Kenneth  Finster has announced his candidacy for re-election as Calhoun County Commissioner, Pct. 4, in the 2014 March Democratic Primary and 2014 November General election.

Kenny is currently serving his fifth term as Calhoun County Commissioner of Pct. 4.  At the present time he is serving his second term as President of Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission, has held offices in De-Go-La Resource Conservation and Development, is a director of the Victoria/Calhoun County Foreign Trade Zone, has served as Calhoun County judge Pro-tem for several terms, is a director on the E-911 district board, a director on the Seadrift Cemetery board, and is a member of the Port O’Connor and Seadrift Chamber of Commerces’.  He is a member of Tivoli First Lutheran Church where he serves on the church Board of Directors.  He holds an advanced curriculum certificate as a certified county commissioner by the County Judges and Commissioner’s Association of Texas.  He also holds professional licenses in Texas, certified in Air Conditioning/Refrigeration and as a Texas State Board of Insurance property and casualty agent.

Mr. Finster has received the VFW Citizen of the Year Award and the Corporate Wal-Mart American Hometown Leadership Award.  He is married to Dwana Finster and they have four children: Leslie Shirhall and son Cash, Cheryl Henning (Robert) and daughter Zoey, Macey Matula (Daryl) and son Cayson, and Trevor Finster.

Mr. Finster’s time and efforts are devoted to the people and communities of Calhoun County.  During his terms as Commissioner he has secured grants and recognition for the county.  He works closely with the city of Seadrift, the community of Port O’Connor, and various other organizations in the county on community improvements.  Commissioner Finster has been involved in securing grants for beach enhancements, parks, tourism promotion, pier construction, parking lot enhancement, library construction and improvements, and the purchase of land for recreation.  He works diligently with the county volunteer fire and EMS departments.

“My experience as a self-employed businessman in Air Condition/Refrigeration, agriculture,  the seafood industry, and years of service as a commissioner has  provided me a customer friendly service background with a wealth of knowledge in solving issues.  Through my tenure as Calhoun County Pct. 4 Commissioner, my constituents and all citizens of Calhoun County have always been number one.  It is my personal goal to be visible and ensure that the needs of Calhoun County residents are addressed.  I will continue to actively pursue county improvements that will enable Calhoun County to prosper.  Your support and vote in the 2014 March Primary and the November General elections will be greatly appreciated.”

For further information, visit   www.kennyfinster.com

Pol. adv. paid for by Kenneth W. Finster  328 Finster Ln.  Seadrift, TX.

As Americans and Texans, we deserve better representation. Ted Cruz tried to rally the troops to show all of America that the Affordable Care Act is one of the single most devastating pieces of legislation in our life time.

The consequences coupled with the deficit, which adds almost one million dollars a minute to our debt, with no end in sight, will bankrupt this country.

John Cornyn did not support Senator Cruz and then had the audacity to tell us, “ I guess we have to live with it”.

This administration has had, and will continue to have, devastating effects on this country.

My opponent has been in office since 2002 and with all that is happening, I view him as part of the problem.

We have lost ground in American status.

We are printing money at an alarming rate.

We have lost ground in Christian principles.

We have lost ground in allowing more entitlements Food stamps, disability payments, Medicaid, housing payments and the never ending unemployment checks.

We have lost ground in offshore drilling.

We lost the Keystone pipeline.

We have watched lie after lie come out of this administration.

We are now watching hearings about a web site that does not work, and it is like watching someone argue about who left the barn door open and let the cows out.

The real question is: who was watching the barn door? IT WAS NOT CORNYN!!!

The constitution was never designed to allow engineering social justice.

If the government wants health care, fine, let them get on it and live with it.

Term limits is a must and this goes for the Supreme Court as well.

Please vote Mapp for U.S. Senate

Although I am on the Republican ticket, my message is for All Conservative Americans.

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Paid Political Adv., Chris Mapp, P.O. Box 301, Port O’Connor, TX

The whole student body of Port O’Connor School, plus faculty, wearing their “drug free” T-shirts during the recent Red Ribbon Week.

-Photo by Lea Ann Ragusin

Hugo Alfonso Lopez Chanchavac, the winner of Dieter Erhard’s (Art Center Seadrift) 12th Art In Concrete project in Guatemala, has finished his visit in Germany. He left quite an impressive work of art … Mascara Maya! It is made of concrete poured into a styrofoam form he carved for it. It weighs about 6,000 pounds.

While in Germany, he enjoyed visiting museums and several castles, including the Emperor Castle of Nürnberg.

Prior to Lopez Chanchavac’s visit, Gilbert Barrera from the Sculptors Dominion (large outdoor sculpture) from San Antonio came to Erlangen, Germany for my Dieter’s Dragonblood show opening. Barrera is studying in Carara, Italy’s premier site for fine marble.

Dieter’s next big personal project is designing a memorial artwalk for a 15th century monastery including three plazas with the themes … Easter, Passover and Christmas. Also being planned is a partner city exchange art project with Riverside, CA and Dieter’s home city of Erlangen in the spring of 2014.