Mustangs took down Palestine for this second time this season. The 50-34 road vic-tory featured a fierce defensive effort that held the Wildcats to just 7 points throughout the second half.

Burns led the team in scoring with 16 points and snagged 7 rebounds. Roundtree added 13 points of her own and led the team with 8 boards. Byrd also added 7 rebounds in the contest.

The Lady Mustangs finished the reg-ular season with a road game in Mexia on Tuesday. Madisonville lost to the Black Cats 62-58 at home on Jan. 19.

By Campbell Atkins [email protected]

The Madisonville basketball team has now rattled off three straight wins after starting their District slate 0-2.

This included an impressive 75-58 revenge win over top-ranked Athens at home on Friday.

“There are no words that the Meteor can print that would describe how bad we wanted to win this game,” said Madisonville head basketball coach Chris Reid after the victory.

The Mustangs knew they were capable of taking down Athens after they dropped a Jan. 16 contest 82-80 thanks to a buzzer beater. This time, the Mustangs frustrated the Hornets throughout. Athens was hit with four technical fouls in the fourth quarter alone and one player was even ejected for letting the official know how he felt about one of them.

“What made me feel great was the composure of our team,” said Reid. “We didn’t get frustrated with them and talk trash. Our boys were disciplined enough to stay focused and just play basketball. That makes me proud because that’s what our program is about.”

At the beginning of the action, it appeared as if the Mustangs would be the frustrated team. They trailed Athens 8-3 before they went on a 13-5 scoring run to conclude the opening quarter. The game went back-and-forth for much of the second until Madisonville was able to pull ahead and build a 9-point lead at the break. The Mustangs allowed just 23 points in the first half.

The game would basically be decided in the first 5

Lady Mustangs finish regular season

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Madisonville seniors Latayvia Byrd, Tylisea Roundtree, Shakayla Burns and Kennedy Cooper pose with their families after were honored Friday on senior night.

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Lady Bulldogs split By Stephen CookMeteor correspondent

NORTH ZULCH — The North Zulch Lady Bulldogs basketball team split wins last week by defeating Burton and falling to Somerville.

North Zulch hosted both schools last week.

The second game on Friday was their last home game of the season, and senior night. The seniors were given a personal introduction before the game with their family.

Five seniors were recog-nized, Emma Baker, Eliza La-zenby, Cassidy Brown, Reagan VanCour and Sally Osth.

Lady Bulldogs’ Head Coach Kimberly Branch had a glow-ing review of her seniors, say-ing, “They have been playing together for a while. They are an athletic group of girls that have set standards here at North Zu-lch. The seniors know what it takes to compete, and never showed me any lack of effort.”

The first game was last Tues-day against the Burton High School Panthers, and the Lady Bulldogs earned a 12-point Vic-tory, 38-26. North Zulch was in control the whole time and led the entire game.

Sally Osth was North Zulch’s leading scorer with 9 points. Burton gave her six free throw attempts, and she made all ex-cept one of the shots.

For their senior night, the Lady Bulldogs’ challenger was the Somerville Yeguas. The North Zulch girls fought hard the whole game but fell short at the end. The Yeguas walked away with a 4-point victory, 34-30.

Osth was North Zulch’s leading scorer against Somer-ville with 12 points.

The North Zulch girls are still in the hunt for the post season, but they do not control their own fate. The Lady Bull-dogs need to win out, and need Iola to lose.

Madisonville powerlifting resultsBy Meteor staff

Madisonville stu-dent-athletes competed at the Eagle Powerlifting Invitational in Fairfield on Feb. 1 and capped off the competition with a third-place finish. They will now look ahead to their next Invitational at Waller High School on Thursday.

132-pound weight class

Desmond Walls 1st 870 pounds totalColby Sheppard 4th 835 pounds totalBryce Roundtree 9th 650 pounds total 165-pound weight class

Andy Gonzalez 9th 915 pounds totalAsa Surface 11th 910 pounds total

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Austin Longoria 4th 955 pounds total 198-pound weight class

Micheil Harrell 5th 1,025 pounds total 220-pound weight class

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Colton Jordan 5th 1,035 pounds total SHW (Super Heavy-weight)

Joey McIver 1st 1,325 pounds total

By Stephen CookMeteor correspondent

NORTH ZULCH — It was an exciting week for the North Zulch Bulldogs basketball team with two wins that clinched a playo� berth this season.

