The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Page: 1 of 52
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Astronaut to speak at banquet
JAMS will hold its 4th Annual Scholarship Banquet on
Saturday, June 11, at Cuero Junior High School. The event is
from 6 - 9 p.m. and will honor the scholarship recipients and fea-
ture astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. as the keynote speaker.
The public is invited to attend. Tickets are $10 and can be pur-
chased by calling 275-6699 or 275-3877.
Dr. Harris will also speak at First United Methodist Church at
3 p.m. There will be a reception and a meet and greet time as
well.
Little League closing ceremonies
The Cuero Little league will hold its Closing Ceremonies on
Wednesday, June 15 at 7 p.m. at the Little League Complex.
Come and go reception
The Cuero Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and
staff invite the public to attend a reception honoring Sara Post
Meyer, former Chamber executive director, on Wednesday, June
15. The reception will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Chamber’s meeting room, 124 E. Church.
Summer food service program
The Cuero Independent School District announces the spon-
sorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Breakfast and
lunch will be served at the Hunt Elementary Cafeteria June 13 -
July 1 and July 11 - July 29.
Breakfast will be Berved from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. and lunch will
be served from noon - 1 p.m. Children between the ages of 1 and
18 are eligible to participate in the program free of charge.
Cheerleaders selling T-shirts
The Cuero High School Cheerleaders will be selling Spirit T-
shirts. The first T-shirt says “Be Young, Be Loud, Be Proud” and
the back reads “Be Green” and costs $10. The second shirt is
green and has the Cuero C on the front and on the back
“Greenout 2005,” this shirt costs $11. The shirts can be pur-
chased from any CHS Cheerleader.
Christian Yoga classes
Christian Yoga classes held on Mondays at the First Baptist
Church will not be held for the next several weeks. An announce-
ment will be made in The Cuero Record when classes will
resume. For more information, call the church office at 275-3401.
CYFLy cheerleaders registration
Registration for CYFL (Crossroads Youth Football League)
football and cheerleading will be held from 5-7 p.m. at the Cuero
Junior High School Gym on June 18 and 25 and July 9. New
players must bring their birth certificates. For more information
on football, contact Marcellus Wesley at 275-2343 (work) or 277-
8616 (home). For cheerleading information, call Melissa
Carmona at 277-8057.
Tech. Center classes for June
The DeWitt Technology Center will be offering the following
classes in June: Intro to Computers I on June 10 from 9 a.m. -12
p.m.; Basic Word on June 16, 21, and 23 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.;
Excel Elements IV on June 27 from 1:30 - 5 p.m.; Internet Nuts
ft Bolts on June 28 from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.; and Intro to Publisher
on June 30 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. For more information and prices,
contact Jennifer at the center (275-5030).
OLG Jamaica meeting
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church will hold a Jamaica
meeting on Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. in the church’s parish
hall.
Football during summer nights
U-Turn Youth Ministry of Jerusalem Baptist Church will be
hosting flag football every Thursday night beginning June 9 at
7:30 p.m. at the youth soccer field. Everyone is invited to come
out and play. Football sign ups are free of charge and everyone
must must be signed up to participate. Please call 361-243-0055
for more information.
Garage sale fundraiser
There will be a garage sale fundraiser on Thursday, June 9
and Friday, June 10 at Grace Episcopal Church’s Proctor Hall to
benefit the Cuero Predators Baseball Team going to the World
Series in Florida. The sale will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30
p.m. both days.
Summer Night's basketball
As part of the CISD’s Cuero Summer Nights, New Generation
will be hosting Midnight Basketball every Thursday from 8-11
p.m. for kids of all ages. There is no cost and concessions will be
available. New Generation is asking for parents to volunteer as
referees For more information call 277-6332.
WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2005
Summer Nights...
Cuero Summer Nights started this week based on an idea
to have some activity every night for young people this
summer. Monday featured First Baptist Church volunteers
hosting track night at Gobbler Stadium. (Record photo)
Joe Albert Mathis Scholarship
will hold its 4th Annual
Scholarship Banquet on
Saturday, June 11, at Cuero
Junior High School Cafeteria.
The event is from 6-9 p.m. and
will honor scholarship recipients
and feature Dr. Bernard Harris
Jr. (astronaut) as the keynote
speaker.
Dr. Harris earned his
Bachelor of Science degree in
Biology from the University of
Houston and his Doctorate in
Medicine from Texas Tech
University.
After completing his residency
training in internal medicine at
the Mayo Clinic, Harris worked
at NASA Ames Research Center
in the field of musculoskeletal
physiology and disuse osteoporo-
sis.
He then joined the NASA
Johnson Space Center as a clini-
cal scientist and flight surgeon,
conducting clinical research of
space adaptation and how to
counter the effects of extended
space flight.
Dr. Harris was chosen to
become a NASA astronaut in
1990.
