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VOLUME 77 NUMBER 1
PALACIOS, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1981
TEN PAGES
Juan Rafael is
Palacios’ first
arrival in ’81
T-hangar lease
is approved
Palacios recorded its
first new arrival fur 1981
fight on schedule as Mr.
and Mrs. Juan Rafael Hur-
' Mdo of 1016 Johnson be-
came the proud parents of a
son born New Year's Day.
The year’s first new'
resident of Palacios, named
loan Rafael Jr., was born
at .1:50 p.m. Jan. 1 in
Wagner General Hospital.
The new arrival weighed
7-lbs.. II oz. and was 20-
inchcs long.
Wagner General
effort cited
Wagner General Hospi-
tal of Palacios and Mata-
gorda General Hospital in
Bay City have been award-
ed 1980 Certificates of
Participation in the Texas
Voluntary Effort (TVE) cit-
ing the hospitals for their
outstanding effort in con-
taining the increases of
health care costs.
in announcing the receipt
of the Certificate. F.S.
Walters, District Admini-
strator. Matagorda General
Hospital, said. "Our hospi-
tal’s cost containment goal
is very ambitious! In the
lace of double-digit infla-
tion, it will require great
dedication and support
from our governing board,
medical staff, and em-
ployees to continue the
successful containment of
the increases in our ex-
penses. Nevertheless, we
arc determined to do so
while at the same time
preserving the availability
and quality of the services
we currently provide to our
community1'.
Walters added, "In order
for our efforts to be ef-
fective, we must have the
support of our community
and a greater understand-
ing of the problems we
face”.
The hospital joins other
Texas hospitals in partici-
pating in the Texas Volun-
tary Effort, a program of
the Texas Hospital Associa-
tion. the Texas . Medical
Association and the Texas
Federation of Hospitals.
Together, they have saved
the citizens of the state
$.100 million from 1977
through 1979.
Participants in the TVE
include hospitals, physi-
cians and nurses, apd over
20 health, business, in-
surance and state govern-
ment groups who have
organized to effectively
deal with the problem of
rising health care costs.
n
A FIREMAN stands silhou-
etted against a backdrop of
fire as he battles a blaze
which broke out at an nil rig
at Camp Hulen at 9:40
Sunday evening. Prompt
aelion by the Palacios VFD
prevented the fire from
becoming an extremely
dangerous mishap.The
blaze is believed to have
started by a - hort in one of
the generators at the, site.
Exploding 55-gallon drums
caused most of the damge.
Prime concern of firefight-
ers was in stopping the fire
from igniting a 2,220 gallon
tank of diesel oil. “We
were real fortunate In gett-
ing it knocked out quickly
or, it could have been real
H-Ojgh," commented flrq-
tnai; Jimmy Oglesby. No
one was injured in the fire
which was extinguished at
IE20 p.m. and damage
estimates were unavail
-able. [Beacon photo by
Nick West!
-Area Happenings —
Interest, penalty left
off tax statements
Due to an oversight, the penalty and interest charges
were left off the City of Palacios tax statements for 1980.
The interest charges for late payment (which begins F-’eb.
I) arc as follows: February-1 Vi%-, March-3%, April-
42°h: May-6%! and June-7'4%.
To avoid penalty charges and also to help the City
meet its commitments, the city requests that payment of
taxes be made as soon as possible or before the penalty
charges start.
Drug bust topic at
AARP meeting Tuesday
The Association of Retired People, Palacios Chapter
2425, will meet Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m., at the Episcopal
Hall, 3rd and Main.
Nubbins Chamblee will speak on "Narcotics Investiga
tion." This topic will be based on the big narcotics bust
of last summer and should be of great interest to all as
well as being pertinent to current drug problems here
and elsewhere. The public is cordially invited as this is a
program that should not be missed.
CofC election nears
Election of Palacios Chamber of Commerce officers
and directors for 1981 will be the prime item of business,
at the next Chamber meeting scheduled for January 15.