Bulldogs’ Head Coach David Graves was thrilled for the playo� s, but is still cautious, saying, “� e playo� clinch is exciting, but we still have three games left in the regular season. We are staying focused on � nishing out the season strong.”

Before their second game of the week on Friday, the Bulldogs recognized their senior athletes as their North Zulch careers come to a close. Tyler Sanchez, Michael Har-ris, Cole Weaver, Gerhart Wiese, J.P. O’Neal and Tyler Carrol were laud-ed by the school.

“I’m proud of the way (the se-niors) have played this season. � ey have stayed locked in this year for North Zulch. I am excited to see their � nal push. � is is a great bunch of kids,” said Graves.

� e � rst of their two home games was against the Burton Panthers last Tuesday. � is was a competi-tive game with a tie going into the half. � e Bulldogs shooting came alive in the second half with � ve 3-pointers made, and they earned a 46-37 victory.

Gerhart Wiese was the game’s leading scorer with 20 points on the night. Cole Weaver had 17 points and made � ve shots from beyond the 3-point line.

For the Bulldogs’ senior night, they competed against the Somer-ville High School Yeguas, and North Zulch had a dominate 23-point win. Wiese led this game in scoring as

well with 19 points, and Weaver had another good night shooting with three 3-pointers.

� e Bulldogs battled Snook on the road Tuesday and will travel to Normangee on Friday night. � ey will conclude their regular season with a home contest against Iola on Feb. 13.

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Philadelphia’s 35-yard line in the � rst half. � ey were very e� ective o� ensively, but did leave at least 7-10 more points on the � eld.

Some of the calls can and certainly will be de-bated for quite some time, but New England was just not sti� enough on defense to win this game. � is blame falls on Belichick. Whether you want to pin it on the Butler decision or not, I think it’s clear he underestimated an opponent he had two weeks to prepare for. Benching one of your stronger defenders isn’t leadership or genius, but arrogance. Belichick and the defense cost them this game.

As for the Eagles, what can you say that we ha-ven’t said a million times? What this team accom-plished this postseason without Carson Wentz was outstanding and carried them over the � nish line. It will be a long time before we see a similar run.

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The North Zulch men’s basketball team huddles up with the Bulldog mascot before Friday’s senior night game against Somerville.

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minutes of the third quarter. Already ahead by 9, the Mustangs went on a 13-4 run to take a 45-27 lead. Madisonville was making stops and turning them into quick fast breaks and the occasional three-point opportunity. � e Hornets would spend the rest of the game trying to weather the storm, but never got closer than within 8.

“� ese guys have beaten us at the buzzer the last two times we played them,” said Madisonville’s Tommy Holiday, who posted a triple-double on the night with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks. “We wanted this one real bad and it was huge be-cause we have a shot at District now.”

On top of Holiday’s fantastic showing, Sam Ben-nett led the team with 27 points. Nick Porter record-ed 14 points with 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Before the Athens game, Madisonville also took down District opponent Palestine last Tuesday on the road by a score of 57-55.

Holiday led the team with 22 points and was fol-lowed by Bennett with 16. Holiday also led the team with 13 rebounds, 6 blocks and 2 steals.

� e win over the Hornets means that the Mus-tangs still have a shot to be co-champions of the Dis-trict this season if they win out and Athens drops one more game. If this were to happen, the teams would either play each other for a third time to determine the champion or there will be a coin � ip.

On Tuesday, Madisonville looked for revenge again in Mexia. � ey will travel to Fair� eld on Friday and conclude the regular season with a home game against Palestine next Tuesday.

MustangsContinued from page 13

Bulldogs playoff bound

Soccer prepares for District By Campbell Atkins [email protected]

� e Madisonville soccer team split a pair of home games over the week to conclude their non-District slate.

Despite dropping their � rst con-test of the year to Palestine, the Mustangs started District play with an impressive overall record of 10-1-2.

“I know the morale of my play-ers is never going to go down,” said Madisonville head soccer coach Baltazar Reyes after the loss to high-ly-touted Palestine. “We proved to ourselves that we could play with these guys, and that’s a con� dence booster.”

� e Wildcats got the best of the Mustangs with two goals in the sec-ond half after both teams kept each other o� of the scoreboard in the � rst. Jose Sanchez and Javier Le-onor of Palestine were responsible for the 2-0 di� erence.