Scholarship recipients being
Dr. Bernard Harris
honored with the Joe Albert
Mathis Sr. Scholarship are
Stacey Farmer, Jeremy Ross,
Megan Solis, and D’Neka Strait.
Mayor W. L. “Buzz” Edge will
be on hand to present the Key to
the City to Dr. Harris.
The public is invited to attend
and tickets are $10 and can be
purchased by calling 275-6699 or
275-3877.
Prior to the JAMS banquet,
Dr. Harris will be at the First
United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall at 3 p.m. There
will be a reception.
Civil War opens
as newest exhibit
DeWitt County Historical
Museum has opened its new
exhibit on the Civil War. The
exhibit features maps, papers,
photographs, and other artifacts
from the museum’s collection, as
well as some on loan from area
residents.
Some of the more interesting
items include two riffles, one
from the North and one from the
South; hand drawn map from
1864; old medical kit; old letters
written from service man to peo-
ple in DeWitt; spyglass used dur-
ing the war; copies of old New
York Times covering the war;
Civil War era quilt; and war arti-
facts collected in a veteran’s
camp located in the Clinton area.
The Museum also houses two
original paintings of war era gov-
ernors, Governor Pendleton
Murrah (1863-65) and Governor
Fletcher Stockdale (1865).
Donated to the museum by the
Lee Baumans, the portraits were
discovered in the 1960s.
Murrah’s picture was found in
an antique by Lee Bauman.
Bauman knew that Stockdale
had lived in Cuero and that
there must be a portrait of him
as well; the Stockdale portrait
was found finally in store room
in the Dewitt County
Courthouse.
The museum also has pictures
of Civil War veterans that they
need help identifying. Anyone
who had ancestors who served is
encouraged to try to help muse-
um staff identify these soldiers.
For more information contact
the DeWitt County Historical
Museum, located at 312 E.
Broadway, at 275-6322.
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Final three arrested
in local drug sting
Astronaut to speak at
Mathis banquet Sat.
The final three suspects in
Operation Hyden-Seek were
arrested recently. With these
arrests the undercover drug
sting has now resulted in 22 peo-
ple facing drug-related charges.
The most recent arrests
included Jamar “Flipper” Taylor
24, of Yoakum, Whitney
Catherine Mathis, 22, of Cuero
and Robert “Fatso” Garcia, Jr.,
26, of Cuero.
Taylor and Mathis were
arrested at a Yoakum residence
by officers from Cuero, Yoakum
and Department of Public
Safety.
Garcia was arrested at a resi-
dence in Cuero. He as located
with the help of a Yorktown’s
drug dog hiding under a house in
the 500 block of Evers Street.
Taylor is charged with three
counts of manufacture and deliv-
ery of a controlled substance and
one count of organized criminal
activity. His bail was set at
$325,000.
Garcia is charged with two
counts of manufacture and deliv-
ery of a controlled substance,
burglary and engaging in orga-
nized criminal activity. His bail
was set at $350,000.
Mathis was charged with
manufacture and delivery of a
controlled substance. Her bail
was set at $25,000.
Operation Hyden-Seek began
about a year ago with law
enforcement officers from Cuero
and DeWitt County joining with
state and federal officers collect-
ing information on various drug
related activities in the Cuero
area. The project resulted in 42
indictments issued by a DeWitt
County grand jury.
City looks to save
with solid waste idea
by Rebecca Holm
Record News Writer
The City of Cuero is consider-
ing an agreement with the City
of Yoakum that would allow the
Cuero to use Yoakum as a trans-
fer station for its solid waste dis-
posal. Yoakum would then take
the waste on to the landfill in
Creedmore.
Currently, Cuero sends four
trucks to Creedmore landfill
each weekday. By making the
trip to Yoakum, Cuero would
drastically cut the wear and tear
on its trucks, Ron Leahy, Texas
Disposal Systems, Inc. told the
Cuero City Council at its month-
ly meeting last week.
A round trip to Creedmore
takes about 3.5 hours, but a
round trip to Yoakum only takes
1.1 hours, said Leahy. By mak-
ing the change, Cuero will not
only save two years on the life of
each vehicle, but cut down on
overtime spent driving to
Creedmore.
Leahy said the total savings
per year would be would be
$100,242 a year.
If the City decides to use the
Yoakum transfer, the cost per
cubic yard will increase.
Currently, to use TDS in
Creedmore, the City pays
$168.75 per 25 cubic yards. For
the same amount of cubic yards,
Cuero would pay Yoakum $260.
Leahy noted that Cuero would
not see immediate savings. He
said that the city would only see
savings after switching from four
to three trucks which would
transport one and one-third
loads to Yoakum daily.
The Council tabled the item
and plans to discuss it further in
a work session.
DeWitt County Historical Museum opened its new exhibit “Civil
War” recently. It features weapons, letters, maps and artifacts
from war veteran’s camp found In the Clinton area. The muse-
um is located at 312 E. Broadway. (Record photo)
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