1. TRINITY STANDARD
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Volume 115 Number 46 Serving the People of the Trinity Peninsula Area Thursday, November 14, 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-11/12/13.. 131.14
Last week-11/07/13........ 129.18
Record Low-10/26/88.... 125.25
Rate of discharge ............. 1,000
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Bulletin Board............pg. 2A
Capital Highlights......pg. 4A
Obits...........................pg. 5A
Classified Ads ...... pgs. 5-6B
See ROBBERY, pg. 8A
LES to hold
reading blocks
TRINITY -- The teachers and
educational support at Lansber-
ry Elementary School is excited
to announce their participation
in ‘Read Across America’ and
is encouraging parents or guard-
ians to come in and participate
as well.
They are inviting adults to
come in on Nov. 15 from 8-10:45
am and 12:45-3 pm and sit down
to read with the children.
The National Education As-
sociation has their Read Across
America literacy project all year
long. It encourages readers both
young and old to celebrate read-
ing.
For more information contact
Marie Vinson at 936-594-3567
ex: 2014
See BRADY, pg. 8A
See BERG, pg. 8A
See NICHOLS, pg. 8A
See RICH, pg. 8A
Story Time
TRINITY - The Blanche K.
Werner Public Library is hold-
ing their Annual Story Time on
Thursdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm.
The fun will include stories,
crafts, games and prizes.
The event is free of charge and
the public is invited to attend.
For more information on this
event contact Carol at 594-
5554.
TRINITY — The Trinity
Peninsula Chamber of
Commerce will hold its 17th
AnnualChristmasCelebration
on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9
am – 9 pm. This year’s theme
will be ‘Light up Trinity’.
Therewillbeentertainment,
good food, and a wide variety
of arts and craft booths for
shopping.
The vendor applications
have been sent out. Anyone
who would like to participate
may pick up an entry form
from the chamber building or
Julia’s Downtown building at
the corner of Main and Robb.
The booth spaces are free!
First ones to sign up get the
first covered booths spaces
on the sidewalk, a few inside
spaces are reserved for the
elderly. If you do not sign
up you may not have booth
space.
Santa Claus will be at 107
West Main St., from 2-4 pm
for parents wanting to take
Christmas pictures. Pictures
Chamber presents
‘Light up Trinity’
will be taken again after the
parade with Santa in front of
the Post Office after the tree
lighting ceremony.
The lighting of the Christmas
tree will be held in front of the
post office, Saturday, Dec. 7,
at 7 pm immediately following
the parade. Prayers and singing
will be featured at this time
along with the Trinity High
School Band performing.
The parade participants are
asked to line up at Avalon at
4:30 pm for the judging and
refreshments. As usual the
parade will be led by the Trinity
Volunteer Firefighters in their
fire trucks and escorted by the
Trinity Police Department.
Each participant will be asked
to display a placecard on their
truck, float, or trailer to make
announcing entries easier.
Additional information will
be available soon for those who
would like to sing, play, dance,
be in the parade or have booth
space.ContactJuliaMcMichael
at 936-355-6402.
Fruit and
Vegetable
Giveaway
TRINITY - The Loaves and
Fishes Food Pantry-Trinity will
hold their Annual Fruit and Veg-
etable Giveaway on Dec. 14
They will set up at the Trinity
Volunteer Fire Department and
start giving out food at 8 am and
continue until it is all gone.
They are asking for the public
to bring their own bag/box for
carry-out.
Any donations towards this
cause is appreciated.
TRINITY — On Saturday,
Nov. 9 around 1 pm the
owner of the Gracie’s One
Stop Grocery on the corner of
Hwy 94 and FM 356 reported
someone stole a six-pack of
beer. The store clerk reported
the suspects left in a sliver
Chrysler 300.
L a t e r
in the day
a r o u n d
2:23 pm
s e v e r a l
complaints
w e r e
made that
the same
suspects in
thesame
s i l v e r
Chrysler 300 stole money
from the Trinity Peewee
Football Team booth at the
Trinity High School.
