The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1988 Page: 3 of 23
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Letters to the Editor
From the Sidelines
By Fred Taylor
Vote no!
Hospital debate begins
Dear Editor:
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difference to them. Of course all " certainly answer "yes” to wanting a
regional hospital.
Marion Weyrauch
Blue Lake-Llano County
Talk of Texas
By Jack Maguire
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Wanderer
If somebody asks for more money in
the county and a search is made for a
line item from which they might be
able to transfer some funds, guess
where the first place is to look. Well,
it has to be the burial fund or some
category similar to that. So the next
time you ask for a raise or some
additional money for your county
department, be sure not only to
smile, but also make sure they use
the money for the right purpose.
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
The United States flag that is
dangling forlornly by one corner
from the flagstaff at the city utilities
building is no great display of
respect for our flag. If the city can’t
fly the flag of our country in a proper
manner and with the respect that is
its due, they should take it down.
This writer agrees with his open-
ing remarks that people would
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The commissioner’s court does get
the opportunity to chuckle, at least
once in a while.
After lunch were the water fights,
where two-man or two-woman teams
went at each other with fire hoses.
liberally dousing a large crowd of
spectators in the process.
About halfway up one of the
mountains that ring the town is a
natural amphitheater that has been
made into a campground, with a
switchback road up the mountain
giving access to it. About dark-thir-
ty, they assembled every Jeep and
four-wheel drive vehicle they could
collect up in the amphitheater,
placed red flares on the bumpers,
and paraded down the mountainside
and through the town with no lights
other than the flares. The Wanderer
counted 93 vehicles in the parade,
and it was a colorful sight worth
seeing.
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High up in the San Juan Mount-
ains of Western Colorado, hemmed
in by towering mountain peaks, sits
the little mining town of Ouray. The
altitude of the town is 7,900 feet, and
from there the mountains go ever
upward.
Give the gift that keeps on giving
— like a mother cat.
Has anyone noticed recently that
the dock on the courthouse tower
has approximately the right time on
all four faces? Somebody did a good
job when they fixed that. Heretofore
you could take your choice of time,
depending on which face you were
looking at.
rosnAS ODO ADDESS CANGE TO LLANO NEwS, BOX
187, LLANO, TEXAS 70643.
It was good to see the Llano River
on a 17-foot rise again. Of course, it
dumped tons of driftwood and debris
into the city park, but crews were out
bright and early hauling it off as soon
as the river went down.
hospital in their hometown any-
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Following the parade came the
dedication of the new facade being
built on the city hall. Construction on
the facade had barely started, but
dedicate it they did, with speeches,
band music and fanfare.
However, a similar plant began
operation in Houston of December 17
of the same year.
Some sources credit Galveston
with being the first to electrify, and
it’s true that the island city began
Operating a power plant in the
AIR APPARENT — Some stamp
collectors are richer today because a
descendant of Commodore Perry
introduced the airplane to Texas 75
years ago.
He was Calbraith Perry Rodgers.
then turned around and went back
again.
given and not the second.
Those who participated in the
meeting were basically pleased in
the way it progressed but it could
well be a very different story around
the lake area where there are a lot of
votes.
Pebllehed weelly at 813 Burry Street, Heme, Texas 78643. Emtered hl
the item Peet OMse as eecend dess, pestage paid at Unne, Tezas,
under the Ast sf Cengrees sf 1878. USPS 316-700.
attending the meetings I had not
seen or heard any suggestions along
that line.
The commissioner expressed the
opinion that someone probably mis-
interpreted the recent action of the
court in not voting the extra funds to
provide two full-time employees.
The negative vote came because the
money, $4,000 to finsh this year and
about $16,000 for next year, was not
available at this time. That doesn’t
mean the county is opposed to the
new library by any means. They are
concerned about holding the line on
spending and staying in the budget.
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resuscitate 9ur two sick hospitals.,
then we might force a decision to get
The small turnout for the informa-
tional meeting for the hospital and
librarv bond issues in Llano has been
interpreted two ways by some of
those present. The opinion most
expressed was that the people in
Llano had already decided how they
were going to vote on the issues and
didn’t see any need of attending.
