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Pageant to crown Miss Palacios 1987
Debutante, Little Miss, Little Mister Palacios contestants also featured
Thirteen lovely young ladies
will be vying for the title of Miss
Palacios 1987 this Saturday dur-
ing the 15th Annual Miss Pala
dos Pageant sponsored by tbe
Palacios Rotary Club.
The pageant, which also in-
cludes the selection of Outstand-
ing Debutante and the Little Miss
and Little Mister Palacios con-
tests, will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Fine Arts Audi-
torium. Admission is $3 for
adults and $1 for students.
Serving as master of cere-
monies for the Pageant will be
Jerry AuMs of KULP Radio. Also
helping to preside over the event
as well as crowning her succ-
essor will be the reigning 1986
Miss Palacios, Vicki Harvey,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Charles Harvey.
Judges for this year’s event
are Kelly McKay, Don McKay,
Debbie Jaynes and Dr. Charles
Jaynes, all of Victoria, and
Norma Moses of Baton Rouge,
LA.
Along with the 13 Miss Pala-
cios contestants there will be
three seeking the Debutante
honor, 10 entries in the Little
Miss division and three in the
Little Mister division.
The 1986 Little Miss Palados
title is currently held by Michele
Bullock, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Bullock. The 1986
Little Mister Palados title was
won by Kyle Wallis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Wallis.
The 1986 Debutante honor
went to Rebecca Dawn Byars,
daughter of Roger Byars and
Sherry Byars.
Contestants for Miss Palados
will be judged on sportswear,
evening wear and interviews with
the judges.
Competing for the 1987 Miss
Palacios crown will be the
following: Sherri Wright, daugh-
ter of Clifford Wright and Mrs.
Kay Cauli, Emily (Muffy) Eth-
elyn Into, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Henry Into; Rebecca Byars,
daughter cf Mrs. Sherry Byars
and Roger Byars; Terri Lorice
Kubecka, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Kubecka; Michele
ifelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Kelly; Tracy Marie Keeton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmie Keeton; Stacey Stdhren-
berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill StUhrenberg; Amy Helen
Linette Hols worth, daughter cf
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Holsworth;
Cynthia Lynn Guidry, daughter
of Louise Guidry and Leon
Gujdry; Stephanie Jalane Sha-
nks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Shanks; Jennifer Lynn
Galloway, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Galloway; Ann
Marie Flores, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Flores; and Leigh
Ann Meismer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Meismer.
The three Debutatne contes-
tants- are: Denise Elaine Smith,
daii$hter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Smith; Felicia Dawn Ripke, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Garence
Ripke; and Lisa Joanne Stork,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Stork.
First grade students seeking
the title of Little Miss Palacios
are: Leashia Marie Arndt, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Arndt; LeAndra Kaye White,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley White; Crystal Marie
Reyes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Reyes; Michelle Paxton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benny
Paxton; Monnie Frances Micha-
lik, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Michalik; Leslie Adele
Matusek, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Laddie Matusek; Roby
Malone, daughter of Deborah
Malone and William Malone;
Katherine Leigh Busby, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Busby;
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Search team
MATAGORDA COUNTY morning In starch of a Bay City Monday during an aerial sear-
Game Warden* Jack Langdon man who was reported missing eh was found to be a capsized
and Arthur Lawrence set out Friday while fishing. An object buoy. The search continued on
bom Schicke Point Monday observed floating in the bay Tuesday.
Search efforts fail to locate
fisherman missing since Friday
The search continued Tues-
day for a 46-year old Bay City
man whose unmanned 19-foot
boat was found near Palacios
Channel Mark 35 in Matagorda
Bay, Friday afternoon.
The missing fisherman was
identified as William E. Burson,
46, of 1509 Live Oak in Bay City.
According to Parks and Wild-
life Dept. Game Warden Jack
Langdon of Matagorda County,
Burson’s 19-foot Power Cat
outboard was found unmanned
and circling by another fisher-
man around 1:30 p.m. Friday
near Palacios Channel Mark 35.
Aside from the boat, a
thermos bottle recovered by
Langdon near the scene Sunday
has been the only item recover-
ed during the search which
began Friday.
The Coast Guard, which had
used a cutter from Port O’Con-
nor, two helicopters and a jet
from Corpus Christi, suspended
their search for the missing man
Sunday. Parks and Wildlife
were continuing both an aerial
and surface search.
Burson is described as 5’8”,
160-lbs. with dark hair and
white sideburns. He was repor-
tedly wearing a plaid shirt, blue
jeans and a dark green insulat-
ed jump suit when he launched
his boat from the Eas* Bay boat
ramp Friday morning.
Langdon said a fisherman
saw Burson's boat going in a
close circle near Channel Mark
35 around 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Langdon said the Coast Guard
was notified at 2:30 p.m. and he
was notified at approximately
3:30 p.m. *
The boat was reported to
have been going in circles for
L2 hours before running out of
fuel,” Langdon said. He said
when he arrived at the scene in
his patrol boat a Coast Guard
[See SEARCH, Page 2]
A citizens’ advisory committee
will be appointed by the Palacios
City Council to assist it in
determining which avenues to
^pursue in regards to capital
Improvement projects for the city
and whether a bond issue will be
, newsiirytoltiiKi
The council, meeting in regu-
lar session Monday night, agreed
that each council member will
compile a list of five names to be
considered for the advisory com-
mittee. The council will then
review the list and appoint the
committee during a special meet-
ing at 7 p.m. next Monday (Dec.
