The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 88, Ed. 1 Monday, January 8, 1979 Page: 2 of 6
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Texas Monihly. I he some
times irritating hut always
entertaining magazine, pre
dieted in a poll in late
October John Mill was a
finch i<i be the next
governor. Their latest issue
booms, in humorous tone,
Bill Clements, the man who
upset Hill, as a presidential
possibility in 1980.
The buzz around town:
DA Neal Pfeiffer is still
looking for an assistant after
two prime candidates turned
down the job. Gilbert
Garcia, the former Assistant
1),\ whose work on (he
Sandy Creek Bridge trial
was highly praised by county
officials, reported to the
Army Dec. HO Isn't the
much discussed Tuck shop
pingcenii-r derailed by a lost
financial investor? ....A New
Year's jewel I heft in Manor
was an inside job but the
owner hasn't filed a criminal
complaint. Instead she
dismissed a cleaning person.
We read the Giddings
Times & News with special
interest because Giddings is
sometimes cited as an
example of what Bastrop
could become soon, a
flourishing retail trade cen
ler. Be glad you didn't live
there New Year's night,
however, when a TV
antenna on a mobile home
fell across a high voltage line
and plunged half the town
into darkness.
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Also in Giddings, Lucky
Thompson has resigned as
sheriff to take a field position
with the Southwestern
Cattleman's Assn. Joe
Goodson, who ran unsuccess
fully for the post in 197l>
when his fa'her retired after
■y, \c ihi ntiicc, was named
by l.ce County Commis
sinners to replace Thomp-
son. In Lockhart they're
worried about fire ants that
build mounds t] to 12 inches
hiuh and in LaGrange, The
American Legion is getting a
new $322,000 recreation hall,
v\ith Hi bowling lanes, to
replace a building that
burned down late in 1977.
If you like digging around
in old ruins and are tired of
doing it in some of our local
buildings, join the UT bus
trek to Dallas Feb. 23 to see
Pompeii AD 79, a show of
artifacts and sculpture from
the Roman seaport that was
buried by a volcano. The
exhibit is currently on loan
from the National Archaeo-
logical Museum of Naples.
Cost is $55 and a Mexican
luncheon is included for
some reason. If you'd rather
dig on your own, the Texas
Antiquities Committee has
just issued a 162 page guide
to Spanish Shipwrecks off
Padre Island in 1554 so you'll
know what you find along
the shore this spring and
summer.
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Joe Doenitz said it at
Ace's Bar It liue: "That
lit lie bride was «,ure shocked
when she heard her first
four letter word: COOK."
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Insurance man Joe Shirley
thinks some of our local
eateries may be missing an
opjfortunity. On a recent
trip north from Tulsa, into
Missouri, he spotted a place
thai had signs advertising:
Pinto beans, onions, corn
bread. All you can eat. $.50.
"We couldn't get near the
place. It was jammed with
everything from 18 wheelers
to Cadillacs," says Joe.
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A cold struck down Mimi
Gross before she and
Garland could reach I.as
Vegas on their holiday trip
so they remained in Phoenix
with their son, an air force
pilot. Bui Garland si ill came
back lo Bastrop with big
cash winnings, (he result, of
lucky bets on bowl games.
"They called me the Gross
National Bank" alter the
game, he chortled. We are
going to spice up his
enchilada since we lost on
the Cotton Bowl.
Randy Collier says he
heard it at El Gallito: "The
best 10 years of a woman's
life is the period between 28
and 30."
STATE CAPITAL
HI6HU6HTS
By Lyndell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Coming to Town
Texas legislators will be
coming back to town
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sion beginning January 9.
A variety of major issues
confront them.
Included on the agenda is
the state $18 billion budget,
tax reduction schemes,
school finance and other as-
sociated money problems,
election law revision includ-
ing consideration of reviving
the Texas presidential pref-
erence primary, initiative and
referendum proposals bv
which citizens in some states
are allowed to initiate or veto
egislation, the problem of
products liability law
changes, and proposed in-
creases in the 10 per cent
ceiling on home mortgages.
Governor-elect Bill Clem-
ents has taken strong posit
tions on some of the key is-
sues, placing him at odds
with legislative leadership-—
mainly in the area of tax re-
duction. Clements demands
a billion dollars in relief, in
addition to that granted by
the tax relief amendment of
last November 7. Top legis-
lators say the money just
isn't there.
Clements has threatened
vetoes and special sessions if
he doesn't get consideration
out of the legislature on some
key points in his program.
Uncertainty over what to
expect has lobbyists and
other veteran legislative ob-
servers uneasy.
Homes Criticized
An attorney general's task
force charged patients are
abused or neglected in a
small minority of Texas nurs-
ing homes and blamed the
Texas Department of Health
for lax enforcement.
The task force report
claimed the health depart-
ment takes a protective atti-
tude toward the industry it is
charged with regulating.
Three legislative proposals
were advanced: direct fines
for violations of standards, a
receivership statute to crack
down on serious abuses and
right of patients to bring pri-
vate actions to redress abuse
and neglect.
The report showed 27 per
cent of the 1,000 Texas nurs-
ing homes are owned by 10
corporations and more than
I per cent are owned or
controlled by a single cor-
poration. ARA Services Inc.
AG Opinions
A nurse practitioner mav
not generally provide medi-
cations to patients under
standing orders unless a phy-
sician has prescribed for the
individual patient. Atty. Gen.
John Hill said.
In other recent opinions.
