Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 23, 1983 Page: 1 of 12
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AREA HAPPENINGS
Council meeting
cancelled due
to lack of quorum
The regular meeting of the
Palacios City Council was
cancelled Monday night due
to the lack of a quorum. No
plans were made as of Mon-
day to reschedule the meet-
ing.
Science Fair/PTO
slated Thursday
The Central Elementary
Science Fair will be held in
conjunction with the February
PTO meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in the school cafete-
ria. Babysitting will be availa-
ble.
CofC directors
to meet Thursday
A special meeting of the
Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce board of directors has
been called for 7 p.m. Thurs-
day in city hall. All board
members are urged to attend.
Voter sign-up is
set Friday again
Citizens Awareness will
hold a Voter Registration
Drive this Friday, February
25, at Hamlin’s Minimax
and at the Post Office. Voter
registration applications will
be available and assistance in
filling out the form will be
offered by members of Citiz-
ens Awareness. Deadline for
completing the voter registra-
tion is March 2.
Babe Ruth League
to meet Friday
The Palacios Area Babe
Ruth League will meet Friday
at 7 p.m. at the Palacios
Library. The March 5th fish
fry and registration along with
field maintenance and draft
will be discussed.
Trailride BBO.
dance is Friday
The Palacios Trailride mem-
bers will hold a barbecue
dinner and dance at the
Palacios Recreation Center
Friday. The dinner will last
from 6-8 p.m. with the dance
going from 8 p.m. to mid-
night.
The price for dinner and
dance will be $8 per person
and $5 for dance only. There
will be no plates sold to go.
McElrath injured
in fall Monday
Margaret McElrath, former
Chamber of Commerce presi-
dent and local businesswom-
an, suffered a broken shoulder
in a fall on Monday. Mrs.
McElrath was taken to Wag-
ner General Hospital and then
transferred to Victoria’s De
Tar Hospital where she was
treated and admitted for ob-
servation.
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PIN-TV Schedule...Page 5
VOLUME 76, NO. 8
Toxic waste site is “unacceptable”
EPA expert tells 300 residents at Town Meeting
Kaufman, one of the leading
authorities on hazardous wastes
and a central figure in the current
controversy engulfing EPA's top
administrators, made the state-
ment Saturday before a standing-
room-only crowd at Cong. Bill
Patman's town meeting in the
Matagorda County courthouse.
Kaufman, who toured the pro-
posed 915-acre dump site, between
“This whole area is totally
unacceptable" for a hazardous
waste landfill dump.
So declared Herb Kaufman,
former chief of the investigations
section of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (EPA), referring to
the possibility of the nation's
largest hazardous waste disposal
firm opening a toxic waste dump in
Matagorda County.
Deadline for
city-school
race March 2 h V
With only one week remaining
for persons to file as candidates in
the April 2 city and school district
elections, three individuals have
already tossed their hats into the
political arena.
One school board candidate and
three city council candidates have
filed for office as of Monday. The
deadline for filing as a candidate in
either race is March 2. Candidates
may file for the school board race at
the school district business office at
905 Second St. City council candi-
dates may file at the City Hall.
Two school board positions and
three city council positions will be
expiring this year.
Terms expiring on the Palacios
1SD Board of Trustees are Position
3 currently held by Edward Schulze
and Position 4 held by Harold
Hunt. The only candidate to have
filed thus far is Robert (Diddv)
Whitley, who is running for
Position 4. Hunt, who has been on
the board since 1971, has indicated
he will not seek reelection.
The city council seats that will be
up for election this year are
Position 3 currently held by
Johnnie Heard, Position 4 current-
ly held by Terry Oglesby and
Position 5 currently held by John
Howarth.
Two of the incumbents and one
challenger have filed as candidates
by Monday. Howarth and Heard
will both be seeking reelection to
their respective positions while
Tom Templeman will be running
for the Position 4 seat now held by
Oglesby. Templeman made his
first bid for a city council position
[See ELECTION, Page 2}
Wadsworth and Matagorda, prior
to the meeting, urged an all-out
fight to stop the landfill before it
goes into operation.
Complete coverage of the Town
Meeting will be aired Wednesday
and Thursday on PIN-TV. Check
the PIN schedule elsewhere in
today's Beacon for air time.