An older gentleman tried
to stop the vehicle as they
left with the money, instead
of stopping they continued
with their vehicle toward the
Two charged with aggravated robbery
gentleman.
The act of
placing the
gentleman’s
life in
danger and/
or causing
s e r i o u s
bodily injury
with their car, escalated the
misdemeanor criminal charge
of theft to felony aggravated
robbery.
The suspects were followed
west on Hwy 94 to South Street,
JAYROE
KOLOGINCZAK
LIVINGSTON – Onalaska
attorney Cecil E. Berg has
announced he will seek the
Republican Party’s nomination
for the office of 258th District
Court judge in the March 2014
primary election.
Berg is seeking the position
that is being vacated by the
resignation of District Judge
Elizabeth Coker. Livingston
attorney Shelly Bush Sitton
also has announced her
candidacy for the position in
the Republican Party Primary.
The 258th Judicial District
serves Polk, San Jacinto and
Trinity counties. Filing for a
position on the party primary
electionballotopenedSaturday,
Nov. 9, and will continue
through Dec. 9.
In announcing his plans to
run for the judge’s position,
Berg said he also is applying
to Gov. Rick Perry, asking to
be appointed to the office once
Coker’s resignation takes effect
on Dec. 6. The governor has the
option of appointing someone to
fill the vacant judicial post until
the November 2014 general
election.
Until the position is filled
either by appointment or
election, visiting judges will fill
the vacancy.
Berg said one of his main
goals if elected is to insure
Berg announces candidacy
TRINITY — Richard E.
Chamberlain of Trinity is
seeking another four-year term
as County Commissioner of
Precinct 2, in the March 4, 2014
primary election. Chamberlain
will run on the Republican ticket
as he did in 2010.
Since then he has
accomplished several things;
one more importantly was
to secure additional funding
for county-maintained roads.
He accomplished that with
the Hurricane Ike Round 2.2
Community Development
Block Grant program that threw
$3.8 million into the lap of the
County.
Precinct 2 has a $1 million
share from the grant and has the
projects going out for bid within
the next 30-60 days.
His office has worked on
holding the line of property
tax rates, supporting law
enforcement and emergency
services, prudent budget
management, promoting
teamwork and cooperation
between commissioners and
court officials.
Rich Chamberlain
seeks re-election
“We also proud of the ‘In
God We Trust’ plaque we
fought to have displayed in
Commissioner’s Court, the
‘Trinity County Works’program
we developed for area high
school students that acquaint
them with the workings
JACKSONVILLE —
Today, Senator Robert Nichols
(R-Jacksonville) announced his
bid for re-election for Texas
Senate District 3. The district
covers 19 counties including the
greater part of East Texas and
Montgomery County.
“Serving the people of Senate
District 3 is a tremendous
honor,” said Nichols. “I ask for
their support so we can continue
the work of making government
smaller, more efficient and more
accountable.”
Senator Nichols seeks another term
Nichols, first elected in 2006,
has a strong conservative record
focused on limited government
and representing the district’s
interests. He authored and
passed legislation to reduce
government spending, protect
landowners, encourage free-
markets and reduce fraud.
During his time with the Sunset
Advisory Committee, he was
able to help eliminate six state
agencies which saved the tax
payers $161.9 million. In his
seven years in office Nichols
AUSTIN — U.S.
Congressman Kevin Brady
is seeking re-election to the
U.S. House of Representatives
for the 8th
District of Texas. A
pro-family, pro-small business
Republican with a 95%
lifetime conservative voting
record, Brady never moved to
Washington and lives with his
wife and two children in The
Woodlands where he commutes
each week to work in Congress.
