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P,0. Box 11
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Fishermen's Festival Features
Bountiful Harvest of the Sea
C See Page 3
Little Miss, Mister
Palacios Contestants
Tip-Off Underway
For Area Cagers
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Council looks to tighten belt on expenses
BY MARC ALLEY
Beacon Staff Writer
Keeping a watchful eye on
its expenses, members of the
Palacios City Council made
sure it is not spending need-
lessly in certain areas.
After much discussion at
last week's regular meeting, the
council unanimously approved
to have Councilwoman Karen
Bishop prepare a written policy
to cover the following areas:
justification of attendance,
mileage, meals, hotels and fees
for all out of town seminars
and meetings; justification of
mileage reimbursement; and
petty cash vouchers and re-
ceipts.
Bishop is suppose to have
this policy ready for the coun-
cil to vote on by the council's
next regular meeting (Dec. 7).
The item of justification of
attendance was brought up af-
ter two trips made by City
Attorney J.L. Zicgcnhals.
Zicgcnhals asked the city to
reimburse him $800 for the
expenses he had incurred
while attending a franchise ca-
ble meeting last May and the
annual meeting of state attor-
neys the first week in June.
Zicgcnhals did not present the
bills to the council until re-
cently.
Warning more information
from Zicgcnhals about the ex-
penses, the council unani-
mously voted not to reimburse
the city attorney at this time.
The council agreed that
since it is trying to spend
wisely, it needs to keep better
records on all expenditures.
After confusion between the
terms "on call" and "stand by",
the council unanimously ap-
proved to have City Treasurer
Charles Winfield work up a
policy that clearly explains the
two terms.
"This is not clarified in any
of our policies," said Palacios
Mayor Bcvcrlv Watson.
Winfield explained that if an
employee is "on call", the city
pays that employee overtime
only for the work he or she
does. If an employee is on
"stand bv", he or she must stay
(See COUNCIL, Page 2)
Beacon office
to close for
Thanksgiving
The Palacios Beacon office
will be closed Thursday and
Priday (Nov, 26-27) for the
Thanksgiving holidays. The
Beacon deadli ne for next week’s
issue will remain unchanged at
J2 noon Monday._
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Palacios A Beacon
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^VOLUME 85, NO. 47
PALACIOS, TEXAS
Serving The City By The Sea Since 1907
_ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1992
TWELVE PAGES
I S PS 418460
Public Works employees
petitioning city council
for work hour changes
BY MARC ALLEY
Beacon Staff Writer_
Employees of the City of
Palacios' Public Works De-
partment have petitioned city
hall to change their working
hours.
The petition, signed by 10
of the 12 employees in the de-
partment, was delivered to city
hall less than 24 hours after the
s„Pa!acios City Council, at its
regular meeting Nov. 16,
unanimously approved chang-
ing the working hours for
Public Works' employees to 8
a.m. - 5 p.m., instead of the
previous 7 a.m.-4 p.m. effec-
tive Nov. 18.
n Inside This
Week....
Police News................Page 2
Early Files...................Page 4
Lifestyles...............Pages 6-7
Sports....................Pages 8-9
Classified..........Pages 10-11
Youth........................Page 12
thought tor The Week:
"Never argue at the dinner table,
for the one who is not hungry
always gets the best of the argu-
ment. "
Beacon Deadline: Noon Monday
Beacon Office Closed Wednesdays
The petition requested that
the personnel policy be
amended to read, 'employees
will be required to be at their
place of work or on official
duty during the City of Pala-
cios' work hours ( 7 a.m. to 4
p.m.)'.
Some of these employees
were expected to appear before
the council at a special meeting
Monday night (Nov. 23), to
ask them to re-consider their
earlier decision.
Palacios Mayor Beverly
Watson, who is in favor of al-
lowing the employees to de-
cide their hours, asked the men
for their opinion. She said 10
of the 12 employees favored
working 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
"I think we should go with
the men. 1 feel the majority
should rule in most cases,"
commented Watson.
Some councilmcmbers, pri-
or to voting at their regular
meeting (Nov. 16), expressed
why they felt working 8 a.m. -
(See PETITION, Page 2)
Public invited for
Thanksgiving meal
at Trinity Baptist
Trinity Baptist Church invites
the public to share Thanksgiving
Day Dinner at the church from
11 a.m.-l p.m. this Thursday
(Nov. 26).
For more information, con-
tact Carmen 972-5282.
Open House and reception for
Dr. Aung at WGH on Dec. 2nd
The public is invited to attend a reception for Dr. Tin Aung and a
Christmas Open House at Wagner General Hospital to be held
Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 4-6 p.m.
Tours of the Family Medical Services Center will also be
available during that time.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
'Tis the season to start
writing 'Letters to Santa'
Santa Claus is beginning to make his list and will be
checking it twice as Christmas Day rapidly ap-
proaches. Now is the time for youngsters to let
Santa know whether they’ve been good or
not and what they would like to sec
under their Christmas tree on Christ-
mas morning.
The Palacios Beacon is helping
children to get their message to Jolly
01' St. Nick by accepting "Letters To
Santa" to be published in its Christ-
mas issue on Dec. 24th.
