Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Page: 2 of 14
fourteen pages : ill.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Page 2 • Yorktown News-View • Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Seven-day DeWitt County weather forecast
From the National Weather Service
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with a
high near 83. South-
southeast wind between
10-15 mph. Cloudy at
night with a low around
65. Southeast gusts up
to 20 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny with a high
near 82. Southeast wind
around 15 mph with
gusts as high as 20
mph. Mostly cloudy at
night with a low around
66.
Partly sunny with a high
near 82. South-south-
east wind between 15
and 20 mph with gusts
as high as 25 mph.
Mostly cloudy at night
with a low around 65.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with a
high near 81. Mostly
cloudy at night with a
low around 67.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of
showers. Partly sunny
with a high near 78.
Isolated thunderstorms
at night with a low
around 56.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with a
high around 85. Cloudy
at night with a low
around 56.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny with a
high around 85. Clear at
night with a low around
58.
NEWS-VIEWBRIEFS
NEWS-VIEW DPINION
Yorktown’s Fools’
Folly April 2
Yorktown's 1st Annual
Fools' Folly Festival will
be held April 2, from 12
p.m. - 12 a.m. in
Yorktown's City Park. For
participation or event info,
please visit
www. y orktowntx .com,
email: 4yorktown-
tx@sbcglo- bal.net or call
(361) 564-2661.
Meyersville
Heritage Festival
Meyersville School
Parent Teacher Club is
announcing the upcoming
Meyersville School
Community Heritage
Festival to be held
Saturday, April 2, begin-
ning at 4 p.m. at the school
campus.
Vietnam vets
holding raffle
The Vietnam Veterans of
America are selling raffle
tickets for a May 30th
drawing at the Vietnam
Memorial site. Tickets are
$5 each. Tickets may be
purchased at Prosperity
Bank or His and Hers
Salon.
For breaking DeWitt
County news, go to
YorktownNews-View.com
Come & Get It!
No Fuss! No Mess!
Pick Up
Home Made Beef Stew
(To Go Only - Curb Service Provided)
Friday, March 25
5:00 p.w. - 7:00 p.w.
First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
234 N. Church St. • Yorktown
$5.00 per quart
pXc&o ouoailaM& Qoh, balk:
Sjucu£/ Cookiety
&akeJL goot&y
Ticket® on sale at first National Bank k Citizens Bank
'orktown News-View
USPS #696-320
GLENN REA
Publisher
COY SLAVIK
MANAGING EDITOR
PEARLIE BUSHONG
News Editor
SONYA TIMPONE
Advertising Director
MARI GOHLKE
Office Manager/Advertising Associate
Established in 1895, the Yorktown News-View is pub-
lished every Wednesday at 133 Main, Yorktown, Texas,
78164. Each edition is entered as periodical mail with
the Yorktown branch of the United States Postal Service
(#696-320). By Postal Service regulations, all subscrip-
tions must be paid for in advance of the first delivery
date.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Yorktown
News-View, P.O. Box 398, Yorktown, Texas 78164-0398.
Letters, news items welcome
Letters, opinion articles, and news items from readers are
welcome. Letters must be signed and include the writer's
home address and telephone number for verification, but
only the name and home town will be published.
Unsigned letters will be rejected. News items should
contain the name and telephone number of a person to
contact if questions arise. All stems submitted to The
Yorktown News- View are subject to editing for style,
space, good taste, and legal requirements. Publication
will be in the earliest available issue. No publication
date is guaranteed. Reasonable care will be taken con-
cerning submitted photographs, but The Yorktown News-
View assumes no liability for loss or damage.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or
reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may
appear in the columns of this newspaper will be correct-
ed when brought to the attention of tne publisher.
Yorktown News-View and www.yorktownnews-
view.com, as well as any reasonable derivative of these
names, are trademarks of DeWitt County Publishing, LP
and use of these trademarks without the express written
consent of DeWitt County Publishing, LP is strictly pro-
hibited. The entire contents of each issue of YorKtown
News-View and www.yorktownnews-view.com are pro-
tected under the Federal Copyright Act. Reproduction of
any portion of any issue will not be permitted without the
express permission of DeWitt County Publishing, LP.
News Editor thanks
paper, readers
Dear Editor,
It has been an honor and
a privilege to serve the
people of Yorktown and the
surrounding area as the edi-
tor of the Yorktown News-
View.
Besides getting to write
stories, the best thing about
my experience working for
the paper is all the people I
have met over the past two
years.
Now, it is time for me to
move on and experience
something new. I will
always treasure my memo-
ries of working for the
paper.
I also want to thank my
publisher, Glenn Rea, for
taking a chance on me and
hiring me. A lot of employ-
ers refuse to give retirees
over the age of 60 a chance
to work, and I really am
grateful to him for over-
looking my age. Hopefully,
I haven’t given him too
many gray hairs with the
mistakes I made.
I have truly been
blessed.
Thank you,
Pearlie Bushong
Historical Society
thanks supporters
Dear Editor,
The Yorktown Historical
Society wishes to express
their sincere appreciation
to all who supported the
first annual St. Patrick’s
Day Baked Irish Potato
Luncheon.
This fund raiser is one
of the ways the Historical
Society can continue to
maintain the museum and
offer an attraction to visi-
tors and citizens of
Yorktown. The museum is
a tremendous tribute to the
earliest pioneers of
Yorktown and the current
citizens are an honor to
their memory.
