Upcoming
events
• April 2 Bellmead
Chamber meeting at
noon at Bellmead Civic
Center sponsored by
Sam’s Club
• May 7 Bellmead
Chamber meeting at
noon at Bellmead Civic
Center sponsored by
American Bank
Call (254) 799-1552
to sponsor a meeting.
Inside
TLC Auto Sales joins
Chamber
Bellmead City Update
Bellmead City
Council
Candidates
La Vega Honor Roll
Congratulations to Lady Pirates Basketball Team
Class 3A STATE CHAMPIONS!
BellmeadChamber.com
Bellmead Chamber Directors
Adam Barber
Lynn Everett
Duane Hoxworth
Matt King
Jose Neira
Armondo Fajardo
Mike Sullivan
Kaye Horacek
P.O. Box 154615 | 3400 Bellmead Drive
Bellmead, TX 76705
BellmeadChamber.com
Business Hours:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Phone: (254)799-1552 Fax: (254) 799-9370
Office manager: Vivian Nowlin
Chamber Officers
President - David Ridley
Vice President - Dr. Sharon N. Shields
Secretary/Treasurer - Kaye Morgan
To advertise or submit material, call (254) 749-7073.
Board of Trustees
Henry C. Jennings - President
Randy Devorsky - Vice President
Mildred Watkins - Assistant Secretary
Phil Bancale - Member
Kevin P. Harris - Member
Raymond Koon - Member
Wayne Samford - Member
Contact Information
3100 Bellmead Drive, Bellmead, Texas, 76705
LaVegaISD.org
Phone: (254) 799-4963 or (254) 299-6700
Fax: (254) 799-8642
Free tax preparation offered for area residents
During tax season
2013, NeighborWorks
Waco is working with
AARP, A.J. Moore
Academy and University High to provide
free tax preparation
sites in the Waco area.
More than $4.6 million was refunded to
the nearly 4,000 taxpayers who used these
sites in the 2012 tax
season.
For the upcoming
tax season, NeighborWorks Waco’s goal
is to serve 4,200 taxpayers through paid
advertising, returning
customers and in-kind
promotion from local
community organizations.
2 May 2014
Rashmi Patel
Betty Mars
Diane Taylor
Josh Tetens
Connie Wilson
Mondays and
University High
Wednesdays at
School will prepare tax
Providence Hospital,
returns from 5 to 8 p.m.
FM & Gloria Young
Mondays, Tuesdays
Tower, 6901 Mediand Thursdays through
cal Parkway. For
April 15 at 3201 S.
more information,
New Road. UHS also
call (254) 751-4731.
will prepare tax returns
at the Heart of Texas • 4 to 8 p.m. Mondays
and 11:30 a.m. to
Workforce April 9. For
3:30 p.m. April 4 at
more information, visit
Waco Library CenUHSTaxes.com or call
tral, 1717 Austin Ave.
(254) 756-1843.
For more informaTax returns also will
tion, call (254) 750be prepared:
5990.
• 11:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Tuesday through • Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
Friday through April
through April 15 at
15 at NeighborWorks
First Baptist Church
Waco at 922 Franklin
of Hewitt at 301 S.
Ave. For more inforFirst St. in Hewitt.
mation, call (254)
752-1647.
• 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Administration
Superintendent
Dr. Sharon M. Shields
Deputy Superintendent
for Personnel and Administration
Dr. Valerie Baxter
Assistant Superintendents for Finance
Diane Roepke
Administration Assistant for the Superintendent &
Public Information Officer
Lori Mynarcik
BellmeadChamber.com
Wal-Mart
Supercenter
LESIA cOBBS
Store Manager
1521 I-35 East
P - 254-867-8084
Bellmead, TX
F - 254-867-8932
Bellmead Chamber Members
Aaron’s Sales & Lease
ABC Health Care, Inc.
Accelerated Power
Marketing LLC
Advantage Furniture
Advantage Press
American Bank
American Legion
Post 121
ATMOS Energy
The Atrium of Bellmead
Baird Brothers Express
Car Wash
Baylor University
BBVA Compass
Bellmead Community
Clinic
Bellmead Enterprises
LLC - Chevron
Bellmead Funeral Home
Bellmead Lions
Bellmead Pools
Bellmead Strong Radio
Best Western Motel
Best Western Plus
Waco North
Better Business
Bureau
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Texas
Brazos Family
Dentistry
Budget Tax
Cargill
Caritas of Waco
Cen-Tex African
American Chamber
of Commerce
Center for Business
Excellence
Central Texas
Senior Ministry
Centroplex Sweeping
Christi’s Hamburgers
City of Bellmead
City of Lacy Lakeview
Collin Street Bakery
Comet Cleaners
Comfort Inn & Suites
Comfort Suites
Country Kitchen
Cracker Barrel
Cunningham Brothers
Transmissions and
Total Auto Care
Curtis Cox Jewelers
Day’s Inn
Denny’s
Direct Auto
Eagle Crest Apartments
Eddie Ray’s
Smokehouse
El Conquistador
Coy Emert
ETMC
Extraco Banks
Festive Occasions
First Central
Credit Union
First Convenience Bank
First Title Company
of Waco
GENCO Federal
Credit Union
Go Small Biz
Greater Waco Chamber
H&R Carpet
Hampton Inn Waco
North
Robert Hawkins
H-E-B Plus!
Hewitt Chamber of
Commerce
Hillcrest Baptist
Medical Center
Holiday Inn
Home Depot
Horace Mann/Seedmin
Financial Services
H.O.T.C.O.G.
