The MOULTON EAGLE ©2021 Moulton Eagle "We're Moulton Proud" VOLUME 114 (USPS-594-660) $1.00 MOULTON, TEXAS 77975 Thursday, January 14, 2021 No. 18 Moulton livestock show set Jan. 17-18 The Moulton Junior Live- show starting at 6 p.m., followed precautions, there will be no According to the school’s All other students will at- stock Association show kicks off by the lamb show, immediately formal “sale” of animals this weekly newsletter, school will tend class, and no student Sunday, Jan. 17, from inside the after. Shows continue Monday, year, as in year’s past, but buy- be in session Monday, Jan.18, spectators will be allowed at all-new show arena over at the Jan. 18, with the hog show at 9 ers will be asked to return to for the first four classes of the the show on Monday, per live- Moulton ISD bus barn. a.m., and steers immediately the arena following the social to day. Only swine and steer show stock committee decision as Project check-in begins Sun- following. take pictures with the winning participants will be excused for part of their COVID prevention day afternoon, with the chicken As part of this year’s COVID animals. the show during that time. protocols. Police investigating weekend truck thefts Court approves BOBBY HORECKA, MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] subdivision Julie Boehm of Shiner said she couldn’t have been more shocked when she walked out to her driveway on Saturday morning. regulations For there, where her big black Ford 250 had been parked for the night, just hours JIMMY APPELT, STAFF WRITER of defining travel trailers before on Friday evening, sat nothing. [email protected] according to appropriate Nothing at all. The Lavaca County industry standards. “I’d just gotten a text from my friend Commissioners’ Court THIRD FLOOR OFFICE down the street,” Boehm told us in phone met in its first meeting of ASSIGNMENTS interview on Monday. “She was telling the new year and voted The court approved me that their truck had been stolen. I was to approve subdivision assignments of offices walking outside to go see her. That’s when regulations for the coun- located on the third floor I noticed it. Mine was gone, too. I couldn’t ty, including regulations of the Courthouse with believe it.” of manufactured home Room 308 to be utilized In all, three pickups were stolen from rental communities. by the County Clerk’s of- the same Shiner neighborhood sometime A project that be- fice as an extra office for during the overnight hours on Friday, Jan. gin during Judge Keith business matters. 8. Officers responded to three separate re- Mudd’s tenor, the court In addition, the County ports of stolen vehicles on San Jacinto and addressed the issue in Oc- Attorney will gain extra Alamo streets in Shiner. There were also tober and decided to seek room space and will oc- reports of similar pickups taken from just legal counsel by obtaining cupy Rooms 304 and 305. inside the Gonzales County line, all within the services of attorney CLARIFICATION OF the same timeframe, investigators said. Robert Bass with Allison, POSTAGE EQUIPMENT Most shocking for the Boehms was that Bass and Magee, LLP, of At the Dec. 14 meet- they followed all the best practices. Stolen truck recovered Austin. ing, the court, the court Their vehicles were all locked tight, ac- One of the three pickups taken from Shiner overnight Friday, Jan. 8, was recovered, after it During the second approved a contract for cording to police reports. They had lights was found by a hunter in the Vienna area over the weekend, about 40 miles away from the meeting of November, the Pitney Bowes Postage and security cameras in place. Still, when Shiner neighborhood where it was stolen. “We are extremely lucky and very thankful for the Bass provided the first Equipment and move the they awoke the next morning, their trucks people who helped find it,” said truck owner Julie Boehm. “Please be careful out there. We reading of the proposed postage equipment to were long gone, with no trace left behind. are not untouchable living in a small town.” regulations and at Mon- be located in the county Even those security cameras didn’t spot a day’s meeting the attor- clerk’s office at the Lava- thing. drug and human trafficking,” Shiner Police Chief Zach Kramer said ney presented the second ca County Courthouse “Whoever did this knew what they were in a statement released by his department early Saturday. reading. Annex. doing,” Boehm said. “That much is clear.” Sadly, however, those words probably describe half the trucks “This ordinance is in- At Monday’s meeting, What should be most disconcerting for on the road locally. tended to provide a frame- the court approved a re- most of our readers is the type of vehicle Shiner police are working