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Page 2A ★ IChc Bastrop UdOCltlSCl' Saturday, April 14,2007
Next Week's Meetings
The following governmental entities in Bastrop
County and surrounding area have meetings
scheduled next week. All are open to the pub-
lic.
Monday
■ Smithville school board meets at 6 p.m. in the
Red Brick Building, 901 NE Sixth St., Smithville.
Call 360-2480.
■ Bastrop Economic Development Corp. board
meets at 7 p.m. in the BEDC board room, 903
Main St., Bastrop. Call 303-9700.
■ Elgin school board meets at 7 p.m. at the
Elgin ISD Administration Building Auditorium, 1002
N.Ave. C, Elgin. Call 281-9731.
■ McDade school board meets at 7 p.m. in the
McDade Middle School building, 156 Marlin St.,
McDade. Call 273-2522.
Tuesday
■ Bastrop school board meets at 6:30 p.m. at
the BISD Central Administration board room, 906
Farm St., Bastrop. Call 321-2292.
■ Elgin City Council meets at 7 p.m. at the Elgin
Public Library Civic Room, 404 N. Main St., Elgin.
Call 281-5724.
Wednesday
■ Elgin Parks and Recreation Dept. Advisory
Board meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Elgin City Hall
Annex Building Council Chambers, 310 N. Main
St, Elgin. Call 281-5724.
■ Smithville Industrial Development
Foundation board meets at 7:30 a.m. in the
Smithville City Hall Council Chambers, 317 Main
St., Smithville. Call 237-3282.
■ Lower Colorado River Authority board meets
at 9 a.m. at the LCRA General Office Complex
Board Room, 3700 Lake Austin Blvd., Austin. Call
(512) 498-1552.
■ Bastrop Historical Landmark Commission
meets at 7 p.m. in the Bastrop City Hall Council
Chambers, 904 Main St., Bastrop. Call 321-3941.
■ Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation
District board meets at 7 p.m. Locations alternate
between the Aqua Water Supply Corp. Conference
Room, 415 Old Austin Hwy., Bastrop (odd months)
and at Giddings City Hall, 118 E. Richmond St.
(even months). Call 581-9057.
Thursday
■ Smithville-Crawford Municipal Airport board
meets at 11 a.m. at the airport, 789 Loop 230
West, Smithville. Call 237-3282.
■ Bastrop County Subdivision Review Board
meets at 4 p.m. in the District Court Jury Room,
Bastrop Historic Jail, 803 Pine St., Bastrop. Call
332-7282.
■ Bastrop Central Appraisal District board
meets at 6:30 p.m. at the BCAD office, 209
Jackson St., Bastrop. Call 303-1930.
■ Bastrop County Water Control &
Improvement District No. 2 board meets at 7
p.m. at the WCID No. 2 office, 106 Conference
Drive, Bastrop. Call 321-1688.
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the same level of service."
Crim said he's a good choice
for voters "primarily because of
my experience, and I was instru-
mental in introducing the concept
of having an emergency services
district in our area," adding he
had broached the subject nearly
20 years ago w ith officials.
Pastor Jerry Edmon, an Elgin
resident, said he decided to seek a
spot on the district because, "I've
watched firefighters pull people
our of car wrecks . . . and they
deserve the best equipment and
resources we can give them. My
motivation is that I've seen what
firefighters do and they are usu-
ally the first at a scene."
Edmon, 52, said the begin-
ning of the emeigency sendees
district "is critical and I want the
foundation to be right. Our kids
will be eventually involved."
Edmon said it's important
for commissioners to get updat-
ed equipment into firefighters"
hands. However, he said he
would be "concerned" about any
efforts to try to get the maximum
allowed 10-cents tax rate (per
$100 valuation) in place at the
formation of the district. Edmon
said he doesn't think "anybody
yet has all the numbers" about
equipment needed and a feasible
tax rate.