8).
According to Mayor Leonard
Lamar, the committee should
inclnde several of the largest
taxpayers in the city as well as
other citizens representing a
cross section of Palacios.
The purpose of the committee
will be to assist the council and to
recommend the size and scope of
capital improvements the city
should undertake. Among the
capital improvements being con-
sidered are the upgrading and
repairs to water and sewer
service and street and drainage
work.
Whether the committee and
council decides to pursue a
city-wide improvements project
or one on a more limited scale
will determine the costs involved
which could possibly range from
an increase in taxes from be-
tween 8-csnts to 30-cents.
An 8-ceni increase in the
current tax rate of 56-cents per
$100 valuation will be required to
ensure repayment if the city
follows through on accepting a
$512,000 FmHA loan. That loan,
which is for 20 years at 7.6%
interest, is targeted for drainage
improvements.
Also available for use toward
street and drainage work is
another $300,000 which includes
$150,000 from a Texas Depart-
ment of Communities Affairs’
grant, $75,000 from the city,
$25,000 from the Palacios Area
Fund, $25,000 from the Trull
Foundation and another $25,000
from the Trull family.
One option facing the city
bonds for the remaining costs
needed for citywide improve-
ments.
According to Lamar the com-
mittee could recommend to the
council a course of action any-
where between those two options
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FmHA loan, TDCA grant and before we can even bring this
local funds to undertake a limited
amount of capital improvements.
The limited scale option would
require an 8-cent increase in the
tax rate to pay back the FmHA
loan.
Another option, at the other
end of the spectrum, would be to
undertake a full city-wide capital
improvements project which will
require more than the city would
have available from loans, grants
and local funding.
The complete 2.6-million pro-
ject would require voters to
approve a bond issue which
would raise the tax rate 53%
from the current 56 cents to 86
cents. That increase would cover
both the 8-cents needed to repay
the FmHA loan as well as cover
before the voters to have them
determine if they even want a
band issue,” Lamar said in ex-
plaining the need for a citizens’
advisory committee.
In other action, the council
finally gave its approval on the
placement of a caboose in city
park, heard grievances from a
contractor concerning city build-
ing inspections and restated its
position in regards to a pier at
2005 E. Bayshore.
In other matters:
-Lamar informed the council
that Herby Gonzales had under-
gone surgery in Victoria.
-Acting on the recommenda-
tion of the city Parks Comm-
ittee, the council voted 3-1 to
[See COUNCIL, Page 2]
Fishermen’s Festival at
Matagorda Saturday
Plenty of delicious seafood to
satisfy everyone’s palate will be
available at the 8th Annual
Fishermen’s Festival to be held
Saturday at the Matagorda fire
station.
Sponsored by the Marine
Advisory Committee, the festival
will feature a seafood appre-
ciation feast consisting of
shrimp, fish, oysters and side
orders from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30
p.m. at $6 per plate.
During those same hours, the
New Cajun Corner will offer spicy
Louisiana-style boiled crawfish
Judging for the Texas Seafood
BBQ Cookoff and the Gulf Coast
Gumbo Cookoff will begin at 3
p.m. with awards presented at
3:45 p.m.
An Actioa Auction with gallons
of the award winning gumbos to
be auctioned off starts at 4 p.m.
Starting at 1 p.m. drawings for a
$50 door prize will be held every
hour.
In addition the Festival will
feature numerous exhibits and
craft booths. Proceeds from the
event go toward scholarships for
area youths.
Handicapped Professional Woman of the Year
Carolyn Bradshaw receives club award
Palacios special education tea-
cher and program leader Carolyn
Bradshaw was named by the
Pilot Gub of Bay City last week
as Handicapped Professional
Woman of the Year.
Bradshaw, who has been with
the Palacios JSP since 1968, was
selected fropi a field of four
nominees after being nominated
by the Palacios Alapha Gub.
The awajsLhppprs executive or
professional disabled women
who lead active, productive lives
and who contribute to their
communities and professions.
The award is sponsored jointly by
Pilot International, The Presi-
dent’s Committee on Employ-
ment of the Handicapped and
Sears Roebuck and Co.
As the award recipient, Brad-
shaw, 41, will now compete at
district level.
Following a number of oper-
ations and therapy, Bradshaw
has overcome a number of con-
genital disabilities. A holder of a
teacher’s certificate and a master
of education, she joined Central
Elementary School as a special
education teacher in 1968 and
from 1974-76 she was teacher-
coordinator of the special edu-
cation department.
Along with being a special
education teacher, she serves as
program leader of the special
education department. She is
responsible for planning the
special education department’s
curriculum aad supervises tea-
chers in the department. As
program leader, Mrs. Bradshaw
also oversees the management of
the entire special education de-
partment’s budget.
Active in the community, she
was chosen by the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce in 1984 as
Teacher of the Year and also
helped found the Palacios Teens-
Aid-Reiarded. Other activities
and organizations she is a part of
include Palacios Library Inc.,
Delta Kappa Gamma, Matagorda
County Association for Retarded
Citizens, Association of Texas
Professional Educators, Palacios
Parent-Teacher Organization, Li-
ttle People of America, Texas
Association of Children and
Adults with Learning Disabili-
ties, Palacios Athletic Boosters
Club and the First Baptist
Church of Palacios.
The three other nominees for
[See AWARD. Page 21
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