Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1987 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME 80. NO. 29
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,1987
Up 6% over last year
Local economy remains strong
according to sales tax figures
BY NICK WEST
Beacon Publisher
Palacios continued to outper-
form surrounding cities, as well
as buck the statewide trend, in
registering increases in its sales
tax rebate figures for the year.
According to the July report
from the State Comptroller’s
office, Palacios' total rebates of
its one-cent city sales tax has
increased six-percent over the
same period a year ago.
While it is the only city in a
four county area to report an
increase, Palacios is also one of
the few in the state to have
consistently shown gains. On a
statewide average, rebate figures
have declined 6‘/j %.
The city’s one-percent sales
tax is collected on sales by
merchants along with the state
sales tax. Both are turned in
monthly to the Comptroller’s
Office which in return rebates the
city tax back to the city in which
it was collected.
The July rebate check to
Palacios amounted to $6,953.82.
That brought the total for 1987 to
$72,280.74, a healthy increase
over the $68,588 received for the
same time period last year.
The July checks represent
taxes collected on sales made in
May and reported to the Comp-
troller by June 20.
In a survey of cities in
Matagorda, Calhoun, Jackson
and Wharton Counties which
levy a city sales tax, Palacios was
the only one to be running above
last year’s pace. Edna had the
smallest decline in the survey
group, down .58 percent with
$137,628 in rebates. Seadrift
followed with a drop of nearly 3
% at $23,992.
Bay City, the only other
municipality in Matagorda to
levy a sales tax, reports its
rebates for the year down 6.58%
at $581,430 as compared to
$622,410 a year ago.
The Wharton County cities of
El Campo both share similar
drops. El Campo’s rebates are
lagging 9Vi percent behind
1986's with $386,079 (compared
to $426,119). Wharton’s are off
over ll‘/i percent at $272,579
(compared to $308,509).
Rebates for the city of Port
Lavaca have fallen off 16% to
$286,110 (compared to $341,397).
Ganado has dropped nearly 17%
to $30,214 (compared to
$36,363).
The largest decline in <V
survey was for Point Com!.rt
which has seen its rebates drop
over 20 perceiitite47^10.
On a county-wide basis, Jack-
son County has registered a
2.4% dip in rebates to $170,874.
Matagorda County stands at
$653,711, a drop of 5.3%.
Wharton County rebates have
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slipped 10 percent to $658,658
while Calhoun’s are 15‘/i percent
below last year’s at $317,113.
In a related economic report
from the Comptroller’s Office,
gross retail trade sales in Mata-
gorda County dropped from
$233,146,940 in 1985 to $299,542,
170 last year. Gross industrial
sales the same period fell from
$459,434,273 in 1985 to $365,294,
235 in 1986.
Retail trade involves building
materials, general merchandise,
goods stores, automotive, cloth-
ing, home furnishings, restau-
rants, drug stores, liquor stores
and; other miscellaneous retail
storfes,
lit calculating gross industrial
sale| figures, the Comptroller’s
Offiee combined yearly sales of
agri|ulture/forestry industries,
mining, construction, manufac-
turing, transportation, utilities
and Wholesale trade industries.
Figures were mixed for the
remaining three counties in the
survey area. In Calhoun County,
gross retail sales fell from
$112,150,277 in 1985 to $111,386.
[See TAXES, Page 2]
Impressive growth
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in building permit^,
Desptie the increasing layoffs
at the South Texas Nuclear
Project as construction nears
completion, the City of Palacios
has been experiencing somewhat
of a building boom during the
past 18-months.
According to figures at Pala-
cios City Hall, tjw value of
building permits issued lor the
18-month jejM from Jap, 1,
1986 through July 8, 1987 have
dialed more than $2.1 million.
That figure reflects not only
permits for new construction, but
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for remodeling, electrical and
plumbing work as well. During
that same time span, the city has
put met eased emphasis on enfor-
cement of building permit
quirements.
New home construction as well
as construction of commercial
bikings such as the Henderson
Square complex boosted the
value of building permits in 1986
to $1,740,212.
Through the first six months of
1987, the value of permits issued
have totaled $370,000.
STP seeking approVal^frdifirJVRC
for initial Unit 1 fuel loading
Officials at the South Texas
Nuclear Project (STP) are await-
ing the approval from the Nuc-
lear Regulatory Commission on
its request for a low-power
operating license and the go-
ahead for fuel loading of Unit 1.
An STP spokesperson said
Monday that officials of the
multi-billion dollar nuclear plant
had sent a letter to the NRC last
Friday stating that the plant was
prepared to begin fuel loading of
Unit 1.
An NRC Operations Readiness
Committee is expected to com-
plete its inspection of the facility
late this week before forwarding
STP’s licensing request to Wash-
ington for action by NRC commi-
ssioners. It was estimated that
the review by the commissioners
could take a week.
Fuel loading was initailly sche-
duled for June 23, however STP
officials did not request a license
at that time pending completion
Services held for Rev. Boykin
Rev. Carroll Ray Boykin,
pastor of the First United
Methodist Church in Palacios,
died last Thursday (July 9) in a
San Antonio Hospital at the age
of 41,
He had served as pastor of
the First United Methodist'
Church here for several years
and had previously been pastor
of parishes in Ingleside and
Corpus Christ!.
