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The Boerne Star
Tuesday, September 1, 1998
> BOERNE STAR •
L eWVpoints
Bomer to consider
insurance rollback
Sheriff sends message to citizens
AUSTIN— Texas Insurance Com-
missioner Elton Bomer is consider-
ing a rollback that would save Tex-
ans more than $700 million on
insurance premiums next year.
The proposed rate cut was made
possible by tort reform legislation
limiting lawsuits against insurers
and others in Texas.
Money that insurers save from
fewer court cases and lower claims
is offset by corresponding rate
reductions set by the commissioner,
under a bargain struck between leg-
islators and insurers in 1995.
Lawyers seek
better image
Four hundred lawyers met last
week in Austin and discussed how to
improve the public’s perception of downplayed the opinions of two
the legal profession. hearing examiners (judges) who
Surveys by the State Bar of Texas impugned the agency’s proposal to
show most Texans believe they are build a nuclear waste repository near
less ethical than members of any Sierra Blanca. The judges said a
other profession except politicians. fault beneath the site has not been
Richard Pena, president of the sufficiently studied.
State Bar, encouraged his colleagues • Attorney general candidate John
to spread the word that lawyers are Cornyn, a Republican, last week
“the glue that holds this country said Texas should allow counties to
together”and to make that message handle child support collection cases
part of the State Bar’s ongoing cam- and let private contractors handle the
paign to restore public trust. rest of child support enforcement. To
Panelists in the discussion agreed do that would require a waiver from
lawyers should stop filing frivolous the federal government.
lawsuits and refrain from bashing • State Auditor Lawrence Alwin
judges and each other, has recommended two pay raises —
In a report by The Dallas Morning 3.9 percent in 2000 and 3.9 percent
News, lawyer-lobbiest Denise in 2001 — for about 150,000 state
Brady, an advocate for the disabled, employees.
said the state bar campaign is a good Alwin estimates the cost to total
idea, but “as long as the majority of $472 million and says the raises are
people feel that if they need a lawyer needed because valuable workers
they won’t be able to afford one, are leaving for higher pay in private-
then the perception is not going to sector jobs.
change.” • Rice University, at No. 18, is the
only Texas school in the nation’s top
Flooding taints 50 public and private colleges in
51998, as ranked by U.S. News
water supply &World Report. For the past 12
Flooding caused by tropical storm years, the magazine has ranked
Charley could affect other public schools based on academic reputa-
water systems and private wells, the - tion, retention, faculty, student body.
Texas Natural Resource Conserva- .
tion Commission warned last week.
The city of Del Rio’s public water
supply was shut down due to conta-
mination by flood waters.
The Texas Department of Health
recommended that residents in
stricken areas avoid ingesting water
that may be flood-contaminated and
use bottled water or boil water
before drinking.
Other capital
highlights
• John Hill said he won’t seek reap-
pointment to the Texas Lottery
Commission when his term expires
in February. Hill said he wanted to
avoid the appearance of a conflict of
interest after his law firm announced
plans to merge with the law firm of
Lottery Commission Chairwoman
Harriet Miers.
• Major daily newspapers have
filed open records requests to learn
how much profit Gtech, the firm that
operates the Texas Lottery, has
The BOERNE Star *
PUBLISHER
Edna Keasling
STATE
CAPITAL
Dear Kendall County residents: * their particular locations throughout
I have recently formed a crime pre- the county. He will address these
vention division within the Sheriff’s concers to Deputy Chuck Brantley,
department and have appointed two who is a longtime peace officer and
deputies to run that operation. These brings extensive experience in plan-
offers are both state certified to per- ning and presenting crime preven-
form the various functions of that tion systems.
division. Together they will plan and present
Deputy Art Vadnais is a longtime specific programs for specific areas
resident of the county and will use within the county.
his personal knowledge of the resi- The more crime prevented, the less
dents to address theirconcerns in there will be to prosecute and conse-
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
earned from running the state’s
games of chance.
• The Texas Low Level Radioac-
tive Waste Authority last week
finances, graduation rate and alumni
support.
• The Department of Public Safety
and local police seized cash and 68
‘eight-liner’ video gambling
machines at four businesses in the
Dallas area last week. The ban on
Las Vegas-style machines has been
in place for six months.
• Larry Paul Manley has resigned
as executive director of the Texas
Department of Housing and Com-
munity Affairs to resume his career
in law and investment banking.
Manley recently had been criticized
for his agency’s failure to spend
more than $100 million in federal
funds to help poor families secure
better housing.
• Insurance Commissioner Elton
Bomer will hold a public hearing
Sept. 24 to gather information on
how best to enforce Texas law that
prohibits managed care organiza-
tions from offering financial incen-
tives to physicians or providers that
result in limiting medically neces-
sary services.
W STEP
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BASHFUL!
AIN’T
THAT AMAZINT
~A TALKIN’
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Te ia f the er ho od
I am pleased to announce that the
Child Support Program of the Office
of the Attorney General, in conjunc-
tion with the 1998 Statewide Parent
Involvement Conference and the
Center for Successful Fathering,
Inc., is sponsoring the Texas father-
hood forum, A Statewide Call to
Action.
The forum is a special pre-confer-
ence event at the 1998 Statewide
Parent Involvement Conference. It
will be held in Houston at the Sher-
aton Astrodome Hotel on Oct. 8. The
parent involvement conference will
be at the same location Oct. 9-10.
Who is it for?
The fatherhood forum is for all
parents, policy makers, community
leaders and educators who recognize
the important roles fathers play in
the lives of their children.
