Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1995 Page: 2 of 14
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BAND S Practice makes perfect for PHS Marching Band
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this band,” “Nice show design,” and “Congratulations!
Very nice band, I enjoyed this.”
Judges gave them a rating of (Hie, the highest score a
band can receive, and the first time in two years the band
has scored so high.
.Before they played at UIL, the band was given a
chance to warm up at the Oct 14 Edna Cowboy Invita-
tional Marching Contest. This non-UIL contest allows
awards to be given and PHS received a first place In their
class. Percussion was given special recognition for an
outstanding performance.
The life of a band student is no easy ride. Theirschool
year begins in July when freshmen show up for orienta-
tion, and before school actually begins, students have
logged in more than 20 hours practice.
During the school year, band students work as a group
for about seven hours a week, so by the time they come
together at UIL competition, they have practiced for a
total of close to 100 hours, not counting die time spent at
football games or pep rallys.
Add to that the fact that some of the students are also
involved in athletics, cheerleading or other extra-cur-
ricular activities and it’seasy to see the commitment dial
goes into making an award-winning team, not just from
the students, but from the parents, many of whom are
members of Band Boosters, and spend hours of their own
time behind the scenes offering moral support and rais-
ing funds for the band.
McElroy praised the work of assistant Randy Taylor
and choir director Michael Petrisky, both of whom have
also worked behind the scenes to make tire band the best
in the region.
“it’s been unusual, with all the ups and downs the
students never gave up, no matter how hard or frustrat-
ing. The key has been a willingness put aside differences,
help one another, and give it their all.”
Band member Jason Polasck summed it all up in one
sentence, “We practiced hard, we played hard, and we
won—we earned it.”
Or as another student descriptively put it: “You got to
know how to blow to be in our band!”
■ Veteran’s Day
ceremony, blood
drive on Saturday
A ceremony commemo-
rating Veteran’s Lay will be
held from 9:30-10 a.m.
Saturday (Nov. 11) at the
Matagorda County Court-
house in Bay City. In addi-
tion, a blood drive will be
conducted from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. All donors will receive
a free T-shirt.
For more information,
call Veme DiPasca at (409)
244-7691.
■ Missionary to
speak Sunday at
Colegeport Church
African missionary Vicki
Shaw will be the guest
speaker at First Baptist
Church of Collegeport at
the li a.m. service this
Sunday (Nov. 12). Food
and fellowship will take
place afterwards.
Shaw will also speak at
the church at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday. For more informa-
tion, call David Cruz at 972-
3918.
■ Turkey dinner,
craft sale Sunday
at St. Anthony’s
The Catholic Daughters
will be serving turkey din-
ner at St. Anthony’s
Catholic Church Hall on
Sunday (Nov. 12) starting
at 11 a.m. Plates are $5
each. Craft and baked good
items will also be for sale.
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• Victor Longoria, 30 of thfij
300 block of Tres Palacios was.
arrested at 12:55 a.m. Nov.;/6i
in the 1600 block of 5th Street,
and charged with an outstadok;
ing warrant from the county
sheriffs office.
• Russell Yeager, 39 of P<jf£;
Lavaca was arrested at 1 a.ijS;
Nov. 4 in the 300 block ft! I
Henderson and charged wrp|!
public intoxication.
• A resident in the 100
block of Welch reported (dl
four tires to a vehicle were ({lit
sometime during the night wf
Nov. 3. Damages are estimate
at $250.
Undercover
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agents make
drug arrest
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An East Bernard man wijs
arrested on drug related
charges Nov. 2 by the Mm-i
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AWARDS
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performance over last year.
The awards are based on
schools’ spring 1995 perfor-
mance on the Texas Assessment
of Academic Skills (TAAS) test,
which measures performance in
reading, writing, and mathemat-
ics. Schools also had to meet
performance standards for
dropout and attendance rates.
Cash awards ranging from
$1,000 to $10,000 per school
were given. In the exemplary
category, schools had at least
90% of all students in each stu-
dent population group (White,
each student group and average
at least 5% gain across all sub-
ject areas for all students and
each student group.
Under law, the AEIS com-
putes a demographic index
based on campuses’ percentages
of minority, economically dis-
advantaged, limited English
proficient, and highly mobile
students and the wealth of the
school’s district. The index is
used to array campuses and
form 24 groups of roughly equal
size. A school’s performance is
compared to other schools that
African-American, Hispanic^, are in its same demographic
Asian, and economically disad- group.