Hill concluded:
A class paper prepared by
university students is not a
public document.
A commissioners court is
not required to approve a
salary or budget recom-
mended by a juvenile board.
A bank may participate on
a fee basis in a cash dis-
pensing machine network
operated by a corporate ven-
dor without violating the
constitutional prohibition
against branch banking.
A justice of the peace or
municipal court judge has no
authority or power to change
a complaint charging a mov-
ing violation to a non-mov-
ing violation
Short Snorts
Texas Stale Teachers As-
sociation is backing a $1.1
billion school finance bill in
the tifH.oming legislative ses-
onm
islrnr
Art
stron
Sr
init'i
itizens^ai^
of Ha-trop
Community Calendar
MONDAY
Bluebonnet Volunteer
Fire Department meets
the first and third Monday
at 7:30 p.m. each month at
the Fire Station in
Bluebonnet Acres.
The Bastrop City Coun
cil meets the second and
fourth .Monday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at
Bastrop City Hall
The Smithville School
Board meets at 7 p.m. the
third Monday of every
month in the Board Room
of the Administrative
Building in Smithville.
The Elgin School Board
meets the first and third
Monday of every month at
7:30 p.m. at the School
Administrative Building in
Elgin.
The Bastrop County
Commissioners' Court
meets the second and
fourth Monday of each
month at 9 a.m. in the
Commissioners' Court-
room, Bastrop County
Courthourse.
The National Associa-
tion of Retired Federal
Employees [NARFE]
meets every fourth Tues-
day of each month at 2 p.m.
in the Baron Room of the
Citizens Bank of Bastrop.
'Hie Smithville City
Council has their regular
meeting at 7 p.m. the
second Monday of each
month at Smithville City
Hall. The Smithville Light
and Water Board meets at
7 p.m. the third Monday of
each month at Smithville
City Hall.
Missionary Fellowship Cir-
cle of U. M. W. meets the
second Monday of each
month at 3 p.m. at First
United Methodist Church.
The Bastrop Chamber of
Commerce meets at 12
noon the fourth Monday of
each month.
TUESDAY
The Bastrop Lions Club
meets the second and
fourth Tuesday at noon at
The Castle Restaurant.
The Smithville Hospital
Board meets the fourth
Tuesday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at Smithville
Hospital.
Bastrop High School
Bear Backers Club meets
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the
high school cafeteria.
The Bastrop Volunteer
Fire Dept. meets the firts,
third, and last Tuesday of
every month at 7:30 p.m.
at the City Warehouse in
Bastrop.
The Bastrop School
Board meets at 8 p.m. the
second and fourth Tuesday
of each month in the
Administrative Building
Board Room in Bastrop.
The Elgin City Council
meets the first Tuesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m. at
Elgin City Hall.
The Elgin Volunteer
Fire Dept. meets the
fourth Tuesday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at Elgin
Fire Dept.
Band Boosters' Club
meets the second Tuesday
of each month at 8 p.m. in
the High School Band Hall.
The ITA meets every
third luesday at the High
v , hool auditorium at 9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
llie Hospitality House
Senior Citizens Center, 100
Villa View Drive, Smith-
ville, has meeting the first
and third Wednesday of
each month. Covered dish
lunch; 42 begins at 10 a.m.
On alternate Wednesdays
there are crafts, 42, and a
pot-luch lunch.
The Smithville Chamber
of Commerce meets the
third Wednesday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at
Smithville City Hall.
The Improved Order of
Redmen meets the third
Wednesday of each month,
at 8 p.m. at the Redmen
Lodge.
The Improved Order of
Redmen Auxiliary meets
the fourth Wednesday of
each month at 8 p.m. at 805
Main Street.
THURSDAY
The Executive Committee
of Bastrop Historical Socie-
ty will meet at the Museum
Thursday Oct. 12 at 3 p.m.
Smitnvile DAV Chapter
207 and Ladies Auxiliary
meet ht ethird Thursday
each month at 7:30 p.m. at
Smithville Hospitality
House.
Calvary Baptist Ladies
Bible Class meets the first
Thursday of every month
at 2:30 p.m.
Union Aid Bible Class
meets the second Thurs-
day of every month at 3
p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Bryson. 1302 Hill St.
The Bastrop Hospital
Board meets the second
Thursday of each month at
4 p.m. at Bastrop City Hall.
The Elgin Hospital
Board meets the second
Thursday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at the Elgin Bank
Conference Room.
The Elgin Hospital
Board meets the second
Thursday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at the Elgin Bank
Conference Room.
The Smithville Volun-
teer Fire Dept. meets the
second and fourth Thurs-
day of each month at 7:30
p.m. at Smithville Fire
Station.
The Elgin Chamber of
Commerce meets the first
Thursday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at Texas Power
and Light Cv"'" Room.
Bastrop American Legion
Post 533 meets the first
Thursday each month at
7:30 p.m.
Bastrop American Legion
Post 533 Ladies Auxiliary
meets the second Thurs-
day each month at 7:30
p.m. at the Post Home.
FRIDAY
The Bastrop County His-
torical Society meets every
fourth Friday at the
Bastrop Museum.
'Hie Senior Citizens of
Bastrop meet the second
and fourth Friday of each
month at 2 p.m. in Kerr
Community Center on
Walnut St.
Be sure to lisl your club meeting time and
place in the Citizens Bank Community Calen-
dar. Just call 321-2557 by 5 p.m. Thursday.
Now with Saturday
drive through banking service
9 to noon
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