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Carla" annirersarr; football Contest
Sharks to battle
Brahmas Friday
The Palacios Sharks varsity football
team kicks off its 1981 grid season
friday when they travel to East Bernard
to tangle with the Brahmas starting at 8
p.m.
The junior varsity club gets its first
taste of action Thursday by hosting the
jV Brahmas in a 7 p.m. contest.
Coach Roy Golan's Sharks will
plunge into the new pigskin campaign
ini hopes of turning about last season’s
3-7 record. In order to do so however,
Golan will-have to rely on a roster
dominated primarily with juniors and
players who saw action at the junior
varsity level.
Although admitting that it will likely
take time for the squad to get running
smoothly at the varsity level, he is
optimistic that the team will come
together during the season.
Anticipated to help offset the inex-
perience problem, especially in the line,
is an increase in overall speed the team
will enjoy this year. The big plus for the
Sharks comes in the offensive backfield
where Golan will once again have the
services of speedster Freddie Jackson
at running back and returnee Greg
Seaman at quarterback. Newcomer
Darwin Helms is also extracted to add
[See SHARKS, Page 9|
MEMBERS OF the 1981 Palacios Sharks varsity
football team are, back row left to right, Gas Flores,
David Pena, Freddie Jackson, Galen Byrd, Greg
Schulze, Jeff Mudd and Chuck McFadden. Second
row left to right: Craig Jewell, Ronnie Schneider,
Hoy Garcia, Charlie Mlchallk, Robert Sanchez,
Darwin Helms, Leroy Jewell, Hemy Serna, Allen
Bruce, and trainer Robert Woosley. Front row, left to
right: Ray Hinds, Jesse Castanon, “Keith Brune, Bill
Quinn, Walter Lopez, Jack Sardellch, and Craig
Miller. [Beacon Photo by Luz Arrondondoj
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1981
VOLUME 74, NO. 35
TWELVE PAGES
PALACIOS, TEXAS
Citizens turnout for
Palacios Town Meeting
sources; effort to get
more public involvement
in the community; and to
set goals to help increase
tourism and attract in-
dustry.
One “outcome of the
meeting was the estab-
lishment of a committee
that will serve as a
catalyst for the promo-
tion of Palacios. That
group has already-slated
its first meeting for 7:30
p.m. Thursday at the
Patacios Library. Anyone
interested^invited to
White plenty of hard
work was put forth by
fSee MEETING, Page 2|
Meeting on
4-H beef
raising set
An informative meet-
ing of interest to all
4-H’ers raising beef pro-
jects for the County Fair,
beef project leaders and
interested persons will
be held on Sept. 8
beginning at b:30 p.nr. at
Buddy Lenz's barn “in
Collegeport.
Dr. L.R. Sprott. Area
Extension Livestock
Specialist with the Texas
Agriculture Extension
Service, and Jim Theeck,
manager of the Mayfair
Ranch in Brenham. will
discuss selecting, feed-
ing, and raising a beef
project. The information
presented will be very
helpful to youth with calf
projects as they begin
feeding their animals for
the 1982 Livestock Show.
A question and answer
session will follow the
program for those who
[See SHOW, Page Ilf
on how to meet those
challenges and improve
the community overall.
The end product was~a
list of proposals that
hopefully will benefit
Palacios and its citizens.
(See story below) Among-
the proposals is better
coordination between
the numerous groups
and participation from
the citizens attending
marked the 4 */: hour
long gathering which
was designed toward
listing the challenges,
problems and needs fac-
ing the city. Even more
important, however, was
the individual as welt as
cooperative comments
and organizations; the
establishment of a city
fund made up from
contributions; the calling
of a formation of a
central planning com-
mission to help identify
needs; a more unified
city government to help
stimulate growth and
publicize the area’s re-
BY NICK WEST
‘‘An unqualified suc-
cess” was the way one
organizer termed Satur-
day’s Palacios Town
Meeting as over 100
persons turned out de-
spite the dismal week-
end weather.
Aggressive; enthusia-
stic and thoughtful input
On how to improve community
derlying contradiction is insuffi-
cient rewards. This contradiction is
illustrated by“the fact that Bay-
shore improvements bring added
problems, no end to clean-up
frustration, vandalism and public
leaders get criticism - not support.
PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES: hi
the arena of cooperation, the fact
that small towns without federal
funds...we blame City Hall, there
is no-professional care, no city
promotion indicates that the under-
lying contradiction is lack of
general cooperation. This is illus-
trated by organizations not working
together, people will cooperate on
some things, not others, some
don't want progress.
OUR UNSPRAWLING MET-
The following is the outline of
"challenges” and "proposals”
concerning Palacios as submitted
by citizens attending the Town
Meeting Saturday.
CHALLENGES
THIS IS HOW IT IS:ln the
arena of community the fact that
more incentive to be involved, lack
of cooperation indicates that the
underlying contradiction is incon-
sistent cooperation. This contradic-
tion is illustrated- by lack of
communication, different life
styles, different goals and lack of
funding.
