The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1999 Page: 1 of 18
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Legislative initiatives
for rural Texas pass
"The 1999 legislative session did $3,000 a year pay-raise, contain fi-
more for rural Texas than any other nancial help for school districts ad-
since I began my tenure in the
Texas House of Representatives,"
Turner said. The recessed state of
rural Texas' main two industries -
agriculture and oil/gas - pushed the
needs of rural areas to the forefront
according to Rep. Turner. At one
point during the session, the num-
ber of rural initiatives passed by the
Texas House was met by a backlash
from inner-city representatives who
felt too much was being done to
help rural Texas while no legisla-
tion to help low income inner-city
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State Representative Bob Turner,
D-Voss, announced that most leg-
islative initiatives for rural Texas
were successful this session of the
legislature. Legislation assisting
agriculture, rural economic devel-
opment, fire protection, county
government and prosecuting crimi-
nals all passed the legislature. Early
estimates place the increase in state
funding for rural programs at about
$203 million.
areas was a priority.
The legislature began the session
by providing $45 million in emer-
gency severance tax relief to oil and
gas producers to help offset record
low prices. Many counties and
school districts are bracing for sig-
nificant losses in tax revenues and
state funding due to the recession in
the industry earlier this year. Some
provisions of S.B. 4, which is best
known for providing teachers with a
was the approval of providing
funds to install an entrance
■ . and clear off a portion of the
88-acre tract recently pur-
chased by theLEDC. The plan
is to go out for bids and use the
front portion of the property as
additional parking for special
events at the park.
In other action, the board
heard a brief update on the sta-
tus of the Llano River Park
Project - which, according to
City Manager Philip Cook, is
still in the design phase by
city engineers. Cook was on
hand at the meeting to ask the
LEDC Board to consider pro-
viding funds for some items
that were omitted because of a
lack of money.
The city received the $1.1
million grant from Texas
Parks and Wildlife recently.
that consumer confidence
. strong."
The City of Llano suffered
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the amount will not be deter-
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FORECAST
Courtesy of Bob Rose,
LCRA Meteorologist
Thursday:
Partly cloudy skies, a low in
the lower 70's
Friday-Saturday:
Late night and morning
clouds, otherwise partly
cloudy and warm. Highs in
the mid to upper 90's.
10-Day Outlook:
Temps: Near Normal
Rain: Near Normal
River Flow
Llano River flowing at
38 CFS as of Tuesday
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versely affected by the low oil and
gas prices.
Three main initiatives were
adopted for the Texas agricultural
industry this session. The legisla-
ture provided an increase in funding
for the Texas Agricultural Finance
Authority (TAFA) to make more
money available for low interest
loans to cover the cost of boll wee-
vil eradication, starting a value-
added agricultural processing busi-
ness, and the .Young Farmer Pro-
gram. S.B. 441 was amended by
Rep. Turner to provide franchise tax
credits for Ag processing facilities
expanding or locating in rural
counties. And finally, the legisla-
ture adopted H.B. 2 to outline the
development of the state's agricul-
ture policy. Rep. Turner was a joint
author on this legislation.
"H.B. 2 is going to provide
Texas with a state policy which
covers every aspect of producing
and selling an agricultural product
from the moment the producer de-
cides to raise or grow something
until the product is used or eaten by
the consumer," Turner stated.
Rural fire protection received a
big boost this session by receiving
$38.6 million in funding for the
next two years. Texas Forest Ser-
vice will be able to post more em-
ployees in west Texas to coordinate
fire fighting activities, and provide
assistance to local and volunteer fire
departments.
Legislation authored by Rep. Bob
Turner to assist rural counties with
the cost vof prosecuting capital
murder cases was finally approved
after Turner filed this legislation for
the second consecutive session.
"Sometimes it takes two or three
legislative sessions to pass a bill,"
Turner continued jokingly, "It takes
that long either to educate the
members or wear them down." Rep.
Turner was also able to secure $2.4
million in state appropriations to
fund the bill. H.B. 424 is currently
awaiting the governor's signature.
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JUMP START.... These kids will be entering Kindergarten at Llano Elementary this fall. As
part of Llano ISD’s summer school program, these kids joined a jump start class to introduce
them to life in Kindergarten. It is taught by Lisa Parker (standing) with help from Samantha
Hoskins and Kimberly Feller.
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Tax rebates
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Barington has been coaching
baseball for 28 years, the last
13 in Llano. His teams have
won over 525 games, been in
two state tournaments and ap-
peared in the state playoffs 18
times. This year's 'Jacket
squad, who make the playoffs,
made it 19.
Barrington will leave today
(Thursday) and will have a
short practice with his team
Friday. He said that it’s not
only an honor for him but a
great opportunity for the play-
ers.
