The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1988 Page: 3 of 25
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A Guest Editorial
Water scooters next
From the Sidelines
By Fred Tayler
Update on seat belts
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Go forward as a community, state
and nation, growing physically,
mentally and spiritually, lilt’s what
our forefathers wanted for us and
physical well being is, I think, not
surprising, but the proportion willing
to ignore their community's mental'
lined for
addition.
The Wanderer was proud of Llano
County people last Tuesday when
they voted overwhelmingly for a
progressive community and an im-
proved lifestyle. The bond issue to
repair and expand the Llano Memor-
ial Hospital carried by an impressive
three to one, while the bond issue to
officers.
A recent drug seizure of more than 2,300
pound* of cocain* near Cuero in South Toxa*
by DPS officers I* a case in point. Th* cocaine
I* reported to be worth 870 to 800 million on
th* streets after it would have been "watered
down." Four men war* arrested whan th* ren-
tad truck they were driving wa* stopped for a
traffic violation, three of the men arrested
were U.S. citizen* and one wa* a Mexican
national. It will be interesting tcTBOe just what
kind of punishment they receive for transpor-
ting illegal drugs.
Those drug dealers and runners should be
prosecuted to the limits of the low and stuck
way back in prison. Wa hove reached the
crossroads on drugs. Wo con choose to lot
drugs kill our children end youth, corrupt our
citizens and threaten our nation or together
we can reclaim our society from the drug
thugs and criminals. America can be "drug-
free" by IMB, Senator Gramm has said.
All we need to do Is win the fight.
Dear Editor:
I was astonished at the vote count
tossed to the wind in the excitement of the
ride. And control of those lethal weapons —
for that's what they can become — often is en-
trusted foolishly to young children.
A scooter driven by a 6-year-old boy killed a
Th* senators' plon contains specific recom-
mendations to discouage drug use, punish
dealers and make schools, transportation
systems, workplaces and prisons drug-free.
The proposal calls for 10 years In prison
without parole for drug sales to minors and for
using juveniles to market drugs. A second of-
fence carries a mandatory life sentence.
The package also proposes such penalties
for drug use as loss of driving privileges or of
eligibility for federal benefits — to discourage
young people from using drugs.
The plan beefs up defenses on the U.S. bor-
der and calls for additional law enforcement
Gene Fox
Buchanan Dam
Beth Cuthbertson
Llano
woman on a rubber raft in Hawaii, and a 13- law requiring people to use seat belts
Water scooters — compact, maneuverable
vessels that zip one or two riders around lakes
and along shorelines at speeds up to 40 mph —
are making waves.
environmentalists complain about scooter
noise, but the real problem is safety. Deaths
and injuries mount as these "marine motor-
cycles" gain popularity. Accurate accident
figures are hard to find because many go
unreported.
An operator stands, sits or kneels at the roar
of a scooter and clings to handlebars. The
motor stops if the driver falls overboard or
otherwise releasee the grip. A nice safety
feature, but not enough.
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HAZEL LONG.............
A.C. KINCHELOE.....
BAEBARA BURFORD......
BMDDGET SMALLWOOD..:
last Tuesday. The number willing to and best-filled library we can build,
azree to help take care of their - *
S2MASTTGs BMB ADDEESS CHANGE TO LLANO NEWS, BOX
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SUBSCMIPTION RATES* Ltaaa and Bumnet Coutens 1 yeor 814, 2
yem W, 3 yearn 839. Eewher to Tezaes l yeer 822M, 2 yuan 841,
3 yuan 883. Out-ef-etates 1 year 848, 2 yuan $70, 3 yem 990. Al
payaN* hi advanes. Ovanaa* - aal ar writ* Im qeat*.
to water their lawns later on?
Enough water goes over the dam
when a big rain comes several times
a year that if saved, rationing would
never be decreed again by the city
fathers.
If 20 years ago the city fathers of
that time would have had the
foresight and perserverance to do
what had to be done at the time and
not worry about being re-elected,
and be statesmen and not politicians
you would not be rationing this year
or years to follow.
It is lack of space to hold the water
that comes down the Llano River that
Well, if it is good for commercial
vehicles, it should be just as goed for
passenger vehicles. If they rally
want the roads to be safer for the
traveling public, they might aa wei
go all the way and do it right.
