The Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1991 Page: 4 of 12
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Page 4-Giddings, Texas, Times & News-Thursday, January 3, 1991
The annual lee County Go Texan
Fun Day will be held Saturday.
Giddings sales tax rebate figures
surged nearly 26 percent.
A proposed LCRA electric rate
would mean a 5.3 percent increase in
Giddings electrical rates.
The Giddings City Council tabled
the annual contract for the Lee
County Economic Development
Council
Leslie Chandler was driving on
Red Hill Road Friday night about 10
p.m. when he noticed a hosue on fire.
He rushed to the scene and tried to
put out the fire whith a garden hose.
The Lexington School Board
approved blueprint plans of the
proposed school baseball field at
their Monday night regular meeting
OOBER25
A crowd of Lexington citizens
turned out Tuesday night for a town
meeting to try to get answers to their
concerns about the planned con-
struction of a $1.3 million residential
treatment center.
A 28-year-old Giddings man,
Jeffery William Leib, died last
Thursday night from injuries sus-
tained in a traffic accident west of
Buffalo.
Supt. Clarence Buck reported to
the Giddings School Board that
having an adequate balance in the
bank to cover payroll and bills is still
a problem.
Both Giddings and Lexington will
hold their annual football homecom-
ing this Friday night.
Oil futures prices took their
steepest one-day fall ever Monday as
the outlook brightened for an Arab
solution to the Persian Gulf crisis
Prices fell in West Texas to $28 38.
Area schools are planning Hallo
ween carnivals this week.
Susan Schooler competed in and
won the Battleship Texas song
contest in Deer Park Saturday, Oct.
20.
Temperatures soared over 106
degrees Monday.
The Dime Box School Board
adopted a $1.4 million budget for the
upcoming fiscal year.
The BMW Club of Houston, a
group of motorcycle enthusiasts,
will gather over the Labor Day
holiday at Airline Park in Giddings
The Lee County peanut harvest is
expected to start next week, said
Sybil Sell of Lee County Peanut Co.
SEPTEMBERS
The addition of a 14,000 square foot
warehouse at Nutrena Mills in
Giddings led the August building
permits. Droemer Construction is
the contractor for the 175x80 foot
building
Shcool enrollment in all three
county public schools was down for
the second year in a row.
Four people were apprehended
Sunday following a Saturday night
burglary of B&W Grocery in
Giddings
Tornadic winds, accompanying a
line of thunderstorms, caused
property damage in several areas
across Lee County Saturday
afternoon.
First National Bank of Giddings
reached a milestone in history on
Sept. 1, celebrating their 100th
birthday.
Both the airport renovation and
the City of Giddings swimming pool
grants have been approved, it was
reported
SEPTEMBER 13
The 119th birthday of Giddings will
e celebrated Saturday with the
annual Geburtstag German Fest.
The second annual Wendish Fest
in the historic community of Serbin
will be observed Sunday.
Lee County commissioners offi-
cially adopted a $4.6 million budget
for the upcoming year.
Dr Paul Nolan is opening his
practice in pediatrics and internal
medicine beginning Sept. 17.
THE WINTER QAT
SALS
Welcome rains fell all around Lee
County this past weekend, with up to
three inches being measured in
some parts of the county.
SEPTEMBER 20
The Lee County Hospital District
No. 2 adopted its yearly budget in the
amount of $2,338,000.
Lightning apparently hit the
Marvin Fritsche home Sunday night
and the family lost everything.
Gididngs school board members
learned that delinquent taxes now
amount to $642,496.
Crude oil prices hit a seven year
high at $33.80 per barrel due to
problems in the Persian Gulf.
The Giddings City Council passed
a $5,197,989 annual budget with a
slight tax increase.
Although the Lexington school tax
rate has gone up this year, school
taxpayers will be paying less taxes
for 1990-91.
SEPTEMBER 27
A home in the Blue community
belonging to Doug Campbell was
reportedly burglarized last Thurs-
day night of over $5,000 worth of
items
The dedications and open house of
the new Paige Post Office drew a
large crowd Sunday afternoon.
Postmaster Barbara Saegert intro-
duced special guests.
Oil prices reached the highest
prices in a decade when they rose to
$38
After 45 years as the owners and
managers of Lee County Peanut
Co., Dorman and Syble Sell have
decided to retire from the operation
of the company.
A hearing impaired program in
the Giddings public schools this year
has been expanded into a regional
day school.
OCTOBER 4
A Giddings Middle School student
was pulled out of class last Thursday
and was arrested by Giddings police
on charges of dealing with bomb
threats to the school.
The annual Dime Box Home-
coming and Fall Festival will be
held at the SPJST grounds this
Saturday, Oct. 6.
The Giddings Chamber of Com-
merce president Everard Droemer
appeared before the Giddings City
Council Monday nght to ask them to
pass a motel-hotel tax ordinance.
Even though the horizontal
drilling boom hasn’t hit the
immediate Giddings area so far,
there are now 38 drilling rigs
reportedly operating between Gon-
zales and Bryan, and many of them
are in the Giddings Field in the
Burleson County area.
Giddings officially recorded 4.83
inches of rainfall during the month
of September.