Dangers from improper toxic
waste dumps include air pollution
from the poisonous chemicals,
contamination of drinking water,
surface water, irrigation water,
etc., with the resulting health
dangers of cancer, birth defects
and damage to human organs,
Kaufman said.
Some of the effects from the
poisonous chemicals may take as
long as 10 to 20 years to show up.
“We're really fighting for the
A CROWD of over 300 Matagorda group llstend to U. S. Congress-
County residents turned out for a man Bill Patman, state and council
Town Meeting in Bay City Satur- elected officials and an EPA expert
day to express their concern over a explains ways to fight to site. The
proposed toxic waste landfill. The group, which included Palacios
Citizens opinions iiKpited
Committee stud
Mayor Leonad Lamar, Chamber
president Bert West and Pet.
Commissioner Billy Harrison, Join-
ed in posing for a pictured
symbolizing the citizens unity.
zoning pros and cons
_____ _______________i l.. r.ii:_____* u/ithin pflrh Hp^ionatpd di1
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BY JOHN HOWARTH
In view of the recent discuss-
ions regarding mobile home parks
and businesses being set up in
residential neighborhoods, the
question has been asked by
Palacios citizens why we do not
have zoning laws. Many don't
know what they really are or how
they function.
A committee has been formed to
study the advantages and dis-
advantages. The opinion of every-
one is solicited and everyone is
requested to respond by filling out
the questionnaire at the end of this
article and turning it into city hall.
Zoning laws are a legal tool used
by local government to encourage
or prohibit certain types of real
estate development within a zoning
ordinance.
The definition of zoning is a
police power device that allows for
legislative diversion of space into
districts and the imposition of
regulations prescribing type of use
and intensity of use to which land
within each designated district may
be put. In essence it prevents one
landowner from damaging neigh-
bors or the community from
improper development of land. At
the same time it can prevent a
landowner from receiving fair and
just profits from the use of his land.
For example, Rockport allows
mobile home parks by permit in
residential areas provided they are
on tracts of more than five acres
with a minimum width or deDth of
[See ZONING, Page 2]
Sponsored by Palacios Chamber merchants
City sales promotion eyed
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Plans for a coordinated citywide
sales promotion to boost the flow of
potential shoppers into Palacios
stores and businesses are under-
way by the Merchant Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Planning began Thursday when
28 persons, including representa-
tives of 22 Palacios businesses
attended a Chamber-sponsored
breakfast to suggest and discuss
projects. A sub-committee, named
at the breakfast, is preparing a
detailed outline on one project for
approval by the Chamber board.
Chamber officials said the” were
"well pleased" with the turnout at
the 6:45 a.m. meeting and the
enthused exchange of ideas and
opinions.
"We've heard gripes that the
Chamber doesn't do anything to
help the merchants and that the
merchants won’t cooperate with
either the Chamber or amongst
themselves,” Chamber president
Bert West said.
"This meeting was called at a
time when most business people
can attend so that the Chamber can
listen to what you have to say,
then, with your help and partici-
pation a promotion to benefit all
participants can be designed,” he
added.
Appointed to the sub-committee
to select a possible project were
John Brewer, chairman; Jeanine
Adams, Bert Miller and Bettye
Wells. The group held its own
meeting Friday morning and began
siudying various proposed pro-
jects.
Businesses represented at the
Thursday breakfast were Gullett's
Fashions, Eddie's Jewelry, Pala-
cios Cable TV, Tom’s Tackle Shop,
Brewer's Amoco, Bayside Camper
Park, Wilson’s Boat Works, Pala-
cios Pharmacy, Guys ’n Gals
Casuals, Jersey Lilley Club, Bay
City Federal-Palacios branch, Pal-
acios Variety Store, Sears, Hurley
Butane & Oil, Sealand Products,
Phil's Shellarama, Pier Drive Inn,
State Farm Insurance, Palacios
General Supply, Palacios Beacon,
Petersen's Restaurant and Regen-
cy (Allen) Ford.
next generation, as that's the
group that will really feel the
effects,” Kaufman said.
"Get all the legal and technical
help vou can on the national and
local ievels. You will have to work
within the laws on the books now,
but work in every court and
political arena at all levels. There is
no such things as overkill in this
[See TOXIC, Page 2[
CofC seeks
funds to
fight waste
A hurry-up. but co-ordinated,
public appeal for $500,000, for use
in fighting efforts by an interna-
tional hazardous waste disposal
firm to start a poisonous waste
landfill in Matagorda County is
underway throughout the county
with support also expected from
neighboring counties.
