Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993 Page: 1 of 22
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VOLUME 103
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS 78942-0947
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1993
NUMBER 45
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City, school, hospital trustee
races to be decided Saturday
Hospital expense-reduction measures
instigated at Lee Memorial by Perez
Murder suspect in Pearlie Reuther
case fighting Colorado extradition
3 constitutional amendments
on school financing on ballot
Farmers use dry weather
to complete com planting
Phone system goes down
again at Lee Memorial
Lee County’s jobless rate
remains area’s lowest
Associate pastor to be
installed at Martin Luther
Pictured left to right front row are.
Ashlena Garland. Tempest Jackson,
Naomi Cooper, Tristian Tyler and
Kayla Dowdy. Middle row. Mary
Bobby Joe Putman, who has been
charged with the kidnapping and
murder of Pearlie Reuther in Lee
County remains under arrest in
Colorado, but is fighting extradition
Lee County corn planting is now
complete, although several farmers
decided not to plant their corn this
year because the fields stayed wet
for too long Instead, those farmers
have elected to plant grain sorghum
Corn farmers have had problems
POURING FOUNDATION - After
a several month wait, the foundation
of the new Lexington Elementary
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Lee County Sheriff Joe Goodson
said Putman was located by the
sheriff's office at his sister-in-laws
residence in the town of Longmont,
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they recently gave the agency 200
additional accounts to process
Board trustee E.C. Knippa said
the hospital needs to keep the
pressure on the accounts receivable
The telephone system at Lee
Memorial Hospital has gone down
again. As of this past week the
hospital has put in a temporary
system with four incoming lines and
one outgoing line Administrator Al
Perez said they also have the use of a
cellular phone
Mr Perez said they have asked to
move the telephone breaker system
to an air conditioned office rather
than in the basement Mr. Perez said
Two weeks ago the hospital board
passed a motion to cut the expenses
of the hospital and this past week
Mr Perez reported his cost-cutting
steps.
“First of all, there is no longer
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Colorado, last Monday and when
sheriff’s deputies found the nude
body of Pearlie Reuther near Fedor
last Tuesday, Putman was picked up
and arrested by Colorado State
Police.
Sheriff Goodson said the Colorado
State Police found a pair of bloody
See SUSPECT, page 12
Neighboring Fayette County’s
jobless rate was next lowest at 3.1
percent, down from 4.4 percent the
month before This gives the county
a work force of 10,450, with 329
See JOBLESS, page 12
Pistol stolen from
Giddings residence
A 25 caliber semi-automatic pistol
was reported stolen Thursday from
the apartment of Athena Reyna
Traywick at 497 South Polk St. in
Giddings.
Giddings Police were called to the
scene and reported that the home
was burglarized between the hours
of 7a m and 10:30p.m. Thursday.
See PISTOL, page 14
this year working in their fields
because of excessive moisture But
the fields have been drying out the
past two weeks and farmers who still
wanted to plant finished it.
Peanut farmers have also been
See CORN, page 8
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1963. Ordained in 1956, he served as
pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in
See INSTALL, page 11
Cash stolen from two
purses in storeroom
Approximately $412 in cash was
stolen from two purses placed in a
storeroom at Hennesey Nursing
Home last Thursday
Both Consuelo Mendoza and
Ronda Kay Stobb left their purses in
See CASH, page 14
Questions as to whether schools
would close if Proposition 1 fails to
pass. Giddings Supt Gene Burton
See AMEND, page 8
Car stolen from
club parking lot
A 1979 Mercury was reported
stolen Saturday night from the
parking lot of Dr. J's Club in
Giddings.
The club is located at 215 West
See CAR, page 12
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U.S. Senate race on ballot
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Al Perez, administrator at Lee
Memorial Hospital, is attempting to
get a handle on expenses as he
moves to instigate a 10 percent
reduction in the cost of running the
hospital
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Rev. Walter J. Miller will be
installed as associate pastor of
Martin Luther Lutheran Church in
Giddings on Sunday, May 2.
