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Letters to the Editor........................Page 4
Quitters In Demand.......................Page 5
PISD Sports Schedule....................Page 6
Water Aerobics Class..................Page 10
Depth no problem in Shark backfield
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Aggressive 'Big Red’ preparing for 1988 gridiron campaign
BY NICK WEST
Beacon PnblUher
They’ll undoubtably be outnumbered every time
they take to the field, but what they lack in num-
bers the 1988 Palacios Sharks appear ready to
make up for it in hustle, desire, determination and
ability.
With just two weeks remaining before the
kickoff of the opening game at rival Tidehaven,
Coach Pat Walker’s gridders already have one im-
pressive scrimmage under their belts (a 4-0 win
over St. Joseph) and will host East Bernard this
Friday at 6 p.m. for their final preseason tune-up.
"Right now we're way ahead of last year's team
overall," observed Walker, in his seventh year at
the Big Red helm. Helping provide the progress .The primary experience returning from last sea-
has been a strong defense, a pleasant dilemma in son's 1-9 campaign comes from two-way veter-
the quarterback ranks and a surprising depth in the ans Scott Koch (165-lb. junior QB/DB), Philip
offensive backfield. Pinkston (195-lb. senior FB/LB), Robert Slaugh-
However, where the club is behind is in the ter (165-lb. senior RB/DB) and Greg Burnett
number of players suiting-up this season. The (240-lb. senior OT/DT). Joining them are defen-
varsity roster carries only 24 players of which sive returning starters Thuy Nguyen (170-lb. se-
eight are seniors and nine are juniors. The remain- nibr LB) and Robby Lewis (160-lb. junior DB).
Both Burnett and Slaughter earned All-District
der are sophomores.
honors last year.
The numbers' crunch will mean that Walker
will have to rely on several players going both
ways-offense and defensc-as well as keep his
fingers crossed against injuries.
"That's the most disappointing thing—the num-
bers," remarked Walker who has compiled a 23-
34-3 record during his tenure at PHS. "That means
we are going to have a lot of kids who are going to
have to go both ways and when they do that the
possibility of injuries increase because they are
tired.
"You cannot condition a player-high school,
college or professional-to go both ways for 48
minutes," lamented Walker. "There is just not
(See SHARKS, Page 7)
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1988
PALACIOS, TEXAS
[VOLUME 81, NO. 34
8-Cent Tax Increase
The pause that refreshes
A MEMBER of the freshman Shark foot- get one final tryout this week when they
ball team takes a break for a cool drink host the always tough Brahmas of East
during last Friday's scrimmage with St. Bernard at 6 p.m. Friday. The Palacios
Joseph. Both the freshmen and varsity Athletic Booster Club will sponsor a
squads looked impressive in their first BBQ during the scrimmage. (Beacon
preseason scrimmage. The Sharks will Photo by Nick West)__
Public hearing
for tax proposal
BY MICK SCHEIB
Leacon Reporter _
A public hearing on a proposal by the Palacios
City Council for an 8-cent increase in the tax rate
will be held Thursday (Aug. 25) at 5 p.m. at City
Hall. Meeting last week in regular session, the
council made the proposal which would raise the
property tax rate in the next fiscal year from the
current 56-cents per $100 valuation to 64-cents.
Based on that proposal, taxes on a home valued
at $20,700 would increase from the current
$115.92 level to $132.48.
A major reason for the proposal to increase the
tax rate was due to the $512,000 drainage bond
issue voters passed last year by a slim 11-vote
margin. Calculations involved in arriving at the
8-percent figure are available for public review at
City Hall.
WATER BILLS
The practice of "highlighting" delinquent water
bills seems at least partially successful at this time
and the Council resolved io continue the practice
temporarily, rather than spend the extra money to
send a separate "past-due" collection notice to
delinquent accounts.
In the meantime, the prolonged drought has
wreaked havoc with the city water lines. The
underlying gumbo draws away from the water
lines as it dries and shrinks, leaving the cast iron
pipes unsupported and they burst and leak. It was
also noted that the City Water Department is likely
not paying its own way at this point, and a
meeting was set for Monday the 22nd to deal
solely with the financial status of the Water De-
partment.