closely with investigators from the work for orderly develop- quest from County Clerk these thieves seem to prefer. All the ones Texas Department of Public Safety’s Auto Theft Task Force to try ment of real property Liz Kouba to amend the reported stolen early Saturday were either and solve the crimes. lying outside municipality location by moving the ¾-ton or one-ton pickups, all sporting four- The thefts have prompted a litany of warnings from other town’s boundaries,” Bass said postage equipment to wheel drive options. police departments as well. introducing the second Corridor 055 and not in Those types of vehicles are “in line with “We encourage everyone to lock your vehicles and not leave any reading. “It’s intention the County Clerk’s office. those that are typically stolen to facilitate SEE THEFTS, PAGE 8 is to create healthy com- RETIREMENT munities that are properly The court acknowl- designed for the future.” edged the retirement of Bass summarized 11 Dennis Tousek from the State Championship Domino chapters found in the reg- Pct. 2 Road and Bridge ulations that laid out the department. Tousek is framework for subdivi- retiring after serving the tournament to be held Sunday sion development includ- county for 31 years. ing procedures for plat MISCELLANEOUS The 69th Annual Texas State will be awarded to the consolation in the Texas State Championship approval and the various The court accepted a Championship Straight Domino tournament winners. Domino Tournament,” organizers statutory in developing monetary donation from Tournament will take place Sun- A barbecue chicken dinner will said. “You and your partner may the land for subdivisions. Glenda Klimitchek to day at the Knights of Columbus be served that day at the hall as even have the honor of winning Following the read- the Lavaca County EMS Hall in Hallettsville. well as plates-to-go being available this prestigious title.” ing, a public hearing in the amount of $1,000. Registration for those wishing for drive-thru customers. Short This year’s Texas Domino Hall was heard with county The donation was giv- to play in the tournament will be- orders and refreshments will be of Fame inductees will be Joey citizens, Marie Day and en for the outstanding gin a 7 a.m. with the straight-domi- served throughout the tourna- Henke and John Flanery. Frank Fishar posing ques- care provided Glenda’s no double-elimination tournament ment. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, tions to Bass. husband by retired EMT play starting at 9 a.m. sharp. Tournament organizers ask you the tournament will have the After the closing of Mike Hammer. A consolation tournament will to come join in the official Texas recommended spacing between the public hearing, the The court approved be held immediately after the State Domino Championship Tour- tables. court voted to adopt the raising the percentage of first two sets for those partners nament and play where there is no For more info contact the K of C subdivision policies pre- leasing electronic voting who were eliminated from the better competition and fellowship. Hall at 361-798-2311 or its website sented by Bass and would equipment to two percent championship round. Two plaques “You can boast that you played at www.kchall. com. include an amendment SEE COURT, PAGE 8 COVID vaccines being administered, but at slow rate COVID vaccinations have least one chronic medical condi- meet the demands of the public Friday from 9 to 11 a.m., to have visit the Lavaca Medical Center started throughout the state, tion, such as but not limited to: as good as they can. your name placed on the wait list Facebook page and the facility but have been moving a long at •฀Cancer At LMC, Keri Shanks said the for the vaccine. website at www.lavacamedical- a slower rate than expected. •฀Chronic฀kidney฀diseases hospital has received and have Shanks said as vaccines are center.com. In Hallettsville, vaccinations •฀COPD฀(chronic฀obstructive฀ administered approximately 500 received, LMC will schedule At Brookshire Brothers, the have begun at Lavaca Medical pulmonary disease) Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations vaccine appointments based on pharmacy has been inundated Center and at Brookshire Broth- •฀ Heart฀ conditions฀ (heart฀ thus far to individuals under the wait list. with telephone calls from people ers Pharmacy, but the Walmart failure, coronary artery disease Phase 1A and Phase 1B as de- “While we wait, let us re- wanting to receive the vaccine. Pharmacy and the Hallettsville or cardiomyopathies) termined by the State of Texas. member to be patient and con- However, the Pharmacy has Pharmacy have not started and •฀Solid฀organ฀transplantation Shanks said LMC expects to siderate of others,” Shanks said.