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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS:
• Donnie Rinn
• Jennifer Flores
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Olvera
Cynthia:
Please fix
traffic, it’s
horrible
on FM
1100,
especially
the light.
MEMBER
2022
Mary Sariti
Comerford:
I’m fine with
the idea
as long as
keeping
students and
staff safe is
the main focus
of the design.
• Chisty Girod
• Gary Taylor
• Ronny L Hamilton
• Gary N Johnson
105 North Main St.
P.O. Box 631
Elgin, TX 78621
Callie Boone
Counterman:
Less focus on
infrastructure
and more
focus on better
curriculum,
higher teacher
pay, and
building an
ISD we can be
proud of.
Ron Ramirez
CIRCULATION
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Julianne Hodges
MANAGING EDITOR
julianne.hodges@elgincourier.com
CITY OF ELGIN
MAYOR
Theresa McShan
512-516-0813
theresa.mcshan.mayor@
elgintx.gov
CITY MANAGER
Tom Mattis
310 N. Main St., Elgin, TX
78621
512-281-5724
tmattis@ci.elg in.tx. us
POLICE CHIEF
Chris Noble
512-285-5757
FIRE CHIEF
512-281-4025
CITY COUNCIL
Joy Casnovsky (Ward 1)
Arthur Gibson (Ward 1)
agibson@ci.elg in.tx.us
Chuck Swain (Ward 2)
Skyler Maldonado (Ward 2)
smaldonado@ci.elgin.tx.us
Al Rodriguez (Ward 3)
Matthew Callahan (Ward 3)
mcallahan@ci.elgin.tx.us
Sue Brashar (Ward 4)
512-689-5692
sbrashar@ci.elgin.tx.us
Forest Dennis (Ward 4)
512-483-1818
fdennis@ci.elgin.tx.us
Corey Smith
SPORTSWRITER
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ELGIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT
Dr. Jodi Duron
512-281-3434
jodi.duron@elginisd.net
1002 N. Ave C, Elgin, TX
78621
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President Byron Mitchell,
District 1
byron.mitchell@elginisd.net
Vice President Beth Walter-
scheidt, District 3
beth.walterscheidt@elginisd.
net
Parliamentarian Angie
Edmon, District 4
angie.edmon@elginisd.net
Secretary Juanita Valarie
Neidig, District 6
valarie.neidig@elginisd.net
Pete Bega, District 2
pete.bega@elginisd.net
J.D. Harkins, District 5
jd.harkins@elginisd.net
David Glass, District 7
david.glass@elginisd.net
BASTROP COUNTY
COUNTYJUDGE
Paul Pape
512-332-7201
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX
78602
paul.pape@co.bastrop.tx.us
SHERIFF
Maurice Cook
512-549-5100
200 Jackson St., Bastrop, TX
78602
Email via www.bastropsher-
iff.org
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
Judge Benton Eskew
512-581-4277
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX
78602
jennifer.ensinger@co.bas-
trop.tx.us
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Cindy Allen (Pct.l)
804 Pecan Street, P.O. Box
336, Bastrop, TX 78602
512-581-4258
Raymah Davis (Pct.2)
1624 NE Loop 230, P.O. Box
5, Smithville, TX 78957
512-581-7112
Katherine Hanna (Pct.3)
5785 FM 535, Cedar Creek,
TX
78612 512-332-7288
Larry Dunne (Pct.4)
1125 Dildy Drive, Elgin, TX
78621
512-581-7162
COMMISSIONERS
Mel Hamner (Pct.l)
803 Pine Street, Room 105,
Bastrop, TX
78602 512-332-7295 mel.
hamner@co.bastrop.tx.us
Clara Beckett (Pct.2)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX
78602
512-360-2764
clara.beckett@co.bastrop.
tx.us
Mark Meuth (Pct.3)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX
78602
512-303-6800
mark.meuth@co.bastrop.
tx.us
Donna Snowden (Pct.4)
804 Pecan St., Bastrop, TX
78602
512-332-7267
donna. snowden@co. bas-
trop.tx.us
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SHORTAGE
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PLEASE
Number of new
COVID-19 cases
rising
The number of new
COVID-19 cases in Texas
rose to 32,778 in the past
week, up 22% from the
previous week, accord-
ing to the Coronavirus
Resource Center at Johns
Hopkins University,
with 46 deaths reported
across the state, a slight
decrease. The Texas De-
partment of State Health
Services reported 931
lab-confirmed COVID-19
hospitalizations as of Fri-
day in Texas, up slightly
from the previous week.
