The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 13, 1999 Page: 1 of 29
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Teams drop
district games
See Sec. A, Page 9
Chamber elects
officers, directors
See Sec. A, Page 2
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VOL. 105 - No. 2
USPS 781 - 120
WEDNESDAY, January 13, 1999
Twenty Pages - Plus Inserts - 50 Cents
Who
stole
Santa
Claus ?
by Douglas Simpson
Record News Editor
New school zone approved by City
by Douglas Simpson
Record News Editor
Cuero Junior High and High
School students will have a safer
walk to school thanks to action
taken by the Cuero City Council
in Thursday’s regular meeting.
Broadway Street from Park
Heights Drive to the Cuero
Junior High exit road by Gobbler
Stadium will soon he a new
school zone.
When the sign is flashing
before and after school, the speed
limit will be 30 miles per hour,
replacing the existing 45 mph
speed limit.
Cuero City Council felt that
the existing 45 mph speed limit
in the school area was too great.
Upon earlier request for the
school zone, the Texas
Department of Transportation
denied the slower speed limit,
oddly enough, because too many
people were speeding along
Broadway.
Passing its second reading
v, as an ordinance that would
raise electric rates in Cuero. The
Council agreed to hold a work-
shop to further discuss the ordi-
Students from Cuero Junior High and High Schools will soon
be protected by school zones on Broadway, much like students
at Hunt and John C. French (above) Elementary Schools.
(Record photo)
nance before its final reading
next month.
Presenting annual reports at
the meeting were the Cuero
Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture and the Cuero Golf
Association.
Mayor Michael Thamm noted
more generosity from groups in
Cuero’s time of need following
the flooding in October.
The Texas Library Association
sent the Cuero Public Library
$2,200 in order to buy books to
replace those lost in the flood.
Also, Worthington, Minnesota
has sent Cuero approximately
$10,000 for flood relief. Tfcsf
Mayor noted their tremendous
concern for Cuero’s well-being.
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Go Texan donations sought
Briefs
Propane tank lost/found contact
For those losing or finding a propane tank, contact Rath
Propane Gas ('<mll.,,ny at 275-2725 immediately for information
and assistant'1 •
Be sure to measure wood moisture
While Cuero residents are doing work on their homes, it is
essential that they first check the moisture content in their
home's wood Before doing any work to a flood damaged home, the
moisture content in the wood must be less than 18%. To dry out
wood, leave windows and doors open on non-humid days, keep the
temperature above 60 degrees, and use fans. Call the DeWitt
County Extension Office to have the wood checked for moisture
content.
DeWitt closed hid sale Jan. 11-15
The DeWitt County Tax Office will he conducting a closed bid
sale the week of January 11-15. Contact the Tax Office at (512)
275-34 19 for information and bid sheets. There will be five Cuero
properties and two Yoakum properties.
Project Hope registration
The Oscar Scott Memorial Foundation’s after school recovery
program, Project Hope, featuring counseling, music, dance, art.,
theatre, and crafts for elementary through high school students,
will hold registration January 14 and 15 from 8 a.m. to fi p.m. and
January 16 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the offices of the Oscar Scott
Memorial Foundation on the corner of Hunt and Sarah in Cuero.
The program will begin on January 18.
Teen Mania January 16
The Aid Association for Lutherans will present Teen Mania
Ministries on Saturday, January 16 at 7:30 pan. at the Zion
Evangelical (’hurch on FM 236 in Arneckeville. The youth-orient-
ed ministry encourages youth to use Christ’s will in family,
church, school, and the community. All ages are welcome. A free
will offering will be held. A meal will be served at 6 p.m. Please
RSVP by calling Serena Thamm at 275-2055 or Shirley Henneke
at 275-3059.
Calvary Youth Revival Jan. 21-22
A Youth Revival will he held on Thursday, January 21 and
Friday, January 22 at Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero. Each
night there will be a fellowship at 6:30 p.m. prior to the 7 p.m. ser-
vice. Leading the revival will be Youth Pastor Mike Hurt from
Parkway Baptist Church. For more information, call Pastor Mike
Eichmiller at 275-6984
AARP meets January 20
The Cuero/DeWitt AARP Chapter 3168 will meet Wednesday,
January 20 at 2:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall. The newly elected officers will preside. The 1999
des may be paid at the meeting. A slide program on the Grand
Canyon will be presented by James Reiffert. Refreshments will be
provided by the birthday honorees.
(For more DeWitt Brief*, see Sec. A, Page 2)J
In an action representing
the antithesis of the holiday
spirit, the Santa Claus yard
decoration under the
Community Christmas Tree
has been stolen.
“Mrs. Claus will be awful-
ly lonely,” said Ennette
Smith of the Cuero/DeWitt
Community Center
Development Corp.
The non-profit group has
sold lights and yard cut-outs
for the past 12 years in
order to raise money for the
construction of an auditori-
um
In the 12-year history of
the Community Christmas
Tree project, the theft of
Santa Claus marks ihe first
time anything has been
taken from the tree site on
the corner of Esplanadt and
Court house.
Cuero Police Detective
Glenn Mutchler estimates
that around two or three
Christmas decoration cut-
outs at private residences
are knocked down or stolen
around town, but this stolen
Santa incident is the only
one that has been reported
this year.
On January 3, Smith
noticed that the five-foot
Santa Claus cut-out was
missing, but noticed that it
was there during the week.
The next day, all the cut-
outs were taken down by the
Development Corp. for fear
of having any more cut-outs
stolen.
Smith is asking that who-
ever took the Santa Claus
simply return it underneath
the community tree.
The Cuero Development
Corporation’s decorative
Santa Claus cut-out,
which stood under the
Community Christmas
Tree, has been reported
as stolen. (Contributed
photo)
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The DeWitt Go Texan delegation is currently seeking donations
to fund their participation in the Houston Livestock Show on
February 10 14 The more points the Go Texan teams collect, the
more money goes towards scholarships in DeWitt County. For
more information, contact Mary Hoefling at 277-5966,
Sales tax should he charged
The Division of Emergency Management of the State of Texas
reminds all businesses that sales tax should continue to be
charged for materials used in flood recovery. Sales tax is only
exempted for labor used in flood recovery efforts. Businesses will
have to pay for materials in their monthly sales tax as ususal.
Rotary Pancake Supper Jan. 21
Cuero Rotary Club will bold its 48th Annual Pancake Supper
on Thursday, January 21, at Cuero High School Cafeteria. It will
be from 5:30 p.m to 8 p.m. Tickets are $4 for adult and $2.50 for
children and are available from any Rotary Club member or at
The Cuero Record Plates to go will be available.
Head Start accepting applications
The Cuero Head Start Child Development Program, located at
312 Dunn Street, will hold student registration between the hours
of 8:30 to 1 1:30 a m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Parents are asked to
bring the child - original birth certificate, immunization record,
and the fomilC- proof of income. For more information, call 277-
8895.
The Cuero Gobbler Band prepares for their upcoming appearance in the Inaugural Parade in
Austin on January 19. (Record photo)
Gobbler Band prepares for Inauguration
by Douglas Simpson
Record Nows Editor
The Cuero Gobbler Band’s
marching duties are not over yet.
Usually the last football game
of the year marks the beginning
of the Cuero High School music
department’s concert season. But
before the Christmas break the
band learned they would be per-
forming in Governor George
Bush’s Inaugural Parade
January 19.
“The kids are getting excited
and realizing that this is a pretty
big deal,” said Gobbler Band
Director Dan Wynn.
Cuero High School will be one
of only 30 high school and college
bands performing in the parade,
which will begin .January 19 at
2:30 p.m.
It marks the first time a
Cuero High School band will play
at the Inaugural Parade.
The Gobbler band will march
down Congress Avenue from
Third Street in Austin to the
Capitol Building on Eleventh
Street, then will march back to
their buses.
“This is something that’s a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,”
said win on playing in the presti-
gious parade.
The band is no stranger to
playing for the Governor. In
Bush's visit to Cuero last March,
the Gobbler Jazz Band played at
the ,J)eWitt County Courthouse
for the Governor’s visit.
“Those opportunities don’t
come Ground very often,” said
Wynn
The band will also be accom-
panied by the CHS Trotter Drill
Team.
In order to prepare for the
parade, the band practiced
marching Monday morning down
(yiurthouse Street.. Police escorts
made the practice possible.
“It was nice hnving them do
that That way we wouldn’t have
any kids run over,” said Wynn.
The extra parade, along with
the long football season, will cut
into important practice time for
Cuero’s concert competition sea-
son. But Cuero’s band has shown
great resiliency this year.
Wynn estimates that around
30% of CHS band itiembers have
been directly impacted by the
flood.
“I’ve been real proud of them.
They have gone through that
adversity and the long football
season with a good attitude,” said
* Wynn.
Capital murder trial
to move to Victoria
by Douglas Simpton
Record Newt Editor
The captial murder trial of Jermaine Herron will not be I
a DeWitt County courtroom.
It was decided last week that the trail of Herron, who ia <
with the double murder of Betay Nutt, 40, and her son,
outside Reftigio, will be tried in the Victoria County
ning March 16.
Derrick Frasier, 21, who was also charged with the i
der, was tried at the DeWitt Comity Courthouse. **
guilty in October and was sentenced to death.
District Attorney Michael Sheppard was pr
Frazier trial in Cuero, and proved to the jury thatl
mm gun from the home of Ron Lucich, ws
the same ranch, and shot and killed Betay i
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