IWW AUT Letters to Santa Claus may be cither
r"*r C~7 brought to the Palacios Beacon office at
mr' If 453 Commerce or mailed to; Dear Santa, c/
o Palacios Beacon, P. O. Box 817, Palacios,
Tx. 77465. All letters must be received by 5 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 11th.
All letters should be legibly written (preferably printed) and
include the child's first and last name.
CofC getting into the Christmas spirit
Schedules downtown lighting ceremony, lighting contest and Santa visit
Christmas lights, Christmas carols and
Santa Claus all add up to one thing-thc
Christmas holiday season right around the
comer. The Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce has planned three community activi-
ties in December to help everyone to get
into the holiday spirit.
Those activities include: Downtown
Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 4; Christmas
Lighting Contest on Dec. 15; and Santa's
Visit on Dec. 18.
HOLIDAY LIGHT-UP
The beautiful music of the Palacios
Singers will help Palacios "light-up" for the
holiday season when the Chamber conducts
its annual lighting ceremony on Friday,
Dec. 6 in downtown Palacios. The public is
encouraged to attend.
In an effort to coordinate the turning on
of Christmas lights by both individual
businesses and the City of Palacios, the
Chamber is planning the throw the switch
at precisely 6 p.m. Dec. 4 in a ceremony to
be held in the paved lot next to Petersen's
Restaurant.
Once the lights come on, the Palacios
Singers, under the direction of PUS choir
director Mike Petrisky, will fill the air with
the sounds of Christmas as they present a
brief program of favorite holiday songs.
Candy canes will be distributed to all ihosc
attending the presentation that will con-
clude at approximately 6:30 p.m.
LIGHTING CONTEST
The judging for the Chamber's annual
Christmas Lighting Contest will take place
between 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The
three divisions for entries in the citywide
contest arc Residential, Marine (boats) and
Business. The top three entries in both the
Residential and Marine divisions will re-
ceive poinscltias whiles certificates of
recognition will be award the lop three fin-
ishers in the Business division.
There is no entry fee to participate in the
contest, but registration is required for both
Residential and Marine entrants so that
judges know which decorated homes and
boats to judge. To enter your residence or
Students from the Palacios Secondary
Schools' Choral Program begin selling
tickets this week for their Turkey Dinner to
be held Dec. 10. The dinner is an annual
effort by the choral students and is held in
conjunction with their Christmas Concert.
The meal, featuring turkey and dressing
with all the trimmings, will be from 5-7
boat, contact either the Chamber office at
972-2615 or Chris Woll at 972-2166. En-
tries will be accepted up until 5 p.m. Mon-
day, Dec. 14.
All those entering are asked to have
their Christmas lights turned on between 6-
9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 during which lime
judging will take place.
SANTA COMING TO DOWN
A traditional highlight of die holiday
season is the pre-Christmas visit by Santa
Claus and his lovely Elves. This year, Santa
will arrive in the City
by die Sea to visit
with Palacios area vot
ingsters at 6 p.m.,
Friday, Dee. 18. Santa
fs visitation hcad-
quarters will once again
i by at the Railroad
Park Amphitheater. Ph
otos of youngsters
visiting with Santa wil
1 also be available
for $3 each.
p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Tickets
are priced at $5 for adults and $3.25 for
children under 12. Take-out plates will be
available.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the
PHS Fine Arts Auditorium and admission
is free. The public is encouraged to help
support area students
Turkey dinner tickets on sale
Blanket drive hopes to keep families
A caring community can help make a cold
winter a little wamier for needy families by
donating to a blanket drive being initiated in
Palacios next week by a local business.
Esmeralda Arellano, who, along with her
husband, Frank, owns Esmeralda’s Resale
Shop at 441 Main, is asking the public to
donate new or old blankeLs to be distributed
to those who need them. Donated blankets
can be taken to her shop Monday-Friday
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Names of individuals or families who
need blankets will also be accepted at the
shop or by calling 972-5401. Blankets will
be distributed the following week to as many
indviduals and families as possible.
“There are a lot of people who, for one
reason or another, simply cannot afford to
buy blankets. There’s a big need for it."
Arellano said of the blanket drive. "We want
to try and reach everybody who needs blan-
kets and we don’t want to exclude anybody
as long as we have the blankets to give. Even
i f we arc only able to give one blanket to one
person who needs it, it will be worth the
effort.”
Arellano will also be accepting pantry
items, particularly toiletry items such as soap,
toilet tissue, laundry detergent, toothpaste,
disposable diapers, etc. She explained that
there is also a big need lor these ty pc of items
since many of those items cannot be pur-
chased by those with food stamps.
“Sometimes we tend to forget about the
necessities a family or individual needs,”
Arellano pointed out. "Food stamps don’t
cover many of these items and those receiv-
ing unemployment checks often don’t have
enough money leftover to bus them after
paying their rent, utilities and other grocer-
ies.”
Arellano hopes to be able to keep the
pantry item dnve going up until the Christ-
mas holidays. Items may also be brought to
Esmeralda's Resale Stiop at 441 Main.
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