A call to action provided instant results by Republican Women of Yoakum Area (RWOYA). In its March 5 newsletter, RWOYA Caring for America Chair, Cheryl Wilson, asked for various personal hygiene and cleaning products for STCH Ministries (originally South Texas Children’s Home) to be brought to the March 8 monthly meeting. STCH Ministries is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that has been caring for children and families since 1952. It took only three days for members and associate members to gather an abundance of the requested items (shown below) for pick-up by STCH Ministries.

I heard the statement ‘your outlook determines your outcome’ the other day and it really drove home a very good lesson for me. I have heard sayings such as this for many, many years during my years of school, sports, business, selling, and applying myself to most any type of activity. I have found that most of the time the problem was with me and the application process of doing something. I kept steering the solution process to anything except myself.

The first day to cast ballots for early voting will be Monday, April 24, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. DeWitt County Elections Office, 115 N. Gonzales, (Weber Annex) in Cuero will have the Cuero City, Cuero ISD, and Yorktown ISD ballots.

Gruenau Hall’s 10 Annual IBCA sanctioned BBQ Cook-Off will take place March 17-18 at Gruenau Hall, 1012 Gruenau Rd., Yorktown with a $4,000 pay out. There will be great raffle items and tickets are only $1 each and must be present to win.

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7th Girls - 4th Place 100 m Ashlyn Anderson - 14.64 (1st) Parker Gohmert - 15.10 (5th) Layla Luca - 15.33 200 m Grace Becker - 30.90 (4th) Logan Bonewald - 31.54 Layla Lucas - 33.00 400 m Jessa Cox - 1:13.01 (5th) Lauren Leslie-Meez - 1:13.70 (6th) Makenzi Rath - 1:19.56 800 m Jessa Cox - 2:51.88 (4th) Makenzi Rath -3:08.96 Reese Nelson - 3:12.26 1600 m Kara Giegle - 7:23.65 Natalie Taylor - 7:50.13 100 m Hurdles Vexile Gamez - 20.57 (5th) Ava Taylor - 22.72 Malaysia Smith - 26.62 300 m Hurdles Vexi Gamez - 1:01.85 (5th) Ava Taylor - 1:08.19 4X100 m Relay - 56.92 (4th) Ta’Leah Lang, Brooklynn Bland, Logan Bonewald, Ashlyn Gamez 4X200 m Relay - 2:03.02 (3rd) Ta’Leah Lang, Brooklynn Bland, Logan Bonewald, Ashlyn Gamez 4X400 m Relay - 4:53.73 (3rd) Grace Becker, Jessa Cox, Vexille Gamez, Ashlyn Gamez Shot Put Avalynn Rodriguez - 29’- 10” (1st) McKenzie Varela - 26’-10” (4th) Discus McKenzie Varela - 56’-6” (3rd) Avalynn Rodriguez - 54’-9” (5th) Long Jump Ashlyn Gamez - 15’-0.5” (2nd) Brooklynn Bland - 12’- 4.25 Ta’Leah Lang - 11’-8.5” Triple Jump Nayeli Waldron - 26’-11” (5th) Reagan Reitz - 26’-0” High Jump Nayeli Waldron - 3’-10” Pole Vault Ashlyn Gamez - 8’-0” (1st) 7th Boys - 4th Place 100 m Kolt Laas - 13.55 Landen Smith - 14.00 Zachary Montgomery - 14.14 200 m Zachary Sierra - 28.52 Kolt Laas - 28.56 Herwin Bautista - 29.52 400 m Kolt Laas - 1:02.67 (6th) Marshall Edwards - 1:15.06 Jace Patek - 1:16.52 800 m Mayson Ybarra - 2:38.78 (4th) Eric Gomez - 2:39.75 (5th) 1600 m Ethan Garrett - 6:02.10 Waylon Deitze - 6:09.90 Mayson Ybarra - 6:34.21 2400 m Ethan Garrett - 9:21.87 Waylon Deitze - 9:42.76 Zachary Sierra - 11:02.7 110 m Hurdles Reagan Fleming - 20.88 Karter Lewis - 22.65 300 m Hurdles Reagan Fleming - 56.20 (6th) Karter Lewis - 1:12.21 4X100 m Relay - 52.72 Marshall Edwards, Dominic Perez, Landon Smith, Jake Janssen 4X200 m Relay - 1:52.21 (4th) Zachary Montgomery, Marshall Edwards, Jake Janssen, Dominic Perez 4X400 m Relay - 4:16.54 (3rd) Eric Gomez, Dominic Perez, Zachary Montgomery, Jake Janssen Shot Put K’den Johnson - 42’-3” (1st) Landen Smith - 34’- 7.75” (2nd) Discus Landen Smith - 90’-2” (1st) K’den Johnson - 89’-0” (2nd) Long Jump Dominic Perez - 15’-7.5” Kolt Laas - 14’-11.5” Jace Patek - 12’-9.5” Triple Jump Zachary Montgomery - 30’-3” (3rd) Karter Lewis - 28’-8.5” Khadrin Pullin - 28’-0” High Jump Mayson Ybarra - 4’-4” Pole Vault Jake Janssen - 9’-6” (2nd) 8th Girls - 4th Place 100 m Lexie Herrera - 15.35 Emonie Cooper - 15.43 J’Zea Gray - 15.68 200 m J’Zea Gray - 33.20 Lealah Mendiola - 33.71 400 m J’Zea Gray - 1:23.65 Abriel Trevino - 1:31.97 800 m Abriel Trevino - 3:34.41 Jewelee Arriaga - 3:36.79 1600 m Mia Salazar - 8:36.73 Juanita Clifton - 8:38.24 Jewelee Arriaga - 8:42.91 100 m Hurdles Rowan Guajardo - 21.22 Jayla Garcia - 21.73 300 m Hurdles Jayla Garcia - 1:01.97 (5th) Rowan Guajardo - 1:10.28 4X100 m Relay - 56.04 (3rd) Lexie Herrera, Laelah Mendiola, Emonie Cooper, Madix Blain 4X200 m Relay - 1:59.38 (3rd) Averie Orozco, Laelah Mendiola, Emonie Cooper, Madyx Blain 4X400 m Relay - 5:16.63 (4th) Lexie Herrera, Averie Orozco, Emonie Cooper, Jayla Garcia Long Jump Madyx Blain - 16’-0” (1st) Emonie Cooper - 13’-4.5” Laelah Mendiola - 13’-1” Triple Jump Emonie Cooper - 29’-4” (5th) Lealah Mendiola - 28’- 7” Averie Orozco - 26’-1” Pole Vault Madyx Blain - 8’-0” (1st) 8th Boys - 5th Place 100 m Lupe Reyes - 13.37 Aaron Maldanado - 13.62 Pierce Denson - 13.89 200 m Lupe Reyes - 27.66 Pierce Denson - 29.26 Jevan Trevino - 29.30 400 m Aaron Maldanado - 1:03.99 (5th) Lupe Reyes - 1:05.63 Ethan Munoz - 1:07.81 800 m Ethan Munoz - 2:38.50 (5th) Jeremiah Juntenen - 3:00.78 1600 m Chris Zapata - 6:13.01 Dominic White - 6:58.95 110 m Hurdles Jevan Trevino - 19.32 (3rd) Jace Guajardo - 20.09 (4th) Cayson Flores - 21.32 300 m Hurdles Cayson Flores - 53.56 (5th) Chris Mathis - 55.04 Jace Guajardo - 56.27 4X100 m Relay - 49.93 (5th) Dylan Gamez, Stran Gaitan, Joshua Hughston, Jessiah Rodriguez 4X200 m Relay - 1:45.27 (4th) Markel Salas, Stran Gaitan, Joshua Hughston, Jessiah Rodriguez 4X400 m Relay - 4:13.53 (4th) Dylan Gamez, Joshua Hughston, Cayson Flores, Markel Salas Shot Put T.J. Seals - 37’-5.25” (4th) Long Jump Stran Gaitan - 16’-11” Jessiah Rodriguez - 16’- 1.5” Joshua Hughston - 15-- 8.5” Triple Jump Markel Salas - 36’-0.5” (2nd) Jessiah Rodriguez - 35’- 8” (4th) Stran Gaitan - 35’ - 2” (6th) Pole Vault Payton Diebel - 10’-0” (1st).

Learn how to construct a self-wicking garden container Monday, March 13, during a “Lunch and Learn With the Masters” program sponsored by Victoria County Master Gardener Association. The program is free to the public and will be held noon until 1 p.m.