Italian Granite
Jack of All Trades
J.M.J. Wrecking &
Used Cars
Knight’s Inn
Lacy Lakeview Chamber of
Commerce
L-3 Platform Integration
La Vega Community
Church
La Vega ISD
La Vega Little League
Lone Star Steakhouse
Loop 340
Overhead Doors
Lorena Chamber
of Commerce
Luby’s
Lynn’s Pharmacy
Mama Lena’s Pizza and Sub
Edward Jones
Matthew Dollar
Matula Insurance
Mazanec Construction
McLennan
Community College
Members Choice
Federal Credit Union
Judge Vicki Menard
Michna’s Bar-B-Q
Molly’s Restaurant
Motel 6
Neel Assoc. Inc.
NeighborWorks
New Life Praise Center
Oak Farms Dairy
Oncor
Popeye’s of Laredo
Praise Temple
Assembly of God
Pre-Paid Legal
Quality Care of Waco
R-Ash Properties
Rapoport Academy
Red Man Bingo
Rent-A-Center
Robinson Chamber
of Commerce
Roy Beatty Cleaners
Sam’s Wholesale Club
Sanderson Farms
Scott and White Clinics
Shipley’s Donuts
Simer, Tetens and
Fanning Attorneys at
Law
Skate Country
The Smoke Zone
Sparks Memorial
United Methodist
Church
Stem Insurance
Agency
Steve’s Place
Texas Animal Medical
Center
Texas Beverage
Texas Machine & Tool
Inc.
Texas Meter and
Device
Texas State
Technical College
Waco
The Real Estate
Company
Time-Warner Cable
TLC Auto Sales
TYMCO Inc.
Vacations Unlimited
Waco and
The Heart of Texas
Waco Tribune-Herald
Walmart Super Center
Willis Plumbing
Kevin Wilson
Wireless Concepts
Woody Butler Homes
May 2014
3
Bellmead Update
Greetings Bellmead
Citizens,
Bellmead City Government
Mayor U.F. Roberts
Mayor Pro-Tem
Mary Youngblood
Council Members
U.F. Roberts, Pct. 4
Kevin Wilson, Pct. 2
Gary Moore, At-Large
Carlos Luna, Pct. 1
Mary C. Youngblood,
Pct. 3
Doss Youngblood, Pct.
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Police Chief
Lydia Alvarado
Fire Chief / Marshal
William T. Hlavenka, Jr.
City Manager
Bo Thomas
City Secretary
Cynthia Ward
Chief Finance
Officer
Victor Salas
City Attorney
Charlie Buenger
and Associates
Municipal Court
Judge
Kathleen Dow
City Engineer
Jed Sulak
Public Works
Director
Scott Coleman
Civic/ Tourism
Director
Tony Torres
IT Manager
Devin Kluk
City Hall
3015 Bellmead Drive Community Center
3900 Parrish St.
799-2418
Non-Emergency Numbers:
Fire 700 Kane
Police 3015 Bellmead Drive
Ambulance
Bellmead Water Dept.
799-1661
799-0251
753-0355
799-2436
4 May 2014
799-2436
BELLMEAD’S HAVING A BOOMING ELECTION ON MAY 10. Every
year three of the six
Council seats are open
for candidates to run to
serve on the City Council.
On odd years, residents may vote if the
seat is open for their
precinct. On even years,
everyone can vote for
the at-large position and
some can also vote for
their precinct. This year,
everyone gets to vote
because we have a challenger for the at-large
position. Does your one
vote count? You bet it
does.
In the Bellmead City
Council election of 2012,
an election in a tie for
two candidates.One additional vote on either
side would have won the
election! So be sure to
get involved and VOTE
VOTE VOTE.
BELLMEAD MEANS
BUSINESS.
The March City Council meeting on March 11
began with a prayer by
Pastor Ronnie Holmes
of Church of the Open
Door and a Pledge of Allegiance to our nation’s
flag.
We had a large audience present and several citizens and business
owners spoke about
items on the agenda.
Reports included information about the Texas
Department of Transportation beginning the land
purchases for the right
of way on the expansion
of Interstate 35. Land in
Bellmead is expected to
be purchased starting in
about four to six months.
This is a $320 million
project and it is still not
yet funded. The regular
agenda went as follows:
• We h a d a g o o d
discussion about the
trailer ordinance, which
we were expecting to
modify to allow a grandfather clause for businesses that had trailers
before the ordinance was
passed. A three-to-three
vote was taken thus no
changes were made to
the ordinance this month
either. It will probably
be re-visited again in an
upcoming meeting.
• The Council accepted a bid from Hoyt
Breathing Air Products
to provide service and
maintenance for our
air breathing devices
used by our emergency
response personnel in
the Fire Department.
This important service
is recommended by the
National Fire Protection
Association.
• We voted to accept
the bid on city-owned
property with the requirement that the buyer must
build a building to house
new businesses on the
property within a set period of time. The bid
amount that was accepted is for $8,100.
This additional revenue
will be added to the city’s
general revenue fund
and put to good use in
the future.
• We had a long and
heated debate in regards
to our current mobile
home ordinance.
Some members of
Council would like to
modify or repeal the ordinance and authorize
the placement of mobile
homes throughout the
city.
Others feel this violates
the harmonious structure
that most cities have and
would lower the value of
property and discourage
new businesses.
It was also pointed out
that the Comprehensive
Plan that Council adopted in 2012 indicated
that the citizens actually
targeted mobile homes
as something that they
did not want to see more
of in Bellmead.
In the end, no change
was made to the ordinance. However, it will
most likely be brought up
again in a future meeting
very soon.
• The Council went into
executive session to deliberate the appointment
of a new city attorney.
There were three firms
that applied and after reviewing the qualifications
one was selected. We
would like to welcome
Charlie Buenger and
Associates as our new
legal team for the City of
Bellmead. This change
will likely also mean a
change for our municipal
judge, who happens to
also be an attorney for
Buenger and Associates.
