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jCity Council on PH-TV: 6 p.m. Thurs. & Fri.
Both physically and financially
Repeated operations take toll
BY CHRIS NEVAREZ
Undergoing numerous opera-
tions in the span of just a few
months, Robert Cabarubio and
his family are hopeful that the
latest surgery performed in Sep-
tember will be the last.
A father of three, Cabarubio
has been a paraplegic since a car
accident in 1959. Seven years ago
he had to have one kidney
removed. His bouts with the
surgeon’s knife this year has
stemmed mostly from a chronic
disease with his remaining kid-
ney, a disease that requires him
to go to Bay City three times a
week for dialysis and adds even
more to the staggering medical
bills.
Because of operations to his
arm to implant a permanent
dialysis shunt, prospects are slim
that he will be able to return to
his previous job as a watch
repairman at Kana’s Upholstery.
That job made Robert and his
wheelchair a familiar figure on
Main Street.
The medical problems for
Cabarubio began with the arrival
of the new year. In January his
kidney infection got the worst of
him, forcing him into the hospital
for two weeks. Even after his
discharge, the problem continu-
ed until he passed out while
home alone with his daughter.
Rushed to the hospital, he was
found to be bleeding internally
and transferred immediately to
Victoria. There, he underwent a
major emergency surgery for a
bleeding ulcer which resulted in
the removal of three-fourths of
his stomach.
Following a stay of seven days,
he was released and returned
home, but only for a short period
of time. Still complaining of
stomach problems, he returned
to the Victoria hospital within
[See CABARUBIO, Page 3|
■To aid Cabarubio family
Country music fundraiser
Plenty of local talent and a
variety of door prizes will be
featured at a Country Music
Show fundraiser to be held at
7:30 p.m. Saturday in the PHS
Fine Arts Complex.
Proceeds from the event will
be used to offset the massive
medical bills encountered by
Robert Cabarubio who is suffer-
ing from kidney disease.
Tickets for the Country Music
Show are $3 for adults and $1.50
for students. Children under six
will be admitted free. Tickets
will be sold at the door.
Among the performers taking
to the stage will be Palacios’
own Donna Harvey, Mr. E.T.
(Norman Miller), Miss Dolly
(Judy Vickery), Bud Jackson,
Sterling Griffith and many
more.
Those attending the show will
also have the opportunity to win
one of several door prizes being
furnished by local businesses
and merchants. They include a
$100 savings bond from City
State Bank, a Christmas arr-
angement from Cindy’s Cater-
ing and Rentals, two seafood
dinners from Petersen’s Res-
taurant, a turkey from Hamlin’s
Minimax, a large pizza from
Shimek’s BBQ, a case of soft
drinks from Hunt’s Food Mark-
et, two dinners from Dairy
[See SHOW, Page 3]
Palacios,
Texas-
Proud Home
of
Hallie
Homier
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1985
PALACIOS, TEXAS
TWELVE PAGES
During iround robin’ city council meeting
Verbal assault overshadows agenda
Etiquette, manners and hospi-
tality went out the window
Monday night only to be replaced
by bickering, sarcasim and rude-
ness during what has become the
regular bout of the Palacios City
Council.
The three-plus hour meeting
was riddled with personal clashes
arguments and lack of decorum
that all but overshadowed spe-
cific issues on the council’s
agenda. The antics, coming
primarily from a minority of the
council members, were directed
not only towards other council-
men and city employees, but also
were targeted towards a prospec-
tive businessman and some of
the citizens attending the ses-
sion.
Visitors to the meeting ex-
pressed strong criticism after-
wards for the behavior and
attitude exhibited by Councilmen
Jimmy Claybourn and Herby
Gonzales in their joint lambast-
ing of Public Works Director Bob
Brewer that at one point had
Claybourn suggesting that Bre-
wer ‘‘seek employment else-
where”,
Claybourn was also singled out
for criticism by both visitors and
two other councilmembers for his
behavior and comments involv-
ing a presentation to the council
by a prospective businessman.
The attitude by the councilman
was termed a “slap in the face”
by one individual and “embarra-
ssing and shocking” by another.
One remark from Claybourn
that drew a gasp from the visitors
Senior supper
at Carancahua
A community Thanksgiving
senior citizen supper will be
held at the Carancahua Com-
munity Center tonight (Thurs-
day) at 6 p.m. White Ele-
phant Bingo will follow.
Fore more information, call
972-2627 or 972-2753.
PTO schedules
reading program
There will be a P.T.O.
meeting tonight (Thursday) at
7 p.m. at Central Elementary
School Cafeteria. A program
on open court reading wUl be
presented to show parents
what their children are learn-
ing.
Everyone is invited to att-
end. Babysitting will be pro-
vided.
Radio rally bus
transportation
Anyone wishing to attend
the “Point of View Radio
Rally” should contact Peggy
Hafernick at 972 -2824 as soon
as possible. Seating for bus
transportation is still avail-
able for the Friday event. Bus
fare is $5 for the round trip.
Departure will be at 4:30 p.m.
from the First Baptist Church.
Persons should bring a sack
lunch.
Twin bed sought
for elementary
Central Elementary Sch-
ool’s Multiple Handicaps De-
partment needs a twin bed to
be used until May 1986.
Anyone who can loan a bed
should contact Central Elem-
entary School or Joyce Brunn-
emann at 972-2346.
City Hall sets
holiday closing
City Hail will be closed for
the Thanksgiving holidays on
Nov. 28 and 29. All garbage
will be picked up on Friday,
Nov. 29.
Getting down and dirty.