Both the Palacios and Bay City
chambers of commerce are serving
as collection points for donations to
what is called the: Toxic Waste
War Chest. Representatives of the
two chambers will serve on the
finance committee for the distribu-
tion of funds from the War Chest in
hiring legal and technical assist-
ance needed to combat the propos-
ed toxic dump before it is started.
The half-million dollar goal is the
approximate amount similar com-
munities across the country have
had to spend in their own efforts to
fight poisonous landfills in their
communities.
Time is an important factor in
obtaining the War Chest money.
"We may not have too much
time before the disposal firm
(identified as Chemical Waste
Management, Inc. of Oak Brook,
111.) files application with the Texas
[See WAR CHEST, Page 2)
VFD to start
filing against
fire chasers
Motorists who “chase fires”
may find themselves detoured
before the judge.
Palacios firemen say they will
begin filing complaints against
license numbers on vehicles follow-
ing and hindering Fire Department
vehicles rushing to fires, and
Palacios police nave agreed to
accept the complaints—resulting in
charges and court summons for the
vehicle owner.
The agreed upon action was
reached during a meeting last week
of Palacios firemen, city officials
and police.
“We’re getting an awful lot of
spectators following us to fires and
many of them are hindering our
men and equipment in getting to
the scene of the fire,” a Palacios
VFD spokesman told The Beacon.
The fire-chasers have blocked
alleys and on one recent fire call,
[See FIREMEN, Page 2]
servation. approval by the Chamber board. can attend so that the Chamber can Thursday breakfast were Gullett s
Palacios hosts Terry Bradshaw9 Ron Stone
^ ^ L , Newsman guest speaker at
Chamber banquet March 5
Quarterback to address
school seminar on March 7
Pittsburgh Steeler all-pro quart-
erback Terry Bradshaw will head-
line a half-day long Free Enterprise
Seminar to be presented to area
students at Palacios High School
March 7. ’
The Palacios Rotary Club is
g____th» nrnoram through
Palacios —------
area businesses and the
Vocational Department.
PHS
founder of International Manage-
ment Services consulting firm;
Rolland Storey, former public
relations spokesman for Houston
Natural Gas; and Warren Adams,
Free Enterprise Program Coordin-
ator.
A special panel of area business
people will also take part in a
question and answer segment of
the program.
Along with Palacios Junior and
Bradshaw will be one of several Senior High Students, several
speakers who will be presenting other school districts have accepted
the program at the PHS Fine Arts invitations to allow some of their
Complex A wide-range of business high school students to attend the
leaders will take part in the Free Enterprise Seminar. Among
program to be held on the morning the school districts from which
of March 7, ending at noon. Other students will be attending arc Van
speakers include F.J. Spencer, .[See BRADSHAW, Page 91
TERRY BRADSHAW
Rally Speaker ,
RON STONE
CC Banquet “Anchor"
Ticket sales for the annual
Palacios Chamber of Commerce
membership-awards banquet will
continue through next Wednesday,
Mar. 2, with the $8 tickets on sale
at various local businesses and
from members of the Chamber
board of directors.
Tickets to the open-to-the-public
affair will be sold only in advance.
None will be available at the door
as the Chamber, keeping the ticket
price at the same level as last year,
must give the caterer a definite
total prior to the banquet date.
The Saturday, Mar. 5 banquet
will be held in the Palacios
Recreation Center. Doors will open
at 6:30 p.m. and meal serving will
begin at 7 p.m. Mikeska Catering
of El Campo will serve a menu of
roast beef, green beans, peas, rice,
gravy, rolls, fruit salad, tea and
coffee. The Womens Chamber of
Commerce will provide a variety of
desserts.
Tickets are available at Phil’s
Shellarama, Pier Drive Inn, City
State Bank, Hurley Butane & Oil,
Palacios branch of Bay City Federal
Savings, The Beacon, Palacios TV
Cable, Sealand Texaco Products
and at City Hall. Phone orders may
be called to either 972-2615 or
972-2610. Tickets may be ordered
by mail by sending check for the
number of tickets wanted to the
Chamber at P.O. Box 774.. Pala-
cios.
[See BANQUET, Page 9]
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