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THE CUERO RECORD
VOL. 90 - No. 67
CUEHO, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. August 20.1986 Established in 1894
USES 781-120
3 Sections — 30 Pages — J5*
A workman was busy Friday morning sanding down several doors so they can be
painted and installed at Cuero High School before classes begin on September 2
All classrooms will have doors this year, and the rooms will also be carpeted
Back to school soon for Cuero students
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Record Re/mi ter
The excited chatter of students
will soon be ringing through the
halls ot local schools as youngsters
try to catch up on three months of
“summer gossip and activities.”
Classes at John C. French, Hunt
Elementary, Cuero Junior High and
Cuero High School will resume on
September 2.
John C. French
For the first dav of school,
kindergarten students should report
to the John C French Cafeteria at
8 JO a m for their classroom
assignments, according to Principal
l>en/il McMurrey. First graders
should then meet at 10 a m. in the
cafeteria to receive their classroom
assignments.
“I his vear. there will be a slight
difference in the way parents can
pick their child up from school.
Now, there is a city ordinance that
prohibits parking on Henry Street,
the street that runs in front of the
school, during school hours,” said
Principal McMurrey.
Kindergarteners should now be
picked at the back of the school, by
the annex, at 2:30 p.m. First graders
should be picked up in front of the
school, at the circle drive, at 2:45
p.m. Parents should try to be on
time to pick up their child. After
2:45 p.m., kindergarteners will be
taken to the front of the school to
wait for their parents.
Students should also be dropped
off at these locations by 8 a.m.
every morning.
Anyone having questions about
bus routes should call Wilfred Block
at the bus bam, 275-2484.
Principal McMurrey would also
like to remind parents that even if
their child was on the reduced lunch
program last year, they will not
automatically be added to the list
this year. Parents must reapply and
the sooner the better because the
form needs be approved before
school begins.
Hunt FJementary
The entry bell will ring at 8 a.m.
for all second, third, fourth and
fifth graders at Hunt Elementary on
the first day of school.
Second graders need to report to
the cafeteria by 8:05 a.m. The re-
maining students need to stay on the
playground, where aids will guide
them directly to their classrooms.
According to Principal James
Rabe, partial supply lists are
available at local stores, and the
child’s teacher will send home lists
of other needed items after school
starts.
‘‘We will also be sending home
communications on where to drop
off and pick up students,” added
Principal Rabe. “We would ap-
preciate it if parents would ap-
proach the school so that the
passenger side of the car is adjacent
to school property. This way, the
student doesn’t have to cross the
street.”
Second and third grade will be
dismissed at 2:45 p.m. this year,
while fourth and fifth grade clasess
will let out at 3:15 p.m.
Hunt will change some rules and
regulations for the upcoming school
year. The dress code for second and
third graders will be a little different
this year. These students will be able
to wear shorts to school.
(Please see School, page 3)
Regional conference
ignores area concerns
“1 don’t know wh> we were in
vited.” said Victoria Mayor led
Reed following an early session on
water during the three dav “1 more
ol a Region” con’ffrence in San An
torno at the Hvatt “I trulv believe
we ot the (iolden ( rescent (. ouncil
were invited as an afterthought. '
More than *00 community leaders
from Corpus t hnsti to 11 Paso and
(torn San Antonio to Brownsville
gatherednn an effort directed at uni
tving the region behind a plan tor
tmure development
lanes lack, three term l oun
k|Iwoman frqm Victoria, fiad been
asked lust a lew davs prior to the
vi mention to 'it on the regional
overview panel. “I used a prepared
dide program because I just didn’t
,have time to prepare anything per
taming to the region itself
< uero C itv (. ouncilman and
memeber of the ( ouncil ot (iovern
meiit Kichutd VN heclet attended as
did the general manager ot I he
( uero Record Home Berner
Wheeler said tor his part the con
f«:encc should have Been titled
’ I he 1 utuie ot the Rio Grande
V aliev and Border C ities.”
1 he conicrcnce. prepared and
guided bv San Antonio Mayor
Henrv ( oneros. was sponsored bv
he Institute ot Human Services, the
vm Antonio Institute tor American
'studies, the Iesus Bordet Economic
I' .elopment Ia*-k force, the leva*
Municipal I eague and the Lniversi-
tv ot Ievus at San Antonio’s C enter
»"t Economic Development
1 he event included speeches bv
(-ov Mark W hite and tormer Ciov.
Bill ( lements. in depth planning
'••ssions or. water Yssues. economic
.t-veiopment education, tourism
and other problems common to
South and West' I evas.
I 1 • hi depth studs did not cover
the area ot levas known as’the
< i >lden Crescent Region, which in
ludes DeVVift and six other coun-
t ies
Reed and Berner attended the
work session on water Wheeler sal
ii on :lie infrastructure session.
