Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1992 Page: 1 of 14
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P.O. Box 11
Psliwsios, TX 77kC5
Teachers Earn Aquaculture
Certificates at PMEC
Youngsters Should Play It 'Cool' To
Avoid Dehydration...Page 7
Congressman Introduces Bill To
Help Protect Gulf...Page 14
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V VOLUME 85, NO. 26 PALACIOS, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1992 FOURTEEN PAGES USPS 418460 )
BY MARC ALLEY
Beacon Staff Writer
Anyone with plans to fish off
the East Bay Pier better make
new plans.
Acting on the recommendation
of city building inspector, Abel
Pierce, the Palacios City Coun-
cil, at its regular meeting last
Monday (June 15), unani-
mously approved to close the
pier immediately, until repairs
can be made. Councilmcmbcrs
Donald Kopccky and Karen
Bishop were not in attendance.
“I recommend some means to
limit weight on pier, or dose it to
public until a solution can be
found,” Pierce stated in a letter
after visually inspecting the pier.
“The overall condition is very
poor; power poles apparently
help prevent horizontal move-
ment.”
In his letter, Pierce stated the
areas that need repair arc the T-
hcad deck, which has, “planks
missing," and also loose planks.
He also said the T-head
stringers, which support the
main pier, "arc fastened to piling
with one bolt only,” and there-
fore will not support much
weight.
Pierce also stated the support
piling is in, “very poor condi-
tion,” and said some of it has,
“completely disintegrated,” at the
water line. He also said there is
no handrail on the pier.
Despite what Pierce’s letter
stated, Palacios resident David
Moll told council what he
thought about closing the pier.
“I believe the pier needs to be
repaired, but not closed,” said
Moll. “We have too many people
that come down here and spend
money, and fish off that pier.”
Once council took action,
Councilman David Rolen asked,
“have we found any funds avail-
able so that we may immediately
start repairing?”
Mayor Beverly Watson did
not have an answer for Rolen’s
question, but told the council that
Scott Herrin, a local contractor,
agreed to repair the pier if the city
provided the materials. The
council unanimously approved a
special meeting Monday night to
discuss this with Herrin. But in
an interview last Thursday, Wat-
son said Herrin told her he can-
not repair the pier because he
does not have the liability insur-
ance or bond needed.
In other business, the council
(See COUNCIL, Page 14)
Lions Club
seeks parade
participants
The Lions Club Fourth of
July Parade is shaping up. The
Palacios VFW will lead off with
a color guard. The Palacios Trail
Riders will end with a color
guard. Fire trucks from Palacios
and Trcs Palacios Oaks VFD will
be sounding their sirens in cele-
bration. Several candidates in the
county elections have been in-
vited.
While the parade is still taking
shape, more participants arc
needed. If you have antique cars
or arc a business and would like
to be in die parade, please contact
Max Travers at 588-7050 (a
message may have to be left).
All fraternal organizations and
all scout troops arc invited.
Troop leaders, please call if your
cub scouts, toy scouts or girl
scouts would like to participate.
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Closed for repairs
SAGGING and missing timbers have prompted the
Palacios City Council to close the East Bay fishing pier
until repairs can be completed. (Beacon Photo by Nick
West)
Pier condition prompts
closure by city council
Inspector cites needed repair at East Bay pier
Divers search for youngster
A DIVER surfaces along the bulkhead of Turning Basin #3
during the search for a three-year old boy who apparently fell
into the water while playing in the area last Tuesday. The boy's
body was recovered from the water nearly two hours after he
Was first reported missing. (Beacon Photo by Nick Wesl)
Three-year old boy
drowning victim at
Turning Basin #3
Divers recovered the tody of a three-year old Palacios toy from
the waters of Tuming Basin No. 3 last week nearly two hours after
he was discovered missing by his grandparents.
The youth was identified as Emmanuel Minh Nhat Dinh, the
son of Tran Ngoc and Don Thi Nguyen Dinh of Palacios. Despite
resuscitation efforts at the scene by rescue workers, the youngster
was pronounced dead after being taken to Wagner General Hospi-
tal.
The drowning occurred on the afternoon of June 16 at the docks
behind Captain Tom’s Seafood House. The toy was last seen along
the docks by his grandparcnLs shortly before 4 p.m. His cap was
found floating in the water near the bulkhead.
Three divers took part in the search for the youngster. His tody
was found at 5:04 p.m. by diver Gary Mathis of the Palacios Police
Department.
Dispute over handrail construction
Search/rescue
boat purchase
still discussed
BY MARC ALLEY
Beacon Staff Writer
Palacios resident Adnan Wat-
son wants the Matagorda County
Navigation District #1 to pur-
chase a search and rescue boat.