Remember, city elections will be May 10.
Everyone can vote this
year because of the atlarge position being challenged. Please take the
time to get to know your
Council representative
and the challenger and
make an informed vote
for the person of your
choice.
Have a Beautiful day in
Bellmead!
Kevin Wilson
Councilman Precinct 2,
City of Bellmead, TX
City News
Bellmead General Election May 10
The Bellmead General Election will be May 10. The seats
that will be decided in this election are:
Precinct 3
Mathew R. Jordon
Danny R. Lechler
Precinct 4
U. F. Roberts
Jose R. Arrollo Jr.
At-Large
Gary Moore
Lisa Marie Oswald
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To the registered voters of the
City of Bellmead:
Notice is hereby given that the
polling places listed below will
be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
May 10, for voting in the General
Election for the City of Bellmead
to elect one person for each position to serve the full term of two
years for positions three, four
and an at-large position.
Early Voting by personal appearance will be conducted each
weekday at:
Main Early Voting Site:
Bellmead City Hall
3015 Bellmead Drive
Bellmead, TX 76705
The dates and times of early
voting are:
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday
April 28
Tuesday
April 29
Wednesday April 30
Thursday
May 1
Friday
May 2
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday
May 5
Tuesday
May 6
Applications to vote by mail
should be mailed to:
Kathy E. Van Wolfe
McLennan County
Elections Administrator
P.O. Box 2450
Waco, Texas 76703-2450
Applications for ballot by mail
must be received no later than
the close of business on May 1.
Bellmead Civic Center
3900 Parrish | Bellmead TX 76705
(254) 799-2418
BellmeadCivicCenter.com
The Bellmead Civic Center is available for rental for all
types of occasions. The Civic Center consists of three
rooms, Auditorium, Lions Room and the Senior Room.
Bellmead City
Calendar
Zumba Class
6 to 7 p.m. | Mondays
Bellmead Civic Center | Free
City Council Meeting
The regular monthly City
Council meeting is scheduled for
6:30 p.m. April 8 at City Hall.
Next Utility Bill
Cut-Off Date April 4
Bellmead.com
Online payment, meeting and
community information and
calendar of events.
BellmeadCivicCenter.com
Information on room rentals
and upcoming events.
BellmeadEDC.com
Information on programs to
help businesses in Bellmead
prosper as well as properties
that are for sale.
BellmeadChamber.com
The Bellmead Chamber
of Commerce promotes
business and raises funds
for scholarships for La Vega
students.
Meet the Candidates
At-Large
Gary Moore (Incumbent)
Moore has lived in Bellmead all of
his life. He has served on the council for one term. He works in the
collections and deliveries industry.
Moore wants to continue to maintain low taxes and provide responsible government to the citizens.
In the next five years, he would
like to see low property taxes,
infrastructure improvements, full
disclosure and transparency in city
government and to continue the
support of Baylor Research & Innovation Collaborative (BRIC).
Lisa Morales
Morales is a registered certified
medical assistant and has been in
the Bellmead area since the first
grade.
She said she would like to serve
Bellmead in order to better parks
and other areas for the future generations and include all the children
in the community. This includes the
baseball fields and all of the parks.
She also suggests evening activities for area children and their
families.
Precinct 3
Danny R. Lechler
Lechler has lived in Bellmead
for 20 years and is retired from the
mobile factories industry.
Lechler said he wants to serve
Bellmead to help improve the community with new businesses and
parks for children.
In the next five years, Lechler said
he hopes to bring more money to
Bellmead making it a better place
for future generations so that they
choose to stay.
He also wants to encourage parks
and places for family gatherings.
He is particularly proud of the water
park off of Hogan Lane. He said he
believes it’s important for parks to
have a ramp with barbecue grills for
picnics and handicap accessibility
for the elderly and disabled.
He said that he would like to see
Bellmead grow, repair the roads and
bring new businesses here.
Mathew R. Jordon
Jordon has lived in Bellmead
since 1965, except for a couple of
years when he lived elsewhere. He
has been retired since 1997 from
fire and rescue in the Air Force.
Jordan said he wants Bellmead
to be a family town and he would
like to see buildings fixed up instead of tearing them down. He
said would like to see Bellmead be
a place where families can have
outings like they have in McGregor.
He said he wants to retain downtown Bellmead, even though many
businesses are gravitating toward
Loop 340. He said he would like to
see another fire station behind the
Church of the Open Door or across
from the Holiday Inn. He also said
some of the roads needs to be fixed
as a future goal for Bellmead.
U. F. Roberts (Incumbent)
Roberts was born in Streetman,
Texas, and was a farmer and machinist before joining the U.S. Air
Force in 1966.
He worked for General Tire and
operated several businesses in
Bellmead. He said he wants to the
Council to make good decisions
based on sound judgment and
common sense and the city to be
managed by designed rather than
by crisis.
He suggests that issues coming
before the Council are explored and
weighed. He said he feels strongly
about education and activities
geared toward young people.
Jose R. Arrollo Jr.
Arrollo has lived in Bellmead
since 1967. He served in the Texas
Army National Guard for 12 years
and worked at Fleetwood Homes for
more than 20 years. He also worked
in retail and construction. He said
he would like to see some positive
changes in Bellmead with hope for
growth and improvement. He wants
to attract major businesses for more
opportunities.
He said he envisions Bellmead
as a thriving community that will
attract people who want to live here
and raise their families. He believes
more activities for younger age
groups would be beneficial.
Precinct 4
May 2014
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New Life Praise Center to host Praise in the Park
New Life Praise Center will host its annual
Praise in the Park and
Community Easter Egg
Hunt from 1 to 4 p.m.
April 19 at Brame Park.
