Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 20, 1979 Page: 1 of 14
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Bastrop county has a bad
case of road acne.
Like the adolescent we all
know or remember, the
county is suffering through
growing pains, a time of new
powers and opportunities,
new st rains and problems.
Consequently there are
certain blemishes showing
on the surface: bridges are
rickety, many of them, and
the roads are full of bone
jarring potholes (Pothole-
iana Bastropus). Citizen
complaints are rising (This
newspaper gets more than
one a day from irate readers)
and local office holders are
feeling the pressure.
AN EXAMPLE
Precinct #.'t Commissioner
Jerry Alexander can tell
you, for instance, about the
Old Austin Port Lavaca
Koad which was first
graveled using mules
about 19(H) on the strength of
a bond issue. The road was
then paved "about 30 years
ago" when it carried possibly
20lo 30 cars a day and a
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Photo by Davis McAuIey.
New Grand Jury sworn
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TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Since March 1, 1853
The Bastrop [Texas] Advertiser, Thursday, June 20, 1979
Nl MB I B 33
Elgin goes to court
Suit filed against Dr. Garcia
A new Grand Jury for the
June Term was sworn in for
the 21st Judicial District
Court of Bastrop County
Tuesday and fell to work on
a list of 26 cases due to be
presented by Criminal Dis-
trict Attorney Neal Pfeiffer.
Cases due to go to the
grand jurors include that of
Mary Rhoades, 44, of
McDade, who was arrested
Revenue share
funds to be up
Funding requests totaling
$133,171 by county officials
and other groups asking for
a slice of the county's
revenue sharing money were
presented at a public hearing
Monday in the Old County
JaiL
County Judge Jack A.
Griesenbeck said the county
should have $165,462 in
revenue sharing funds to
include in the budget the
commissioners court is be-
ginning to draw up now. For
the first time this year,
commissioners will adopt
both a revenue sharing
budget and the regular
county budget at the same
time, he said.
The judge indicated that
the budgets should be
adopted by the second week
of August.
Griesenbeck put in two of
the biggest requests for
funds. He is asking the
county to fund half of the
estimated $54,000 it would
cost to install an elevator in
the Courthouse from the
Federal shared money. In
addition to the $27,000 for an
elevator, the judge suggest-
ed putting some $20,000 into
maintenance of the District
Court building next to the
courthouse.
Griesenbeck also request-
ed $7,000 to buy right-of-way
for the state highway 71
by-pass around Smithville.
The other big requests
came from county ambulance
services which asked for
$20,000 during the next year
and from County Clerk
Lucille Fraim who wants
$10,000 worth of restoration
work done to her offices in
the courthouse.
The County firefighters
association and the county
child welfare board asked for
$7,000 each.
District Court Clerk
Peggy Walicek requested
$1,671 for additional file
cabinets.
Although Combined Com-
munity Action, Inc. has
asked for and been given
revenue sharing monies in
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after her oilfield-worker
husband, Robert Rhoades,
46, was found dead in their
home. According to Sheriff
I.R. Hoskins, the man had
been shot several times and
an emptied .22 calibre pistol
was found in the couple's
McDade mobile home.
In another series of cases,
jurors will consider com-
plaints of welfare fraud
lodged against five persons
by the Texas Department of
Human Resources. Accord-
ing to TDHR spokesmen, the
cases largely involve the
food stamp program and the
program of aid to families
with dependent children
(AFDC).
The twelve persons select-
ed to serve on the grand jury
from now until December
are Bruce Light of Paige,
Carolyn B. Smith of Smith-
ville, Carrol Henry Rabel of
Rosanky, LaVerne Cameron
of Smithville, Ernestina
Ramirez of Elgin, Robert F.
Dumbeck of Elgin and Earl
Steinbeck of Smithville.
Continued on Page 2
Attorneys for the city of
Elgin have filed suit in
Bastrop District Court ask-
ing Judge John L. Placke to
issue a temporary injunction
to keep Dr. Jose R. Garcia
from operating a medical
clinic out of his home on
North Avenue C. in Elgin.
The suit also asks for a
permanent injunction
against the doctor.
Dr. Garcia was forced
from his offices in the now
defunct Elgin Community
Hospital and says he cannot
find other space in Elgin
which is suitable for a clinic
and which he can afford now.
The city's petition to the
court claims that the city and
"the residents of the street
and neighborhood" where
Garcia has opened his clinic
"will suffer irreparable harm
unless injunctive relief is
granted."
Attorney Dennis Reese of
the Austin firm of Small,
Craig and Werkenthin joined
Elgin city attorney Ross
Meredith in filing the suit.
Hector Leal, Jr., attorney
for Dr. Garcia, expressed
disappointment that the city
had acted before the doctor
could exhaust the appeals
now pending which could
reverse or modify the city
council vote to deny the
zoning change requested by
the physician.
Both the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the
city council turned down
Garcia's rezoning request on
May 29. After the doctor
opened the clinic anyway -
claiming he has nowhere else
to see patients who need
medical attention the
council on May 5 ordered
Meredith to take judicial
action to halt violations of
the city zoning code.
