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INDUSTRIAL LEADER
102nd YEAR, NO. 6
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 9,1994
YOAKUM, TEXAS
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omination as Democrat candidate for Lavaca County Judge; Page 14A
H.EB., Yoakum Boston butt cut pork ribs, 97< lb, Long stemmed
buquet rases, da, $14.99; See Insert Most Herald-Times Four Stars
: McCoy’s Building Supply Center: Attic stairway, $54.95; Tub enclo-
lire, $75.95; See Insert Yoakum Area
Rsess Pharoacy, Cuero: Perfumes, colognes, Russell Stover can-
pie—perfect gifts for the one you love; Page 7A
EStanieys, Yoakam B Cuero: Jumbo pack pork chops, $1.09 lb., Blue
III Ice cream, 1/2-gal., $2.69; See Insert
|Stimson Furiture, Yoakam: Hickory Hil sofa. $599; Bean bag chair &
Itoman, $59; Sae Insert
Tandy brands Nccessorler Employees honored tor 5 to 45 years of
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EvoakumcommunityHospital:FamilypractitionerDr. William Moehlman
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County Auditor Phyllis jail-kitchen meals to non-in-
Massey said that questions mates apparently was not de-
about the finances first arose posited with the county trea-
DeWitt, Lavaca Early Balloting Starts Feb. 16
Local Election Officials
Ready For Area Voting
DeWitt and Lavaca County time the polls close on election
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election officials are busy up- day;
• dating their records and DeWitt County voters will
assembling final lists of voters choose among candidates for
for the individual precincts in county judge, county clerk,
preparation for balloting in the county treasurer, district clerk.
Tuesday, March 8 county and commissioners from Precincts
state elections. 2 and 4 and justices of the
Early voting by personal ap- peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
pearance is scheduled to begin In Lavaca County, candidates
Wednesday, Feb. 16 and con- will be vying for county judge,
tinue through Friday, March 4 county clerk, county treasurer,
at both county clerk s offices, county surveyor, commission-
Mail-in ballot applications ers for Precincts 2 and 4 and
are being accepted currently justices of the peace for
and must be received in time Precinctsl-4. The current JP
for the ballots to be mailed Pct. 5 is being eliminated and
back to the voter by March 1. combined with Pct. 4.
They must be returned to the \ By this past Monday, DeWitt
county clerk's office by the (See ELECTION, Page 14A)
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Index «
AreaSchoolMenus............11A
Bygone Yoakum Years.........BA
Church Directory.......
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LvestockAuctions..........11A
Obhuares.........................12A
Sports.............. 8-9A
Stevens Nursing Home........38
Sr Citizen Menus .............11A
St. Joe School News............88
Yoakum school board ning in July and continuing Saturday May 7 to elect at- Council Adds Voting Referendum To City Ballot
trustees awarded 1-year con- through mid-June, 1996, su- large members to filleseats for 1 ....... f
tract extensions to the campus perintendent Harvey Schneider Places 5, 6 and 7 on the board; KKII,I, Wg•4•I rm—L D,,.
principals and athletic director explained. Place 5 trustee Billy Parks of- VV “OnlY ILOSIUOIlUIdI I IdbIl LIOKUI
at the Monday night session District athletic director ficially tendered his resigna- pi " . "
and called for a March 7 elec- Percy Whitmire's extension tion, which was accepted with m ( AnFIMIIA I I IT DDApmAnAm PacIe
tion to fill 3 seats on the board, gave him a new 2-year contract regret, at Monday's session be- > Al — Ul 111 <11113111 ••.2
The extensions give princi- starting in mid-August and cause of a work transfer. City garbage trucks will con- Councilman Carroll Carter family had gotten used to it
pals Robert Manning at the continuing through the end of Michael Behrens, is the incum- tinue making once-weckly noted that at first the single "Now we just have another
high school, Walt Wendtland at the school year in May, 1996, bent for Place 6 and Gary residential pickups and next- pickup was a problem but his (See COUNCIL Page I I {
the junior high, Dan Pelech at The athletic director’s contract Colman presently holds Place day collection of yard waste to
the intermediate and J. W. conforms to the teachers' work 7. maintain a level of service that
Allee at the primary school schedule, Schneider said. The top 3 vote-getters will actually has resulted in an in-
