The Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1989 Page: 1 of 20
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PUBLISHED AND EDITED B’Y A NATIVE LEE COUNTIAN--PREUSS PRINTING CO., INC.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22’ 1989
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS 78942 ---------------------------------—--------
NUMBER 52
Jennifer Meyer, 11, dies from
injuries in go-cart accident
—.dartala Ciadinss pirl died Jennifer Lynn Meyer, who would Funeral services for Jennifer
have been in the sixth grade in the Lynn Meyer were held at 10 a m.
Giddings schools this fall, died in Wednesday, June 21, 1989 at St.
surgery about 9 p m. Sunday at Paul’s Lutheran Church at Rehburg
Trinity Medical Center South in with Rev Robert L Sorenson
Brenham She is the daughter of officiating Burial was in the church
Randy and Linda Meyer who live at cemetery
633 E. Boundary St. in Giddings Pallbearers were Johnny Tomas
Jennifer had reportedly been Gary Marburger, James Spacht and
driving the go-cart at the home of Sammie Halliburton. Honorary pall-
her grandmother, Mrs. Evelyn bearers were her classmates .
Meyer who lives in the Rehburg Jennifer Lynn Meyer was born
| Community about five miles Sept 20, 1977 at Brenham, the
northeast of Burton The accident daughter of Randy Meyer and Linda
occurred between 5 and 6 p.m. Zoch Meyer. She was baptized at
The go-cart reportedly ran up Martin Luther Lutheran Church in
underneath the parked truck of her Giddings
father and Jennifer was reportedly Survivors include her parents
thrown from the go-cart into another Randy and Linda Meyer of
vehicle parked at the house. Giddings, a brother, Randy Meyer
She was rushed to the Brenham Jr of Giddings a sister. Rose Marie
hospital by private car where she Meyer of Giddings; and her grand-
underwent emergency surgery and parents, Mr and Mrs Paul G Zoch
died in the operating room of of Giddings and Mrs. Evelyn Meyer
internal injuries of Burton
An 11-year-old Giddings girl died
Sunday night, June 18 of injuries she
sustained in a go-cart accident at her
grandmother’s home near Burton
JENNIFER MEYER
Giddings School Board learns
of shortfall in state budget aid
aid for Giddings ISD dropped
approximately $50,000 in 1988-89, and
is expected to drop an additional
$12,300 for 1989-90. Total state aid for
NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL - A left
turn signal light was being installed
Tuesday at the intersection of U.S.
ex a se
290 and FM 111 in Giddings. State computer know that a vehicle is at
Highway Department workers said the intersection and that the light
the new magnetic signal w ill let a needs to change.
The Giddings School Board
studied the possibilities of a possible
tax increase for the next school year
Superintendent Clarence Buck
made a presentation about school
finances at the board meeting
$19,522,629 loss This loss at last
years tax rate of 97 cents equals a
$194,000 loss in revenue and a tax
KGID-FM radio signs off air,
blaming economy for shutdown
Paul Jamar of Austin was a stock-
Thursday night
The board reviewed an estimated
budget and tax rate for 1989-90. State
1989 90 is estimated to be $1,903,100.
The assessed value for the 1988 89
budget year was $300,684,743. The
assessed value for the 1989-90 budget
year dropped to $281,162,114, a
rate of 7 cents.
The 1989-90 proposed budget was
reduced by $233,000, but after adding
state base mandated salary in
creases of $1,800 per teacher, the
See BUDGET page 4
$68,160 approved for GHS track repair
.....a matter for middle school and high school gym Stadium has been the site for the
district track meet for a number of
After discussing the matter for
KGID-FM radio station in Gid
dings signed off the air permanently
last Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m .
citing hard economic times as the
reason for closing down
Employees of the station said they
were shocked at the news and were
given no advance notice until about
3:30p.m. when the manager called a
staff meeting and told them the bad
transmitter was cut off and there
was dead air on that frequency
Radio Lee County Inc was the
corporation which owned the station
Its tower and facilities are located
about four miles east of Giddings
just off U.S ’290
holder in Radio Lee County Inc and
managed the station for several
years until deciding about a year ago
to move back to Austin to help his
father in his media brokerage
See KGID. page 19
over an hour last Thursday night,
the Giddings School Board voted to
repair the high school track
They accepted a bid from Track
Masters to refurbish the track for
$68,160. The motion includes
approval for a short-term loan from
a local bank for a period of two years
to pay for the repair
Discussion of the track issue got
underway with a request by local
and track The majority of the
people voted for that proposal at that
time, and decided to make the
committment for a track
Mr Spurger said the school
district spent $185,000 for the track
at that time and this year the present
board spent $1,000 on new runways
for the jumping pits for the students
to be able to use the facility.
years, but due to the condition of the
track this past year, it was moved to
Caldwell.
