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THE CUERO RECORD
VOL. 90 - No. 61
CUERO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, July 30, 1986
Established in 1894
US PS 781-120
2 Sections — 20 Pages — 35'
Property values
top $1 billion
Most tax units show gains
By GREG BOWKS
Record Editor
The total gross appraised value of
the land, minerals and personal pro-
perty located wnhin the boundaries
of the DeWitt Counts Appraisal
District increased b\ 12.6 percent in
1986 and topped the Si billion mark
for the first time.
DC AD C hief Appraiser Wayne
Woolscy said Monday that gross
values rose from $950 9* million in
1985 to Si (r billion in 1986
I he largest percentage increase,
P.5 percent, was in the the value ot
real estate, which increased from
S646 million in 198* to $759.5
million in 1986
Personal propertv rose 8 percent,
from S6" million to S'2.9 million
Oil and gas properties increased
in value bv just .6 percent, from
5237 million to S238.6 million
Woolsey said the district would have
suffered an overall loss in oil and
mineral values if not for the highlv
productive Gunpoint field neat
Me>erssille. “We had a gain of $4*
million at Gunpoint ’field.’’
Woolsev said
Rolls certified v
Woolscy otficiallv certified the
1986 appraisal roll*, Vtondav 1 he
rolls list the gross value and taxable
value of each piece of propertv m
the district and will be used bv the
district’s 14 taxing jurisdictions to
determine the rate of taxation need*
ed to fund budgets for (he coming
year.
Propertv tax bills are due to be
mailed out in October and taxes
become delinquent after lanuarv
31.
I ax a hit s allies „
Taxable values-- that amount that
can be taxed after exemptions- in
creased for all but one of the
district’s taxing jurisdictions.
Woolsev reported
Only the Noidheim Independent
School District showed a loss m tax
able value, tailing from 560.K’
million in 1985 to 846 million this
> ea r
I axable values tot other jurisdic-
tions, shown m millions ot dollars
tor 198* then 1986. are as follows
•DeWitt Counts S512 to 5<_6
•( aero Hospital District- S22H to
S303
•5 oakum ISD 81" 8 to 5201 5
•C aero ISl) 8144 8 to 51 '8
•De\N in Drainage .District- 598
to SI I 1 49
•( Tty Of C lie- > 598 to V HI.47
•'i orktown IsD 5K>2 to SI 11 I
• C its of \ oakihn 888 8 to >96.9
•Meversville 1M) s iq p tl> ygq
,__• C its o' Yorktown 5 39 .to $44'■
•W :es'th‘off 1811 59 9 to $|2
•( 'tv i t V.rdheirn- v4 to S5
•I Ctett) \\ a'ershed 81 1 to 51 7
Smoke screen
Traffic on the Victoria Highway encountered great clouds ot smoke Friday after-
noon as three grass fires burned simultaneously along a 3-plus mile stretch of the
highway beginning near Radio Road about 2 miles southeast ot Cuero and conti-
nuing to near Burns Station Cematery, where the photo above was taken Cuero
firemen extinguished the fires Friday and were called back Saturday when one of
(Photo by Greg Bowen)
the blazes re-kindled, fire department spokesman John Varela said. The cause of
the fires, which burned 6 to 8 acres, has not yet been determined. Varela caution-
ed area residents against burning trash. “It's so dry and the wind is so bad that
just a spark can start a big fire,” the fireman said
Texas barbed wire collectors open convention here Friday
K evident v ol I lie Cuero are.i
will have a unique, perhaps once
in a lifetime, opportunity tv'- see
actual pieces of wire that made
historv m Iexas during ihe 20th
Annual Show ol the Iexas Bath
ed Wire Collectors Association.
Ihe tree of charge show is
scheduled tor 8 a m to 6 p m
I ridav and Saturday at the \ I W
Hall, avoiding to, 1 BW (. \
president V A Steen ot <. uer'o
I ridav and Saturdav have been
designated .n Barbed Wire Davs
in leva*- bv Governor Mark
W hue
OCer l.ixk) samples ot barbed
wire ni II categories will be
displayed, along- with fencing
tools and other' related articles.
I fie d i s p I a v s. in. .-red Ky ova 2(*>
collectors vs11! be nidged Safur
day morning.
“Hie piYbln is encouraged to
some buy. sell oi trade different
tvpes oi wire Members will also
idelltltv aiiv unkfU'Wii pieces ot
wite brought In vivitois,“ .said
Steen
As at added bonus, a ladies’
collectibks table will he set up.
C ollc.ctioi.is a't thimbles. clothes
pirn, brooches and hat pins will
be on public display
A slate championship competi-
tion between I.BWC.A members
will aho be conducted in staple
driving, barbed wire splicing, cut-
ting and rolling and a ring of wire
toss I ridav afternoon at 1.30.