The event will include
music, free hot dogs
and drinks, door prizes
and face painting for the
children. Easter baskets
will also be provided for
children who do not have
one.
The Easter egg hunt
will be for children in fifth
grade and younger. Two
egg hunts will be done at
the same time with children divided according to
grade or age.
Guests are invited to
bring their lawn chairs
and come out and enjoy
a great time.
New Life Praise Center – Lion of Judah Ministries is located at 501
E. Loop 340 across from
La Vega Intermediate
School and Administration Offices.
For more information,
call (254) 405-1938.
Bellmead
Chamber
seeks new
members
The Bellmead
Chamber of Commerce welcomes
new members. Businesses and individuals may join the
Chamber, attend the
monthly luncheons
and participate in other programs that benefit the community.
For more information about the joining
the Chamber, visit
BellmeadChamber.
com or call (254) 7991552.
6 May 2014
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stay in one of
Bellmead’s hotels and
motels.
Take the Behren’s
Circle exit and see what
Bellmead has to offer.
Visit
BellmeadChamber.com
for more
information on churches
and
restaurants in the area
to make your stay
more enjoyable.
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• get involved in
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May 2014 7
La Vega ISD Fourth Six Weeks Honor Roll
La Vega High School
A HONOR ROLL
ALEXANDRIA ALEMAN
CASEY ALLISON
ABEL ALONZO
C’EANTE ANDERSON
NATHANIEL BAINBRIDGE
JUAN CONTRERAS
NICHOLAS COTTRELL
RAYMUNDO DEL LA CRUZ
ENRIQUEZ
TREVOR FREEMAN
JANIECE GAINES
ANA GALLEGOS
KASON GRAVES
MELANIE KISS
JULIANG LI
SHA’TAVION LONDON
BRANDON MARTINEZ
ERIK MARTINEZ
MIA MESTA
ELIZABETH MONTELONGO
CECILIA OJEDA
ANDHY PEREZ
KAYLA PEREZ
PERLA PEREZ
ALEXIS PINON
WILLIAM POULTER
ANA REZA
DULCE RODRIGUEZ
JESSICA RODRIGUEZ
REBECCA RUSU
MARK SOLANO
CATALINA TONCHE
LADREKA WILLIAMS
CELESTE ZAVALA
A/B HONOR ROLL
JOY AFENKHENA
VALERIE ALDAPE
ADRIAN ALEMAN
ANA ALEMAN
ALISSA ALEXANDER
JAMES ARTIS
BRANDON BENSON
LORENA BECERRA
HERNANDEZ
BRANDON BERRY
AMARIYE BLUNSON
IRYIN BROWN
ANTONIO CAMACHO
ESMERALDA CAMACHO
PAUL CASH
KEYLA CARVAJAL FIGUEROA
ARACELI CASTILLO
MAYRA CASTILLO
KAYLE CHAVEZ
RICARDO CHAVEZ-ARRIAGA
KIA COBB
PARRISH COBB
ANDREA CONTRERAS
ALEXIS CROSSON
CHRISTAN CURTIS
ANTHONY DAVIS
JULIESA DAVIS
ERIN DEGRATE
LANDIS DELEON
FAITH DIMERSON
JOSHUA DUNN
JOSHUA ERMIS
MARIBELLA ESCOBEDO
TIARA EVANS
IYARY FERNANDEZ
KATARINA FLORES
DENIQUE FOSTER
DEVON FRANCIS
8 May 2014
TYRON FRANCIS
EVELYN GALVAN
JASMINE GARCIA
IVAN GARCIA-TOVAR
KOBI GILL
ROBERT GRAVES
ALEX GOMEZ
JAIME GONZALEZ
ANAHI GUERRERO
MELISSA GUERRERO
JAMAUD GUILFORD
JAMUN GUILFORD
MYLES GUILLORY
DESTINEE HARRIS
NECAIL HAWKINS
TAMEKIA HAWKINS
BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
DAVID HERNANDEZ
GENESIS HERNANDEZ
JESSICA HERNANDEZ
KATELYN HERNANDEZ
AZSDYN LOTHARP
MIGUEL HERNANDEZ LUNA
LIZBETH HERRERA
JASMINE IGLEHART
HELENA JIMENEZ
CALVEION LANDRUM
SELENA LARA
MARCO LIRA SIERRA
STEPHAN LOADHOLT
HEAVEN LOPEZ
LISA LOPEZ
DAISHA LUNN
TRE’ASIAH LYNCH
CHELSEA MARQUEZ
CHEYENNE MARTELL
DANIEL MARTINEZ
PEDRO MARTINEZ
WILLIE MCDONALD
CHARLESTON MCKINNEY
ADRIANNA MEDINA
EVELIN MEDRANO
RUBEN MEDRANO
JAZMIN MONTALVO
JACQUELINE MORALES
CELESTE NEAL
EMILIO ORTEGON
AUGUSHA PEARSON
BEATRICE PINA
BRITTANY PURDON
K-LYNN RAMIREZ
LUCI RAMIREZ
LEZLY REBOLLAR
JERALYN ROBINSON
OTANY ROBINSON
DESTINY RODDY
MARC RENOVATO
JORDAN RIVERA
BRIAN RODRIGUEZ
MIRELLA RODRIGUEZ
PAOLA RODRIGUEZ
BRIANNA SANDERS
MIKAELA SANDERS
TE’ODRICK SANDERS
HAYDEN SELBY
ELAINE SHELTON
DAKOTA SMITH
HALEY SMITH
YULISSA SOLORZANO
MATTHEW SOTO
ASHLEY STIMIS
CODY TEMPLIN
CORY THOMPSON
SORAVIA THOMAS
ZAIDA SOTO TOCA
JESSICA TORRES
JOCELYN TORRES
JULIAN TOVAR
RUBY TOVAR
PEDRO TREMIELLO
KRISTINE TROULLIET
CRISTAL VARGAS
JOSE VELAZQUEZ
GOMESINDO
ERNEST VENEGAS
PRISCILLA VILLAPANDO
BAYLON WARE
KEDRICK WILEY
LARA YORK
AMBER ZAVALA
La Vega Junior High
George Dixon Campus
A Honor
Grade7
Clarissa Davila
Natalie Deanda
Gabriel Gongora
Keren Guadarrama
Shinaya Love