He noted that every year there has
See TRACK, page 14
news
The manager, who lives in
Brownwood and also manages a
station there, brought a prepared
statement which was read on the air
by an announcer at 5 p.m Then the
Judge and commissioners
Little League closing Monday
announcement of the All-Star teams.
The Lee County Little League will
hold their annual closing ceremonies
Monday evening at Giddings City
Park
Ceremonies will begin at 6:30 p m
and will include presentations of all
trophies
There will also be the official
Over the past 10 years the track
has been completed, another
generation of kids have arrived.
Spurger said
Mr Spurger said the Buffalo
The boys minor league all stars
ages 9-10 will begin play at Giddings
City Park Friday, June 30. This will
be a 12-team tournament
And the senior league Girls
Softball League will begin their
tournament in Giddings on July 10.
This is for girls 13-15.
League president Spencer Schnei-
der said he is looking for volunteers
to help with the tournament, in the
area of working the concession
stands
Giddings sales tax
figures take plunge
Sales tax rebate figures for
Giddings took a plunge for the
one-month period just ending,
dropping 28.09 percent from the
same period a year ago
Giddings received $28,114 this
month, compared with $39,099 for
the same one-month period in 1988
For the year to date, Giddings has
received $202,117, compared to
$213,244 for the same period in 1988,
See TAX, page 4
Pet owners report
flea problems
If you're a pet owner and are
having flea problems, you’ve got lots
of company
Many people around the county
with dogs and cats have been
reporting flea infestations not only
on their pets but also in carpeting,
cloth furniture, lawns and even
See FLEAS, page 8
named in hospital suit
brought into the Lee Memorial
Hospital lawsuit last week by the
Concerned Citizens of Lee County
Hospital Board President Ted
Weems said he received the
amended petition of the lawsuit on
County Judge Pete Kraus and the
four Lee County Commissioners.
Otto Becker Jr. Monroe Markert,
Wilson Boyd and Curtis Leitko, were
resident Alan Spurger to repair the
facility. Mr Spurger said that the
school board made a committment
12 vears ago when they built the
Giddings school dress code changes
mainly affecting elementary students
Responding to a petition with Thursday night meeting Most of the discussed the subject for over an
nearly 200 names, the Giddings
school board made some corn-
promises on proposed changes in the
Giddings school dress code at their
City spraying mosquitos,
little success expected
The City of Giddings has been
spraying for mosquitos this week,'
but isn’t expecting it to do a lot of
good
City Public Works Director
Serapio Garza said the city must
follow laws limiting what may be
used to spray the mosquitos, and the
chemicals allowed are very ineffec-
tive He said that the sprays which
actually kill mosquitos will also kill
people
However, he did note that the
sprays being used to fog will retard
the mosquito larva
Mr Garza said the city workers
who do the fogging are having
problems with mosquitos in the
truck cab biting them. This indicates
the weakness of the chemicals being
used
City Council receives
complaints about water
City Councilman Alton Weiser
brought questions about the city
water before the city council
changes will only affect the Giddings
Elementary School students
The board met with concerned
hour and a half
Mrs. John Ray questioned the
terminology in the proposed dress
See HOSPITAL, page 19
Officers arrest Blue
resident on drug charges
Lee County Law officers, operat
ing on a search warrant Tuesday
afternoon, arrested a Blue area
resident on charges of assault,
See DRESS, page 14
See ARREST, page 19
parents about the dress code and
Grackle problems around Giddings being
attacked by animal damage control officer
he may be having some limited
Grackles, those shiny blue-black Specialist Jerry Falke to try to chase
birds which arrive here each spring, the grackles out of their trees
are an even larger problem this year Mr Falke said he has been using a
due to bigger food sources such as loud speaker on his pickup with a
berries and grasshoppers recording of an injured bird to try to
The noise and mess caused by discourage the grackles from
these birds have homeowners in the roosting in trees in one particular
southeast part of Giddings trying all block in southeast Giddings where
kinds of things to chase them off he has received some complaints.
