The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1998 Page: 3 of 75
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Thunday, Joly 30,1 WO
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Highland Lakes and lower Colorado gets high marks
Bpstrop Water Quality
July 1998
Poor Fair Good Excallant
Nutrient, salinity and fecal bacteria levels are within
ranges established for a "good** rating. Dissolved
i oxygen levels are slightly depressed as a result of
j warm summer temperatures. Warmer water is not
able to hold as much oxygen as cooler water and
therefore summer is historically a stressful time for
aquatic life, including fish.
Brought to you by the Lower Colorado River A uthority
Amid hot and dry weather
conditions, the Highland Lakes
and lower Colorado River con-
tinued a four-month trend of
good to excellent water quality
. in July.
The monthly water quality
index issued by the Lower Col-
orado River Authority of July
shows that bacteria levels are
low and overall water quality is
good to excellent at all 14 loca-
. dons tested along the Colorado
River, Highland Lakes and ma-
jor tributaries.
< July is the fourth month in a
t row that all 14 locations re-
ceived a good or excellent rat-
ing. The highest ratings oc-
> curred in May when 12 of the
r 14 sites received an excellent
! rating.
Since then, the ratings gener-
ally have dropped a notch to
“good” because the hot weather
the water. Cooler water can hold
more oxygen than warmer wa-
fer. Therefore, the summer, es-
pecially late summer, can be a
stressful time for aquatic life,
including fish. Oxygen levels
have remained high enough to
support a healthy fish popula-
tion to date, however.
Measurements for fecal col-
iform bacteria, an indicator of
pollution, were well within
normal levels at all locations
tested in July.
‘‘While recent news articles
have warned about the potential
increase of harmfill bacteria in
warm, stagnant waters, bacteria
testing of the Colorado River
and the Highland Lakes have
not identified any areas of con-
cern,” said LCRA environmen-
Colorado River below Austin.
Receiving a good rating were
Llano and Pedemales rivers and
the river at Bastrop, Smithville,
La Grange, Columbus, Wharton
and Bay City.
sued monthly by the LCRA to
characterize the general quality
of the river, tributaries and
Highland Lakes using ratings of
“excellent,” “good,” “fair” and
“poor.” The index is based on
six parameters, including dis-
solved oxygen, fecal coliform
bacteria, nitrogen, phosphorus,
temperature and total dissolved
solids.
For more information call
John Wedig, (800) 776-5272,
ext 3307.
has heated up the water, result-
< ing in lower oxygen levels in
lakes Buchanan, LBJ, Marble
Falls and Travis; the San Saba,
tai coordinator John Wedig.
Water quality received a rat-
ing of excellent in July on, the
The water quality index is is-
ri:\ hi: \ms
Helen Gale--------------
Helen Heine Shuffield Gale,
81, of Bastrop and a former
resident of Zapata died Monday
July 20,1998.
She was a member of the
Church of Christ and also a
member of the ladies' auxiliary
of tile VFW and was active in
the American Legion. Her hob-
bies included gardening and
other yard work, such as tree
pruning and flower planting.
Helen was preceded in death
by her father, Thomas Heine;
her mother, Area Ozena Wyatt;
her husband, James C. Gale Jr.;
daughter, Glendene Kesel; and
brothers, Ted Heine and Cecil
Hollingworth.
Survivors include her
daughter, Betty Kirby; grand-
children Deborah Powell, Rob-
bie ' Dahn, Sydney Highfill,
Bobby Kesel, Charles Kesel and
Gordon Powell; six great-grand-
children; step-mother, Blanche
Heine; older brother Roy L.
Heine Sr., other brothers, James
Heine and Dale Heine; sisters,
Minnie (Dutch) Turner; and
Virginia Teague; and other nu-
merous nieces and nephews.
Family received friends at the
funeral home on Saturday, July
25,1998 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Graveside services were held
at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 26,
1998 at the Smithwick Ceme-
tery near Marble Falls with
minister Milton L. Pogue offici-
ating.
Arrangements by Cook-
Walden Funeral Home, Austin.
Lyddie Small------------
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Shade trees are put in danger by drought, stress
Lyddie Small, 85, of Bastrop
died Monday, July 27, 1998.
She was bom February 17,1913
in Emmet, Arkansas to James
and Mary Bull. She retired from
a long career with Austin Inde-
pendent School District and was
a member of the Rosanky Bap-
tist Church.