Funeral services for Rev.
Boykin were held Monday, July
13 at the First United Methodist
Church in Palacios with Revs.
John Gilbert, Charles Giesler,
Keith Wyatt and Doug Blanton
officiating. Interment followed
at Long Cove Cemetery near
Lomita.
Rev. Boykin was bom Aug.
27, 1945 in Ulvade.Tx., the son
of W. A. and Virginia Boykin.
In addition to his parents,
both of Trinidad, he is survived
by his wife, Judy, of Palacios;
two daughters, Michelle and
Kendry Boykin, both of Pala-
cios; and one brother, Charles
Boykin of Los Angeles, Calif.
He was preceded in death by
a brother, Frank W. Boykin, in
1960.
Pallbearers were Dennis Sh-
uetz, Pat Walker, Woody Wil-
son, Emil Sliva, Marvin Curtis,
Sonny Brhlik, George Sparks,
Roger Wilson, Ronnie Kubecka
and Craig Glasscock.
of security department training.
Once fuel loading approval is
received, it will take approxi-
mately five-seven days to load
the 193 fuel assemblies in Unit 1.
About 55 days following the fuel
load date, the plant is expected to
begin low-level electrical genera-
tion during a gradual buildup
phase.
After Unit 1 has produced
power at the five-percent level
for two weeks, application is
expected to be made for a
full-power operating license. Po-
wer production will then increase
at certain intervals, rising from
30-percent to 100-percent. The
NRC requires the plant to
operate at full power for 35 days
before it can be declared com-
mercially operable.
Initial plans call for Unit 1 to
begin commercial operation in
December. Construction on Unit
2, which is scheduled to be fuel
loaded in December 1988, is
between 76-80-percent complete.
Tagging Tippett
IF YOU cant’t get to home
plate by going around or
through the catcher, why not
try going over the top? That Is
exactly what Palacios Babe
Ruth All-Star Tony Tippett
attempted to do during Sun-
day’s first game with Bay City.
Unfortunately, Tippett’s leap-
ing ability came up short and
he was tagged out. Palacios
lost the contest in extra Innings
11-10 and fell again in the
nightcap of the District II
tourney 12-4. [Beacon Photo by
Nick West)
Bay Gty twice nixes
Palacios All-Stars'
bid for District II
Council action expected Monday
on proposed bond issue election
BY NICK WEST
Benton Publisher
BY NICK WESt
Beacon Publisher
A date for a bond issue election
to fund capital improvement
projects is expected to be set by
the Palacios City Council when it
convenes in regular session
Monday night.
Council members met last
Monday in a workship with five
representatives of a 15-member
citizen’s advisory committee to
review possible proposals to put
before voters in a bond issue
election. The proposals are de-
signed to provide funds for the
city to undertake street and/or
drainage improvements.
According to Mayor Leonard
Lamar, a second workshop is
planned for 5:30 p.m. Monday
for the council to meet with other
advisory members to again re-
view possible proposals. He said
action on setting a date for a
bond election would be on the
council’s agenda when it meets
formally at 7 p.m.
Although several different
bond proposals have been (iscus-
sed by the council in recent
months, Lamar said it appears
that the majority of recommen-
dations have been to submit at
least two to voters for approval.
One likely proposal is to issue
bonds to repay a $512.000 FmHA
loan that would b£ used to
undertake city-wide drainage im-
provements. Lamaf said that
figures provided to the council
indicate that passage of such an
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issue would increase the city’s
current tax rate of 56-cents per
$100 valuation by 9,3 cents.
A second possible proposal
being considered, and one de-
signed to allow for both a larger
scaie drainage improvement pro-
ject, along with street improve-
ments, would be for approxi-
mately $2-milllon. That proposal,
if approved, would provide $875,
000 fot street repairs and $1.1
million for drainage and related
[See BOND, Page 9]
The Bay City All-Stars came-
from-behind twice Sunday to
sweep a double-header against
the Palacios All-Stars and claim
the 14-15-Year Old Babe Ruth
District II tournament in Bay
City.
Palacios, which had received a
first round bye and then edged
Bay City in the second round 2-1,
came into Sunday’s showdown
meeting needing to win only one
of the two games to take the
championship. Bay City ruined
manager Joe Morales’ bid to
limit the clash to one game by
rallying for two runs in the
seventh inning to knot the score
at 10-10 and went on to win in
extra innings 11-10.
Bouncing right track from that
heart-breaking loss, Palacios
jumped on Bay City for a quick
4-0 first inning lead in Game 2.
Once again, however, Bay City
began to chip away, narrowing
the margin to 4-2 in the second
and going on to win the winner-
take-all finale 12-4.
GAME ONE
Palacios 2, Bay City 1
Held to only one hit, Palacios
capitalized on a trio of Bay City
miscues and the four-hit pitching
of ace hurler Scott Koch to win
their second round game 2-1.
Koch provided all the offense
for Palacios, reaching base in the
first on an error and giving
Palacios a 1-0 lead by beating a
throw to the plate. In the fourth,
Koch made it 2-0 after cracking a
single to center and scoring on an
error.
Bay City chalked up its only
run in the fifth when John Reyes
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