. Election ballots will be sent out to Chamber members
prior to the 15th.
BBQ cookoff Jan. 17
The 5th Annual Area Knights of Columbus
Matagorda County BBQ Cookoff will be held Jan. 17 at
the Knights of Columbus Kail on Hamman Road in Bay
City.
Proceeds from the event will go toward the scholarship
.fund.
BBQ lunches will be served to the public from 12 noon
rill .1 p.m.
For further information contact Carroll Harvey at
972-2100.
Lani donates prize
l.ani Hutto, five-vear old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hutto put the Christmas spirit to work after she
w as awarded $5 for her third place entry in last month’s
fltrisl mas Coloring Contest. Lani made a gift of the prize
In donating it to the Palacios Swimming Pool Fund.
New directors elected
Golf Course under
new management
The Palacios Golf Course
is now under the manage-
ment of Coach Roy Golan,
and Coach Jerry Greer
following the retirement
Jan. 3of W.L. Jones.
A new Board of Directors
was elected by members
Dee. 30 with Steve Marlin
president. Vice-presidents
are Roy Golan, Terry 0-
glesby, Jerry Greer, Albert
Gonzales, Ronnie Benner
and Mr. R Rodriguez. Lupe
Gonzales will serve as
secretary and Judy Marlin
treasurer.
A Best Ball Tournament
will be held the second
Sunday of each month. The
Board of Directors will hold
their meetings on the se-
cond Monday of each
month starting at 7 p.m,
A membership drive is
presently underway
ihrough March 31. No
installation fees will be
collected, only the $18
dues.
The next Best Ball
Tournament will be Sunday
with tec-off time 1:15 p.m.
All entrants must sign in by
1 p.m. If there is bad
weather, the tournament
will be rescheduled for the
third Sunday,
The Palacios City Coun-
cil, after a nearly two-year
wait, finally received the go
ahead from the Federal
Aviation Administration to
proceed with a T-hangar
lease at the Palacios Muni-
cipal Airport.
The approval from the
FAA and subsequent ap-
proval from the local airport
committee, caps a two-year
effort to reach a lease
agreement that would allow
R.B. Trull to construct a
T-hangar at the facility.
The lease will be for a
25-year period and involves
a .69 acre area at a cost of
$300.56 per year. The a-
greement contains and es-
calation clause that would
also allow the lease cost to
be increased every five
years, based on the con-
sumer price index.
The hangar will be lo-
cated northeast of the exist-
ing hangar,
The delay in getting a
lease agreement was a
result of having to meet
requirements and changes
required by the FAA, A-
mong the changes made
were a decrease in the
amount of area to be leased
and the stipulation that
access roads and taxiwavs
Alcohol-Drug
committee to
meet Tuesday
The Palacios City-County
Alcohol and Drug Com-
mittee will meet Thursday,
at 7 p.m. at the First
Presbvterian Church.
As the drug and alcohol
problem continues to grow
especially among youth
with its serious conse-
quences, emphasis is now
on each community facing
the fact that there is a
serious problem and taking
action on the home front.
Committees or councils
such as the Palacios-City
County one are being form-
ed now all over the United
States.
A "Concerned Parent”
representative is needed to
fill out this Committee and
attend the meeting Thurs-
day night.
be constructed.
Construction of the
hangar will also have to
meet city and FFA guide-
lines, At the end of the
25-year period, the hangar
will revert ownership to the
city.
"As we said two years
ago, hopefully this will just
be the first of other T-
hangars to come,” Dan
Tucker told the council.
In other action, the coun-
cil was presented the 1979-
80 audit report prepared by
G.C. Branum & Co. The
audit had been delayed in
being submitted while the
city awaited final census
figures. Action on accept-
ing the audit was tabled
until the next council meet-
ing to allow councilmen the
opportunity to study it.
Among the recommenda-
tions made by the auditors
was a need to simplify the
accounting system and
make the city budget more
readable.
A decision on accepting
an- approximately $6,000
donation made to thetity
by the Trull Foundation
was tabled until stipulation
tied to the donation were
clarified.
