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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987
PALACIOS, TEXAS
VOLUME 80, NO. 46
BY NICK WESt
Beaton Publisher
The hills around Georgetown
will be alive with the sounds of
the state’s top high school
distance runners this weekend as
it again hosts the state cross
country meet.
And for the second straight
year, the entire contingent of
Palacios Sharkette runners and
one Shark entry will be among
that elite group after having
captured its second consecutive
Class 3A Region III title last week
in Pasadena.
The course over the hilly
terrain at the Southwestern Univ-
ersity golf course will serve as
the course site for the state meet
which begins at 11:35 a.m. with
the girls competition and 1:05
p.m. for the boys meet. The state
meet is preceeded at 9 a.m. by
the Southwest Conference meet.
The course is a familiar one for
Shark runner Houston Herlin and
five members of the Sharkette
squad-Barbara Buckley, Ann
Herlin, Laura Isenberger, Laura
Sexton and Lisa Harvey. Last
year, Houston Herlin nailed
down 16th place in the individual
standings of the state 3A boys’
division, while the Sharkette
squad combined to give Palacios
second place in the team stand-
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(competition) last year, but
they'll be looking for us this time
around. Once you get their
attention it’s always tougher.”
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COMPETING In the state cross He Matusek, Ann Herlin, Bar-
SCJflfe Houston Herlin
and Lisa Harvey [not pictured].
The PHS runners are coached
by Lax Arredondo.
Palacios staged its first sur-
prise to many people last year by
capturing the Region III crown
and then going ahead to take the
runnerup spot at state. This
season it came as virtually no
surprise as the Sharkettes re-
tained their regional title in the
meei heio last Saturday at S«f.
Jacinto Junior College in Pasa-
dena. The Sharkettes recorded
only 43 points to easily out-
distance runnerup Sealy with 67
Senior Houston Herlin, the
only Shark runner to make it to
regional, ran an impressive race
to finish second in the indi-
vidual standings and earn a ticket
to Georgetown. Herlin posted a
time of 17:23 to finish behind
George Garcia of Herne who ran
a 17:21. Last year, Houston
placed third at rcgionals with an
18:51 and went on to state where
he finished 16th at 18:34.
The Sharkette squad encoun-
tered a bit of deja vu enroute to
retaining the regional crown. As
they did in 1986, sophomore
Barbara Buckley and junior Ann
Herlin finished second and third
behind three-time winner (and
three-time state champ) Amy
Goodwin of Bellville. While
Goodwin turned in an 11:59
Buckley ran an impressive 12:42
(See STATE, Page 4A]
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Community's efforts meeting
with success in fund raising
With approximately one
month of fund raising activities
behind them, members of the
Palacios Liver Transplant Fund
for eight-year old Henry Rojas
are becoming more optimistic
about being able to raise tiie
money necessary to pay for the
costly operation.
The Fund committee was
established by concerned citi-
zens, organizations and bus-
inesses throughout the Palacios
area in a joint effort to raise the
necessary money to pay for a
liver transplant operation for
Henry who suffers from biliary
atresia, a life-threatening liver
disease.
The cost of the transplant
operation is expected to be in
the neighborhood of $200,000.
Of that amount, $100,000 is
necessary up front to place
Henry on the activ^ donor-
recipient list.
Committee member, Eamie
Parsons, reported this week
that the fund balance had
reached approximately $50,000.
“Of course we ctill have a
long way to go and have the
obligation of $15,000 for the
Dodge truck, but things are
beginning to look a little
brighter for Henry,” reported
Sales tax rebates to Palacios
only slightly ahead of ’86 pace
Doc’s “Day” observed
DR. E.B. SANFORD [center]
was honored for his 40-years of
service to the Palacios com-
munity Monday daring a cere-
mony at Wagner General Hos-
pital. Mayor Leonard Lamar
[right] presented a proclama-
tion designating Nov. 9 as “Dr.
Sanford Day”. City council-
woman Joanna Hendricks also
presented a plaque In appre-
ciation of Sanford’s many years
service as city health officer.
Hospital administrator Don
Hyett praised Sanford as a
“young man who has done so
much for the community.”
Emotionally moved by the
ceremony, Dr. Sanford told the
gathering of friends, family,
hospital staff and employees
that “It doesn’t seem right to
receive this honor for doing
something that has been such a
pleasure for me.” [Beacon
Photo by Nick West]
Despite remaining above last
year’s pace, rebates to the City of
Palacios of its one-percent sales
tax slipped during the recent
reporting period, compared to
levels earlier in the year.
The November rebate check to
the city totaled $19,910.10, down
from the $21,140.10 the city
received at the same time in
1986. The November check brou-
ght to $126,477.98 the amount of
sales tax rebates the city has
received this year.
Although the total for the year
represents a 2.74% gain over the
$123,099.65 rebated over the
same period a year ago, it
indicated a slowdown of the pace
reported for previous months in
1987. Earlier in the year, rebates
were running approximately 5-
7% ahead of last year.
