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Sec. A, Page 2 THE CUERO RECORD Wed., March 3, 2004
ChamberNotes
Post’s Notes by Executive Director Sara Post
Recent events m ('uero
brought to mind the adage "What
we take lor granted until we
don t have it anymore’" The
swiftness with which the ('it\*of
('uero responded to the alert on
the drinking water for Cueros
citizens is commendable in order
to contain public panic The ( its
M onager s interview on
Victoria's TV channel was forth
right and explained the critical
situation well The response of
the • it\ to decide to man phones
lions could he answered from the
public was commendable too In
contacting the major users of
water in the < Ttv early and get
ting response plans in action
quickly, we are fortunate that no
major outbreaks of illness relat
ed to the contaminated water
have been reported It was cer
tainlv interesting to see how the
businesses in the hospitality
industry responded to the news
from putting up signs inimedi
ately that only can drinks wen-
water for whatever their needs
were, it seemed like all coped
with the inconvenience of the
moment Then to have HEM and
Wal mart respond with large
shipments of water for the com-
munity's needs certainly was
helpful to those Cueroites who
could not get dean water any
other way This event reminded
me of a time in my childhood
when my elementary school
burned to the ground during one
cold winter’s night By noon the
on Saturday so that any ques being sold to bringing m bottled next day we were holding classes
Letters tothe Editor
Dear Editor:
Marcus McDonald and his
I a nil IV (hint have adequat e
words to express our sincere
thanks and gratitude to all the
people family, friends, everyonei
of ('uero and surrounding areas
for the outpouring of your com-
passion. concern, and prayers
during Marcus almost fatal acci
dent To I)r Mark Heard and the
('('II emergency room staff Who
worked so diligently to stabilize
Inm to be airlifted to University
Hospital in San Antonio Thanks
for fervent prayers of the
Reverends S A -Jenkins, Rev
Hall and other ministers and
churches who lifted Marcus up in
prayers Thanks buddies and
friends for your care, concern,
and support. Thank God for car
mg people like you all That Hod
will forever bless and keep you
all is our prayer
Lucy M. Wright
From
a
Goldfish
Bowl
by Pastor
Steve Byrne
Sean, my eldest son. moved to Washington. DC from Austin
t his past week
Hut before he did. he sent me these "points to ponder ’’ I got
a ( buckle out of them and thought you might, as well
Things to ponder
1 (July in America can a pizza get to your house faster
t ban an ambulance
2 Only in America are there handicapped parking places
in front of a skating rink
d. Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all
the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while
healthy people can buy cigarettes at tin* front.
4 Oniy m America do people order double cheeseburgers,
large fries, and a diet coke
b Only m America do banks leave both doors open and
then chain the pens to the counters
(i Only in America do we leave cars worth thousands of
dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7 Only in America do we use answering machines to
screen calls and then have call waiting so we won t miss a call
from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place,
8 < >nlv in America do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten
and buns in packages of eight.
!) ()nly in America do we use the word "politics’- to describe
the process so well "Toll" in Latin meaning “many"and "tics"
meaning "bloodsucking creatures.”
1() Onlv in America do they have drive-up ATM machines
with Braille lettering. EVER WONDER WHY?
11 Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dish-
washing liquid made with real lemons.’
12 Wh v■ is t he t ime of day with the slowest t raffle called rush
hour1’
Id Why isn t there mouse flavored cat food.’
1 l When dog food is new and unproved tasting? Who tests it'.’
la Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
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Dear Editor:
Hunt Elementary school
would like to thank Dr Robert
Barth and his assistant, Thelma
Rogers, for donating their time to
do dental checks on our students.
We appreciate their dedication to
our school and children. It is peo
pie like you that make our school
and community so special
Hunt Elementary Health
Services
( nntiiiued oil Page 151
m the education building of the
local Methodist Church in the
community ami by the second
day we had school supplies -
crayons, paper, and big pencils,
so we were back in business in no
time It would not have been pos
sible, I now realize, without the
quick response of the school
hoard, the church, and the teach-
ers (my Mother being one) that
we would get an education no
matter the inconvenience. As
second graders looking at the
ruins of the school, we knew that
school would have to be cancelled
for the year and that the next
September we would automati-
cally be in third grade. No such
luck! But we did learn one lesson
that whatever the inconve-
nience -- fire, contaminated
water there are folks who will
help get life "back to normal”
again quickly.
The water crisis certainly did-
n't dampen the evening for the
Pilot Club of Cuero s Spaghetti
Supper — full house enjoying not
only great food hut also a won-
derful auction. We greatly appre-
ciate the work of this group in
helping to enhance our quality of
life here in Cuero, the way life
ought to be!
The SBA seminar Wednesday.
March 3 from 6-8 p m. hosted by
the SBDC, the Cuero Chamber
and Cuero State Bank is full - 60
reservations have been taken as
oflast Friday It is certainly nice
to see the collaboration from all
of these entities to provide infor-
mation locally to folks interested
in managing their business bet
ter The SBA is located in San
Antonio and will be bringing in
several speakers for this event. If
there is enough interest, possibly
another seminar can be sched-
uled. It’s a very good thing and
thanks to Cuero State Bank for
all of their help in this endeavor
as well as SBDC of UH-V.
