Yorktown News-View (Yorktown, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Page: 1 of 16
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Volume 119 • Issue 41
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 • Yorktown, Texas 78164 16 Pages Plus Inserts • USPS#696-320 • 75 Cents
Due to extremely dry
conditions, DeWitt
County is under a
burning ban until
June 1
Inside:
News-View
salutes
emergency
responders
The News-View recog-
nizes the emergency first
responders in our area.
PAGES 4-5
Kitty Kats
begin softball
playoffs Friday
The Yorktown Kitty Kats
will face the benavides
Lady Eagles in the Class
1A bi-district softball
playoffs in Beeville start-
ing Friday.
STORY/PAGE 16
Yorktown track
teams going to
regional meet
The Yorktown Wildcats
and Kitty Kats will be
well-represented at the
Region IV-1A Track and
Field Championships in
Converse next week.
STORY/PAGE 16
‘Spring Fling’
opens season
Outdoors columnist
Julius Knebel reports on
last week’s “Spring
Fling” in Rockport.
PAGE 11
Top students
recognized
Yorktown ISD releases
latest honor rolls.
PAGE 10
Seven-day
forecast
Is there rain in the near
future? See the DeWitt
County seven-day weath-
er forecast.
PAGE 2
Yorktown man
sentenced
Yorktown man
receives 20-month state
jail sentence for taking
improper photographs of
children at DeWitt
County swimming pools.
STORY/PAGE 6
Boot Scootin’ contest couples announced
The set of competing couples for
the first annual “Boot Scootin’ for
Yorktown and Nordheim” fundraiser
to be held Saturday at Gruenau Hall
have been announced.
The event is being sponsored by
the Friends of the Library.
Keep Yorktown Beautiful
announced the dancing team of Billy
and Debbie Niemeier as representa-
tive two-steppers, while John
Rippamonti and Ashley Peyton will
hoof it up for the Yorktown/Nordheim
Humane Society.
Curtis and Cathy Voelkel of
Nordheim will try to outspin the com-
petition for the Nordheim Historical
Museum. The dancing duo of Rick
and Peggy Savage will represent the
Yorktown Historical Museum, while
LaRae Wieland and her dancing part-
ner will represent the Yorktown Lions
Club.
Yorktown’s Police Chief, Paul D.
Campos and his mystery partner, will
try to delight audiences while they
represent the Yorktown Police
Department.
Doors will open at 6 p.m.
Dancing competition begins at 7 p.m.
Attendees are invited to enjoy a
full evening of entertainment and a
burger basket from Texas Outpost for
only $10.
Following the competition,
Stephen Gowen of Texas Backroads
Entertainment will provide DJ music.
“Boot Scootin’ for Yorktown and
Nordheim” will feature celebrity
judges and the public will be encour-
aged to “vote” with monetary dona-
tions. Boxes will be set up for each
couple and the public will “vote” for
its favorite couple by casting a “vote”
in their box.
“Best Dance” and “Best Couple”
will be awarded during the evening.
The evening’s competition will begin
with all couples dancing to a waltz
followed by each couple performing a
solo dance.
The event will benefit 10 local
public service and non-profit organi-
zations. Each organization will keep
100 percent of the proceeds earned
through audience participation.
Lithuanian Heritage
A group of Lithuanians
recently visited the Yorktown
Historical Museum to tour the
facility, as well as viewing dis-
plays and reading research
on the Lithuanian influence in
the Yorktown area. During
their visit, they were hosted
by Beverly Bruns of the
Yorktown Historical Society
and Glenn and Patsy Hand of
Victoria. Patsy Hand has done
extensive research on
Lithuanians in the area.
Visitors, pictured above from
left, are Verline and Harlan
Schroeter of Victoria, Lynn
Highley and Scott Highley of
San Antonio, Venice Granthan
of Stockdale, Gina and Don
Shucas of San Antonio,
Patsy and Glenn Hand of
Victoria, Dianne and Ronnie
Bridges of Fair Oaks Ranch,
and Beverly Bruns of
Yorktown. At right, Venice
Grantham and Gina Shucas
view a Lithuanian display.
museum.
