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Future Bulldog Cheerleaders
The 2012-13 Yoakum High School Vanity and Jr. Vanity Cheerleaden will perform at the Bulldog Vanity game against Gonzales on Friday,
recentlyheldaMini-Chrrrrsmp The participants learnedddts, jumps Oct. 26 at Bulldog Stadium-
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Schott presents
LCCAD report
to Lavaca Co.
Yoakum Police made two
arrests during the week of
June 18 thru 24.
Jacques Williams, 35 of
Yoakum, was arrested on
Sunday, June 25 for Assault
(family violence). He was
transferred to Lavaca Co.
Sheriff’s Office.
Juan Saldivar, 33 of Yoa-
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Michael S. McCracken
Managing Editor
Temperatures in and
around the area have been
hovering at or above the cen-
tury mark the past few days.
Some areas of the coastal
bend have recorded tempera-
tures at or above 110 degrees.
The weather forecast calls
for temperatures to hover
around 100 degrees the next
couple of days and Yoakum
was under a heat advisory
earlier this week with head
index readings between 105
and 110.
Prolonged exposure to the
heat may lead to heat exhaus-
tion and heat stroke. People
should take extra precautions
YPD logs two arrests
kum, was arrested on Sunday,
June 24 for public intoxi-
cation. He remains in YPD
custody.
Weekly Incident Report:
•Burglary of a vehicle,
Monday, June 18, 612 Trim-
mel St.
•Criminal mischief, Mon-
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from him at the LCCAD last
board meeting.
“Bottom line is that number
of 13 percent is a little more
than I as the budget officer of the district’s 4.5 percent
across-the-board total salary
increase saying, “Comparing
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our part in fixing problems (district) either at the bottom
that are addressed, but also of the list or next to the hot
tom in salaries in some areas.”
Schott added that the
board was also concerned
for the county felt we should
be doing,” Woytek said. “Not
that we don’t want to play surrounding
commissioners
appraisal plan every two years
and they (auditors) look to see
if tax codes and standards set
up by the International Asso-
ciation of Assessing Officers
(IAA0) have been followed,”
Lathrop said.
Lathrop said the tax codes
and IAA0 standards require
the appraiser to visit tax sites
every three years, which has
not been done due having
not enough field-appraiser
personnel.
According to Lathrop not
meeting these requirements
run the risk in failing the
audit and thus the reason for
district needing to employ
another field-appraiser.
“If we don’t pass all of the
audit, it puts school districts
in the county to be unable to
get a grace-period,” Lathrop
said. “What happens if we
fail the audit is that next ve.u
Staff Writer
Lavaca County’s represen-
tative on the Lavaca County
Central Appraisal District
Board of Directors Louis
Schott presented a quarterly
report to Commissioners’
Court at the Monday morning
meeting.
Schott said because of new
legislation, appraisal districts
have a lot of things that are
required by law to address.
“We are now audited by the
Comptroller’s office in such
a manner that if we fail the
audit, state funding for school
districts could be affected,”
Schott said.
With Schott being the
county’s representative on the
LCCAD board, County Judge
Tramer Woytek asked if the
13 percent increase in the
appraisal district’s proposed when we go to property value
budget met any objection study, we could have a school
district that doesn’t have lo
cal value, then state funding
would be affected.”
Schott gave his opinion
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The F int State Bank time & temperature marquee at the corner ofW.
Grand Ave. and Forest St. flashes 104 degrees on Tuesday afternoon.
Sts#pfroto by Michael S. McCracken
Temperatures hover over 100
if you work or spend time
outside.
When possible, reschedule
strenuous activities to early
morning or evening.
Know the signs and symp-
toms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke. Wear light weight
and loose fitting clothing
when possible and drink
plenty of water.
To reduce risk during out-
door work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Adminis-
tration (OSHA) recommends
scheduling frequent rest
breaks in shaded or air con-
ditioned environments.
Anyone overcome by heat
should be moved to a cool and
shaded location. Heat stroke
is an emergency... call 911.
H Jimmy Appelt
there is diligence involved in
the process. We’re only one
vote of many and we can’t go
through it without at least an of having personnel trained,
objection.” becoming certified and then
The proposed across the losing them to other county
board 13 percent budget in- appraisal districts.
crease for the district includes “We shouldn’t be on the
employing another appraiser bottom of the pay scale,”
for the district, increasing line Schott said. “Otherwise we’ll
items and a 4.5 total across- be noted as the district that
the-board increase in salaries, trains people and are taken
LCCAD chief appraiser away by other districts.”
Pam Lathrop was present at Commissioner Charles Ne-
the meeting and presented tardus expressed his feelings
explanation for the need for and concerns on the proposed
an appraiser. 13 percent budget increase.
“We’re having to do more “I think we need to look at
oversight about property tax what is comparable in Lavaca
divisions, which is driven by County wages for a person
legislation,” Lathrop said. with that type of work descrip-
Lathrop also said the dis- tion in the private sector,” Ne-
trict has a bi-annual review tardus said. “Anytime we have
in which there are questions an increase in one year in one
asked by the auditor and if of our entities, it throws a dent
they failed on any required in the budget and completely
pass/fail questions, they fail out of kilter.”
the audit. Netardus told Schott that
“We have to present a re- See COURT, Page 12
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Yoakum trucker involved
a Van Halen concert on
Wednesday evening.
Garcia was a member
of the National Guard and
had served in both Iraq
and Afghanistan. His two
sons were students at Ben
Brite Elementary School in
Brownsville with Anthony
entering the fifth grade and
Brandon the fourth.
According to the Browns-
ville Herald, authorities
could not determine the
exact speed because the
highway was slick from rain.
Bryant said the cause of
the accident would likely be
given as driving at an unsafe
speed.
Jimenez.
The truck then jack-
knifed into the northbound
lane and collided with a
2007 Honda CRV driven by
Judith Patton, 61. Also rid-
ing in the Honda were Ally
Jackson, 14, Ryan Jackson,
12, and Dylan Jackson, 9, all
are from Plano.
The four in the Honda
were taken to the Lavaca
Medical Center and treated
for minor injuries, while the
truck driver was not injured.
According to information
obtained from the Browns-
ville Herald, the four who
died in the accident, were
headed to Dallas to attend
in deadly traffic accident
Rain slick roads, unsafe speed believed to be cause
of wreck that claims four lives near Hallettsville
killed in the accident when
the vehicle that Garcia was
driving went into a side-
ways skid colliding with an
18-wheeler on Smother’s
Creek bridge.
The DPS spokesman Ger-
ald Bryant said the four were
traveling north in a 2003 Ford
Explorer Sport Trac, approxi-
mately one-half mile from
the Highway 77-A/90-A inter-
section, when the accident
occurred around 2:30 p.m.
Bryant said that Garcia
lost control of the Explorer
and crossed into the south-
bound lane where it was
struck on the passenger side
by the 18-wheeler driven by
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Staff Writer
Four people, including
two children, were killed
in a three-vehicle accident
last Tuesday afternoon,
June 19 on a rain-slick road
approximately four miles
west of Hallettsville.
A Yoakum Packing Co.
tractor-trailer rig driven
by Thoiftas Jimenez of Yoa-
kum, was involved in the
pile-up.
According to a Texas De-
partment of Public Safety
report, Felipe Antonio Gar-
cia, 39, his sons Brandon
Michael Garcia, 9, Anthony
Cesar Garcia, 10, all of
Brownsville, and a fourth
person listed as Garcia’s
girlfriend Christine Sala-
zar, 42, of McAllen were
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