Yoana Martinez
Hayden Skains
Grade 8
Angela R Bandy
Alondra Chavez
Ernesto Pinon
Kaylyn Rakes
A/B Honor Roll
Grade 7
Takiya D Alexander
Quacy Allen
Aliyah Allison
James Atalisay
Jessica N Baker
Juana Bautista-Castillo
Alexandrea Beatty-Ferrell
Rachael Bellah
Kaleb Bone
Jazmine D Breeding
Jamencia Bryant
SaBrea C Carr
Mireya Chavez
Jasmine M Cluck
Pablo Contreras
Anally Correa
Jaivon Crosson
Malaysia Dawson
Lauren Denman
Martin Dorham
Gustavo A Escobedo
Karina O Escobedo
Edilson G Esqueda
Branden Fabela
Alyssa G Flores
Crystal Gallegos
Abigail Galvan
Maci Garrett
Mya N Garrett
Jovan Gomez
Jade L Green
Gissel Guerrero
Delma D Harrison
Steven R Hernandez
Isis Hurley
Daniel Jarvis
Joaquin A Jimenez
Keyonna Lane
M Rosalina Ledesma-Amaro
Nydia Leyva
Solae Loadholt
Anthony Lopez
Jaelyn R Maladdie
Pamela Mandujano
Annahi Martinez
Cynthia Martinez
Martha Martinez
Vivian Martinez
Erick Martinez Rosas
Jordan McKinney
Candice Moore
Jared Morgan
Keith Morris
Noel Navarro
Mariana Nunez Hernandez
Anthony Quintanilla
Mikayla A Rhodes
Edwin R Rodriguez
Maria E Rodriguez
Jared J Rogers
Esteban M Romero
Angel L Scharer
Michael Sheppard
Kaylee Shilling
Kennedy M Shores
Rosalinda Sifuentes
VinTavia Snell
Monea Tello
Balmaris Vasconcelos Mendez
Savannah A Walts
Carolyn Welch
Jasmine Williams
Grade 8
Andrew A Aguilar
Jade A Anderson
Leila Arias
Vanessa Castro
Michael Dawson
Brittany Delgado
Vanessa Delgado
William Devorsky
Elijah L Fajardo
Nallely Gonzalez
Rachel Gonzalez
Kinsee Gordon
Kandice L Graves
Heather D Heffelfinger
Chariah Jackson
Raven Jackson
Ariel Johnson
Ivette Lopez
James Mclarty
Abraham Morales
Trey Murphy
Huy Nguyen
Lisette Olvera
Mark Pace
Christian N Perez
T R Pina
Devin J Proxter
Tiana F Pullen
Maria Quezada
Chantel Ramirez
Jason Renovato
Yulisa Ruiz Saucedo
Rahela Rusu
Justin L Sawyers
Tamavia Scott
Jasmin Segura
Alyssa Seybert
Brianna Shilling
Kirstan J Smith
Isaiah K Terrell
La Vega Intermediate School
H.P. Miles Campus
A Honor Roll
Grade 4
Christian Avila
Audrey Brunson
Gavin Chavarria
Jerushalayim Guadarrama
Perea
Jeffrey Johnson
Madison McCurdy
Lizbeth Varela-De La Fuente
Jared Wolf
Grade 5
Larry Garcia
Fidel Hernandez
Natalie Hernandez
Aliya Leyva
Ithzel Rubio
Nicholas Seybert
Grade 6
Ana Aguilar Ruiz
Jennifer Aleman
Aiyana Ephraim
Rachel Escobedo
Joaquin Gallegos
Daniela Gonzalez
Simon Guerrero
Emily Harris
Jasmine Hembree
Norelys Hernandez
Madeline Kiss
Arraya Moore
Zoe Ramirez
Cyndee Ruiz Fabela
Jennifer Salazar
A/B Honor Roll
Grade 4
Koby Akers
Priscilla Alvarez
Monica Balderrama
Heston Ballard
Alyssa Banda
Bailee Barton
Aneliz Burciaga
Jose Castro
Matthew Chutes
Alejandra Cibrian
Morgen Cleveland
Alyssa Davila
Kassandra Deanda
Miriam De Velazco Tellez
Calista Downey
Kenia Gallegos
Martin Garcia
Michael Gilbert
Ivan Hernandez
Nayeli Hernandez
Ta’Niyah Iglehart
Melinda Kiss
Amber Levi
Arisa Lilly
Madison Lindell
David Maxwell
Courtney Miller
Gissel Montelongo
Hendrick Montelongo
Justin Morgan
Camila Murillo-Marquez
Phuong Nguyen
Alfredo Ochoa
Isaac Perez
Jaida Powell
Ryan Rodriguez
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La Vega ISD Fourth Six Weeks Honor Roll
From Page 8
Halie Rosen
Adela Rusu
Aron Salazar
Oscar Salazar Torres
Zachary Sargeant
Prisilla Tovar-Guerrero
Angelina Vidaurri
Skyler Walker
Randy Woolf
Grade 5
Yasmine Abel
Isaac Bellah
Jamairia Bryant
Jhazha Bryant
Anthony Burns
Josue Castro
Abraham Delgado
LaNayia Everett
Uriel Flores
Mekiyah Glynn
Rickelle Gomez
Sergio Gonzalez
Karla Hernandez
Misty Hurley
Jessika Keggins
Mersaydiz Landeros Rodriguez
Bria Mitchell
Denisse Montes
Callista Musgrove
Kelsey Newland
Lizbeth Ramirez-Gallegos
Victoria Robins
Alejandro Rosalez
Timothy Rusu
Gerardo Sierra Granados
Thomas Singletary
Alenah Smith
Heaven Surita
Emily Varela
Aalyssiah Vasquez
Elisa Vigil
Jar’Quae Walton
Breanna Zapata
Oscar Zavala
Grade 6
Restylyn Atalisay
Jaycee Bradburry
Makayla Campos
Alejandra Chairez
Dustin Clark
Jessica Cluck
MaKayla Cullens
Jordan Daniels
Abigail Dominguez
Karen Duhon
Giselle Enriquez
Yajahira Garcia
Sharlovlee Glasker
