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Kerr County
residents ‘Stand
for Life’ on issue
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Schreiner community celebrates new athletic center
Left:
Schreiner
University
president Tim
Summerlin,
center right,
cuts the
ceremonial
ribbon for
the new
athletic
complex.
By Victoria Aldrich
Staff Writer
[email protected]
About 80 adults and children gathered with signs
and balloons at the Kerr County Courthouse Sunday
for Sanctity of Human Life, a Stand for Life rally with
a reception afterward at the Pregnancy Resource Center.
Trinity Baptist Church Minister
Greg Peschel spoke on his expene of
riences as an adoptive parent.
the
Kevin and Rachel McCormick
of Notre Dame Catholic Church workers said
performed acoustical music.
‘I would do
Many of those who held signs
and waved to drivers were chil- anything to have
dren, a reminder for Pregnancy a baby and you
Resource Center Board President
John Worden of the need to pre- are going to kill
serve life.
yours.’”
Worden said he was inspired
to speak up 30 years after overJohn Worden,
hearing a conversation at an
PRCB president
area fast food restaurant.
“One of the workers said, ‘I
would do anything to have a baby and you are going to
kill yours,’ ” Worden said.
The Pregnancy Resource Center focuses on raising
Below right:
Schreiner’s
Jared
Thompson
pulls up
for a shot
against Texas
Lutheran
University on
Friday.
“O
See Stand, page 3
Relay for Life team
captain meeting on tap
Fundraising season beginning
for cancer-fighting group
By Caitlin Clark
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Kerr County is once again getting ready to take a stand
against cancer with the Relay for Life fundraising season,
which will kick off Jan. 27 with a meeting for current and past
team captains.
Beatrice O’Malley, 2015 Kerr County Relay for Life event
chair, said team captains, as well as cancer survivors and caregivers, are invited to attend the meet and greet to meet each
other and register their teams. The meeting will be from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. in the community room of Security State Bank &
Trust, 1130 Junction Highway.
In lieu of last year’s pep rally, O’Malley said the Relay for
Life committee opted for the meet and greet to provide captains with information about fundraising and the event, which
will be held April 24 from 6 p.m. to midnight at the newlyrenovated Tivy Antler Stadium.
The new facility offers improved parking and restrooms.
In the case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to
the Hill Country Youth Event Center. Attendees will walk or
run around the track throughout the six hours of the event, in
keeping with the Relay for Life tradition.
See Relay, page 3
Let the games begin
By Caitlin Clark
photo@
dailytimes.com
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Hundreds of people gathered outside
Schreiner University’s new 35,000-square-foot
athletic and event center Friday to celebrate
the building’s opening before its inaugural
men’s and women’s basketball games.
The $11 million facility, located next to
the existing Mountaineer Fitness Center, will
allow Schreiner to host playoff games and
tournaments for the first time. It replaces
Edington Gymnasium, which did not meet
the expectations of the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference. Edington Gymnasium
was built in the early 1980s, when Schreiner
had about 400 students. Today, the school has
more than 1,100 students enrolled.
Not only will the athletic and event center
signal a new era for the university’s athletic
teams, but it also will be used for commencement, community events and regional sporting events. Mike Graxiola, chairman of the
Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, said the
chamber’s annual business expo will be held
in the facility in August.
“This is an exciting time, not only for
Schreiner, but for our community Graxiola
said. “I had a chance to walk around in the
new complex, and it’s beautiful. It’s going to
be utilized for more than just sports.”
University president Tim Summerlin
thanked the students, faculty, staff and community members who attended the ribbon
cutting, as well as former Schreiner board
member and athletic committee chair Steve
Stephens, who gave the first gift for the
project.
“You’ve got to have somebody who says
‘We’re going to kick this off,’” Summerlin
said. “A lot of the time, the person who does
that is a person who has a little bit of patience
and faith, because that original gift was made
some years ago and it took awhile to bring it
to fruition, but it is indeed a glorious fruition.”
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The facility’s court, named the Stephens
Family Arena, will seat about 1,200 people.
The Susan and Rand Brooks Summit Suite,
also named after donors, is an upstairs room
that overlooks the court. The multi-purpose
space can be rented by community members for viewing parties and other events.
Summerlin said 55 individuals and organizations supported the construction of the athletic and event center through financial gifts.
“Thanks to a lot of folks, including students, for patience in seeing this through,”
Summerlin said. “(I’m) just full of gratitude
for the power of people with the concept and
the belief in it and the willingness to support
it.”
The project broke ground in January 2014,
and Kerrville-based Huser Construction completed work in December. The athletic and
event center will host basketball and volleyball games and provide space for athletic
training, locker rooms and offices.
Campus minister Gini Norris-Lane led
the crowd in prayer, asking the building “be
a place that will bring the Schreiner and
Kerrville communities closer together, and a
beacon for the kind of sportsmanship, respect
and play that will inspire excellence in not
only our students but throughout the conference and the NCAA.”
After an enthusiastic “Amen” and “Go
‘Neers,” the crowd headed inside to get a
look at the new building before two conference basketball games against Texas Lutheran
University. A dedication ceremony was held
at center court in between the men’s and
women’s games.
Bailey rejoins Kerr County attorney’s office
Ilse Bailey,
a long-time
local
attorney,
sits outside
of the Kerr
County
Courthouse
on Friday.
By Sean Batura
Staff Writer
[email protected]
The best thing about working as an attorney
for Kerr County, the city of Ingram, the Kerrville
airport board and other government offices is the
feeling of improving things for all citizens rather
than just one person.
“You get to participate in and affect public
policy, I’d like to think for the better,” said
Ilse Bailey. “You always get to wear the white
hat. The most challenging aspect is the flip side
of that same idea. Your job is to improve the
circumstances of the public, whether that is
prosecuting criminals or working on a public
works project that will improve or preserve
the environment. Frequently, there is just not
enough time or money to get the job done as
well or as fast as you would like, so you have to
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Kerrville Daily
Times, photo@
dailytimes.com
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Bailey: ‘It kind of feels like home to me’
compromise here and there.”
Bailey, a former Kerr County assistant attorney,
recently rejoined that office under Heather
Stebbins, and has helped step in to the fill the
void as Stebbins started maternity leave following
the birth of her fourth child on Dec. 15. Bailey
has taken on one of the more public roles of the
county attorney, advising the commissioners
court and department heads on legal matters,
a role she isn’t totally unfamiliar with having
served as the interim county attorney before.
Five years ago, Bailey served as the interim
county attorney after former county attorney
Rex Emerson was appointed to the district court
bench. Bailey ran for the office but was bested
by Rob Henneke in the 2010 Republican Party
primary election. Henneke stepped down last
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year to seek a spot in the Legislature, and former
city assistant attorney Stebbins won the seat.
Most recently, Bailey has been the legal council
for the city of Ingram and the Kerrville-Kerr
County joint airport board, so she’s never been
far from the courthouse.
“I’ve been working here off and on since 1992,
so it kind of feels like home to me,” Bailey said.
In her new post, Bailey has been
prosecuting misdemeanor cases, representing the
state in mental health commitment hearings and
reviewing contracts. Bailey said she and Stebbins
have been good friends for a long time.
“We’re rocking along really smoothly right
now, so there’s not any critical need (for
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