The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [127], No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1981 Page: 3 of 18
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Thursday, January 22, 1981
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEW8
Pafe
jump in Bastrop, Smithville
Teresa Smith shows off new sign pointing to American Legion - W1 Rogers Rodeo
Arena off Loop 150. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Austin provided sign.
Sex education
backed for teens
Retail sales^ in Bastrop
increased b>yan astounding
146 percent for the Chris-
tmas shopping season and
early 1981, according to a
sales tax report by the State
Comptroller's Office.
The state rebated to Bas
trop $10,566 for the month
ending Jan. 9, compared to
$4,280 for the same time
period a year earlier.
The money covered the
one percent sales tax levied
by the city and collected,
along with the state sales
tax, by the state.
The Bastrop percentage
increase was ereater than
for Houston, Dallas or San
Antonio, the state report
shows.
It' was also greater than
seen in the nearby oil boom
town of Giddings and was
ahead in percentage and
dollar amount of Lockhart,
which has many more retail
stores than Bastrop.
SMITHVILLE A SMASH
Smithville had an even
greater sales tax growth
than Bastrop during the
same period - 216 percent
or-' $6,652 compared* to
$2,104. Merchants there said
business from oil field wor
kers was a main factor.
Elgin retail sales were
also up substantially, but not
by so wide a margin. The
sales tax payment to Elgin
increased 55 percent or
$5,034 compared to $3,246.
Water line work could start.
Bastrop rural water cus-
tomers connected to an in-
sufficient line along Pershing
Drive may not have to wait
through another hot sum-
mer before construction can
start on a large six-inch
main, if plans by City Mana-
ger Jerry McFadden pan
out,
McFadden is "trying to
locate" cash in the city's
water and sewer funds to
use as a matching "loan" to
the special account set up to
finance the larger water
main, he said last we^k.
"I'd like to put in money
to match" the income from a
special $3 surcharge the city
council ordered added to
rural water bills beginning in
January, he said. The city
utility funds could then be
paid back over time from
the approximately $1,500 a
month the surcharge brings
in, he suggested.
McFadden cautions he's
not certain he can "find" the
money to use this way, "but
1 hope lean/' ^ j
The point rowing
from city water funds is to
advance the project's start-
ing time. "I want to show
some progress. I hateto wait
a year to start" on the new
line, he said.
The council indicated to
water customers protesting
the $3 surcharge last week
that work likely wouldn't
begin on the improvements
until enough money had ac-
cumulated in the special
fund to pay for it.
Total cost of the project is
pegged at about $16,000.
The deal with developer
Joe Echols to install 4,800
feet of the new line if the
city buys the pipe is still on,
McFadden reported. The
city manager added that
he's following up leads on
water pipe at a "cut rate
price."
"I want to start work on
Pershing Drive as soon £S
possible," McFadden said. If*
necessary thq work will be
done in smaller sections,
linking the two-inch lines
which cross Pershing, he
said.
- Something can be done
about the high rate of teen-
age pregnancies, says Betty
Jo Smith, a family life educ-
ation specialist
Improved and expanded
sex-education classes and
the appropriate use of con-
traceptives could greatly de-
crease the problem, even
though many other factors
contribute to the high rates
of teenage pregnancy, the
specialist explains.
Dr. Smith is on the home
economics staff of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice, the Texas A&M Uni-
versity System.
Looking at the "why's"
connected - with teenage
pregnancies, current home
economics research on the
subject is, at the same time,
suggesting some answers,
Dr. Smith says.
In a study examining sex
education and the know-
ledge of pregnancy risk a-
mong teenage females, sev-
eral facts surfaced.
Seventy percent of the
females, ages 15-19, who had
never been married, had
taken a course on sex edu-
cation.
Of those having sex-edu-
cation courses, more than 90
percent had been instructed
about the menstrual cycle
and venereal disease. Sev-
enty percent had been in-
structed on contraceptives.
ONLY A THIRD
When the students were
asked if they knew which
period in the menstrual cy-
cle afforded the greatest
risk of pregnancy, 60 per-
cent claimed to know which
period. However, whe# test
ed, only one-third of f£he
students could correctly
identify the time when risk
of pregnancy is greatest
These findings are partic-
ularly important because
many teenagers say they do
not use contraceptives since
they think they are protect
ed by the time of month
they have intercourse, Dr.
Smith adds.
Other research shows
that teenagers ages 16 and
17 delay using birth control
for an average of six
months after they become
sexually active. Teens ages
15 and younger wait even
longer - for an average of
one and a half years after
they become sexually active.
So, current research
seems to indicate two fac-
tors that contribute to a high
incidence of teenage preg-
nancy are:
1) Postponement of using
contraceptives until several
months after the teen has
become sexuaBy active and
2) lack of knowledge con-
cerning menstrual flow and
the period when risk of
pregnancy is greatest
These findings suggest a
need for improved and ex-
panded sex-education classes
and the appropriate use of
contraceptives as two pos-
sible ways to greatly de-
crease the problem of teen-
age pregnancy, Dr. Smith
concludes.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [127], No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1981, newspaper, January 22, 1981; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390985/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.