Johnathan Gonzalez
Kimbree Gordon
Elias Guadarrama
Aja Guillotte
Taylor Handley
Travis Handley
Julian Hernandez
Luis Herrera
Laila Hidrogo
Jaurne Hubert
Javier Jimenez
JaRon Levingston
Blas Loredo
Barbara Marquez
Vanessa Martinez
Delvin Mason
Faustino Mexquitic
Jody Michael
Alejandra Montelongo
Allen Montelongo
Antonio Montelongo
Josiah Najar
Jeffrey Nickerson
Mariza Perez
Sylvia Ramos
Lonnie Reich
Isaias Roman
Tierney Sawyers
Timothy Skains
Bruno Torres
John Towery
Citlaly Varela Gonzalez
Alexander Zarate
La Vega Elementary
A Honor Roll
Grade 1
Marlenne Aguilar Ruiz
Symone Alexander
Abigail Alvarez
Tre’Jon Andrews
Cameron Jimenez
Daylon Pullen
Jacob Salazar
Emeily Bautista
Michael Benitez-Marquez
Jordan DeHerrera
Makayla Flores
Jacquelyn Fonseca
Tatiana Gray
Julia Grisham
Trent Hickman
Keaton Hilsabeck
Ryan Killgore
Odyssey Landeros
Abio Manning
Rogelio Martinez
Perla Ortiz Renovato
Daniela Ramirez
Daniel Rubio
Aracely Santos
Jose Segura
Jared Solis
De’Marrius Stafford
Braeden Tam
Gabriel Valerio
Julian Vidaurri
Allyson Ward
Elizabeth Watkins
Symone Alexander
Lorena Araujo
Briseida Briseno
Eileen Castillo
Eduardo Cordero
Daniel Hernandez
Imeri Hernandez
Aries Windle
Awry Jordan
Ariyah Jamison
Ryan Killgore
Keaton Hilsabeck
Joseph Whitlock
Ja’Miah Woods
River Zink
Daniela Ramirez
Issac Ramirez-Aguilar
Sophia Rodriguez
Bryson Roland
A/B Honor Roll
Grade 1
Andrew Aguilar
Marcos Anaya
Brian Cibrian
DeMontrell Arrington
Melaya Bandy
Destiny Birch
Samuel Castro
SuQuan Cephus
Brian Chaves
Alaysia Gude
Antwon Gude
Abigal Hernandez
Jaden Ballentine
Adam Castaneda
D’Marion Brandon
Ayla Brenner
Jasmine Calhoun
Kevin Carrillo
Ismael Cortez
Isabella Delgado
Analyssa Elizondo
Angel Eugenio-Lopez
Emily Frausto-Rodriguez
Maddison Hajek
Abigail Hernandez
De’vonta Hillard
Josehine Hargraves
Valeria Martinez
Gumesindo
Alfonso Hernandez
Triniti Leggett
Solange’ Loadholt
Juan Lopez
Yulemy Lopez-Aburto
Said Lozano
Denisha Lunn
Briana Marin
Adian Martinez
Alfredo Martinez
Rafael Martinez
Isaac Martinez
Valeria Martinez-Gumesindo
Ariana Montelongo
Paul Olivares
Alexa Montes
Jaylen Nickerson
Carlos Perez
Evelin Perez
Piedra Aliceah
Eruardo Ramiez-Gallegos
Juleon Ramos
Iian Rhodes
Tiniyia Roddy-Walker
Jasmin Rubio
Anna Sampson
Destinie Sanchez
Rebecca Sanchez
Abigail Sanchez-Castillo
Brydrick Scott
Rigoberto Serrano Lopez
Chirstopher sollells-Rieker
Angel Tonche
Esther Torres
Gissell Vasconcelos
Adyson Vasquez
Alivia Vasquez
Tenorio Vazquez
La’Monica Washington
Kobe Watkins-Anderson
Joseph Whitlock
Stefanie Zavala-Tenorio
A Honor Roll
Grade 2
Brianna Aranda
George Bainbridge
Michael Barr
Raymond Castro
Isaiah Guillory
Kayshia Degrate
N’Keysia Degrate
Krista DeWoody
Andre Griffin
Tra’Von Dickerson
Ashley Gutierrez-Vargas
Estrella Jimenez
Donald Lewis
Samantha Martinez
Gumesindo
Aaron Mata
Bryant Medlock
Hipolito Mireles-Perez
Carlito Mondragon
Angelina Montelongo
Cristian Montelongo
Angel Pineda
Valerie Renovato
Krissa Robert
Lexus Roach
Andrea Rodriguez
Emily Rodriguez
Caleb Romero
Ramon Rubio
Joseph Sanchez
Julian Sandoval
A’Coreian Sellars
Samuel Smith
Jae-Lissa Wallace
A/B Honor Roll
Grade 2
Charles King
Nathalie Alamilla
Jazmine Aguilar
Charles Bailey
Sean Baker
Beau Boyett
Makenzie Brandt
Rogelio Calvillo
Jordan Clark
Ta’Tana Clay
Jose Contreras
Leeann Cox
Litzy Delgado
Lisette Delgado
Krista De Woody
Lilliana Diaz
Nalaysia Dickerson
Marcus Fauntleroy
Maribel Garcia
Eliza Garcia
Austin Hamilton
Belinda Gomesindo Loza
Diego Gomez
Marcos Gomez
Jared Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
Dylan Grant
Jose Guadarrama
Carla Guerr
Austin Hamilton
Daniela Hernandez
Rogelio Herrera-Morales
Richard Jordan
Hayley Knutson
Kamira Kuykendall
Sebastian Loredo
Damin Magdaleno
Sydney McKinney
James Matthews
Kobe Medlock
Jonathan Montenegro
Jaden Najera
Tiajha Nichols
Jose Ortega
Isabel Pearson-Garcia
Sasha Pickens
Andres Pina
Kryshayla Profit
Justin Pryor
Mace Powers
Kailyn Rind
Anadalay Rodriguez
Angel Rodriguez
Giovanni Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez
Andrew Rosario
Angel Rubio
