Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [125], No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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* For complete, wp /o Me minute election results, call or come by the
ADVERTISER office, 1006 Main Street in Bastrop, Saturday, April 1
City, school election Saturday
B\SHARON
SCHOMAKER
Time continues to quickly
run out a> candidates for city
and school board elections
make List minute prepara
lions in campaign programs.
Voters throughout Bastrop
County will he called on
April 1 to mark their ballots
for candidates of their
choice.
In Bastrop. Smithville and
Elgin, boxes will be set up in
three primary locations for
city elections. Registered
voters in Bastrop can vole
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the
City Hall at 9l>-l Main Street.
Candidates who have filed to
fill three positions on the
Bastrop City Council are I'at
Gordon, Albert Lock, Kobert
Miller, James DeBaun, Bar
ry Moncure and Adren
Ke«l Long. Mayor James P.
Sharp will run unopposed 111
the April 1 election.
In Smithville, city elec-
tions will be held in the
Smithville High School
Cafeteria. WW) Bishop from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. Candidates
running for city elections are
George C. "Mickey" Mick.
1 >r. Jerry Morris, James
Bailey. Hal Wallace, Kobert
Smith. Kobert Donnell and
Willie Ferrell. Mayor
Lawrence Skelley will be
challenged by Bill Davison
and Patrick Pscncik.
In Elgin, registered
citizens wishing to cast their
votes for city election should
report to the police station
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
April 1. Gordon Swenson,
JustoBega and David House
are running for Place 1 on
the city council; while
Tommy SlcCullough has filed
for Place 2. As the term of
Mayor Kobert Dumbeck
expires, Harry Meads will
rut against Arthur F.
Johnson for the position of
mayor of Klgin.
Phe deadline for absentee
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TEXAS' DLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Since March 1, 1853
The Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, Thursday, March 30, 1978
Number 9
BISD race heated
Tactics in local
race questioned
BY CLYDE GRIFFIN
With both city and school
board elections coming up
this weekend, it seems that
certain factions supporting
their particular favorites will
do anything to have their
man elected to contested
posts, and even Bastrop is
prime for such political
rabblings.
Monday morning the
ADVERTISER learned from
a reliable source that a local
man had hired drivers to
transport voters to the polls
this Saturday. The rumor
included that this person
was offering $1.25 per head
for each person brought in
and alleged further that the
man was offering to pay for
votes for his favorite
candidate in the school board
election. Unfair, you say?
Yes unfair, and highly
illegal.
When asked if the rumor
was true, the man admitted
to offering to pay to have
voters brought in to cast
their lots in the school board
election, but he added, "I
can't tell them people how to
vote, that is up to them!"
Besides the fact that the
man cannot tell voters who
to vote for, the law expressly
prohibits him from paying in
any manner for his cronie to
haul in would-be voters.
In checking with Robert L.
Lemens, Director of the
Secretary of State Elections
Divisioa we learned that
this individual has probably
already committed a
criminal action in that he
violated Article 15.71 of the
Texas Election Code,
Volume 9 of Vernons Texas
Civil Statutes. The article,
covering the hiring of
vehicles for conveying
voters to and from the polls
indicates that this over
eager political activist could
be subject to a $500 fine for
his action thus lar.
The law states that
whoever hires a vehicle or a
person to drive a vehicle, or
rewards the driver of a
vehicle for transporting
voters to the polls is acting
in direct conflict with the
state's election code. ..
See "Election Code,"
Page 9
LCRA customers
due for benefits
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BY SHARON
SCHOMAKER
Any benefits reaped
through the Lo-Vaca settle
ment plan will be passed on
the LCRA customers, Bob
Tinstman, LCRA assistant
general manager told the
ADVERTISER late last
week. "That has been one of
our conditions to the
settlement plan all along," he
said.
The Texas Railroad Com
mission has set a hearing on
the settlement plan for April
3, at which time they will
rule in favor of the
settlement, if the proposal is
in the public interest.
