Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1999 Page: 1 of 18
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SERVING LEXINGTON, DIME BOX, LINCOLN, SERB1N, NORTHRUP, PAIGE, LEDBETTER, FEDOR & GIDDINGS
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY A NATIVE LEE COUNTIAN
NUMBER 3
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1999
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS 78942-0947
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Local lawmen searching railroad
tracks for suspected serial killer
INS had Resendez-Ramirez in custody a day in early June
46 inch rains in 2 hour's time
cause flooding in Giddings area
Friday's thunderstorm brings lesser totals around county
Barbecue, fireworks, bull fights
to highlight July 4th celebration
Giddings VFD to run hobby horses, barrel train for kids
County Commissioners approve
$35,215 for courthouse roof repair
is shown shooting from just
inside the 3-point arch in a
practice game. Arthur Beh-
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inches of rainfall an hour on
Giddings. Between 7 a.m.
and 9 a.m., a total of 4 to 6
inches of rain fell in town. A
plastic bag lodged in a drain-
age grate made the flooding
forth to Austin for the testing,
said District Attorney Ted
Weems.
After the results of the test-
ing are known, a second men-
tal competency trial will he
held to determine if Mata-
trial for the charge of killing
Officer Bryant in October of
1996.
If he is found incompetent,
he could go to a facility for the
criminally insane.
Back in January, three mem-
bers of Joe Bryant's family
said they are ready to accept
that Hector Mata-Mota may
bull set loose in the arena, will
be part of the action.
A raffle drawing will be held
at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are avail-
able from any fireman.
A dance will be held from
8:30 p.m. til 12:30 a.m. with
music by Texas Unlimited
Band at the Fireman's Park
Pavilion. Tickets will be sold
at the gate. There will be no
advance tickets sold.
The annual fireworks dis-
play will take place immedi-
ately after dark on Sunday
night at Airline Park.
See the ad in this issue for
all the details.
TxDOT airport action plan.
The plan is to make long range
building plans for the airport.
Commissioners tabled dis-
cussion with Insurance Net-
work of Texas on self health
insurance.
The court approved a right of
way for GTE in Precinct 1
along County Road 127.
Accused cop killer undergoing
additional psychological testing
3 years after slaying, Hector Mata-Mota remains in jail here
chief. She reportedly repeat
Fireworks illegal to
set off in Giddings
Giddings Police Chief Luis
Collazo reminds the citizens of
Giddings that it is illegal to set
See ILLEGAL, page 8
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i dly crashed her vehicle into
her husband's vehicle, causing
$5,827.45 in damages. She
was ordered to pay those dam-
ages, court costs, and attorney
fees.
Misty Rene Rodriquez, 25, of
See JUDGE, page 8
Colorcraft Press had some
flooding inside the building as
water went under the front
door.
A drainage grate at the inter-
section of U.S. 77 and Indepen-
dence St. near the overpass got
stopped up when a plastic bag
lodged in it, causing even more
flooding there.
Sunday's activities
include a dance
and game booths
The Giddings Volunteer Fire
Department will stage their
annual Fourth of July celebra-
tion at Airline Park Sunday,
July 4.
Saturday night the firemen
will begin barbecuing hun
dreds of pounds of beef, pork
and mutton which will be for
sale on Sunday. Barbecue w ill
be available by the pound from
8 a.m. with plate lunches sold
beginning at 10 a.m.
Game booths will be spon-
Sheriff’s officers
check out 3 leads
on suspected killer
Lee County Sheriffs Depart-
ment officers have been keep-
ing their eyes on the railroad
tracks just in case suspected
serial killer Rafael Resendez-
Ramirez shows up in the Gid-
dings area.
Since trains often stop on a
railroad siding track in north
Giddings to allow another train
to pass, it would allow the op-
portunity for someone riding a
freight train to hop on or off at
that time.
The sheriffs office has re-
See LEADS, page 9
But an FBI spokesman in El
Paso said Resendez-Ramirez
was arrested in El Paso the
week of June 1.
()ther federal officials said he
was picked up by the Border
Patrol in Sunland Park, N.M.,
See SEARCH, page 9
Suspected serial killer Rafael
Resendez-Ramirez was in cus-
tody of immigration officials in
early June, but was turned
loose.
Neither a spokesman for the
FBI in Houston nor the Immi-
gration and Naturalization
Four women were sentenced
in District Court in Giddings
Monday with Judge Harold
Towslee presiding.
