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Yoakum Lions Club recently made a donation to the Yoakum Swimming Pool Project. Represent*
ing the Lions Club are Lions President Mike Trojcak (second from left) and Lions 1st Vice Presi-
dent Jason Fling (second from right). Accepting the donation is Ken Kvinta, Chairman of Parks
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Thank You from
Yoakum Catholic Daughters
The Yoakum Catholic Daughters of the Americas,
Court No. 206 Our Lady of Guadalupe wish to express
our heartfelt THANK YOU to all who helped make
our Roast Beef Dinner successful and a BIG THANKS
to those who bought tickets. We appreciate the sup-
port and generosity of family members, friends and
local merchants. Without your contributions, we could
not continue our charitable projects and scholarships.
A very special “THANK YOU” to all the husbands,
children, grandchildren and friends who pitched in and
lent a helping hand in so many different ways.
May God Bless You and Reward You All!
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Program Chairman, Bob Put-
nam, presented a wonderful
history of the Putnam family
beginning with his ancestors’
arrival in America some twenty
years after the landing of the
Mayflower. He traced his
family’s pioneer adventures
to a 1700 acre ranch located
in the Dakota Territory and
recounted the many hardships
as weU as the great successes of
our American pioneers, in par-
ticular, his relatives. Rotarians
look forward to future install-
ments ofBob’s personal family
history. He taught in Yoakum
ISD for many years and has
been a Rotarian since 1985.
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This letter is to inform the residents of the Yoakum and Cu-
ero areas that an African American male is posing as a Kirby
vacuum cleaner salesman. He is about 6’ tall and weighs 225
to 250 lbs. He has been seen driving an old red Toyota car. The
technique he seems to be using is intimidating the resident by
staying in the home untl some sort of payment is made.
The Yoakum City Police and the DeWitt County Sheriff’s
Department have been involved with complaints regarding
this man’s activities.
I want the thank the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Department
for their swift and professional service concerning this mat-
ter.
Non-profit organizations
may be totally exempt from
property taxes. But to qualify,
they must apply to the Lavaca
County Central Appraisal Dis-
ti ict no later than April 30.
I he April 30 deadline also
applies to businesses that
are receiving tax abatements
granted by taxing units. If the
la>t day for the performance
of an act is Saturday, Sunday
or a legal state or national
holiday, the act is timely if
performed on the next regular
business day.
Property tax exemptions
Because of my years at
St. Joseph school, where I
attended from kindergarten
to 8th grade, I have a solid
foundation for life. At St. Jo-
seph they stressed not only
the three R’s of Reading,
wRiting, and aRithmetic, but
they also added an additional
three R’s: Religion, Respect
and Responsibility. While
the first three R’s you could
receive at most any school, the
last three R’s are what made
the difference in my life and
what makes St. Joseph such a
wonderful school.
The teaching of my faith
throughout my formative
years gave me an understand-
ing of how to build a relation-
ship with God - something, I
learned, that is not developed
just from books and memoriz-
ing prayers but is a lifelong
process. The teachers I had,
from Mrs. Blaschke in kinder-
garten to Mrs. Arlitt in eighth
grade, were true stewards of a
Christian attitude and showed
us through their lives what
our religion was teaching us.
Don’t worry: there were plen-
ty of times I found myself in
trouble, but the atmosphere
at St. Joseph was such that
I was able to be disciplined
while at the same time know-
ing I was cared for. This
foundation of faith played a
big role in my life, especially
as I served as an US Army
Sergeant and was deployed to
Iraq from Jan 2004 - Jan 2005.
During my year in Iraq, I had
many challenging moments,
Country Music
USA Tuesday
Country Music USA and
the Yoakum Rotary Club
will host their February
show on Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Featured performers for the
show will be Jerry Bennett
of Nashville, Sally Carlson
and Paul Prater. They will be
accompanied by the Country
Volunteers. The show will
begin at 7 p.m. at the Com-
munity Center. Cost is $4 per
person.
A delicious grilled chicken
breast dinner will be served
beginning at 5 p.m. cost is $6
per plate. Plates to go at the
back door.