new 2-year contracts begin- Voters will go to the polls on (Sec SCHOOL, Page 14A) creased level of collections
. since the new schedule went
Probe Centers On Benefit Show, Commissary Fund into effect Oct. 1, interim City
m ivi, 01 .co, m. ,m T Manager Calvin Cook told the
DeWitt Sheriff s Financial Records Cit.SounilTcsdayorightse- If January is an indicator, sued last month ncluded the
„ . _ , ho7d gafbage has XTncd 1994 will become one of .he following:
Being Investigated By DA, Bangers stable, the volume of yard biggest building years in Manuel Resendez, 618 Nelson root
• • • 7 • waste collected has increased in Yoakum history. $800; David Rice, 411 Burt, foundation
District Attorney Wiley during a routine audit in early surer's office and the commis- the past four months. Cook Nineteen building permits repair, $10,500. Bruno Mesa, 108 Wm
Cheatham informed the DeWitt October, in which her staffers sary fund that officially was said. He noted that smooth op- were issued by the city last berly, root, 21.250, Ruby Brown. 714
County Commissioners Court received information about opened in May actually started eration of the new transfer sta- month, totaling $467,345 in wawell, rebuild porch, 3-°, 1a
• Friday that his office and the money that was not recorded 3 months previously. There arc tion facility also depends on new, remodeling and repair ^e^,ii wniis. repair po^
‘ Texas Rangers are conducting on the sheriffs department no records on file for the car- permanently adopting the construction activity- the capramn°s1560 bp-oime
an inquiry into possible fund- books. Her period. weekly pickup schedule. largest start on a new year in at
raising irregularities, misdi- Other portions of the audit Massey pointed .out that it "We need to learn to manage least 20 years. MihanMooe, 44 -oke, Partitono
rected money and missing fi- seemed to be in order, she said, was normal procedure to no- our own waste," Cook told the The largest single permit was Por- 970. Aen Mugrauer h
nancial documents, but money from the sale of tify the county attorney or council members. "With the obtained by Albert Kutac for 73Erpemwindowrmsen°uEp
district attorney anytime an twice-weekly pickups, we can't construction of a $340,000 201 west'Gonzales pX? lot repairs
audit indicated irregularities in expand our waste-reduction convenience store at 1011 pour slab $6 800 Vivian Borchers 408
(See SHERIFF, Page 14A) goals." Highway 77A-North. Jerry Ross, repairs, $3,000,
Malina is the general contrac-
tor for the 2400-square foot William F Moehlman. 208 Walnut
project general repair, close-in garage, $6,000
F ME c;.. c yL. I.. Jaime Ratley. 309 Crittenden, siding &
• The City of Yoakum Hous- replace windows, $11,065. Gavina Rojas
ing Authority obtained a 203 Davis, enclose porch, $800. Rubv
permit for $80,000 worth of Ford, 509 Hopkins, reblock & level,
repairs on its facilities at Elk $2,800, Adela Harrell, 707 Culpepper,
and Capitol. repairs, $300, and John Sanchez, 505
Other building permits is- West Morris, repairs, $150
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Annual Event Is Thursday
Paul Gustwick Award Tops
Chamber Banquet Agenda
Chamber of Commerce of- The festivities begin with a
ficials are expecting about 300 social hour hosted by the Blue
people in the Yoakum Com- Coat Ambassador Club' at 6:30
munity Center Thursday pm. and continue with dinner
evening for a steak dinner and and the program starting at
to learn who will receive this 7:30 p.m.
year's Paul Gustwick Award.
Keynote speaker for the an- Also on the night's agenda
nual banquet will be humorist are a review of the past year s
Dr w C Newbcrrv Ed D of accomplishments and recogni-
Southwest Texasl’tate Uni- tion of the incoming and out
versity, going Chamber officers.
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-Herald-Time* Photo By John Carroll
Cops Seize Drugs And Cash
A SUSPICIOUS-VEHICLE REPORT led Yoakum Police Patrolwoman Sharon Mucala and Sgt Lee
Campbell to discover 120 chunks of 'crack' cocaine and $1,122 and to arrest a Yoakum man and a Shiner
teenager near the downtown area early Friday afternoon. If the drugs had made it to the street cus
tomers, traffickers would have made about $2,150, YPD Chief Ronnie Leck said Both suspects have *
been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver See story Page 2
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Yoakum Herald-Times and Four Star Reporter (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 9, 1994, newspaper, February 9, 1994; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424385/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.