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incentive to attempt to stop smok-
ing for at least a 24-hour period. It
is known as The Great American
Smokeout sponsored by the Ameri-
can Cancer Society.
The Smokeout is sponsored by
the ACS nationwide to encourage
smokers to give up their cigarettes
for just one day-if only to prove to
themselves they can.
A survey conducted by the
Gallup organization last year (the
Smokeout is now in its seventh
year) indicated more than 19
million Americans tried to quit for
the day. Almost five million made
it the whole day and 2.3 million
were still not smoking one to 11
days later.
The ACS predicts that by the end
of the decade lung cancer will
surpass breast cancer as the
number one cancer killer among
women. If a woman smokes her
chances of developing lung cancer
are five times greater than that of a
nonsmoking woman.
To emphasize the "beauty of
good health,” Dallas businesswo-
man Mary Kay Ash is serving as
honorary chairman of the 1983
Great American Smokeout in Tex-
as.
Known throughout the country
for the cosmetics which bear her
name, Ash accepted the position
because of the event’s positive,
good-natured theme.
“I can think of few things that
would be more beautiful than for a
smoker to give up cigarettes -• or
for a friend to help someone give
them up - whether it’s for one d«i
or a lifetime,” Ash said. "Texas
has volunteers all over the state!
promoting this as a day for the;
smoker, and I like that.”
Penny Reeves of Austin, state!
chairman, said Ash’s involvement!
is particularly timely. “She is one
of the best-known, most admired;
women in the state and frankly,
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VOLUME 76, NO. 46
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1983
PALACIOS, TEXAS I
State approves $400.000
Block grant helps
west side drainage
A $400,000 block grant for
drainage system improvements
primarily in the west side of the
city has been approved for the City
of Palacios.
The community development
block grant was part of $28.9-
million in block grant funds
approved for 117 Texas communi-
ties by Gov. Mark White.
The money was administered by
the Texas Department of Commun-
ity Affairs for the first time since
1975 when the Housing and Urban
Development Agency oversaw the
program.
Although Palacios had originally
requested a grant for $500,000, the
lack of funds available forced the
cutback. The funds will be used to
improve and install 7,000 linear
feet of drainage culvert, ranging in
size from 60 to 24-inches, on the
west side of town.
"It was real important that we
obtain this grant to help alleviate
the drainage problems in that area
of town,” commented Mayor Leo-
nard Lamar. He said the work
would involve a large area and
eliminate some of the open ditches
that currently exist.
According to consultant Bruce
Spitzengel, who tiled the grant
applications for the city, the west
side of town was targeted because
it qualified under the income
guidelines set forth by the state
and because of the severe flooding
problems.
Palacios was just one of seven
cities in the Houston-Galveston
Area Council’s 13-county region
that was approved for the grant.
'Although the city’s engineers
had initially estimated that the
work would cost around a half-
million dollars, Lamar said that
revisions in the plan would be
needed to help meet the reduced
funding.
Spitzengel said engineering wo-
rk has already started and he
expects the city to go out for bids in
April of next year with construc-
tion beginning by the first of May.
A total of 24 regional review
boards were established by the
state to screen applications for the
funding and to determine where
the money was most needed. A list
of funding priorities was then given
to a state review board by the
regional boards.
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Preparing channel cutting.
PREPARATIONS began Monday
afternoon for relocating water lines
leading to Bayalde Camper Park,
allowing crews to begin prelimina-
ry channel cutting operations for
the new Turning Basin No, 3. The
road leading to the park along
Taming Basin No. 2, as well as the
public boat ramp, was also perm-
anently closed. Residents at the RV
park will now use the new road
winding around the new basin.
Water to the entire basin facilities
was expected to be Interrupted for
2-3 hours Tuesday while new
tie-ins were being made. Bayalde
Camper Park however, Is expected
to be without water service until
Thursday, during which time tests
will be run on the tentative
replacement lines. Actual dredging
of the channel past the road Is not
expected for three months. A new
public boat ramp to open late next
spring, will be part of Taming
Basin No. 3. According to construc-
tion foremen, work on the multi-
million dollar Navigation District 1
project Is ahead of schedule.
[Beacon Photo by Nick West]
Sales tax figures up 6
$97,134 Rebated in 1983
“Steady as she goes” could be
the term used to describe Palacios’
sales tax figures. For the tenth
time in as many months rebates
from the state of the city’s one-
percent sales tax continued to run
more than six-percent ahead of last
year.
The city one-percent sales tax is
collected along with the state sales
tax by merchants and is rebated
monthly by the State Comptroller's
Office. The figures can be used to
gauge the improvement in local
retail sales.
For the latest reporting period,
Palacios received a rebate payment
of $17,876.71, bringing the year’s
total thus far to $97,134.85. That
represents an increase of 6.13-
percent above last year when the
total stood at $91,523.99.
Most other area towns continued
to lag behind the pace set in 1982.
Bay City, the only other reporting
entity in Matagorda County, trails
behind last year’s figures with
$931,465 rebated, off nearly 15-
percent from the $1,094,866 receiv-
ed a year ago.
In a survey of area towns,
Seadrift recorded the highest per-
centage increase, ahead 40-percent
with $50,966. Edna has climbed
8-percent above last year with
$217,855 rebated whUe West Col-
umbia is up S'/i-percent at
$195,851.
[See TAXES, Page 9]
Work sessions
for PAHA set
There will be two work
sessions for the Palacios Area
Historical Association (PAHA)
Thursday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
at the Trull Foundation Office
at 404 4th St.
Please make plans to attend
one or both of these sessions.
