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🌱 Cuero Chamber director earns national scholarship to boost local business advocacy

Cuero, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Cuero! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Cuero Chamber director earns national scholarship to boost local business advocacy
  • How Cuero ISD teachers could benefit from Texas’ $750 million program
  • Cuero community mourns the passing of Marilyn Grace Cates

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 92, low: 76.
  • Sunday: Some sun, a t-storm; humid, with a high of 91 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. U.S. Chamber institute awards Angie Cuellar the Regent Scholarship (dewittcountytoday.com) — Cuero residents can celebrate Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Angie Cuellar, who has earned a prestigious Regent Scholarship from the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management. The award will support her four-year nonprofit leadership training, bringing new skills, connections, and advocacy tools back to strengthen Cuero’s business community and local chamber services.
   

2. Texas awards $750M to teachers through incentive program (crossroadstoday.com) — Cuero ISD is among 13 districts whose applications are accepted for Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment, positioning local teachers for performance-based raises once fully approved. The statewide program has now distributed $1.8 billion, including $750 million in this latest round, rewarding effective teachers based on student growth and classroom performance.
   

3. MAY 24, 1944 TO JUNE 9, 2026 (82) (cueroonlinenews.com) — Cuero friends and neighbors are invited to honor longtime First Baptist Church member Marilyn Grace Cates, an avid Cuero Gobblers fan, at visitation and a Celebration of Life this Saturday at Freund Funeral Home. The 82-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother is remembered for her faith, generosity, love of sports, and deep devotion to family.
   

4. Hero garden proposal now includes EC's R. Benavidez (wcleaderjournal.com) — A proposed National Garden of American Heroes in South Dakota may include Medal of Honor recipient Roy P. Benavidez, who grew up as an orphaned farm boy from Cuero before calling El Campo home. The project, revived under President Trump with new federal funding, would honor 250 American icons, and Benavidez’s family says the recognition reflects his extraordinary sacrifice and enduring legacy.
   

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  • Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep(08016) - 1431 E Broadway St, Suite A in Cuero. Apply here.
  • Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Cuero. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cuero here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Cuero

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.