The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1988 Page: 4 of 26
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Page 4, Section I THE BASTROP ADVERTISER A^ND COUNTY NEWS ' Thursday, June 9, 1988
Issues and Opinions
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Pageant backers thanked
Dear Editor:
Bastrop recently had a June-
teenth Pageant. There may be some
of your readers who wonder what
it's about. In the central Texas area
June 19th is recognized and
celebrated as the day for which the
news arrived to our area.
This news said, "the slaves are
free". There was great jubilation
and this began the 19th of June
celebration.
President Lincoln proclaimed,
"January 1, 1863, all persons held
as slaves within any State, or
designated part of the State, the
people whereof shall be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be
Hospital service good
the, thenceforward, and forever
free."
As Juneteenth Queen of 1988, I
would like to acknowledge all of
those who sponsored and gave sup-
port to the pageant.
My personal sponsors were: my
parents, Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel
Haynes, Mrs. Eloise Jones, Mrs.
Mattie McDonald, Mrs. Dawson,
Mrs. Stormy Loisell, Mrs. Cindy
Douthitt, Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Passell,
Mr. C. L. Jones, Jr. and Mrs. Ad-
na Stiles & Assoc. L wish to
acknowledge the gift from Citizens
State Bank. The sponsors of the
Pageant were many individuals and
businesses:
Allbright Distributing
Dear Editor:
This is to say Thank you to all
the personnel of the Bastrop
Hospital. 1 recently spent over a
week as a patient . In the past I have
been a patient in both St. David's
and Seton Hospitals in Austin and
there is no doubt in my mind that
I received as good, if not better,
care in the hospital here at Bastrop.
I will also add that the room rate
is quite a bit less here than in
Austin.
This institution is here to serve
the people of this county and com-
munity and we the citizens heed to
use this hospital as much as
possible.
Again to the nurses and staff of
Bastrop Hospital, a big thank you
for making my stay so very
enjoyable. *
Yours truly,
Judge B. T. Henderson
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CIRCULATION
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AT&T
Bastrop Florist
Bastrop Games, Records & Tapes
Bastrop ISD
Bastrop Stationary
Billy's Bar B-Q
Cals Beauty Supply
Susan Long Cartelli
Chester Eitze
First National Bank
Flahive Nursery
Griesenbeck's furniture
Hair Corner
Image Boutique
Jordan & Blount
Lock's Drugs
Lost Pines
Nancy's Cards & Gifts
The Pit
RDA (in Austin)'
Rabensburg Ins.
E. O. Sharp
The Wardrobe t
Water Street Photography
Jerry Wilhelm Drama Department
Wright's Distributing
Esther Haynes
Bastrop
Mysteries of the universe, Chap-
ter 110, this summer:
A Bastrop mother with a young-
ster who was having trouble and
making trouble in school <Vent to
a doctor (not local) for help and he
prescribed medicine that had a jolt
of speed in it. The mother said no.
She'd rathe/ have a troublesome
child than a dopehead before the
age of 10. Instead she modified his
diet and the boy is making big
strides in class. Question: How
rntfriy other medical solutions are
essentially copouts to dope and
how many medical problems could
be helped by a change in diet or
through healthy nutrition?
The dope epidemic in America
in the last 20 years has done more
to destroy this nation than the
Communists could ever get around
to. People in other nations know
that. That's why they are fearful of
our drug laced culture. Question:
Why would the national adminis-
tration have anything to do with a
Panamanian general who was
smuggling dope into the U.S. Just
say no. How long was this going
on and why? And more important,
who was responsible and who
knew about it? Before the Ameri-
can people can know how to stop
this in the future they need to know
the full story of this shocking chap-
ter. What is the Reagan-Bush rela-
tionship with dictator Manuel
Noriega? If the Republicans won't
dig it out, then the Democrats sur-
ely need to. One wonders if both
Karties are mixed up in this, going
ack 10 years jar longer.
When places like Bastrop were
just "little towns" they had their
own telephone and utility offices.
Now much of this ordinary busi-
ness has to be transacted by tele-
phone or mail, not always an
efficient and timely way to solve
a service problem. Question: How
big does a town have to be to get
its own telephone or gas office and
what hold does a city have over a
public utility through its franchise
tax powers?