Brenda Ann Quinn was sentenced
to two years in the TDC after being
found guilty of aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon.
OCTOBER 11
Peanut prices in Lee County are
rising as drought grips the
Southeast.
Lee County has become one of 34
counties eligible for assistance from
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
due to drought conditions.
The third annual Lexington
"My family and I have really enjoyed living in Lee County. The
people of Giddings and surrounding communities are good, hard working
people with high moral standards and values. I am very optimistic
about the future of our community. We have some of the most progress-
ive business leaders for a community this size, and I feel very honor-
ed to be working with the directors and staff of Citizens State Bank.
We are also extremely fortunate to have one of the finest school systems
in the State. With these attributes, I think our future looks very
promising," stated Dr. Kubiak.
AUGUST 16
Lee County sorghum and corn
crop losses this summer have cost
farmers nearly $1 million in cash
revenues.
The Lee County Commissioners
Court gave their blessing to seek
federal funds for the Giddings-Lee
County Airport.
Clay Punchard pled guilty of
aggravated assault of his wife. He
was sentenced to 10 years in TDC.
Reuben Coleman, a native of
Giddings, has been indicted in the
U.S. District Court in Austin on
fraud charges, along with three
other ex-Lamar Savings Association
officials.
A lawsuit has been filed against
Clayton Williams allegeding that
Clajon Gas coerced natural gas
producers in Lee and Burleson
counties into cutting prices so that
Clajon could boost its profit margins
by 75 percent.
AUGUST 23
The Giddings School Board
adopted a $6,349,260 budget which
will provide for a tax drop for local
taxpayers
A Houston man was killed when
the car his son was driving flipped
over several times east of Giddings.
The Lexington School Board
passed a $3,314,630 annual budget at
their board meeting.
Curtis Wren has been named
president of Lee County National
Bank.
The new assistant principal of the
Giddings Elementary School is Mrs
Linda G. Bettin.
The 911 emergency telephone
system for Lee County is still in the
works.
County schools will begin their fall
semester classes on Monday
AUGUST 30
A Lee County woman and her
husband have been charged with
possession of marijuana over five
pounds and under 50 pounds
Chamber of Commerce Gooberama
will be held this weekend at the
Lexington City Park grounds.
The Lee County commissioners
court approved a contract with
CAPCO for the oepration of the 911
emergency telephone system.
Milton Schroeder of Houston,
formerly of Giddings, died last week
in a one vehicle accident in Houston.
The body of an elderly Gonzales
woman missing for more than a
month was found by hunters in
Comal County.
C.J. Wolf of Giddings and Crystal
Hengst of Giddings were named the
Lee County Gold Star winners at the
4-H banquet.
OCTOBER 18
A 20-year-old Gatesville woman,
Rhonda James, died as the result of
injuries she received in a car
accident in Lexington.
After an hour-long public hearing,
the Giddings City Council went into
regular session and tabled an
ordinance concerning a motel-hotel
tax.
Dr. Kubiak is also very active in his Dental Association Organization.
Dr. Kubiak is a member of the American Dental Association, the Texas
Dental Association, and the Tenth District Dental Society. He is also
a member of the Academy of General Dentistry where he has accumulated
over 480 continuing education hours, working toward that Organization’s
coveted Fellowship Award. Dr. Kubiak has also accumulated over 280
hours of continuing education from the United States Dental Institute.
Dr. Kubiak came to Giddings in February of 1977 to set up his Dental
Practice. He has also been employed by the Texas Youth Commission for
the past 12 years at the Giddings State Home and School. There he has
also served in a Dental Advisory capacity for the entire state within
the T.Y.C. Dr. Kubiak has been very active in community affairs. He
has served as President of the Giddings Board of Trustees, the Giddings
Noon Lions Club, the Giddings Chamber of Commerce, the Giddings Booster
Club, and Vice-President of the Giddings Little League Associaiton. He
has also served on the City-County Airport Board, The American Heart
Association Board of Directors, and the Lee County Council on Alcohol
and Drug Abuse.
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Dr. Kubiak is married to the former Linda Rogers of Rockdale and has
four lovely children, Lynell, 13, Keith, 12, Laurie, 10, and Michelle,
8. Dr. Kubiak and family reside at 227 Youpon Drive, and are members
of the Church of Christ.
Cash Gindlers
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Dr. Richard Kubiak grew up in Rockdale, Texas, where he graduated from
Rockdale High school in 1969. He then attended Blinn Junior College in
Brenham, Texas on a football scholarship, obtaining as Associate of Arts
Degree. He then transferred to Lamar University in Beaumont, where he
received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. He played on the
Conference Champion Lamar Cardinal football team in 1971. While at
Lamar, Dr. Kubiak received numerous awards and recognitions including
the prestigious E. L. McDonald Award for the athlete posting the high-
est scholastic average in the Southland Conference. He also received
the National Collegiate Athletic Association scholarship for post-
graduate studies, one of 18 given in the entire nation. Dr. Kubiak then
attended the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston, where he re-
ceived his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree in 1977. While at U.T.D.B.,
Dr. Kubiak received numerous awards and recognitions including Who’s Who
Among American Dental Colleges and Universities, and also three differ-
ent scholarships for academic excellence sponsored by various foundations.
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