Several homeowners have enlisted He has been doing this for several
the help of Animal Damage Control weeks late in the afternoon and says
success.
Mr Falke is the animal damage
control specialist for this region and
doesn’t charge for his services since
his salary is being paid through the
Texas A&M Extension Service
, Anyone needing to contact him
about grackle problems can do so
through County Agent Wade Hibler's
See GRACKLE, page 13
Tim Crow hired as
assistant principal
Timothy Crow, a teacher from
Taylor ISD, was hired Thursday
night as the new Giddings
Elementary Assistant Principal
Mr Crow replaces Bryan Lewal-
len, who has accepted the job of
assistant principal at the high
school
Mr. Crow was raised in Taylor and
holds a BS degree from South-
See CROW, page 14
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Homes Tour Sunday
Monday night at the monthly
meeting "
Mr Weiser said he has been
wondering about the quality of water
since people are complaining about
the brown color of the water
T met with people last week who
are concerned about the tarnish
building up," he said ‘
City public works director Serapio 4
Garza said he has met with the
people supplying the chemicals for
the city water and that they test
alright However, he did say that the
state now requires the city to have
chlorine residuals in the water and !
these will cause corrosion. BAN
He noted that the state requires a SUMMER FUN - Giddings Coach
specific amount of chlorine to be Millard Locke teaches 10 youngsters
measured at the end of the city the fundamentals of golf Monday
water lines To meet those require afternoon as part of the Giddings
See WATER, page 19 Summer Fun Recreational pro-
gram. Here Millard shows Randy
Mutscher how to line up a shot while
young golfers, left to right, David
Orsag, Patrick Schrieber, Michael
Derrick, Darren Orsag, Jeremy
The Lee County Heritage Society
will host its 8th annual Homes Tour
on Sunday, June 25 from 1:30 to 6:30
p.m.
I he cost ot the tour is $8 and is a
tax deductible contribution to the
Heritage Society All proceeds are
designated for the restoration of the
Schubert Fletcher home on the
courthouse square in Giddings.
Tour tickets may be obtained at
any of the homes on Sunday, June 25,
or during the week at Citizens State
Bank, First National Bank, Lee
5 sentenced in
Five felony cases were completed
in district court in Giddings last
Friday and Monday
_ Steve Kelly was placed on regular
probation following a motion to
9 revoke in a burglary of a habitation
V case last Friday
* He was sentenced to five years on
A regular probation, ordered to pay
$500 in fines, $350 in attorney fees,
$376 70 in restitution, and $12150 in
m court fees
. l dm Emmans Mike Jimmie W Pohorelsky III was
Locke. Justin Emmons, watch sentenced to six month deferred
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finding that practice is not much misdeameanor He was fined $200.
fun as going out and playing.
County National Bank, Texas Trust,
Leonard’s & Margaret's, or Orsags.
Members of the Heritage Society
also have tour tickets for sale
This year’s tour is ’H antique
country craft, and collectible lovers
delight Six beautiful and individual-
istic homes plus two historic bed and
breakfast homes are included in the
tour which is rich in Lee County
history.
A map of the home locations is
printed on the back of the tickets
See TOUR, page 19
district court
ordered to pay $200 in attorney fees
and $121 50 in court costs
In Monday court action Johnny
Denmon was sentenced to five years
probation after being found guilty of
delivery of marijuana He was
ordered to pay $2,500 in fines and
$12150 in court costs A case of
possession of marijuana was
dismissed
Leon Cooper was sentenced to
seven years probation on a charge of
delivery of cocaine. He was also
ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and
$12150 in court costs A case of
delivery of cocaine against him was
See FIVE, page 19
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Preuss, L. M., III & True, David G. The Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1989, newspaper, June 22, 1989; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1634284/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.