User talk:DumbMichael

Derik Strelsky. Christian and member of Meadowbrook Baptist Church of Rockdale, Texas. He teaches Sunday School and owns Road Runner Lawn Care. Strelsky was born in Rockdale, Texas in 1962. He graduated from Rockdale High School in 1980 and immediately went to work for the LCRA at the Fayetteville, Texas Power Plant.

On February 14,1984 he joined the U.S. Army as an Infantry soldier. The highlights of his career were participating in Operation Desert Storm, instructing at the U.S. Sniper School and being and Airborne soldier. Strelsky was awarded the Bronze Star and the Soldiers Medal. He also earned the Expert Infantryman's Badge and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. He was medically retired from the Army in 1999.

After returning from the Army, Strelsky moved back to Rockdale, Texas where he worked at Alcoa and became the Milam County Republican Party Chairman. In 2007 he created his own business called Road Runner Lawn Care.

During 80's and 90's Strelsky competed in Rodeos as a Rodeo Bullfighter. He was the 1990 European Bullfighting Champion and won several regional Bullfight titles through out his career. He worked for several stock contractors on the East coast and in North Texas. He also competed in several PPR Bullfights to include those of World Champion Bullrider, Tuff Hedeman. In 2000 he made the headlines of every major newspaper in Texas, with his creation of the event, Running of the Bulls, Texas Style. Articles about Strelsky and his event were also in the New York Times, the Moscow and the Mexico City newspapers.

In 2008 we became involved with Ritmo Tejano, a radio program owned by long time DJ, Roney Castor. Their friendship quickly grew and soon they started promoting dances and events in the Tejano Music world. Strelsky nominated both Roney and his father Domingo Castor for the Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame. Domingo was inducted in 2010 and Roney in 2011. In 2009 Strelsky became manager of the Band Los Marcelles. After their first album was released, Strelsky secured a submission for nomination for a Latin Grammy for the band.

Unfortunately one of the band members contacted a guy by the name of Michael Steenbergen of Marball Falls, Texas about band T-shirts but the man caused so much friction in the band that they eventually split up. Steenbergen deceived the band by creating a website for them and later used it to defame them. Finally, the owner of the band was forced to terminated his involvement with the group. Steenbergen, in an attempt to push Strelsky out of the management position bought many domain names of the band and even went to the county court house and bought the dba for the band. In order to retain the ownership of the dba, the co-owner of the band was then blackmailed by Steenbergen into signing a form stating that he was the Technology and Information director for the band. Steenbergen later used that document to close down the bands facebook page and to create false facebook pages of each band member. He then created several website defaming Strelsky and made an attempt to defame Ritmo Tejano. Several months after Steenbergen's termination, Strelsky left the band as manager and today only helps with part time promotions. Strelsky remains in the promotions business with friend Roney Castor and is active promoting the lone voice of Tejano Music in the Central Texas area.

Derik Strelsky has three children, Eric, Keisha and Joe and is the proud grandfather of three grandchildren to his son Eric.

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