The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1998 Page: 1 of 42
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Divided council kills Market Days
an acceptable compromise to
GerwafSecOon November 3
See MCDONALD, Psge 2
used as a multi-use fine arts area.
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Smithville council hears master plan
band ball will be remodeled and
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solve the city’s
Now, city officials will meet to determine the
’Tlie council and Mr. Miller will study it and
options,” Richards said. “We really haven’t dis-
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County Judge bid
was presented to Mayor Vernon Richards. City
last year’s, called for closing the
900 block of Main Street to traf-
fic on the second Saturday so
that vendors could set up booths
Sharply differing views of
Bastrop’s downtown Market
Days apparently ended the
A group of local merchants
hoped to revive the attraction
Smithville officials were presented Monday
could potentially
to offer a variety of wares to
shoppers.
But closing the street, accord-
ing to other 900 block mer-
chants, hurt their trade signifi-
LCRA, engineers present
possible solution to city’s
current drainage problem
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SOUTHWEST MICROPL BL I SHI NG
2627 E YANDELL DR
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added at Hill Street and the cafe-
teria is being expanded at Mina.
Other projects, including the
construction of three new cam-
puses, are about to begin.
The first campus, a new mid-
dle school, will be built just west
of the existing Intermediate
School on Old Austin Highway.
Officials are awaiting comple-
tion on the groundwork for the
Riverside Grove Subdivision
that will lie adjacent to the
school property.
A target completion date for
the campus has been set for July
15,1999.
A land purchase is being
In an upset runoff victory
Tuesday, Ronnie McDonald nar-
rowly won the Democratic nom-
ination to face Republican Derek
Van Gilder this November in the
race for Bastrop County judge.
The final tally was 2186 for
McDonald, 2159 for Deborah
Cartwright who was the top vote
getter in a three-way race for the
Democratic nomination last
month.
The 27-vote margin of victory
for McDonald, a Cedar Creek
native, apparently came from
voting precinct 20, a largely poor
and Hispanic enclave in western
Bastrop County better known as
Stony Point.
Voters there favored
McDonald by an overwhelming
93 to six. In the March primary,
only 23 ballots were cast in the
precinct.
McDonald, who has worked
for the state comptroller’s office
since graduating from Texas
A&M University, attributed
Tuesday’s win to the help of an
array of friends and supporters.
Ronnie McDonald
One supporter, Gerald Francis
of Bastrop, said shoe leather—
walking the streets, knocking on
doors and greeting potential vot-
ers—was a key element in the
McDonald campaign.
McDonald said he looks for-
ward to facing Van Gilder in
November.
Cartwright, .an attorney who
currently is a special education
Workers are busy putting the
finishing touches on three of
Bastrop Independent School
District’s expansion projects and
three more are about to begin.
Projects are wrapping up at
Bastrop High School, Hill Street
Elementary and Mina
Elementary.
According to Mike Horton,
construction manager for BISD,
all three are ahead of schedule
and will probably be finished by
the end of June.
At the high school, eight
classrooms and a new band hall
McKeown
defeats
Seidel for
second term
In a race that wasn’t as tight
as many expected, incumbent
Charles McKeown defeated
Elaine Seidel for the Bastrop
Precinct 2 County
Commissioner post.
By the end of the night,
McKeown had opened up a 300-
vote gap, 1100-800.
The results were a stark con-
trast to the primaries, when
Seidel narrowly edged
McKeown 789-782.
This will be the second
straight term for McKeown, who
knocked Seidel from the seat in
1994.
He will now face Republican
Cyd Spear in the regular election
on November 3.
In another Democratic runoff.
Larry Dunne defeated Barbara
Bogart in the Precinct 4 Justice
of the Peace race.
Forum set
for city
candidates
City of Bastrop candidates for
mayor and city council will face
questions from the public next
week at a forum sponsored by
the Bastrop Advertiser.
The session will take place at
‘ 7 p.m. April 23 in the District
Courtroom on the second floor of
the Bastrop County Courthouse.
MayoraJ candidates Willie De
La Rosa and Tom Scott say they
will attend.
Unopposed incumbent coun-
cil candidates Jimmy Mathison
month.
The project is expected to cost over $1 million.
Half of the funding is being supplied by a Texas
Parks and Wildlife grant. Over $100,000 has been
Construction nearly
ready to begin for
three BISD campuses
McDonald wins tight
race for Democratic
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by sector.
“We have a bunch of different drainage areas in
town,” Richards said. “We would take the most
severe areas to start with. I imagine it would take a
couple of years to get it done.”
One area with the most pressing need is Fifth
and Short Streets.
Officials believe a second pipe draining into the
Colorado River may have to be added to aid the
area.
A group of engineers from Texas A&M
University has been studying the problem and has
recommended several plans, one of which suggests
cleaning ditches on the city’s outskirts and working
inward.
Although the central part of the city is a major
problem area, the issue is not confined to that area
Because of this, officials cannot simply clean
the ditches and fix the problem in the central part
of the city because other areas will see the runoff.
City officials also received an update on the
progress of the recreation center.
The foundation for the building has been laid
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County Judge
Ronnie McDonald...................
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Deborah Cartwrifprt................
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County Commissioner,
Precinct No. 2
Chartee McKeown..................
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Elaine SekM..........................
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Justice of the Peace,
Precinct Na 4
Larry Dunne...........................
...838
Barbara Bogart.........—........
....481
U.S. Representative, Diet 14
Tom need.............................
2203
Loy Sneary.............................
..1711
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1998, newspaper, April 16, 1998; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177891/m1/1/?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.