The role of fathers in their chil-
dren’s lives cannot be emphasized
enough. Men have not only a finan-
cial responsibility to their children,
but also an emotional one. Often,
fathers are unsure of where they can
turn for information and support on
raising children.
The Parent Involvement Confer-
ence and the Fatherhood Forum are
excellent sources of information on
where to go for help, as well as how
to start new fatherhood and family
programs within the community.
Legal
Matters
TEXAS
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
DAN MORALES
What is it?
The fatherhood forum will feature
nationally recognized family and
fatherhood experts giving presenta-
tions on fathers and their role in the
family. The forum will also serve as
a gathering for successful father-
hood programs from around the
state.
Information sessions on these pro-
grams will allow not only parents,
but also everyone who works with
children, the chance to hear about
the programs that work. Featured
speakers are Dr. Ronald Klinger,
founding president of the Center for
Successful Fathering; Dr. Jeffrey
Johnson, president and chief execu-
tive officer for the National Center
for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and
quently, less injury and loss of prop-
erty to you and your neighbors.
Their goal, as is mine, is to ensure
the maximum amount of protection
for all people who live and work
iwthin the jurisdiction of the Kendall
County Sheriff’s Department.
As the county grows, so does the
crime rate. This is a fact of life and
if it were possible to put a ‘cop on
every corner,’ crime would still
occur. No law enforcement agency
-statewide call
Community Leadership; and Dr.
Wade Horn, president of the Nation-
al Fatherhood Initiative.
All the speakers have decades of
experience in the field of fatherhood
and family programs, and have
given many presentations on the . positive identity, accept responsibil-
topic throughout the country.
Programs
A dozen fatherhood and family
programs will be presented at the
Forum, all dealing with successful
programs from around the state and
the country. Featured programs
include:
• PAPA and Paternity - Learn about
two Office of the Attorney General,
Child Support Divisionsponsored
programs: Volunteers in Paternity
(VIP) and Paternity Parenthood
(PAPA). Participants will find out
about the legal rights and responsi-
bilities of parenthood, including
child support and paternity estab-
lishment.
• PATCHing Families and
AVANCE, Homre! Participants will
learn of two national fatherhood
programs - PATCH and AVANCE.
They will also learn about programs
in the San Antonio community that
link the ‘free’ world and jail/prison
settings, motivating positive lifestyle
changes.
• Partners for Fragile Families -
This program is for people who
can be successful alone. In fact, his-
torically, police officers or sheriff
deupties are called after the crime
has been committed.
We are retroactive. It is my goal to
become proactive.
We need your help, just as your
neighbors' need your help and you
need theirs. For example, you can
help your neighbot with as little
effort as looking out your window to
see if you recognize the car pulling
into their driveway and making a
mental note of the make and color of
the vehicle.
If you qualify under state require-
ments for home security, you are eli-
gible for as much as 15 percent
reduction in your homeowner’s
insurance premium.
I have received several requests for
neighborhood watch programs and
we are encouraged by these. Once a
neighborhood watch program is
installed, the community owns it and
the residents are proactive in crime
prevention in their neighborhoods.
This is the kind of help we need and
is a great way to meet neighbors.
My offices are available to meet
with individuals, homeowners’ asso-
ciations and business owners in
small groups. Arrangements will be
made to secure a lecture hall for
larger groups.
Please watch for announcements
of future seminars and attend them.
Youth are always welcome. Crime
happens to them, too.
Feel free to bring your concerns
and questions to these meetings, or
call Deputies Vadnais or Brantley at
249-9721 for more information.
The quality of life we enjoy in
Kendall County is a precious thing.
How we maintain or enhance it is
the challenge of the future.
Henry B. Hodge
Sheriff, Kendall County
Look for the Kendall County Sher-
iff’s Department’s crime prevention
booth at the Kendall County Fair
and Rodeo Sept. 4-6 at the Kendall
County Fair Grounds.
work with low-income, never-mar-
ried parents. Participantswill learn
about Fatherhood Development: A
Curriculum for Young Fathers, cre-
ated to help young fathers build a
supportive environment, promote
ity, gain parenting skills and become
self-sufficient.
• Fathers in Texas - Participants
will learn how to identify communi-
ty needs for fathering programs
through the Texas Agricultural
Extension Services’ Fathering Pro-
ject which assists teen dads. Volun-
teers will be trained to develop and
deliver programs tailored to counties
across the state.
Registration
information
There are limited spaces available
so advance registration is recom-
mended.
The registration fees for applica-
tions received by Sept. 18 are $65
for the fatherhood forum and $150
for both the forum and parent con-
ference. On-site registration fees are
$80 for the fatherhood forum and
$180 for both the forum and the par-
ent conference.
For more information on the
fatherhood forum, contact the Cen-
ter for Successful Fathering at 1-
800537-0853.
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CITY OF BOERNE
Mayor Patrick Heath
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Boerne, Texas 78006
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Mary Alice Yelverton, Vera D'Spain, Regina Alexander, Louise Foster, Paul Kirtley,
Peary Perry, Martin Marcum, Ken Nietenhoefer, Bartee Haile, Jan Wrede, Joni Simons
KENDALL COUNTY
Judge Bill Gooden
- 204 E. San Antonio
Boerne, Texas 78006
249-9343
COMFORT
INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent
Marlin Marcum
232 High
Comfort, Texas 78013
995-3664
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
Lamar Smith
District 21
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Washington, D.C. 20510
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221 E. Main Room 318
Kerrville, Texas78028
(830) 895-1414
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Boerne, Texas 78006
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District 53
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Kerrville, Texas 78028
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