The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1984 Page: 4 of 24
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Wanderer
By Jack Maguire
By Hal Cunningham
WITNESS OUI
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Almost nobody came.
The Llano Independent School District's
expenditure budget hearing and the Llano
County budget hearing were both held last
Friday.
Only two Interested patrons of the school
district, along with news reporters, showed
up to study and discuss with the school
board their $3.2 million plus budget for the
1984-85 school year.
By
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CUNNINGHAM
Published every Thursday at 813 Berry Street, Llano, Texas 78643.
Entered in the Llano Post Office as second class mail under the Act of
Congress of 1878. USPS 316-799.
WALTER L. BUCKNER. Editor and Publisher
T.H. CUNNINGHAM. Publisher Emeritus
Serving Llano, Llano County and the
Highland Lakes area since 1889
Linda J. Clark
Llano
The county budget of $1.2 million fared
little better when only three citizens of
Llano County had enough Interest to attend
the hearing and see how our county
commissioners will be spending our tax
money this next year.
Either we have almost complete trust In
our elected officials or we are too lazy to
care how our hard-earned taxes are spent.
I hope It isn't the latter.
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llano County,
COLUMNIST: Hal Cunningham. Dodie Vierus. Marilyn Hale and John
Kuykendall.
The employees will receive $85 a week
from the union strike fund rather than a
maximum $182 they could have received
each week in unemployment benefits.
Most earned $10 to $13 an hour before
walking off their jobs and subsequently
being locked out by Bell.
Officials with the United Auto Workers
said the decision would be appealed,
according to the Associated Press.
It appesrs that the Texas Employment
Commission, In this Instance, Is serving
the people of Texas In a most appropriate
manner.
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with Korea. If they don't, well, we
got along very' well without Russia
and her satellites this time, and we
can do it again in 1988. In fact, it
was one of the most peaceful
Olympiads in years without a bunch
of communist radicals 'blustering
about everything that went on.
The Wanderer still feels that one
of the most heart-warming phases of
the Olympics was to see the
competitors from different nations
and different cultures shaking
hands, clapping each other on the
back, and congratulating the winners
after an event. That is true
sportsmanship, which is what the
game is all about.
The Texas Employment Commission's
historic decision denying unemployment officials say.
compensation to 3’200 union members
suspended by Bell Helicopter Textron
deserves our commendation.
Bell said in Fort Worth that they had
received word by the commission that the
workers were disqualified from receiving
unemployment compensation because they
had "walked off their jobs without good
■ • cause connected with their work.”
In other words the commission Is saying
that union strikers who walk off the job are
not entitled to unemployment pay from
Texas.
At least 2,000 of the suspended workers
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Law Library
State Trust
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A gift
Dear C.W.,
1 was moved to read your letter to
the Llano News canceling your
subscription. 1 may be one of a few
who have a sense of what you were
really saying and how painful it must
be to see those old hills and the
people changed by modern times.
I wish those new readers in Llano
could enjoy as 1 did your many
Stories about the wild hogs and only
slightly less wild folks who inhabited
that region not ail that long ago.
After all the hours I spent at the
Citizen deciphering the delightful
talcs that emerged from your ragged
scrawl, 1 have always associated you
with Llano County and the Kigged,
hard-scrabble people who have been
a source of awe to us Yankee
transplants (who are just ruining this
state).
You have a gift of instilling an
appreciation of such times and
pioneer stock in those such as I who
come from a different immigrant
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No one attended
NO G.l. JANES—During the Civil
War, a group of Texas men dodged
army service by swapping their
britches for bustles.
They settled in the Arkansas
Canyon of the Blanco River and
posed as farmers. When working in
the Helds, they wore dresses and
sunbonnets so any passing scouts
would take them for women
Their ruse succeeded and they sat
out the war in their Mother
Hubbards.
Well, there's the Republican
Convention coming up in Dallas, and
that ought to be good for a little
excitement, although it probably
won't equal the hoopla of the
Democratic fracas. The Republicans
know whom they arc going to
nominate, and all they have to do is
nominate Reagan and Bush, make a
few speeches about what polecats
the Democrats arc, and go home.
And after that. Reagan and Bush
and Mondalc and Ferraro can slug it /
out between themselves until the
November election
And then there'll be ennui on the
idiot box again
Regional planning sounds great;
share the cost with others sounds
even better when there is something
expensive to buy, but to the person
who is paying the least at the present
time, it will be very hard to convince
him or her to pay several times more
for something they already have.
The item under consideration is
water, which, at the present time is
very cheap in Llano as compared to
other communities in the area.