Magdalina Rusu
Jimmy Sanchez
Ty’Nijah Sanders
Charisma Smith
Jennifer Torres
Aliana Tover
Taylor Washington
Cayden White
Matthew White
Landon Wilson
Le’Bron Wright
Michael Young
Ashley Young
A Honor Roll
Grade 3
Ruben Alarcon
Zaleth Cruz
Madison Davila
Jay’da Gentry
Sakira Hinojosa
Keyshawn Johnson
Victoria Ledesma-Amaro
Eliana Lopez
Carlos Marin Rodriguez
Katelyn Padgett
Fransisco Palacios
Maribella Perez-Lopez
Amanti Quarles
Yahir Ramirez
Keerstin Sokolowski
Zion Vincent
Marshall Wadley
Psyon Walker
A/B Honor Roll
Grade 3
Ch’elece Abel
Jessica Aleman
Corey Alexander
Brandon Allen
Delani Anderson
Jazimin Almanza
Sixto Baez Lopez
Tara Baker
Sherman Bandy
Anna Bone
Emanuel Bravo
Ariana Castro
Tyler Castro-Skains
Darrien Childs
Kaylie Collins
Dajah Crockett-Fletcher
Ethan Davila
Kayla Dearing
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La Vega ISD Fourth Six Weeks Honor Roll
From Page 9
Jennifer Delgado
Kyle Dovorsky
Jaden Dillon
Yasmeen Escobedo
Jaime Estrada-Lopez
Jason Everett
Azal Fernandez
Angelina Flores
Karina Gallegos
Jasmin Garcia
Mallory Garza
Reyli Gutierrez Estupinan
Devon Hatter
William Huneke-kirks
Arlet Jacinto
Aniyah Jamison
Kedrick Jenkins
Jaylen Johnson
Kandrin Johnson
James Lederos-Rodriguez
Alex Leyva
LaTira Long
Manuel Lopez
Justin Lozano
Elizabeth Maberry
Alondra Martinez
Eric Martinez
Dominique McCants
Angel Miller
Mariah Moore
A’Maiya Moore
Hunter Moore
Hy’Kia Neal
Stephon Nickerson
Teodoro Orona
Amillia Padgett
Alex Perez
Zoe Pickens
Jasmin Pina
Brandon Pineda Gomez
D’Kaylon Profit
Ariel Ramos
Jordan Reich
Nikzavyer Rice
Daisy Rocha
Roderick Ridge
Adam Rodriguez
Karlita Rodriguez-Araujo
Vanessa Rodriguiz-Escobedo
Jacqueline Rubio-Perez
Giselle Salazar-Torres
Andrew Salinas
Monica Sanchez
Brianna Shaeffer
Freddie Story
Nathaniel Suarez
Dylan Thomas
Donovan Thompson
Jacob Tinajero
Alex Varela-De La Fuente
Galilea Villegas Chavez
Jasmine Vidaurri
Chad Watkins
Lyndsey Winget
Ronaldo Zuniga
Bellmead Chamber welcomes
Miss Texas 2013 to banquet
Ivana Hall, representing
North Texas, was crowed
the 78th Miss Texas on
July 6, 2013.
Ivana, 23, is a senior
Texas Woman’s University. She previously attended the University of
North Texas for two years.
She is majoring in government with an emphasis in
political science. She will
Ivana Hall
use her scholarship money
Miss Texas 2013
that she won from the Miss
Texas Organization to further her education and become an attorney.
Ivana will spend her year of service promoting her
personal platform: “Each One, Reach Out to One –
HIV/AIDS Education and Resources.” In addition to
personal platform, she will be championing the Miss
and has earned her certi- America Organization’s national platform while volfied franchise executive unteering at the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals
designation from the IFA around the state. Ivana recently competed at Miss
Educational Foundation. America in Atlantic City, N.J. and was named a Top
Under Thompson’s 10 Finalist.
leadership, Mr. Rooter
has been included in
many prestigious rankings, including Entrep r e n e u r M a g a z i n e ’s
Franchise 500, FranLa Vega Primary School will celebrate the Week
chise Business Review’s of the Young Child April 6-12. Week of the Young
Franchisee Satisfaction Child is a national campaign for early childhood
Award, PHC News Top education awareness. It is a time to recognize that
100 Contractors and USA children’s opportunities are everyone’s responsibiliToday’s Top 50 Franchis- ties. It is also a time to recommit the community
es for Veterans.
to ensuring that every child experiences the type
Thompson graduat- of early environment that will promote their early
ed from the University learning.
of Texas in 1984 with a
In celebration of children, La Vega Primary has
bachelor’s degree. She special activities planned for the week, including a
completed the mini MBA parade with streamers, popsicles, bubbles outside,
program in franchise story time with guest readers and bring four favorite
management from the book and stuffed animal to school.
