The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1988 Page: 3 of 26
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Even though nothing may be
totally perfect, the story concludes
TEXAS PRESS
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. The Biverwalk Theater Group
compicced a very successful three-
night presentation of "West of the
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refrigerators, micro-wave ovens, and
other appliances to lightning-caused
power surges. It’s nothing unusual
to come home from a trip to find that
the television, and perhaps other
appliances have been zapped by
lightning.
our grandchildren to grow upi.‘
"We thought you might be
interested in this article from the
Wall Street Journal. How do the
people of Llano feel about having
retirees settle in their town? We
were pleased to hear that the bond
election passed for Llano’s hospital
and library.
Received a letter from a Mrs. Bill
Alexander of Waco, who not only
had some nice words for the people
of Llano County, but was kind
enough to send along a story she
had dipped from the Wall STreet
Journal, dated Friday, August 4,
1988. First the letter and then some
comments on the article.
After months of calamity howling,
dire predictions, and threats of
disaster from the state capitol.
Comptroller Bob Bullock has an-
nounced that the state of Texas will
end its fiscal year this week with a
$100,000,000 surplus. One hundred
million dollars ain’t peanuts. A state
official doesn’t seem to think he’s
doing his job unless he’s screaming
financial disasster and looking for
something new to tax. Well, they’re
already taxing everything except
sex, and they would put a tax on that
if they knew how to collect it.
FRED TAYLOR......
ANNMLLER.......
HAZELLONG.......
A.C. KICHELOE ...
BARBARA BURFORD
A great American and Texan passed away
last week. Governor Price Daniel was one of
Texas' outstanding governors and senators
and will be long remembered for his many
contributions to his state. \
Gov. Daniel wes Texas Attorney General in
1960 when the controversy betwen the federal
government and individual states over owner-
ship of the tidelands reached a crucial stage
for Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled by a
4-3 vote that Texas had lost ownership of its
submerged offshore lands when it entered the
Union.
In 1962, Price Daniel ren for the U.S. Senate
and after winning his sect, continued the fight
for Texas' tidelands. He Isd ths fight in ths
Senate with e bill ceiling for state ownership
to the "historic limits" and the Supreme Court
finally ruled In fevor of Texas.
Mr. Daniel said more then once he had
rather be Governor of Texas than President of
the United States and In 1956 he returned to
Texas to run for governor, won the election
and took office for his first term as governor.
January 14, 1967. He was an exceptional head
of state in Texas, bringing Texas out of a MO
million debt, a tremendous sum in thoss days,
or even today.
Price Daniel was a fine father and husband,
an outstanding governor, senator and attorney
general, and a good friend. We shall all miss
him. Texas is a better place today because of
Price Daniel.
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FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY — San
Antonio, now the nation’s ninth-
largest city, might have been only a
village today if its founders had
obeyed the law.
The King of Spains never in-
tended for the first colonists to set up
housekeeping in what now is down-
town San Antonio. In 1731, when he
sent 15 Canary Island families to
start the first settlement and. estab-
lish a civil government, his instruc-
tions were clear.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bill Alexander
Waco, Texas’*
The article in the Wall Street
Journal was written by a Bill
Richards and spotlighted Keowee,
South Carolina. He notes that many
communities in rural America have
turned from a disappointing task of
trying to attract new industry to
catering to the retired senior citi-
zens. According to Richards, there
are some good and bad things about
the plan.
Some of the good things about
attracting the retirees is the boost in
local retail sales, services and the
construction business. It adds great-
ly to the tax base and requires little
or no extra spending on police and
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in the rural areas. A vehicle shall not proceed
past a stopped bus until that bus either
resumes motion or turns off its red flashers.
The maximum speed limit in school zones
during school hours is 25 miles per hour. Many
times this speed is much too fast In extremely
congested school areas immediately before
school opens in ths mornings and lots out In
the afternoons. Rain-slick streets and other
poor weather conditions would also cause
thinking drivers to slow down.
Ws all hope and pray that neither our local
schools nor any of the surrounding area
schools will have any school traffic related ac-
cidents during this 1988-89 school year. We can
all help in keeping the record clean by being
especially careful in and near school zones and
while approaching school buses.