Edmon said he's a good
choice for voters "because of my
management experience runs for
the last 35 years — in ministry,
leadership teams and training:"
Edmon said his management
experience includes serving as a
member of a church board which
oversees 250 churches and 1,500
ministers.
David Musgrave, a McDade
resident, said he was "recruited
by neighbors to run" and "felt
like McDade needed a represen-
Korrow
"I'd like to be under construction
by this fall," said Talbot.
Previously the council had
discussed additional borrow-
ing to move two other projects
ahead, wrap another one up and
finance one urgent utility and
street project. Council members
endorsed the entire package
again Tuesday.
When the transaction is com-
plete it will boost the city's long
term debt by almost $3.7 million
to some $25.9 million.
Planned borrowing includes
$260,000 to close the books on
the library expansion, $2.3 mil-
lion to replace a sewer main
and rework Pecan Street south
^Continued from Page 1A
tative" for the emergency ser-
vices district.
Musgrave said one of the
challenges facing the district "is
the exploding growth around
Elgin. The district will be tasked
with making sure we are for-
ward looking enough to prepare
in advance of grow th "
As for the tax rate, Musgrave
said, "We've got to set a tax
rate such that the demand (for
equipment and training) is met,
but not collect more taxes than
necessary"
Musgrave, 59, is a retired Air
Force major — 20 years of ser-
vice including being a survival
instructor. With a masters degree
in industrial engineering he was
also was a manager of product
design at Southwest Research
Institute in San Antonio.
Theodore "TC.' Coody, also a
McDade resident, has served on
the board of directors of the Lake
Bastrop Volunteer Fire Dept.
and was a volunteer firefighter
for four years. He is an EMT
with the Bastrop County First
Responders.
"Elgin is growing at a phe-
nomenal rate, and the equipment
that volunteers with Elgin and
McDade have is minimal, at
best," Coody said, emphasizing
he believed the personnel tam-
ing "is great. You have a lot of
Elgin volunteer firefighters who
are also EMTs and that's excel-
lent because it's helping commu-
nities in both directions."
Coody, 39, said it will be
important for the district "to keep
taxes as low as possible" while
upgrading equipment.
Coody is in the printing busi-
ness, has been an information
technology manager with an
Austin database company and
has also managed Dominos and
Papa Johns pizzerias.
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RELAY 2007
FOR LIFE*
Fundraisers
Saturday, April 14
Second Saturday on Main (Bas-
trop). Booth selling gift and seasonal
items, bake sale and quilt raffle. Call
Joyce Wiginton at 303-4076.
Sunday, April 15
Noon-???? - Spaghetti Luncheon
at First United Methodist Church,
216 W. 3rd St. in Elgin. Proceeds
will benefit Elgin Relay for Life
and will include a bake sale and
live auction. Live auction at 12:30.
Cost of lunch is $7 for adults and
$3 for kids. For information call Ella
Brasher at (512) 552-1511 or the
church office at 285-4503.
Saturday, April 21
8 a.m.-2 p.m. - Community Ga-
rage Sale at Ken Estepp Show-
barn in Baslrop. Anyone interested
may set up a booth but all proceeds
from the sale must be donated to
Relay For Life. For information call
Cynthia Dickson at 497-4271 or
Delena Meuth at 809-4446.
Saturday, April 28
8 a.m.-2 p.m. - Garage Sale at
1302 Hill St. in Bastrop. Call Joyce
Wiginton at 303-4076.
To place team events in
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First Tuesday
of the Month
Tuesday, May 1 • 6-8 p.m. - Por-
tion of Cold Stone Creamery sales
in Bastrop will be donated to the
American Cancer Society. Baslrop/
Smithville Relay for Life. Cold Stone
Creamery is located at 696 Texas 71
Wests Texas 304.
