Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Page: 1 of 12
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Yoakum Band Booster
BBQ
Community Center
Oct. 3
Notices& Events...................................3
Obituaries............................................5
Sports...............................................6-7
Livestock.............................................9
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More than 114years of sen ice to the Yoakum Community
industrial LIADER /
114TH YEAR, NO. 39
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
YOAKUM, TEXAS
ONE SECTION
75 CENTS PER COPY
Overflow crowd
attends Lavaca
court meeting
YHS Homecoming King and Queen nominees
The 2006 Homecoming King and Queen will be announced prior to Friday's game against
Marion at Bulldog Stadium. King and Queen nominees include front row from left: Sloane
Kutach and Chelsea Dilworth. Back row from left: Cara Boening and Joel Bowden. Not
pictured: Mitchell Hargrove and Sedric Walker Homecoming ceremonies will begin at 7 p.m.
Also being named is Cheerleader Beau and Football Sweetheart.
City invited to meet Hometown Heroes
The County Commissioners'
courtroom was filled to capacity
by concerned citizens at its meet-
ing held on Monday. The crowded
room even had people standing in
the hallway of the first floor of the
Lavaca County Courthouse.
Citizens and landowners from
throughout the county came to
hear a presentation by represen-
tatives of the San Antonio Water
System (SAWS) on a proposed
project of transmission of water
from LCRA river basin to San
Antonio and to air their feelings
and concerns.
Judge Ronald L. Leek started
the meeting by setting some
guidelines to follow during the
presentation. He also set guide-
lines for the method of asking
questions.
Mario Aguilar, Communica-
tions Specialist of SAWS intro-
duced Joe Rippole, Project Coor-
dinator of the SAWS-LCRA Wa-
ter Supply Project, who gave an
overview of the proposed plan.
He gave details of the pro-
posed project that would include
a pipeline to run across Lavaca
County. The pipeline would be
buried a minimum of 42 inches
deep and include an 84 inch pipe.
The project would enter a 50
year implementation period and
would take surface water from the
Lower Colorado River. Rippole
said, "Ground water or any wa-
ters would not be added along the
route."
The project would also include
the purchase of 100 foot ease-
ments from landowners for the
pipeline. Rippole and Aguilar also
displayed a map of the entire lay-
out for the project and a map
showing the proposed routes
through Lavaca County.
The proposed route of the
The Texas Water Development
Board (TWDB) approved finan-
cial assistance to the City ot Yoa-
kum for a loan in the amount of
$7,500,000 from the Clean Wa-
ter State Revolving Fund- Disad-
vantaged Community Program to
finance improvements to the
wastewater system utilizing the
pre-design funding option.
pipeline would depend upon the
agreement with LCRA and
SAWS but could either run
through the northern part, the cen-
tral part or the very southern part
of the county.
The court was given first op-
portunity to ask questions and
they expressed a number of con-
cerns for t'neir constituents.
Commissioner Charles A. Ne-
tardus, Pet. 1, asked several con-
cerns which included what ben-
efit would the pipeline bring to
Lavaca County, would there be a
future plan to put in more pipe-
lines and how would our county
roads be affected. Netardus said,
"I think it would be wise to tell
the people what they (SAWS)
think might happen."
Following an applause by the
audience. Rippole answered by
saying that the landowner would,
be paid for the easement, that the
construction of the line would
leave the area in better or as good
of condition as before.
Rippole said, "The intent is
like placing pieces of the puzzle
together, first a route must be
picked. We would then come back
and hold public meetings and to
get feed back from the public and
the land owner."
Commissioner Mark Zimmer-
man, Pet. 2 asked can SAWS
guarantee they will not lay an-
other pipeline. Rippole did not
answer the question but said in-
stead, "We want feedback to help
develop the project and be suc-
cessful."
Commissioner David E. Wag-
ner. Pet. 3 inquired about the
150,000 acre-feet of water to be
provided for San Antonio as to
how much would be replaced by
groundwater. Rippole said, "Only
See COURT, pg. 12
The City will utilize the loan
proceeds to remove, replace and,
or reroute approximately 80,000
linear feet of deteriorated sanitary
sewer line. The City has approxi-
mately 50 miles of existing sewer
lines, most of which are between
70 and 100 years old. The City
performed a sewer system evalu-
Sce TWDB, pg. 12
Citizens of Yoakum will get a
chance to meet our Hometown
Heroes Saturday, Oct. 7 at the
Yoakum Fire Station from 10a.m.
until 2 p.m.
The public is invited to come
and enjoy refreshments and have
a chance to talk to the men and
women who serve and protect the
The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality has rec-
ognized the City of Yoakum with
the Total Coliform Rule Program
Award for 2005. This award rec-
ognizes systems that have suc-
cessfully complied with the To-
tal Coliform Rule without a
single violation for 60 consecu-
tive months and is one of six
awards issued by the TCEQ ’.hat
distinguishes public water sys-
The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
is offering rural Texans the op-
commumty in times of need.
Members of the Fire, EMS,
Lavaca and DeWitt Sheriffs Of-
fices. Yoakum Community Hos-
pital Staff. Yoakum Police De-
partment. PHI Air-Helicopterand
Lavaca EMS will be on hand.
These fellow citizens will take
time to answer questions concern-
terns as forerunners in the effort
to provide excellent drinking
water to their citizens. In a letter
to the Mayor, Mr. Buck
Henderson, Section Manager for
TCEQ stated. "The purpose of the
award is to recognize those wa-
ter systems showing initiative to
exceed minimum acceptable
TCEQ standards; focus public
attention on importance of water
system enhancement activities;
portumty to dispose of herbicides,
pesticides, properly rinsed pesti-
cide containers, used motor oil
ing the job and duties they per-
form and get acquainted with the
community. All citizens of Yoa-
kum are urged to come and visit
the YFD at 203 Nelson.
