The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1988 Page: 11 of 18
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Ask City Hall
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You have a choice to make
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STEAM CLEAN ENGINES
MINOR BODYWORK
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REPAIRS ON ALL
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ALSTATE-ERS
LUBE BOH. CHANGE
STATE INSPECTIONS
NEW AND USED TIRES
A/C REPAIRED B RECHARGED
RVPARTED ACCESSORIES
PLBIA directors
to meet May 25
The Protect Lakes Buchanan and
Inks Association’s (PLBIA) board
of directors will meet at 9:30
a.m., Wednesday, May 25.
The subject to be addressed will
be water quality management.
On Sunday, June 5, PLBIA
members will meet to elect two
new directors at 2 p.m. in the Red
Barn Community Center at Buch-
anan Dam. All members and
interested persons are invited to
attend.
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ing Assets for An Annual Income.”
Paul J. Youngdale, Jr., Director of
Development of The University of
Texas System, will be presenting the
seminar. He has been with the
university for over 10 years, and in
his current position for the last six
years.
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match the other buildings and had
the full approval of golf club officials.
Annexation of the Jackson property
was near completion.
Police Chief Richard Moree repor-
ted that the neighborhood watch
program was working well and was
being expanded to other areas in
Horseshoe Bay. Recent burglaries
that were cleared up in Marble Falls
had been a big help and that area law
enforcement agencies in Llano and
Burnet counties were working toge-
ther quite well.
New board member James Huie
was assigned to construction and
operations. Each member of the
board has specific assignments to
oversee different operations of the
district and make reports at each
meeting.
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Thuraday, May 19, 1988
MARBLE FALLS — The Univer-
sity of Texas System Development
Office will be holding a free property
seminar at the Marble Falls Library
at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24.
The subject of this seminar will be
"Exchange of Non-Income Produc-
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By Hazel Long
Friends of the Library in Kings-
land were treated to a fascinating
talk on the subject of Texas snakes at
their regular meeting May 13.
The speaker, who announced he
was no authority on the subject, but
just enjoyed hunting rattlesnakes,
was Frank Aaron, a native of Texas
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Aaron was presenting a program on snakes to the
Friends of the Library at the Kingsland Branch library
recently.
and their attorney, or 2) the
defendants and their attorneys, or 3)
a wish to be represented by
independent council of their choice,
A response within 30 days will be
requested, plans include an ad-
dressed stamped card for reply. It is
expected that this litigation will
impact, and be binding, upon all
property owners.
Demands of the plaintiffs include:
1) rendering deed restrictions or
annual assessment ($20) for property
maintenance invalid, unenforceable,
waived and ineffective, 2) rendering
the 1986 election of the Benefit
Association Board invalid, 3) ren-
dering the purchase of the civic
center invalid, 4) certifying them as
the class to represent all property
owners, 5) appointment of receiver-
ship with instructions to liquidate the
Association, 6) declaratory judge-
ment stating that the Association has
no authority to expend funds for
maintenance on roads or anything
other than private parks, 7) declara-
tory judgement stating that the
Association has no authority to
forward funds to the City, and with
regard to the city, 8) a judgement
that the City shall not require as a
prerequisite to any right, privilege or
immunity to any citizen, the payment
of parkland or beach maintenance
assessments, (writers note: The City
denies it has done so.), 9) costs of
suit, 10) attorneys’ fees and any such
other and further relief to which said
plaintiffs may show themselves to be
justly entitled.
ICE COLD - Many people feel that the only good
snake in a dead snake. Frank Aaron finds that a frozen
rattlesnake b also a good wayJo handle one safely.
Friends of the library
SUNRISE BEACH — Cause # 6911
filed in the 33rd District Court of
Llano County, Texas, identifies a
group calling themselves "Sunrise
Beach Home Owners" as plaintiffs.
Because of complaints against the
Sunrise Beach Benefit Association
and the City of Sunrise Beach
Village, those organizations are
placed in the position of defendants.
Both sides met in court on May 9,
1988 for a preliminary hearing to
determine which side will fairly and
adequately protect all persons own-
ing property in Sunrise Beach. Both
sides claim this distinction, and it is
generally agreed that the judge
needs to render a decision on the
matter before trial.