Lo-Vaca customers who
submitted proposals include
LCRA, cities of Austin, San
Antonio, Corpus Christi,
Brownsville and Robstown,
Central Power and Light,
Lone Star Gas, United Texas
Transmission Co, and the
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
See "LoVaca,"
Page 11
Large dogs or wolves killed a show barrow belonging to David Gann of Smith-
ville Friday night. The show animal was slated to be shown at the upcoming
Smithville F.F.A. Stock Show. The canine track pictured measured four and
one half inches across. Staff Photo by Jim Tisdale
Lignite update
owned land in New Mexico,
Utah and other Western
states.
For three years the LCRA
andjJu^CityofAusUnhave
See "Lignite,"
Swift decision
maybe delayed shnSs
Moncure to seek
city council seat
BY BARKY MONT I'RE
As a long-time resident of
Bastrop, I have been deeply
interested in its rapid
growth and development.
Since I am a master
plumber, I have a great deal
of practical knowledge of the
city which enables me to be
aware of its needs.
As I watch our
solving its growing
with the influx of many new
families, I see three major
areas in which our city needs
improvement. Bastrop must
have a feasible long range
and short range plan
town
pains
for
imitroving and extending its
city M'PVr«*«
Ttie future growth of
Bastrop will t left in the
hmlt '4'mr youth The
for rrereat loria I de v e lop went
i ll lb. children in oyi t i*
wM We 4 «' (
fmrfMUmHtmi • Hit it Hriif 9
ball parks, and other
facilities which provide for
the growth and well being of
our young people. As a
father of four children, I feel
that I am well qualified to
work in this area.
Bastrop needs a year
round program for city
beautification, one which
would allow us to make
Bastrop the kind of com
munity in which we are
proud to live. We need to
continue to make greater
effort* to preserve our
hist«>ry and our heritage
which are *o important to
the people of Bastrop
A* a father, a business
man, a college graduate, and
a long lime resident of
Bastrop. | would appreciate
> support tit my behatl
for I'll y < ogni tlmai.
Hi |*4J
BYSHARON
SCHOMAKER
A surprise adversary in
the three-year struggle by
the Lower Colorado River
Authority and the City of
Austin to mine lignite in the
Camp Swift area has
emerged, according to re
ports by a local area
newspaper.
Chaco Energy Co. of New
Mexico, owned by Texas
Utilities, is one of several
private coal mining com
panies trying to block a
settlement plan between the
Natural Resource Defense
Council and the Interior
Department. The companies
oppose the settlement be
cause the Interior Depart
ment would be more likely to
disapprove of their own
applications for coal leases
on large areas of federally
voting was Tuesday, March
2S. At prcsslime Tuesday,
nine absentee votes were
c.tsi in the Bastrop city
election. In Smithville
twenty absentee votes were
received, ami in Elgin,
twelve w ere counted.
April l is also the day for
school board elections
throughout Bastrop County.
Voting boxes are set up
according to precincts within
the various school districts
and will be open from 7 a.m.
to7 p.m.
Two positions on the
Bastrop Independent School
District Board of Trustees
are to be filled, as the terms
of Kobert Jenkins, Place 3
and Oscar Cassel, Place I
expire. Candidates who filed
for these positions are
Robert Jenkins in Place 3,
Stanley Smith and Clarence
Vinklarek for Place 1.
In Smithville, all voting
boxes for school board
election will be open from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 1.
Citizens in Precincts 3 and 12
can vote at the Smithville
High School Cafeteria; while
those in Precinct l vote in
.Kosankv Community Cen
ter; and those citizens in
Where the boxes are
Evans details
BISD election
Evans to lead
Garcia campaign
BY C.H. EVANS
C.H. Evans. superin
tendent of schools of the
Bastrop Independent School
District, has been named to
the steering committee of
(ius Garcia of Austin who is
presently the president of
the Hoard o( Trustees of the
Austin Independent School
District
Garcia ii a candidate for
theState B>*rdof Education
for the ola.e vacated by Jane
in the Democratic Primary
May 6.
