Presiding Commissioner Don Shelhammer, third from left, cuts the ribbon during a ceremony to formally open the Texas County Justice Center. From left: Circuit Clerk Phyllis Staley, Circuit Judge Mary Sheffield, Shelhammer and Associate Circuit Judge Brad Ellsworth. Credit: Houston Herald archives.

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