When the Lower Colorado River
Authority representatives came to
Buchanan Dam to talk over the
problems of water and wastewater
they readily admitted they were
about 10 years behind in planning
and preparing for the problem of
providing enough water for all of the
people in the area in which they are
responsible.
The LCRA for many years has
been placing more emphasis on
energy problems and for good
reason. The days of cheap electricity
are king past and the question of
which energy source to use has been
of prime concern to the directors. It
wasn’t until the cry for more water
became much louder that the LCRA
started taking another look at the
situation. Lo and behold, here it was
in their charter that they also had a
responsibility over the water situa-
gers. The topic was expected to
come up in the Monday. August 20,
council meeting. As for the
“potential for cruelty and abuse" no
facts or figures arc available at this
time. It is known that not all bullet
wounds heal. -FT.
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"Now you did It... all my tools are gon
git rusty!”
But back to the original question:
What's to do now that the Olympics
are over? Thre's very little joy in the
regular television programming.
Most of the regular programs are
just something to separate the
commercials, and the commercials
.are often better than the programs.
According to the Neilson ratings,
which arc the gospel in the TV
business, the other two networks
hardly rated a mention during the
Olympics.
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Ruth Deal. Eoline Kowierschke, Harold
Johanson. Annie Lottie Wyckoff. Mrs. Ben Polk. Cookie Walker and
Linnettc Osbourn.
Subscription Rates: Llano County 510,00 per yeat. Elsewhere in Texas
$12.50. Out-of-state $14.00. All payable in advance.
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information call The Llano News at 915-247-4433.
It seemed to The Wanderer that
the American Broadcasting Com-
pany did a superb job of covering the
Olympics. There have b4en some
complaints that they concentrated
too much on the competition that the
American athletes were supposed to
win, but, after all, they were
broadcasting to American audiences
who were most interested in the
American competition. There also
has been some muttering that they
only covered the gold medal compe
tition and neglected the preliminar-
ies.
The Parent-Teach<
will kick-off a memb
September which w
participation of stuck
the membership drh
sed during a meeting
August 16, at the Bai
membership drive
contest for prizes tc
It was certainly a pleasure to
receive the old picture of the
Babyhead School Class of 1922-23
provided by Alline Elliott of Llano.
Hopefully this will be the first of
many old-time pictures that will be
made available to share with others
who like to reminisce on events past.
Those of us from more modern times
who would like to know a little more
of what it was like back in those
days.
If you have pictures, particularly
group pictures such as would appeal
to a larger group of people, the Llano
News would be happy to print them.
Ever)' effort would be made to take
giMxl care of the originals and see
that they are returned as soon as
possible.
Sometimes not all of the names are
remembered by the donor so if you
see one you know a short note or
letter would also be appreciated.
Thanks for your consideration
Well, for Pete's sake, you couldn't
expect them to broadcast all of the
preliminary competition and ignore
the finals. There was so much going
on at one time that there was no way
to broadcast all of it. Personally, The
Wanderer couldn’t find any fault
with the broadcasts, but there
always have got to be nitpickers.
The ABC network paid 125 million
dollars for the right to broadcast the
Olympics, and they had to sell a heck
of a lot of commercials to get that
money back, as well as the huge cost
of all of their equipment and
hundreds of people involved in the
venture.
There has been a lot of discussion
about whether Russia and the iron
curtain countries will participate in
the 1988 Olympics, which are
scheduled for Korea, since Russia
does not have diplomatic relations
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here. Each is accepted as the
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FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY—Ste-
phen F. Austin, the “father of
Texas," almost became its “Betsy
Ross" as well. He designed one of
the 11 flags considered for adoption
as the official standard of th Republic
of Texas.
On January 18, 1836, Austin wrote
from New Orleans to his friend, Gail
Borden. Jr., at San Felipe. He sent
along a suggested design for a flag
for the new nation which he was
confident would emerge from the
revolution against Mexico.
Austin's design placed a small
British flag in the upper left hand
corner of the standard, signifying
England as the origin for all of North
America. He proposed 16 stripes of
green alternating with blue. In the
center, he placed a lone star iqside a
larger star to show the evolvement of
Texas from Mexico.
Later his design was altered by a
special commission selected to
choose the official flag. Austin
served as a member. The commis-
sioners reduced the stripes to 13 blue
and 13 white, replaced the star with
the sun and put George Washing-
ton’s face in the center. The
background of the British flag
imposed in the upper left hand
corner was changed to yellow.
Apparently the Congress of the
Republic didn't like any of the
designs submitted. It produced its
own, combining standards made by
Mrs. Sarah Dodson and a young
Georgian named Joanna Troutman.
