Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1987 Page: 1 of 14
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FOURTEEN PAGES
PALACIOS, TEXAS
VOLUME 30, NO. 1’
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Heritage Home I
Tour Neare I
Conference targets communi
BY NICK WEST
Beacon Publisher
Palacios merchants, business-
men, civic organizations and
other interested persons are
being invited to attend a one-day
conference on community and
economic development to be held
here May 2.
The conference, which will
feature experts in several differ-
ent areas of community and
economic development, will be
held from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at
the Palacios Eagles Hall. Ad-
mission to the conference is free.
Six different topics will be
addressed during the program.
The topics include:
-Enhancing and Supporting
Local Business”;
-“Revitalizing the Commun-
ity: Creating an Attractive Bus-
iness and Living Environment”
-"Enhancing Waterfront Re-
lated Business”
--"Economic Impact of Tour-
ism"
—‘‘Opportunities to Finance
Improvement”
-‘‘Public Sector Initiatives in
Palacios”
Speaking on each topic will be
experts in their respective fields
who have conducted numerous
similar seminars on a statewide
level. Among the guest speakers
will be the following:
-Brad Mink, Director of Eco-
nomic Development, Carrolton,
TX.
-Mary Helen Alexander, Dire-
ctor-Main Street Project, Cuero.
-Dewayne Hollin, Marine Bu-
siness Specialist, Texas A&M.
•Randy Lee, Executive Direc-
tor of the Texas Tourist Council.
-Rosa Rios-Valdez, Director oi
Small Business Revitalization
Program, Texas Economic De-
velopment Commission.
The conference is being coor-
dinated by P.R.I.D.E. (Palacios
Resources Interacting to Develop
Excellence), an informal organi-
zation designed to enhance com-
munication and cooperation am-
ong the various civic and social
organizations in Palacios.
The cost of the conference is
being underwritten by the Pala-
cios Chamber of Commerce and
the Paladoa Industrial Founda-
tion.
According to P.R.I.D.E. chair-
man Dr. Bill Reaves, the con-
ference on May 2 is one of the
goals of the group toward
continuing dialogue on local
economic and community devel-
opment.
(See ECONOMIC, Page 4]
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
1987
Mayor pro tem named;
SSC briefing scheduled
BY NICK WEST
Beacon Publisher
School marker completed
PALACIOS'Junior High School
was the receplent of a now red
and white concrete name mar-
ker to the work of the
school's conatrnctlon tradea
class. The students of Instruc-
tor Dennis Bartosh began the
project In September. Students
above, who worked on the
project are Matlas Cantu,
Michael Garda, Aaron Gomez,
Kenneth Garcia, Chris Hunter
and Edward Serna. Not pictur-
ed are Rule Sanchez and
Marvin Frausto. Also pictured
are Instructor Bartosh and
principal Mike Witte. [Beacon
Photo by Nick West.]
With recently elected council-
men on board for the first time,
the Palacios City Council conduc-
ted one of its shortest regular
meetings in a long time as they
acted on a 13-item agenda in two
hours without tabling any matt-
ers.
The council Monday night
. voted unanimously (4-0, Joanna
HeriBricks absent) to Appoint Nell
Hartsfield to the position of
[mayor pro! tempore. Hartsfield,
who was elected to his first term
earlier in the month, replaces
Margaret McElrath who had
served in that capacity for the
past two years.
Following a discussion with
David Baker concerning the
$450,000 Texas Dept, of Comm-
unity Affairs housing rehabilita-
tion grant, the council proceeded
to r.secute the contract with
Baker's firm to serve as housing
rehab consultant for $36,000. The
council had voted April 6th to
hire Baker.
Baker will oversee the admin-
istration of the housing rehabili-
tation portion of the grant while
Bruce Spitzengel will serve as
grant administrator for the entire
$600,000 TDCA community revit-
alization grant (streets, drainage,
housing rehab) at a fee of
$15,000.
Resonding to concerns from
Hartsfield as to whether there
would be any "vacant space”
overlooked between the two
adminstrators in regards to the
grant! Baker said the contracts
for both firms covers all ndc-.
essary items.
Baker added that the key to
running a smooth program is to
ensure a proper pace with the
rehabilitation that does not put
too much pressure on either the
contractors or the city. He said
that the grant guidelines to
repair low income housing estab-
lishes a priority list of pro-
cedures to be used in determin-
ing which houses are selected for
repairs and in which order they
will be taken.
Mayor Leonard Lamar told
Baker that the city was anxious to
get the program started, but
“Summer Safari” summer school theme
BY DONNIE HORTON
PISD Information Coordinator
Roger D. Wilson, Daniel R.
Tucker, Jr., and Mason Hols-
worth took the oath of office at
last week’s regular meeting of
the PISD board of trustees
following their re-election April
4. The board re-elected Cara
Herlin president, Roger Wilson
secretary, and Dan Tucker vice
president.
Superintendent of Schools, Bill
Reaves, presented plans to con-;
duct summer school for elemen-
tary and secondary students.