Tuesday, May 1 • 5-9 p.m. - Portion
of Taco Cabana sales in Bastrop
will be donated to the American
Cancer Society. Bastrop/Smittiville
Relay for Life. Taco Cabana is located
at 696 Texas 71 West & Texas 304.
Saturday, May 12
5 p.m.-??? - Fried Fish Supper,
Live Auction and Drawing at
Leon's Country Store in Rockne.
Serving begins at 5 p.m. until sold
out. Live auction begins at 7:30
p.m. Entertainment provided by
Gerald Ragsdale. Call Melissa
Voigt at 332-6171.
Now thru
Friday, May 18
Chance to win dinner by John
Chabot. The chef will be hosting a
dinnerpartyfor6aswellasa1 night
stay for all 6 guests at the Blue Her-
on bed and breakfast. Tickets are
$5 and can be purchased from any
Relay for Life team member until
May 18. Grand prize drawing will
be held at the Relay for Life event
at midnight May 19. Dinner and 1
night stay is reserved for Saturday,
June 2, 2007. Contact Michelle at
m haddock@srh net.org.
about five feet square near the
building's east wall, said Louis
de Spain, who serves on the
Opera House board. At first no
one understood what the pit rep-
resented so it was filled in with
rubble and dirt and smoothed
over, said de Spain.
But as cast and crew work-
ing on the Julia Roberts movie
"Fireflies in the Garden"
swarmed into the Opera House
soon afterward, toilet trouble
quickly followed. The film crew-
is using the Opera House for
meals, breaks, some costume
changes and related functions.
Filming is taking place two
blocks away on Pecan Street.
But the pit was evidently an
old fashioned slush pit, a type
of wastewater disposal system
in common use by the 19th cen-
tury, said de Spain. City workers
could not find any connection
between toilets in the Opera
House and Bastrop's central
^■Continued from Page 1A
sewer system, so they went to
work and hooked up the historic
playhouse.
"There's a new sewer tap in
the back" of the building, said
de Spain who praised the city's
quick response.
The building's primitive waste
disposal arrangement came as a
surprise to everyone. "We always
thought we were hooked up,"
said de Spain. So did the city.
The billing oifice has sent the
Opera House a sewer bill along
with its water and electric bill
for years, said Bastrop Finance
Director Lamar Ozley. Current
city utility records go back only
to 1992 so it's impossible now to
know when the Opera House got
its first sewer bill, he said.
Efforts to restore the Opera
House as a live theater began
in 1978 after years of standing
empty and decades of previous
use as a teen center and movie
house.
Group
by a loss of nerve cell function
in the part of the brain that con-
trols muscle movement.
The symptoms include trem-
ors or shaking as a result of the
nerve cell damage, according
to the Amcncan Academy of
Physicians. Body "movement
or action" often benefits a per-
son with Parkinson's, whereas
remaining Immobile contributes
to the progression of tremors.
Additional symptoms may
include cognitive dysfunction
^Continued from Page 1A
and language problems.
According to Wikipedia,
the individual symptoms of
patients can be quite dissimilar,
including the progression of the
disease.
There is no cure for
Parkinson's but its symptoms
can be somewhat controlled.
If interested in finding out
more about the Bastrop sup-
port group for Parkinson's, call
Dawn Smith at Argent Court at
321-9500, extension #255.
i'Continued from Page 1A
of Chestnut, $100,000 to begin
design work on a new city hall
and $1.3 million for streets west
of the river.
"My main concern is the
Pecan Street sewer," said Council
Member John Creaner. Talbot
has said the old sewer line is
cracking and sections are sepa-
rating, signs of possible cata-
strophic failure.
Talbot said another attraction
of borrowing now is current inter-
est cost. For planning purposes
he assumed the new bonds can
be sold at 4.6 percent. Currently
bonds similar to those Bastrop
will oifer are going for about 4.4
percent interest, he said.
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less than the cost of the entire advertisement. We reserve the right to correct or
republish an advertisement in lieu of any refund.
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