Mayor Leonard Lamar
reported that the Founda-
tion had donated the a-
mount to the city with the
stipulation that it be used to
help pay part of the salary
of hiring a new employee
for the utility department,1
Lamar said that it was
understood that if the city,
accepted the donation, it
would then be obligated ffrj
pay the remaining portion
of the employees salary,;
City attorney Eli May-
field pointed out to the
council that in accepting
the donation, the city would
actually be accepting a
liability or expense.
Councilman Trinidad
Constanrio remarked that
the donation "takes a little
more study, it’s not as
simple as it sounds."
Although the council ex-
pressed its appreciation for
the donation, it was de-
cided to table action on the
matter until the Trull
Foundation could be con-
tacted for more clarifica-
tion.
“I think we should table
this donation with a thank
you and see if we can
budget for it and see how it
would effect us next year,"
councilman Terry Oglesby
said.
Also tabled was decision
on accepting a bid for the
purchase of a copying
machine. Eight bids were
received, ranging in price
from $1,895 to $6,915.
Archway
contest now
underway
A contest to find the
best design for an archway
entry leading to the East
Bay area is being sponsor-
ed by the Palacios Chamber
of Commerce. The winning
entry will be presented a
rod and reel.
those desiring to submit
design entry arc asked to
limit their design to one
that could be erected for no
more than $1,000. All en-
tries should be submitted to
the Palacios Chamber of
Commerce. Entry deadline
will be announced at a later
date.
Palacios census
figure at 4,760
After a bit of prodding
by city officials, the Census
Bureau has upped its popu-
lation figures for Palacios
according to the latest
revised count.
In the preliminary census
figures issued a few months
ago, the Census Bureaus
gave Palacios a count of
approximately 4.000 resi-
dents with 377 houses
listed as vacant. The city,
however, appealed the
count with the Bureau_
IRS tax forms
now on the way
subsequently revising its
counts to 4.760.
Along with the latest
figures, the Census Bureau
advised the city that if it
would like to again appeal
the 1980 count, it would
have to do so at its own
initiative and expense.
City officials had antici-
pated the initial population
count to show Palacios with
a total of over 5,000 resi-
dents.
ALONG WITH getting
plenty of friendly informa-
tion about Palacios and the
surrounding area, visitors
to the Palacios booth at the
l.uu„.u.i iwi jiiuw also nv the t Immher ot Coin-
had the opportunity to merce, will be in operation
slgn-up for « free rod and at the Astrohail throughout
reel to be given away Jan. the week. Among those NickWestl
15. The booth, sponsored
Taxpayers across the
country should receive their
federal income tax pack-
ages within the next two
weeks, the Internal Reve-
nue Service says.
District Director Robert
M. McKeever said that IRS
sends taxpayers either a
Form 1040 or Form 1040A
package, based on which
form the taxpayer filed iast
year. "Some taxpayers,”
he explained, “may need to
file a form different from
the one received, due to a
change in their tax status."
These individuals can
pick up forms and tax
schedules starting Jan. 2 at
local IRS offices or obtain
them through the mail by
using the order blank in the
working the booth'Sunday ta*package,
were Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy The tax package received
Smith. [Beacon Photo bv 'n *^e ma*i has a pre-ad-
....... ’ dressed, peel-off label and
return envelope which tax-
payers should use. "The
label and envelope help to
speed up the processing of
tne return, decrease the
chance for errors and often
produce a faster refund,”
McKeever said.
If there is an error on the
label, such as the address,
the correction can be made
right on the label.
Tne package contains
instruction th.a the taxpay-
er will need to complete the
form. If additional informa-
tion is needed on credits,
exemptions, deductions, or
income, the IRS has more
than 90 free publications on
a wide range of subjects.
These publications can
be requested using the
order form in the tax
package, or by calling the
IRS Forms/Tax Information
number listed in the local
telephone directory. IRS
offices also have publica-
tions for personal pickup.
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