Garcia is interested in
being personally aware of
the needs and opinion* of the
people of Bastrop County
and would like to be able to
talk to as many as possible
Any civic or professional
group in the county which
would lik
to
rwmvrr
should |
at ;t?l
I a rid he
hear
ng hi
i* «ta
Garcia
s can
ti < li
tllemol
lads
thai
come to
aid of burn
victim
BY CLYDE GRIFFIN
A seven year old Bastrop
County youth who received
third degree burns over a
major portion of his body
recently became one of over
200.000 children to be aided
by the great Shriners
hospitals. Lorenzo Juarez Jr.
was burned when he fell into
an open kettle filled with
smoldering wood which was
used to heat the family of
eight's tiny two room house
at Lake Bastrop Estate* in
February.
little Lorenzo was ad
milled to the Shriners BurnK
Hospital in Galveston early
last week when family
prayers for help were
answered by concerned local
citizens.
Urn oln Karris, Hhriner of
the Austin area Ben Bur
Temple signed a* I he
sponsor after hearing
Austin'# .VIM, H<
reinsert to treat th
in C.H. EV ANS
There are five voting
boxes with one box each in
Bastrop, Cedar Creek. Red
Rock, Watterson and Paige,
Paige is the new box in the
Bastrop I.S.I). election.
Voters should notice that it
you are within the Bastrop
i.S.D. including the Old
Paige District (Precinct Will
you can vote in the Board
Election of the Bastrop
I.S.D. Any petitions, appeals
or hearings have no in
fluence on this .
Everyone has heard that
the county is lieing changed
up so far as voting precincts
are concerned. This change
will not effect this election
on April 1. Voting Precincts
H\ (South Bastrop) and Wl.'l
(North Bastrop) will vote in
the Bastrop Box, with some
few in the South Elgin
voting here. Voting Precinct
#!) (Cedar Creek) will vote in
Cedar Creek. Voting Pre
einct #9 (Watterson) will
vote at Watterson. Voting
Precinct W10 (Red Rock) will
vote in Red Rock. Voting
Precinct #11 (Paige) will
vote in Paige. There may be
a very lew voters who are in
voting Precinct #11 and
were in the edge of the
Bastrop I.S.I). before the
annexation who voted in
Bastrop with #1 and #13;
they should vote in PAIGE.
Remember, the new Pre
cinct changes arc for future
elections and do not effect
(his election.
Three candidates are
running for two places.
Robert E. Jenkins Jr. is
running unopposed for
position #:i. Stanley Smith
and Clarence Vinklarek are
running for position #4.
Voters should vote for one
(1) for each position. The
polls will be open at the
regular hours on Saturday,
April 1. Returns will be
brought into the Central
office (Office of the Superin
tendent) as soon as they are
complete after 7 p.m.,
Saturday night. Results will
be posted at the office of the
funds to allow admittance of
their son. The boy had
received skin grafts at
Seton, and had been sent
home where infection began
to s«it in.
Farris told the ADVER
TISEK he had only recently
met Dr. Don Parks of the
Shriners Burns Hospital
when Parks was welcomed
to Texas by the Ben Hur
Temple Shriners two weeks
ago. Dr. Parks is t he surgical
head at the Burns Hospital.
"When I called Doctor
Parks, there was no hesita
tion. And the boy is down
there now receiving treat
ment." Farris said.
Transportation to Galves-
ton was provided by the
Bastrop Independent Schpol
District.
This Saturday, Knights of
the Ben Hur Temple (all local
See "Shriners,"
Page 9
Superintendent and released
to (tapers and T V. and Radio
Stations.
Precinct 7 vote at Pin Oak
for the school board cand
didates of their choice.
Candidates filing for
Smithville Board of Trustees
are Phil Tovar and Doug
Smith for Place 1. and James
Briggs Jr. and Mary Ella
Wither for Place 2.
Citizens of Elgin, casting
their votes for school board
elections can vote from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. at the School
Administrative office, 900
W. 2nd Street.
Eric Carlson, J.P.
Schroeder. Roger Murphree,
Guadalupe Gonzales and
Carroll "Sonny" Hibbs have
all filed for Place M on the
Elgin Board of Trustees.
