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The 10th annual Bras for a Cause to raise breast cancer awareness event was held last Saturday at Saddleback Saloon. Money raised during the event will benefit The Blessing Box Project that provides items to breast cancer patients. Male models dressed in donated decorated bras while participants bid on the bras to purchase.

The annual Boo Bash Halloween Festival will be touching down in downtown Sealy on Main Street Thursday, Oct.31, from 5 8 p.m. This will be the 17th annual Boo Bash hosted by The Sealy News and co-hosted by the Sealy Area Chamber.

Sealy Police were able to make an arrest on a robbery that shocked the downtown Sealy merchants almost a year ago. Sealy Police arrested a Navasota man for the robbery of the Big 99 cents and gift store on 218 Fowlkes Street Oct.

Early voting is underway, and Election Day is approaching on Nov. 5. Sealy ISD is asking voters to consider a Voter Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE) when they head to the polls. School taxes consist of a maintenance and operations (M&O) rate and an interest and sinking (I&S) rate. Maintenance and operations revenue is used for everyday expenses, including salaries, utilities, fuel, buses, repairs, and supplies. Interest and sinking revenue is used to pay off loans for building facilities, similar to a home mortgage. As mentioned in last week’s column, we are asking voters to approve an increase in the M&O rate by $0.03 to a rate of $0.6969. In August, we lowered our I&S tax rate by $0.03 to a rate of $0.3312 to ensure that a VATRE would not increase the overall tax rate.

The primary election for Nov. 5 with early voting is set to end this Friday in the two county locations.