Photos by Mari Gohlke/
News-View
Row crop
farmers
facing
dilemma
By COY SLAVIK
News-View
Managing Editor
Some weather forecasters
have optimistically predicted
normal rainfall for the
months of May and June.
But for row crop farmers in
much of Texas, including
DeWitt County, it may be a
matter of too little, too late.
The dry conditions have
already resulted in one of the
worst wildflower seasons the
county has ever seen.
DeWitt County Agrilife
Extension Agent Anthony
Netardus said many row crop
farmers in the western part
of the county have had to
make some hard decisions
concerning the drought.
“There’s a lot of dry plant-
ing with cotton,” Netardus
said. “They’re putting it in
dry dirt and hoping for rain
and hoping they don’t go too
long and lose the viability of
the seed.
“A lot of people have had
to change their minds on
what they were planting. It’s
been real tough.”
Netardus said he has heard
from forecasters that normal
rainfall will return in May.
“That probably will still
not be enough,” Netardus
said. “The corn that was
planted back in February that
came up and looks decent
because of the deep moisture
is just sitting there now suf-
fering and the longer we go
like this, you’re just losing
everyday.”
Pecan Valley Groundwater
Conservation District Gener-
al Manager Charlotte Krause
said the aquifer levels were
normal at the last check in
February. Krause said the
PVGCD usually monitors the
aquifer level twice a year.
“We may, with the continu-
ing drought, go back and
measure them again in May,”
Krause said. “Between the oil
and gas and other activities
going on and people wanting
to keep their yards green,
we’re very concerned.”
American Legion
meeting Thursday
American Legion and Ladies
Auxiliary Post #272 will meet on
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Post
Home.
A potluck meal will be served.
Please bring a meat, vegetable or
dessert to share.
Athletic Booster Club
meeting Wednesday
The Yorktown Athletic Booster
Club will meet Wednesday its reg-
ular time at the Junior High
Library.
Among the discussion will
include the upcoming Athletic
Banquet.
Confirmation Class
car wash on Saturday
The Holy Cross Catholic
Church Confirmation Class will be
holding a car wash/bake sale at
Yorktown Garage and Body Shop
on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.
WDWMA field day
on Saturday
The Western DeWitt Wildlife
Management Association
(WDWMA) will be having a field
day at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday at
Salge Ranch on Slickfield Road.
Topics of discussion will be
Food Plots, Predator Control and
Quail Management. Call Don
Roeder for more information or
directions at 361-649-7111.
News-View
In Brief
Gruenau Hall May
Feast on Sunday
The Annual Spring Feast at
Gruenau Hall, always the first
Sunday in May, will be held from
10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The meal will include Gruenau
recipe sausage, beans, stuffed cab-
bage and potato salad, plus dessert.
Drive-through, plates to go will be
available beginning at 10:30 a.m.
as well as dining in the air-condi-
tioned comfort of the new hall.
Additional sides will be served
in the hall as well as iced tea and
coffee.
All plates will be $10. Tickets
will be sold at the hall until 1 p.m.
or until the food is gone.
Music will be provided by the
Shiner Hobo Band from 1 to 3 p.m.
for no additional charge.
O.E.S. Chapter
meeting on May 5
Yorktown Chapter #945, O.E.S.,
will hold its regularly stated meet-
ing at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic
Hall on Thursday, May 5 preceded
by a social time beginning at 6:30
p.m.
All members are asked to bring
an item for the refreshment table.
At the meeting, a memorial service
will be held.
YES Limited English
Summer Program
A voluntary program for chil-
dren of limited English proficien-
cy who will be eligible for admis-
sion to kindergarten and first
grade at Yorktown Elementary
School (YES) at the beginning of
the 2011-2012 school year may be
offered at YES.
Students may qualify according
to their home language survey and
the results taken from an oral lan-
guage test.
Contact Patty Strieber at YES
at 564-2252, Ext. 4 to register a
child.
The deadline for registration is
Monday, May 9.
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