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94th Year, No. 75
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COMMAND OF THE YOAKUM KIWANIS Club
passed from outgoing President Grady Glass to
Incoming President Thomas landrum, right, at the
local service club’s annual Installation banquet last
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On ‘Gyspies’
Representatives of some 35 area
and state law enforcement agencies
caucused in Austin last week to
exchsnge information on the
nationwide gypsy ring blamed for a
siege of home burglaries, including
many in this area over, the past
several months.
Yoakum was represented at the
meeting, in the Department of
Public Safety headquarters, by
Police Chief Tommy Linn
Also in attendance were members
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion and the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service
The conference was called after
the recent apprehension of six
suspected members of the' ring
apparently developed into one of the
first major "breaks " Three of the
(See GYPSIES. Page 8)
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Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will hold their October
board meeting tonight (Tuesday) in
City Hall, starting at 7 p m., and
may make appointments to fill two
board vacancies ..The Republican
Women of Yoakum meet Wednes
day noon in the Holy Cross Lutheran
Church youth building for a
aandwlch lunch and programi
District Director Mary Ward of
Rosenberg will be the speaker
Yoakum High School students elect
their class officers and favorites this
Wednesday morning. The Chamber
has set Oct. 27 aa the date for its
annual chicken barbecue
In Two Years, 39-7
By BERT WEST
For the first time in more than
two years, a trip home for the
football Yoakum Bulldogs was a
happy event last Friday as the Ddgs
went to Goliad where they put the
bite on the outclassed Tigers for a
39-7 victory.
In regaining their winning ways
for their third win in four starts, the
Bulldogs earned their first "road"
victory since Sept. 23, 1983 also in
Goliad.
With Yoakum’s swarming defense
shutting down Goliad’s offense after
a Tiger held onto a bobbling pais to
help Goliad gain a first quarter tie,
the Bulldogs scored three times in
the second period to put the game
out of reach by the) 2-2 Tigers
The Yoakum defense slammed
Tiger ball carriers for a lost of I7
yards in the third quarter and
Goliad showed a profit of only 9
yards-passing and rushing for the
entire second half.
Other then the one score, Goliad
made it into Yoakum territory but
once all night, getting to the 45
before losing the ball on downs back
at the Tiger 49.
Meantime. Ray Harris tossed two
TD passes to Mitchell Jones.- scored
one himself on a bristling 54-yard
run from scrimmage; and Sandy
Motley, a lightweight sophomore
running back, demonstrated a
come-to-play attitude in his varsitv
debut. Another sopfj, Darren Boone
was a confident quarterback as he
filled in for Harris through most of
the second half.
The Bulldogs missed scdnng the
fust time they got the ball, but rang
the bell on each of their next tour
possessions
Goliad's troubles started op the .
first offensive play after taking the
(See BULLDOGS. Page 8)
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Charles Soehnge.
"Employees will be happy to help
with your own remodeling and home
needs. Persons who haven’t visited
the store lately are in for a pleasant
surprise. We invite all area
residents to come in during our
grand opening, look around and get
acquainted "
The renovation by owners *
Charles, Judy and Charles Lee
Soehnge has expanded the many
lines of plumbing, electrical, lawn
and garden, paint, tools, hardware
and lumber items and applies
offered at the Do lt-Center.
The store is associated with a
2,600 member dealer-owned co-
(See DO IT, Page 8)
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senviNa LAVACA and Dawrr counties
Texas public schools are taking the
tests at the same time. English
language today, and mathematics
Wednesday.
No make up (fatea are permitted
under the law. A student who falls
one or both of the teste today and
Wednesday, will be placed In
remedial work areas.
A student who Is absent today
and/or Wednesday will be given a
failing grade, — the law allows no
make-up dates.
For the— who do fail, a —onto
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Must Pass Before Diplomas
Yoakum High School juniors
today (Tuesday) are taking the first
1 state-mandated test In English
language arts (reading and writing)
that they must pass before they can
graduate In 1987.
Another test, In math, will be
given Wednesday, with the same
requirement—It must be passed
before any diploma Is granted.
The two tests, called TEAMS for
“Teana Educational Assessment of
Minimum Skills", were madsted by
Hou— BUI 72, the school reform
law. and become effective with the
INMI joater ela—. Juniors In ail
THERE IS mi doubt about it.
Yoakum will depend on well water
for many years*io come, but should
that big surface water supply ever
be built on the Guadalupe River
(Sec VIEW, Page b)
Grand opening ribbon cutting
ceremonies for the remodeled and
re named Sochngy Do-It Center, 408
West (uand. will be held at 10 a m.
Thursday.
Grand opening festivities for the
business will continue through
Saturday
formerly (he J, Lee Fawcett
1 umber Co. and a fixture In
downtown Yoakum since J. Lee
Fawcett founded the business in
1942, the store and retail spare has
breaker there was still a three-way ,,cen remodeled, with the interior
tic so three folks shared second and
third place money, each getting $5.
That trio is comprised of John
Renken, Ronnie Garrett and Brad
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THIS MAY have taken us all
the wav around the block to get to
the house next door, but what
* difference does it make
Yoakum is about io, as a City,
have a study done on needs and
answers to needs for water, sewage
and sanitation services. One of the
special areas that will be looked at
, in this study wdl the heavy
dependence on some very old water
wells used to supply much of the
public water in Yoakum and the
need tor new water wells to meet
Yoakum’s needs.
It might serve the i'itizens of
Yoakum well for this study to also
include a hard look at the aquifer
water supplv from which the city is.
drawing its water. Not so many
« years ago some tow ns not so far to
the West of foakum were informed
. . that the quality of the water in the
aquifer used to supply its wells was
getting bad in a hurry and that other
•sources ot water supply should be
investigated.
With this in mind, it might be
wise to have a long range look pt the
, quality of underground water
available now and what Its future
quality will be
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Grid Contest
Glen Vancura of Shiner became
the second player this season to
claim bonus money tn- the
Herald-l imes Football Contest as he
correcth picked the winners in ail IS
contest qames for the fourth week of
the con petition and won a tutai <1
$50.
Vancura earned 420 for
first place and claimed a $30 bonus
for correctly picking the winners in
each .‘of. (he. contest
However, he missed out- on an
additional $200 bonus since he did
not concctlv pick the score of the tie
breaker game He predicted a 21-b
East Bernard win over Hallettsville,
which i'as 26 points otf the ac tual
score which saw East Bernard
triumph bv a 41 J 2 count
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one miss in (tic compctiiiAn so (he
tic breaker score hid to be utilized
to determine who got second and
third place money Even with the tie
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Yards Passing
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Herald-1 Imes Editor
SIMPLY PUT. that was one more
nice rain we experienced over the
weekend. .> > .
The only official gauge around
here is at the Texts A&M Plant
where precipitation totaled
inches through Monday
morning
Individuals around the ■ area
reported receiving from around two
inches to nearly 3.5 inches in their
backyard gauges.
• Got my water bill over the
weekend and that made me even
happier to see the rains. We
probably are foolish to try and keep
as much yard grass growing as we
do, after all it just makes more work
when it grows and has to be mowed.
Still, we do enjoy a grass covered
lawn and if that is something we
enjoy, whv not keep it that way.
And, even though that City water
bill w'a,s rather large, it wasn’t so
bad if you consider what it would
cost you to drill your own well and
pump it
W'c arc fortunate in Yoakum that
we weren't forced into water
Rationing this summer like folks in
many towns were, but don't let it
fool you. the City’s water system
* was put under quite a strain
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At Crossing
A Yoakum woman escaped
possible serious injury Saturday
evening when her station wagon
skidded on a wet street and
smashed into a moving Southern
Pacific freight tram at the Mathew
Street crossing
Karen B Ohnheiser. 2"’. was
taken to the hospital in an
ambulance for treatment of what
police said were minor injuries
The accident occurred at 606
p.m as Mrs. Ohnheiser was
traveling south in a 1983 station
wagon owned by Karl's Flower A
Gift Shop The police report said the
station wagon left skid marks of
more than 88 feet before impacting
(See POLICE. Page 6)
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