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PAGE 2 YOAKUM IIFRALDIIMFS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2005
Yoakum Rotary News
Shown above from left. Mike Hernandez, Director of Com-
munity Relations at Yoakum Community Hospital and Otto
Borchers, program chairman.
President-elect, Shirley Sommer called the meeting to order and
introduced guests: Louis Pabor, guest of Louis Boening; David Rice,
guest of Gail Rice; Rita Kenna, guest of Bert Kenna; and Shannon
Arnold, guest of Carroll Sharp. The Yoakum High School students
attending the luncheon meeting were Lorenzo Bautista, James Barnett,
Cory Baros and Sara Basham
Members were reminded that Saturday, Sept. 24, is trash pick up
day and anyone who wants to volunteer should contact Gil Chisholm
Bill Lopez reminded members that the Oct. 6 luncheon meeting
will be held at the Gibson Center due to a previously scheduled func-
tion at the church
Program Chairman, Otto Borchers, introduced speaker Michael
Hernandez with the Yoakum Community Hospital. Mr. Hernandez
presented a program on current projects and events at the hospital.
The Yoakum hospital continues to add hi-tech diagnostic equip-
ment and staff to provide the citizens of our community the care and
convenience they have previously traveled out of our area to receive.
Future plans include the introduction of nuclear medicine and very
sophisticated diagnostic scanning equipment
YCH now has a 24-hour physician staffed emergency room, new
anesthesiology machines and a general surgeon working in Yoakum.
The hospital is working in conjunction with Yoakum High School to
promote interest in the health care industry and provide classes that,
in some cases, will count as college credit hours for students. Along
with encouraging students to focus on the academic aspects involved
in the medical field, hospital staff members and students will work
together to provide a special Halloween treat for the community. Any-
one w ith questions regarding the various programs and projects at the
hospital can contact Mike Hernandez at (361) 293-2321.
At the conclusion of the program. President-elect Sommer closed
the meeting w ith the Four-Way Test.
New Car Seat Law clarified;
DPS urges maximum protection
There has been some confu-
sion about a new state law that
requires that all children younger
than 5 years of age and less than
36 inches tall to be in a child
safety seat system (“Child safety
seat system” includes car seats
and booster seats, including high-
back and backless boosters.)
"Parents need to remember
the law' sets forth minimum
safety standards In fact, experts
recommend that most children
need to continue in booster seats
until they reach around 4 feet. 9
inches tall." said Col. Thomas
Davis Jr., director of DPS. “We
hope parents will not just look at
the legal requirements, but also
consider what is safest for their
children."
Because of the changes in the
wording of the law (HB1H3), the
following legal interpretation
should be applied
Once the child reaches five
years old, they are not legally re-
quired to be in a child safety seat
system.
If they are 36 inches or taller,
again, they are not legally re-
quired to be in a child safety seat
system.
However, if the child is both
less than five years old and less
than 36 inches in height, they are
legally required to be in a car seat
or booster seat.
The law also requires that
safety seats be used according to
the manufacturer's instructions,
including height and weight
guidelines.
A child in a poorly-fitting seat
belt usually slumps down, allow-
ing the seat belt to ride up into
their abdomen or neck, which can
cause severe injuries to the
child's neck and internal organs
during a car crash.
To know when a child can
wear a seat belt properly without
a booster seat, use this simple
test:
Have your child sit on the ve-
hicle seat, sitting all the way
back, with their back straight
against the back of the seat, and
buckle the lap/shoulder belt over
them
1. Do their legs bend naturally
at the knees over the edge of the
seat?
2. Does the lap portion of the
belt fit over the top of their
thighs?
3. Does the shoulder portion
of the belt fit across the center of
their chest?
If the answer to any of these
three questions is no, the child
may be better protected in a
booster seat.
Although there is no law that
prevents youngsters from sitting
in the front seat of a vehicle, the
safest place for a child in a car is
in a rear seat, properly buckled
into a child safety seat or a
booster seat.