She is preceded in death by
her first husband Ralph Need-
ham whom she was married to
from 1927 to 1949 and her sec-
ond husband, Joe Small,-whom
she was married to from 1958 to
1972 and her daughter Elizabeth
Wilkenson.
Survivors include her two
sons, Francis Needham of Bas-
trop, John Needham of Pitts-
burg, Pennsylvania; daughters,
Gladys M, Schubert of-
Rosanky, 15 grandchildren; and
numerous great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, July 29 at Marrs-
Jones-Newby chapel in Bastrop.
Burial followed in Rosanky
Cemetery..
Arrangements by Marrs-
Jones-Newby Funeral Home.
i Drought, or anything that
c stresses shade trees, can make
them susceptible to attacks by a
number of boring insects.
Commonly grouped under
r. the catch-all term of “shade tree
, borers,” these insects are known
by various names, such as
longhorned beetles, metallic
wood-borers, cottonwood bor-
j, ers, poplar borers, locust borers
. and red-headed ash borers. •
3 “Whatever you choose to call
s them, if you wait until the signs
of infestation are obvious, it’s
often too late to save the tree,”
said Dr. James Robinson, ento-
1 mologist with the Texas Agri-
cultural Extension Service.
The most common preven-
tion methods involve keeping
the tree healthy with water and
branches and protecting trunks
of young or newly transplanted
trees with nursery wrapping pa-
per.
Entomologists typically
group tiie shade tree borers as
either roundheaded beetles or
flatheaded beetles. As adults,
roundheaded borers are cylin-
drical, hard-shelled beetles,
sometimes with contrasting
bands, spots or stripes. Adults
can vary in size from a quarter
to more than three inches in
length. Their larvae are white to
yellowish and rough-bodied.
The bodies of flatheaded
borer adults are oval in shape,
beautifully colored with a
metallic sheen. They can be up
to an inch in length. The larvae
or grubs are a quarter to two
inches long and have a pro-
nounced bulging thorax behind
the head. This enlarged thorax
has homy plates on the top and
bottom.
' Adult roundheaded beetles
emerge from previously infested
trees in the late spring to early
fall. Females lay their eggs in
cracks in the bark, in crevices or
tree woods. After they hatch, the
larvae feed beneath the bark.
Some species bore into the
wood, others remain under the
bark.
Adult flatheaded borers
emerge in early spring and
summer and lay their eggs in
cracks and wounds in the baric.
The larvae first feed beneath the
bark then bore into the heart-
wood.
Because they're generally
more numerous, roundheaded
borers often do more damage
than their flatheaded cousins.
Borers make holes as large or
larger than a pencil. The bole is
usually packed with excelsior-
like material called frass. The
frass can sometimes be found
strewn around the trunk of the
tree. A discharge of sap from
the tunnel opening can be seen
as a discoloring of the sur-
rounding bark.
In comparison, flatheaded
borer damage usually consists
of shallow, long-winding oval
galleries beneath the bark, usu-
ally on the sqnny side of the
tree.
“Once borers have entered a
tree, control measures are diffi-
cult You'll get best results
through such things as watering
and preventive spraying,”
Robinson said. ,
Trunks and tree limbs up to
1/2-inch diameter may be
sprayed with a solution of lin-
dane or chlorpyrifos (Dursban
4E). Ideally, the first spray is
applied in April, when insects
first emerge, and followed up in
late May, mid-July and August
Robinson emphasized that users
follow label directions on these
chemicals to the letter.
The pesticide user is. always
responsible for any adverse ef-
fects of chemicals on his or her
own property or those of a
neighbor should spray drift,
Robinson noted.
Corriene Young
Corriene Z. Young, 87, of
Upton died Friday, July 24,
1998.
She was born September 22,
1910 in Wimberly to Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Zapalac.
Survivors include a son, John
Marvin Young, of Upton; two
daughters, JoAnn Regier or
Smithville and Betty Sue
Stockton of Upton and a brother
August Zapalac of San Antonio.
Graveside services were
Monday, July 27,1998 at Upton
Church of Christ Cemetery with
« Eric Gayleofficiating. ~
Arrangements by Marrs-
Jones Funeral Home,
Smithville.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1998, newspaper, July 30, 1998; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177485/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.