May 2022

The Sealy High School athletics department held its annual awards night at Thomas E. Golson Auditorium last Monday, May 16. Achievements recognized ranged from honorable mention, Academic All-State, regional and state qualifiers, as well as All-Americans. Many of these athletes were a large part of the success of Sealy athletics during their four-year tenure.

The Sealy High School One Act Play group reached state competition for the second year in a row and won district for the 45th time. Ecstatic, they got to celebrate the announcement in their home auditorium, via zoom with the contest manager. This was quite the turnaround for a program that didn’t survive districts two years prior.

Sealy Independent School District employees are getting a boost to their health care coverage after trustees voted to increase the contribution by $25. Also during the May 18 meeting, the school board approved an expedited hiring schedule and provided updates on several initiatives including vocational-training programs.

Evelyn Harrington was joined by her family at a signing ceremony at Sealy High School last Wednesday, May 18, in pledging her commitment to play basketball for Southwestern University after graduation. Left to right: Tommy Harrington, Patrick Harrington, Evelyn Harrington, Shawn Harrington, and Maria Harrington. JASON MANAGO-GRAVES

On Tuesday, May 17, the Austin County Sheriff’s Office received a call for service regarding the possible location of stolen property at 3449 Oil Field Road, in Bellville. The owner of the stolen construction equipment was in contact with Fort Bend County Sheriff’s investigators, who eventually contacted the Austin County Sheriff’s Office.

The city councilmembers who won the May 7 election were sworn in at the Wallis City Council meeting on May 18, and the council approved ordering two new police cars from Enterprise. Joel Prado was newly elected to the council, and Clark Main, Jr.

The unofficial results for the May 24 election have been announced. The only Austin County race in this election was a run-off for the Republican candidate who will run to be the Texas State Representative for District 85 in November.

Voters chose Stan Kitzman, who received 8,134 votes, over incumbent Phil W. Stephenson, who received 5,891 votes, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office. The newly elected candidate was formerly a Waller County Commissioner.