“This isn’t my office, it
belongs to the people. Every two
years I interview for the job and
I never forget who I work for”,
says Brady, who chairs the Joint
Economic Committee and is a
topleaderonthepowerfulHouse
Ways & Means Committee. “As
a proven conservative I want to
keepfightingforourfamiliesand
businesses until we get America
back on the right track.”
TRINITY — Nov. 2 at
approximately 2 am, officers
responded to the Charlie Mae’s
Club on the corner of Pegoda
and Pinecrest streets following
a complaint. Two male suspects
were allegedly shooting at each
other in the parking lot.
S e v e r a l
cars and car
w i n d o w s
weredamaged
due to stray
bullets but
no one was
reported as
being injured.
K a v o n t e
D a v e o n
Officers seek shooters
A CRASHING GETAWAY - During the Nov. 9 rob-
bery, suspects used the vehicle pictured above, to flee
the scene until they crashed on a dead end road.
Major and Joe Lewis Crawford
have both been charged with
felony aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon.
Officersare
askinganyone
who may
have some
information
r e g a r d i n g
this case to
please step
forward and
contact local
authorities
or local Crimestoppers at 936-
642-2334. These suspects
are considered armed and
dangerous.CRAWFORD
MAJOR
TRINITY — With the
upcoming elections slated
for 2014, there are a lot of
candidates that are running for
local offices.
Anyone seeking election or
re-electiontoanofficeandwould
like to send their announcement
and biography to be printed in
the Trinity Standard may mail
them to P.O. Box 712, Trinity,
Texas 75862. Or they can stop
Warrant
issued
TRINITY — A warrant
for the arrest of Christopher
Cunningham has been issued.
Following a Grand Jury
indictment that stemmed
from an undercover buy,
Cunningham, 32, has been
chargedwithfelonypossession
of a controlled substance in a
drug free zone.
C h i e f
Jones and
S h e r i f f
W a l l a c e
conducted
t h e
operation
in which
local drug
dealers
w e r e
targeted.
If anyone has any
informationofthewhereabouts
of this suspect, please contact
the Trinity Police Department
or the Trinity County Sheriff’s
Office. You can also call
Crimestoppers at 936-642-
2334.
CUNNINGHAM
Announcement deadline
by the office at 112 East Main
Street, Trinity. You can also
email them to trinity.standard@
gmail.com.
The deadline to have an
announcement or biography
in to the office of the Trinity
Standard is January 1, 2014.
Any announcements or
biographies coming into the
office after that date will be
considered advertisement.
BERG
CHAMBERLAIN
has stayed faithful to the ‘Texas
Taxpayer Protection Pledge’,
which opposes any and all
efforts to increase taxes.
Nichols was named Chair
of the Senate Transportation
Committee during the 83
rd
Legislative Session, and is
widely respected as one of the
state’s experts on transportation
policy and for preserving local
control of Texas roads.
Nichols is recognized as one
Rep. Brady to run
for another term
A former chamber of
commerce executive, Brady
has emerged as a national GOP
leader on the economy, health
care and reforming the Federal
Reserve. As chairman of the
Ways & Means Health sub-
committee he helps direct the
fight to stop ObamaCare from
hurting Texas families and
businesses.Heistakingaleading
role in fixing America’s broken
tax code, saving Social Security
and Medicare, stopping new
taxes on energy development
and investigating the IRS for
its targeting of conservative Tea
Party groups.
CNBC’s noted conservative
economist Larry Kudlow calls
Brady “one of the soundest
thinkers in Congress.”
While regularly winning re-
election with over 70% of the
Local Weather
Thu
11/14
64/50
Times of sun and clouds. Highs in
the mid 60s and lows in the low
50s.
Fri
11/15
72/58
Cloudy. Highs in the low 70s and
lows in the upper 50s.
Sat
11/16
72/63
Showers, maybe a rumble of thun-
der.
Sun
11/17
75/61
Slight chance of a thunderstorm.
Mon
11/18
72/43
Windy with morning clouds, then
afternoon sun.
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