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Sec. A, Page 4 * Yorktown News-View • Wednesday, June 4, 2014
NEWS-VIEWTOWN
Keep Yorktown Beautiful
makes plans for park
By Tim O’Malley
Yorktown News-View
It is the biggest project she
has ever tackled but one that
president of Keep Yorktown
Beautiful, Donna Roeder
said, “The people in York-
town really deserve to have
this.”
KYB has made it their
focus to refurbish the York-
town city park for young and
old to enjoy.
Roeder said, “We wanted
to update the park especially
[for the kids to] have play-
ground equipment.”
The plan is to have play-
ground equipment for 2-5
year old, playground equip-
ment for 5-12 year old, and
exercise equipment for
adults. They also want a full
size basketball court and a
sidewalk/track around the
park.
“This will be in two
phases unless we receive the
monies then we will do it all
at once,” Roeder said.
The cost for the project is
$250,000. The first phase
will be to install the play-
ground and exercise equip-
ment. The second phase will
be the basketball court and
sidewalk/track.
Roeder said, “We have re-
ceived no money yet except
from individuals.”
KYB has applied for
grants and has promoted
“Pennies for the Park” at the
Yorktown Elementary and
junior High School.
On June 22, beginning at
5 p.m. the KYB will have a
sponsor driven walk-a-thon
to raise funds. Water, hot
dogs and hamburgers will be
provided at no cost until they
run out. Donations are wel-
come.
Contact Donna Roeder at
361-564-2691 or email her
at donnaroeder @ sbc-
global.net for more informa-
tion.
Beef referendum continues
through Friday
Upon request of the
Texas cattle industry, the
Texas Department of Agri-
culture will conduct a refer-
endum on the establishment
of a refundable assessment
on cattle sales or ownership
transfer in Texas. Only an
individual or legal business
entity who has owned cattle
any time in Texas from
June 6, 2013 to June 6,
2014 is eligible to vote in
the referendum.
Eligible Texas producers
of cattle will vote to deter-
mine if a refundable maxi-
mum assessment of $1 per
head of cattle will be col-
lected at each point of own-
ership transfer. The Beef
Promotion and Research
Council of Texas will set
the assessment rate each
year, not to exceed the
maximum assessment rate.
The assessment will be
used for promotion, mar-
keting, research and educa-
tional efforts regarding beef
and beef products.
The referendum will be
held by physical balloting.
Ballots will be available at
Texas A&M AgriLife Ex-
tension Service county of-
fices beginning June 2.
Eligible producers may
vote at any Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service
county office from June
2-6 during regular business
hours. If an eligible pro-
ducer is unable to access a
Texas A&M AgriLife Ex-
tension Service county of-
fice, a ballot may be
requested from TDA until
no later than June 2, The
referendum results will be
released after June 19. Fact
sheets containing voting in-
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fact sheet to be mailed may
be made by calling 830-
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also be sent electronically
by sending an e-mail to
gonzales-tx@tamu.edu.
Additional information
about the Texas Beef
Checkoff and referendum
may be obtained by con-
tacting Lance Williams,
Texas Department of Agri-
culture, P.O. Box 12847,
Austin TX, 78711, by call-
ing 512-463-3285 or visit
texasagriculture.gov.
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NEWS-VIEWFARM
Community development
programs through USDA
TEMPLE — Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack has
announced the availability
of funding to promote
long-term economic
growth and community vi-
tality in rural areas. With
the announcement, the
U.S. Department of Agri-
culture invites applications
for funding through two
community and economic
development programs ad-
ministered by USDA
Rural Development.
“USDA is committed to
helping rural communities
access the resources they
need to implement strate-
gies that will invigorate
the economy, reduce
poverty and enhance the
quality of life in our small
towns and rural areas for
years to come,” Vilsack
said.
“USDA Rural Develop-
ment’s mission is to pro-
vide assistance that will
increase the economic
conditions of rural com-
munities,” said Paco
Valentin, USDA Rural De-
velopment Texas State Di-
rector. “By providing these
grants, we promote sus-
tainable economic devel-
opment in rural
communities and regions
with exceptional needs.”
The announcement in-
cludes $30.6 million in
zero-interest loans and
$9.2 million in grants to
establish revolving loan
funds that finance business
and economic develop-
ment activities in rural
areas. Applications for
these funds will be ac-
cepted through the Rural
Economic Development
Loan and Grant Program.
Rural utilities that are eli-
gible for USDA financing
under the Rural Electrifi-
cation Act and have the ca-
pacity to serve as
intermediary lenders may
apply to USDA Rural De-
velopment to administer
the funds locally for the
benefit of specifically
identified projects. These
intermediaries re-lend
REDLG funds at zero per-
cent to assist with business
startup and expansion,
business technical assis-
tance and job training, and
community facilities proj-
ects that support economic
development. Applications
are accepted on an ongo-
ing basis at the Texas State
Office, 101 South Main
Street, Suite 102, Temple,
TX 76501. Applications
received by 4:30 p.m. on
the last business day of
each month will be consid-
ered for funding the fol-
lowing month. More
information can be found
on page 25101 of the May
2, 2014 Federal Register
or online at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
pkg/FR-2014-05-
02/pdf/2014-10096.pdf.
In addition, USDA an-
nounces the availability of
two individual grants from
funds appropriated for the
Rural Business Enterprise
Grant (RBEG) program: a
single $500,000 grant for
rural transportation proj-
ects and a single $250,000
grant for Federally Recog-
nized Native American
Tribes. Funds may be used
to provide technical assis-
tance and training to help
rural communities improve
passenger transportation
services or facilities. Ap-
plications must be re-
ceived in the Texas State
Office, 101 South Main
Street, Suite 102, Temple,
Texas 76501 no later than
4:30 p.m. on July 1, 2014.
More information can be
found on page 25098 of
the May 2, 2014 Federal
Register or online at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
pkg/FR-2014-05-
02/pdf/2014-10084.pdf.
President Obama’s plan
for rural America has
brought about historic in-
vestment and resulted in
stronger rural communi-
ties. Under the President’s
leadership, these invest-
ments in housing, commu-
nity facilities, businesses
and infrastructure have
empowered rural America
to continue leading the
way — strengthening
America’s economy, small
towns and rural communi-
ties. USDA’s investments
in rural communities sup-
port the rural way of life
that stands as the back-
bone of our American val-
ues.
Gas prices up 2.1C in Texas
Average retail gasoline
prices in Texas have risen
2.1 cents per gallon in the
past week, averaging
$3.45/g yesterday, accord-
ing to GasBuddy’s daily
Ml© ©iFl/wll
survey of 13,114 gas out-
lets in Texas. This com-
pares with the national
average that has increased
1.2 cents per gallon in the
last week to $3,64/g, ac-
cording to gasoline price
website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in
gas prices in Texas during
the past week, prices yes-
terday were 9.4 cents per
gallon higher than the
same day one year ago and
are unchanged versus a
month ago. The national
average has decreased 0.3
cents per gallon during the
last month and stands 0.6
cents per gallon higher
than this day one year ago.
“It’s been another rela-
tively quiet week across
most of the country with
the national average fluc-
tuating little,” said Gas-
Buddy, com senior petro-
leum analyst Patrick De-
Haan. “Having said that,
some hot spots have
emerged — specifically
areas of the Great Lakes
where prices last week
shot within just a tenth of
a penny of four dollars per
gallon. While that has led
Great Lakes and Midwest
markets higher, I don’t be-
lieve the higher prices are
sustainable much longer.
In many areas that saw
large jumps last week
we're already seeing relief.
For the rest of the country,
this week will likely fea-
ture little movement as
wholesale gasoline prices
continue in their funk and
as we await the ‘tradi-
tional’ decline of whole-
sale prices to start the
summer driving season.”
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