But the commissioners decided
to moor the issue for now.
Such a purchase is usually
made by the Matagorda County
Sheriffs Department. But since a
new sheriff will be elected this
year, Watson told commissioners
it might be next year before the
new sheriff purchases this boat.
Eli Mayfield, general counsel
for the district, said he spoke
with Matagorda County Sheriff
S.L. "Sam" Hurta two :ks
ago.
"The present sheriff stated to
me that he is preparing his bud-
get now, and he pointed out to
me that the boat is in his draft
budget," said Mayfield.
F.P. "Sonny" Brhlik, com-
missioner of Precinct 3, told
commissioners Hurta will pre-
sent his budget to the county
commissioners in July. The
(See BOAT, Page 14)
Inside This
Week
Police Reports..................Page 2
Early Files.........................Page 4
Lifestyles....................Pages 6-7
Sports..........................Pages 8-9
Youth...............................Page 10
Classifieds................Pages 12-13
Thought For Tht Week:
"If all men knew what each
said of the other, there would
not be four friends in the
world."
Beacon Deadline: 12 noon Monday
Beacon Office Closed Wednesdays
Final payment to contractor
still being held by M CND # 1
The Matagorda County Navi-
gation District #1 (MCND #1)
has decided that if at first you
don’t succeed, stop payment.
The MCND #1 is holding its
final payment to the construction
company it hired to install a
handrail at the new commercial
docks at Turning Basin #3 (TB
3) in hopes the company repairs
it.
At its regular meeting in May,
the MCND #1 Board of Com-
missioners voted to stop pay-
ment to Tom-Mac Construction,
the company it contracted out
with for the work at TB 3. At the
district's regular meeting last
Thursday (June 18), the com-
missioners unanimously ap-
proved to hold the final payment,
which amounts to about
$16,000.
"The handrail is useable, but it
displays poor workmanship,"
said Commissioner Marvin Cur-
tis.
In May, Rodger Garza, the
district's engineer, told the
commissioners he thought the
company chopped up the lumber
when it installed the handrails.
(See MCND, Page 14)
S&WC water quality demonstration
project includes Matagorda County
The Texas State Soil and Wu
ter Conservation Board, in con-
junction witli three soil and water
conservation districts, has initi-
ated a two-year water quality
demonstration project in Col-
orado, Matagorda and Wharton
Counties to demonstrate the pos-
itive impacts of shallow flood
irrigation, nutrient management,
and pesticide management on rice
fields where potential agricultural
chemical pollution exists.
"Simply put, this means that
these three projects arc to
demonstrate to rice producers in
an 18-county rice belt along the
Texas Gulf Coast, that with the
application of prescribed best
management practices, agricul-
tural pollutants which could af-
fect water quality will be sub-
stantially reduced," said Beadc
Northern, Engineer, TSSWCB.
"In addition, we hope to fur-
ther demonstrate that by using
prescribed BMP's to prevent
degradation of water quality,
those same BMP's will also not
significantly decrease rice pro-
duction or increase production
costs," Northcul added.
The $23(),()(X) project, which
is being funded by an Environ-
mental Protection Agency grant,
is being administered by the
TSSWCB through interagency
contracts with the Texas Agri-
cultural Experiment Station in
Beaumont and the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
Others participating in the
project include Wharton County,
Matagorda County, and Col-
orado Soil and Water Conserva-
tion Districts as well as the Soil
Conservation Service.
According to the TSSWCB
engineer, the normal volume of
water use per acre for rice pro-
duction historically averages 3.5
to 7.5 feet.
"This results in a potential for
pollution by runoff water carry-
ing agricultural chemicals from
the field. Pollution potential
varies directly with the volume
of water used in combination
with the timing of chemical ap-
plication and system discharge,"
he said.
"On the other hand, shallow
water management in an irrigated
rice culture means managing
field flood depths of three to four
inches or less. The BMP's in-
volved here include practices
such as shallow flood, Hushing,
continuous flood, closer levees,
laser leveling and water level-
ing,” Northern explained.
The key practices that provide
the opportunity to utilize shallow
flood irrigation arc designed
levee spacings and multiple in-
(See WATER, Page 14)
Water management key
ACCORDING to Dr. McCauley and Northcut, shallow
water management in an irrigated rice culture means
managing field flood depths of three to four inches or
less. The best management practices~to 'iWfctfmplish
shallow water management include shallow flooding,
flushing, continuous flooding, closer levees, laser
leveling and water leveling.
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