WALTER L. BUCKNER, Edbar and Publlsher
SARAH BUCKNER
T.H. CUNNINGHAM, Puhlaher Emeritus
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Saturday, September 3 has been
named "Drive for Life.” AN meter-
iats are asked to pledge not to drink
and drive on that day and if they d*
go on a trip.. to drive with their
headlights on in support of the
effort.
It will be interesting to see hew
many people will pay attention to the
suggestion. Texas still hasn’t had a
deathless day on its highways stew
January 5, 1977. According to the
records this year, the closest they
have come on a couple of days ha*
been three deaths. Considering th*
number of miles, cars and traffic in
the state, it will take a special effort
to accomplish that goal. Probably th*
best way would be for everybody to
stay in their house one day. That
would be something to see.
library shelves are there to share the
knowledge of some of the worid's
most brilliant minds. There’s a
whole new world waiting for you to
literature. And it’s as close as dm
library.
Librarian Kathryn St. Clair toM
The Wanderer last week that she has
obtained for the library some rather
good video tape cassettes which
patrons may check out and run on
their video cassette recorders at
home. Many households now have
VCRs, and this is an excellent way to
see and hear some of the worid’s
great cultural performances which
will never play in Llano. Our library
also is constantly getting new beeka,
beth fctiom and non-Getiom if yeu
haven’t boon there to teak asound
recently, it will pay you to do so
Kathryn St. Clair and her helpers,
Diane Ray aad Goldie Cemloy, are
there to help you Rad anything yen
need to the way of literature.
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prohibited oa Ford Street, a parking
lot is a necessity for any cherch or
other group that holds meetinga
old Schueseler home screes fee
street has been torn down, and the
lot cleared
Little by hete, Itano is growimg up
and obtaining some of the amenites
of comfortable and productive living.
Editorial /Opinion
"The vital measure of a newspaper is not its size •
. but its spirit" . . . Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Dear Editor:
I read with great interest that
Llano was going to ration water
again this year. That in itself to
nothing new, because it happens
every year in the summer.
Recently I saw a beautiful picture in
your paper of the water gushing over
your dam, and that people were
causing a traffic jam at both ends of
the bridge to part and walk back
over the bridge to watch the water
flowing over the dam.
Of course I’m sure some of these
same people are going to be the ones
to complain of the water rationing.
Taxa* Senator Phil Gramm is ona of a dozen
U.S. senators who ha* drawn up a com-
prehensive plan to rid the nation of drug*. •
Son. Gramm says that if we really went to
win the war against Illegal drugs, we must
reduce the demand for drugs as well a* attack
the supply. "Americans must be willing to say
that we will not tolerate illegal drugs, period,"
he says.
what we should want for our
children.
On July 12,1 listed my deer lease not hurt anybody financially, and
with the Llano County Chamber of they will benefit a whole lot of
Commerce. Within 24 hour* I had people, both healthwise and spiritu-
two call* and, for the next 10 days, I ally. Nobody think* he to ever going
was deluged with inquiries until I to have to go to the hospital, but it’s
finalized a lease. Needless to say, 1 certainly a comforting feeling when
fed my money was well-spent and he gets sick and finds himself in the
year-old died in Florida whan his scooter ran in the front seats of cars, there have
into the path of a fishing boat. been a lot of pros and cons. There
Parental responsibility could help prevent are still many people who thoroughly
tragedies, but rules are needed to govern detest the use of seat belts, but the
scooters, including a minimum age for evidence continues to rise that seat
operators. Only nine states have such everybody’s - but enough to make
action. All should. the investment wise and the extra
Water scooters have joined A TVs — all- seconds of precaution a good move.
Perhaps the importance of a
library to a community has been
forgotten. Sure, we have one that to
straining at the walls for room for
some time. A community that has
not mental growth stagnates,
growth stagnates.
Two thousand years ago efforts to
wipe out Christianity were made by
destroying or making unavailable the
writings of the Apostle*. Fifty or so
years ago, Hitler tried to conquer the
minds of Europe by the elimination
of books. No ideas contrary to his
were allowed, no ability to think
would be nurtured in his “greater
Europe.”
The growth of minds and ability to
. think to directly proportioned to av-
ailability of nourishment for the
mind.