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County ‘Msdom
Uncle Willie Joe shares his
wisdom from his catfish farm
near Sycamore Pool._______
More cold weather!
Well folks, by the time you
read this, it is probably cold
again. The folks in the weath-
er business are forecasting
what they claim will be the
coldest temperatures of the
year coming this week. Yep,
it’s time to put another log
on the fire. You know, I wor-
ry a little bit about the ugly
twins, Theo and Cleo, when it
gets cold like this - after all,
the boys live in a tent with a
dirt floor on the banks of the
Navidad - it gives me chills
just to think about it. But this
shaggy pair has been living
that way for years so I guess
they are used to the cold. In
other news: I was reading a
survey about red necks the
other day to see if I might be
one, and all these descrip-
tions fit me: (1) You save old
kitchen appliances for tar-
get practice. (2) You get up
EARLY on Saturday to go
yard sale shopping for en-
tertainment. (3) Your gun
cabinet takes up half your
living room. Well folks,
that tags me pretty good
so I must sure enough be
a red neck - but you know,
I’m really kind of proud of
it ‘cause red necks seem to
have more common sense
than most politicians. On
that educational note, I’ll
leave you now and go feed
those hungry fish.
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field trips taught us more
than just the academic ap-
plication for which they were
primarily intended. The field
trips were not only a learn-
ing experience but were also
an opportunity to take more
responsibility for our actions
than we might have done oth-
erwise just sitting in a desk
at school. We knew when we
went on the field trips that
we not only represented our-
selves, but also our families
and our school. This concept
of taking responsibility for
your actions and understand-
ing that your actions had an
impact not only on yourself
but on everyone was one of
the greatest lessons I learned
during my time at St. Joseph
school.
These six R’s that St. Jo-
seph teachers used in creating
their curriculum gave me an
excellent foundation in life,
qualities I could draw from
as I work to be a better Chris-
tian, son, brother, husband,
father, and soldier. I was
blessed enough to go there
for nine years and am forever
thankful that my parents
made the sacrifice to send
me to St. Joseph. I am also
so grateful for the values and
education that I, and every
child that entered the doors
of St. Joseph, learned while
there, experiences that have
made an eternal difference
in my life.
Christopher Harper
SJS graduate, May 1989
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
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but I knew I was never alone
because of the relationship
with God I had built. The
prayers I had learned, which
have been a part of my life
throughout the years, allowed
me to remain calm during at-
tacks on the base and during
convoys in Iraq.
The attitude of respect I
learned at St. Joseph has al-
lowed me to excel in working
with others. All nine years at
St. Joseph this was instilled
in me... that everything is
made by God, and is therefore
special, and should be treated
as such. This respect perme-
ated from the administration
to the teachers and staff to
the students and between
the students. We recognized
what each person did and
showed him respect for what
he did and how he did it. This
value for respecting others
was tremendously helpful as
a soldier in the Army also be-
cause, when I showed respect
to my leadership and earned
their respect, I was able to be
promoted ahead of my peers
and was given more leader-
ship responsibilities.
As a student at St. Joseph,
I was reminded that responsi-
bility extended beyond school
and home. One of the greatest
ways St. Joseph instilled this
idea of responsibility was
through the many field trips
we went on during my years
there. I know what you are
thinking, “Field trips were
fun. Who wouldn’t want to
go on field trips?” But our
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Service Award
Elorine Sitka was presented with a resolution, plaque, and gift by the
Board ofTrustees ofYoakum Community Hospital in appreciation for
10 years of service on the board, including six years as Chairperson,
concluding on Dec. 31, 2010. Pictured from left to right are: Tom
Kelley, current Chairperson of the Board, Sitka, and YCH Chief
Executive Officer, Karen Barber.
Non-profits and some businesses face Apr. 30
deadline to file for Property Tax Exemptions
tion, cemeteries, charitable
organizations, youth develop-
ment organizations, religious
organizations and non-profit
private schools do not have to
reapply annually unless the
Chief Appraiser asks them to
file again.
However, they must reap-
ply if their exempt property
changes ownership, if their
qualifications for exemption
change or if they acquire new
property. The law requires
annual application for all
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