IT’S A dirty [and stinking] job,
but somebody has to do It. City
worker Jose “Pope” Gonzalez
found himself spending part of
Saturday morning down In a
manhole and up to his ankles In
sludge as he helped to unblock
a sewer line near Third and
Duaon. Grease apparently pou-
red down a drain by a resident
proved to be responsible for foe
stoppage.
was a response he made to a
question posed by councilman
Johnny Sardelich. Coming up
later in the meeting, the question
Sardelich asked that if a person
from outside Palacios was think-
ing of locating in the city for
business or personal reasons,
would they be willing to do so
with the “disharmony” that they
would find around the council
table.
“1 could care less, I’ve got a
job,” Gaybourn flatly answered.
“It doesn’t matter what the
council does.”
The heated atmosphere late in
the meeting at one point prompt-
ed councilman Johnny Sardelich
to admonish Gonzales and Gay-
bourn for interrupting people
when they were trying to talk and
failing to show the courtesy to
allow people to answer quest-
ions.
“You guys are going over-
board on some of this,” Sardelich
stressed, terming the situation as
a “round robin” event. He told
the two that they need to realize
“you’ve got to solve the prob-
lems. Attack the problems, don’t
attack the people.”
BUSINESS PROSPECT
David Burns, president of
Brazosport Chemical Cai^ met
with the council to request they
consider letting him use the
city's sewer treatment plant to
dispose of port-a-can wastes from
his firms operations at STP.
Burns had met briefly with the
council to outline the request at
last week’s council work session.
Burns said that the amount of
waste would by 4,500 gallons per
day. He estimated it would
involve 90,000 gallons throught
the first of January and that do to
change in work schedules at STP,
would taper off by approximately
one-third after that. The contract
if agreed upon, would be for
three years and could generate
nearly $1,000 a month to the city
based on a charge of $5.70 per
1000 gallons.
He added that the firm curr-
ently has a disposal location at
City’s sales tax rebate figures up 15%%
The City of Palacios received
a $19,373 rebate check this
month from the State Comp-
troller’s office for city sales tax
collected by merchants in Sep-
tember. The check brings to
$132,406 the amount of city
sales tax collected by Palacios
thus far in 1985.
The year to date total rep-
resents a 15.65% increase over
the $114,492 rebated to the city
during the same period a year
ago. The percentage gain conti-
nues to be one of the largest
among the nine city, three
county area.
The city sales tax is collected
along with the state sales tax by
local merchants and retailers
and turned in monthly to the
State Comptroller's office. The
state in turn rebates the city
sales tax back to the cities in
which it is collected.
The November checks repre-
sent taxes collected on sales
made in September and the
third quarter and reported to
the Comptroller by Oct. 20.
The monthly rebates have
consistenly shown Palacios to
be running 15-17% ahead of the
pace of a year ago. The per-
centage increase, as well as the
monthly check amounts, may
show a decline in the next
month or two. That would be a
result of lost tax revenue due to
the closing of one local depart-
ment store which occurred in
September.
Bay City, meanwhile, showed
only a slight gain over the
previous year, up 2.23% with
$1,117,895 rebated thus far in
1985.
The biggest gain is reported
in Wharton where the $6&3,609
rebated is up 16.81% compared
to last year. Seadrift had a gain
of 14.3% with $46,572 rebated
and Point Comfort is up 11.57%
at $19,163. More moderate
increases are 8.58% for El
Campo at $731,570; 6.87% for
Edna at $242,485; and 6.73%
for Ganado at $66,339.
The only municipality in the
nine-city survey reporting a
decline was Port Lavaca, down
.17% with $573,760 rebated this
year.
Oyster Creek, but feels that
handling the waste through the
Palacios plant would be “advan-
tageous not only for us, but to the
City of Palacios.” In addition to
generating Income to the city
itself, Burns said his firm would
alsofonnel an additional revenue
through the [purchase of fuel,
tires, and the hiring of mechanic
work and labor locally. He
estimated the additional revenue
into the economy at between
$40,000-$70,000.
Gaybourn retorted that the
city, itself, does not sell “those
particular items”. Burns replied
he understood that, but he was
talking of Palacios as a commu-
nity, not the city government.
Gaybourn said he wanted a
statement from a licensed pro-
fessional engineer that would
explain the gallons of waste that
would be brought to the city plant
and what it would equal in
normal diluted amounts, similar
to residential waste. Burns atte-
mpted to reply but was heatedly
cut off by Claybourn. That
prompted Councilman Giff Elli-
ott to request that Gaybourn
“don’t get excited.”
“I’m not excited, I’m saying
something,” Gaybourn stated.
“He said he was familiar with
port-a-cans and realized that due
to chemicals, what is emptied
ffom a port-a-can is much
different than what comes out of
homes or businesses. Can you
tell me how many gallons that
would be of normal sewage,” he
asked.
“You have the engineers re-
port in front of you,” Bums
replied.
Sardelich questioned public
works director Bob Brewer as to
whether he felt there would be
any insurmountable problems in
handling, the excess waste and
the economic feasibility in rega-
rds to wear on the city’s plant.
According to Brewer foe plant
is capable of handling the
estimated increase, but he could
see problems if the infiltration
during foe rainy season caused
an overload. He noted that if an
agreement stipulated that Bra-
zosport Chemical Can would take
foe waste elsewhere when foe
system’s limit is reached, there
would be no problem.
[Sea COUNCIL, Page 2]
Texadillo
Sez:
There will be a
meeting of
foe Sesquicentennial Commit-
tee and foe Palacios Area
Historical Association at 7:30
p.m. tonight (Thursday) at foe
Library.
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