The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 1988 Page: 4 of 19
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By Ace Reid
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Letters to the Editor
From the Sidelines
By Fred Tayler
It's time to recycle
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COLUMNISTS: Hal Cunningham, Mariya Hale Md Jeha Kuykendal.
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Wanderer she had spent her day off There are many old mine byildings
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I’m writing to commend the
Kingsland ambulance personnel,
Wayne and Becky Matthews and
Rhonda Campbell, for their out-
another, often a Medicare supple-
mental policy. Certainly, a minority
of people in our regional service area
choose to go elsewhere for health-
care services. That is their right. To
make an analogy: the county pro-
may or may not raise the rate for
other reasons, but if they do, they
can’t blame it on the bond issues.
And then there are the people who
don’t own their homes, and only
have taxable property assessed at
$10,000. The hospital and library
bonds will cost them $1.46 in added
FRED TAYLOR.........
ANN MILLER..........
HAZEL LONG..........
A.C. KINCHELOE.....
BARBARA BURFORD.
BRIDGET SMALLWOOD
How nice it is to throw out the
garbage and forget about it, but did
you have any idea that disposing of
the waste materials has now reached
the $4 billion mark annually? Many
states are now requiring a certain
percentage of all waste materials to
be recycled. For example, Philadel-.
phia has passed a mandatory recyc-
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I believe that Llano hospital and the
ambulance service and personnel are
capable of providing this service.
James, you are to be congratulated
on all the efforts you have put forth
in addrensing this vital concern.
taxes annually.
An efficient and flourishing hospital
in the community is the best life
insurance anyone can buy, and a
good library is the cultural center of
a town.
At those prices, can Llano County
afford to turn them down?
If both the hospital and library
bond issues pass, how much is it
going to cost you in additional taxes?
Surprisingly little I
Figures compiled by the bonding
company that is helping the county
prepare the bond issues show that if
your taxable property has an as-
sessed valuation of $100,000, the tax
increase caused by both issues will
amount to $14.50 per year. Should
you own a more modest home that
has an assessed valuation of only
$50,000, your added tax bite will be
only $7.50 per year.
These figures are based on the
I present tax rate of $0.1965 per $100
valuation. The county commissioners
response time, nor personnel mere Thank you.
knowledgeable and who know how to
Have you ever wondered just how
close to Heaven you get without
actually leaving terra firma?
Well, up above timberline in a Jeep
in the towering mountains of Color-
ado seems just about as close as you
can get and still maintain .a habitat
on solid earth.
The Wanderer was up about 12,000
feet in a 10-passenger Jeep once
with two old biddies about a year
older than God. One was having the
time of her life. The other was scared
pea green and started praying, "Oh
Lord, if you’ll just get me down from
here. I’ll promise never to do this
again." "Just wait a little while,"
answered the other. "You’ll prob-
ably meet Him up here somewhere.
This is about as high as you can
get.”
The San Juan Jeep Tours in Ouray,
Colorado has been operated by the
Francis Kuboske family for years,
taking passengers up into the high
reaches of the Rocky Mountains. Mr.
and Mrs. Juboske have passed away,
but the business to being carried on
very ably by their daughter. Merry.
In fact, one June Merry told The
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up on 13,000-foot Engineer Moun-
tain shoveling snow in an effort to
clear one of their Jeep trails that was
still snowed in.
They tan daily half-day Joop trips
to the to on Engineer Mountain,
13,100 feet high, and to Yankee Bey
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Ruth Dod, Eoline Kowierachke, Lettie
Wyckoff, Jamle Palm, Stephanie Bates and Janet Hema.
apply that knowledge, can be found
in any city that to not available in the
Kingsland area.
Retired people should be able to
live in the area of their choice, secure
in the knowledge that emergency
treatment to available in these
communities.
To Llano County, our hospital is a place to
treat the sick.
It is also much more than just that. It la
equally important as a place for emergency
care, the center point for home health-care
services and the place for preventative health
care.
To our mostly rural county it contributes
heavily to the economic picture with payroll
and capital improvement and operating ex-
penditures that help buoy a sagging economy
brought about by the energy crunch of 1986.
A bond election will be held Tuesday,
August 9 for $1 million to enlarge, improve and
equip Llano Memorial Hospital.
The facts show that in fiscal year 1987/88 the
hospital's payroll was $950,000 Over $100,000
was spent locally in the county purchasing
goods and services from over 50 establishmen-
ts. -
During the last three years, the hospital has
shown a profit of over $116,000. During this
same period, the hospital has reinvested
$284,962 in new equipment and remodeling.
