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Volume 112, No. 2 - One Section
Thursday, January 10,2002
West, Texas
News Digest
West ISD board to meet Jan. 16
The West Independent School District board of trustees has
scheduled its monthly board of trustees meeting for 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 16 in the school district's administration building. The
meeting is open to the public.
Czech society plans Sunday meeting
The McLennan - Hill Chapter of the Czech Heritage Society
has scheduled its next meeting for 2 p.m. Jan. 13 in the West
Community Center. Larry Laznovsky of Ennis is the sched-
uled guest speaker. Members are asked to invite a guest as a
potential new member.
Food handlers class in West
A food handlers class, sponsored by Little Czech Bakery with
instruction by Waco-McLennan County Public Health District
inspectors, is scheduled from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 14 in the West
Community Center. This class must be taken every two years
by food service employees in the county and the cost is $15 per
students. Students are asked to arrive 15 minutes prior to the
start of class to register.
Abbott group to elect new directors
The Abbott Community Improvement Organization (ACIO)
has scheduled a meeting for 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at the ACIO
Building in downtown Abbott. New directors are to be elected
and plans are to be made for the upcoming year. All Abbott
area residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Christmas tree recycling
Area residents wishing to discard their Christmas trees this
year may bring them to the city's wastewater treatment plant,
where the city's wood chipper is located. The city uses the tree
chips for its landscaping projects during the year. The trees
may be brought by the treatment plant from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday and from 9-11 a.m. Saturday. It is also open at those
times on the following weeks. There is no charge for bringing
the trees to this site.
Storytime scheduled at West library
Storytime is planned for 10 a.m. Jan. 16 in the West Public
Library.
Athletic boosters to sell barbecue
The West Athletic Booster Club plans to sell barbecue brisket
and ribs on Feb. 2 and 3 (Super Bowl weekend). The cost is $26
for brisket and $14 for ribs and orders will be taken through
Jan. 18. For further information or to place an order, contact
Rick Wolf at 826-7515, David Glomb, 822-1979 or Evelyn
Petter, 826-5675.
42 Domino Tourney at Trade Days
A 42 Domino Tournament is scheduled in conjunction with the
next Old West Trades Days planned for this Saturday and
Sunday in the Lorch Building. The tournament is to begin at
10 a.m. Saturday with the championship game planned for
noon Sunday. Entry fee is $5 a team and there will be a
winners' and losers' bracket. To enter, contact the West Cham-
ber of Commerce at 826-3188. A Trade Days official reported
last weekend's Trade Days went well and there are currently
only 20 booth spaces available ($15 each) for the January
show.
1962 WHS grads planning reunion
The 1962 West High School graduating class has scheduled a
meeting for 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Pizza House of West, 505 W.
Oak, to discuss plans for their 40th reunion. For further
information, call Carol Bajer at 826-5217 or 715-1280. 1962
West grads are encouraged to attend the meeting as the date
for the class reunion is to be decided.
Ag Boosters schedule raffle
The West Area Ag Boosters are currently selling raffle tickets
at $20 each to give away four prizes. The prizes are 1. John
Deere Lawn Mower, 2. 5 ft. by 10 ft. utility trailer, 3. $200 gift
certificate, and 4. $100 gift certificate. To purchase tickets, call
826-3296 or 826-4209.
Benefit account for cancer patient
A benefit account has been established at West Bank and
Trust for Kay (Porter) Dickinson, a cancer patient who is
currently undergoing treatment. She is unable to work and her
husband is disabled. Money in the account is to be used to
defray medical costs and to aid in living expenses. For further
information, call 826-7216.
Grief support group meeting
A grief support group meeting is planned for 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at
St. Joseph Hall in West. This support group invites everyone
in the community and surrounding areas to attend the meet-
ing so they can explain all of the changes experienced in the
grieving process. The meeting is led by the Rev. Bruce Carpen-
ter, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of West. The
meeting is sponsored by the West Ministerial Alliance and
Aderhold Funeral Home.
Water group to elect directors
The Bold Springs Water Supply Corporation has scheduled its
annual membership meeting for 7 p.m. Jan. 21 in the West
Intermediate School cafeteria. There will be an election of
directors along with the transaction of other business. All
members and their spouses are invited to attend and door
prizes are to be given away. Refreshments are also to be
served.
Bus trip to Bossier City
A bus trip to Bossier City, Louisiana is planned for 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 18 from the parking lot at St. Martin's Catholic Church in
Tours. The bus will return at noon the following day. For
reservations and further details, call 753-1045, 822-1617 or
822-9304.
Lake Waco water pipeline
project planning continues
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Persistant problems with the city's Water Well 5 have led to the city council approving plans to bring Lake Waco water to West via a pipeline from the TSTC campus
to this location.
Planning continues on a city
project designed to bring Lake
Waco water to West this year.
The project, which was ap-
proved last month by both West
and Waco city councils, will in-
volve putting a pipeline from
Waco's Texas State Technical
College campus to West. West
city officials say the project is to
involve at least a 12 inch pipe-
line from TSTC to Ross and then
a 12 inch pipeline from there to
West. In addition, West is to have
a 300,000 gallon water storage
tank at the Ross site.
West will be responsible for
paying for a 12 inch pipeline from
TSTC to West and the the stor-
age tank at Ross. The water line,
which is to be approximately 11
miles in length, is to connect to
the West system at the site for
Water Well No. 5 near the West
Public Library.
West Mayor Russ Willsey said
the city plans to pay for the
project by selling an estimated
$3 million in revenue bonds.
Along with using the revenue
bond money to fund the water
project, a portion of the $3 mil-
lion is to be used to cover the cost
of putting in a new sewer line
alongNorth Davis Street in West.