The result was the Lone Star flag of
Texas today.
For years, controversy raged as to
whether Mrs. Dodson or Miss
Troutman should be recognized as
the designer of the Texas flag. The
issue was decided in 1913 when the
Legislature gave the honor to Miss
Troutman.
public does not like the LCRA
recommendations? Will they be
flexible or even back off if asked by
the cities and counties they serve?
How close will the LCRA come to
“land use planning” which in the
past has been a dirty word—no. a
dirty phrase to some people and
organizations.
You should have seen the expres-
sion on some of the faces of the
people when utility manager George
Rogers told them l.lan<},'s water was
a mere 40 cents per thousand Are
you ready to pay $7 to $10 per 3.000
gallons? It will be even more
interesting down the way.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: In answer to
your question, the newspaper was
not advised of the purchase nor was
the city council for that matter
according to manager George Ro-
FRED TAYLOR............................News Editor
GENE BUCKNER ..............Advertising Director
SARAH BUCKNER.....................Life Style Editor
DODIE VIERUS..........Office Manager and Bookkeeper
A.C. KINCHELOE.............Printing Dept. Supervisor
DON SUMMERS................ Production and Printing
BARBARA BURFORD ... Production and Office Supplies
ANN MILLER ................Proofreader and Reception
LINDA WEEMS.....................Advertising Sales
So after the Olympics, what?
During the past two weeks we
have become so accustomed to
sitting in front of television and
watching Olympic competition that
we may be hard pressed for
something to look at, now that the
Olympiad is over.
strain and a different memory.
I hope you don’t give up on it.
Best wishes.
Melissa Millecam
San Marcos
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to
C.W.Wimberley for sharing this
letter with us and to Melissa, watch
for another edition of the “Horse and
Buggy Daze” by the one and only
C.W. Wimberley.-.FT.
CON ARTIST—Long before Judge
Roy Bean began dispensing justice
along with booze at his Jersey Lilly
saloon in Langtry, Vai Verde County,
he was profiting from a half a dozen
shady businesses in San Antonio.
In the 1870's, he contracted to
provide wood which an Alamo City
foundry needed for fuel. Bean
owned no trees of his own.
However, he knew that some unlet-
tered citizens south of town made a
living cutting live oaks. They didn’t
bother to make arrangements with
the landowner, but helped them-
selves to the timber.
Bean got his wood supply by
driving to the area each week,
introducing himself as the owner of
the trees and loading the cut timber
in his wagon. The woodcutters never
questioned his authority.
Another of his schemes was
selling milk to which he had added
water.
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Dear Editor:
A stun gun? TWO STUN GUNS IN
LLANO? Holy cows, who is looking
out for the public's good? Why
didn't the Llano News let us know
about this serious undertaking be-
fore the deed was done? Publication
of news, thundering news, of Llano
policemen's acquisition of stun guns
came without the newspaper noting
the potential for cruelty and abuse
with these instruments.
We know that Police Chief Crider
has some physical disability and he
may see stun guns as an equalizer,
but, if towns like Austin and San
Antonio, where unruly crowds pose
dangers, wrestled with the moral
problem of these guns, why couldn’t
Llano at least have had some
discussion beforehand? I fear that
the only candidates for receipt of
stuns are over-enthusiastic young
people and drunk's. Do we really
want to stun them?
Speak up. Llano.
tion. Now, what are they going to do
about it?
Maybe it was the efforts of the
Upper Colorado River Authority to
get Stacy Dam constructed that
triggered the new awareness. It was
said that more artention was directed
toward water problems about three
years ago. What made everyone
even more aware of the problem was
the extended dry spell—drought to
be more specific. When water
supplies in the lake kept going down
and wells started going dry you
really sit up and take notice that you
have a problem—a big problem.
Burnet residents passed a bond
issue to get a pipeline from Lake
Buchanan and a new water treat-
ment plant to help solve their water
problem and the price isn't going to
be cheap by any means.
It has been suggested that Llano
do the same and not too long ago
Burnet inquired if Llano would be
interested in going into a joint
venture to split the costs and insure
plenty of water for both communi
ties.
Now the LCRA has, in effect, the
mutual agreement from area repre-
sentatives to take the ball and run
with it for the benefit of all in the
area. The LCRA will be holding a
similar meeting downstream in the
near future wanting to get the green
light from those entities. It will be
interesting to see what sort of
recommendations will be coming up
in the future.
You can be sure it will not be
cheap. There are also a few
unanswered questions. What if the
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