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•. A, Page 2 THE (TERO KE(’OKI) Wed., October 6, 2001
ChamberNotes
At tin' beginning <>l the month,
the Chamber office begin* it*
check off to >ee th.it ill bases
have I iei 'll i o\ i I ei I in other
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Turkey h'*t I'.111 anil f lien’’’’ ’
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cverything re,iilv loi the
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I' i ni iv ( >i t s it i 11 111 loi 11ii-
ll I I . I' delegation Iron,
\\ in I hington. Minnesota ’ Ale vv e
ready for lurk Olympics on
Sunil.iv at 2 p in ',’ Do we have
enough "product'" ordered for the
Soda/W a t er booth at the
I' e- I i v a1 ’ Alli I do we have all tile
ent rv loi ins lor the Turkevfest
parade'’ I th. there seems to be so
ilianv det ails'
I bi vie Sanders Pat Hull
Mayor and Jo Ann Edge calling
the ('hamhet office Friday with
the new s of t he auto accident m
vv Inch ( 'odv Peters, son of Louise
Peters, was seriously injured.
From
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by Pastor
Steve liyrne
I "dav I am ailing in mv utlue wearing a birthday gift It is
a hat that w . i given Io me bv in v f in nd Ernest It sa vs on t lie
lop "( »ld . 11 id < I ru mpv I n 111st lie get t mg t hat wav I not iced it
e -pei 1.111 v on vacation
We did a lot o| living, mi vacation I am not crazy about air
port al all I would ralliei drive It) hours than spend 2 in an
airport The ventilation in airports is so minimal that I always
lee I < la III 111 V Which al one lime was Illi big ileal 1 would just,
oi i . i aona 11 v wander into the men room and wash my face It
made it I >el t ei Im a while
I hanks however. Io modern technology. that is no longer
po a ble lliote are no more knob-- mi fa licet s in (lie mens room
anv mmc Not are there (lush handles
Evervtlnng I automalii Even the soap dispensers.
During, one ol our lengthy lavovers. after I had beheld that
< it v ■ w arelimise diet i ii t I h rough the large windows. I headed to
t In men’s room
first of all, von don I have to flush either the toilet or the uri-
nal W hen vmi leav e. - ome kind ot sensor goes oil, and the porce-
lain lacil 11 v i a i pposed I o a ut omal ica 11 v Hush There was evi
deuce there lh.it it does not always happen that way
Next I went to the wash basin, with numerous lancets with
no valve knobs Being the sophist leal ed traveler that I am, 1
knew tli.it tin w,i not a mistake, but some one actually
I list a I led It that wav
1 pul mv h uni iindet the tan et Nothing I took them out.
Water -pewedlortli I tuckniv palm under I he automated soap
dispem.er thinking this might be a high class deal, where it
vv III i Id 11 1 give von water 11 vol I Were crass enough not to soap-Up
tn t No 11ii e 11na e mt hei ()r to make it a real pun, “No soap."
I bi pan Io do a dance with flu lancet I would put mv hand
midet there and imtliim’ would happen I took mv hand out. and
about two tea peon lull ol waler would spit into the basin 1
beg,an to h e| like I w.i in a bad Laurel and Hardy slapstick
I'liinedv II mu I have been hilarmu -. Except everybody in there
w a . p I. I v 11 Ip the aim- p. a me
Fin.illy . I tooled tins modern marvel ol a technologically
. idv a m ed la i ii el and put a bout a t able- pooii of water actually
mi mV hand I tell like a u>in|iiei ini' hero
lll.it w.i- when I I iep. 111 to look to) some paper t owe Is to dry
mv hand on I lev dent even install those things any more.
Ju I tho .e h.m drvei ni.u lunes that take forever and a dav to
drv your hand I’v that tune, I w a-■ -o annoyed I |iisl wiped IllV
hand on inv pints and walked mil
Wh.it ev el happened to i eg 111 a I old rest room equipment that
vmi had a little lonlrol over" Have there been that many major
epidemic bi-p.iiii bv people cont.ii ting germs on the lancet han
die ' < >r the flu-di kiml>s ' < )i the pa per towel dispensers''
'i on . 11 e pro ha 111 \ right finest I AM get I mg old and grumpy.
