1. TRINITY STANDARD
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Volume 109 Number 40 Serving the People of the Trinity Peninsula Area Thursday, October 3, 2013
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LAKE LEVEL
All Lake Livingston elevations
listed below are in feet above
mean sea level (msl) at the dam.
Rate of discharge is listed as cu-
bic feet per second (cfs).
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Normal Pool Level......... 131.00
Current Level-9/24/13.... 128.87
Last week-9/17/13.......... 128.73
Record Low-10/26/88.... 125.25
Rate of discharge ............. 1,000
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Bulletin Board............pg. 2A
Capital Highlights......pg. 4A
Sports.........................pg. 1B
Classified Ads ...... pgs. 5-6B
See FAIR, page 8A
Toys for Tots
benefit set
TRINITY -- The annual Toys
for Tots hamburger feed will be
held from 4-6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 22, at the Marina Village
Pavilion at Westwood Shores.
Monetary donations will be
accepted in lieu of toys.
Proceeds from the event will
be used to purchase new toys
to be included in the annual
Christmas Basket Program in
December.
For more information, call
Billy Sheffield at 936-594-
2348.
Referees
needed
TRINITY -- Referees inter-
ested in helping with the City
of Trinity Youth Soccer Asso-
ciation are now being sought.
The new organization held
registration last month and
more than 100 local boys and
girls in the 5-12 age range
turned out to compete.
Those interested in helping
referee the games are asked to
contact City Recreation Direc-
tor Monty Huffman at 936-661-
2536.
Schalorship
fundraiser
slated
TRINITY -- Members of the
Order of the Eastern Star No.
186 are having a Catfish Fry on
Saturday Oct. 26 from noon to
5 p.m., at 205 South Robb St.
in Trintiy.
The fundraiser is meant to
help with the scholarship fund
for the THS Seniors of the
2013-2014 school year.
Plates are $10. For more
information on this event
contact Renea Lopez at (936)
594-7333.
TRINITY – Once again, we had a
smaller turnout of animals at the auction
on Saturday. Regardless, this year‘s 64th
Annual Community Fair was still a
success.
A total of 44 animals and one cake
were up for sale, netting local FFA
and 4-H students a total of $61,705 in
sales. That figure includes the “add on”
dollars donated to individual students
either before or after the sale to boost
their earnings.
At last year’s auction, a total of 50
livestock projects sold for $63,150.
The grand champion steer exhibited
by Cheyenne Blake of the Trinity 4-H
Youth earn $61,705 from fair auction
was purchased by Affordable Plumbing
for $5,000. While the purchase price
was up from the $4,800 paid for the
2012 champion, it fell short of the record
$5,200 paid by the 7-11 Social Club for
the top steer in 2009.
Although there was plenty of rainfall
this year as well, the fair and activities
were not hit quite so hard. The parade
started at 10 am and the day had started
out beautifully. Saturday evening there
was some lightning and rain that shut
the rides down for about half an hour.
The carnival crew allowed an extra half
hour on the armbands to make up the
difference. It seemed as though there
were fewer people than years past, the
carnival was still a better turnout than
last year.
In addition to the livestock entries, the
fair included the annual queen’s contest,
theLil’MissSeptemberPageant,musical
entertainment and exhibits that included
home baking, canning and art.
All kinds of food and arts and crafts
booths also were located around the
Trinity Community Center grounds for
the enjoyment of fair goers.
In the 2013 Trinity Fair Queen’s
contest, Trinity High School senior
Hailey Burke, daughter of Shane
Williford was crowned as the winner
Saturday.
Other senior girls who competed for
the crown were Sarah Birkes, Sarah
Ortiz, Ashley Dobbs, Bambi Ackley,
Hailey Pruitt and Laura Lopez.
While the high school girls took part
in the queen’s contest, the Lil’ Miss
September Pageant hosted by Avalon
Place Nursing Home attracted the
younger crowd.
The overall winner wasAshlee Smith
who competed in the 6-9 age group.