Shinda Michelle Glenn, 20,
of Giddings, was sentenced to
2 years in a state jail facility
on a charge of criminal mis-
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ROBERT BOB' KNOX
Funeral on Saturday
for Robert 'Bob' Knox
Funeral services for Robert
"Bob" Knox, 75, of Giddings
will be held at 1 1 a.m. Satur-
day, July 3 at First Presbyte-
rian Church in Giddings.
Burial will be in the Giddings
City Cemetery, with Rev.
Lorna Miller and Rev. Gordon
Butler officiat ing.
Mr. Knox owned Lee County
Land & Abstract Co. in Gid-
dings for many years along
See KNOX, page 13
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Flooded field doesn't
stop All-Star games;
workers dry out field
Despite a downpour Friday
morning, some hard work by a
number of local citizens got the
Little League field at City Park
in shape for two All-Star games
that night.
A thunderstorm dropped 4 to
See FIELD, page 13
11-year-old All-Stars
win 4 games in a row
The Lee County 11-year-old
boys All-Star team has been
doing everything right lately,
winning four straight games
as they host the All-Star tour-
nament in Giddings.
After losing the first game of
See WIN, page 15
Service would reveal where the
man. suspected in at least eight Lexington votes to
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week. A number of area
teens turned out to learn
new drills and techniques.
< )ne participant of the camp
Judge sentences four women,
ages 20-29, in District Court
Handgun sales
rise at local shop
Handgun sales have been on
the rise at a local gunshop in
the past month after area resi-
dents apparently became con-
cerned about the three slayings
in the Weimar area. The sus-
pect in those murders is still at
large.
Bob Whitesides, owner of
Tejas Trading Post in Gid-
See GUN, page 18
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even worse at that location,
backing water up into a local
business. City workers can
be seen trying to remedy the
situation.
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tersection on U.S. 77 north at
Independence St. became a
sea of water last Friday
morning when a thunder-
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The Lexington Independent
School District Board ofTrust-
ees voted unanimously Mon-
day night to hire a new super-
intendent, after Dr. Sue
Cabat’s resignation left them
without one.
The Board voted 7-0 to ex-
tend an offer to Patrick Clark,
See HIRE, page 18
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As usual, the firemen will
run the hobby horses and the
barrel train ride for the chil-
dren. Music will be provided
during the afternoon begin-
ning at 3:30 p.m. by Marvin
Mitschke & the Music Mates
For the seventh year in a
row, a rough stock extrava-
ganza will be held at 5 p.m. at
the Lee County Sheriff’s Posse
Covered Arena. This year it
will feature Rex Dunn's world
famous Mexican fighting
bulls.
Kids calf riding and bull
poker, with four people sitting
around a poker table with a
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A BASKETBALL CAMP for
girls in Lee County was be-
ing held at the Giddings
High School gym early this
incompetent to stand trial.
Maria Bryant, the slain
officer's wife, said, "I just want
to put a closure to this."
In less than two hour's time, a Business sustains
thunderstorm dumped from 4
to 6-1/2 inches of rain on the minor flooding
Giddings community Friday . " ®
morning, causing some minor Water didnt just go over the
flooding around town. curbs on U.S. 77 north in Gid-
The storm developed quickly dings , it went inside one Gid
just after dawn and the heavi- dings business,
est rains fell in the immediate
vicinity of Giddings, leaving
See RAINS, page 15
pletely full," said Serapio
Garza, director of public works.
"They were taking all the wa-
ter they could!"
Water was over the curb on
Independence St., connecting
U S 77 with Orange St (FM
141) -- something that nor-
mally happens when heavy
See FLOODING, page 3
where he underwent three
months of treatment and com-
petency training.
If found mentally competent,
the suspect would then go to
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cal tests are underway on the The first mental competency
suspect accused of the capital trial was held in Bastrop in
murder of Giddings Police Of- January, but that trial was
fleer Joe Bryant nearly three judged a mistrial by District
years ago. Judge John L. Placke after a
Hector Mata-Mota, who is jury failed to reach a verdict.
being held in the Lee County In 1997, a Lee County jury
Jail, is being taken back and ruled the defendant incompe-
The Lee County Commis- regular meeting last Friday
sioners Court approved a bid because they and the county
to correct problems on the flat judge are at a convention this
roof at the courthouse at their week.
Friday meeting. In that meeting First Na-
The A.D. Willis Co., Inc. of tional Bank was named
Austin received the bid for the county depository for the up-
job for $35,215. This was the coming year.
only bid received by the Commissioners approved a
county. joint resolution with the City
Commissioners held their of Giddings to approve a
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