Air bags don’t replace child
safety seats and may increase the
risk of serious injury to children.
Children younger than 13 should
never ride in the front seats of
vehicles with active passenger air
bags.
For more information on
proper child seat installation and
use. please see the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administra-
tion website at http://www.
nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/
chi Idps/csr20() 1 /csrhtml/.
Crime Stoppers awarded Governor’s
Criminal Justice Division grant
Governor Perry announced.
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Chamber of Commer
Chamber Update
Yoakum Area Chamber of Commerce Mission Statement: To be-
an advocate for the business community and to promote the eco-
nomic development of the Yoakum area.
Dates to Remember
Oct. 11 Business Breakfast sponsored by Double I) Ranch. The
speaker will be Phyllis Hunt. President/CEO of the Victoria Cham-
ber of Commerce. Her topic will be "Chamber of Commerce-From
Ineffective to Effective.” The breakfast will be at the Community
Center from 7-8 a.m. Chamber members are encouraged to attend.
Oct. 18: Monthly Board meeting at 6 p.m. at the Community Cen-
ter.
Quote of the Week
Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge
and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has out-
lived its relevance Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important
as learning. Gars Ryan Blair
Governor Rick Perry an-
nounced the award of $9,930 in a
grant to the Lavaca County Crime
Stoppers, Inc. from the
Governor’s Criminal Justice Di-
vision on Sept. 15.
The grant funds will be for
training for local law enforce-
ment. students and faculty spon-
sors at school systems within La-
vaca County and provide up-
graded technology to the Lavaca
County Crime Stoppers, Inc. 24-
hour hotline.
Lavaca County Crime Stop-
pers. Inc. will also be able to pur-
chase an advanced technology
laptop computer, digital projector,
a projector floor screen and soft-
ware which will help the crime
stoppers coordinator to give pre-
sentations on the crime stoppers
program.
PUBLIC NOTICE
BRIEF EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
SPECIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8. 2005
PROPOSITION 1 (H.IR 54)
HJR 54 would create a Texas rail relo-
cation and improvement fund in the
state treasury and would authorize
grants of state revenue and issuance of
public debt to relocate, rehabilitate, and
expand privately and publicly owned
passenger and freight rail facilities and
to construct railroad underpasses and
overpasses
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows “The constitu-
tional amendment creating the lesas
rail relocation and improvement
fund and authorizing grants of
money and issuance of obligations for
financing the relocation, rehabilita-
tion, and expansion of rail facilities."
PROPOSITION 2 (HJR 6)
HJR 6 would provide that marriage in
Texas is solely the union of a man and
I woman, and that the state and its politi-
cal subdivisions could not create or rec-
ognize any legal status idenneal to or
similar to marriage, including such
legal status relationships created out-
i side of Texas
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows “The constitu-
tional amendment providing that
marriage in this state consists only of
the union of one man and one woman
and prohibiting this state nr a politi-
cal subdivision of this slate from cre-
ating or recognizing any legal status
identical or similar to marriage.”
PROPOSITION 1 (IIJR HO)
HJR HO would provide that local eco-
nomic development program loans or
grants (other than debts secured by a
pledge of ad valorem taxes or financed
by the issuance of any bonds or other
obligations payable from ad valorem
taxes) do not constitute or create debt
Any provision of suite constitubonai
law that may prohibit or limit the
authority of a political subdivision of
the suite to incur debt does not apply to
those loans or grants
The proposition will appear on the bal-
lot as follows “The constitutional
amendment clarifying that certain
economic deretopmeal program*
not constitute a debt."
PROPOSITION 4 (SJR 17)
SJR 17 would authorize a district judge
to deny reinstatement of bail or new bail
to a person accused of a felony, if the
person's bail had been revoked or for-
feited as a result of the person's viola-
tion of a condition of release related to
the safety of a victim of the alleged
offense or to the safety of the communi-
ty
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows “The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the
denial of hail to a criminal defendant
who violates a condition of the defen-
dant's release pending trial.”
