One of Refugioâs most distinguished alums was brought one step closer to county-wide recognition this past week.
On March 22, Pete Hughes Memorial Committee representatives took to Austin to lay out HB 2167 before the Defense & Veteransâ Affairs Committee in the Texas House. The bill would designate U.S. Highway 77 throughout Refugio County as the â2nd Lt. Lloyd âPeteâ Hughes Medal of Honor Memorial Highway,â spotlighting Refugio High School graduate Hughes.Â
Hughes was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor as a B-24 bomber pilot in World War II, with his aircraft shot down during Operation Tidal Wave on Aug. 1, 1943, near Campina, Romania. The 1939 graduate of RHS, along with seven other crew members, perished during the crash of his bomber âOle Kickapoo.â
AUSTIN - With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing Texans to carefully navigate family events, those living in isolation are facing a holiday season unlike any other. In response to emergency rules that have limited family access to long-term care facilities, State Representative James B. Frank (R - Wichita Falls) and State Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R - Brenham) today filed HB 892, HJR 46, SB 267 and SJR 19 in an effort to strengthen the rights of facility residents to maintain contact and personal visits with their loved ones during state emergencies.
During the response to COVID-19, earlier this year Texas issued emergency rules that restricted access to long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes and state supported living centers, even if there were no cases of the illness present. Consequently, many families have been denied any personal visits with parents, children, spouses, and others residing in long-term facilities during the pandemic. This type of severe and prolonged isol