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Thursday, Novambar 17,1988
Pag«2
Put the cigarettes
away, at least for
today's smokeout
By Dick Richards
Publisher
I don’t remember when or why I started It just seemed to be the in
thing Sometime during my college days in the late 50s I got hooked
on the nasty habit. This continued through my Navy days and it was
about 1964 that quit for the first time. (That I remember).
When Sally and I got married we were both ex-smokers. We wens
along for about five years and I sort of got hooked again after foolishly
playing around with cigarettes while on a trip. Being the only smoker
in the housing and having a daughter who was allergic to cigarette
smoke, it didn’t take long to find out where I stood. My entire family
was constantly nagging me to quit smoking. It just became easier to
quit than to fight and it is very hard to keep doing someting you know
is bad for you when you have a four and six year old daughter that
keeps telling you how black your lungs must be. So with their urging
(insisting) I quit again.
Now I am not sure how many times I quit before I really quit, but
now I am the worst thing you can be, a reformed smoker. There are
lot of these creatures in Aransas Pass and I think I know most of
them. In fact one of them still owes me #50 from a quit smoking bet.
On the other hand I still owe one of them a steak dinner that I ha-
ven’t paid yet. I guess when he gets onto his second four years I will
be forced to pay.
You know smoking has been proved to be bad for your health and
while I realise there are 60, 70, and 80 year olds who smoke and
seem to have little trouble, I wonder how much healthier they might
be if they didn’t smoke. Who knows?
If you are thinking about quitting, today is the Great American
Smokeout. You can join millions of Americans who will lay down
their smokes for a day. We know that most will not even make it
through the day and many more will puff away again on Friday. But
some may quit for good. To those we say congratulations. You will be
making life cleaner and healthier for yourself and for all those who
must live around you. To those who don’t make it, try again and you
don’t even have to wait til next year.
Try being an ex, but be the best ex you can be. Don’t be too critical
of those poor souls that didn’t have the desire or the fortitude to quit.
Maybe they’ll make it next year.
Good luck!
As I See It
fust Talk
Last weak we heard that now that the election is over we won't have to
hear any mote election staff until the next election. That isn’t true!
You and I know that this ahodon is going to be analyixed for the next
these years. We are going to hear more than we would ever want to know
about why Dukasis didn’t stand a chance and what he did wrong. We will
hear a thousand times, why Bash took the country.
fm sure there will be a couple of hooks, and heaven only knows how
amuy articles in the nows magazines, about this election and its “real
niffininfl"
And 1 thought it would be probably two yean before anyone spa
ouleting about who would ran next time. But good grief I heard the other
aHk that aoaaaona (don't remember who it was) will give it a try in 1992.
The way I hose It ffgprod, between now and 1992 wo I
of analysis, two yean of speculation, and two yean of <
thath seven yuan of poMdin we have to bun to ha the next I
That* too much for me
If the
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who wants to to
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Letters to the editor
Give him the key
Dear Editor:
The old Ingleside depot was re-
turned to Ingleside severs! years ago
from Corpus Christ! where it had long
stood under the harbor bridge.
Through the efforts of I.H. Perry,
longtime Ingleside chamber of Com-
merce member, the local chamber
was given the depot by the now de-
funct railroad museum in Corpus
Christi.
Through the efforts of Perry and his
construction company, of Dugat Con-
struction Company that moved it
across the bey free of charge, and
other helpers that Perry obtained, the
depot was moved back to Ingleside.
with the only major cost being that
paid to a moving company that moved
the building over the land.
It was placed by the railroad tracks .
in Ingleside where it stood for over a
year, unused because of its need for
repair.
Later Perry was instrumental in get-
ting thedepot moved to its present site
near the Ingleside City Hall He actual-
ly did much of the work himself and
supervised much of the remaining
work. He spread asphalt to pave the
street in front of the depot, spread
concrete on the newly constructed
sidewalk, and did many other tasks,
supervising various jobs that included
building the ramp and veranda along
the front of the building.
Now the building has been put "off
limits" to Mr. Perry The lock on the
door has been changed, and when he
asked for a key in order to go in to do
repair work, he was told he could have
no key
If this narrow-minded policy is that
of the entire local chamber, it needs to
be changed promptly.
Name Withheld By Request
THAT'S A NICE L.OAP
GOT THERE,
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I have lived in this area for the past 10 years. Wow, a whole decade
now, which is longer than I have ever lived anywhere in my whole life. I
have also lived in the same house for that same decade which is another
record in my life. Yes, my folks moved around a lot and when I was mar-
ried we were in the military service and then the United States Border
Patrol so I moved even more.