Reyes was right in his assump-tion that nothing would keep his players down for too long. � e team bounced right back up on Friday night to pick up the 2-1 victory over Sealy at home. Bayron Veliz scored in the � rst half while Luis Aceves did the same in the second after the Tigers tied it up.

“� e boys don’t give up and they always � ght until the last minute,” said Reyes after the Sealy win. “We could’ve scored some more goal to-night, we were unlucky on some,

but we were able to record the sec-ond goal for an eventual game-win-ner.”

� e Mustangs will now prepare to begin their District schedule and try to defend their title from a sea-son ago.

“We just need to keep playing our game as a team,” said Reyes. “I know the boys are having fun every time they take the � eld and they’re going to have fun trying to get that title back. We just need to keep do-ing what we’ve been doing.”

Madisonville began District last night with a home game against Crockett. � ey will now hit the road for the � rst time in about two weeks and travel to Cleveland on Fri-day. � ey will return home to host Hemptstead on Feb. 13.

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of SHERWOOD CHESTER JONES, Deceased, were issued and granted on the 9th day of January, 2018, under Cause No. P17044, pending in the County Court of Madison County, Texas, to SHERI ROSS JONES.

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CITY OF MADISONVILLE, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

AMENDED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Madisonville, Texas shall convene at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2018, at its regular meeting place at the City Hall of Madisonville, located at 210 W. Cottonwood, Madisonville, Texas, and during such meeting, the City Council will consider the passage of an Ordinance and take such other actions as may be deemed necessary to authorize the issuance of the City of Madisonville, Texas $1,750,000 Tax & RevenueCertifi cates of Obligation, Series 2018 (the “Certifi cates”) for the purpose of paying, in whole or in part, contractual obligations to be incurred for design, construction,development, redevelopment, improvement orrehabilitation and equipping of public works and purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, buildings, land and right-of-way for authorized needs and purposes to fund (i) water and wastewater system improvements for the City (collectively the “Projects”), (ii) professionalservices for engineering, surveying, geotechnical, auditing, fi nancial advisory, legal counsel and (iii) cost of issuance of the Certifi cates. The Certifi cates shall be payable from an ad valorem tax levied, within the limits prescribed by law, on taxable property located within the City and from a pledge of certain net revenues, if any, derived from the operation of the City’s waterworks and sewer system (the “System”). The Certifi cates shall mature not later than twenty-fi ve (25) years from the date of the Certifi cates and with interest payable semi-annually at a rate not in excess of that prescribed by Chapter 1204, Government Code.

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$219,000 700 Collard St1.5 Story Brick 4/3/2/2 w/2021 sf, 2 outbuildings on 1.3 Acres (CAD)$99,000 109 N Minden St.Brick 3/2/3 w/1902 sf (CAD) - UNDER CONTRACT$87,500 106 W Collard St.1920 sf 3/2 on 1.3 acres in town (CAD). Great Fixer Upper or Investor Opportunity$119,000 108 Texas StNice 4/2 Hardiplank with 1300 SF (Seller), workshop and partially fenced lot in town. Conveniently located to schools, shopping and BCS. Shown by appointment.$249,500 New Listing3/2 Lake View Hardiplank Home on 3 Lots. Beautiful Porches, Garage and Workshop in gated community at Holiday Shores, Onalaska, TX$159,000 New Listing 3/2/1 (CP) on nearly 1 Acre featuring 1500 SF Workshop. SOLD$129,000 815 StuttsBrick home with 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage, with large privacy fenced yard. REDUCED!$129,000 Polk CountyOnalaska, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, water view.Reduced to $55,000 Sun Meadows Dr3 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home on has large city lot.$69,000 Trinity St.3 bedroom, 2 bath home great for investment or starter home.$79,000 Trinity St.2-unit duplex, great investment property.$99,000 OSR3/2 Older MH on nearly 3 acres w/ handicap ramp & Lg shade trees$225,000 Oregon LnLike new, immaculate 4 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home with 30x30 shop on 2.534 acres.$113,000 McIver StNeat, Updated 2108 SF (CAD) Stucco Home with 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 baths on nearly 1/2 acre!! HOMES/ACREAGE1976 Mustang Loop3/2 Hardy Board home w/ 1377 SF on nearly 10 acres (per CAD) with 4 outbuildings, outdoor pavilion, creek, and perimeter fencing.$299,000 1201 Main St. Residential or Commercial 3/2/2 Brick Home on 5.99 Acres.New Listing: Madison Co.Anticoch Rd. 35 Acres with Pecan Grove, Trinity River Frontage & abundant wildlife $8550/Acre UNDER CONTRACTNew Listing: Walker Co.4/3 Stone 2 story home w/shop, guest quarters, RV garage & storage shed on 11.03 AC $499,000