Willsey said water intrusion into
the sewer line along this street
following a heavy rain has made
this project mandatory. "When
we have the water intrusion,"
Willsey explained, "it exceeds our
permit at the (wastewater treat-
ment ) plant and TNRCC says we
need to put in the new sewer line
by 2004."
Willsey said the selling of rev-
enue bonds comes "at an oppor-
tune time because of low interest
rates." He added that interest
rates are probably at the lowest
they have been during the past
30 years."
West has contracted with the
City of Waco to purchase a mini-
mum of 100,000 gallons of water
a day once the pipeline project is
completed, however the city has
as much as 200,000 gallons a day
available through the pipeline, if
needed, the mayor reported.
"We hope this agreement will
give the city an adequate supply
of water for years to come," West
Mayor Russ Willsey said when
discussing the 25-year contract
which is to be renewable every
10 years.
Though the bonds are not
scheduled to be sold for another
60 to 90 days, actual work on the
pipeline project is expected to
begin sooner. "We (city) plan to
put up seed money to start the
project prior to the issuance of
the bonds. That way (the project
engineers) can start order the
materials."
With one of the city's top pro-
ducing wells unusable, except in
emergency situations, and an-
other well producing at a de-
creased rate, city officials began
searchi ng several options on pro-
viding adequate water supplies
for the city. City officials reported
last month that Well 5 (near the
West Public Library) is not us-
able in most instances because of
its high salt content and Well 3
(near West Brethren Church) has
had a drastic decline in its pro-
ducing capabilities.
"The council felt that rather
than look at spending money on
(drilling) two new wells, which
we believe is only a short term fix
with the dropping water table
level, it is more feasible to get
Lake Waco water here," Mayor
Willsey had explained. "By do-
ing this, we will not be handing
this problem over to future gen-
erations."
The Wallace Group, a Waco
engineering firm which serves
as the city's engineers, is in
charge of designing and building
the project. Jed Walker, vice
president of the Wallace Group,
said it is possible this water
project could be completed by
the latter part of this summer.
Though Lake Waco water is
scheduled to be available this
year, the city does not plan to
abandon its existing wells. The
city plans to incorporate the wa-
ter from its wells with the Lake
Waco water. "West will continue
to reap the benefits of its well
system. The plan is to continue
to use the wells as long as it is
feasible," the West mayor said
last month.
An exact figure on what the
cost of this project will do to wa-
ter rates in the city is not yet
available. "As soon as the figures
are finned up, we will know what
rates have to be established. We
plan to have these figures avail-
able at the forum." Although no
exact date for the water forum
has been scheduled, city officials
are expecting to have it in Febru-
ary.
Council passes resolution declaring emergency water situation
The West City Council contin-
ued making plans, during
Tuesday's monthly meeting, for
a pipeline project which will bring
Lake Waco water to the city this
year.
Council members approved a
resolution which declared "that
an emergency does exist for pro-
viding adequate municipal wa-
ter for the City of West and be it
further resolved that a fast-tract
design built project be initiated
immediately in order to restore
an adequate safe water supply
for the city."
The council members also dis-
cussed a contractual agreement
with the Wallace Group Inc., a
Waco engineering firm, for de-
sign services for this pipeline
project. The council took the
agreement into consideration
and is expected to vote on accept-
ing the contract during a 6 p.m.
Jan. 14 council meeting.
In related action, the council
secured the services of the First
Southwest Company in Houston
to serve as financial consultants
for the water project. City Secre-
tary Kenneth Kubala said the
Houston company will be in
charge of selling the revenue
bonds for the water project.
The council also accepted the
city's financial statement for the
2000-2001 fiscal year as prepared
by city auditor Frank Andrle.
The council alsopassed a reso-
lution authorizing the filing of a
grant application with HOTCOG
for a regional solid waste grants
program.
Residential garbage pickup to change to Wednesday...
Trash collection service to change in city
West residents are asked to
take notice in a change in the
city's trash collection service be-
ginning Jan. 16.
Following a bidding process,
the West City Council awarded
the city’s trash collection service
to the low bidder, Trinity Waste
Services of Itasca. Centex Waste
Management, who has served as
the city's trash collection service
since November 1989, will have
their contract expire with the
city on Jan. 15. Along with the
change in services, there will also
be a change in the trash collec-
tion dates. Beginning Jan. 16,
residential trash collection will
begin at 7 a.m. each Wednesday
rather than the current Monday
and Thursday format.
There will no longer be any
Monday or Thursday residential
trash pick up. Commercial
dumpster collection dates are to
remain the same and business
customers, not using dumpsters,
will have their trash picked up
on Wednesdays.
Larry Gronewold, site man-
ager for Trinity Waste Services,
said representatives from his
company are currently in the
process of contacting businesses
in the city to work out a trash
pickup arrangement with them.
"Except for the day of pickup,
you probably won't notice any
differences."
One difference residents will
probably like is the fact there
will be a slight decrease in the
monthly charge for the trash col-
lection. Currently, residents are
being charged $9.39 each month
for trash collection and under
the new rates, the fee will go
down to $7.64 each month.
The rates will differ for com-
mercial customers as some rates
will be slightly higher and oth-
ers lower than current rates.
"We are excited about being
Residents will be seeing new trash collection trucks in the city beginning Jan. 16
as Trinity Waste Services begins its contract in West.
given an opportunity to pick up area since 1960. They are based
West," Gronewold said, "and we in Itasca and along with having
are also looking forward to pro- the trash collection service in
viding service for Westfest." the Dallas and Fort Worth area.
Trinity Waste Services has They also currently service
been providing solid waste ser- Hillsboro, Grandview, Hewitt
vice in the Dallas \ Fort Worth and Robinson.
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