Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1984 Page: 8 of 12
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PAGE 8-PALACIOS BEACON, WED., MAY 16,1984
C. W. KERLEY, Dave
Watson, PISD Maintena-
nce Crew; Roberta Rlpke,
Chairman of Palacios Sw-
imming Pool Committee)
Mary Eggemeyer, Exec-
utive Director of PAF;
Mike Murray, PISD Mai-
ntenance Supervisor; M-
ayor Leonard Lamar en-
joying the new picnic
tables at the Palacios
Swimming Pool Comp-
lex. The Palacios Area
Fund donated three pic-
nic tables, one suitable
for use by people In
wheel chairs, and a bicy-
cle rack to the City of
Palacios for use at the
swimming pool complex.
The Palacios Independe-
nt School District Main-
tenance Department ass-
embled the equipment
and hauled It to the
swimming pool. The pool
Is owned by the city, but
is maintained and man-
aged by the school dis-
trict, The Palacios Area
Fund Distribution Com-
mittee at the time the
grant was made was Ed
Fjordbak, Armando Es-
pinosa, Cara Herlln, Co-
leen Clayboum and the
late John Howarth.
Slow-Pitch Softball has
grown in past 5 years
Encourages family participation
Local Gun Club plans programs
The family oriented
Palacios Gun Club, gear-
ed toward promoting gun
safety and the proper
handling of firearms, off-
icially organized recently
with Adam “Bubba” Pri-
ce elected president.
Currently, with over 70
due. paying members,
t’..e Gun Club anticipates
conducting several pro-
grams for firearm enthu-
siasts of all ages along
with matches governed
by National Rifle Asso-
ciation safety rules and
regulations.
Other officers elected
for the new club include
Bob Brewer, vice-presi-
dent; Bruce Mower, sec-
retary; Gen House, trea-
surer; Paul Anthony, ex-
ecutive officer; and Dave
Rolen, chief instructor.
The three club directors
are Ted Bates, James
Meismer and Jack Lang-
don.
During a meeting May
3, the membership com-
mittee presented a slate
of bylaws along with
safety and range rules for
adoption. Following pas-
sage, the bylaws were
sent to the NRA rep-
resentative for approval.
The club also discussed
different locations for a
gun range as well as the
possibility of having Gun
Club caps for sale as a
fund raiser. The caps are
now available from Paul
Anthony.
Persons interested in
joining the Palacios Gun
Club should contact any
club officer or member-
ship committee members
including Don Hyett, Da-
ve Rolen, Paul Anthony
or Dot Isenberger.
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Plans have been for-
malized and committees
set for the first celebra-
tion of the summer for
Palacios and one of the
coast’s most unique and
fascinating events -the
Palacios Shrimporee held
annually by St. Antho-
ny’s Catholic Church.
Part of the festivities,
the Blessing of the Shri-
mp Fleet, is a contin-
uation of a religious
ceremony that dates back
more than 300 years.
Initial plans call for a
dance June 1. featuring
Bobby Lee’s Nightriders
at the Palacios Recrea-
tion Center from 8-12
p.m. Pre-sale tickets are
available at the City State
Bank for $5 per person.
Tickets at the door will be
S6.
On Sunday, June 2, the
2nd annual Shrimporee
run will begin at 8 a.m.
For more information call
Willo Rodriguez at 972-
3476.
The Blessing of the
Fleet is also scheduled
Safety aides class held
The water safety aides
class will be offered at
the Palacios pool on May
23-25 from 4-7 p.m.
To be eligible to take
this course, persons must
be 12 years of age and
older, have a current
basic rescue and water
safety or advanced life-
saving certificate, and
know the basic strokes.
All those who wish to
help with the summer
swim program need to
take this course if they
have not previously taken
it.
Softball tourney slated
The Needville Base-
ball Association will hold
a men's slow pitch tour-
nament on June 8, 9 and
10 at the Needville Pony
League Park.
Entry fee tor the tour-
ney is $85. There will be
a maximum of 16 teams.
For information con-
tact Darrell Newton at
409-793-6995.
for June 3 at 11 a.m. at
Turning Basin #2.
There will be a sea-
food and barbecue dinner
at 11 a.m. and an auction
at 2 p.m. Sunday. The
Country Store, booths
and games will round out
the day. Watch the Bea-
con for more details of
the festival as plans come
together for a day of fun
and family entertainme-
nt.
Trail Riders
set moonlight
ride Saturday
The Palacios Trail Rid-
ers will be having a
moonlight ride i May 19
at 4 p.m. sharp leaving
from Bill Kubecka’s bam
on Buffalo Road.
The ride will be to the
Kubecka Park on the
Francitas River with a
BBQ and campout.
Persons do not have to
be a member to make this
ride.
The Palacios Trail Ri-
ders will not be respon-
sible for any accidents
that may occur.
For more information
call 972-2214,972-2385 or
972-2000 after 5 p.m.
The Palacios Slow-Pi-
tch Softball Association is
experiencing phoenome-
nal growth. It began
when local men decided
they wanted to organize a
formal softball league for
competitive play. Two
years later a women’s
league merged with the
men to form the associa-
tion as it is now operat-
ing. Now in its fifth year
the association has added
a co-ed league and had a
total of 11 teams start
play on April 23.
This year the league
has asked for a women’s
district tournament to be
played in Palacios. They
have made plans to impr-
ove the facilities by add-
ing a concession stand, a
scoreboard, repairs or
replacement of lighting,
bleachers and a public
address system. These
improvements are plann-
ed jointly with the Pala-
cios Babe Ruth League.
The Palacios Slow-Pit-
ch SGftball Association
has worked very hard to
be self-supporting. Mon-
ey is raised from league
entry fees, donations,
sponsorships and fund-
raising activities. Last
year expenses exceeded
$5,000 and the league
still finished in the black.
To raise funds the mem-
bers solicited funds by
holding dances, having
auctions, preparing ban-
quets and planning tour-
naments.
The league has held
two benefit tournaments
to aid families in Palacios
who have experienced
emergencies and have
needed financial help.
This is their way of
repaying the community
support that they have
received.
Safety instructor
course n offered
A water safety instruc-
tors course will be offer-
ed at the Baptist En-
campment pool May 28-
June2ffoml-7p.m.
To be eligible for this
course, persons must be
17 years of age and older
and hold a current advan-
ced lifesaving certificate.
This course will enable
a person to teach Red
Cross swimming from be-
ginners to lifesaving.
Over 30 local business-
es have supported the
association by sponsoring
teams, buying advertis-
ing on signs and donat-
ing items for auctions.
The support for this pro-
gram in Palacios is ob-
vious by the donations
made and the people who
turn out to support the
teams in play.
The PSPSA would wel-
come any donations of
time or materials in their
efforts to upgrade the
facilities that they use to
pursue this all American
pasttime. For more in-
formation contact Kathy
Conrad, president of the
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