Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 1984 Page: 1 of 10
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18% above 19839s
City sales tax rebates
pass $100,000 mark
Palacios passed over the
$100,000 mark in rebate pay-
ments of the city’s one-cent sales
tax according to figures released
by the State Comptroller's Off-
ice.
Continuing to register a strong
growth, the payments to date are
nearly 18-percent above those
recorded at the same time last
year. The latest rebate payment
amounted to $20,758, bringing
the total for the year to $114,492.
That is up 17.87-percent from the
$97,134 for the same period in
1983.
1'iie city sales lax is collectcJ
by merchants along witn the
state sales tax. The city sales tax
is then rebated monthly to the
city in which it was collected by
the State Comptroller’s Office.
The percentage increase was
above that recorded by Bay City.
The $150,602 rebate payment
recently received by Bay City
brings that municipality’s total to
$1,093,513, up 17.40-percent fr-
om a year ago. Matagorda
County overall has registered a
17.44-percent gain from 1983.
Palacios continues to be one of
the leading growth areas on a
percentage-wise basis according
to a survey of 10 other area cities.
In descending order, area
towns with their percentage
increase and total rebates to date
are as follows: Wharton, 16‘/j%,
$673,740; West Columbia, 13%.
$221,375; Port Lavaca, 12%,
$574,756; Needville, 7%, $49,-
130; El Campo, 7%, $516,738;
Edna, 4%, $226,900; Ganado
3%, $62,156; Sweeny, minus
7'/i%, $76,722; Point Comfort,
minus 20%, $17,177; and Sea-
drift, minus 20%, $40,747.
Paving the imy.
MORTON STREET, between
8th and 10th Streets, receives
a new face lift as workers
begin laying new pavement.
The street Is one of several
throughout Palacios that have
been designated for Improve-
ments under the 1984 Street
Improvement Project.The work
on the roadways is expected to
continue for the, next several
weeks. Monday and Tuesday
the paving crews worked
finish 4th and 5th Streets.
Work on Ritchie Street is also
slated for this week. [Beacon
Photo by Nick West]
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CANDIDATES for Miss Pala- title this year will be [above, left to right, are Stephanie
cios 1985 were hosted to a left to right] Linda Shlmek, Shanks, Vickie Harvey, Mar-
luncheon by pageant organl- Lynn Pokllkuha, Sharon Jan* gle Vargas, Carolyn Horton,
zers last week at Petersen’s ak, Gall Armstrong, Amy Patty Jewell, Bronwynn Dahl, ;:j!v
Restaurant. The pagent will be Holsworth, Sherri Watson, Cheri Keeton and Amy Miller, gS
held Dec. 1 at the PHS Fine Roxanne Michallk and Leigh The pagent is sponsored by
Arts Complex. Seeking the Ann Meismer. Pictured below, the Palacios Rotary Club.
Miss Palacios
hopefuls...
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
Great American
Smokeout set
this Thursday
Exams, flouride rinses
There are no if, ands or
“butts” about it, smokers will be
asked to take part in their own
holiday Thursday. That’s the
date for the 8th annual Great
American Smokeout sponsored
by the American Cancer Society.
The annual observance is held
as an incentive for smokers to set
aside their cigarettes and pipes
for at least a 24-hour period. Last
year over 20-million Americans
tried to hold off from lighting-up
during the day. Of those more
than five million succeeded and
nearly three million refrained for
up to 11 days.
The American Cancer Society
predicts that by the end of the
decade lung cancer will surpass
breast cancer as the nuthber one
cancer killer among women. If a
woman smokes, her chances of
developing lung cancer are five
times greater than that of a
non-smoking woman.
Smoking can be as addictive as
alcohol or heroin and a habit that
is just as difficult to break.
However, setting goals, financial
rewards and trying again can
help to kick the habit, a Baylor
College of Medicine psychologist
said.
A study of the relapse rate for
alcoholics, heroin addicts and
cigarette smokers showed that
without treatment, smokers are
just as likely to revert to the old
habit, said William Myerson,
Ph.D., a Baylor psychologist who
directs smoking cessation pro-
grams at The Methodist Hos-
pital’s Institute for Preventive
Medicine.