FM 977 Leon Co: 205.268 Acres with picturesque views!! Rolling hills, 2 ponds, fence and crossed fence, paved road access, excellent exposure and ve miles to I-45. $4500/Acre.New Listing Centerville4/2 MH on 13.5+/- Acres with 4 RV Hookups, Workshop, & 2 Ponds $220,000. New Listing: 60 Acres with Paved Frontage on FM 2346 & Pearson Rd Access; New Fence, Pond, & Creek $4,000/Acre SOLD$279,000 CR 130 Bedias4 bedroom, 2 bath home on 8.8 acres with nearly 3 acre lake. Large shop. Includes 3 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home for investment property.

$199,000 FM 1372 North ZulchBrick, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car carport on 6 acres. REDUCED $175,000$385,000 S. MadisonBeautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car carport on 2 acres. Sits on the corner of S Madison and South St. Zoned residential or commercial.$10,000/per acre 8 acres with 2 sides of frontage and high visibility from I-45. Land is located minutes away from town w/pond and land use is unrestricted.$10,000/per acre10 acre corner tract with 2 sides of frontage and high visibility from I-45. Land is located minutes away from town and land use in unrestricted.

$4,500,000 FM974 Frontage450 Acres with great development opportunity. Fabulous hunting, shing & recreation! Property has 1 large barn, 1 barndominium, 4 ponds, lots of wildlife, 3 waters well and underground electricity from front to back of property.$6,000 FM 2158Approximately 40% open, 60% wooded, 166-acre tract with lake, water well and stock pens. Price is per acre.$6,000 Madison Co.83.125 Acres for Cattle &/or Hunting w/ long FM 2158 paved frontage $498,750$875,000 Midway10 acres with Hwy 21E and FM 2158 frontage.

$395,000 Leon County3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1 car garage, brick home. Sits on Hwy 7 with 12 plus acreas. Commercial or ranch.$3,200 Houston County170 gorgeous, secluded acres of raw land. Great for residential cattle, and/or hunting. Price is per acre.

$385,000 S. MadisonBeautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car carport on 2 acres. Sits on the corner of S Madison and South St. Zoned residential or commercial. $195,000 Trinity TX2620 sqft metal bldg. w/canopy, 2 bay workshop, 2 of ces, and lobby on 4.863 acres on Hwy 19. With additional 1.3 acres for $225,000. GREAT DEAL!$109,900 NormangeeNormangee deli & gas station.$85,000 MadisonvilleMotel with 1.079 acres on Hwy 75N, quick access to I-45. Each unit has a sleeping area & private bath.$69,000 Old Midway Post Of ce

$48,000 Old Midway Grocery Store

For Lease $4,500 per monthMadison county industrial park, 2 of ces with warehouse for lease.

$45,000 5.5 Acres on Lewis Ln., Midway TX UNDER CONTRACT$10,000 School St. Over 1/3 acre lot (125.11’ x 136.68’) in Olde Oaks Estates Subdivision. Deed Restrictions Apply - No Mobile Homes Allowed. $10,000 1108 Jennifer Ln.Nearly 1/4 acre lot (92.44’ x 100.88’) in LR Wilson Subdivision - Deed Restrictions Apply - No Mobile Homes Allowed.$12,000 1110 Jennifer Ln. Nearly 3/4 acre lot (100.09’ x 270.36’) in LR Wilson Subdivision - Deed Restrictions Apply - No Mobile Homes Allowed. $20,000 207 Wilbur N. St. Nearly 1/2 acre lot (50’ x 410’) - City Limits, No Mobile Homes Allowed.

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South Madison County Ranch Available: 97+/- Acres on Bedias Creek. Property features beautiful views of sloping terrain, stock pens, fence and cross fencing, large hard and soft woods, seasonal creek, abundant wildlife, and an older mobile home. Presenting approximately 50% open/50% wooded, this ranch will support many cattle and offer the new buyer the enjoyment of hunting and/or recreational activities. Add a new Barndominum to make this your weekend retreat or permanent residence. $379,000

This Week’s FeatureNEW LISTING!!