Tours of the fire station will be
available and children will be able
to have hands-on fun with the en-
gines and Medic 1.
serve as an example to other wa-
ter systems; and recognize those
water systems that have voluntar-
ily taken the extra steps to pro-
tect their public drinking water.”
The certificate was awarded in
September of this year and will
be proudly displayed in City Hall
for public viewing.
The City of Yoakum Water
and Wastewater Departments
See WATER, pg. 12
and filters, and lead acid batter-
ies “free of charge". This collec-
tion campaign provides rural ar-
eas the same recycling opportu-
nities as metropolitan communi-
ties The collection is scheduled
from 8 a m. to 1 p.m. and will be
held at the following location:
Friday, Sept. 29 in Yoakum at
the TxDOT Maintenance Shop
on 403 Huck Street.
Hazardous waste that will be
accepted at the collection site in-
cludes automotive waste prod-
ucts, such as brake fluids and
transmission fluids, pesticides,
insecticides and weed killers
All agriculture chemicals will
be accepted except: pesticides or
herbicides containing 2,4,5- T or
Silvex: fertilizers or nutrient ma-
terials that are neither hazardous
nor contain pesticide admixtures;
and pesticide or wood preserva-
tives containing pentachlorophe-
nol.
No tires, explosives, com-
pressed gas cylinders, or com-
mercially generated wastes will
be accepted. If you have a large
volume of waste for disposal,
please call in advance
See TCEQ, pg. 12
Local man
sentenced
to 50 years
James Rosales. 22. of Yoa-
kum. pleaded guilty and was sen-
tenced to 50 years in prison on
Thursday, Sept. 21 for his part in
the death of a 36-year-old man in
Victoria on June 28, 2004
Rosales is a member of the
Latin King and Queen Nation and
was charged with engaging in or-
ganized criminal activity. He
pleaded guilty to the included
offense of murder.
He is one of the seven mem-
bers of a street gang that was in-
dicted in 2004 in connection with
a shooting of Abelardo Perez.
HARVEY SCHNEIDER
Long-time
educator
laid to rest
Harv ey P. Schneider of Yoa-
kum, died Sept. 24. 2006. at his
home surrounded by his loving
family. He was bom in Halletts-
ville Oct. 16. 1937 to the late
Elsie Schaefer Schneider and
Oscar Schneider.
He was a lifelong member of
Holy Cross Lutheran Church in
Yoakum and an educator in the
Yoakum ISD for 41 years
Survivors include wife, Sue
Ann Willis Schneider; daugh-
ter, Lisa Schneider, M.D., of
Austin; son, Kevin Schneider,
daughter-in-law, Kristi
Schneider; grandchildren.
Ashton and Kaylee Schneider;
sister, Elda Mae Petnch. all of
Yoakum, and extended family
He was preceded in death by
his parents and brother, Charles
Schneider.
A 1956 graduate of Yoakum
High School, he received his
B.S. and Masters Degrees from
Southwest Texas State College.
He was employed by the Yoa-
kum ISD for 41 years where he
served as teacher, coach, princi-
pal, assistant superintendent and
superintendent for his last six-
teen years.
He was a member of Yoa-
kum Lions Club, a past director
of the Bluebonnet Youth Ranch,
Yoakum Economic Develop-
ment Board, Yoakum Chamber
of Commerce and at the time of
his death was serving as V.P
and Secretary of the Board of
trustees of Yoakum Community
Hospital He also spent 20 en-
joyable years associated with
Yoakum Little League Associa-
tion
Visitation was held Tuesday
from 6-8 p.m. with a prayer ser-
vice at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross
Lutheran Church in Yoakum
Funerai services were held
Wednesday at 10 a m. at Floly
Cross Lutheran church with Pas-
tor Gary Goodson officiating.
See SCHNEIDER, pg. 12
Burn ban lifted
The burn ban in DeWitt
County was lifed by Commis-
sioners’ Court Tuesday morn-
ing
National 4-H Week
Shown above are members of the Bear Creek 4-H Club with
Mayor Annie Rodriguez proclaiming the week of Oct. 1 through
Oct. 7 as National 4-H Week. Shown with the mayor are offic-
ers as follows: Front row President, Kelsey Poskey; Mayor
Annie Rodriguez; and Vice President, Tray Poskey; Back row.
Treasurer, Sarah Eckstrom; Historian, Pennie Vick; 2nd Vice
President, Brittany Vick; Council Delegate, Kirsti Kelly; Reporter,
Lexi Williams; and Parliamentarian, Lesley Seidenberger
Chamber names new President
The Yoakum Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is
hosting a reception honoring Jean Dreyer, our new President
on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Community Center from 5:30 6:30
p.m. The community is invited to come by and meet Jean this
Thursday. Jean Dreyer, President and Linda Machacek, the
Administrative Assistant are available in the chamber office
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The chamber office has been
remodeled and the directors invite you to come by and see the
changes. The Chamber mission statement is ‘To be an advocate
for the business community and to promote economic
development in the Yoakum Area." Shown above from left:
President Jean Dreyer, Administrative Assistant Linda Machacek
and Chairman of the Board of Directors Brenda Westmoreland.
TWDB approves loans
to city for improvements
Yoakum recognized for
outstanding water quality
TCEQ to collect hazardous
waste and recyclables
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