WALTER L. BUCKNER, Flitter mil Pub Bib ir
SARAH BUCKNER
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Editorial /Opinion
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but its spirit" . . . Arthur Hays Sulzberger
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Frank and Jayne Bingham, who
live out in Rio Llano addition, have a
spoiled rotten squirrel that will come
and tap on the glass doors or
windows when he gets hungry, and
will go from one door or window to
the other, tapping on the glass until
Frank or Jayne feed him a pecan.
Has anybody seen an Aggie since
the 23-to-14 event Saturday night? It
would be a lot easier to be
sympathetic to the Aggies after the
game if they didn’t have such big
mouths before the game.
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What people are saying
Adelade Hallmark is a hard-work-
ing member of the Llano Library
staff whom The Wanderer over-
looked week before last. Adelade
works part-time and didn’t happen to
be working on the days The
Wanderer was in the library recent-
ly *
den aaB Iba Ums News at 915/247-4433.
Success
Dear Editor:
The first annual LCSOS fish fry
was a smashing success. A large
number of folks attended the event
and everyone left with full bellies
and smiles on their faces. The money
collected will help us defray the
excessive cost of running our school
and will better enable us to maintain
the high caliber of services that are
provided.
All of us at the Llano County Special
Opportunity School wish to express a
sincere thanks to everyone who
attended our fish fry.
We also would like to thank the
members of the Llano Evening Lions
Club who graciously donated their
time and expertise. A very, very
special thank you goea to “Red”
Gearhart. Does,that gay support his
I community or what? Bless you. Red.
Sincerely,
LCSOS staff
d dare, postage paid at Uamo, Taxaa,
schools. It chokes banks with fresh
money and it doesn’t belch noxious
fumes into the air or turn the
landscape into a moonscape.”
Richards points out the more
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These “widely scattered” thun-
derstorms can be destructive. Ev-
eryone knows the danger of a
lightning strike, but a far more
prevalent danger is the power surge
that lightning can cause in the
electric wiring that will burn out
electrical appliances whether they
are in operation or not.
Dozens of people have lost their
television sets to lightning even
though the sets were turned off at
th time. Some have also lost
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Ruth Deri. Eelme Kowlerachke, Lettie
Wyehetf, Jamie Palm, Stepteari Betes and Janet Henan.
COLUMNISTSi Hal Cuminghem, Marilyn Rate and Jete Kuykendall.
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What to do about it: The Wanderer
and Hazel always unplug their
television from the wall when there’s
thunder and lightning, and always
before going on a trip. That, of
course, won’t protect the refrigera-
tors. freezer and microwave, but the
TV sets seem to be the most
lightning-prone.
Also, there’s a little gadget called a
"spike” that you can buy at
electrical shops. It’s designed to
prevent damage from power surges.
It costs about ten bucks, and
electricians tell The Wanderer that,
while it’s no guarantee against
lightning damage. it does make it
more unlikely to happen.
Serving lie—, I Cemmty amd the Highlamd Lakes area
simeelaso.
“I’m gonna sell this ranch to the State
fer a cheap penitentiary. No fence to
build, jist take the inmates shoes away
and they can’t run away!”
place called Heritage Village, which
has 4,000 residents. The residents
mobilized into a solid block of voters
who rejected four school tax increas-
es in a row before relenting,
modern retiree is younger, has more Richards writes: "Such opposition to
money to spend as a result of better taxes for services they don’t use is
retirement packages and isn’t afraid common among retirees in many
to spend the money. Llano County places and other residents find them
residents have had a taste of what formidable opponents.”
"Dear Editor,” retirees can do for the county. Just
“We subscribe to your fine look over the figures coming out of
newspaper and read it with interest Horseshoe Bay over the past years,
every week. We have two families in Even though there has been a
Llano, and visit them as often as we' downtrend in the economy recently, makes friends. Retirees can and do
" can. Llano is a wonderful place for* there is still a tot of financial support - generate niore jobs first in construc-
in exchange for four leagues of
land, they agreed to start their town
at least five leagues distant from any
other habitation. That included any
presidio or mission already in
existence.