*#*
What is the Bastrop Independent
School District planning to do
about a new school in the Cedar
Creek area? Why has the BISD
board discussed this with the
LCRA board but not at a public
meeting in Bastrop? Though the
school board president and others
have been helpful to this newspaper
in its effort to keep the public in-
formed, the board has yet to dis-
cuss fully in public what it's doing.
***
Why do some county officials
think they can take over Lake Bas-
trop and operate it as a revenue
gainer or profit maker for the
county? The only county activity
we can recall that makes money is
the Justice of the Peace court of Bill
Henderson and maybe one or two
of the other JPs and offices. Parks
are hardly ever money makers,
particularly if the parks are well
maintained and investment is made
in them each year. Just because
LCRA wants to give up Lake Bas-
trop doesn't mean it should be al-
lowed to do so. For years in
exchange for the huge powers
given to LCRA, the utility main-
tained a magnificent string of
parks. The parks were one of the
jewels in LCRA's crown and
LCRA seldom lost a chance to brag
about them. Why shouldn't recre-
ation be one of the sacred duties of
LCRA along with generation of
electricity? If LCRA's problem is
one of paying too high wages to its
park employees, there's a better so-
lution than just to give up the parks
entirely. That solution is to pay
comparable wages to private bus-
iness. To soften the blow on LCRA
employees, a two tier wage plan
could be put into effect, similar to
one used in airlines. The older em-
ployees would be paid at the older
rate and newer ones at a lower rate.
We bet there would still be at least
two candidates for each LCRA job
since these are good, stable jobs
much in demand.
No
crisis, so spending will increase
Dear Editor:
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
is telling us the state should have
enough money to continue the
present levels of spending in the
next budget without imposing any
new taxes.
The real question is why the state
has not tried to cut taxes during a
bad economy in order to stimulate
business and jobs, particularly
small, struggling business. Most
people don't know it but small bus-
' iness hfres and'pays far more wor-
kers than big business.
Not only have state taxes gone
up but so have unemployment in-
surance and other benefits that are
pinching small business as well as
such unavoidable business ex-
penses as insurance and utilities,
postage coupled with an inability
to get business loans from banks.
At the same time, the federal
government has taken away the
business equipment tax credit that
encourages business people to buy
new machines that used to create
more jobs.
It all adds up to tough times for
Texans.
Now watch state employees, the
teachers lobby, state universities,
judges, etc. all ask for more money
after Bullock says there will be no
crisis.
It's true Texas has a Constitu-
tional ban on deficit spending but
it has no ban on taxing its people
beyond their abilities to pay.
How many small businesses do
you know about that have gone out
of business in the last two years?
How many jobs were eliminated?
Think about it and try to say no
to more spending and taxes at this
time. v.—
G.W. Hartman
Cedar Creek
Now knows where porn is
EMS, hospitals thanked
Dear Editor:
The family of Adelheid Knobloch
wish to express their sincere ap-
preciation to the EMS staff for their
prompt, superb service given to
our loved one, while being
transported to Bastrop Hospital and
on to St. David's Hospital. Also to
doctors and nurses in the emergen-
cy room at Bastrop Hospital in
their attempt to revive her. You'll
never know how much this meant
to us.
Thanks to Pastor A.M. Han-
nemann. Pastor A. H. Bohls for
their comforting words and
prayers. We can't forget Chaplain
Watts, doctors and nurses at St.
David's Hospital for their care and
comforting words and helping in
any way to make the hours while
we werd there easier.
We'll always be grateful.
God Bless You.
The Family of Adelheid
Knobloch
Dear Editor:
Just saying 'thanks' for publish-
ing the article, Porn Protestors
Picket, in June 6th's edition. My-
self, new to Bastrop, had no idea
the video stores carried the material
I enjoy renting, but having passed,
by the A.F.A.'s demonstration
Thursday I checked on it further at
Video Express.
I supposed I'm really thanking
the A. F. A.' s deep concern for the
matter (sparking the protest).
However, your article eluciated the
subject for those ignorant of the
demonstration and the porn materi-
al's existence in Bastrop. Thanks
again.
Jenny Scott
Bastrop
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