The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 103, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1994 Page: 1 of 34
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Fall from
wrecker
kills youth
Funeral services were held
February 22 for 14-year-old
Richard Allen Lesch.
The Smithville Middle
School student died just before
11 p.m. Saturday from head in-
juries that he received during a
fall from a wrecker at Pott's
Wrecking Yard in Bastrop.
Bastrop Police Chief Ronnie
Duncan said the youth was ap-
parently riding on the back of a
wrecker driven by his father,
Ronald Lesch.
"Lesch was towing a vehicle
across the yard when his son
See DEATH, Page 2
Traffic light
pole repair set
The Texas Department of
Transportation is scheduled to
replace two traffic light poles at
the intersection of Main and
Chestnut streets beginning this
week.
Bastrop Police Chief Ronnie
Duncan said the operation
should not take more than a day
or twp and should not tie up
traffic at the crossing.
However as a precaution, he
has suggested that travelers use
Texas 71 to cross the Colorado
River whenever possible instead
of crossing on the Loop 150
bridge.
"TxDOT officials said they
would not be interfening with
traffic, but it might be a good
idea to avoid the intersection,"
said Duncan.
He said TxDot will be work-
ing on the poles between 7:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
City Manager Michael Talbot
® said the project should take
about 10 days to complete.
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Bastrop, Texas
Thursday, February 24,1994
Council rejects
revised draft
sidewalk law
By Davis McAuley
Editor
Advertiser Photo/Janice Butter
Film craws were in Bastrop Tuesday shooting a commercial for Nissan vehicles. The commer-
cial will air later this year in Canada and will depict a van driving along the countryside.
Sex ed policy revised
Elgin trustees adopt advice from attorney
Elgin school trustees were
asked to revise the district's sex
education policy at Monday's
school board meeting.
Elgin Independent School
District Superintendent Ron
Bradford recommended - the
change after he received a tetter
from a legal advisor indicating
that one section of the policy
might not withstand legal chal-
lenge.
Ms. Garcia is an attorney
with the Texas Association of
School Boards.
In a letter dated December
10, attorney Elvia Garcia with
tile Texas Association of School
Without taking a vote Tues-
day, the Bastrop City Council
effectively rejected a revised
draft sidewalk law to cover the
entire town.
"It died a natural death," said
Mayor David Lock after no one
offered a motion to approve or
revise the draft prepared by City
Manager Michael Talbot after
extensive discussion with the
council and downtown mer-
chants.
'We're back to where we
started," said Talbot.
Last year a group of down-
town business operators ap-
proached the council asking the
city to develop a sidewalk plan
for the historic central business
district
Lock said he prefers setting
aside money each year in the
city budget for sidewalk con-
struction and repair.
Talbot said the current bud-
get includes $6,000 for side-
walks. "I can spend that pretty
quick," he said.
Councilman Tommy Goode
said the city should bear the cost
of maintaining sidewalks all
over town.
Lock said a major program to
repair existing sidewalks is
likely to be too costly to afford.
'We could spend $100,000 just
on Church Street," he said.
Councilman Neal Gurwitz
worried out loud about the mix
of children on foot and auto traf-
fic along Beach Street west of
Mina and Cedar Creek Elemen-
tary Schools.
The street is narrow and there
is no sidewalk, he said.
Talbot said he will study the
issue.
See SIDEWALK, Page 2
Boards, advised Bradford that
the policy's criteria for the role
of the instructor "should be
based on objective criteria"
In part, EISD's sex education
policy says "The instructor's
character and lifestyle will in-
fluence the positive impact this
curriculum can have in impact-
ing the high standards of moral-
ity our community expects of its
children. Having this program
taught by someone who either
does not believe in it or does not
embody the beliefs of the pro-
gram could undermine the na-
ture of the program."
"Because of the high risk of
litigation and the difficulty in
applying such criteria, I would
recommend the quoted provi-
sions be deleted," said Ms. Gar-
cia referring to the policy.
She continued, "Any person-
nel decisions based on character
and lifestyle would be more
legally defensible if the district
could show a direct adverse ef-
fect on job performance.
"There is risk involved in
basing employment decisions on
subjective criteria such as char-
acter, that are not easily de-
fined."
See EISD, Page 2
County officials object
to new septic tank rules
This week Bastrop County
officials joined neighboring
counties to protest new septic
tank rules proposed by the
Texas Naturi Resources Con-
servation Commission, the
state's environmental super
agency.
County Sanitation Officer
L.C. Smith said he will join of-
ficials from Travis, Williamson,
Bell and Hays County in ob->
Trio indicted for
music store break in
Bastrop County grand jurors
handed up indictments against
three men for the Dec. 19 bur-
glary of Owens Music Co. in
Bastrop.
Two face burglary charges.
The third is charged with felony
theft for allegedly being in pos-
session of property taken from
the store.
Lee Anthony Wilson was in-
dicted for possession of three
guitars and otter unspecified
musical equipment The items
are valued at over $750 but less
than $20,000.
Wilson is free on $1,000 bail.
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Charged with burglary of a
building are Clint Wade Hig-
ginbotham of Smithville and
Walter Thomas Parker II of
Bastrop. Both suspects are free
on $1,000 bail each.
In other indictments returned
by grand jurors Feb. 16:
• Samuel Adam Gonzales,
17, is charged with burglary of a
building belonging to Wayne
Duke on Aug. 11,1993.
•Jackie Marhurger of Red
Rock is charged with the Oc-
tober 29 burglary of a vehicle
belonging to Frank Lewis
Lawhon.
• Anthony Penson is charged
with possession of under 28
grams of cocaine on Jan. 14.
• Russell Ray Urban, 21, of
Giddings is charged with the
Oct 7 burglary of a vehicle be-
longing to Grey Hill m.
Charged in the same incident is
Larry KL Woodward, 18, also of
Giddings.
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INDICTED, Page 2 Hsavy rain sarty Tuesday left watsr standing at the city's public wortcs facility on Hill Street.
jecting to the stiffer rules be-
cause they could impose unnec-
essary costs on home builders.
County Judge Randy Fritz
said he will contribute his own
objections prior to a TNRCC
hearing on the issue set for
Monday in Austin.
The proposed rules for pri-
vate wastewater disposal sys-
See RULES, Page 2
Help sought
in burglaries
The Bastrop County Sheriffs
department is asking for help in
solving three burglaries that oc-
curred last week.
One resident in Artesian
Oaks, a subdivision in southh-
west section of the county, came
home February 18 and discov
ered that his home had been
robbed of over $1300 in cash
and merchandise, said Chief In-
vestigator David Campos.
"The couple had left for
about three hours that afternoon,
and when they came home
nothing was left," he said.
Reported missing was a .22
calibre pistol, .22 calibre rifle,
VCR, two sets of radio speak-
ers, car stereo amplifier, a set of
four custom wheels, typewriter,
radar detector and $100 in silver
coins.
The following night at 2:04
a.m., JP Grocery in McDade
was burglarized.
Campos said the perpetrators
broke out the front plate glass
window which set off an alarm.
See HELP, Page 2
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