In all that moving, I have lived in a lot of different site towns, met just
about every type of personality I think God created and have acquired a
considerable understanding of what makes towns tick. I have found that
each town has its own personality just like individuals have and of course,
the town’s personality is a mirror of the people who live in it and make it
tick.
The following definition of a small town is one that was shown to me by
Kay Wolf at our local chamber of commerce who received it from the
Lemon Grove, California Chamber of Commerce. It was published in the
August, 1988 edition of The Pacesetter. I think it fits us pretty good. What
do you think?
A Little town it where you don’t have to guest who your enemies are.
Your friends will tell you. A little town is the only place on earth where
people past middle age are called by their first names when they saunter
down the street. A little town is where everybody knows everybody else’s
car by sight and also where and when It goes.
A little town is when you get the wrong number and can still talk for 15
minutes if you want to. A little town is where it is hard for anybody to
walk to work for exercise because it takes too long to stop and explain to
people in cars who stop, honk and offer a ride. A little town Is somewhat
like a big family, ornery distant cousins, renegades and all.
A little town is where city folks say there is nothing to do, but those
who live there don’t have enough nights in a week to make all the meet-
ings and social functions. A little town is where everyone becomes a
neighbor in time of need. A little town is where many teenagers say there
la nothing to do, and then are surprised to learn that their big city peers
are saying the same thing.
A little town, when all is said and done, is a nice place in which to live.
A little town knows all the news before it’s published. They just buy a
hometown paper to see if the editors get it right.
Of all the truth that is contained in this definition, I would probably
have to say that the last one is worth carving into stone.
■&!
Capital Highlights
Politics has moments of unity
By Lyndell Williams
Texas Press Assn.
AUSTIN — Good news not only
travels fast, it has an immediate heal-
ing effect.
Texans everywhere got a real
psychological boost when the Depart-
ment of Energy announced the lucra-
tive supercollider project would be
built near Waxahachie in Ellis
County.
The #4.4 billion physics lab, the
largest scientific project ever under-
taken, promises to bring thousands of
jobs and billions of dollars to the
Texas’ hard-pressed economy.
The announcement, which came
on the heels of a Texan’s election to
the White House, also served ass re-
minder that bipartisan political clout
is invaluable.
On Nov. 8, voters showed much
independence and divided the offices
among both parties. Texas Republi-
cans won the White House and a few
high court seats, but Democrats
gained in congressional and state-
house seats
Moments of Unity I
The Supercollider announcement
was balm to sore political wounds be-
cause Texas Republicans and Demo-
crats oould claim ashore of the credit
In this instanoe, both parties work-
ed for the good of all Texans, a shining
moment in t pouttoei if non outer*
wise noted lor harsh attacks, mud-
Hinging, cnarges ov voting mma ena
taoism.
it was a moment ot unity am ion
MWMt |f|ff 111 tl«A U
Taxes politics, but oan always return
by a heavy turnout for
say was a
to taodos by Saowtary of
should emulate many private em-
ployers and start drug testing new em-
ployees in state agencies.
“If you’re going to have testing in
the private sector, why shouldn’t you
have something like it in state govern-
ment, particularly for people in sensi-
tive jobs?”, he asked.
Clements is expected to submit
proposals for drug testing state em-
ployees to the new Legislature.
A spokesman for the Texas Public
Employees Association said the group
will fight any attempt to test new and
current state workers for drug or alco-
hol abuse.
The governor also ripped state
agencies for “turf fighting” which cre-
ates oostly duplication of services.
Battleship Texas
The Battleship Texas is scheduled
to “sail” next month from its San
Jacinto Battleground berth to a Gal-
veston drydock for repairs to keep her
afloat. '
The repairs will be largely funded by
private dollars raised in several gras-
sroots efforts.
Textbooks Approved
Following the state's approval of
textbooks last week, conservatives
criticized some of the selections as
“trash, filled with errors,” and “pro-
viding no hope.”
One critic submitted a 50-ft long
list of potential errors which the State
Board of Eduoation said It will
analyse.
The board ignored all requests to
delete classic literature from books.
“That’s a big victory,” said Mike
Hudson, Texas director of People for
the American Way, a national orga-
nization that urged the board to retain
the stories.
Early Retirement
Hundreds of Texas public em-
ployees will be able to retire early if the
Legislature adopts a plan proposed by
the State Board of Education.
The board recommended that law-
makers change the retirement eligi-
bility requirements of the 500,000
member Teacher Retirement System.