COMMERCIAL

LOTS

HOMES

**FOR SALE**212 Martin Luther King South

approximately 2010 sqft, well-maintained 7-year old

manufactured home. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, approximately

13,069 sqft lot, fenced yard, and front parking. $75,000

103 Marietta

1507 sqft home, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car carport, a 10,000 sqft

lot in deed restricted neighborhood. Updated throughout,

access to Lake Viser. $153,500

1582 Wehmeyer

3.9 acres outside of town off Hwy 90. Shop with 1600 sqft. $95,500

193 Batson Loop

Normangee school district, approximately 1,216 sqft on .61 acres.

3 bedroom, 2 bath home. 6 years old with storage building. $70,000

509 W Main

1,820 sqft home, 3 bedroom, 2 bath 67 years old on .373 acres.

Has a garage apartment. $90,000

**FOR LEASE**

2008 South Short

2,000 sqft, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home on one acre. $800/month

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203 Heath Avenue, Madisonville, TX- Remodeled 3 Bed/ 2 Bath Home

Whitaker Way Anderson, TX - 19.257 acre lot in Granite Ridge Ranch

8315 County Road 450, Marquez, TX- 4 Bed/ 2.5 Bath on 7± Acres

4759 I 45, Madisonville, TX- Commercial Property with I-45 Frontage

Petri Lane, Madisonville, TX- 59 secluded acres, perfect hunting land

1107 Anchor Street, Madisonville, TX- 3 Bed/2 Bath on a Corner Lot

1307 E Main, Madisonville,TX- Well maintained home right on Main St.

TBD Pearson Road Madisonville, TX - 90 Acre Recreational Ranch

951 Standley Road, Madisonville, TX-Beautiful 4 bedroom, 4 full bath

Main Street, Madisonville, TX- 1 Acre commercial property on HWY 21

7496 E FM 979, Franklin, TX- 50± acres of pastures, w/ 900sq/ft home

East FM 979, Calvert, TX- 12 Acres with Ranch Style Home

Fm 1372 E, North Zulch, TX- 70% open & 30% wooded hunting land

TBD County Road 422 Road North Zulch, TX - 79 Acre Ranch

0 I-35 & Berger Rd, Temple, TX- 100± acres with frontage on I-35

7895 S FM 2038, Bryan, TX- 30± acre equestrian facility, cover arena

N. Old Springfield RD North Zulch, TX-70± Cattle Ranch with 3 ponds

TBD FM 1644 Calvert, TX - 57± acre recreational, hunting, or cattle

TBD Hwy 21 W North Zulch, TX- 90+/- acre recreational property

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$390,000

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$210,000

$750,000

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$3.7 Million

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IntroducingShepherd Creek Estates4326 Green Pastures, North Zulch, TX 77872 This is a 4 or 5 bedroom home with 3 full bathrooms, over-sized 2 car garage and 2503 sq ft heated, 623 sq ft porches, 698 sq ft garage.

Priced at $328,000

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406 N Madison - Nice 3/2/2 carport, den/dining. Back covered patio with large fenced back yard, and out buildings. ASKING $139,500.00.Off FM 1119 - Sunshine Acres - 14.290 ac. on hill, cabin, , good hunting, ASKING $80,000.00.BEDIAS - 3.015 AC. - 2 BR., 1 BA., water well, septic,(Peaceful Place Estate) nestled in lge.. trees, open/wooded, new survey. ASKING $65,000.00.

137 Crete St. - 1 acre with lovely 3/2/2 car port with storage building, 24’ X 32’ Shop. IN City Limits with city utilities, ASKING: $143K, REDUCED: $139,500.00

1.5 acres, 13837 Hwy, 21 West, Nice 3/2, remodeled in 2011, covered porch across the back, metal roof, circle driveway, and much more. MUST SEE!! Asking: $132,500.153 N.Old Springfield Rd. NICE 0.97 ac. with lovely remodeled Brick Home, 2-3 Br., 2 Ba and MUCH MORE” asking $139,500.2.88 acres, 6889 Misty Ln., Lovely, TWO STORY HOME, kitchen, breakfast/living, ASKING: $185K REDUCED to $179,500.2080 King Rd - On 5 acres sits a lovely 3 bedroom, 2 bath, ASKING: 225K - REDUCED to $219K

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4 acres...ROLLING, 8183 Cr.Rd. 451, – Nice/Neat, 3 Bedroom, 2bath, covered front and back deck, trees. MUST SEE!!! Asking: $82,500.SOLD

UNDER CONTRACT

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A solid foundation to build a home upon