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STP economics:
Nuclear project figures show impact on area
The economic benefits that
Matagorda County and the surr-
ounding area will receive over
the next four years from the
South Texas Project will be great
members of the Palacios Cham-
ber of Commerce were told.
Susan Meyers, STP informa-
tion specialist with Central Power
& Light, addressed the monthly
Chamber membership meeting
at Petersen's Restaurant to pro-
vide an update on progress at the
multi-billion dollar nuclear pro-
ject.
• According to Meyers, the
labor-related payments at STP
over the next four years will total
$1.2-billion, 20 times the annual
$55-million payroll of the propos-
ed Navy base which Houston and
Corpus Christi are hoping to
attract.
Other economic benefits from
STP during that time frame will
be over $20-million in taxes and
avoided unemployment paym-
ents for the state; over $65-
million in taxes for various local
governments and almost $400-
million in taxes and fees for the
U.S. government.
In addition, during those four
years, employment at STP will
pump in over $200 million in area
retail business. Of that amount,
Meyers said $127-miIlion will be
registered by retail sales, $37-
million in auto sales; $20-million
in gasoline sales; and $20-million
will be spent on entertainment
related items.
Currently construction on the
plant is 67.7 percent complete
overall. Unit i stands at 78.5
percent complete and Unit II 52.8
percent complete.
Employment at the site, Mey-
ers noted, totals 10,652. Of that
amount, 8,106 are employed by
Ebasco, the project contractor,
and 869 are employed by project
engineers Bechtel. Another 1,184
are Houston Lighting & Power
employees with the remaining
493 working for various sub-
contractors.
A total of 760 persons are
employed off-site at the Bechtel
Engineering home office in Hou-
ston.
Many Chamber members were
surprised, but pleased to learn
that of the 10,000-plus on-site
workers, some 33 percent, or
3,078, reside within Matagorda
County. Harris County furnished
the next largest segment of ST P
workers with 27 percent, or
2,520. Brazoria County ranks
third with 14 percent (1,302)
followed by Ft. Bend with 3.3
percent (306), Wharton with 2.3
percent (214), and Calhoun with
2.9 percent (171). Eighteen per-
cent (1,702) of all the workers
reside in other counties.
After completion of the South
Texas Project, a total of 1,300
permanent personnel will re-
main, generating an annual
payroll of $63-million.
Meyers said the project is
moving from bulk commodity
installation to system comple-
tion. She added that the train-
ing center across from the
Visitor's Center will be complet-
ed this month and'will house the
control room simulator. A one-
way glass will allow visitors to
observe personnel in training.
Last year the STP passed
Phase 1 of the first step in
licensing from the Atomic Safety
Licensing Board. Although inter-
venors appealed in Washington,
their appeal was denied. Phase II
of the ASLB licensing is sched-
uled for this summer.
Meyers encouraged those at
the meeting to attend the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission hearing
which was slated for last week in
Bay City. She said the hearing
was a, routine procedure for
nuclear plants and part of an
Environmental Impact Study.
Kite Day
Saturday
Michelle Elliott earns PHS Yaledictorian honors
Pam Templeman is 1985 Salutatorian
MICHELLE E1.LIOTT
PHS Valedictorian
Michelle Elliott has been nam-
ed valedictorian and Pam Tem-
pleman salutatorian for the 1985
graduating class of Palacios High
School.
Michelle and Pam will be
recognized at the commencement
exercises to be held at 8 p.m.,
May 24 in the Fine Arts Building.
Michelle is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Elliott of
Palacios. Pam is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Templeman.
Michelle earned the honor of
valedictorian with a 4.0 average.
She has been a member of the
National Honor Society for three
years and is currently serving as
president.
In 1984, Michelle was Blue-
bonnet Girls State Citizen, Rot-
ary Student of the Month, DAR
good citizen and member of the
Youth Host Group at the 1984
Republican National Convention.
The 1985 valedictorian is editor
of the school annual, her third
year on the staff; she is a fourth
year member of Future Teachers
of America and serves as report-
er this year. She is a member of
the Office Education Association,
Art Honor Society and Computer
Club. Michelle was a member of
Palacios High School's fir$t.Dec-
athlon team and received awards
in Art II, Accounting and has
received first place in spelling at
the UIL Literary Meet for three
years, advancing to Regional.
She was also stage manager of
the 1984 District UIL One-Act
Play.
After graduation, Michelle pl-
ans to attend the University of
Texas and major in law and
accounting.
Pam, the 1985 salutatorian, is
vice-president of the National
Honor Society and has been a
member for three years. She has
also been a member of Future
Teachers- of America for three
years and is currently serving as
treasurer.
A three-year member of the
annual staff, Pam is in ad sales
and photography. As a member
of the speech squad, Pam
competed in the district prose
and debate contests, was a Mock
Trial alternate, and a member 0f
the winning team in the District
UIL One-Act Play competition.
Pam’s grade point average is
3.94 on a 4.0 scale. She is listed
in ‘‘Who’s Who Among Ameri-
can High School Students” and
received the Spanish Land 2 “A”
Honors Award her freshman and
sophomore years.
