Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1995 Page: 3 of 14
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^ Gulf Coast Regional Blood Cent
90-12
HOLIDAY BAZAAR
NOV. 11TH 10AM-2PM
Soup & Sandwiches
served from 11:30 am -1:30 pm Price $4.00
United Methodist Church - Welmer Hall
'photography
Crafts Pastries Country Store - Resale Items
Hefueling/maintenance outage
it STP establishes new record
Deadline 12 Noon Monday
Palacios Beacon-Wed.. Nov. 8.1995-Page 3A
ifThe South Texas Project
(SfP) has set another record. At
10*52 a.m. last Thursday, STP’s
Unit 2 returned to service after
completing its fourth refuel-
irfg/maintenance outage in a
record-setting 26 days, 11 hours
and 51 minutes.
^This refueling/maintenance
outage is not only the shortest in
STP history but is also a new
record among the nation’s large
Westinghouse designed plants.
The median outage length for all
U.S. plants last year was 52
days, indicating consistent im-
provement in reducing the
length of refueling outages
ifundraiser for Day School
THIS 7-plece Wooden Nativity Set, currently on display at
D’s Marketplace, is being raffled by the Presbyterian Day
School as part of their annual fundraiser. Tickets are $1
bach or six for $5 and are available from any Day School
Student or at D’s Marketplace. The drawing will be held at 1
p.m. Nov. 18. Several other items donated by local
'^merchants will also be given away.
throughout the industry over the
past few years.
In addition to replacing 60 of
the 193 fuel assemblies in the
Unit 2 reactor, work teams per-
formed more than 2000 mainte-
nance and surveillance tasks
during outage. “This was indeed
a total team effort and we are
extremely croud of our people",
said Bili Cottle,HL&P Group
Vice President, Nuclear. “We’re
looking forward to a long and
successful run by this unit”, he
added.
Earlier this year, STP’s Unit
1 had established a new site
record with just over a 41 day
outage That unit is continuing
to operate at 100% power and
has logged a 97.8% capacity
factor since its successful refuel-
ing.
Trailriders to
meet Thursday
at Dawson home
The Palacios Trailriders will
meet at 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov.
9) at the home of Linda and
Dave Dawson on Collins Drive.
Honor our Veterans
by saving a life,
Donate Blood!
ive
Cooking up a storm for seniors
KITCHEN duty at the Paiacioi Senior Cittxens Center may soon become double-duty if the
Friends of Elder Citizens takes on Jackion County's meals and transportation. From left to
right are Center staff workers Mary Ann Flores, Rocclo Garcia, Doris Heard and Dwight
Polk. (Beacon Photo by Lelta Hooper)
FOEC submits bid to provide
fackson Comity elderly service
• • •
Far
Thanju
The Legacy
"Why did I select Matagorda
House? The food., juch a selection
and it is prepared properly. An-
other reason.. .the staff; professional
and courteous.”
Dorothy Gleghom
The Legacy’s new Matagorda House Healthcare Center was
created to make state-of-the-art technology and a top notch
team of medical professionals readily available to you and
y Our^autiful modem facility has been staffed by your
friends and neighbors who are not only experts at what
they do, but also truly care about
providing all residents with the
highest quality of life possible.
Call us or come by today for your
admission application. You can rest
easy knowing The Legacy is good
for you and your loved one.
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The area serviced by the
Friends of Elder Citizens, Inc.
(FOEC) may be about to ex-
pand dramatically to include
Jackson County, according to
Don E. Horton, chairman of
the board of FOEC, and ex-
ecutive director Cneryl Dodd.
“The FOEC’s board has
examined ways to produce in-
come to supplement the op-
erational expenses of the se-
nior center. Last week, the op-
portunity to bid on a contract
for Jackson County appears to
be an answer to that search,”
Dodd said.
The Jackson County pro-
gram for the elderly is funded
by the Golden Crescent Re-
gional Planning Commission's
Area Agency on Aging, who
will continue to provide the
funding. According to Dodd,
the current FOEC and the
11 Jackson County programs will
be operated separately. “No
funds will be intermingled,”
Horton said.......
Despite receiving $33,000
annually from federal funds
and $79,000 from local
sources, the local senior pro-
gram still struggles to meet the
needs of the aging community.
“The proposed plan is to
direct the services locally,"
Dodd said. “Meals and trans-
portation for Jackson County
will be purchased from FOEC.
We anticipate that this will
mean approximately $12,000
net income over the ten-month
contract period.”
For the past four years, the
Community Action Committee
(CAC) provided all senior ser-
vices in Jackson County, but
did not seek renewal of the
Nine bicycles
recovered by
Police Dept.
Are you missing a bicycle?
It may be at the Palacios Police
Dept.
Officers recovered a total of
nine bicycles last Saturday
night. To check to see if your
bicycle was one of those
recovered, either go by or call
the Police Dept, at 972-3112
and identify the bike.
contract for the 1995-96 fiscal
year, mainly due to financial
problems.
“FOEC does not anticipate
incurring the same problems as
CAC, which was attempting to
provide services for which they
did not receive adequate
funding,” Dodd explained.
“Jackson County residents
have not been actively support-
ive of the senior program as
have citizens in the FOEC area
of service.”
“In the tentative acceptance
of the awarding of this contract
to FOEC, it is clearly under-
stood that services will only be
provided as funding is avail-
able,” Horton noted.
“Therefore, there should be
no FOEC funds endangered.
This is a business operation
which if entered into will en-
hance the services that can be
provided to local seniors.”
Veterans9 Day ceremonies
held at Palacios Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2467 will conduct Veterans
Day ceremonies at 7:30 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 11) at the Palacios;
Cemetery. The public is invited to attend.
Family or friends who wish to personally remember loved
ones may pick up flags from VFW members at that time fot
placement on gravesites in the cemetery. •
Annual veterans appreciation ceremonies will be held at 10
a.m. Friday (Nov. 10) at the Bay City High School auditorium*.
All veterans are urged to attend and be present at 8:30 a.m. for
placement in the ceremonies.
Cfctetmas
special
Col for your appointment
Wedgy 's
Pizz
309 1st Street
Palacios • 972-6151
, V-
AND OUR TOWN TOOI
WINTER HOURS
Mon. - Thurs. 6:30am -1 Opm
Fri. & Sot. 6:30am - Midnight
Closed Sunday
1
Buy 1 large Spedalty Pizza
at Reg. Price &
Get a Large 2 topping Pizza for $5.99
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Breakfast Biscuits with egg,
sausage or ham and cheese
Available Mon • r
Donuts
& Pigs
,** WE NOW HAVE **
Spicy Chicken |
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