Winnersinthe0-2agegroupincluded
Addison Oakley in first, Layla Cathey
Fair
Fun!
This year’s 64th An-
nual Fair was a success.
The Grand Champion
Steer (above) shown by
Cheyenne Blake of the
Trinity 4-H was sold for
$5,000; just $200 shy
of the record purchase
price. The Fair Queen,
Hailey Burk, (Left) was
presented her Buckle
by Marry Ann Tyler.
Pictured below is the
Queen’s float that won
first place in the parade
this year. The Queen’s
court consists of: Ash-
ley Dobbs, Bambi Ack-
ley, Sarah Ortiz, Hailey
Pruitt, Hailey Burk,
Sarah Birkes, Laura
Lopez, Laura Garcia,
Andrea Diaz and Ma-
rila Diaz. (Photos by
Sharon Bullion)
TRINITY— On Wednesday
Sept. 25, Emmitt Asbury was
arrested after being captured
by K-9 Mundra.
Deputy Pickel, Deputy
Sikes, K-9 Deputy Mundra and
Sheriff Woody Wallace, with
the Trinity County Sheriff’s
office responded to Jungle
Village sub-division off FM
356 to execute a Felony Arrest
Warrant on Emmitt Asbury.
Asbury, who lives in Jungle
Village Sub-division, hid in
the attic at his residence when
officers knocked on the door.
When officers entered the
house K-9 Mundra alerted
towards the attic.
Deputy Sikes opened the
attic door and announced that
the K-9 would be released into
the attic. At that point Asbury
attempted to exit the attic by
tearing a hole in the ceiling on
the far end of the house.
K-9 Deputy Mundra
catches fleeing felon
When officers tried to grab
him, Asbury ran through the
attic and his feet broke through
the ceiling in several places.
Asbury then broke through
the side of the house and was
able to get on
to the roof.
Afterrunning
around on the
roof for several
minutes, he
then jumped
to the ground
and began to
flee on foot. K-9 Mundra was
released and captured Asbury
after a brief foot race. Asbury
was taken into custody without
any further incident.
Asbury was wanted for
violating the terms of his
probation. Asbury is currently
on probation for Burglary of a
Habitation and is now facing
a possible prison term of 10
years in TDCJ.
ASHBURY
TRINITY — on Tuesday,
Sept. 24, the Trinity Police
Department sent out a notice
that they are coming down on
seat belt requirements.
Chief of Police, Steve Jones,
reported that a number of
citizens are not restraining their
children properly when going
back and forth to school.
In the notice Jones stated,
“When I take my children to
school, I am seeing a lot of
parents that do not have their
childrensecuredbyaseatbeltor
safety seat. I have also received
several complaints from other
concerned parents.”
According to the Texas
Department of Public Safety,
children that are 8 years old or
younger, and shorter than 4’9”
should be in a passenger safety
seat system. Children that are
older than 8 years or taller
than 4’9” should be properly
Seat belt safety eyed
by Police Department
seat belted as any adult would.
Children under 13 years of age
should be buckled in the back
seat.
The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
suggests that if you have a child
sitting in the front seat it is best
to move the seat back as far
from the airbag as possible. It
is also important to do this with
short or small framed drivers
regardless of age.
TheTrinityPoliceDepartment
will be targeting this violation
for the next several weeks.
They are warning parents to
have their children properly
restrained in the vehicle at all
times.
Acitationforfailingtouphold
this requirement can cost up to
$344. Deputies are also asking
parents to encourage their
children to be properly buckled
in and to explain that it is for
the child’s safety.
Local Weather
Thu
10/3
88/68
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s and lows in the upper 60s.
Fri
10/4
91/69
Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 90s
and lows in the upper 60s.
Sat
10/5
80/54
Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 80s
and lows in the mid 50s.
Sun
10/6
76/46
Abundant sunshine. Highs in the
mid 70s and lows in the mid 40s.
Mon
10/7
80/52
Sunny. Highs in the low 80s and
lows in the low 50s.
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K-9 MUNDRA -- Taking a break after her catch,
Mundra was instrumental in this pursuit.