Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1991 Page: 1 of 16
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Palacios, IX 7”^5
Serving Tfte City S^the Seo Since 1906
50-CENTS
SIXTEEN PACES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991
PALACIOS, TEXAS
VOLUME 84, NO. 41
Sharks Carry 4^Game
Streak Into District
PREVENTION
WEEK
OCTOBER 6-12
MCHD Implements
New Collection Plan
Jee Pane 2^
State oysters
in limbo clue
to new ruling
Due to a ruling by Calhoun
County Court-al-law Judge
Michael Frickc, the processing,
transport and sale of oysters in
Texas may halt Nov. 1, the day
the harvest season begins, said
Texas Department of Health
officials.
Frickc declared portions ol
the Texas Health and Safety
Code and the Parks and Wildlife
to be unconstitutional. In May,
Fricke ruled as unconstitutional
die healdi department’s authority
to ban oyster harvesting from
contaminated waters in Calhoun
County. Fricke also disputed
Texas Parks and Wildlife De-
partment authority to issue cita-
tions or arrest violators oystering
in bays closed by the health de-
partment.
Richard Thompson, director
of the health department division
of shellfish sanitation control,
said Frickc’s ruling nullifies all
health department closures of
bays in Calhoun County. Unless
reversed, he said, the ruling
could serve as a precedent for
similar rulings in other counties
where bays arc closed because of
contamination.
Matagorda County Marine
Extension Agent Willie Younger
said Fricke’s ruling, “has impli-
cations to reach across the entire
stale.” But he said Matagorda
County will not be as badly hurt
as odier counties.
Younger said the actual oyster
production in the county is not
“significant” to production in
counties like Calhoun and
Galveston. He said the big log
iam cleared from the Colorado
River in the 1940’s, which split
(See OYSTERS, Pane 2)
Alternative
events for
Halloween
The American Heritage Dic-
tionary defines "Halloween" as:
"The eve of All Saints' Day,
falling on October 31 ami cele-
brated by children who go in
costume from door to door beg-
ging treats and playing pranks."
In the 1990’s Halloween
bears many different meanings.
Publicity and sensationalism
have prompted parents and kids
to be cautious about the
"celebration." Where to go for
the event is a dilemma.
In Palacios, there have been
alternatives to trick or treating for
the past five to 10 years. Fami-
lies and churches are having Fall
Festival Parties, Fun Nights, etc.
This year is no exception.
•On Oct. 27, several churches
will unite and sponsor a party
from 6-8 p.m. at the First United
Methodist Church which will in-
clude fun, good and games for
the family.
•"Hallowed Fun Night" will
be held at the Christian Life
Center on Oct. 31 from 6-8:30
p.m. The theme is Noah's Ark
and there will be food conces-
sions as well as many family-
oriented games, pony rides, tun-
nels, balloons, treasure chest,
fish pond and others. This event
is sponsored by Sunday School
Classes of the First Baptist
Church.
Something to cheer about
VARSITY cheerleader Jamie Matusek takes part in
saluting the Sharks following their fourth straight
victory last Friday, a 15-0 shutout of Brookshire.
Shark fans have had plently to cheer about this season
as the Big Red have posted a 4-1 mark. Palacios
begins the crucial district portion of their schedule this
Friday when they host rival Sweeny. (Beacon Photo by
Nick West) ’ ' __
Local housing authority
receives $50,000 grant
for second straight year
For the second consecutive
year, the Palacios Housing Au-
thority has been awarded a
$50,000 grant from the U. S.
Department of Housing and Ur-
ban Development (HUD) to help
fight drug-related crime.
"These funds will give the lo-
cal housing authorities some
needed resources in the fight
against drugs," said U. S. Sen.
Phil Gramm in announcing the
grant. The Palacios Housing
Authority (PHA) was one of 39
in the state of Texas to share in
the $8.4-million grant program.
The PHA was the recipient of
a similar grant last year which
was used to create a tenant secu-
rity patrol and support the on-
going "Just Say No" anti-drug
organization for the youth at the
44-unit SeaCresl Estates,
approximately $25,000 of last
year's grant was also sub-
granted by the PHA to the City
of Palacios for the hiring of a
fulltime police investigator/crime
prevention officer, Del. Rick
Brush.