I vervtirne I would bring up
something about the protect north
of ( uero known as C uero Reservoir
•»l and #2 m winch water wilt be
stored and piped to San Antonio tor
• Please see i (inference, page J|
(Photo by Cheryl St. Clair)
Sweepstakes dance team
The 1986-87 Trotter Dance Team officers attended the
Superstar Drill Team Camp in Seguin this summer and
returned home with a Sweepstakes Trophy. 19 blue
superior ribbons and 6 red excellent ribbons. Trotter officers
aro (sitting from left) Kelly Post, second tumor lieutenant;
Shirley Goebel, major; Milissa Mejia, first junior lieutenant;
(kneeling) Donna Schumacher, first senior captain; and (on
top) Lana Vela, second senior captain Wanda Prince is the
drill team's instructor.
Federal
Building
no longer
‘ surplus’
The Federal Building in Cuero is
■ no longer classified as surplus
* government property, a federal of-
ficial said Monday.
The building must be classified as
surplus before it can be sold by the
government, said Charles Thomas,
director of the General Services Ad-
ministration’s disposal division in
Fort Worth.
The building was declared surplus
in 1983 and offered for sale to both
the City of Cuero and the County of
DeWitt. At that time, the govern-
ment had appraised the building at a
value of $65,000 to $75,000.
The county opted not to purchase
and the city ottered GSA $65,000
for the 70-year-old structure. Ten-
tative plans were to relocate the
Cuero Police Department in the
building
In May, 1985, the GSA halted the
sale after protests by a committee of
the U.S. House of Representatives.
The committee objected to the
selling price and to the possible
displacement of the two federal
agencies now housed in the Federal
Building.
Kindergarten registration
(Photo by Cheryl St. Clair)
Mrs. John Norris fills out tho nocossary district requirement
forms to register her daughter. Heather, tor kindergarten
during registration Thursday morning. Heather and her
older brother. Gabriel, supervised to make sure their mother
answered all tha questions correctly According to JehaC.
French Principal Danzll McMurrey. enough pupils signed up
tor 7 kindergarten classes this year
The City of Cuero has submitted
a “competitive” application tor a
$300,000 Community Development
Grant and could do very well in the
competition to receive a grant, ac-
cording to an official of the Golden
C rescent Regional Planning Com-
mission.
■ The city has applied for a grant
for a project that involves the in-
stallation of 1,500 feet of storm
sewer drainage pipelines on ln-
dianola Street from Southwest
Railroad Street to Bruce Street and
waterline construction on indianoh.
fiom Heaton Street to Southwest
Railroad.
Pat Kennedy, executive director
ol the Golden Cicscent Regional
Planning Commission, said grant
applications from Cuero and eight
other applicants will be reviewed at
a meeting of the Golden Crescent
Regional Review Committee in Ed-
na on September 10.
Approximately $939,000 in grant
monies are available to the region.
Kennedy said, and ai least three pro-
jects will be funded.
He said C uero has "a competitive
application in that it is the same ap-
plication as in previous years." The
regional review committee would
like to fund projects that have been
previously applied for but not fund-
ed, Kennedy said.
Two of this year’s project ap-
plications have not changed at all
from previous years, he said, and
Cuero’s project application is only
slightly different from the last two
'years.
“1 think Cuero will do very well
in this thing,” Kennedy said.
Other grant applications have
been submitted by Yoakum, Gon-
zales, Ganado. LaWard. Waelder,
Port Lavaca. Smiley and Victoria
County.
The projects will be tudged on a
point basis by the region, then by
the state. Applicants with the most
points will win the grants.
(Please see (.rant, page 3)
City’s chances good
for development grant
No assurances
In a telephone interview Monday,
Thomas said the building, located at
124 E. Church, is now classified as
“excess.”
“It will be (classified) as excess
property Until it has been determin-
ed that there is no federal need for
the building. If there is not, then
we’ll determine it to be suiplus,”
Thomas said
But he said there a^e no
assurances that the building will
again receive a surplus classifica-
tion.
“The whole idea m the past has
been lor the federal agencies now
occupying the space there to stay in
the building,” Thomas said.
The DeWitt County offices of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture s
Soil Conservation Service and
Agricultural Stabilization and con-
servation Service now occupy the
building.
Thomas said it is possible that
because .the federal agencies are in
the building, the government may
simply decide to keep the building
However, there is a problem in
housing federal agencies in the
buildifig, Thomas said
“One of the problems with the
building as far as continuing to
house federal agencies there is that
(Please see Building. page 3)
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Berner, Homer H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 67, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 20, 1986, newspaper, August 20, 1986; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844347/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.