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LEXINGTON LEADER
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Published by Post Oak Savanna Publishing, Inc.
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Both Lee County high school
football teams will be traveling to
the Austin area in their quest for
State Championships. rhe Lexing-
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the practice fields located north
of the Eagle baseball field. Tailgat-
ing fare will be available at 7:30
and the bon fire will begin at 8.
The public is invited.
Saturday night. at 6:00 at
Pflugerville Hendrickson High
School.
The Giddings Buffalos will face
Liberty Hill at Round Rock LSD Sta-
Lexington and Giddings both
had reports this week of shots
being fired within the city limits.
Lexington's Chief of Police Randall
Davis received a dispatched call
from the Lee County Sheriff’s De-
partment on Monday, November
27. regarding a fight and one of
the people being shot. Chief
Davis responded to the area of
Ave A and Ave C. The caller re-
ported to Lee County Dispatch
that he had witnessed two men
involved in an argument, when
one of the men pulled a gun and
shot the other. The caller advised
that the man with the gun fled into
a nearby wooded area, and the vic-
tim was lying on the ground with
an apparent gun shot wound to
the arm. Davis called for back up
officers to respond to the area, and
Officers Connolly and French. as
well as Lexington EMS personnel,
responded to the area. Police and
EMS personnel searched the
neighborhood, only to find no one
wounded in the area, and no one
having heard shots fired, nor any
other incident occurring in the
area. No other reports or informa-
tion were received regarding the
incident.
Then, on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 29, the Giddings Police Depart-
ment heard the Lee County
Sheriff’s Office Dispatch advise
all units that there were shots fired
on FM 2440 West at the city limit
sign and that a small car was ob-
served leaving the scene travel-
ing east on FM 2440 back into
town. Upon approaching the in-
tersection of US Hwy 77 and FM
2440, Giddings Police (Dfficer Kays
observed a white Nissan Maxima
turning off FM 2440 onto US Hwy
77. T he officer turned around and
activated emergency lights con-
ducting a traffic stop on the ve-
hicle. He approached the driver's
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dium on Saturday afternoon at
1:00.
A bon fire and tailgate party has
been planned for the Eagles. It will
be held Thursday, December 7, at
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Santa was the big attraction last Friday night in Lexington as he visited with the children before lighting the
tree of lights during the annual Pioneer Festival of Lights. For more pictures,
turn to Section B of today’s paper.
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The Children's Choir from First Baptist Church in Lexington performed at the Pioneer Festival of Lights last Friday at the Log Cabins. They are (front, left
to right) Caroline Wolfshohl, Jordan Higgins, Tyler Davenport, Trey Holcomb, Seth Gist, Ashlee Perkkio, Stacey Washington, Savannah Knippa,
Madison Perkkio Cheyenne Incania, Aaron Davenport, Wyatt Knippa, (back, I to r) Kaitlyn Romoser, Samuel Meza, Jessica Chrisner, Micah Higgins,
Alberto Lara, Xzandra Chrisner, Mary House, and Madison Higgins. Also performing during the evening's event was the Children's Choir from the United
Methodist Church in Lexington. You can see a picture of them in Section D, page 1 of today’s paper.
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Industry
Cargill Animal Nutrition in
Giddings recently was awarded
the Feed Mill of the Year 2006, an
honor for the Feed Mill Industry
that is equivalent to receiving an
Academy Award in Hollywood.
The Giddings plant manufactures
Nutrena and other brand products
for Cargill feed operations stretch-
ing across more than 30 countries.
As this year's award recipient, the
plant is the only plant in the
company’s 22-year history to win
top honors a second time. The first
time Cargill Animal Nutrition in
Giddings won the award was in
1991, just 4 years after the plant
went into full operation.
The Giddings plant is where
many of the managers for Cargill
feed operations go to be trained.
The ongoing challenge for
Giddings plant manager Byron
Sommerlatte and more than 55 em-
ployees now working three full
shifts, six days a week, has been
to keep everyone questing for the
“next level” in safety, quality, cus-
tomer service, employee engage-
ment, productivity and efficiency.
The local team has coined their
own mantra that some say will be-
come the motto of Cargill opera-
tions all over the world -"Q-three-
zero-one hundred.” The Q-three
(or Q to the third power) means
“quality people producing qual-
ity products and services for qual-
ity customers.” “Zero" means zero
accidents of any kind and “100”
refers to 100% of employees fully
engaged in the operation of the
plant 100% of the time. Actually,
that motto sounds like one that
could be effective in every busi-
ness, not just in the animal nutri-
tion industry.
Last Thursday, representatives
from the American Feed Industry
Association went to Giddings to
present all the employees with the
prestigious award.
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Terrell, Cindy. Lexington Leader (Lexington, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 453, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2006, newspaper, December 7, 2006; Lexington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1599102/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.