“There will be several col-
lege recruiters and scouts
there,” he said. “It will be a lot
of fun to watch these kids
play.”
Mark Schulze, who guided
the Yellowjackets to the area
playoffs three years ago, was
the only Llano player to have
participated in the All-Star
game. This year, several of
Barington’s players will
make’the trip as spectators.
"I'm looking forward to
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coaching the South All-Stars
in the best 'yard' in the
world."
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$4872 Thirteen Llano County 4-H
uM members participated in Slate 4-H
EKe Roundup in College Station this
S past week.
Vd0 The Meats Judging Team
K9g consisting of Kim Feller, Jordana
Rode, Joel Bush and Brian Edwards
d, won the State Meats Judging Con-
test. Individually, Feller placed
, ninth high overall; Bush placed
“Abo eighth high overall; Rode placed
third in beef judging, first in
City of Llano
Texas Comptroller Carole
Keeton Rylander this week
delivered a total of $184 mil-
lion in monthly sales tax pay-
ments to 1,097 Texas cities
and 118 counties. June sales
tax rebates are down slightly
compared to June 1998 How-
ever, total payments to cities
and counties for January-
June 1999 are running 7.1 per-
cent ahead of the same period
last year.
"The Texas economy contin-
ues to grow at a steady pace,"
Comptroller Rylander said
"Sales tax collections show
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STATE CHAMPS .... The Llano County 4-H Meats Judging team brought home a state cham- was Florence Reeves. Participating
pionship from the 4-H Roundup held at Texas A&M last week. They are (1-r) Joel Bush, Kimber- as a member of the State 4-H
lull in May compared to the
same time period a year ago.
In 1998, Llano received just
over $54,000 in rebates while -
this year, only $47,656 was
collected accounting for a 12
percent drop. However, Llano ,
is still up 3.8 percent for tax
rebates year to date.
Marble Falls and Burnet en-
joyed increases of 6.2 and 12.5
percent respectively for the
same reporting period. Mar-
ble Falls received $264,806 in
sales tax rebates while Burnet
collected $79,950
Fredericksburg’s tax reve-
nue remained almost un-
changed compared to the same
reporting period a year ‘ago.
The Gillespie County city re-
ceived $194,802 in rebates for
the June reporting period.
June sales tax rebates in-
clude local sales taxes collect-
ed in April and reported to the
Comptroller's office in May.
The sales tax rebates Comp-
troller Rylander delivered
included $169.4 million to
Texas cities.
identification, first in reasons, and
second overall; Edwards placed sec-
ond in identification, second in beef
judging and first overall. With the
win the Meats Team qualifies to
participate at the National 4-H
Meats Judging Contest held in
Manhattan, KS this coming
November.
The Rifle Team consisting of
Nathan Flint, Deah Moore, James
Theiss and Josh Calder placed
Saturday, Llano Yellow-
jacket Head Baseball Coach
Ken Barington, along with
assistant coach James Sauci-
er, will take the field al the
Ballpark at Arlington, to
coach the, south team in • the
1999 High School A, 2A and 3A
All-Star game.
Each year, one coach is se-
lected by his peers to coach a
team in the All-Star game.
Barington, who will enter his
30 year in coaching next sea-
son, was thrilled with the op-
portunity to coach the squad.
Fellow coaches nominate the
All-Star skipper and directors
from the the Texas High
School Baseball Coaches As-
sociation makes the final
choice.
"This is the greatest coach-
ing honor I have received in
my coaching career," Bar-
ington said. "What makes
this so special is to be nomi-
nated by ex-players, who are
now coaches, and your peers
in the coaching profession.”
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LEDC plans use of tract
Several projects, both ongo- Cook said he hopes the LEDC
ing and upcoming, were dis- will be able to fund seating at
cussed at a Llano Economic the proposed amphitheater and
Development Board meeting some landscaping. The LEDC
Monday night at city hall. did pass a motion to support the
mined until a public hearing
can be scheduled. At present,
specifications are being pre-
pared for the bid process.
There was also a report from
Glocal Vantage that the city’s
web site, www.ci.llano.tx.us
will be reactivated Saturday.
The web site, which was
scheduled to be up and run-
ning in April, had to undergo
some major renovations.
In other city matters, Cook
said that plans are to go out for
bids on replacing the water
and waste water lines to the
north side of town very soon.
The project could be completed
as early as December of this
year. The line will be either
secured to the lower side of the
dam or secured to the riverbed
on the upper side of the dam.
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Deaths:
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Judy Bandy
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Stephenson, Jimmy. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1999, newspaper, June 17, 1999; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1603341/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.