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Woods Road Now Open

 

Pictured in photo: Anthony Francis, W.C. Pct. 4 Judge Ted Krenek, Jim Meader, Chamber President Greg Turner, Gary Chaney, Judge Ralston, Robert McMillan, Arnold England, Wallace Everitt, Paul McConnell, WCEDP Director Vince Yokom, Sandy Buller, Vickie Casto, Kathryn McAdams, Deborah Tallman, Jim Vaughn (PHOTO COURTESY OF SWEET SPIRIT PRODUCTIONS.)

October 22 marked the official opening of the new Woods Road interchange.  Judge Ralston cut the ribbon with Waller County Sheriff’s Department, Waller County Economic Development Partnership, the West I-10 Chamber of Commerce and landowners in attendance. 

Woods Road is the main artery for the proposed Prairie Parkway.  This is a stretch of road that will link I-10 and Hwy. 290 to create a quicker route to and from the northern end of Waller County. 

Landowners J. D. Woods, Robert McMillan, and Marhaba Partners contributed the land for the project.

Good Morning America Comes to Waller County

Photo Caption: Roy Whitehead reacts while Good Morning America weatherman Sam Champion sends a message on Twitter from horseback at Dewberry Farm Friday morning. Looking on is producer Darcy Donfils.

By Joe Southern

Sam Champion milked a cow, rode a horse and fired small pumpkins at a target on live television Friday morning as the weatherman broadcast his segment of “Good Morning America” from Dewberry Farm in rural Waller County.

“I don’t want that first shot to be a lot of horsey activity because we’re going straight to news,” Champion instructed his producer, Darcy Donfils, as they staged their introduction into the weather segment from the studio in New York.

Champion and a small camera crew made a pre-dawn broadcast from the popular agricultural entertainment center. He said he came down here to cover the break in temperature that has seared the area for the past several months. The cool, cloudy morning didn’t disappoint him.

“We intended to have a little more fun as well,” he said.

But breaking weather news with a major snowstorm in the northeast caused him to focus more on the weather than the agritainment around him.

“‘Agritainment’ is a word. It’s in the dictionary. They just put it in there last year,” said Dan Bradshaw, co-owner of Dewberry Farm.

He said he and his partners were thrilled when they got the call from the morning news program asking if they could report live from the 100-acre farm.

“It’s about time,” he quipped. “We were honored that they chose us,” he added more seriously. “There are not many places like Dewberry Farm in this area.”

Tucked away north of Brookshire on FM 362, Bradshaw said the show’s producers found them through their Website on the Internet (www.dewberryfarm.com).

Moving to different locations in order to broadcast every 30 minutes, the GMA crew had everything very well choreographed a day ahead of time.

“We were looking for a great place to show fall – to get out of Houston and get into the countryside,” Champion said. “That’s why we chose Dewberry Farm.”

Story and picture furnished by our partners at The Waller County News Citizen.

Brookshire Congratulates One of its Own

Kurt Klausmeyer from Brookshire, along with his friends James Warneke of Hockley, Ronnie Mazurkiewicz, and Clint Mazurkiewicz both of Waller, came in first place in the Ranch Rodeo at the Waller County Fair, September 26, 2009. They were sponsored by Hegar Hay and Cattle of Hockley. This makes them eligible to go on to enter in the Houston Rodeo, February 2010. Kurt is the son of life-long Brookshire resident Kathleen Klausmeyer, owner of Kathleen’s Korner Florist in Brookshire, TX.

 

Pictured on horseback L-R: James Warneke, Ronnie Mazurkiewicz, Clint Mazurkiewicz, and Kurt Klausmeyer (Picture by Vince Yokom)

Brookshire Welcomes Another New Business in the Growing Brookshire Business District

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Gary Woods, owner of Woods Electric Service, Inc. and Brookshire Quick Lube and Detail, has been in business for 26 years. He has raised his three sons in the area. Now, Mr. Woods is expanding his ventures with his newly built business park. 

On Wednesday, September 2nd, Brookshire E.D.C. sponsored a ribbon cutting at Kellner Business Park. This beautiful facility is located at 4200 3rd St., on the Kellner town site. Along with Mr. Woods, Mayor Vaughn, and other city officials, West I-10 Chamber members and local business owners attended the ceremony.  Also in attendance were contractors Ray Halbison and Bob O’Mailley who helped build this newest addition to the Brookshire’s Business District.

This new Business Park can accommodate up to seven businesses. CDR Strainers & Filters Inc. will house their second Brookshire location in this spacious building. A few of the spaces are ready for move in with office space, a kitchen and break room, a wheelchair-accessible restroom, and a large workspace in the back. Other spaces are ready to be built just the way you want it.

If you are looking for a location for your business, call Gary Woods at 281-934-2058 or e-mail him at woodselectric@consolidated.net

Brookshire Economic Development Corp's Annual Business Mixer A Great Success

Saturday, July 25, 2009, Brookshire Economic Development Corp. held their annual Business Mixer.  Businesses from the area were invited to socialize and promote their business.  Each year more and more come to this event, and this year was no exception, with more than 100 people attending. 