"Gramm said the housing au-
thorities can use the funds for a
number of activities, including
llie employment of additional se-
curity personnel, reimbursement
to local law enforcement
agencies for providing extended
security to the project area,
construction of physical
improvements to the project area
and creation of tenant patrols
acting in cooperation with local
law enforcement agencies.
The grant comes HUD's
Public Housing Drug Elimination
Program which was created by
Congress in 1988 to address
growing drug-related problems
in federal housing projects.
Special prosecutor to
head investigation of
alleged sexual assault
BV MARC ALLEY
Beacon Slatl Writer_
District Attorney Danny
Shindler announced late Monday
afternoon the appointment of a
special prosecutor who will be
used in the case of an alleged
rape of a 24-year old Matagorda
County employee which report-
edly occurred Sept. 23.
“I have asked for the assis-
tance of criminal District Attor-
ney David Weeks of Walker
County,” said Shindler in a pre-
pared statement. "I would like to
say the alleged crime which has
been reported, is tragic.”
Shindler added that "Although
my legal responsibility will be
transferred to another prosecutor,
as a citizen of the community, I
will continue trying to get to the
bottom of it. 1 feel comfortable
that those officials who surround
me feel as I do."
Even with the special prose-
cutor, Shindler said he will as-
sist.
“!’m going to help my victim
and I’m going to slay in the case
to do that,” he said. “But control
of the case is in the hands ot a
new man (Weeks).’’
The alleged sexual assault
occurred at the close of a going-
away party, in the Bay City law
offices of attorney Jerry
Horowitz, for a bailiff who is
leaving the Matagorda County
Sheriff’s Department. Numerous
elected and law enforcement
officials, including Shindler,
District Judge Jack Salyer and
Matagorda County Sheriff S.L.
"Sam” Hurta were among 25 to
30 people at the party.
Shindler said Salyer gave the
Junc-December 1991 grand jury
(See ASSAULT, Page 51
Comment invited on HGAC
area solid waste plan Oct. 17
Citizens, public officials and
organizations in Matagorda,
Colorado and Wharton Counties
arc invited to comment on a draft
Houston-Galveston Area Council
(HGAC) report which will help
shape the region's solid waste
management system through the
year 2010 on Oct. 17.
The comment session will be
held from 2-5 p.m. in the Whar-
ton County Junior College Board
of Trustees Room in Wharton.
The HGAC, the 13-county
regional planning agency in the
upper Gulf Coast, will be re-
ceiving comment on its
"information report" on its pre-
liminary findings on solid waste
disposal and recycling efforts
throughout the region-as well as
the Matagorda, Colorado and
Wharton Counties are specifi-
cally. The preliminary report is
the first step in the ultimate
adoption of an action plan for the
13-county region and its local
governments to follow in meet-
ing solid waste management
needs for the next 30 years.
Over the last year, working
closely wilh interested citizens
and local officials, HGAC has
not only carefully surveyed the
needs of the region for handling
its solid wastes in the years
ahead, but has also taken
analytical looks at recycling,
waste reduction, composting,
and the handling of special
wastes such as tires and haz-
ardous waste.
The 100-pag: report will be
briefed at the Oct. 17 meeting
and comments and observations
will be welcomed and carefully
considered before the final re-
gion-wide plan is adopted by the
elected-official HGAC Board ol
Directors and the Texas Dept, ol
Health next year.
Written comment on the
overall design of the plan may be
(See WASTE, Page “2)
Palacios EAC
office open 2
days a week
A worker of the Economic
Action Committee of the Gulf
Coast will be in the Palacios
general services office two days
a week until further nodee.
The office will be open from
8 a.m.-noon and from 1-5 p.m.
on both Tuesdays and Thurs-
days.
Top 4-H honors
AMONG the top honorees at last week's 1991 Matagorda County 4-11 Awards
Banquet were, left to right, Mark Kubecka of Round-Up 4-11 who earned the
Outstanding Production Agriculture award; Tina Jalufka of Fl-Maton 4-H who was
presented the "1 Dare You" Award; and Rickie Bowles of Helping Hands 4-H who
was the Gold Star award winner (Beacon Photo by Marc Alley)
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