The one-percent city sales tax
is collected by mechants along
with the state sales tax and
submitted monthly to the State
Comptroller’s Office. That agen-
cy then rebates the local tax hack
to the city in which it was
collected. The November check
represents taxes collected on
sales made in September and
reported to the Comptroller by
Oct. 20. This month’s check also
includes third quarter allocations
which reflect sales reported on a
quarterly basis.
While the economic pace app-
ears to have slackened in Pala-
cios as the STP project nears
completion, the low percentage
gain in rebates for the city still is
above those for most Texas
cities. Statewide, the rebates
were down an average of 5%.
The 2.74% gain for Palacios,
while meager compared to earlier
ones, was still the largest percen-
tage gain in a survey of seven
surrounding cities.
The only other city in the
[See REBATES, Page 4A]
Veteran’s War Memorial dedicated
State Senator Kenneth Arm-
brister, (Dist. 14) of Victoria, will
deliver the dedicatory address
during the dedication of the
Matagorda County War Memori-
al today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m.
at the Matagorda Coun’y Court-
house Plaza in Bay City.
Aubrey Bullard, retired direc-
tor of the Texas Veterans Com-
mission, will give the keynote
address. Master of ceremonies
for the unveiling celebration will
be D. R. “Tom” Uher, Bay City
29th District State Representa-
tive. Other speakers included on
the program are Matagorda
County Judge Burt O’Connell
who will make the welcome
address and Lamar Evans, Chair-
man of the War Memorial Com-
mittee of the Bay City Chamber
of Commerce, who will give a
brief history of the Memorial.
Proceeding the opening ser-
vices at the dedication, those in
attendance will enjoy a band
concert conducted by the Bay
City High School band under the
direction of John Reinke and Jim
Popham and the Palacios High
School band under the direction
of James Marioneaux. The com-
bined high school bands of
Matagorda County, which also
includes the bands of Van Vleck
and Tidehaven, will play “Amer-
ica The Beautiful”.
Other guests of honor include
Mayor Leonard Lamar and the
Palacios city council; Mayor Bill
Bell and the Bay City city
council, County Commissioners
Otha Birkner, George Deshotel,
Frank “Sonny” Brhlik, and E.R.
Vacek; school superintendents
Dr. Bill Reaves of Palacios, Dr.
Ken Lovelace of Van Vleck and
Allen Dusek of Tidehaven.
Gold Star families of the
veterans whose names are en-
graved on the War Memorial will
be seated in a special place of
honor in front of the monument.
Seventh Street, on the north
side of the Courthouse jPUaa, will
be closed for traffic during the
ceremonies and seating in that
area will be provided for as many
as possible.
Veterans organizations in Mat-
agorda County will have a
leading roll in the dedication
ceremonies. Presentation of the
colors will be conducted by the
United States Marine Corp Re-
serve Unit of Houston or the 16th
District VFW Color Guard. Un-
veiling the monument will be
Charles Martinez, Bay City Am-
erican Legion Post 11; George
O'Neal, Blessing American Leg-
ion Post 649; Ted Henning, Bay
City VFW Post 2438; James
Johnston, Matagorda VFW Post
4459; Homer Aparicio, Palacios
VFW Post 2467 and Vernon
Miles, Sargent VFW Post 2412.
Each veteran, whose name is
enscribed on the Memorial, will
have his name called and a flower
for him wilLbe placed at the foot
of the Memorial. Reading the
names as the flower is being
placed are Katheryn Hazel, Am-
erican I-egion Post 11, Bay City;
Opal Carter, VFW Auxiliary Post
2467, Palacios; Billie Jean San-
ford, VFW Auxiliary, Sargent;
Muriel Lawhon, Mary Rolph
Chapter, DAR, Bay City and
Wanda O’Neal, American Legion
Post 649, Blea ;'ng.
Dennis Smith, committee chair-
man.
Henry, who has been in a
Galveston hospital for an intest
inal problem, is expected to
return to Palacios in the near
future. It cannot be determined
at this point if the intestinal
problem is related to Henry’s
liver disease, but members of
the committee who have had
contact with the family think
that it is not.
Since the official ribbon cutt-
ing ceremony for the fund was
held on Oct. 2, numerous fund
[See ROJAS, Page 4A]
Palacios museum \
open Fridays
The Palacios Area Histori-
cal Association will open the
Hill Building museum to the
public on November 13 and
20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Please come by and have a
look at some of the artifacts
and photographs on display.
Speech tourney
judges needed
The Palacios Speech and I
Theatre squad is holding its I
annual tournament Saturday
and is in need of volunteer
judges and timekeepers. Jud-
ges will be on a panel of three
per contest (acting, speaking, I
debate). Prior experience is I
not necessary.
Anyone willing to help I
should call 972-5295,972-5518
or 972-5016 from 4-6 p.m.|
Monday through Friday.
Dallas Brass to
perform Nov. 23 \
The Dallas Brass will per-1
form at Keye Ingram Audi-
torium in Bay City on Nov. 231
at 7:30 p.m.
Free student tickets for the I
performance are available by
contacting Donnie Horton at I
972-5491.
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