San Antonio already had one of
each. The Presidio de San Fer-
nando, located west of the San
Antonio River, was a going military
outpost. Within easy walking dis-
tance and just east at the river, the
mission known today as the Alamo
had become a haven for Indians who
had embraced Catholicism. When
the 56 Canary Island adventurers
arrived on March 9, it was ex-
pected that they would set up their
habitations at least five leagues
deeper into the heart of Texas.
Like so many other first-time
visitors to San Antonio in the
intervening 256 years, the folks from
coming to the county, school district tion, followed by service-oriented
and the resort area itself. jobs to sustain the influx of retirees.
Richards goes on to report that the So far, Llano County has had the
state of South Carolina is now best of two worlds. Not only have
moving ahead with big plans to there been many retiring in the lake
attract the retirees. In 1986, it area, but it is also becoming a
bought 3,000 acres of land adjoining favorite tourist attraction. Put the
Clarkes Hill Lake near a sparsely two together, tourism and retirees
settled stretch of the Savannah and you will have a pretty profitable
River. Is it being done by some economy to go along with the
private developer? First, the state traditional livestock industry.
itself put in the roads and amenities True, there were some retirees who
before turning it over to a developer opposed the hospital and library
who is expected to build a retirment bond elections recently, but it was
town for 12,000 people. No little not out of stubbornness or mean-
task, but certainly profitable down ness. Quite logically, there were
the line. many in Kingsland who expressed
Why move to the smaller towns? the opinion that Kingsland financed
Retirees have found existing rural its own library and they felt Llano
towns to their liking. They find the should do the same instead of taxing
streets safer, cheaper and more everyone. On the other side of the
ample housing, cleaner air, less lake, there was a strong desire for a
crowding and a sense of community. new regional hospital near Marble
The fact that they bring a good Falls which would be closer to them
disposable income with them is just than going to Llano Memorial. It
icing on the cake. wasn’t a vote against education or
It sounds so good, just what could health services. It was more where it
cause any problem? should be and who pays. All
Richards gives an example of s recognized the need.
Pecos,” a saga of the days of the
legendary Judge Roy Bean. Saturday
night Three successful dramatic
presentations by the group have
proved that there is a lot of dramatic
talent in and around Llano that needs
to be developed and put to use.
From now until November 8,
newspapers may as well just keep
two standing headlines set in type
and ready for use: "Bush Flays
Dukakis” and "Dukakis Blasts
Bush.” One or both will be needed
every day. That’s aside from the
infighting between Bentsen and
Quayle and the attempts at character
assassination by the press. By the
time the election’s over, the public
will be wondering if there’s anybody
in politics who can be trusted.
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It's back-to-school time.
School opens today with school-age boys
end girls walking, running, riding bicycles,
riding school buses, being driven to school by
their moms and dede or driving their own
vehicles (older students) to school.
An appeal- has been made by the ad-
ministration and faculty of ths Llanolndepen-
dent School District to be especially careful
and watchful in and around our schools.
Many of our school students will be riding
school buses this year end certain rules con-
cerning school buses must be remembered.
It la state law that a vehicle approaching a
school bus loading or unlosding students with
its red lights flashing must stop. And thst
means from either approeching a bus from the
front or roar. All vehicles must stop and
remain stopped while the alternating rod
flashers are activated. This applies in town or
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News ssBMs ldtore to the edhter
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the Canaries liked what they saw.
With the blessing of the Spanish
viceroy, they built their settlement
between the presidio and the mis-
sion. It seemed that everybody liked
the idea of keeping the soldiers, the
clergy and the civilians in close
proximity.
The idea worked so well that
others wanted to join the group on
the San Antonio River. Within two
months, three East Texas missions
moved bag, baggage and converts to
the Canary Island settlement. San
Antonio’s growth had begun—and it
hasn’t stopped since.
THE CHANGING TIMES — In El
Paso a century ago, the six-shooter
was considered a necessity of life
and nearly everybody carried one.
Not so the sling-shot. It was
considered "dangerous.”
On March 7, 1884, the town council
passed an ordinance that banned
even pea-shooters. The law ordered
that "No person shall make use of,
shoot or discharge any catapult,
nigger shooter, cubber sling, or
other instrument or device by means
of which missies of any kind or
description are hurled or projected.”
Apparently the law prevailed.
Newspapers of the time fail to report
any fatalities from attackers using
sling-shots.
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