Since then citizen peti-
tions in support of the doctor
keeping the clinic open have
gathered more than 1,000
signatures and Garcia's
lawyer has filed an appeal
from the zoning decision
with the board of adjust-
ment.
Other moves initiated in
behalf of the doctor include a
request for a "variance" in
the zoning as well as an
application for a special use
permit for the property. Leal
said the special use permit
would not change the zoning
status of the property but
would allow Garcia to
operate his clinic there.
At a public hearing before
the zoning board, some
residents said they feared
that a bar or some other
undesirable business could
be located in the neighbor-
hood if the doctor should
ever sell the property after
it was rezoned.
Leal said the doctor would
file an answer to the city's
suit "this week."
SM race a zero
With less than a month
before filing closes, no
candidates had filed by
Tuesday for the open seat
on Smithville's City
Council.
The deadline is July 11
for the election which will
be held August 11.
Alderman Hal Wallace
resigned due to health
reasons. The unexpired
part of his term of office
runs until April next
year.
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Two selected for girls state
A gravel truck accidentally dumped its load at the "Y" on State Highway 95 and 71 in
Smithville Monday about 4:30 p.m. It was more than two hours before the road was again
opened to traffic. Photo by Jim Tisdale.
T G & Y eager to open store here
At Jk
Melinda Fiebrich, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Fiebrich, and Sherrill Wil-
kinson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Wilkinson, will be
attending the American
Legion Auxiliary's Bluebon-
net Girls State this week at
Texas Lutheran College.
The event lasts at the
college in Seguin from June
19 to June 29.
A quota of 560 girls is
expected.
Alternates from Bastrop
are Dianna Fiebrich, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Fiebrich; Donna Seidel,
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Seidel; and Aileen
Goertz, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas GOertz.
These girls have just
completed their junior year
in high school.
They are selected on the
basis of scholarship, leader
ship abilities, participation in
and interest shown in extra
curricular activities and
community and church re-
lated projects.
Members of the Bastrop
High School faculty and the
principal have the responsi-
bility of studying the school
records to make the selec-
tions.
The purpose of Bluebon
net Girls State is to educate
young women in the duties,
privileges, rights and re
sponsibilities of American
citizenship.
The Texas Girls State is a
mythical 51st state where
the citizens organize their
own city, county and state
governments, and choose
officials in accordance with
regular election* proce
dure*.
lit Girl* Hint* (lu< young
iiti*ens "lest n by doing '
The group Is divided into
l wo point*'#! pallia*
"National" and ► edeisl
TG&Y Stores, Inc. Tues-
day posted a sign at the
corner of Highway 95 and
Chestnut announcing the
opening of a new "family
center" store in Bastrop's
first large shopping center
and said it wants "to open as
soon as possible."
The chain with 900 stores
coast to coast had announced
in last week's Advertiser
that it will open a 40,000 sq.
ft. store in Bastrop.
RM. Grisham, division
vice president of TG&Y said
at his Houston office, "We
will open as soon as we
possibly can." Vestcor, Inc.,
the shopping center develop
er, said the total 95,000 sq.
ft. center will open next
summer with construction
starting in less than 45 days.
Grisham said the Bastrop
unit will lie similar Ut a
TUKiY store already located
in Seguin. The chain, baaed
in Oklahoma City, alao ha*
store* in Georgetown and
< opperasl'ove and will open
one lit New llisuiifels plu*
Han M.»i"<s il # all# rail I*
loMiid in lit* l«*i illy, **«(
Grisham.
"In Bastrop, we plan
pretty much of a family type
store with clothing, autorno
tive supplies, drugs and
sporting goods," said Grish-
am. He said a pharmacy,
coffee shop or car repair
department is not planned
here, however. The store
will employ around 40 local
residents.
Fire truck bids arrive
Despite the absence of a
quorum for Monday's re-
scheduled Smithville City
Council meeting, Aldermen
Charles McKeown, Robert
Smith and Mayor Bill
Davison went ahead to open
the four bids which had been
received for a new fire truck
for the city.
Other council business
was put off until next
Monday in hopes of muster
ing a quorum then.
The apparent low bidder
for the new fire truck was
Himiii* Fire Equipment
Company of Han Antonio
who offered one for I3V.7I4
Other hut* •ubiuiiied
were: $43,876 from Firefox,
Inc. of San Antonio; $44,158
from Claude Wright and
Associates of Houston; and
$47,433 from Superior
Southwestern, Inc. of Dallas.
Dance, dinner
for Legion Chief
The public is invited to a
dance Saturday night honor
ing George H. Skelly ol San
l*on, Texas State Com
mander of The American
U-gton.
The dance will last from
fc:<Kip m. lo 12:30 a.hi. al the
legion Hall on |.oop 150
Prior lo the dance, a social
hour for Legion member*
• ml guest* will lie held limn
$ to # <10 pin with dinner
following IrufH rt M/ in M :$>
p.m.
Officials from other L*
gion posts plus state officers
are expected to attend the
event for Commander
Skelly, The State Legion
Chief, a partner with hla son
IK the Bay Area Office
Supply ami Printing Co and
a World War II Army
infantryman, will be visiting
lia*trop lo commend P<wi
6.11 lor swelling its member
•hip quota
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