WALTER L. BUCKNER, Edher amd Peblleher
SARAH ■I1CKNRR
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town perspective.
lano Hospital and Shepperd Hos-
airlift himself from sea to sea in 30
days. Makers of Vin-Fiz, a soft drink,
agreed to underwrite the costs.
The flight brought out such
crowds at each stop that a Dallas
entrepreneur ordered the special
Rodgers Aerial Post stamps printed.
He affixed them to a postcard that
had an authentic U.S. penny stamp
His Wright Model B biplane wasn’t
the first flying machine to startle the
eyes of Texas. Nineteen months
before Rodgers’ odyssey to 23 This
towns began at Denison on October
17, 1911, military aviation had been
birthed at San Antonio. On March 2,
1910, Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois had
made the first military flight at Fort
Sam Houston.
It was Rodgers, however, who
brought the wild, blue yonder to
earthbound Texans. His trip from
New York to California took 49 days
and required 68 takeoffs. In addition
to Denison, his Texas stops included
SUDSCIPTON RATES: Hem amd Burmet Coumtlets 1 year 814, 3
yeere 827,3 839. Esewher LaTezne 1 year 822.30, 3 yene Ml,
3 yeme 855. Out-ef-etetet 1 year 940, 3 yees $70, 3 yeme IN. Al
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LIGHTS. PLEASE- Texas was
one of the first areas of the U.S. to
get electricity.
New Yort was the first American
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Editorial/Opinion
“The vital measure of a newspaper is not its size ■
but its spirit" . . . Arthur Hays Sulzberger
for private funding, ran into the
undeniable stumbling block that
small town hospitals cannot make a
go of it in today’s health care
economy.
A regional hospital to serve Burnet
and Llano Counties, the east end of
the Blanco County and the south end
of Lampasas County is the only
health care delivery system that can
make money, can succeed, can
attract private funding, can attract
patients and can attract doctors.
In Llano County, there is a bond
election August 9 asking the tax-
payers to pay for extensive capital
renovation of Llano Hospital. Tax-
payers should realize that they are
being asked to throw money at an
economic relic. If taxpayers refuse to
attached and sent them ahead to
Waco to be postmarked. There
thousands were sold for a quarter.
Although the stamps aren't accep-
ted by philatelic purists, they are
prized by collectors. Some have sold
for more than $1,000.
Last October, Jim Lloyd, a New
York engineer, duplicated Rodgers’
flight. However, his 23 stops in
Texas produced little publicity. few
onlookers and no stamp.
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GOOFY GEOGRAPHY — Texas is
not the only state with a Pan-
handle.
’ In fact, West Virginia has two
—an eastern one and a northern
finger squeezed between Ohio and
Pennysivania.
In addition to Texas, Oklahoma.
Nebraska, Idaho and Florida have
been content with only one such
protrusion.
A more pessimistic point of view
was that the voters either didn’t
care, or it really didn’t make much
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e expressed the opinion that they
together and build -a top-notch * hoped it was for the fiist reason
Do you want a hospital in your
community? Yes! Do we need a
hospital in our community? Of
course! These two questions produce
a "yes” reply 100 percent of the
time. Every poll, petition and
feasibility study will inevitably show
the desirability and need for a
hospital in anyone’s hometown any-
where.
In the Highland Lakes area, there
is one hitch in this rare unanimity.
The “yes” answers are coming from
people in Burnet, Llano and Marble
Falls, each speaking from a home-
A community that has good
schools, churches, hosptial and
library is a livewire community.
Without these it can never amount to
much. Remember the bond election
for the repair and improvement of
our hospital and for a new library
building that is coming up early in
August. It’s surprising how little the
bond issue will increase your taxes.
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Describing Llano and Shepperd
hospitals as “two sick hospitals,”
and recommending that taxpayers
refuse to resuscitate them to force
the establishment of a "top-notch
regional hospital” should draw quite
a response from the voting public.
“I know she’s old and I paid too much fer her
but I’ve started dealin’ in Antiques!’’
NEWS COREESPONDENTS: Eudh Dual, Estee Kewierechke, Latte
Wycht, Jaute Bate, Stophemle Bates end Jamet Henen.
The fireworks display after the
flare parade was the piece de
resistance, and for that they went all
out, with more fireworks than The
Wanderer has seen at any of the
Central Texas displays. The fire
department has charge of the
fireworks, and they hold fund-raising
events throughout the year to raise
money for the July Fourth fireworks.