Many people experience with-
drawal symptoms when they give
up cigarettes. While nicotine is
out of a person's system in
roughly 72 hours, Myerson said,
Dental hygiene program starts at PISD
BY DONNIE HORTON
PISD Information Coordinator
December 4, 5 and 7 register-
ed dental hygienists from the
Texas Department of Health will
be on the East Side and Central
school campuses to present 30 -
.minute instructional programs on
dental hygiene to the students.
Then on December 6, the Whar-
ton Community College Dental
Hygiene Department will con
duct dental exams and supervise
flouride rinses.
.The Palacios ISD and Wharton
Community College (WCJC) joi-
ned together in the current
dental program as a result of a
proposal the First Presbyterian
Aid Fund Committee made to the
PISD Board May 8, 1978, for a
cooperative agreement to initiate
primary preventive dental serv-
ices for students in Palacios
Elementary Schools. The original
proposal included busing stud-
ents to WCJC for dental care and
bringing WCJC dental hygiene
students to Palacios schools in
the fall and spring for oral
hygiene instruction. Funding was
provided through the First Pres-
byterian Aid Fund.
The First Presbyterian Church
continues to maintain a fund to
provide dental care for children
whose parents cannot afford it.
About 12 students receive assist-
ance from this fund each year at
an average cost of $400-500 per
student.
The program is coordinated by
Madeline Rother, PISD school
nurse, and approximately 95
percent of the students partici-
pate. Bi-annually WCJC dental
hygiene student teams supervis-
ed hy thpir instructors conduct
dental exams and flouride rin-
ses. Teachers supervise weekly
flouride brushing in the class-
rooms.
In addition to the exams and
flouride rinses, children learn
about dental health and proper
brushing through the use of
demonstrations, filmstrips, class
room activities, the giant tooth
model and guest speakers.
Multi-handicapped children bru-
ush at school using toothpaste as
well as receiving the same edu-
cation in dental hygiene as other
students.
The program has been expan-
ded this year with Texas Depart-
ment of Health participation.
TDH will bring guest speakers
and special programs op dental
hygiene into the classrooms. In
March, when child care is
convered in home economics
classes, the topics of pre and
post-natal dental care and dental
care of bottle fed infants will be
presented. Junior and senior
high students will also receive a
presentation on the effects of
dipping and chewing tobacco on
oral cavities.
The Department of Health has
provided dental hygiene curri-
culum guides, classroom instruc-
tional materials and reference
manuals for all teachers K-5. The
Department will also furnish
toothbrushes for all students in
one of the local schools. This
assistance enables Madeline Ro-
[See DENTAL, Page 4]
people often complain of head-
aches, muscle aches, heightened
emotions, constipation, itchy sk-
in, sleeplessness or irritability for
(See SMOKERS. Page 4]
Services held
at Living Word
Special services will be held
at the Living Word Church,
corner of Ritchie & 10th
Street, with Brother Felipe
Delgado from Dilly, TX, on
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday at 7 p.m. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Senior supper
at Carancahua
All senior citizens of the
Carancahua area are invited to
a complimentary supper at the
Community Center Thursday
at 5 p.m. This event is
sponsored by the Carancahua
Extension Homemakers Club.
Central PTO
meeting slated
Central Elementary PTO
will hold its monthly meeting
Thursday at 7 p.m. at the
school cafeteria.
Travel program
at Weimar Hall
Rev. and Mrs. Ray Boykin
will host a program on travel
to the Holy Land Monday,
Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in Weimar
Hall at the First United
Methodist Church. Those int-
erested in traveling to the
Holy Land in January or
interested in seeing the slide
presentation are invited to
attend.
Service to help
Alliance Aid Fund
Community services will be
held at the First Presbyterian
Church on Nov. 20 at 7:30
p.m. Proceeds will go to the
Minsterial Alliance Aid Fund.
The public is encouraged to
attend.
Eastern Star
salad supper
Palacios Chapter 125 Order
of the Eastern Star, will honor
their Deputy Grand Matron
with a salad supper Tuesday,
Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Masonic Hall. All members
are invited. The regular meet-
ing will be held at 8 p.m.
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