Kay llix will run for Place 1,
and Charlcne Shoulders for
Place 2 in the election.
The deadline for absentee
voting in school board
elections was Tuesday,
March 2H. As of presstime
Tuesday, 22 votes had been
cast in Bastrop; fifteen votes
in Smithville; and fifteen
votes in Elgin.
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I Olellfl, |u*101, )r
News briefs.
Civil. SI KVICK JOBS-The U.S. Civil Service Com-
mission's Alhcqucrquc area office will be accepting
applications for the position of Correctional Officer
from April 7 through April 17, It lias been announced.
These positions are a\tillable in the Department of
Justice correctional facilities in Texas and Okla-
lioma uiid carry a starting salary of $11,101 a year
(GS-0). Well qualified applicants have a good chance
of being referred for employment consideration.
The Bureau of Prisons plans to open the new cor-
rectional facility in this county in August, and op-
portunities for securing a federal appointment
are good in this area. Application forms and ad-
ditional information may be obtained by writing,
calling or \ isiting your nearest federal job information
center in San Antonio and Austin.
NI- W COURSES OKAYI-D- By alleviating the teacher
load through an approved Migrant reading program.
Bastrop High School will be offering two new courses
of study in the lll7K-79 school year. According to
informed sources, both journalism and German
classes are to be added to the curriculum next year.
School Principal Ronald l.atidrum told the ADVER-
TISER, "We have been trying to get these courses
approved for several years," and they are to be ad-
ded with the approval of the Migrant reading pro-
gram. Director of federal programs Garnet Blackman
said the school was recently approved through
the Region 1.1 Service Center lof three aides and one
new teacher for the reading program. Blackman said
thai the program has seemingly freed two teachers
at the high school level, allowing for the inclusion of
both journalism and the language course to the
curriculum for the upcoming school year.
LCRA SCANI)AL--lnvestigutlon of alleged charges
of misappropriation of company materials and misuse
of employees during working hours In now under-
way at the l,owcr Colorado River Authority's Sim
(iideon Steam Plant located Fast of Bastrop on the
authority's 1000-acrc Lake Bastrop. The allegations
indicate that two officials in the local power plant
instructed workers to build and maintain equipment
for their personal use. Angry family members are
demanding release of more names of those Involved,
but I.CRA officials aren't talking, ll is alleged that
more than the two officials named In an ADVERTI-
SKR story in the Monday edition were involved in
producing personal items on company time using
company materials.
JAMBORF.F T1MF--Threc days of fun and enter-
tainment get underway this Thursday in Smithville
as the Annual Smithville Jamboree is kicked off
with a beauty pageant at the Queen's Coronation
thai evening, Free street dances for each of the
three nights and loads of carnival attrations will
highlight the three-day affair. The Smithville Hospital
will sponsor a free medical clinic on Main Street.
Free blood pressure and pulse checks are featured by
volunteer nurses.
EJECTION IMY--Salurday, April I Is election day
in Bastrop and most Texas counties as qualified
voters will be going to the polls to fill the vacancies
in all school board and city elections In Bastrop,
Smithville and Klgin. Most polling places are to be
open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. All voters are
reminded to have your valid Voter Registration Cer-
tificate with you when you vote in both your city and
school board elections. Be a good clti/en, get out and
vole...and see that your neighbor voles, as well!
KLFASFN GUN I RIAL-A jury of eight women
and lour men were chosen to begin hearing testimony
lucsdav in the trial of Kobert Elmer Kleasen for
charges of alleged federal gun law violations. The
twelve jurors chosen said they had never heard of
Klcascn and had not formed an opinion about his
guilt or innocence in the gun case. Six prospective
jurors had been eliminated alter slating they had
heard of an overturned murder conviction which
impliiated Kleaven as the murderer ot a Mormon
missionary in P474 Kleasen faces ihargr* of su
firearms violation* involving the pun base of three
* capons I bit i ot On charges allege that Kleasen
made talse Mali menu in obtain the guns, a bile
ibt other rhiee ibarges allege that lie received the
ituua ill' Mall* m oHefsiaii tumour. <r
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