Presiding at the installation will
be Rev. Lynn Schudy Ziese.
assistant to the bishop for the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America’s Southwestern Texas
Synod. The service will begin at 9
a m at the church, located at 573 N
Main St.
Miller has been pastor of St. John
Lutheran Church in Thorndale since
the Gazebo from 9:30 a m til 10 a m.
Saturday. The talent show is open to
ages 3-12.
Arts and crafts booths will be open
from 10 a m. til 6 p.m on the east
side of the square
The annual Lexington Homecom-
ing parade will begin at 11 a m
Saturday. The line-up will begin at 8
a.m.
Music by the Lexington High
School Band will take place at the
Gazebo from 12:30 p.m. til 1 p.m.
Special music will continue at the
Gazebo from 1:30-6 p.m.
See HOME, page 11
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A number of elections will be held
Saturday in Lee County and across
the state this Saturday, May 1.
including the U.S. Senate race.
Constitutional Amendment election,
as well as hospital trustee, city
council and school trustee elections
overtime allowed at the hospital,"
said Mr. Perez. He said he is
reviewing the schedule for everyone
in the facility.
Mr Perez said he is taking steps to
increase collections from emer-
gency patients at night. “We can
now collect until 9 p.m. and nurses
have been given training on
collecting after hours," said Mr.
See REDUCE, page 14
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The auditing firm of Baker, Delta,
Oscar and Ceidman began work
Monday on auditing the Lee
Memorial books for the years 1991
and 1992
Last Friday hospital administra-
tor Al Perez said the firm had called
to inform him that because there
was additional work involved in
auditing some grants they felt the
cost of the audits would increase
about $3,500. But Mr Perez said that
he did not feel the board of trustees
would accept that increase, and the
firm decided to do the audit as
estimated
Mr Perez said the auditing firm
also agreed to an extension of 30
the basement has high humidity and
could be causing the problems with
the system.
He did note that recent work done
on the phone system was under
warranty. He contacted former
administrator Larry Hemenes who
produced a letter from the phone
company agreeing to a one-year
warranty, which was good through
April 17 of this year.
Lee County voters will join with
those around the state Saturday to
decide the fate of three constitu-
tional amendments concerning
school financing.
The first proposition concerns
equalizing school finance. This
proposition allows the state to shift a
Those filing as candidates include
Louis C. Davis, Maco Stewart, Don
Richardson, Lottie Bolling Hancock,
Roger Henson, Lou Zaweske,
Stephen Hopkins, Jack Fields, Joe
Barton, Thomas D Spink, James
Vallaster, Charles Ben Howell.
Chuck Sibley, Kay Bailey Hutchi-
son. Herbert Spiro, Clymer Wright,
Richard Fisher, Robert (Bob)
Krueger, Gene Kelley, C. i Sonny)
Payne. Jose Angel Gutierrez, Rose
Floyd, Rick Draheim and Billy
Brown
days on the payments for the audits
At Friday’s trustee meeting, Mr
Perez said the hospital has
continued to use a collection agency
to try to collect past debts He said
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limited amount of funds from
property-wealthy school districts
and redistribute those funds to
property-poor school districts to
equalize school district funding The
proposition limits the amount the
state can redistribute to 2.75 percent
of total state and local revenue in the
public education system. It also
permits the legislature to set a
minimum tax rate and puts a cap
that the Legislature can set at no
more than $1.
Lee County's unemployment rate
continued to be one of the lowest in
the area, dropping to 2.9 percent
during March, down from 3.5
percent the month before.
This gives the county a work force
of 5,303, with 154 jobless
American Legion Arena
Saturday morning activities get
underway at the Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall with a pancake
breakfast sponsored by the Method-
ist Men. Serving will take place from
7-10a.m.