Balancing act
CHANGING a light bulb becomes a virtual circus act when
strong winds from the north blow through town. Here, Vic
Strickland of Serendipity Resorts hangs on tight while trying
to make the business a brighter place. (Beacon Photo by
Leita Hooper)
PERMIT
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stated many times, we need to
go to the grassroots to find out
what the people are thinking and
in doing so, we will be able to
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get better legislation and do
better governing and that’s what
it’s all about."
Mauro said the comments
from the open public workshops
will be taken back to the PAG to
develop the procedures for pro-
viding permitting assistance to
small businesses and individu-
als.
■ CONCEALED HANDGUN
LICENSE COURSES
Only $120-Notary, Photo, Fingerprinting Available
Free buffet lunches at Cattlemen's
Basic Handgun & Personal Protection Classes available.
Call 1-800-890-7530
The permitting assistance is
to be provided to persons apply-
ing for state permits and autho-
rization subject to the CMP.
Upcoming workshops on
permitting assistance will be
held as follows:
• Port Lavaca—Wednesday,
Nov. 15, 7-9 p.m. in the Bauer
Exhibit Building, County Fair-
grounds, County Road 101.
• Beaumont- Thursday, Nov.
9, from 7-9 at the John Gray
Institute, Seminar Room A/B,
Lamar University, 855 Florida
Avenue.
• Galveston- Tuesday, Nov.
14, from 7-9 p.m. in the Ray
Holbrook Building Conference
Room, 601 Tremont.
For information, contact Ron
Calhoun or Jeff Long at 512-
463-5339.
vantaged) passing each section
of the TAAS, a 1993-94 dropout
rate of 1% or less for all stu-
dents and each student group,
and a 1993-94 attendance rate of
94% or greater. These schools
also had to have passing rates on
the TAAS tests given at Grades
three through eight and 10 that
exceeded the spring 1995 state
average for all students and stu-
dent groups.
In the recognized category,
schools had at least 70% of all
students and those in each stu-
dent group passing each section
of the TAAS, a dropout rate of
3.5% or less for all students and
each student group, and an at-
tendance rate of at least 94%.
The change in TAAC perfor-
mance from 1994-1995 also had
to be high enough so that the
passing rate for all students and
those in each student group
would be at least 90% within
five years.
To be eligible for a signifi-
cant gain award, schools had at
least 25% of all students in each
student group passing each sec-
tion of the TAAS. In addition, a
school’s demographic group on
overall gain for all students and
A total of $5 million is being
awarded to schools this year un-
der the TAAS program.
Tip leads to
arrest of bank
robbery suspect
A Crime Stoppers’ tip led to
the arrest of a 35-year old Bay
City man in connection with
the daylight robbery of a Bay
City bank last week.
Frank Edward Cantu was ar-
rested in a West Columbia
motel last Friday. He is being
held in the Matagorda County
jail. ,
The Compass Bank in Bay
City was robbed of more than
$10,400 when a man walked to
an inSide teller at 12:30 p.m.
and demanded money. Al-
though a weapon was not dis-
played, the robber threatened
to “kill everybody in the
bank.” After putting the mon-
ey in a bag, the man fled on
According to reports, police
recovered $7,500 in cash from
Cantu’s home.
agorda County Sheriff’s Dept
after allegedly selling -3*0.5
pounds of marijuana to an un-
dercover officer. 45**
George Martinez Jr., 21,
arrested at his residence and
currently in the Wharton:
County jail on bonds totaling
$226,500. He is charged w®
delivery of a controlled suj§*
stance, engaging in organized
criminal activity, failure to
fix a tax stamp and unlawfully
carrying a weapon.
Agents of the Sheriff?!
Dept.’s Narcotics Unit begih
the investigation approx^
mately three months ago ijl
Palacios, according to Sheriff
Keith Kilgore. He said the ip-
vestigation was expanded info
Wharton County, the $fd
Grande Valley and Mexico.
According to Kilgore, Mar-
tinez was to deliver 100
pounds of marijuana to the
undercover agent, but chose to
make the deliveries in smaller
quantities.
Kilgore said undercover^ 1
agents allegedly purchased^
marijuana from Martinez oi^F
previous occasions leading to
the final sale when Martinez
was arrested last week.
In a search of Martinez’s
residence executed by a sea:
warrant, officers confiscate
two pounds of marijuana, nar
cotics paraphernalia, fiv
weapons, cash, jewelry and twi
vehicles.
Hammer attack;!
draws 10-year §
prison sentence^
Jesus Aguillon, 18, of Pala-
cios, was sentenced last week tb
10 years in
vated assult w!
11.
Aguillon had pled guilty
hitting Nelo Seaman in the he
with a hammer. Seaman h:
been in his residence when
was struck from behind
Aguillon.
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prison for aggr£-
vhich occurred July
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