BLOOD, SWEAT AND
TEARS: In the arena of apathy the
fact that there is a concentration of
leadership indicates that the un-
ROPOL1S: In the arena ot unplan-
ned growth the fact that not
enough housing, not utilizing re-
sources (such as bayfront, airport)
inadequate city services, low eleva-
tion indicates that the underlying
contradiction is that we are not
utilizing and promoting present
resources to attract smaii business
and tourists. This is illustrated by
people moving out of town, small
businesses cannot compete, declin-
ing transportation, people hesitant
about growth due to no planned
growth and continued low tax base.
TROUBLE: In the arena of
local competition the fact that
limited housing, low job availabili-
ty, merchants and the financial
[See PROPOSALS, Page 2|
m.
among the over IDO persons, both
youngsters and adults, who attended
the afternoon-long Palacios Town Meet-
ing held Saturday at the Recreation
Center. (Beacon Photo by Nick West)
WITH PLENTY of concentration and
coffee, citizens go about listing the
challenges confronting Palacios and
how to solve them. From left to right
Kathlc and Ronnle~Moore, Jack and
Cora Goodner and John Howarth were
Youngsters express their
views,
Ever ask your children
what they would like to
see in Palacios? If you
ever did, you may have
been surprised by their
answers. They range
from seeing the city have
a population of 20,000
people to having champ-
ionship football teams.
These were among the
answers received when
the future adults of
Palacios (now in grades
4-6) were given the
businesses, restaurants,
bigger Trull office,
20,000 people, football
team champs, amuse-
ment park, water slide,
zoo, game room, bigger
grocery stores, shopping
mall and an ice and roller
skating rink.
How do they plan to go
about achieving those
dreams? The youngsters
had an answer for that
also. They added at the
end -of their proposals
opportunity to express
their viewpoints on the
city’s needs during Sat-
urday’s children’s Town
Meeting.
Their -“hopes and
dreams” may appear to
be more ambitious than
some adults, but to the
children, they are just as
important. Among the
items listed were the
following; movie theater,
bookstore, more schools
and a college, more
the following:
“We, the emerging
generation of Palacios,
in order to get a move
theater, propose to peti-
tion for a movie house,
have clean up day, form
sports team through
signs in windows, ads in
newspapers, slips in
mail boxes, talk to the
Mayor, talk to the City
Council, road side signs,
talk to the neighbors -
WHICH WE WILL DO!”
PISD enrollment hits
1,389 students Monday
expected to continue to
fluctuate for the next
week or so before finally
leveling off at an expect-
ed 1,375 -1,400.
The biggest numbers
at the elementary
schools with Central Ele-
mentary showing 349
students. Kindergarten
contains T05, first grade
J 120 and second grade
122. There are two spec-
ial services students.
East Side has “the
largest student popula-
tion of all the campuses
Monday's total was 57
more than the number of
students who attended
class on the opening day
last Thursday when
1,332 were present. The
enrollment figures—are
Student enrollment
within the Palacios 1SD
for the 1981-82 school
year totaled 1,389 Mon-
day as many of the
late-comers finally got
settled in.
AREA HAPPENINGS
AAHP reconvenes Sept. 8
The Palacios Chapter of the Association of
Retired People will meet Sept. 8 at 2:30 p.m. in the
Episcopal Hall, 3rd and Main.-This will be-the first
meeting of the season. Dues~will be taken. New
members are cordially welcomed and anyone
wishing to attend from interest in the program
material is also invited.
The subject matter ofthe Sept. 8 AARP program
is of importance to all ages of the community. Janet
Booth, a relative newcomer to Palacios, will be
speaking on speech therapy. She is a certified
speech pathologist, holding a masters degree in the
field. Her experience covers stroke, adolescent and
infant-problems. The program is open to the public
and Mrs. Booth-will be available for questions and
answers.—
4-H Award Banquet Sept. 12
The Matagorda County 4-H Award Banquet will
be held Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Palacios High
School cafeteria. Tickets are-available at the county
agent’s office iirflay City or by contacting Kathy
Weixelman or Teresa Shimek in Palacios. Anyone
who has turned in a record book will receive one
free ticket. Tickets are priced at S3.25 each.
[See SCHOOL,~Pige 2)
FEC reports
on progress
The general member-
ship of the Friends of
Elder Citizens, Inc., will
meet Sept. 9, 10 a.m. in
the Athena-Room of the
Palacios Library. Pro-
gress on the senior pro-
ject, fund raising events
for this project, and the
Friends Leisure Lodge
work will be among the
items on the agenda.
Anyone interested in
the betterment of life in
Palacios for elder citi-
zens is cordiallv invited
[See ELDER, Page 11)
unlay’s Town Meeting. ing which focused on the T
Two songs, along with fl~ ways to make Patacios an pear ii
story of Palacios and a even better community. [Beact
city symbol, were also The complete results of- West|
by-products of the meet-
Palaclns as they perform
songs In honor of the
town which were com-
posed by one of the
workshop groups at Sat-
REV. BARRY BAUER-
SCHtAG, with guitar at
left, and Gloria Walters,
right, held’ lead the
singing of praises for
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