LEASE PROPOSAL
Speaking off the agenda and noting
communications from interested Palacios
residents, the Council once again discussed the
proposed lease by LBK Productions of a small
parcel of Municipal Airport property for a brine-
settling pit. Noting objections of citizens
concerned about the proposed lease, Neil
Hartsfield suggested that the pollution potential for
the brine-dump might be more than originally
thought, and that if a city employee were required
to monitor input at the pit site, the proposed lease
was not attractive.
Winfrey Horton and Margaret McElrath con-
curred that the pollution potential to Turtle Creek
needed further investigatioa
Saying, "The last tiling this City Council wants
to do is something that will hurt the environment,"
Mayor Leonard Lamar pledged to contact the
Texas Railroad Commission, the agency ultimately
responsible for monitoring activities at such sites,
to discuss monitoring methods.
It was generally agreed that if a lease were
made, the lessee would understand that the City
(See COUNCIL, Page 3)
Gulf continues to threaten Intracoastal
Study underway on Sargent Beach erosion
BY WILLIE YOUNGER
County Extension Agent
The drastic erosion at Sargent
Beach has recently claimed
another two houses and brought
the Gulf ever closer to intruding
into the Gulf Intracoastal Water-
way. Fortunately, through the
persistence of local citizens and
local government working with
the Extension Marine Advisory
Service of Texas A&M, some
positive actions are underway to
address this impending coastal
crisis.
The U.S. Congress has pro-
vided the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers with $100,000 to as-
sess the situation and provide
recommendations for dealing
with the threat to the GIWW.
This study should be completed
by mid-1989, at which time re-
quests are likely to be made
through the appropriate elected
officials for both federal and state
funds to begin remedial efforts.
The man-made McCabe's Cut
which was intended as a measure
to control flooding in the east
end of Matagorda County has
pc„ed a perplexing, though un-
intended, dilemma at Sargent for
all concerned. The Cut, which
has grown far beyond the maxi-
County law enforcement officers honored
Nearly 600 people turned out last Friday night to honor
Matagorda County's bravest and best at the 11th Annual 100 Club
of Matagorda County Banquet in Bay City.
Members of the Palacios Police Department, the Matagorda
County Sheriffs Department, die Sheriffs Reserves, the Bay City
Police Department and Reserves, State of Texas law officers as-
signed to Matagorda County, local Constables and Justices of the
Peace were thanked for their services and applauded for their ex-
cellent job of maintaining law and order in Matagorda County.
Individuals within these groups were also selected for special
recognition. Emmett Greene was chosen the Outstanding Officer
of the Palacios Police Department and Bill Armstrong received the
Outstanding Dispatcher award.
Among the others singled-out for special recognition were Fred
Wessellski and Karen Kilgore of the Matagorda County Sheriffs
Department and Jack Handley of the Sheriffs Reserve, Valaric
Hendrick and David Kile of the Bay City Police Department and
Bill Donohoe of the Bay City P.D. Reserve. The Outstanding
State Officer was Pat Mulligan.
The 100 Club of Matagorda County is a county-wide non-profit
organization chartered eleven years ago to offer moral support to
law enforcement officers and provide for the families of any
officer slain in the line of duty. Since then, the Club has expanded
(See OFFICERS, Page 3)
mum dimensions permitted by
the Corps of Engineers is creat-
ing navigational and
environmental problems. The
tidal currents through the
drainage channel make negotiat-
ing the GIWW near the swing
bridge difficult and potentially
dangerous for barge and tow op-
erators. This is compounded by
the extensive shoaling it has
caused at its intersection with the
canal. The current-induced ero-
sion Is also eating away some
ecologically important marsh
vegetation bordering the channel.
Every effort is being made to
rectify the situation by closing
the present cut and opening a
new one just to the West of Mc-
Cabe's into East Matagorda Bay.
An empasse between the Corps
of Engineers and the U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service has slowed
the process. The Corps and the
Drainage District wish to tie the
authorization to close McCabe's
Cut and open Mitchell's Cut into
one permit to insure continued
flood protection for the area's
residents.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service contends the two opera-
tions should receive separate
consideration and has objected to
the single permit process. Their
position appears to be to grant
immediate approval to close Mc-
Cabe's and to require more care-
ful assessment of the environ-
mental consequences of opening
Mitchell's before they will agree
to the Corps' issuance of a per-
mit to the Drainage District for its
construction.
The critical task is to balance
the needs for safe marine pas-
sage, flood protection and envi-
ronmental health. The parties to
this issue hope agreement to sat-
isfy these requirements will be
reached in early September,
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