Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1987 Page: 2 of 14
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Page 2-Palaclos Beacon, April 2,1987
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America or what vegetable is a
nutritional masterpiece, low in
fat and calories, high in fiber and
packed with vitamins and miner-
als and a good balance of protein.
Would the potatoes have flashed
into your mind? Probably not.
The potato is the most popular
and one of the most nutritious
vegetables. From 1956 to 1971
the amount of fresh potatoes that
Americans ate each year fell from
89 pounds to 59. During that time
period the consumption of pro-
cessed potatoes rose from 14 to
62 pounds. Almost everything is
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good about the potato-not many Americans eat about four pounds
more calories than an apple, of oranges every year and about
only .1 percent fat, plenty of
vitamin C, a generous sampling
of the B complex vitamins,
minerals and proteins. It is when
the potato is made into greasy
french fries, salty potato chips,
frozen potatoes, canned potatoes
is when the nutritional value is
destroyed.
Did you know that a baked
potato has about 1/2 of the
Vitamin C that an orange has? No
big deal unless you think that
120 pounds of potatoes.
Processed potatoes provide
much less vitamin C than home
cooked preparations. Raw pota-
toes lose over 50 percent of their
vitamin C when processed and
canned. Potato chips have lost
about 75 percent. Cooking always
destroys some vitamins but a
baked potato lost 22 percent of its
vitamin C where a potato boiled
in its skin lost only 19 percent.
What does this mean for your
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health? Colds, fatigue, problems
that could be caused by getting
too little vitamin C. Another
advantage to the potato is that it
is high in fiber. Fiber is rough-
aggUjw indigestible portion of a
food that passes down, unalter-
ed, into the lower bowel. Fiber
helps keep the bowel in fine fettle
and good working order.
Ounce for ounce, a baked
potato has three times more fiber
than canned potatoes and 50
percent more than frozen mashed
potatoes. You might say that is
really great, eating more whole,
natural high fiber potatoes might
keep me healthy, but isn’t
obesity a cause of serious health
problems and wouldn’t you put
on a lot of weight if you ate a lot
of potatoes?
it is not really the potato that is
fattening but what we put on
it-baked potato-butter, cheese,
sour cream. Only 14 percent of
the calories in a baked potato are
fat. Forty-three percent of the
calories in a fast food’s restau-
rant’s french fries are fat. The
cooking methods destroy the
minerals, vitamins and protein
and replace them with fat, greasy
fat. Junk food may be cheap but
you pay a high price in your
health.
It’s your privilege.
It’s your duty.
Citv Council-PISD Elections
SATURDAY. APML 4th
HOMESTEAD
EXEMPTIONS
THE PROPERTY TAXES
thonyourhome
A homestead
exemption lowers the
property taxes on your home by
lowering its taxable value. For
example, if your home is valued
at $50,000 and you receive a
$5,000 homestead exemption,
your home will be taxed as if it
were worth only $45,000.
You qualify for a homestead
exemption if you owned your
home on January 1 and used it as
your primary residence on
January 1. It doesn’t matter
whether your home is a house, a
condominium or a mobile home.
Exemptions are
available to all homeowners to
lower their school taxes.
Additional exemptions are
available to homeowners who are
disabled or age 65 and over.
Other exemptions may be offered
to homeowners by school
districts, counties, cities, and
special districts. All taxing units
offer exemptions to disabled
Apply to your local appraisal
district office at the address
shown below for all exemptions
you may qualify for. Application
forms are available there.
If you received a homestead
exemption on your present home
in 1986, you won't need to apply
again for 1987 unless your chief
appraiser requires you to reapply.
However, if you passed your
65th birthday or became disabled
before January 1, file a new
application to receive the
additional exemptions.
If you haven’t received an
exemption on your present
home, or if you’ve moved to a
new home, make a new
application for 1987.
The deadline for applications
is April 30,1987. Contact your
appraisal district before then if
you need more time.
veterans.
MATAGORDA COUNTY APPRAISAL
DISTRICT
1717 8TH STREET
bay city, tfyas 77/na
(409) 244-2031
For more information, gel a
free copy of the pamphlet,
Ttxptyers’ Rights, Remedies,
Responsibilities, at your appraisal
district office or from the State
Property Tax Board in Austin.
