The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1998 Page: 4 of 12
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Texas’ Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Since March 1,1883
Semi* Weekly Smce Stan. 5,1977
Devoted to the welfare of the people of Bastrop
County. Published 104 times a year. Thursday and
paid at Bastrop, Texas 78602. POSTMASTER:
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Phone:
(512)321-2557
or (800) 303-2557
Fax:(512)321-1680
The Bastrop Advertiser, P.O. Box 459,
Bastrop, Texas 78602-0459
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The Bastrop Advertiser
908 Water St
P.O. Box 459
Bastrop, Texas 78602
e-mail: basadv@onr.com
Subscription rates: $36 per year or $20 per six
months delivered in county, $40 per year deliv-
ered out of county, $55 per year delivered out of
Issues Opinions
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will be missed
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Editor:
free time on, but 1 know he had a sweet and
According to your recent article, Cen-Tex
miss him!
Tourist writes to congratulate
Dear Editor:
Bastrop residents on hospitality
Colorado River. They were extremely helpful in
other locations where we could fish in the area
Dear Editor:
Spring
Endorsement given
trap’s infrastructure, without which all the facto-
selves the potential for their tax-deductible do-
Art Sullivan
Philip Dudoux
meat and personal growth.
Thanks to The Bastrop Advertiser for its in-
formative article about the Boys & Girls Club of
irove Subdivision. TAMCO has big piam for a
16 rental-unit trailer park. Aqua Water says an-
I urge Bastropians to make a brief visit to the
club some time and witness the good-natured,
enthusiastic and ultimately heart-warming atmo-
or “at-risk” kids, and club dues are kept to a
nominal amount to ensure access by any boy or
haps priceless and profound impact on the life of
a local child.
I would like to thank the city for slowing traf-
fic on Texas 71 thru Bastrop to 55 mph. I feel
the extra speed limit signs will make Bastrop a
safer more enjoyable place to live and drive.
I would like to urge anyone who has an extra
fan to contact me, but more importantly if you
need a fan call Christina Jefferson at 332-0125
or 321-7907 between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 pan.
Volunteers will gladly deliver firns in the
good and happy.
I <kaA know where he lived or what Us fe-
The Boys & Girls Club of Bastrop is cur-
rently operating its first summer program for
100 children at Bastrop Intermediate School
cafeteria and is nearly full. The club looks for-
ward to obtaining a facility to call its own in the
near future.
in treating visitors in such a wonderfid fashion.
It can make a big difference to those of us not
familiar with the area and to the overall enjoy-
ment of a vacation trip.
Thank you so much for everything!
This past Memorial Day weekend, I took my
two children to Bastrop State Park on a camping
trip. I am a single mother and this was the first
time we have had the opportunity to take a short
vacation together that 1 could afford.
My purpose for this letter is to let you know
how wonderfid the people and the businesses in
Bastrop were to us during our stay. I had an op-
portunity to visit the HEB store on Friday
evening and the checkout clerk was extremely
nice, letting me know when the store closed and
what other stores were open 24 hours.
When I returned Saturday morning, another >
checkout clerk was just as kind, even helping me
other customers in line. My trip to Wal-Mart
was just as pleasant with kind and helpfid em-
ployees. Everyone seemed to be in a good mood
and glad to have us visit their businesses and
Bastrop in general.
We rented canoes from George and Mary
Hohnberger at The River Shop to float down the
pie recognition for the wonderfid treatment we
received. I have visited other cities where
“outsiders” and “tourists” are treated as a nui-
sance and an imposition. This was certainly not
the case in Bastrop, Texas.
Please convey our gratitude to the businesses
-mentioned in fids letter and encourage all the
program.
Kids love the club because the activities are
elective, not required, although they are often
the same kinds of activities as at their schools.
Club staff coordinate with school officials to
ensure the club complements and supplements
school programs. Parents love the club because
it provides a wholesome hang-out with a variety
of supervised activities.
The club is frequented by children from all
In behalf of the Bastrop County Historical
Society, 1 send our sincere thanks to the students
and faculty of Gateway School and those donors
who participated in the Building Bridges Pro-
gram. The exhibits donated and on loan at the
museum bring new awareness to the African
American and Hispanic history of Bastrop
County.
Part of the project undertaken by the students
was obtaining oral and visual interviews with
several people well acquainted with much of the
unwritten history of the area that has been
handed down from generation to generation. We
should have these interviews available at the
museum in the near future.
Special mention to those from Gateway who
put in so much effort to make this program a re-
ality: Principal Jan Clay ; History Instructor Patty
Wedding; Art Instructor Sharon Whiton and stu-
dents Rey Borrego, Michael Chapman, Travis
Felts, Juan Jaimes, Letricia Jones, Sara Jordan,
David Martinez, Chris Kanada, Michael Mc-
Glasson, Vyron Moore, Cedrick Quinn, Ryan
Terranova and Martha Villasenor. Additional
thanks to Gwen Bradshaw who handled the
matting of pictures and documents.
Stop by the museum for an interesting view
of the new exhibits and other history about the
Bastrop area.
Slower highway mph
gets thumbs up
ays and Qirls club
The club provides an outlet which can have
Historical society
praises work of
students, faculty
Dear Editor:
icture before
raising growth
Source available
for those in need
of cooling fans
Lane. Another 243 housing units are mentioned
in the referenced article.
That's a total of at least 1,000 more homes.
That probably means at least 1,000 more school-
age kids.
“The quicker houses are on the ground, the
better off everyone will be,” said Holly.
Huh? How s that again? Did Randall Holly
really say 'everyone'?
Let’s see — 1,000 kids at 30 kids per class,
that’s about 34 new class rooms and 34 new
teachers that are going to be needed.
If he had said 'everyone’ except the Bastrop
ISD taxpayers', I might agree with him.
Could the Bastrop Advertiser ask Mr. Holly
where those 1,000 or so 'new kids on the block’
are going to attend school and who is going to
pay for the school rooms, school buses, school
teachers and other school-related items that
those extra 1,000 or so kids are going to need?
Will Mr. Holly collect the money from the
entrepreneurs to provide those new classrooms
and new teachers “before” they collect their
profits and head to the Caribbean on vacation?
»
Bennie W. Worsham
Local parent supports
Dear Editor:
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convenience store located at the entrance to
North Shore of Lake Bastrop also had attendants
that were very friendly.
The Bastrop Advertiser welcomes letters to
the editor.
Letters must be signed, and a daytime phone
number should be included.
The Advertiser may edit the letter for length
or clarity. No more than one letter per writer will
be printed per week.
Deadline for submitting letters to the editor is
3 p.m. Thursday for the Saturday paper. Letters
will be printed on a space-available basis.
Letters may be sent one of four ways:
■ In person — Our office is located at 908
Water St, next to the police station and just
south of Chestnut Street (Loop 150) in Bastrop.
Our hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
■ By mail — Letters can be mailed to:
To the editor
The Bastrop Advertiser
P.O. Box 459
Bastrop, Texas 78602-0459
H By fax — Letters may be sent by fax to
321-1680.
■ By e-mail — Our e-mail address is
basadv@onr.com
For more information, call the Bastrop Ad-
verdser at 321-2557 or (800) 303-2557.
YOUR OPINION MATTERS... WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR!
Deadline: 3 p.m. Thursday for the Saturday paper
Jtarftrop Sbtatrtitfer
908 Water St 321-2557 Frk:(512)321-16B»
Bastrop, Texas 78602 (800) 303-2557 E-mail: basadv@onr.com
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1998, newspaper, June 13, 1998; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1178006/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.