PROPOSITION 5 (SJR 21)
SJR 21 would authorize the Legislature
to exempt commercial loans from state
usury laws that set maximum interest
rates “Commercial loans" are loans
made primarily for business, commer-
cial, investment, agricultural, or similar
purposes and not primarily for personal,
family, or household purposes
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The consti-
tutional amendment allowing the leg-
islature to define rates of interest for
commercial loans."
PROPOSITION A (HJR »T)
HJR 87 would increase the size of the
State Commission on Judicial Conduct
from eleven to thirteen members by
increasing from four to five the number
of public members and by adding a con-
stitutional county court pidge The
additions would ensure that the com-
mission has an odd number of mem-
bers, which is required by another pro-
vision of the state constitution
The proposed amendment will appeal
on the ballot as follows “The constitu-
tional amendment In Include one
additional public member and a con-
stitutional county court Judge in thr
membership of the Stair ( ommisslon
on Judicial Conduct."
PROPOSITION 7 (SJR 7)
SJR 7 would authon/c new options lor
reverse mortgage agreements for senior
homeowners allowing them to draw
advance; “ 'DwIwIijW intervals, il
and when needed, and only in the
amounts needed, during the loan term
These are in addition to options that
would allow a lump sum payment after
settlement or regular periodic, predeter
mined equal amounts over a term of
years or the lifetime of the homeowner
Additionally, SJR 7 would: (1) prohibit
the agreement from requiring the use of
a credit card, debit card or similar
device to obtain an advance; (2) prohib-
it the charge or collection of a transac-
tion fee solely in connection with any j
debit or advance, alter the time the
extension of credit is established; and
(3) prohibit the lender or holder from
unilaterally amending the extension of
credit.
The proposition will appear on the bal-
lot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing llne-of-cred-
il advances under a reverse mort-
K«H*”
PROPOSITION 8 (SJR 40)
SJR 40 would clear individual land
titles by relinquishing and releasing all
claims of suite ownership interests,
including mineral interests, in two local
areas, namely, a roughly 4,600 acre area
located roughly 14 miles southeast of
Gilmer, Texas, and a separate 900 acre ,
area located north of Tyier, Texas
fhe proposed amendment will appeal
on the ballot as follows: “The constitu-
tional amendment providing for the
clearing of land titles by relinquish-
ing and releasing any state claim in
sovereign ownership or title to Inter-
est in certain land in I'pshur ( ounfy
and in Smith County."
PROPOSITION 9 (HJR 79)
HJR 79 would authorize the Legislature
to provide staggered six year terms nt
office for board members serving on
regional mobility authorities, with no
more than one-third of the board post
turns being appointed every two years
The proposition will appear on the hal
lot as follows “The constitutional
amendment authorizing thr legisla
turr In provide for a sli-yrar term for
a hoard member of a regional mobil
Ity authority."
I'uhlwhctl by Secretary n\ Sian- Roger j
Will turns »■»■» tot t loir li us I bllO \
IS! bom
“Texans in every community ben-
efit from these organizations. "By
strengthening the resources and
tools available to Crime Stoppers
programs, we raise public aware-
ness. reduce crime and increase
safety.”
These grants are distributed to
state-certified Crime Stoppers
programs that are dedicated to
reducing crime in Texas' schools
and communities through anony-
mous tip hotlines and the pay-
ment of awards.
Each year, CJD awards more
than $130 million in grants to
help Texans at the forefront of the
fight against crime. CJD funds a
variety of programs for juvenile
justice, crime prevention and vic-
tim services grants - all aimed at
making Texas a safer place.
On the funny side
Cheaper Gas
Sister Mary, who worked for
a home health agency, ran out of
gas, but a gas station was just a
block away. She walked to the
station to borrow a gas can and
buy some gas. The attendant told
her the only gas can he owned had
been loaned out.