University of St. Thomas
Anyone who is interested in reading to the preCollege of Business in kindergarten classes may contact Kristy Lamar at
2002.
Kristy.Lamar@lavegaisd.org.
Dwyer Group executive to speak at banquet
Mary Thompson, executive vice president of
The Dwyer Group, will
be the guest speaker at
the Bellmead Chamber
Banquet.
Thompson became the
president of Mr. Rooter®
Corporation in 2006 and
was named executive
vice president of The Dwyer Group® in 2014.
She served eight years
in the U.S. Marine Corps
as a logistics officer and
achieved the rank of captain. She began franchising in 1994 when
she opened a Cookies
by Design® franchise.
By 1997, she opened
two additional locations.
Thompson was promoted
to president in 2004 and
led the company in market penetration and sales,
earning awards for Top
La Vega to celebrate
Week of Young Child
Mary Thompson
The Dwyer Group
Performer, Outstanding
Customer Service and
Masters Award.
At the end of her first
year as president of Mr.
Rooter Corporation, U.S.
Business Review selected Thompson as one of
its 2007 Editor’s Choice
Executives of the Year.
She is also vice chairman of the International
Franchise Association’s
(IFA) VetFran Committee
La Vega students excel in art contest
Congratulations to La
Vega High School art
students Dakota Marcott
(left) and Chelsea Marquez.
They both received
awards at the second
annual Collin Street Bakery Art Contest! Dakota
10 May 2014
won first place in the high
school division with a
prize amount of $100. He
also won grand prize for
an additional $300.
Chelsea won the People’s Choice award for a
prize amount of $150.
La Vega junior
places fifth at
state powerlifting
L a Ve g a H i g h
School junior Janay
Willis placed fifth
march 13-15 at the
Texas High School
Women’s Powerlifting Meet in Corpus
Christi.
Military Appreciation Weekend
May 24-26
Active-duty personnel, retirees and
veterans will receive free admission to
the museum while their family will receive
discounted admission.
Summer Camp
8 a.m. to noon June 27-28
Step into the boots of a 19th century Texas
Ranger and learn about the skills critical to
survival on the frontier.
TexasRanger.org
Boys Varsity Baseball
April 4 7 PM April 8 7 PM April 11 7 PM April 14 7 PM April 17 7 PM April 17 7 PM Lorena H-LVHS West A-West HS
Connally H-LVHS Robinson A-Robinson HS
China Spring
A-China Spring HS
Lorena A-Lorena HS
April 4 6
April 8 6
April 11 6
April 14 6
Lorena H-LVHS
West A-West HS Connally H-LVHS
Robinson A-Robinson HS
Girls Varsity Softball
PM PM PM PM Emergency notification system provides reverse 911
The Heart of Texas Regional Emergency
Notification System is offered by the Heart
of Texas Council of Governments, along
with local counties and cities. An emergency
notification system, or a reverse 911 system, gives local emergency management,
public safety and governmental jurisdictions
a chance to inform the public in case of an
emergency incident or public threat.
This phone and email system is designed to provide emergency messages
to the public quickly and effectively. Types
of events that may require messages are
natural disasters such as fires, floods, severe
weather; man-made disasters such as bomb
threats, hazardous material incidents, terrorism threats; evacuation notices and criminal
threats; and public health threats such as boil
water notices and health alerts.
People may still call 911 for emergency
requests. Reverse 911 provides a means to
disseminate critical information to the public via a mass notification system when the
need arises. Contact information is needed
to ensure people can be reached when emergency messages are sent by local officials.
The database of land line telephone numbers registered in the Heart of Texas region
is constantly being updated.
Since many individuals do not have a land
line phone, the system is interested in obtaining cell phone numbers, email addresses and
Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone
numbers.
Citizens are encouraged to register at
HOTReady.com.
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Bellmead Community Calendar
• Thursdays - Noon to 1
p.m., Bellmead
Lions Club meets at
Bellmead Civic Center
• April 8 - 6:30 p.m.,
Bellmead City Council
meets at City Hall. The
Council meets on second Tuesdays.
To have your
meeting added to this
calendar, call (254)
749-7073.
La Vega ISD Calendar
• April 1 4:45 to 6
p.m, Boot Camp, La
Vega Intermediate
School H.P. Miles
Campus; 5 to 9 p.m.,
GED/ESL classes,
901 Maxfield
• April 2 noon,
Bellmead Chamber of
Commerce luncheon,
Bellmead Civic
Center
• April 3 4:45 to 6
p.m, Zumba, La Vega
Intermediate School
H.P. Miles Campus; 5
to 9 p.m., GED/ESL
classes, 901 Maxfield
• April 4 6:30 p.m.,
La Vega High School
Talent Show, gym
• April 7 Scholastic
Book Fair, La Vega
Intermediate School
H.P. Miles Campus;
4:45 to 6 p.m, Zum-
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ba, La Vega Intermediate School H.P. Miles
Campus
• April 8 4:45 to 6 p.m,
Boot Camp, La Vega
Intermediate School
H.P. Miles Campus; 5
to 9 p.m., GED/ESL
classes, 901 Maxfield;
Scholastic Book Fair,
La Vega Intermediate School H.P. Miles
Campus; 1 p.m., La
Vega Pirates Education Foundation Meeting, Building F Meeting
Room
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