The Chamber is hosting a
blood drive on Wednesday,
March,10 from 4:30-6 p.m. here
at the Chamber’s parking lot.
This winter blood supplies have
been depleted many times so if
you can, call our office for a time
for you to donate blood. It's a
good thing!
Are you getting ready for the
City-wide Clean-Up Campaign
March 16-20? The City Recycling
Center will accept your “stuff”
with a recently paid utility bill
for free including bricks, fencing
materials, newspapers, glass,
cardboard, magazines, refrigera
tors, and air conditioners (with
the freon removed). Items not
accepted include tires, paint,
hazardous waste, aerosol cans,
and caustic materials. If you are
elderly/handicapped and need
help moving items to the street
for pickup, call the Chamber by
Friday, March 12, 5 p.m., and
our Directors will help you out. If
you need items picked up, you
also need to let the Chamber
know so that the crews can come
by, be sure that they are at the
street edge and not next to the
dumpster. This is a good thing
for the community? It's a very
good thing!
Membership renewals include
Bob Farris Chevrolet-Oldsmobile
Inc., Eling Corporation,
Pakebusch's Home
Improvement, Rotary Club of
Cuero, and Terry's Carpet Care.
We certainly thank you for your
continued support of the busi-
ness community of Cuero and of
the activities of the Chamber -
we could not do our job without
you! You're a good thing!
Check us out at
www.cuero.org!
CapitolHighlights
by Mike Cox, liexas Press Association
Committee hears pros, eons
of workers' compensation program
AUSTIN - The next regular session of the
Legislature is still 10 months off, but the
law-making process already is well under
wav with consideration of various issues in
interim and standing committees.
An interim Seriate committee charged
with taking a look at the workers' compensa-
tion system in Texas heard its first witness-
es last Thursday.
The committee, chaired bv Sen. Todd
Staples i R-Palestine), will he making recom-
mendations on the quality of workers’ comp,
how much it costs, the ease of getting care
and other issues.
An attorney who specializes in workers’
comp issues told the committee that in the
private sector, workers have grown leery of
health coverage provided hv an employer.
The attorney s view was that the workers’
comp system has deteriorated with those
who have suffered an on-the-job injury hav-
ing trouble getting care.
From the employer standpoint, other wit-
nesses said coverage costs have skyrocketed.
Sen. Robert Duncan (R-Lubbock) said,
many employers not required to have work
ers’ comp coverage are dropping out of the
system due to high costs.
Staples pointed to the health care plan the
Legislature set up for public school teachers
and suggested that might be the solution for
the workers’ comp problem.
Budget cuts cost federal dollars...
Legislative budget cuts in Medicaid and
the Children's Health Insurance Program
will cost Texas about $1.6 billion in federal
funding, Comptroller Carole Keeton
Strayhorn said last week
Since Sept. 1, she said, 107,000 children
have been dropped from the CHIP program.
"That's a 21 percent drop in five months,"
she said in a speech to the Texas Mental
Health Association, "and Texas was already
dead last in the percent of children without
health insurance. That's unconscionable."
Money slashed from Medicaid coverage
will prevent some 200,000 adults from get-
ting needed counseling or psychological help.
But help is in sight if state officials take
action, she Said. The comptroller estimated
$583 million is available to restore some of
the health care cuts through the governor's
budget execution authority and by the
Legislature in a special session
Environmental Commission
sets heEunngs...
The Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality began a series of hearings across the
state to get the public's view on how the
agency is doing in its enforcement of envi-
ronmental laws.
"We are performing an in-depth review of
the enforcement process at the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality,"
TCEQ Chair Kathleen Hartnett White said.
The hearings began Monday night in
Arlington, with others scheduled in Midland,
Harlingen and Houston. For details, check,
the agency's Web site at
www.tceq.stato.tx.us.
Tulking trash...
The Seventh Annual Winter Texan Adopt-
A-Beach Cleanup removed more than three
tons of trash from South Padre Island.
Eighty-plus volunteers collected 6,825
pounds of trash ranging from a crematory
tag to a feather pillow. On the up side, some-
one found a $10 bill, a little salty but still
negotiable
The annual clean up is sponsored by the
Texas (leneral Land Office and the South
Padre Island Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
Since the state agency began the program
in 1986, 5,800 tons of debris lias been hauled
off from Texas beaches.
For information on the spring cleanup,
call 1 877 TXCOAST.
FromthePast
Previous Editions of The Cuero Record
100 Years Ago
March 6, 1904 - The ladies of the
Presbyterian Church and the Pastor, who
has been supervising it at the Hodges old
stand, have outdone themselves in the
rummage sale put on Thursday morning.
They have sold considerably over a hun-
dred dollars nearly all of which is net prof-
it as th(> articles are all contributed and lit-
tle expense is attached. The sales ladies
who are doing the selling get much amuse-
ment from the sale of many things and
those who have not as yet visited the most
have missed a treat.