First, second and third place win -*
nets will receive an award.
An auction of various items
made or acquired by association
members will be auctioned oft a;
I pin Saturday Visitors also
need, to register tor door prizes
that will be given awav both davs
I hi l yes ot U.v.1* television
show wfll be taping some ot the
activities I ridav afternoon.-
Ihe IBW(.\ board ol direc-
tors will meet at ' 3(»p.m. Friday
night at Steen's tn-nu - A chili and
tamale supper will toiiow. Fhc
events will come to u Jose at the
Awards Banquet " Saturday,
night at Ihe liarb.vu.e Station
Awards for * ■*• second and
third place of all voFiest*. will hs.*
presented PH.;,,i\ whi^h were
made and dot r,d. bv Mulkey
Owens .or Aiison. will be
presented to warning diplayer.s.
while state competitron. winners
will receive ribbons.
Barbarian of the Year will also
be announced. The award, which
is the highest honor given by the
TBWCA, is given in recognition
of sustained personal contribu-
tion and service to the associa-
tion, the w ire collecting fraternity
and to the objectives of the club.
“I encourage everyone to at-
tend this event. The whole group
is like a great big family because
we’re all great friends. It doesn’t
matter where you come from,
just so you talk barbed wire,’’
concluded Steen.
Revolutionary Item
Before 1853, cattle in Texas
roamed free across the coun-
tryside. However in August of
that vear, an invention was
patented that would dramatically
change and improve The cattle in-
dustry. This tremendous con-
tribution was b?rbed wire.
The development of “bob
wire” affected Texas, not just the
• Please see Barbed Wire, page 3l
Marker
unveiling
Descendants ot the von Hugo-
von Clausewitz family perform
the unveiling ot a new Texas
Historical Marker com-
memorating the Prussian im-
migrant families' cemetery
Sunday afternoon near
Yoakum Approximately 100
people attended the dedica-
tion which was sponsored by
the DeWitt County Historical
Commission Members ot the
two families gathered at the
Yoakum Community Center tor
a family reunion following the
ceremony
(Photo by Cheryl St Clair)
Planning for health care act continues
Tax hike may be needed to pay program
By (,RI (, HOW ! \
Record Editir
Do Win k oi.i'iv officials art-
working to. in-*;itu;e the state,
mandated Indigent Health x are Act
and may 'contract '■ t.-h C uero Com-
munity Hospital at it, a Beaumont
firm to run the program.
Me.i n v ii i-l c, county Tax
Assessor Collector Margaret
Mueller has recommended a tax in-
crease to pay for the health care pro-
gram.
Passed dumig a special session of
the Texas legislature iti I985. the
health care act requires county
governments to provide medical
assistance to impoverished residents
beginning September I.
DeWitt Counts Judge Robert
Sheppard and County Auditor
Terry W van have meet twice recent-
ly with CCH Administrator Larry
Krupala and CC H Assistant Ad-
•mimstrator Darryl &tefka to discuss
hiring the hospital to screen ap
Sheppard that
plicants for the program
said Monday.
Sheppard said CCH has also been
asked to be the primary health care
provider for the county’s indigent1*.
The hospital administrators
“seem very interested” in providing
those services, Sheppard said
C ounty and hospital officials are
set to meet again next week to con-
tinue their discussions.
The county has also requested a
sample contract from a Beaumont
firm. Third Pary Administrators
Inc., who may be hired to ad-
minister the program for the coun
tv.
A company representative has
said the cost will be a S3,000 initial
fee and then an amount equal to 7
percent of claims processed, up to
$500,000 worth of claims, Sheppard
said.
“Kven if we had $200,000 (in
claims), this would only cost us
$14,000,” Sheppard said. “We
couldn't hire our own man for
"We told him we were interested
and requested to -ee a sample con-
tract.’’ the judge said
Sheppard estimated’ that claim-
for the progiam ,. ..id range rrom
$50,000 to S200.000
lhe countv is reqired to put aside
as much as 868.(Xk) ten percent of
its general revenue levy- io pay tor
indigent health care On top of th t
the county will also have to pay 7<*
percent of costs^ou-r that amour,;,
while the state will pick up the re-
maining 80 percent.
In addition to these costs, the
county will.have to pay whatevet
costs to administer the program
Sheppard said that DeWitt Coun
ty lax Assessor-Collector Margare;.
Mueller has recommended A tax i: -
crease to help pay for the health cart
program.
“We’ll almost have to have a 'ax
increase.” Mueller said Monday.
“We just don’t have the funds."
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Berner, Homer H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 61, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 30, 1986, newspaper, July 30, 1986; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844290/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.