Since the nun was on the way
to see a patient, she walked back
to her car. She looked for some-
thing that she could fill with gas
and spotted the bedpan she was
taking to a patient. She earned the
bedpan to the station, filled it with
gas. and walked back to her ear
As (he nun was pouring the
gas into her tank, two men walked
up and watched from across the
street. One of them turned to the
other and said. "If it starts. I'm
turning Catholic.”
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Lions Club Update
Presenting the program at the Yoakum Lions noon meeting
on Sept. 13 was Deidra Starling, left, a teacher at Yoakum
High School and National Honor Society advisor After be-
ginning her program with a bit of levity, Mrs. Starling explained
the purpose of the National Society, requirements fro mem-
bership, and some of the service activities that the students
perform in the community. Some of these service projects
include the Cancer Relay For Life, the Spring Fling, the Com-
munity Hospital Haunted House for Halloween and the col-
lection of used eyeglasses and cell phones. She pointed out
that the students in the Society are available for other com-
munity services. Introducing Mrs. Starling was-Lions program
chairman and high school principal Chris Kvinta
State Bar of Texas Helps Students
Learn About the Constitution
(Austin) - The State Bar of
Texas Law-Related Education
(LRE) department has posted
new' resources to its website,
www.texaslre.org. to help
schools comply w ith a new re-
quirement that educational insti-
tutions receiving federal funds
hold an educational program
about the U.S. Constitution. The
Sept. 17 date for the annual Con-
stitution Day w as set by Congress
to coincide w ith the anniversary
of the signing of the U.S. Con-
stitution.
According to a survey con-
ducted by the National Constitu-
tion Center, only 41 percent of
American teenagers can name the
three branches of government,
compared to 59 percent who can
name the three stooges. I RE
aims to change that.
The Constitution Relay Game
is an interactive game designed
for participation by teams of stu-
dents, testing their knowledge
about the U.S. Constitution
through their responses to 30
questions about the nation’s gov-
erning document Information
and lesson plans for teachers and
attorneys wishing to present in
the classroom are also available.
“Constitution Day presents an
opportunity for us to consider
how law yers and judges serv e as
guardians of our Constitutional
liberties." said Eduardo Roberto
Rodriguez, State Bar of Texas
president.
From the very inception of our
country, an independent judiciary
and the right to trial by jury were
priorities. The judicial branch of
government works to protect the
liberties guaranteed by the Con-
stitution the cornerstone of our
democracy. The establishment of
three separate but equal branches
of government ensures a system
of checks and balances critical to
a free society.
James Madison, the father of
the Constitution, wrote in I he
Federalist, No. 47. “There can be
no liberty where the legislative
and executive powers are united
in the same person or body of
magistrates [or] if the power of
judging be not separated from the
legislative and executive pow-
ers.”
It’s important for us to be re-
minded that our nation's founders
had tremendous vision in creat-
ing our democracy, with the es-
tablishment of the judicial sys-
tem, with itsjury trials, and a fair,
impartial and independent judi-
ciary at its core. The Constitution
provides for the rights we so of-
ten take for granted. Constitution
Day offers a chance to celebrate
it.
The State Bar of Texas is an
administrative agency of the Su-
preme Court of Texas. The Bar
provides educational programs
for the legal profession and the
public, administers the minimum
continuing legal education pro-
gram for attorneys, and manages
the attorney discipline system
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Please call
Lavaca County
STOPPERS, Inc. Crime Stoppers
To receiv e a rew ard for information about a specific crime call
us at
1-800-322 (TIPS) 8477
You will never have to give your name ITiis tip-line has no
Caller I D. on the other end, and your call will not be traced I a-
v aca County Crime Stoppers Inc is a non-profit organization, not
a government agency.
Lavaca County ( rime Stoppers Inc. w ill pay up to $1,000 for
information leading to the arrest or the grand jury indictment of
any person that has committed a felony crime in Lavaca County
For administrative inquiries about Lavaca County Crime Stop-
pers Inc., contact Project Director Deputy Gene Sutton, at (361)
798-2121. Ext 206, oral (361) 772-0653
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