March 8, 1904 - .1 C Woodworth, the
present mayor of Cuero. was seen by a
Record reporter today and said the report
that he did not know whether he would
stand for re-elect ion was erroneous. He will
he a candidate and will appreciate the sup-
port of his friends. His record is open and
upon it he will stand for re-election. If a
majority of the voters prefer him he will be
glad to continue in office and will do his
duty; if they do not he is willing to how to
the will of the majority
75 Years Ago
March 6, 1929 -- Training for track and
field events in the county are underway at
Cuero high, and although prospects arc* not
very bright at the present time, Coach
Leissner hopes to put a fair team on the
field in the county meet to be staged in this
city in April
Cuero will send a strong team into the
race for honors on the tennis court, and will
he well represented in the running events
Cuero’s entries in the literary events
this year will probably be as strong as those
in the past ( 'uero high always rating high
in the literary departments of the meet
The Junior baseball team composed of
boys of the lower grades is in Yorktown
today to meet the Yorktown baseball team.
The Cuero team has been working out
daily, and are expected to make a strong
bid for honors today.
March 7, 1929 — Koehler’s store is in
gala dress for the Spring Opening which is
to be held at 7:30 this evening, marking an
innovation in events of the kind in Cuero. A
most unusual treat is in store for the
patrons and friends of this popular store as
no pains have been spared to make this
event in the social calendar, for it is partic-
ularly stressed that it is to be a strictK
social affair, no goods of any kind being sold
at this time.
As at any style shows,the principal event
of the evening will be the display of beaut i
fill spring frocks with a group of Cuero s
most attractive young women serving as
mannequins. These will be shown in four
groups with hats and all accessories to cor
respond.
Following the style show, special enter-
tainment features have been arranged with
a program of dancing and novelty acts pre-
sented. Music will be furnished by an
orchestra and suitable refreshments will b<>
served to all. Fritz Koehler has announced
that there will he room for every one who
comes as special arrangements have been
made to handle the crowd and every other
provision made to make the affair a suc-
50 Years Ago
March 3, 1954 — Leaving Sunday morn-
ing to attend a one week intensive course in
dietetics being conducted by the American
Hospital Association, in Houston, is Mrs.
Charles F Frobese of the Bohman
Hospital.
The group with which Mrs. Frobese will
study will be composed of persons from 20
of the states, as well as from Canada and
Alaska.
The Institute will be under the direction
of Lsola D. Robinson, dietetic specialist from
Chicago, Illinois, and will be conducted the
Shamrock Hotel, with three study sessions
daily.
March 3, 1954 — Career Scope fashions
for the 4-H club Modern Miss of the Spring
of 1954 were modeled Tuesday evening in
the high school auditorium by a group of
DeWitt County 4-H club girls with Miss
Charlotte Heinzelman of Simplicity
Pattern Co. Inc. supervising.
Miss Heinzelman was assisted by Mrs.
Mildred Martin, county HD agent.
Models were Elizabeth Gohmert, Billie
Koenig, Dorothy Kueker, Eunice Kueker,
Judy Parker, Lenette Ruschaupt, Irene
Warwas, Jerry White, Barbara Ender,
Alone Laging, Kathleen Nagel, Loretta
Kooprpan, Mabel Bade, Wanda Kueker,
Janice Nolte and Mary Jo Zielonka.
Pianists were Lenette Ruschaupt and
Billie Koenig
Some very lovely dresses and suits as
well as play clothes, in cottons, felt, pique,
silk prints, taffeta and woolens were
shown, the styles proving very fascinating
as well as practical.
A charming white nylon net formal
trimmed with a dash of red was modeled by
Mary Jo Zielonka.
Unique aprons, hats and weskits, were
also shown
Miss Heinzelman, stylist with Simplicity
Patterns, came down from San Marcos
where she supervised a style show. From
here she went to Columbus. The stylist said
she travels all over the western part of the
United States, however, her headquarters
are New York City.
Class of
The Cuero High S
of 1974 is planning th
reunion for June 19
the Cuero American
more information, co
Cannon Rangnow, 28
or drangnowt&housto
<'andy Lane Thompso
6544 or clwbt@>adelph
Calvary rev
Calvary Baptist
have a revival thru
Luis Corneal will be
and Marcus and Sue
lead the music. Serv'
held on Wednesday a
Lente
devotio
at lun
First United
Church and First P
Church have joined
hold a series of Lent
al times starting
March 3, at First P
Church Fellowship H
Each Wednesday
Lent season, from 1'
12:50 p.m., Pastors
and Toby Brown w
devotions. They will
of talks on Lenten
and there will be tim
ship, Bible readings
singing. The public is
lunch will be provide
Cuer
Garden
The Cuero Garde
hold its next n
Wednesday, March .
at the Wells Fargo
Room. Hostesses w
Bettge and Ruth Pe
gram/slide show will
ed by a member of
Master Gardeners A
Foster Field.
Gobbler
, Club to
The Cuero Gobi
Club will meet
March 3, at 7 p i
Contractors on F
topic of discussion
Jack Adcock Gobble
junior high track me
DeWitt
Wildflower
The DeWitt
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