Because the case will have an
impact on all property owners, and in
order to provide the District Judge
with more information — agreement
was reached to send a mailout to all
property owners. The mailout will
describe the positions of both sides
and offer one of three options to each
property owner. Indicate a desire to
be represented by 1) the plaintiffs
The position of the defendants is
that all charges and allegations lack
merit. The Association has acted in
the best interest of the community
for 14 years, and with regard to
assessment funds (except for expen-
ditures in defense of this lawsuit),
the citizens have benefited from the
management of funds and expendi-
tures made on behalf of the property
owners. Of most concern is that the
majority of the owners would have no
say in city maintenance if not for the
Association — only a third of the
owners are registered to vote in city
elections. The goal to destroy the
association is not in the best interest
of owners.
Each property owner will be asked
to state a position. Currently, every
owner contributes at least $20 a year
to maintenance and improvements.
The city, if denied the annual
donation for designated projects,
would have to raise the ad valorem
tax rate from between three cents (23
percent increase) and four cents (30
percent) to hold the same mainten-
ance standards. It is impossible to
say if the city will raise taxes to
replace unsafe piers. The decision
could be made to simply remove
them. Will the park improvement
program continue? These and other
questions have been raised in the
past — as it stands now, eight people
(the city commissioners and the as-
sociation board, representing all
owners and residents) are involved
in the decisions. Make your choice
carefully when it is time to decide —
and discuss the options with a
plaintiff and a defendant if you don’t
have enough information.
and resident of Kingsland. To begin
the talk, Aaron explained that he
hunted the snakes to use for making
objects from the skins. His method is
to gas them from the dens, snare
them with a snake loop, place them
coiled into buckets and then freeze
them. This is normally done during
the winter when the snakes are in a
state of hibernation.
After remaining frozen for at least
three days, the snakes are dead.
Because of the method used, the
skins are as unblemished as they
have been in their natural habitat
unless some accident has occurred.
Aaron tans the skins carefully and
makes objects like belts, hatbands,
hunting knife scabbards, wall hang-
ings, etc. The skins of the western
diamondback rattler with the beauti-
ful pattern of color make outstanding
articles that become conversation
pieces almost at once.
Aaron stressed there are three
poisonous snakes native to Texas
that are pit vipers. They are the
diamondback rattlesnake, the cop-
perhead and the cottonmouth water
moccasin. These snakes inject their
poison through fangs when they
strike. Two small pits below and
behind the nostrils sense body heat
and size of the prey. Venom from the
pit viper acts on the blood and flesh
of the victim as a dissolving agent.
The other poisonous variety is the
coral snake, which is not a pit viper.
Instead of fangs, the coral snake has
teeth and must be able to bite to
inject the venom that acts to attack
the nervous system of the victim. A
well-known method of determining
whether the colorful ringed snake
you see is the poisonous coral snake
or the non-poisonous king snake
goes, “red on yellow, kill a fellow”
and “red on black, venom lack.” A
phrase that is good to remember.
Rattlesnakes mate at the end of the
hibernating season. The babies are
carried until late August when the
mother bears from six to 36 live
babies at one time. The mother
snake does not care for her young,
but keeps moving and distributes
them along the path she travels. The
babies crawl into holes, rocky areas
or crevices until they return to the
mother den. Aaron estimates they do
this at about three years, as he has
never found a snake in a den less
than 30 inches long.
Rattlesnakes hibernate in large
groups in what is called a mother den
Control of blood glucose levels
is absolutely essential in the per-
son with diabetes. If levels get too
high, for any reason, the body
may start to break down fat. The
ketones that are produced, when
fat is broken down over a period
of time, are toxic to the body.
High ketone levels can cause up-
set stomach cramps. In addition
to these problems, some antiin-
fective and antifungal medicines
are rendered ineffective in the
of high blood glucose
to the people of Satou Beach, It
has been moved to this front page
poaltion. It is quite obvious the
plaintiffs and the defendents
want every property owner to
make a declelon on who wi be
representing them hi the pending
litigation. - FT.
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If, on the other hand, blood
levels of glucose got too low (of-
ten due to excessive doom or too
frequent dosing of medication),
. the diabetic may experience
’ profuse sweating, confusion,
hendaches, pounding of the heart,
i nervousnens, irritability, and
even loes of coneciousness.
