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Saturday, June 27, 2009
CITY COUNCIL
Chicken Ordinance' passed at long last
Comfort Suites hotel height approved on second reading
BY JACQUELINE DAVIS
Staff Writer
At long last, the Bastrop City
Council unanimously approved the
so-called "Chicken Ordinance," an
addition to the city's current animal
control ordinances, at Tuesday's
regular meeting.
The ordinance is intended to
protect the feral chickens that roam
at large on Farm Street from being
captured by the city's animal con-
trol officer and taken to the Bastrop
County Animal Shelter. Several
Farm Street residents had made a
passionate request for a new ordi-
nance a little more than a month
ago.
The Chicken Ordinance essen-
tially "grandfathers" the chickens
under the same protections as the
ducks, geese and other waterfowl at
Fisherman's Park that are allowed
to roam at will.
JULY 4TH
n other action:
■ On final reading, the Bastrop
City Council unanimously granted
a conditional use permit that will
allow the construction of a Comfort
Suites directly behind the Bastrop
Walgreen's. The hotel will be 56 feet
tall, and is planned near the sites of
plenty of other current and upcom-
ng hotels in a heavy commercial
zone.
■ The council unanimously ad-
opted a resolution supporting the
"Big Push," an emission reduction
effort organized by the Clean Air
Coalition, of which the City of Bas-
trop is a member. The Big Push is
an effort to reduce public agencies'
and businesses' emissions to help
the region meet the Environmental
Protection Agency's new, stricter
standards for air quality.
Water well update
City Manager Mike Talbot said
he was hoping to have good news
soon for the council on the water
well front. After the council ap-
proved the digging of a second test
well June 9, it appears the city may
have at last found a good water pro-
ducer, Talbot said. The test well was
finished June 21, and early results
were favorable, but it will take two
weeks or so to determine how much
water the well is capable of produc-
ing, Talbot said.
"We drilled the second well Sun-
day," Talbot said. "It appeared to be
holding well. We're keeping our fin-
gers crossed."
The test well is attempting to
draw a steady water flow from the
alluvial aquifer, a shallow water
supply that surrounds the Colorado
River. If successful, a well dug near
Bob Bryant Park would be the first
alluvial well on the west bank of
the Colorado, and could help offset
rising water needs in Bastrop. The
city is hoping to gain 300 gallons
per minute or more from the well at
Bob Bryant.
' ea Party celebration of America
BY CYNDI WRIGHT
Editor
Are you patriotic and want the
world to know it?
Then come to the first annual
patriotic tea party to celebrate Inde-
pendence Day in Bastrop. The event
is slated for Saturday, July 4 at noon
on the Bastrop County Courthouse
lawn around the gazebo.
"We want to bring an aware-
ness to people in Bastrop and the
surrounding area of who we are as
an American people, what our roots
are and how our roots started," said
Art Kownslar, one of the organizers.
"We want to understand how we've
grown and where we are today in re-
lation to what our founding fathers
envisioned."
Kownslar emphasized that the
event is not a political bashing par-
ty.
"It is patriotic and non-partisan,"
EDUCATION
Calvary school
awarded grant
he said. "We are not recruiting, but
encouraging people to participate in
our future activities. I would hope
that some people would come just to
"We want to bring an awareness
to people in Bastrop...of who we
are as an American people"
— Art Kownslar,
Organizer
celebrate, but then decide to partici-
pate in maintaining our freedoms."
The planning group has been
meeting about once a week to set up
the special party.
"My hope is that people will get
enthusiastic and excited about their
patriotic freedoms," said organizer
Evelyn Weilert.
Calvary Episco-
pal School was recently
awarded a monetary grant
from The Pine Foundation
of Austin that will allow
the school to offer tuition
assistance to families in
the Bastrop community.
"We have been search-
ing for a means to as-
sist families who desire a
Christian education with
high academic standards,"
delighted to be able to of-
fer this opportunity to the
Bastrop Community," said
Catherine Casey, board
president of the school.
"This grant is designed
solely for tuition assis-
tance and we are delight-
ed to be able to offer this
opportunity to the Bastrop
Community."
For tuition assistance,
parents must apply by
July 15.
Please call 512-321-
1610 or come to the school
office at 603 Spring St. in
Bastrop. School hours are
9 a.m. - 3 p.m, Monday
through Friday.
CES teaches preschool
children through kinder-
garten level. In the sum-
mer of 2008, the school
was awarded accredita-
tion by the Southwestern
Association of Episcopal
Schools, an accreditation
recognized by the Texas
Education Agency. For
more information about
Calvary Episcopal School,
see their Web site at cal-
varyschool.net.
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in observance of the July 4th holiday
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Kownslar envisions a coming
together from all segments of Bas-
trop-area society.
"To speak with one voice alone,
sometimes cannot be heard, but
many voices together can have
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"We want to plant a seed to make
voices be heard with a group of like-
minded people."
Event organizers said they are
currently recruiting entertainment
for the event, which they envision as
motivational speakers interspersed
with music. Anyone can get up and
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with thoughts about freedom and
patriotism.
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9977 if you can provide some mu-
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remedy for failure to publish in a timely manner shall be refund
of any monies actually paid by the advertiser for the desired
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in which the error or omission occurred, which may be less than
ihe cost of the entire advertisement. We reserve the right to cor-
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