As we shivered through what I call the week-long “Texas Tundra,” our city’s departments rose to the occasion and passed the test with flying colors. We were well served by professional, dedicated leadership and staff.
Thank you, Curtis Ervin and everyone associated with Bastrop Power and Light. That tree trimming the department does every year kept those ice-ladened branches off power lines around town.
Our other Curtis Curtis Hancock heads our Public Works Department. We had no water issues until things beyond his control failed. However, we were back to running faucets soon after. A friend had a broken pipe early in the week. Public Works employees were at her house in minutes to turn off her water. Many members of his staff slept at the senior center.
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Ben Van Bael set the Central Queensland Intercity T20 Junior Carnival alight with an inspired spell in the opening game on Thursday night.
The young paceman finished with 5-4 off three overs to lead Rockhampton Blue to a comprehensive win over Rockhampton White in the under-14 division.
Rockhampton Blue also prevailed in the under-16 showdown against Rockhampton White, winning by 27 runs after posting a total of 8-96.
Rockhampton Cricket president Tony Newman said the carnival was being played in three CQ centres, with Rockhampton fielding two teams in each of the four divisions.
The under-11s are being held in Biloela and the under-12s in Emerald.
The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a new location to house a pair of Confederate monuments that sit on the courthouse s grounds after a months-long process to find the obelisk and headstone a new home.
The Commissioners Court approved the relocation by a 3-2 vote, with commissioners Donna Snowden and Mark Meuth dissenting. The monuments an obelisk erected in 1910 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a granite headstone erected in 1964 by the state of Texas commemorating Joseph D. Sayers, a major in the Confederate army and Texas’ 22nd governor will be relocated to county property located off Texas 95 and Cool Water Drive in Bastrop.
Herman: An irregular opening day of regular legislative session
Make laws. Stay safe.
On this opening day, much of the usual pomp gave way to the circumstances.
The Rev. Curtis John Guillory, bishop emeritus of the Catholic diocese of Beaumont, opened the House session with an invocation that acknowledged “the extraordinary challenges of governing in a time of pandemic.”
On the Senate side, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s opening remarks included this: “For those watching online, everyone has been tested that s on the floor today, in the gallery, ourselves, up front. The governor. We ve all been tested today.
This was an opening day marked by vigilance against violence and virus. An unprecedented Day One show of armed force, including surveillance drones buzzing around the Capitol, guarded against the former. Masks over faces, cotton swabs up noses and hand sanitizer on lawmakers’ desks guarded against the latter.