Activities on the square will get
underway at 9 a.m. with the opening
of the Chamber of Commerce
sponsored Pioneer Village. The
village features antiques, heirlooms
and historical items. Sausage wraps
and homemade candy will be
available.
An open talent show will be held at
U.S. SENATE ELECTION
A total of 24 candidates have filed
for the U.S Senate election to
replace Lloyd Bentsen who re-
signed to take the job of Secretary of
the U.S Treasury
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Mullen, Carlene Cook, Lacy Skolaut
and Nina Cooper. Back row,
Amanda Hobbs, Brandi Cotten and
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going to Nina Cooper
Other contestants for the 4 and 5
year old age group were Katie
Turner. Darla Harris. Rachel
See CROWN, page 11
Light election turnout
expected despite spurt
in early voting
Lee County Clerk Carol Dismukes
said that there has been a number of
people casting their vote in the state
senate and constitutional election in
the last two days of early voting but
still expects a fairly light voter
turnout.
Early voting was scheduled to end
on Tuesday. The state election will
beheld Saturday, May 1.
Mrs. Dismukes said that only
about 30 people had voted early prior
to Monday, but the number had
climbed to 79 before noon on
Tuesday.
She said that although it is hard to
predict the number of people voting
in a Saturday election, she expects
the total voter turnout in Lee County
to be under 35 percent
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Amanda Hobbs was crowned Miss
Lexington and Kayla Dowdy was
crowned Little Miss Lexington at the
Miss Lexington contest held Monday
night at the Lexington Park
Building
First runner-up for Miss Lexing-
ton was Brandi Cotten with Francina
Schindler named second runner-up
In the Tiny Tot 4 and 5 year old
category, Ashlena Garland placed
first with Tempest Jackson as
runner-up.
The 6 and 7 year olds first place
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
There are three separate proposi-
tions on the constitutional amend-
ment of the state election ballot.
Proposition 1 concerns equalizing
school finance
Proposition 2 concerns funding
future state mandates and proposi-
tion 3 concerns financing school
facilities.
HOSPITAL DISTRICT ELECTION
In the Lee County Hospital District
No. 2 eleciton, four candidates have
filed for three positions on the board
of directors.
Filing for re-election to their
positions are Rudy Mayer, Precinct
2 position, and Alan Turner,
See ELECTION, page 12
winner was Naomi Cooper and
Tristian Tyler was runner-up
The 8 and 9 year old categories
went to Mary Mullen, first place,
and Carlene Cook runner-up
The 10 and 12 year olds first place
went to Lacy Skolaut with runner-up
Hospital trustees
make final offer
to Dr. Graham
The Lee County Hospital District
Board of Directors approved a final
contract offer to be sent to Dr.
Richard Graham of California
The board is attempting to get Dr.
Graham to return to Giddings to
practice medicine and work at the
hospital.
Dr. Graham had originally come
to Giddings last year, but moved
away before opening his practice
here.
Hospital Administrator Al Perez
said the contract was faxed to
California last Friday afternoon and
he hopes to receive word about Dr.
See OFFER, page 14
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building was finally being poured stream of concrete is deposited
last Thursday. Supt. Carl Peterson, along the beams of the foundation.
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The 27th annual Lexington Home-
coming will be held Thursday
through Sunday, April 29-May 2.
Events will get underway Thurs-
day night with a special all-
community Christian Song Service
at 7 p.m at the First Baptist Church.
Events are sponsored by the
Lexington Community Chamber of
Commerce.
Friday's activities begin with the
check-in of the barbecue cook-off
contestants from 5-7 p m. and will
continue Saturday from 6 a.m. til 8
am.
Friday night there will be an open
rodeo performance at 8 p.m. at the
Council to canvass
election returns
The Giddings City Council will
canvass election returns Monday at
their 7 p.m. meeting at the City
Municipal Building.
Council will also administer oaths
of office to the three newly-elected
council members and are expected
to elect a mayor pro-tem.
Lexington Homecoming features M
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open rodeo, talent show, parade SaSSS-
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