But tlii'ii- ire -mue t liiiip- that I echnolopv could gist as well
have lull done Milin.il < mit ro|* i n men’s rooms ma v well be an
i cample
I he pood I lew i - that I don t a ■< ■ a I lot her t ri p I n t he air or
lengthy \ mil it in iirpoit 111 the near lutiirc Thank (iod tor
that I mean I real ly do thank (iod for that'
THE CUERO RECORD
119 E. Main; Mail: P.O. Box 351,
Cuero, TX 77954;
(361) 275-3464 • FAX (361) 275-3131;
E-mail: cuerorecord@nodial.net
Glenn Rea
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The reception for Cody has been
postponed until further notice
(let Well, ('odv'
This weekend we welcome
many visitors to ('uero and hope
fully vou will enjoy some aspect
of the Turkevfest whether it be
the Gallop, th. parade, the cook
offs, the dances or the 'lurk
Olympics Tins event brings in
about 8 10.()()() folks to spend
some time with us We enjoyed
hosting the youngsters from
John (' f rench and St Michael’s
School on Friday to have
"Breakfast with Ruby” and then
tour the ('uero Heritage
Museum's "(’uero Talks Turkey"
exhibit It was a "Chamber of
Commerce" dav and a tun event
for all Breakfast tidbits courtesy
of The Cooking Depot, Main
Street Kaffee Haus and Deh, and
the Chamber of Commerce were
"gobbled" by the 250 youngsters
as well as adults who came to
enjoy the morning and cheer
Ruby on. KAVl' filmed a great
piece with (he st udents and Ruby
- she was all smiles! Part of
Ruby's Race Team, Johnny
Dietze and Stacey Cordes,
answered questions from the
crowd as to Ruby's weight (9-10
lbs I. her training (wind sprints
and push ups right now), and her
training food (high powered vita-
mins along with Cheerios,
raisins (and a little chocolate
no, no just kidding!).
I )on't forget to sign up your
team tor the Turk Olympics — 10
members to a team, $25 entry
fee, and all fees go to the win
ners' charit y of choice! All partic-
ipants will receive ribbons and
the 1st 2nd. and 3rd place teams
each a trophy! Call or come by
the Chamber to register - It's a
good thing!
Speaking of teams -- there is
still time to get a team together
for the 2004 Relay for Life set for
Saturday, Nov. 6 at Gobbler
Stadium from 5 p.m. - 5 a.m.
This year's event honors sur-
vivors Larry Carter, Judy
Krupala, Mica Farmer, and
Kaitlyn Spann. The event is held
in memory of C. L. Duckett,
Rebecca Walsh, and Fred A.
Wendel. If you are a cancer sur-
vivor, register and participate in
the Survivor's Walk and stay for
the reception in the honor of the
survivors -- last year we had 129
walk If a Survivor needs help for
the lap, there will be golf carts
available. Please help in whatev-
er way you can to wipe out this
horrible disease by 2015! Call
Pat Villa or myself for further
information. We need you to help
us meet the goal of $35,000 for
this Relay for Life!
Next week Oct. 11 - 15 is
Chamber of Commerce Week
which is being celebrated across
the State of Texas. Cuero's
Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture dates to 1910 as a
group of businessmen who met to
discuss solutions to the business
problems of Cuero at the time —
streets full of holes making dri-
ving difficult, poor lighting in the
business district, and not enough
parking on Main St !
Some issues are everlasting --
there are times when parking on
Main St. is difficult (people say
that they had to circle the block
several times to find a space
right in front of the store they
wanted to go into!).
Hopefully this month you will
SHOP CUERO FIRST! as the
members of the Cuero Business
Co-op are offering registration
for $100 of Cuero Bucks to be
given away at the end of the
month! Come “Fall in Love with
Cuero” as you browse and shop
the many unique shops. It's a
good thing!