/OUTOF
Wildfire risk abates
slightly
Recent rainfall has re-
duced the potential for
widespread wildfires
for much, but not all, of
the state, according to
the Texas A&M Forest
Service. However, hot
and windy conditions
are expected to return
this week, bringing with
them the increased risk
of more wildfires, par-
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STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
By Gary Borders
East refinery and Lyon-
dellBasell’s Houston re-
finery reported average
benzene emissions in
2021 that were above
the federal threshold of
9 micrograms per cubic
meter,” the Express-News
reported.
More than 6 million
people in the United
States live within 3 miles
of an oil refinery, accord-
ing to the EPA.
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Boaters urged to
‘clean, drain, and
dry’
As summer approaches
and Texans head to the
state’s lakes and rivers,
the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department
urges boaters and pad-
dlers to do their part to
prevent the spread of
invasive aquatic species
that are threatening
Texas lakes.
“The best way to pre-
vent the spread of many
ticularly in the Rolling
Plains, Hill Country and
South Texas areas of the
state.
As of Friday, there was
one active wildfire, in
Taylor County. The Mes-
quite Heat Fire consumed
nearly 11,000 acres and
was 82% contained.
There are currently 132
counties with burn bans.
Five Texas refineries
exceed benzene
limit
Five Texas refineries
and one in Louisiana op-
erated by a San Antonio
company last year ex-
ceeded federal pollution
limits for benzene emis-
sions, which is listed as
a carcinogenic chemical
by the Environmental
Protection Agency. Long-
term exposure to ben-
zene has caused blood
disorders, according to a
story in the San Antonio
Express-News.
“In Texas, Marathon
Petroleum’s Galveston
Bay refinery, TotalEner-
gies’ Port Arthur refin-
ery, Chevron’s Pasadena
refinery, Flint Hills Re-
sources’ Corpus Christi
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The gunman who
killed 21 people inside
a Uvalde elementary
school walked into the
unlocked building unop-
posed, the Department
of Public Safety said in
a revised statement, as
reported by the Austin
American-Statesman and
other media sources.
After the gunman
crashed his grand-
mother’s truck in a
ditch, he walked into the
building while firing a
semiautomatic weapon
purchased just days
after his 18th birthday.
The shooter was inside
a classroom for about an
hour. Nineteen children
and two teachers were
killed before a tactical
team got inside the build-
ing and killed him.
The massacre is the
second-deadliest school
shooting in modern U.S.
history.
destructive aquatic inva-
sive species is to clean,
drain and dry your boats
and equipment - every
time,” Brian Van Zee,
TPWD inland fisheries
regional director, said.
Zebra mussels and
giant salvinia continue
to spread to new water-
bodies in the state. Other
highly invasive species
that can be spread by
boaters include water hy-
acinth, crested floating
heart and quagga mus-
sels.
“Boaters need to re-
move all plants, mud and
debris from boats, trail-
ers, vehicles and gear
and drain the water from
the boat, all equipment
and on-board receptacles
before leaving the lake.
In addition, boats should
be dried completely be-
fore visiting another
lake, preferably for at
least a week,” the news
release said.
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Gary Borders is a vet-
eran award-winning
Texas journalist. He
published a number of
community newspapers
in Texas during a 30-
year span, including in
Longview, Fort Stockton,
Nacogdoches and Cedar
Park. Email: gborders@
texaspress.com.
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