And our hospital has reduced bank indeb-
tedness of more than $13,720.
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that have fallen to pieces in the
weather in the 20 years or so Ths
Wanderer has been going up there.
The .Colorado High Country is a
rewarding trip that ou wont regret
And it’s kind of like eating potato
chips. You can’t eat just one.
WALTER L. BUCKNER, Editor and O » e »
SARAH BUCKNER
T.H. CUNNINGHAM, Publiaher Emeritus
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Basin and Governor Basin, 11,000
and 12,000 feet up in the middle of
the old mining country. There are
also all-day trips across the moun-
tains to Telluride, another old
mining town, and over Engineer
Mountain to Lake City.
The Wanderer can’t go to Ouray
without taking a Jeep trip, though
he’s made most of the trips several
times. There’s a feeling up on those
high mountains that you can’t get
anywhere else.
A trip up Engineer Mountain or up
into Yankee Boy Basin will make you
marvel at the ingenuity of man —
how he ever got mining, milling, and
smelting machinery up into places
that look inaccessible to a mountain
goat. But get them there he did, with
no more help than mules and
wagons. And when the mining
business played out, the miners just
went off and left their machinery
and equipment up there, because it
wasn’t worth what it would have cost
to get it down. Also, they say that
there was never a miner who left the
Colorado mountains who wasn’t sure
he was coming back.
Thus, the Colorado mountains are
littered with mine wreckage, and the
mountains honeycombed with tun-
nels. Mine owners have burned
many of the old mine structures and
blasted shut many mine portals to \
prevent tourists from getting hurt in
them. Winter weather also takes a
heavy toll on the old structures.
officials, glass manufacturers can
reduce air emissions and energy
costs by recycling glass because it
melts at a lower temperature and
the glass can be reused for its
original purpose.
Much of the same thing can be done
with aluminum and other metals.
Another interesting feet was that for
every 100,000 people who recycle
just half of their glass bottles and
jars, 10 million bottles and jars can
be recovered and 1,600 cubic yards
of landfill space can be saved. Think
what the result could be if all glass
were recycled.
Is it asking too much for everyone tow
be more conscious of their need to .
start now to do something about
wasteful habits?
The article aptly concludes: "Re-
sponsibility for waste disposal crisis
concerned where the next site will be
located.
The article makes some very true
statements about modern man. “He
likes convenience. If something can’t
be fixed, filled, eaten and disposed
of in a few minutes it isn’t worth the
effort. America’s prosperity has
paved the way for product disposi-
bility and the question to asked,
"Have we stopped to think about the
consequences?"
Naw, I ain’t drinkin’, but I shore could
use one now!”
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The news item came through the
mail several months ago and was
promptly put in the stack of potential
stories to use in the future. The title
was "Curbing America’s Appetite
for Trash: An Exercise in Waste
Control.”
Not only was the heading too long
for newspaper use, but the story also
took three pages and seldom to there
enough space for that much copy.
So, I dutifully scratched a note to
remind myself it could be adapted
for editorial comment when the need
arose. •
The story originated from Wash-
ington, D.C. from a place called
"The Glass Packaging Institute.”
Quite naturally, their primary inter-
est is in glass, its usage and the
benefit of recycling.
If you have had the opportunity to
visit the city or county dump — oops,
I, mean landfill operation — (sure
have to watch how you express
yourself so you don’t hurt any
feelings nowdays), then you have
had the opportunity to see why the
city and county are more than a little
30-year-old facility. However, most
taxpayers seem to realize (and
hopefully will do so August 9) that
the price being asked is very
reasonable. It is much like paying for
private health insurance.
You hope you never need it.
However, when you do need health
care, particularly emergency medical
services, you need it available
nearby. Fredericksburg, Austin or
even Burnet are simply too far away
to be helpful. We need Llano
Memorial to provide healthcare to
our regional area. All the private
insurance in the world is worthless if
the services you need are not
available when and where you need
them.
Finally, let’s point out that a big
part of the reason the Hillcrest
Group has been unable to come up
with funding for a hospital in Ms.
Weyrauch’s backyard to because the
people who refuse to invest there,
refuse to do so because there to no
profit in it. A private hospital has to
make a profit on operations sufficient
to provide a profit to their investors.