Texas ranks fourth among the
states in total spending by
domestic and international trav-
elers (Texas Travel Log, October
2004), earing more than $34B in
expenditures. "This is evidence of
what an economic powerhouse
the travel and tourism industry
continues to be in the U. S.
despite the challenges faced by
the industry in the past few
years,” says William S. Norman,
president and CEO of the Travel
Industry Assn, of America. The
effect of traveler spending is the
creation of thousands of jobs with
534,400 created in Texas. It's a
good thing'
Membership Re investments
include Mr. and Mrs. David
Baros, Beyond Beyond, Chisholm
Trail Heritage Museum, Dr. and
Mrs. John C. Davis, First Baptist
Church, First Capital Bank,
Lester Frers Jewelers, Mr. and
Mrs. Dalton Janssen, JHC
Insurance Agency, Dr and Mrs
Mike McLeod, Judge Ben
Prause, Smile for the Birdie,
Wal-Mart Discount Store.
NoDial.net, and Wells Fargo
Bank. We thank you for your
continued support in the busi-
ness community of Cuero and in
the activities of the Chamber!
Check us out at
www.cuero.org! HELP — Civic
clubs and other organizations,
we need your schedule of events
for 2005 so that we can update
the Chamber's community calen
dar as we are already getting
calls about arts and crafts activi
ties for 2005, etc.!
C apitolHighlights
by Mike Cox, Texas Press Association
Report finds serious flaws in state's
chikl protection program
AUSTIN Using words such as "unaccept-
able," "outrageous'' and "deeply disturbed,"
the state's top political leaders reacted
strongly to a report released by the Health
and Human Services Commission that shows
the state's child abuse prevention system is
badly Hawed
HHSC Commissioner Albert Hawkins
said last week's report, ordered in -July by
Gov. Rick Perry, reveals that "All too often ...
children are being left in harm’s wax. and
t hat must change."
The investigation focused on the state's
Child Protective Services program, a division
of the newly renamed Department of Family
and Protective Services. That agency oper-
ates under the oversight of HHSC.
The report found that in 152 ('PS cases, at
least one child had been left in a life threat-
ening situation In 425 cases, investigators
determined that at least one child had been
left "m a state of abuse or neglect without
appropriate action by the caseworker "
The findings were based on the examina-
tion ol only 2,221 ('PS cases. To put that in
perspective, in fiscal 2003, the division com-
pleted 131.000 investigations involving
278,800 children
Perry, Lt Gov. David Dewhurst and
House Speaker Tom Craddick all said the
Legislature would take strong steps in
January to deal with the problem, which
boils down to too few caseworkers and bad
management.
The report also outlined six priorities
HHSC has already developed to improve the
situation.
To read the full report, visit the HHSC
Web site at www.hhsc.state.tx.us.
School district report cards out...
Based on the new Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test and com-
pletion and dropout rates, the Texas
Education Agency has rated 1,5 percent of
Texas' school districts as exemplary, the
highest rating. Nineteen districts and 517
campuses were named exemplary, meaning
90 percent of students received a TAKS pass-
ing rate and 95 percent completed high
school.
The next highest rating recognized,
achieved by 30.5 percent of Texas' school dis-
tricts, requires a 70 percent passing rate and
an 85 percent graduation rate In all, 374 dis-
tricts and 2,531 campuses were named recog-
nized
Academically acceptable, the third catego-
ry, was conferred on 58.3 percent of districts.
A total 715 districts and 3,585 campuses
were dubbed academically acceptable, which
requires a 50 percent passing rate on the
reading, writing and social studies portions
of TAKS with 35 percent passing math and
25 percent passing science. A 75 percent
graduation rate also is required.
Statewide, about 2 percent of school dis
tricts (26 districts) and 102 campuses got the
equivalent of an F, an academically unac-
ceptabli'rating.
To find out how your district or school
fared, see the TEA Web site at
www.tea.state,tx.us/perfreport/ account/.
PR contract leads to toll flap...
Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn has
said her office will audit the Central Texas
Regional Mobility Authority in response to a
request by State Rep. Terry Keel (R-Austin.)
Keel made the request after learning that
the 2-year-old authority, one of four RMAs
now operating statewide, had approved a
$750,000 public relations contract to market
new toll projects in the Austin area.
The authority's board chairman, Perry
appointee Bob Tesch, told the Austin
American-Statesman: "We don't want to get
involved in any GOP primary politics, which
is what I suspect that (the audit request)
amounts to."