A special thank you is
given to the Wesley Nurses
who provided their services
to those who attended the
event and to Aunt Di’s
Restaurant for their special
contribution.
There are countless
other members of the soci-
ety who donated so much.
Each person who took part
in this event is deeply
appreciated. Thank you
again.
Sincerely,
Beverly Bruns,
President
Yorktown Historical
Society
Yorktown
Historical
Museum
114 West Main
Open from 1pm-4pm
& by appointment
Call 361-564-9115,
361-943-5243 or
361-564-3334
YORKTOWN
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OPEN:
Monday
1pm - 9 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday
1pm -6 pm
Thursday
9 am -1 pm
CLOSED:
Friday & Saturday
361-564-3232
Kid City Daycare and Baby Town
Now accepting Children 0-11 Years
Any children transferring from
other daycares
Pay only $17.00 per week
for 2 months!
No matter what age. Some restrictions
may apply. Call facility for details.
Transportation, All meals and snacks,
Video surveillance for parents peace of
mind, covered outdoor play area. Call
ahead and take a tour of our facility.
361-277-2770
Kids City kids eat Free with every adult
entree at Philly Station.
Parents Night Out third Saturday of the
month starting in May 2011.
Be a part of our Open House and new
commercial filming in April.
Anchor Club
hosting Wildflower
Bike Ride
Dear Editor,
On Saturday, April 9, the
12th Annual Wildflower
Bike Ride hosted by the
Anchor Club of Cuero will
begin at 8 a.m.
This year, the ride will
use different routes that
cover the areas of Green
DeWitt, Arneckeville and
Meyersville.
Drivers in this part of the
county are encouraged to
be courteous to our riders
who come back year after
year because they love
DeWitt County. We have
riders from all over the
state and sometimes differ-
ent states! Riders and their
families often spend one or
two nights in Cuero, so
their attendance benefits
more than just the Anchor
Club.
The Cuero Anchor Club
is part of an international
organization with a focus
on the prevention of trau-
matic brain injury.
The Anchor Club hosted
the appearance of Sean and
Jenny Carter who presented
an hour-long program to
the entire Cuero High
School body. Sean was
involved in an auto acci-
dent where the driver was
drunk. As a passenger he
sustained severe head trau-
ma and even though he has
no spinal cord injury he is
still paralyzed because of
the head trauma. He deliv-
ers a wonderful message of
making smart choices and
not letting any stumbling
blocks make you quit living
life - he hasn’t and has
maintained a wonderful
sense of humor.
A project we love to do
is host a prom every spring
for the Life Skills classes.
These are students who
may have never attended a
school dance and have real-
ly blossomed at our prom
where the Anchors serve
lunch and interact with the
students during the dance.
The classes select prom
sweethearts and beaus who
are revealed during the
dance with a sash and
crown and we furnish each
student with a posed pic-
ture much like the pictures
taken at a “real” prom.
I’m not sure who looks
forward to it most - the
returning Anchors or the
returning Life Skills stu-
dents, teachers and aides.
We put on a special pup-
pet show called
“BrainMinders” where the
animal characters all pres-
ent a special emphasis on
prevention of traumatic
head injuries. Coloring
pages of the characters are
handed out that hopefully
will remind the child of the
BrainMinder message. This
is a project of our sponsor-
ing Pilot Club who has pro-
vided various scripts
through the years that we
have presented at the annu-
al Health Fair and at the
elementary schools in
Cuero.
Every February, we
attend the Texas District
Anchor Convention. By
raising funds we try to get
as many Anchors to attend
as possible without it being
a personal burden - con-
ventions are expensive but
so wonderful. The Anchors
get to know the other clubs
in Texas and share educa-
tional and entertainment
opportunities for an entire
weekend.
Many friendships have a
start at Anchor conventions.
Anchor often presents
small tokens at football
games with a note attached
warning of different dan-
gers that lead to traumatic
brain injuries. Last year
with the flu scare we hand-
ed out individual hand
wipes! We have been at
special gatherings at the
nursing homes where we
help and interact with the
patients - some of who
have Alzheimers - another
emphasis of Anchor. We
help out at the Cuero
Country Opry which is
sponsored by the Pilot Club
of Cuero.
Ella Goebel
Anchor Club of Cuero
Yorktown/Nordheim
Humane Society
rabies drive a success
To the citizens
of DeWitt County,
The newly formed
Yorkto wn/N ordheim
Humane Society appreci-
ates your participation in
the rabies drive held in
Yorktown on Saturday,
March 12. There was a
total of 60 dogs and cats
vaccinated at the City Park.
We would like to thank
the volunteers who helped
us: Peggy Adam, Karen
and Taylor Bernier,
Carolyn Blanton, LaFran
Budge, Lois Cochran
DVM, Barbara Crain,
Amanda Fuller, Bea
McKinney, Renae Pierce,
and Tonie Powell.
Thank you, Bea
McKinney, for your histori-
cal documentation of our
fundraiser!
Please watch for our
notices of the next rabies
drive.
Sincerely,
Yorktown!Nordheim
Humane Society
jjSj§ Indianola Trading Co. |j§-
our’ Home own
Feed Store
120 N. Church •Yorktown Texas
(361) 564-2004
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Slavik, Coy. Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 2011, newspaper, March 23, 2011; Yorktown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth628404/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .