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compete at the Division III
THSPA State meet on
March 23. Out of 15 power-
lifters in his weight class of
198, Franke came in seventh
place with a total lift of
1,420 pounds. Franke
squated 530, bench pressed
360 and dead lifted 530. It
was his second best lift of
the season by ten pounds.
April
Although Yorktown and
area volunteer fire depart-
ments responded to the call,
the Texas Outpost steak-
house, meat market and bar
was completely destroyed
by fire in the early morning
hours.
A Houston man in DeWitt
County jail died of apparent
heart failure Sunday night.
Caitlin Siefert was sur-
prised to hear that she had
been selected to receive the
TGCA Academic All-State
team award in basketball.
DeWitt County Judge
Daryl Fowler was honored
by the Texas Judicial Acad-
emy for going the extra mile
to be prepared to handle his
duties as county judge.
Judge Fowler was inducted
as a Fellow in the Texas Ju-
dicial Academy March 21, at
a reception held in Lubbock
during the 2013 Spring Judi-
cial Education Session.
Yorktown High School
Senior, Morgan Herwig,
found her way to regionals
after placing second during
the district golf tournament
on April 8 at Kenedy.
With a large congregation
of onlookers on hand and the
sun shining brightly over-
head, TrustTexas Bank offi-
cials broke ground at 225 E.
Main, the building site for
their newest Yorktown facil-
ity on Thursday, April 11.
The construction project in-
cluded a new 2,500-square
foot bank building, as well
as a new Automated Teller
Machine (ATM). The new
facility will be located at the
same location as the current
branch. Anticipated comple-
tion date is October 2013.
At least four law enforce-
ment agencies were involved
in a pursuit Saturday after-
noon through DeWitt
County. Although the agen-
cies pursued the vehicle
from the Goliad highway to
Stratton Road, they eventu-
ally stopped because of dan-
gerous speeds.
May
When Congressman File-
mon Vela returns to Wash-
ington, DC in a few days, he
will have better picture of
what the Eagle Ford Shale
means to America. Cong.
Vela spent Saturday touring
DeWitt County’s oilfield
with representatives of
GeoSouthem Energy Corp.
On April 26-27 at Texas
A&M Kingsville, five of
Nordheims track athletes
competed in the regional
track meet. One athlete
amongst them, Alyssa Leis-
ter, will advance to the state
track meet on May 10-11 at
the Mike A. Myers Stadium,
University of Texas at
Austin. Leister competed in
three events. In the long
jump she took first place
with a jump of 17-3.75. In
the 200m dash she placed
second with a time of 27.04
and in the 400m dash Leis-
ter placed second with a
time of 60.67. Leister will
compete in all three at state.
Eleven Yorktown athletes
traveled to Converse to com-
pete in the Region IV-1A Di-
vision I at the Judson
Stadium. Three athletes,
Sam Niemeier, Derek
Franke, and Dustin Metting
advanced to compete at state
on May 10-11.
DeWitt County Sheriff
Jode Zavesky received an
$8,000 donation from
Marathon Oil recently to
help with the purchase and
training of a new K-9 nar-
cotics dog.
There was a fairly light
turn-out for Saturday’s elec-
tions in Yorktown and Nord-
heim.
Yorktown ISD held elec-
tions to name three trustees
and two propositions con-
cerning Chapter 41 funding
options.
Nordheim ISD held an
election to authorize a $3.7
million bond issue.
County Judge Daryl
Fowler read the report indi-
cating local values are ex-
pected to be between $3.5
billion and $3.7 billion. That
compared to the 2012 tax-
able values of $2 billion
which was used for the cur-
rent year’s budget.
Ms. Cindy Slovacek, of
Cuero, and Ms. Sarah Hahn,
of Yorktown, were recently
honored for outstanding
contributions to the Texas
soil and water conservation
program at a Conservation
Awards Banquet for Area III
Soil & Water Conservation
Districts on May 7th.
Nordheim’s Alyssa Leister
traveled to Austin to com-
pete at the UIL State Track
and Field Meet at the Mike
A. Meyers Stadium on May
10. Leister competed in
three events. She took silver
with a jump of 17-2.5, just
1.25 inches from her per-
sonal best.
The Yorktown Junior High
and High School bands
competed at the Industrial
Cobra Band Festival on May
11. The 7 th and 8 th grade
high school band received
the highest award, the
Sweepstakes trophy, for a
first division (superior) rat-
ing in both concert and sight
reading.
Denise Goebel has been
appointed the Texas AgriL-
ife Extension Service Fam-
ily and Consumer Science
Agent for DeWitt County.
Newly elected board
members received their oath
of office at last week’s York-
town Independant School
District board meeting at
Yorktown Junior High.
Trustees swom-in were Patti
Harbers, Todd Metting, and
Barry Watson. Mark Weis-
chwill was elected board
president. Keary Perez is the
new board vice president
and Nelda Sertuche was re-
elected board secretary.
The DAR chapter chooses
an "Outstanding Citizen" for
recognition each year. This
person is one who actively
cares about his/her commu-
nity and strives to improve
local conditions or promotes
those features which make
the area special. The criteria
are not rigid, because the
love of one's home place can
take many forms. This year's
recipient was Bea Buzard
McKinney.
June
Yorktown School Board
held a special meeting
Thursday, June 20 and voted
unanimously to name Alan
Umholtz the new superin-
tendent of Yorktown ISD.
The city swore in Rene
Hernandez as mayor and
Shawna Lamprecht and
Jerry Alvarez as new council
members during their regu-
lar meeting held on May 28.
Ruben “B.B.” Garcia was
voted in as Mayor Pro- Tern.
Bond issues approved by
voters last year will see im-
provements to several build-
ings in the Yorktown School
District.
For the first time in several
years, there was not be a ban
on aerial fireworks for the
Fourth of July celebrations.
A meeting by DeWitt
County Commissioners
Court Monday morning saw
the court take no action on a
proposed ban on aerial-type
fireworks.
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Democratic candidate for
re-election as County Com-
missioner Precinct 4, has
drawn an opponent,
Richard Randle, Republi-
can candidate for Commis-
sioner Precinct 4.
Also Bill Robinson, 70,
Republican candidate for
re-election as Justice of the
Peace Precinct 2, has drawn
an opponent, Brian Carson,
50, Republican candidate
for Justice of the Peace
Precinct 2.
The following have also
filed indicating they will
seek their party nomina-
tions.
Republicans that have
filed include Daryl Fowler,
57, re-election, county
judge; Tabeth Gardner, 47,
re-election, district clerk;
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Natalie Carson, 47, re-elec-
tion, county clerk; Carol
Martin, 54, county treas-
urer.
Also filing were, James
Pilchiek, 56, Commission
Precinct 2; Peggy Mayer,
56, Justice of Peace
Precinct 1; and Bill Robin-
son, Justice of Peace
Precinct 2.
Serving as Republican
Party chairman is Katherine
Reilly. She can be reached
at 361-275-5075 or by
email: de-
wittgop@yahoo.com. The
Democratic Party chairman
is Janine Stubbs. She can
be reached at 361-275-2934
or by email:
jlhshi@gmail.com .
For additional informa-
tion see DeWitt County
Election Administrator
Patty Strieber’s website at
www.co.dewitt.tx.us under
the elections link.
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There are many residents that want to see Yorktown
grow and there are just as many who want to see York-
town stay as it is.
Yet, there is no debate to have good city streets that
are well lit for safety. Most everyone is on board to have
improved and essential services such as education,
healthcare, and clean drinking water. And there is no
question to reducing income poverty. However, resi-
dential taxes are not enough to maintain any size city or
town. It takes businesses to keep the momentum of run-
ning a town.
With a town that appears to be landlocked it is diffi-
cult to see any new growth. Poverty can easily creep in
especially in less-developed counties or towns with the
lack of available land to develop for growth or lack of
natural resources or capital goods.
Yorktown is fortunate to have the natural resources of
gas and oil which help with the town’s essential serv-
ices but that does not relieve any of the poverty or im-
proved quality of life.
Economic development is the means to promote the
standard of living. Economic growth increases the mar-
ket value of the goods and services produced by an
economy over time. This occurs whenever people take
resources and rearrange them in ways that make them
more valuable.
It so happens that is what is occurring in three areas
presently.
Yorktown ISD had two homes on their property. As
long as the homes were on the property the grounds
could not be used to help benefit the school. The school
board put the two homes for sale to be moved. The buyer
of the homes will relocate them to make them available
to rent and the school will have space to improve for
parking. Both the buyer and the school rearranged their
resources in a way to make them more valuable.
Dollar General needed a new place to do business
with better parking and growth to provide for its cus-
tomers. They found a piece of property near the old hos-
pital next to the brick home. Values will increase and an
opportunity may be just ahead for further development
in that area.
The Chevron store across from First Baptist Church is
vacant generating no revenue and is a welcome site for
vagrants and vandalism. Now, there are plans underway
to build a new Subway. This may be the start of bring-
ing other eating establishments into town, providing that
they can find property to purchase.
Paul Romer, an American economist, entrepreneur,
and activist wrote a modem version of an old legend.
An investment banker asked to be paid by placing one
penny on the first square of a chessboard, two pennies
on the second square, four on the third, etc. Had the
banker asked that only the white squares be used, the
initial penny would have doubled in value thirty-one
times, leaving $21.5 million on the last square. But by
using both the black and the white squares the penny
grew to $92 million billion.
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