FromthePast
Previous Editions of The Cuero Record
100 Years Ago
Oct, 9, 1904 -- M I. Wood was a caller
at J in- Record office yesterday and told us
of a miraculous escape he had from losing a
rent house and several hundred pounds of
cotton on his place at ('heapside. He had a
room, in the house mentioned, well filled
with cotton in the seed which caught fire in
some way but was soon discovered and the
effort to put out the fire succeeded The lint
all over the top and sides of the cotton
burned hut the blaze was extinguished
before further damage was done. He can
account for the cotton not all burning only
in that it was well packed down where the
children had played on it We congratulate
him on having his property.
75 Years Ago
Oct. 7, 1929 -- Radios were being
installed in all Cuero cold drink parlors and
radio shops today m preparation for the
world series baseball games which get
underway in Chicago Thursday afternoon.
Ihe games are broadcast direct from the
field with stations throughout the nation
loinmg t he hook up
The winner of the opening game will
have the decided edge on the series, and
with Earnshaw m the box the Philadelphia
.Athletics hope to take the opener '['he Cub
hurler has not been announced and will not
be announced until a hall hour before the
game, according to Manager McCartney of
t he ('ul»s
The big question .it the present time is
whether or not the Philadelphia Port
Siders will be able to come through The
('ulis have shoyvn no mercy on left handers
tins year and backers of the Chicago Club
are confident that Left (I rove and other left
handers in the Athletic lineup will be “easy
picking" for such hitters as Hornsby,
Wilson, and Cuyler.
The teams play two games in Chicago
and then journey to Philadelphia for three
games.
50 Years Ago
Oct. 10, 1954 - The Music Lovers Club
will hold the initial meeting of the club year
in the form of a “Welcome Party” on
Wednesday, Oct. 13th at four o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Fritz Koehler on North
Esplanade.
Mrs. Fielding Breeden Jr. is the incom-
ing president. After a short business meet
ing at which time the year books will be
distributed, a program has been arranged
by the program committee.
The social committee will act as co-host-
esses with Mrs. Koehler and a social hour
will conclude the program. Each member is
requested to bring a guest.
A delightful program is planned for the
year which includes a number of very ambi-
tious projects. A Christmas program, so
successful last year, will be aired this year
lor the benefit of shut-ins and home listen
ers It was voted to make this an annual
feat lire.
A review of “Hansel and Gretel" will be
presented in the late fall, as will a review of
two of the operas to be presented in San
Antonio, February 1955. These two operas
are “Lucia di Lammermoore” and Manon".
Early in the spring, the club will sponsor
a style show and luncheon with music, and
local merchants are to be invited to partici
pate in t he display of their new fashions.
There will be a program on “Music of the
Church” to be presented to th public once
during the Lenten season.
The membership is open, not only to the
student of music, but to all lovers of music,
as the club’s name implies. It is hoped that
the membership list may grow during the
1954-55 season, according to the president,
who added that the club roll is open to any
newcomers to Cuero, as well as to friends,
who have in the past been unable to avail
themselves of membership.
Oct. 13, 1954 — Two Cuero Junior ,
School students, Charlotte Zimmerman
and Rose Morgenroth, won cash prizes with
their fire prevention poster and slogan
entries in the Guadalupe Firemen and Fire
Marshals' district convention held Sunday
in San Marcos, according to Chief William
Kleinecke.
Over 200 contestants in each division
participated , Kleinecke said.
Charlotte, a seventh grader, won third
place with her poster, and was awarded $3; !
and Rose Morgenroth, an eighth grader, '
won second with her slogan, and received ’
$5. ;
The poster submitted by Charlotte •
showed an overloaded circuit.
Rose’s winning slogan was “When You !
Have a Date with a Match Be Sure it's Not ■
Out Too Late." ;
Next year and thereafter, Kleinecke said !
contests will he conducted in April in lieu of ■
October in order for the children to have ;
more time to prepare their entries
Eight students entered the district con •
test.
The district will send a recommendation I
to the state fire convention next June at ■
Dallas asking that a similar contest be ;
sponsored by the state, according to I;
Kleinecke. j
Gus Schulle of Kenedy was elected the '
new president succeeding Kleinecke
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