Assistant principal of elementary
schools, Bill Baskin, developed
the proposal for the elementary
school program.
According to Reaves, although
the program has a new theme
this year, "Summer Safari”, it
will basically remain the same as
previous years. Reaves said that
the students toward which the
program is targeted also will
remain the same with one
exception, a bilingual unit has
been added.
Administrators say the pur-
pose of the elementary school
summer program is to broaden
student understanding of langu-
age arts. In addition, they say an
experience based approach to
learning will be implemented?
Teachers will select experiences
for student participation which
will develop the program goal.
An example of such experien-
ces would be field trips, such as a
visit to a zoo or a museum. The
students will first study related
vocabulary and read a variety of
stories pertaining to the things
they may expect to see on the
trip. On returning to the class-
room, the students and teachers
will discuss what they saw on the
trip and compare the actual
experience with what they had
imagined it would be.
Registration for eligible stu-
dents will be announced to the
public soon.
On the secondary level, elig-
ible students who complete a
designated program of work will
be allowed to make up academic
deficiencies in order to achieve
advancement to a higher grade.
The criteria for eligibility will be
announced later by secondary
administrators.
Non-credit enrichment courses
also are being planned for
secondary students. Duke AH-
card!, secondary schools assis-
tant principal, developed this
proposal for the board’s appro-
Zone 3 Clean-up campaign
Zone 3 will be the target for
cleanup operations as the an-
nual Palacios Pride-Pick It Upl
campaign enters week three.
Zone 3 includes two seperate
areas on both sides of First
Street. One area extends from
Sixth Street on the west to First
Street on the east and from
Henderson on the north to
Perryman on the south.
The second area runs from
First Street on the west to East
Bay shore Blvd. on the east and
from Mertie on the north to East
Bayshore Blvd. on the south
All items to be picked up
during the cleanup should be
place near the road. Brush
limbs must be cut into 3-foot
lengths. No construction or
demolition debris will be picked
up by cleanup crews.
In addition, residents may
dispose of trash and other items
in a dumps'.er located at Sixth
and Main (railroad property).
OTHER ACTION
The board approved the foll-
owing recommendations from the
administration:
-A resolution continuing the
optional local exemption of 30%
(the maximum allowed by law);
on each qualified homestead.
This provides local homeowners
with an additional $5,000 exem-
ption. If the homeowner is over
65, the additional exemption will
be $10,000.
-Approved signing a contract
for the auditing services of
Kennemer, Vandaveer and Mas-
ters of Bay City.
-Approved a field trip to
Galveston for the Junior His-
torians. The students will visit
Galveston's museums and hist-
orical districts.
-Accepted the bid of Glaze
and Associates of Stafford, Tex-
as, to install chalkboards at
Central Elementary.
-Accepted the bid from Bell-
ville Floor Covering Company,
Inc., of Bellville, Texas, to install
floor covering at Central Elem-
entary.
-The board renewed a teacher
contract, accepted three teachet
resignations and approved the
addition of one name to the
substitute teacher list.
-Approved the second and
final reading of revised board
policy, TASB Update #28 which
pertains to board member elec-
tions, personnel and student
policies.
REPORTS
[See SCHOOL, Page 4]
wanted to be sure the proper
steps were followed. He added
that if possible, the city was
hoping to be able to use some of
the rehab funds to repair infil-
tration sources on private proper-
ty sewer lines.
The council will hold a work
session at 5 p.m. Monday at
which time they will again review
the TDCA grant guidelines with
Baker.
The council also scheduled a
town meeting for 7 p.m. Monday
to hear a _ presentation on the
proposed jjS-billion Super Con-
ducted Supercollider research
project. Bill Nance, executive
director of the South Texas
Commission which is promoting
an area between El Campo and
Blessing as a proposed site for
the 52-mile tunnel facility, said
the presentation to the council
would take between 30-60 min-
utes.
According to Nance, the South
Texas Commission is optimistic
that the area site (called the
South Houston site) will make the
first cut from 11 Texas sites
being promoted. The state site
selection committee is scheduled
to make the first cut on May 5th.
Once completed, the SSC would
employ some 3,000 scientists and
support staff.
The South Texas Commission,
which represents Matagorda
County and seven other counties
[See COUNCIL, Page 2]
Luncheon slated
at Presbyterian
The Over Fifty Five Lun-1
cheon will be held at the
Fellowship Hall at the First
Presbyterian Church Friday at |
12 noon.
Program centers
on teen problemsI
A program entitled “Teen
Pregnancy and Other Teen
Problems” will be aired at 7 |
p.m. Friday on Channel 11
Cable 4). The program will |
feature Dawson McAllister.
Citywide garage
sale Saturday
A city-wide garage sale will j
be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday at the vacant lot on I
Fifth and Commerce. The sale
is sponsored by the Chamber |
of Commerce. Space is avail-
able for $3. For further infor-
mation contact Robert Lee,
972-5064.
Wilbur Sez:
"Boys will be boys, and so |
will a lot of middle-age men.'
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