The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 70, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 31, 1998 Page: 7 of 22
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Saturday, October 31,1998
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
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Business
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• Keeping an eye on Texas
Disaster Unemployment Assistance available
1998 STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY
PLATFORM
PREAMBLE
We believe in you)
We believe you are a sacred being created in the image of God. The Republican Party of Texas
believes that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights
including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Protecting these inalienable rights for 19,000,000
fexans and our posterity is our mission.
Because we believe in you, we trust you to handle the responsibilities of freedom. We believe you and
nost people are good and will do the right thing without being excessively watched and regulated by
government. We believe you and most people possess God-given innate abilities which, when
iiiinentl v aoolied. guaranty > mccessfiil future for vour goals on vour terms,
Bur deep commitment to these beliefs is reflected in the fact that the Republican Party has done mote
o advance civil rights than any other civil institution in history. Reel civil rights are always
iccomplished by a limitation in the power of government. Slavery, segregation and genocide are made
lossible only by the expanding power of government. We welcome all Americans into our ranks to
vork for those values we aU hold dear-God, family and countryl
Ve believe that the least government is the best government. We believe that a local personal
government can respond to your needs better than a distant impersonal government
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Ve believe that Trivic rights are maintained only by individual responsibility. We believe that we must
rst learn to govern ourselves. Morals and good behavior are essential to self-government. No
ovemment on earth can replace the nurturing love found in families, churches and communities. The
lore that paid government intervenes in personal relationships, the more those relationships will be
iminished, not strengthened. This is why the more government spends "trying to solve" poverty,
location and the decline of the family the more the oroblems mow
We understand that rapidly changing technology has caused many to seek security in strong
government and that some, freedom has become a burden. They will sell their future on the altar of
the government's false promises-guannteed education, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed security. No
government in history has kept these guarantees. Where has communism or socialism worked? Not in
ourselves, but in our God, is the source ofall that is great and good.
It has been said that the nobhofandera Rome came to love their property more than their freedom.
In the end they hid neither.
We will not seU the birthright ofall Texans to liberty and freedom on the altar of economic slavery
We believe u Texans hive always believed. We believe in excellence and prefer the opportunity of
high achievement to the guarantee of a meaningless mediocrity.
PaM for by Robert (Bob) K. Long, Sr.
For Judge,
Bastrop County
Court-at-Law
Recently, my opponent publicly stated that
he is available to Bastrop County citizens by
pager, and that he believes in educating
offenders. |
»
A pager is a poor substitute for an open
courtroom, and education without
enforcement is a lesson to offenders that
Bastrop County cannot afford.
A vote for HINDS gives you an available
court, enforcement of our laws, and
protection of our families.
Pd. Pol Ad. Mary Jourdan, Treasurer, Rt. 2 Box I45Y, Bastrop, Texas 78602
The Texas Workforce Com-
mission has announced that
Disaster Unemployment Assis-
tance (DUA) is available to un-
employed workers in 25 Texas
counties, including Bastrop,
damaged by storms, flooding
and tornadoes.
Individuals affected by se-
vere storms, flooding and torna-
does occurring Oct 17 and con-
tinuing, have until Nov 30 to
apply for assistance.
To be eligible for DUA, indi-
viduals must have:
$800 million just waiting to be claimed
More than $800 miHon in forgotten property turned over to the state is
waiting to be claimed. Besides the categories listed below, unclaimed
property also includes the contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes as
well as stocks and bonds.
Categories (in millions):
Uncashed checks: $118.8
Bank accounts: 105.8
Insurance: 73.8
Utility refunds: 30.9
Royalties: 44.5
Wages: 107.5
Other: 34.6
To find out if some of this is yours:
Search our on-line database at http://www.wlndow.state.tx.ua
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
■ Worked or have been
scheduled to work in the disas-
E-Mall: unclairned.property@cpa.state.tx.us
Write. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Unclaimed Property Section
P.O. Box 12019
Austin, Texas 78711-2019
Ca//fotf-free. 1 800 654 3463
ter area, but because of the dis-
aster no longer have a job, a
Chamber hosts
luncheon
SOURCES: John Sharp, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
at Chabot’s
Disaster relief program set
In response to the recent
damage caused by severe
thunderstorms and flooding in
Bastrop County, the First
National Bank, in conjunction
with the Federal Home Loan
Bank of Dallas, has established
a special disaster loan program
to assist in the recovery efforts
of Bastrop County residents.
The purpose of the program
is to help aid families and indi-
viduals whose homes were
damaged or destroyed.
Under this program, the First
National Bank has committed to
tion and/or rehabilitation of sin-
gle family and multifamily
housing damaged or destroyed
by flooding which will be occu-
pied by families whose income
does not exceed 165 percent of
the median income of the area.
The median income for Bastrop
County is $50,800.
To qualify for this program,
your family income cannot ex-
ceed $83,850 and the loan is
The Bastrop Chamber of
Commerce will host its monthly
luncheon at 11:45 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Chabot’s
Italian Cafe.
Dr. John Walch, superinten-
dent of the Bastrop school dis-
trict, will be the guest speaker.
He will give an update of activ-
ities within the BISD.
Cost is $8 per person for
reservations made > by noon
Monday, Nov. 2. After that
time, the cost will be $9 per per-
son. .
The menu will include a
subject to credit approval. Ap-
plications for the program will pasta buffet, Ceaser Salad,
be accepted until Jan 15, 1999 bread and tea.
loan up to $1,000,000 at a fixed or until the $1,000,000 com- \
interest rate of 6.95 percent on mitment is exhausted. For more information or to
terms up to 15 wars. The spe- For information, contact the make a reservation, call the
dal loan funds ‘Ay be used to * First National Bank of Bastrop Bastrop Changer of Commerce
finance the purchase, construe- at 321-2561 or 303-1003 at 321-2419.
place to work in the area, or
could not get to their place of
work because of disaster dam-
age; or
■ Been prevented from
working by an injury or illness
as a direct result of the disaster;
or
■ Become the head of the
household and need employ-
ment because the head of. the
household died as a result of the
disaster.
This assistance is also appli-
cable to self-employed individ-
uals who have lost all or part of
their livelihood as a result of
this disaster. To receive DUA
benefits, self-employed individ-
uals must provide income tax
forms (Schedules SE and
Schedule C or Schedule F) or
other proof of their self-em-
ployment.
Each claim is considered in-
dividually, therefore disaster
victims who believe they may
be eligible for assistance should
visit a TWC representative prior
to the end of the filing period.
To receive verification of the
weeks the applicant was sched-
uled to work.
Individuals applying for as-
sistance should bring:
■ Their Social Security card.
■ The name and address of
their last employer or prospec-
tive employer.
TWC officials understand
that because of property losses,
some individuals may not have
necessary information readily
available.
Disaster victims can file
DUA claims at any local Work-
force Commission office Mon-
day-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.; the Bastrop office is lo-
cated at 10 Settlement Drive.
The phone number is 321-4453.
The first possible week of
compensation for DUA pur-
poses is the week ending Oct
24, and the last possible week of
compensation is the week end-
ing April 24, 1999.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 70, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 31, 1998, newspaper, October 31, 1998; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1178072/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.