Presently, a school employee can
retire with foil benefits if his or her age
and years of service totals 95. The
board proposal would lower that total
to 85.
Other Highlights
A governor’s taskforce told Cle-
ments the law automatically suspend-
ing driver’s licenses for teens who
abuse drugs and alcohol is not being
enforced but could be an effective de-
terrent.
The panel also recommended that
medical schools be required to teach a
course on substance addiction.
•The closest statehouse race in-
volved 15-year Incumbent state Rep.
Ed Watson, D-Deer Park, who lost by
12 votes to Republican Mika Jackson.
A recount could change the results.
•The chairman of the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Commission said the
commission is willing to assume juris-
diction over the Alamo if the Legisla-
ture wants that, but IsnY pushing for
the authority.
m spleoias of Bonanza, or whatever they Mm.
Tbs only other solution | can figure out Is toI
mravos for at feast two year* and gbre us a rest
If Rains raws for governor In 1990,
Qov. Hli
THE INGLESIDE INDEX
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Shoot the B-B guns?
Dear Editor.
I am writing to you about kids not
being able to shoot B-B guns in open
fields in towns
I think we should be able to shoot
our pellet guns because it gives us
something to do Some kids' dads
won't take them hunting so they go
and shoot birds with their pellet guns
My reasons tor this are very clear
This is a sport m the Olympics so it
should not be a law in small towns like
Ingleside
Michael Rowland
Opening pass
could benefit
Coastal Bend
By Juliet K. Wenger
Coastal Bend Couneil
of (kiveminent
The Baffin Bay area has been a favo-
rite spot for fishermen from all parts of
the Coastal Bend for many years. Now
as salinity rises in Laguna Madre.
fishing gets less and less rewarding.
This affects quality of life and the in-
dustry of tourism in the Coastal Bend.
As efforts are made to sell the Coastal
Bend as a tourist package, attractions
in each location are important to the
whole.
Kleberg County Commissioner
Doyle Drever told the Council of Gov-
ernments’s Envioronmental Quality
Committee what he hopes to do about
it. He and other civic leaders in that
area have instituted an extensive
campaign to open up what he calls
Murdock Pass but which is generally
known as Yarborough Pass.
He said the pass has been opened
and closed a number of times by
Mother Nature and by man but has
silted up and been closed more than
open. In 1924, #8,000 was spent to
open the pass. It was dredged through
Padre Island and by the time dredging
was completed one direction, it was
already closed and had to be dredged
on the way back out. In 1952, it was
opened by the Parks and Wildlife De-
partment. Drever said it was not done
correctly either time and would stay
open only if it is bulkheaded with a
jetty like the entrance to Port Man-
r.'ield.
Today's cost he believes to be #12 to
#14 million dollars to open the pass
with the bulkhead and jetty, and he
believes the benefits would far out-
weigh the cost.
He believes the federal government
will help. Both Senator Lloyd Bentsen
and Senator Phil Gramm have written
letters and asked government agen-
cies to work with them on making the
necessary studies. Dreyer expects the
studies to require two years.
The most important purpose, he
says, is for a water exchange from the
Gulf into the highly saline bay system
which is important ecologically to Baf-
fin Bay. He describes it as land locked
between the land cut and J.F. Ken-
nedy Causeway. Two small creeks are
the only water supply and they are not
dependable. Fish can’t stay healthy
and survive in water of that quality.
The second purpose would be a fish
exchange pass. Fish could come in
from the Gulf, and when there is a
freeze or some danger in the bay sys-
tem, they could escape to the deeper
waters of the Gulf and survive. Dreyer
says the fish that are in the bay are
born there or come through Port Man-
sfield. He said studies have shown red-
fish spawn in the Gulf but need to go
into the bay systems for protection as
they grow.
The third purpose is as a boat pass
for pleasure boats, oommercial fisher-
men, and oil exploration.
Dreyer says the State Water De-
velopment Board is concerned about
the quality of the water in the bay
system and has built computer mod-
sis to show what is happening.
One critical decision which would
hove to be made if plans proceeded to
dredge the pass is whether the waters
of the pass would be bridged. A bridge
would he expensive. Without it people
oould only reach the Gulf beach south
of the pass by boat. Now it can be
reached by four-wheel drive vehicles.
Dreyer would like tosee that section of
the beach left in a natural state ns a
wilderness and wildlife area, lie sug-
gested a vehicle could he kept on the
south aide of the pass in a storage
building for holders of mineral rights
and others who hat e business there to
have access. As a side benefit, he says
this portion of the island would Iv cut
off os a route for dope traffickers
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