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PAM TEMPLEMAN
PHS Salutatorian
Council opts for drainage improvement grant
In one of their longest meet-
ings in recent months, the
Palacios City Council tackled a
lengthy and varied agenda dur-
ing their regular meeting Mon-
day night.
Discussion of personnel, man-
power shortages, departmental
reports and ordinance revisions
occupied much of the four-hour
meeting. The council also viewed
a slide presentation on solid
waste management given by
Houston-Galveston Area Council
(HGAC) representatives.
Approval was given by the
council to retain the services of
grant consultant Bruce Spitzen-
gel to handle the city’s Comm-
unity Development Project grant
application for drainage system
improvements. The city would
commit $15,000 if the application
is funded. Spitzengel told the
council that he felt the city stood
a better chance of obtaining a
grant for that work instead of a
grant to help pay for repairs to
eliminate sewer line infiltration
at low to moderate income resi-
dences.
Since the city had applied for a
similar grant last year and was
turned down, Spitzengel said the
odds were better this year. He
noted that once a city has been
given a grant, as Palacios had a
couple of years ago, it takes two
to three years to "get back in
line” for another. He pointed out
there was a definite need for the
drainage system grant because
“you still have people out there
who get their feet wet when they
jump out of bed in the morning. ’ ’
The city has long been wrest-
ling with the problems of sewer
line infiltration on private proper-
ty. Failure to control or correct
the situation could put the city in
jeopardy of having to refund
nearly $750,000 of the EPA grant
money which was used on sewer
line rehabilitation. Between 200-
250 infiltration sources have
currently been identified on
private property, which are the
responsibility of the property
owner to repair. The city has sent
letters to many of the property
owners affected, some of whom
have already taken corrective
action.
However, because a large
number of infiltration sources are
on property of low to moderate
income level residents, the coun-!
cil had considered applying for a
grant that would help pay for
repairs. Mayor Leonard Lamar
said that the repair work involved
[See COUNCIL, Page 131
Wide-ranging PISD
summer recreation
program in June
The Palacios Summer Recrea-
tion Programs sponsored by the
Palacios I.S.D. and under the
direction of Gary Ilafernick will
offer a wide variety of summer
programs for kids of all ages.
Starting in June, Susan Mack,
high school art teacher, will teach
an Elementary Arts and Crafts
Workshop, which will cover
drawing, painting, printing and
clay June 3-7 from 9-11 a.m. at
the Eastside Art Room. It will be
offered to grades 2-5 and will
have a $7 fee.
From June 17-21 there will be
two programs. In the morning
from 9-11 a.m., Luz Arredondo
and Hafernick will instruct a
basketball camp at Eastside
Gym, which will cover basic
fundamentals of basketball (
dribbling, shooting, plus condi-
tioning). The fee will be $10 and
offered to girls and boys ages
8-14.
From 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the
Eastside Computer Room, Linda
Parker, junior high computer
teacher, will teach a basic
computer camp which will cover
basic fundamentals (music writ-
er, logo, low resolution graph-
ics.) It will be offered to grades
5-12 and have a $7 fee.
During the week of June 24-28
Miss Arredondo and Hafernick
will instruct a tennis camp at the
Eastside tennis courts, which will
cover basic fundamentals of
tennis (serve, volley, backhand,
forehand, plus conditioning). The
fee will be $10 and offered to
girls and boys ages 8-14.
Also during June there-will be
a summer track program, the
same as the past two summers.
There will be four towns involv-
ed-West Columbia, El Campo,
Sweeny and Palacios. It will be
open to girls and boys 6-18 years
of age and each person will run
with their own age group. There
will be one track meet each week
in June and will have individual
events plus relays. The fee will
be $3. Miss Arredondo and
Hafernick will be the coaches.
July will find another wide
variety of activities to cover most
age groups. In the week of July
8-12 Don Hyett, Wagner General
Hospital adminstrator and scuba
diving enthusiast, will teach a
basic introduction to scub diving
to anyone 16 years or older. It
will be at the Palacios Public Pool
from 9-11 a m. aud has a fee of
$20.
From July 15-19 Steven Smith,
high school golf coach, will have
a golf camp at the Palacios Coif
Course that will cover the basic
fundamentals of golf. It will be
held from 9-11 a.m. and will be
for girls and boys 10 years or
older. The fee will be $10.
The week of July 29-August 2
Tom Koreski, former state diving
champion, will teach spring
board diving on the 1 and
3-meter diving board. It will be
held at the Palacios Public Pool
[See SUMMER, Paee 131
6
Public expresses appreciation
RETIRING Palacios ISD super-
intendent George Holst [cen-
ter] and his wife Margie [left)
admire some of the mementos
presented him during the re-
ception held In his honor at the
Administrative Building Sun-
day afternoon. Among those
attending the reception were
Larry and Martha Pritchett
[right|. Sponsored by the PISD
Board of Trustees, faculty and
staff, the reception was In
appreciation of the 38-years of
service Holst has given to the
PISD. He has served as teach-
er, coach and principal and lias
been superintendent for the
past 18 years. [Beacon Photo
by Nick West)
MAY 24 '85
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