Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 19, 1981 Page: 1 of 10
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Parks and Recreation Committee. The money was
used to help purchase playground equipment.
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City adopts personnel policy
BY NICK WEST
The adoption of per-
sonnel policy guidelines
and misuse of the city
landfill were the main
items discussed Monday
mght during a lengthy
session of the Palacios
CityCouncil.
Councilman Murdoch
McRae presented the
council with a policy
guideline that would
deal with city employees
and supervisors in the
various city departments
which he hoped would
"give some order to the
city.” The policies called
for the establishment of
a personnel committee
consisting of the mayor,
mayor protem and the
councilman with the
Landfill rates studied
are.
the
personnel committee
would be to exercise
supervision over depart-
ment heads, develope
job descriptions and in-
dividual department pol-
icies, recommend merit
raises, review complain-
ts and discipline proced-
ures, and to advertise for
employee vacancies so
that all vacancies be
filled by competitive ap-
plication.
A list of department
supervisor responsibil-
ities was also included
which would allow
supervisors to hire em-
ployees for their depart-
ments from applications
received by the person-
nel committee. It also
called for the supervisors
to keep adequate person-
nel records and to make
monthly reports to the
personnel committee on
discipline action taken.
In presenting his
guideline, McRae told
the council that his poli-
cies "were not chisled in
stone" and that the
council could make any
changes they felt neces-
sary. He added that they
were presented on the
assumption "that the
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The 1981 Palacios Sharks’ season
football tickets are on sale the week of
% Aug. 24 through 4U£- 28 to persons
$ having season tickets from the 1980
$ football season. The season tickets are
| $12.50 each.
]i$ Letters have been mailed to all
H season ticket holders and their reply
| should be made by Aug. 28. All season
if tickets not purchased and picked up at
Season grid tickets available | City Sales tax rebates
show slight increase
sold to the public on first come basis.
All admission for senior football if
home games will be $2.50 for any ticket if
sold at the gate on the night of the j|
game. Student tickets may be purchas- f
ed only at school prior to the game for f
$1. No student tickets may be if
purchased at the gate. $
Tickets for junior varsity and junior f
high games will be $1 for adults and 50 f
-,.uw cents for students at the gate.
f Elementary School by Aug. 28 will be if
Sales tax rebates to the city of
Palacios showed a slight increase over
the same period a year ago.
Palacios registered a 6.80 percent
gain in its rebate check from the state
on the optional 1 percent sales tax. The
city sales taxes are collected along with
the state’s sales tax by merchants and
businesses and rebated monthly by
State Comptroller’s office to the cities
in which they are levied.
The August check to Palacios totaled
$15,349.25 giving the city a 1981 rebate
total thus far of $65,217.32. That
represents nearly a seven percent
increase over the same period in 1980
during which the city had received
$61,067.38.
Aside from a few exceptions, most
other area towns reported similar
increases in their sales tax rebates
which acts as an indicator of consumer
buying in each town.
Edna is currently about 5 percent of
last year’s figures with $131,426.70
received thus far. Ganado has collected
$39,368.58 for a 10.61 percent increase
while Bay City has received $757,192.91
in rebates for a 7.21 percent increase.
Among the largest jumps over the
last year are those in El Campo which is
16.57 percent ahead of 1980 with
$423,249.51; Port Lavaca with
$405,078.36 for a 20.93 percent in-
crease; Rockport with a 30-42 percent
jump with $209,897.16 in rebates; and
Needville with a 36.90 percent jump at
$37,995.17.
Local schools prepare
for Aug. S57 opening
WITH HEAD COACH Roy Golan
overseeing the action at far right, two
players collide daring workouts Mon-
day afternoon. Blocking is being given
much emphasis as the Sharks prepare
to open their 1981 gird season on Sept.
4 at East Bernard. The second week ot
practice. concludes“Frlday as Palacios
travels to Edna to scrimmage the
Cowboys with freshman action beginn-
ing at 5:30 p.m. The varislty Is expected
to take to 1he~field around 7 p.m.
(Beacon.Photo by Nick West)
Thursday, Aug. 27, will be the first
day of classes for the 1981-82 school
year for all students of the Palacios
Independent School District.
Central and East Side Elementary
Schools’ classes will start at 8:20 a.m.,
with the kindergarten and first grade
students’ day ending at 2:30 p.m. from
the first day forward, second grade
students at 3:40, and third, fourth and
fifth grade students at 3:40 p.m.
Junior and Senior High School
students will attend classes from 8:15
a.m. to 3145 p.m.
Bus routes wifi be the same as last
year. Buses will run on Thursday, Aug.
27. Texas State School law provider
only students living two miles by the
nearest traveled road from the school
they attend as eligible to receive bus
transportation. All students eligible to
ride school buses should report to their
pick-up point earlier than usual to
assure a ride to school.
Cafeteria prices for 1981-82 will
increase for lunches. The prices are:
Central and East Side Elementary
Schools student lunches 85-cents,
Junior and Senior High School student
lunches $1, and adult lunches $1.35. A
snack bar with prices similar hr fast
food cafes is provided at the Junior and
Senior High School.
The Texas Legislature has mandated
that all schools provide a breakfast
program; therefore the Palacios I.S.D.
will serve breakfast in all cafeterias r
Breakfast prices will be as follows: Alf
student breakfasts 70-cents and adult
breakfasts $1.10.
Visitors lunches, except during
special occasions, will be $2.35, and
breakfasts will be $1.50.
The Trustees, Superintendent, Prin-
cipals and faculty ask that all parent
take the responsibility of reviewing the
dress and grooming code with their
children before sending them to
school. (The Student Dress and
Grooming'Code is published elsewhere
in this issue of the newspaper.)