The potential investors cannot see
that they’d make any money. On the
other hand, a public hospital such as
Llano Memorial actually gives the
taxpayer a good return on their
investment. For a fraction of a cent
per $100 per year, the taxpayer gets:
(a) indigent healthcare that saved
about $50,000 of their tax money last
year; (b) insurance that healthcare
services will be available in a timely
manner if needed; (c) an expanding
array of high quality, high tech,
health services brought into Llano
for their convenience; (d) an eco-
nomic entity that employs residents,
purchases goods and services from
other businesses in the community
and contributes to the high quality of
life we enjoy.
James L. Alexander, Ph.D.
Administrator
Llano Memorial Hospital
ByHalCummigh
During the 1987-86 fiscal year, Ueno
Memorial Hospital has had 1204 Individuate
admitted for In-patient stay. There have been
218 surgeries performed. The emergency room
has been busy with 2632 treatment events or
an average of seven per day...coven days a
week, every wook of the yoar.
Over 4492 x-ray examc were performed;
13,580 lab tests were conducted in our hospital
during this time; 54,868 Items were dispensed
to patients.
EMS made 941 runs with over 22,500 one-
way miles all over Llano County and beyond.
And on, end on and onl
Our hospital belongs to all of us. It is a focal
point of this county. With a hospital, this
county can offer its citizens the security of
essential medical treatment along with coun-
ty-wide social and economic benefits.
Sorely needed medical protection and other
services for Llano County must be maintained
and enhanced by passage of this most Impor-
tant bond issue.
The Llano News urges all eligible voters In
this county to go to the polls Tuesday, August
9 and vote in FAVOR of the hospital bonds.
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ling bill that will require all residents should be shared by industry, gov-
and businesses to separate their ernment and consumers alike. Our
trash into four categories. Failure to amber waves of grain are being
do so will result in the city cutting off overwhelmed by not-so-majestic
trash collections service. mountains of solid waste. With
There was an interesting thing recycling, we may be able to manage
about recycling glass. According to the crisis before it buries us.”
emergency that occurred at Sunrise
Beach July 8.
Under difficult circumstances,
they performed in a professional and
caring manner; demonstrating their
expertise in tracheal intubation,
intravenous administration of med-
ications, the application of the
cardiopulmonary resuscitator, and
the correct interpretation of the EG
monitor which enabled them to
render advanced cardiac life support
prior to transport to the hospital.
There are many in this area who,
because of their age and cardiac
status, are concerned that such an
emergency cannot be managed
promptly and efficiently, and with
transport to a hospital that has the
facilities to further stabilize the
patient.
These people are deeply concerned
that to have these services available,
they must move to a large metropol-
itan area. I cannot envision a quicker
Editorial/Opinion
"The vital measure of a newspaper is not its size ■ /
but its spirit" . . . Arthur Hays Sulzberger
respond with accurate facts.
First, small rural hospitals can
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we have operated with a net profit additional law enforcement services.
$116,672. That is profit above depre- That’s fine. Through Llano Memorial
ciation of $108,684. Since deprecia- Hospital, the county provides
tion is a non-cash expense on the healthcare services to the public,
profit statement we have actually Nobody is forced to use us. The
generated a surplus of $225,356ion majority of Llano County residents
operations. During the same period (with and without private insurance)
we have spent (reinvested) a total of do use us
$284,962 in new equipment and Thira, the proposed bond is not a
remodeling. We have also matter of resuscitation for an ailing
about $20,000 in architectural fees so hospital. Llano Memorial is demon-
that we could present to the voters a strably healthy as pointed out above,
well-considered bond proposition. In The bond issue is for plant and
addition, we have reduced our debt capital renovation and expansion. It
is not reasonable to expect opera-
tional surpluses sufficient to fund
this. Yes, it is accurate that the
taxpayer is being asked to pay less
than 1 (one) cent per $100 taxable
evaluation per year for these capital
improvements. Yes, part of the
argument for asking the taxpayer to
pay this to the “need reasoning.”
We need to improve and expand our
The Lano News eeMlelts letters to the oditar e
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Dear Dr. Alexander;
by a net of $13,720 plus paying
accrued interest. We are not only
paying our own way, we are
generating operational surpluses
sufficient to maintain high quality
services and to expand the services
offered. The financial statements
these facts were drawn from are
available for verification.
Second, the majority of patients
served at Llano Memorial have
private insurance of one sort or
I want to thank Marion Weyrauch
of Blue Lake or Marble Falls
(depending upon which newspaper
you read) for her opinion on the
Llano County proposition for a bond
issue to renovate and expand Llano
Memorial Hospital to be voted on
August 9. (Please remember to
vote.) Since she makes erroneous
assertions, I feel compelled to
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