Sewer line
work in alley
Sewer line rehabilitation
and replacement work will be
conducted along the alley be-
tween 1st and 7th Streets,
south of Main, this week,
according to City Hall.
PTO to discuss
holiday program
There will be a P.T.O.
meeting Thursday at 7:30
p.m. in the Central Elemen-
tary School Cafeteria. The
Christmas program will be
discussed.
All members are urged to
attend. Babysitters will be
available.
Holiday service
next Tuesday
The Ministerial Alliance
will conduct a Thanksgiving
service next Tuesday, Nov. 22
at 7:30 p.m. at the First
United Methodist Church.
Rev. Robert Graham will con-
duct the service.
The public is encouraged to
attend. The offering taken will
be placed in the Palacios
Ministers’ Fund to help those
in need.
Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
CPR-dummy demonstration at Wagner
Wagner General Hospital, aff-
iliated with the Memorial Hospital
System in Houston, will hold a
demonstration of the latest in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation te-
chnology-a computerized "dum-
my’’-called the CPR Learning
System today (Wednesday) at
Wagner General Hospital.
According to Carla Hyett, Wag-
ner General Hospital CPR instruc-
tor and LVN, “The CPR dummy
will be available to the public on
Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.”
This computerized dummy, pat-
ented by the American Heart
Association, is the first of its kind
in Texas and one of five in the
country. It allows a person to
become certified in CPR training
without an instructor’s presence.
Dr. Daniel Cassidy, engineer at
Actronics, exclusive distributors of
the CPR learning system, stated,
"It’s more than just a dummy. Its
unique design represents high
quality educational and electronic
technology in the medical field. A
person with no knowledge of CPR
can became certified in four to five
hours using the new system.
Where a traditional CPR course
may take as many as 12 to 15
hours, this system saves valuable
time and money.”
The learning system, which will
increase the number of persons
trained in CPR, is based on the
premise that a student’s performa-
nce is improved by immediate
feedback zeroing in on the train-
ee's mistakes as they occur.
Cassidy explained, the student's
performance on the mannequin is
immediately evaluated by the
computer, which selects the appro-
priate “coaching” response from a
videodisc player. The student can
then try again until the perfor-
mance is correct.
According to Diane Peterson,
Memorial Hospital System director
of marketing, “This stop at Wag-
ner General Hospital is one stop of
a whirlwind tour of Memorial
hospitals. Since MHS was the first
in Texas to purchase such an
innovative system, we wanted each
of our hospitals to utilize the
machine as much or whenever
needed. At the end of the tour the
CPR Learning System will be
housed at Memorial Southwest
Hospital and will be used in CPR
community education classes and
in recertification of MHS medical
staff.”
Memorial Hospital System owns
and operates three Houston hos-
pitals-Memorial Southwest, Nor-
thwest and Southeast-and The
Memorial Health Center, a total
out patient clinic in Sugarland. In
addition, MHS advises, leases and
manages several Texas hospitals
including El Campo Memorial,
Memorial of Waller County, Polly
Ryon Memorial in Richmond,
Bastrop Memorial, Wagner Gener-
al Hospital in Palacios and Mata-
gorda House and Matagorda Gene-
ral Hospital in Bay City.
Mi«« Palacios Pageant Dec. 3
’75 Miss America hosts pageant
Miss America 1975, Shirley
Cothran Barret, will serve as
special guest emcee for the 1984
Miss Palacios Pageant to be held
Dec. 3. A total of 14 young ladies
will be competing for the title and
five others will take part in the
Debutante Division.
Also to be crowned that evening
will be the winner of the Little Miss
and Little Mister Palacios contest.
Sponsored annually by the Pala-
cios Rotary Club, the Miss Palacios
Pageant will be held in the Fine
Arts Complex starting at 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 3. Tickets will be sold in
advance and at the door. Ticket
prices will be announced next
week.
From Denton, Tex., Shirley
Cothran represented the Lone Star
State when she won the coveted
Miss America title in 1975. She will
help coordinate the activities and
provide some of the entertainment
in this year's Miss Palacios event.
Since she was crowned Miss
America, Shirley has traveled
across America, meeting people
and making many personal appea-
rances. She has been a guest on
many variety and talk shows across
the United States. She has earned
her Master’s Degree in Guidance
and Counseling and a Doctorate
Degree in Early Childhood Educa-
tion. Currently she serves as a
Trustee for the Denton Indepen-
dent School District. Her travels
include being a featured speaker at
many youth conferences and evan-
gelistic crusades, local and state
Miss America preliminary pag-
eants and educational conferences.
Among the contestants that will
be seeking the title currently held
by Miss Palacios 1983 Shongh
Ramsey will be the following:
ytmanrfa Harrla Kim Drinkard,
Teresa Garcia. Cindy Nelson,.
Natalie Fowler, Helen Bowers, Gail
Armstrong, Kimberly Bastow, Lin-
Shimi'-lt- Ruby Ann Longoria,
Patricia Jewell. Lynne Poklikuha,
Kimhfrly Ripke and-Gina Gihsoo.
"Debutante candidates include
Sharon Janak, Vickie Harvey,
Donna Harvey, Amy Miller and
Stephanie Shanks.
Those currently entered as can-
didates for Little Miss honors are
Deborah Kelly, Robin Glasscock,
D'Ann Bowers, Kristina Rodri-
guez, Bridget Hawkins, Jolene
Dunn, Brandy Hunter, Nina Low-
ery, Cyndi Hodges and Mary Lynn
Mosier.
Little Mister contestants having
already signed ip are Thomas
Proctor, Chuck Frankson, Wade
Kubecka, Brandon Rupert and
Chris Clement.
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