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Vol 18; No. 865
Thursday, December 18, 2014
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Lexington Residents Light up the Town
Make a tour of this year’s decorated yards part of your Holiday plans.
Deadline to
bring your
Santa Letters to
his Mailbox is
this Thursday!
Special
Election to
Fill Seat
Held by
Kleinschmidt
Gov. Rick Perry set
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, as the
special election date to fill
Lexington’s
Tim
Kleinschmidt’s District 17
House seat. Candidates must
file applications with the
Secretary of State no later
than 5:00 p.m. on Monday,
Dec. 22, 2014. The early
voting period begins
Monday, Dec. 29, 2014.
District 17 covers Lee,
Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales,
and Karnes Counties.
Bastrop County is by far the
largest in this group of five
counties.
Already announcing their
intention to run on the
Republican ticket are Brent
Goleman of Bastrop County,
and John Cyrier of Caldwell
County. Running as a
Democrat will be Ty
McDonald of Bastrop
County.
Kleinschmidt resigned his
seat after being named
General Counsel of the Texas
Department of Agriculture.
He will assume his new role
in mid-January.
Fourteen
Indictments
Handed
Down
The Lee County Grand
Jury handed down fourteen
indictments against ten
people last Friday, December
12, 2014.
Gabriel McMahon, 19 of
Lexington, was indicted for
aggravated sexual assault –
child victim. Anise S. OlaniyiOke, 30 of Round Rock, was
indicted for fraudulent use or
possession of identifying
information. Jonathan W.
Pettway, 17 of Giddings State
School, was indicted for
assault on a public servant.
Andy Lee Rife, 31 of
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Lexington residents responded to the Lexington
Garden Club’s invitation to participate in this year’s Best
Lighting Contest in a big way. Although there are only
thirteen addresses mentioned here, there are dozens more
throughout the city and community that are worth your
effort to see.
On Monday, the Garden Club announced the winners
of this year’s Best Lighting Contest. They had three
categories this year: Best Lighting Display, Best
Whimsical Display and Best Religious Display.
Taking first place in the Lighting Display is at 1005
Wesley Lane. First place in the Whimsical category is at
1105 Main Street, and taking first in the Religious Display
is at the corner of First Street and Burns.
Garden Club members who participated in the judging
said, “There were so many wonderful entries this year.
We really appreciate everyone taking the time to work
so hard making their yards beautiful and festive for the
Holidays. We wish we could have given recognition to
everyone.”
The locations earning Honorable Mention were 1006
Phillips Drive, 1081 Shady Circle, 1027 CR 405, 405 Ave.
D, 116 North Street, 109 North Street, 1073 Vernon Street,
905 Terrace Street, 813 Terrace Street, and 425 Burns
Street.
For more pictures, go to page D1 of today’s paper.
SpidermanWantabe
Arrested in
Giddings
A 24 year old man, who was
seen crawling up the side of
a building, not unlike
Spiderman, was arrested by
the Lee County Sheriff’s
Office last Friday, December
12, 2014.
Deputy Jirasek and Deputy
Holloway were dispatched to
the
Westwood
Villa
Apartments at 3:10 a.m. in
reference to a burglary in
progress. A woman living in
the apartment complex called
to report seeing a man crawl
up the outside of the building
near her bottom floor
apartment and enter the
apartment above her.
According to the Sheriff’s
Department, the man,
identified as Travis Wise, was
caught by the deputies in
one of the bedrooms in the
apartment. He was arrested,
transported to the Lee
County Law Enforcement
Center, and booked in
without incident.
Five
Sentenced
in District
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Pictured above is the winner of the Best Lighting Display, located at 1005 Wesley Lane in the
Brademan Addition. PHOTO BY PAULETTE SCHULZE.
The Round Top Register is under new ownership. Lorie
Woodward Cantu and Katie Dickie Stavinoha purchased
the magazine. The first, completely redesigned issue will be
released on March 2.
The owners said, “The Register will build a digital and
social media presence to complement the magazine and create
a virtual neighborhood.”
Cantu, who was brought up in Lee County and is the
daughter of Lexington residents Jamie and Annette
Woodward, has developed her skills as a writer, editor and
publication manager. For the past 19 years, she has run her
own communication company, Woodward Communications,
in San Angelo. WoodCom specializes in agriculture and
natural resource issues with a client list that includes Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers and the Texas Wildlife
Association.
Bakers in the Making
Pictured above are three young, aspiring bakers who honed their new found skills last Saturday at the Fourth
Street Bakery in Lexington. Owner Kimberly Joosten provided a hands-on mini training course for a couple of
dozen children last Saturday. Pictured on the left is Taytum Tillery. On the right are sisters Louise and
Charlotte Woodward, each putting finishing touches on their cookies.
Five
people
were
sentenced in the Lee County
District Court. One was
sentenced on Thursday,
December 4, the others were
sentenced on December 11.
Early Ray Roberson, 55 of
Dime Box, was sentenced to
six years in the TDCJ for
aggravated assault with
serious bodily injury. Judge
Reva Towslee Corbett
presided and ordered him to
pay $303 in court costs and
$829.50 in restitution.
Judge Carson Campbell
presided over the other
sentencings, which included
Jerry Randle, 20 of Giddings
State School, who was
sentenced to two years
confinement in the TDCJ for
criminal mischief ($1,500$20,000). He was ordered to
pay $283 in court costs and
$5,786.50 in restitution.
Oscar Carl Mason, 50 of
Giddings, was sentenced to
120 days in the Lee County
Law Enforcement Center for
assault – family violence. He
was ordered to pay $322 in
court costs.
Kaitlyn Rosemary Johns,
20 of San Marcos, was given
four years probation for
forgery of a financial
instrument. She was ordered
to pay a total of $2,416.64 in
fines, fees, court costs and
restitution.
James Quentin Bigley, 22
of Round Rock, was given
three years probation for
attempted possession of a
controlled substance. He was
ordered to pay a $4,000 fine,
$403 in court costs, and $180
in restitution.

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