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(Slate Property Tax BoardJ
Box IS900 Austin, TX 717*1-5900
DISASTER
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this time on the basis of fresh-
water flooding of San Antonio
Bay, not red tide.
While the legislation has resul-
ted in the SBA agreeing to grant
disaster loans to small business-
es in Calhoun, Jackson and
Matagorda Counties, Sweeney
pledged to work with Brooks to
push the amendment through the
House so that ultimately any
Business along the Texas Gulf
Coast that suffered economic
injury due to red tide infestat-
ion. flooding, bay closure) or
overharvesting of oyster beds
may qualify for the low-interest
loans.
“Just because red tide doesn’t
fit the SBA’s definition of a
‘Disaster’ does not lessen the
magnitude of the very real
disaster facing thousands in the
Texas fishing and tourist indus-
tries,” Sweeney said.
Sweeney expressed his thanks
to all those who assisted his
office in preparing the second
application: John Specht of the
Guadalupe-Bianco River Author- .
ity, the National Weather §er- |
vice, the Texas Department of
Parks & Wildlife and local
officials State Rep. Steve Holz-
heauser and Calhoun County
Judge Alex Hernandez.
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Candidate Announcements
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Jimmy Clayboum has author-
ized the Beacon to run the
following announcement re-
garding his candidacy for City
Council:
"1 wish to announce my
candidacy for re-election to the
Palacios City Council Place 4
April 4.
"1 have been a resident of
Palacios since 1931. I am a
graduate of Palacios High Sch-
ool and San Jacinto College. 1
am a veteran, having served in
the U.S. Army Reserve and the
United States Air Force. I have
been employed at the South
Texas Project since June 1977.1
am married and live at 104
Welch Avenue.
“My first term has been a
mixture of learning and hope-
fully some positive contribu-
tions. Among these contribu-
tions are: one, preventing a
possible overload of our waste-
water plant by effluent not from
Palacios. Two, helping to arr-
ange a loan to the city for a lift
station, allowing Bama Shrimp
Company to create more jobs in
Palacios. Three, voted to spend
$7000 of your money to accom-
modate the location of a Wynn's
Store in Palacios. Four, voted to
lease the fixed base operations
at the airport to Mr. Tom
McCarley. Five, voted to lease
the remainder of the airport to
Mr. Harold Hunt for agricul-
tural uses. Six, insisted, with
some success, to have those
ordinances relating to junked &
abandoned vehicles enforced;
plus those relating to demoli-
tion or rehabilation of condem-
ned buildings and the keeping
of vacant property free of brush
and weeds. Seven, repeatedly
insisted that the city get into
and stay in compliance with the
law regarding wastewater, that
is, keeping raw sewage out of
our street during periods of
heavy rain. Eight, opposed an
attempt to raise ad valorem
taxes without voter approval.
“I have tried to bring those
citizens complaints brought to
me to the attention of City Hall
for a speedy resolution, not
always with success I might
add.
“I have heard nothing bui
good about my opponent, from
people whose judgment ' I do
not question.
“However I cannot agree
with his quote in the Beacon
that ‘the city government is in
desperate need of support not
only the mayor but to other city
officials and employees as well.’
What kind of support? The
mayor, etc. have direct and
indirect support from numerous
sources. Some of these are:
“1. The federal, state and
county governments.
“2. Five city councilmemb-
ers.
“3. A city staff, including,
secretary, treasurer, tax assess-
or-collector, attorney, municipal
judge, volunteer fire depart-
ment, public works department,
police department, parks com-
mittee, airport committee, str-
eet and bridge committee,
consulting engineer, a financial
adviser, and the Texas Muni-
cipal League.
“This list is not complete but,
again. what kind of support?
“My promise, if reelected, is
to give my support to the
citizens and the city which are
one & the same.
“One of the candidates has
referred the present council as a
‘circus’ causing amusement in
neighboring towns. I am proud
to be a part of that ‘circus'.
There are in these times a
‘desparate need' for laughter
and it brings me joy to furnish
some comic relief.
“I thank all of you for your
support & votes in the past and,
if you feel I have served you
well, please vote again for
James K. Clayboum”
(Pol. Adv. Pd. for by Dorothy
Clayboum, Campaign treasur-
er)
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