In order to maintain blood
glucose at the comet level, the
dlabetic should always eat a
proper diet at the right time of
day, ekercise after meals or eat a
snack before exercising, and take
insulin or oral diabetes tablets at
the correct times. The diabetic
should also congider purchasing a
HORSESHOE BAY — Directors of
the Lake LBJ Municipal Utility
District zipped through an 11-point
agenda that included the canvass of
the recent election and one item that
brought a lot of smiles — the
decision of the appeals court for a
new trial in the Bennett Coulson
case. The former engineer for
Horseshoe Bay had sued developers
following the termination of his
contract. Coulson won a district court
decision, but subsequent appeals
and reviews brought the order for a
new trial.
The meeting started off with the
certification of the election of
directors and the passage of a
10-cent ad valorem tax over the next
five years to pay for law enforce-
ment. The maintenance fee by the
Property Owners Association would
decrease in equal amounts over the
same period of time.
Sworn in as a new board member
was James Huie, along with incum-
bent Dr. Dale Johnson. Bidding
farewell to the group was Charles
Keiser, who was one of the three
losers in the five-man race. Keiser
had completed eight years of service
* on the board.
In the election of board officers,
David Martin was re-electeed as
board president; George Edgerton as
vice president and John Godwin as
secretary.
Four bids were received for a new
track for the district. Mabry Ford-
Mercury of Llano came in with a bid
of $8,546.24, followed by Hoffpauir-
Shrader, $8,952.17; Fry Motors,
$9,278 and Johnson Ford, $9,344.76.
Manager Ike Williams was instruc-
ted to check the low bid to see if it
matched the specifications and was
cleared to make the purchase if it
did.
A new permit for the irrigation of
treated effluent on golf courses with
the addition of a new holding tank
was reported to be "on hold.”
"What’s the holdup?” asked
Martin.
"Apparently, they are trying to
see if they can add the amendment
on to the last amendment," said
engineer Lynn Willis. "The proce-
dure would save us a lot of time if it
can be done."
Joe Strouse, project engineer,
reported plans would be ready in
about two weeks for the rechlorina-
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from about the end of October to late
March oj early April. The dens are
usually higher than the entrance hole
as the snakes seek dry areas for
hibernation. They will, on warm,
sunny days, even in winter, come out
of the den to seek food and sun
themselves. They are sluggish and
do not move as quickly then as they
do during hotter weather, but they
are still to be watched for and
avoided.
Rattlesnakes eat every two to six
weeks depending on the size of their
prey. They are able to swallow prey
from the size of an insect or small
rodent to something as large as a big
rabbit. A baby rattlesnake is born
with a button and it adds a rattle
each time it eats very large prey and
sheds its skin.
According to Aaron, the non-pois-
onous snake that has the closest
resemblance to the rattlesnake is the
bull snake. It has large, irregular
blotches on the back that look
somewhat like the diamond shapes
on the rattler. The next nearest in
resemblance is the garter snake.
While it doesn’t look as much like
the rattler, both snakes behave
exactly like the rattlesnake, being
aggressive and striking when dis-
turbed. Man is probably the worst
enemy a rattlesnake encounters, but
there are other natural enemies. In
the snake kingdom, the king snake,
racer and whip are enemies. In the
animal world there are many, the
coyote, badger, hog, goat, deer, dog
and cat, to name a few.
There is some misconception a-
mong people who believe that
removal of the fang, will get rid of
the venomous characteristic of a
snake. This is not true, as the fangs
regrow in as little as 45 minutes after
removal. The only way to remove the
venom is by removing the venom
sacs that lie on each side of the head.
They are what gives the head the
triangular shape all poisonous
snakes have.
Anyone who is bitten by a poison-
ous snake should try to remain calm
and quiet. Apply a light tourniquet
and surround the area with ice if
possible. Also, if possible, send
someone else to bring help instead of
moving around. To avoid the situa-
tion altogether, always be watchful
when out in the open where there are
rocks, high weeds, dead logs or other
obstructions to a clear path. Preven-
tion is the best cure.
Matafy Rattleenak
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1988, newspaper, May 19, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585755/m1/11/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.