We would like to thank Marla Van Overbeke and Joan Maresh of Eve’s Garden www.evesgardentexas.com who furnished the table linens.  Don Corley of Colony Cellars www.colonycellars.com for being on hand to offer a taste of his wines from his vineyard that is located in Waller.  John Karber, johnk1976@yahoo.com, who once again served guest an afternoon cocktail. Janet and Sandy Buller from Sweet Spirit Productions for taking photographs throughout the evening. And everyone enjoyed the wonderful dinner catered by Hinze's from Sealy, Texas. They prepared an excellent juicy chicken breast smothered with a cream sauce, rice pilaf, green beans, a dinner salad, and a sweet peach cobbler.

Door prizes this year were furnished by:

• Kathleen's Korner Flower Shop
• Steinhauser’s www.steinhausers.com
• Flying J
• Brookshire Business Guide www.brookshirebusinessguide.com
• Schmidt Funeral Home
• La Quinta Inn and Suites
• Napa Auto Parts
• Steven and Walker Flower Shop
• Bev’s Resale Shop
• Brookwood Community
• Eve’s Garden www.evesgardentexas.com

The first 12 door prize winners also received a month on the www.cityofbrookshire.org web site as the Business Spotlight of the month.  Be on the lookout for:

  1. Napa Auto & Truck Parts
  2. Sweet Spirit Productions
  3. Brookshire Business Guide
  4. Stephens & Flowers Funeral Services
  5. Gerald Christopher Architecture
  6. Schmidt Funeral Homes
  7. Stephen & Walker Flower Shop
  8. Career and Recovery Resouces, Inc.
  9. Janet Montgomery, CFP
10. Colony Cellars
11. Wadhwa and Associates, Inc.
12. John's General Maintenance

Again we would like to thank everyone for making this year's mixer a GREAT success!

Below is a short animated slideshow produced by Sweet Spirit Productions from the photographs taken at this event. Leave your comments below, too, on how you liked this year's business mixer.

Brookshire Economic Development Corporation's Annual Business Mixer - 2009 from Sandy Buller on Vimeo.

The City of Brookshire Hosts Child Fatality Review Workshop

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The Health Service Region 6/5S chose Brookshire to have their Child Fatality Review Workshop at the Brookshire Convention Center on  Thursday, July 23, 2009.  More than 80 attended and agencies from Waller, Austin, Colorado, Ft. Bend, Galveston, Jefferson, Walker, Liberty, Harris and La Grange Counties were all represented.  This workshop was to help teams take action to prevent child deaths.  Speakers were Dr. Charleta Guillory, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Jessica Lundgren, March of Dimes, Seema Patel, Safe Kids-Houston, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Patty Pittman, Communities in Schools Southeast Texas, Inc.  The goal of the Child Death Review is to understand why children die and to take action to prevent other deaths.  One example would be natural deaths to infants.  The board would gather facts, records, and risk factors. Then compile effective prevention services such as enhance community education to include unplanned / unwanted pregnancy prevention, including teen pregnancy prevention services and early detection of signs and symptoms of pre-term labor.

Chief PreJohn of the Brookshire Police Department, Michael Montgomery of West Engineering, Schmidt Funeral Home, and Tammy Goldman helped to pull this workshop together.

Fourth of July at Hovas Park in Brookshire

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Every year seems to be better than the one before. Mayor Joseph Vaughn lit the fireworks that displayed stunning colors over the city. A special thanks to the community for coming out to support this event despite the heat and humidity. Everyone is looking forward to next year.

Brookshire VFD Garage Sale

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On Friday, June 19, the Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary held a garage sale.  They would like to thank everyone that came by.  All proceeds will go towards Gaiter Aid and bottled water for the firemen while they fight fires.  If you would like to make monitory donations, please contact Frances Gibbs at 713-560-4105.

Brookshire Celebrates Juneteenth

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Brookshire celebrated its 18^th annual Juneteenth Festival. The festivities began June 19^th with the Juneteenth Youth Summit.  Later that night everyone gathered in the Convention Center for the Gospel Praise Explosion that featured various Church Choirs, Music Groups, Soloists and Praise Dancers.

On Saturday, June 20^th, the celebration continued with Mayor Joseph Vaughn leading the parade through Brookshire. This year we were happy to see some new faces in the lineup, such as Cerda*Fied Specialists pulling a trailer displaying their beautiful Wrought Iron work, and Stephens Flowers Funeral Services that are new to our area.  We were happy to see Royal High School Marching Band take the time out of their summer to join in.  A BIG Thank You goes out to Chief Prejean and the Brookshire P.D. for helping with traffic control.

After the parade, everyone found their way to Hovas Park for a full day of fun. The water park was open and a rock wall was brought in to climb.  We were happy to see more booths this year….lots of variety from which to select.  We were happy to have Ms. Willie Mae Jenkins, an area author, promoting her new book, “My Calling.” 

We would like to thank everyone who helped and participated in making this another great success again this year.

2009 - Cinco de Mayo Parade

2009 Brookshire, Texas - Cinco de Mayo Parade

Enjoy this slideshow of parade photos as well as the previous post with MORE photos of the parade (including the Police Department's photos) and the celebration.