Do we atop growing mentally
when we leave school? Yes, if we
don’t have food to feed th* mental
processes! So you say buy your own
books? Limit the nourishment to the
The Llano Presbyterian Church
has done a good job of repairing the
steeple of its church, which wes
struck by lightning recently. Ale,
the addition of the parking tot
adjoining the church, paved and
“I had to quit drinkin', why by nine o’clock
I was so smart I couldn’t find anybody
intelligent enough to talk to.”
carolessness and inexperience. Caution la
the water that could have been saved
cannot praise enough Jackie Hat- caring hands of our hospital.
field, who has worked out a very The Wanderer has always conten-
efficient system for advertising Llano ded that a good hospital to the best
County and its assets. life insurance the people of a
if you haven’t visited the friendly community can have. Ours has
and helpfill atmosphere at the certainly proved that tree, m a wksfe
chamber office, do so. You will be lot of people can attest.
very pleased with one of Llano There can’t be much argument
_ County’s greatest assets: Jackie about the value of a good library,
sine o your pocketbookt Not Share Hatfeld. . either. All of the learming of two
the east aad share the nouriahment Billie Laning miDeaia can bu found In Hs reference
with the very best, host versatile Llano books, and the books that fill the
primarily from
Th* danger
ByHnCummigh
one, for which the Army Corps of
Engineers has already made a feas-
ibility study of the land and place it
could be built. This would enable you
to discontinue rationing for years to
come.
This, of course, takes some coura-
geous city fathers to take the “bull
by the horns” or “put the bit in their
mouths” and go with it Be
statesmen and look far down the
road for the good of Llano in the
future.
shoulder straps added, the claim to
another 25 fatalities could have been
prevented.
It will probably never make it to
Llano, but now there to a machine
called the "Convincer" which is part
of a mobile unit to help people
appreciate the value of seat belts.
The Convincer simulates what it to
like to be in a vehicle involved in a
__________________•__________ collision traveling between five and
terrain vehicles — a* modern recreational There will be more complaints on 10 miles per hour. You are strapped
devices whose potential for fun disguises their the way when people read the news into a sled-like machine in the same
danger. Th* threat must be addressed. that more emphasis to being made to* manner you would be using seatbelts
San Antonio Express-News get people to use the seat belts in the in your car. A short slide and you get
back seat of the car and while all cars the feeling of a collision right quick.
■ mm _ _ B mam em - since 1968 have had lap belts Perhaps you have seen the demon-
l A-eAmpee •gm •Emm Emmmegmpe installed, the move is already on to stration on television.
H 2 I I « B I J 111 F" t J I I «) I include shoulder belts in the back Another item is a move by five
"" ■ ■ " ■ "* . ■ "* ■ ■ ■ * "* ■ B "" B seats, also. national organizations to ban radar
to the real cause for water rationing Again the State Department of detectors on all commercial vehicles.
Oh, I realize you also need a larger Highways and Public Transportation The petition by the five groups says
plant to filter your water, but first come in with vital statistics. In its that radar detectors serve no other
you have to have the water. August edition, there to a headline purpose than to assist speeders
There are several ways you can that reads: “Lap belts in rear seats avoid detection by police. They
have enough water. First, reive the saved 100 lives in 1987.” It goes on reason with radar detectors banned,
level of your dam or second. put to say the belts prevented another the speeders would be more inclined
another new lake above the present 1,500 injuries when used. With to obey existing speed limits.
Didn’t they see that the same water
flowing oyof the dam that could be
build a new library building passed
by a 26 percent majority.
Although some may not realize it
now, everyone in the county will
ultimately benefit from those two
bond issues. There are people who
say, “We don’t use the Llano
hospital. We go to Austin or San
Antonio.” That may be. but there
are many instances when they don’t
have time to get to Austin or San
Antonio, and our hospital has saved
many lives that would have been lost
if they’d had to wait to get to the
big-city hospitals.
A Kingsland man said, “We
support our own library, and we’re
not interested in building Llano a
library." What he doesn't under-
stand to thtat were it not for the
Llano library, there wouldn’t be a
Kingsland library. The Kingsland
library to a branch of the Llano
library.
The two bond issues will cost so
little in additional taxes that they will
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