They must have been quite success-
fill this year, for there were plenty of
fireworks, and they were quite
beautiful, shot from up in the
mountain amphitheater.
The moat impressive thing about
the July Fourth celebration waa that
everybody seemed to be having such
s good time. Participants and
spectators alike put their hearts into
the celebration. That’s what makes a
, - - , Thetruth of the matter is that small
pital are prime examples of what is rural hospitals cannot survive. The
happening to small town hospitals Hillcrest group, after two and one
everywhere. They cannot make half years of pursuing every avenue
States on workers comp insurance rates to
employers.
The legislature will consider, among other
matters, alternative methods of alloting
workers' compensation, such as providing ex-
tended payments instead of lump sum
payments. Also, at present, an injured em-
ployee legally may shop around from doctor to
doctor seeking the one he likes who may file a
larger claim against the employer.
budget ends meet because there is a
gap between the cost of quality
health care and what Medicare pays.
And the privately insured folks and
others who can afford it go
elsewhere to bigger hospitals. This
hurts the local hospital and limits the
practices of the local doctors.
How can a county meet the
requirement to pay for indigent
health care and to provide care for
the elderly? Where can the EMS
take people to an emergency room?
Presently, Llano and Shepperd are
the choices. Each hospital is nar-
rowly covering cash flow and des-
perately in need of capital repairs
and up-grading. This state of affairs,
quite logically, has caused the
county commissioners to turn to the
taxpayers for the bail-out using the
"desire” and "need” reasoning.
It’s a patriotic little town, and they
go all out for the Fourth of July. This
year the Fourth started off bright
and early with the start of a 10-
kilometer race for those who had
been in the area long enough to dare
ran at that altitude. Next came the
big parade, and for a little town of
some 600 population, they put on a
real parade. Led by a color guard
from the veterans organizations, the
parade consisted of a large number
of colorful and meaningful floats.
They didn’t have the money for
expensive floats such as some of the
central Texas towns maintain, but
they made the most of what they
city to get an electric light plant. had. There were some clever and
That waa in the summer of 1882. original floats. The parade went the
length of the town’s main street, and
By Hal Cunningli
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COLUMNISTS: tel Cummiehem, Muallyn Hate amd Jute Kuykendal.
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Texas workers compensation insurance has
climbed in recent year to a point where it is
almost toally out of control end prohibitive for
some smell businesses to carry.
A trend has been developing in the past 24 to
30 months where a number of business people
have hed to drop this Insurance if they wante
to survive.
A speaker before the Texas Press
Association's annual summer convention a
couple of weeks ego, Texas State Represen-
tative Richard Smith of Bryan explained that
the Texas Legislature called for a study of
worker's compensation and appropriated
$600,000 for that purpose.
Smith, voted by Toxoe Monthly magazine as
one of the best legislators in Texas, said that
plans are already underway to study the
question before the Texas legislature next
session.
Texas ranks among the highest in the United
The writer is calling for the defeat
of any bond issue for Llano or Burnet
hospitals saying it would be throwing
money at an “economic relic,”
referring to Llano Memorial and
Shepperd Hospitals. The writer calls
for the construction of a new
"regional hospital,” which, quite
naturally, would be a lot closer to his
home in Blue Lake subdivision.
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facility was the first.
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“NOES” HAVE IT — On July 3.
. 1844, the U.S. Senate voted 35 to 16
to reject ,the Texas Treaty of
Annexation to the United States.
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stamps. handwritten signature for all letters the library bonds passed.
Rodgers undertook the flight after to ‘he editor and I am sure the I just had to ask one of the
the Hearst Newspapers offered a gentleman will be more than glad to commissioners if there was any
$50,000 prize to anybody who could oblige. feeling like that on the court. When
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don mH Ite Item News at MSV/247-4433.
Even Texas' Industrial Accident Board
decisions are not binding on the employee and
he may not head the board's decision.
There are a number of abuses concerning
workers compensation laws which the
legislature promises to weed out end
hopefully correct next session. Thousands of
employers around the state will be watching
closely...and hoping for fair treatment.
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HAZEL LONG..........
A.C. KINCHELOE......
BARBARA BURFORD...
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1988, newspaper, July 21, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585908/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.