Schools in the Palacios I.S.D. are:
central Elementary School at 1001-Fifth
Street includes kindergarten, first and
second grades: East Side Elementarv
School at 901 Second Street includes
third, fourth, and fifth grades; Palacios
Junior High School at 200 Shark Drive
includes sixth, seventh and eighth
grades; and Palacios Senior High
School at 100 Shark Drive includes
ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
grades.
Scrimmage Friday at Edna
Youth, speed mark Palacios Sharks
BY NICK WEST
After two weeks of battling the heat,
aching muscles and hard-hitting prac-
tice, Coach Roy Golan takes his 1981
edition of the Palacios Sharks on a test
run Friday for their opening, an only,
scrimmage of the year.
The Sharks, hoping to turn things
around this football season following a
lackluster 3-7 showing in 1980, take on
the Edna Cowboys in scrimmage action
beginning with the freshmen squad at
5:30 p.m. Varsity action will begin
about 7 prni. after the junior varsity
scrimmage:—
For the most part, the Sharks will
start their 1981 gridiron campaign with ’
an almost completely new roster. Only
four gridders are returning from last
year’s squad. Admitting that exper-
ience and a lack of depth are the biggest
obstacles his club has to overcome,
Golan is nevertheless somewhat opti-
mistic about the red-and-white Fighting
Sharks who will open the season Sept. 4
at East Bernard.
Although the-pre-season polls and
pigskin predictors have forecast the
Sharks to finish at the bottom of the
District 26-AAA ladder, Golan sees his
charges as having an opportunity to be
the league’s sleeper team and upset a
few football carts.
"I really think that before the year is
over, we are the sleeper and we are
going to surprise everybody,” Golan
commented, noting that the polls have
picked Palacios to finish sixth in a
six-team race. He added, however, that
in order to achieve the "surprises” the
Sharks must put it all together and play
extremely good ball.
"We are going to-be young and we
are in a super tough district with teams
like Sweeny and Hitchcock,” the third
year head coach said. "I’m not going to
jump out there and say we are going to
win district, but 1 think we can compete.
It’s going to be a real dogfight. ’’
The Sharks began preparing for the
dogfight last week with the first session
of pre-season practice devoted mostly
to conditioning and getting back into
shape after the summer vacation. The
team was issued pads Friday- and
started this week on actual contact
workouts. The Sharks work out once a
day for three hours in the afternoon.
Thus far 54 athletes have turned“out
for practice, but Golan hopes that figure
will climb to around 60 with the addition
of late arrivals before school starts. The
only returnees have been quarterback
Greg Seaman, running back Freddie
Jackson and guards Ronnie Snyder and
Gus Flores. The remainder of the team
consists primarily of juniors with about
four sophomores, many of whom were
on last year’s junior varsity squad.
Despite having to contend with the
hot August weather, Golan said his
players have looked good in practice
and appear eager for the season to
start.
Assisting Golan with the coaching
chores are Bob White, line coach; Jerry
Greer, receiving coach; Brent Cox,
freshmen coach; Bill Fort, eighth grade
coach; and Michael Detehanty, seventh
grade coach.
"The players are real young and 1
think the young kids are eager to play
because they know they are going to
have a chance to play,” Golan said. He
added that there were a couple of other
players he expects to show up for the
team within a short while.
"Once we get them all here,
everything is going to be all right, but
people are going to have to be patient
with us at first,” Golan said, referring
to the fact that the lack of varsity
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CHECKS TOTALING $2,000 were presented to
representatives of three Palacios organizations last
week by Jolla Baggett of the Matagonda County
Economic Action Committee. The $2,000 tAC fond
was earmarked for community projects In Palacios.
In the picture above, Mrs. Baggett presents a $400
check to Margaret McElrath representing th
Friends of Elder Citizens. The money will be n
to purchase a color TV setfor that organization.
%dAa£
PALACIOS Mayor Leonard Lamar accepts a SI ,200
check from Mrs. Baggett on behalf of the city’s
PALACIOS librarian Lori Trant was presented with
a $400 check by Mrs. Baggett which will be used to
purchase various equipment for the library. |Photos
by Colleen Clay bourn] —
experience will take a while to
overcome.
The most pressing problem facing
the Sharks as a result of the inexper-
ience, is building up a solid offense
line. It has been that area on which the
Sharks have been working during most
of the practice sessions. It is also the
area which Golan and—his assistant
coaches will be looking at during this
week's scrimmage.
"We are going to see how our
blocking is. We are not sure how our
young kids are blocking,” Golan
remarked, adding that having only one
scrimmage before the season opens
puts them at a disadvantage. He said
that he had checked all over for a
second scrimmage opponent to replace
the cancelled date with Kennedy but
has been unsuccessful.
"That’s the main thing we are going
to be looking ft, to see if they can
bloclj.” He pointed out that for a young
player, learning how to block correctly
and efficiently is about the hardest
thing to do.
Depth is another weakness the
Sharks have to contend with this
season. Golan pointed out that "num-
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AREA HAPPENINGS
Bayfest meeting Thursday
There will be a meeting of the Palacios Bayfest
Committee Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Palacios
Library. All members and interested persons are
urged to attend.
Palacios KC make awards
Past GK Pat Richter presented program director
Bill Turek with a plaque for being named as
"Outstanding Knight of the Year" tor the Palacios
Knights of Columbus Council 6889.
Adam Price was also hqnored for rendering
distinguished service as financial secretary to the
local council.
Italian Night at church
The public is invited to enjoy an "Italian Night”
Tuesday, Aug. 25 at the First Presbyterian Church.
The meal starts at 6:30 p.m. and will include
spaghetti and salad and is being sponsored by the
youth from both the First and Second Presbyterian
Churches.
The price for adults will be $3 and $1.50 for
children.
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