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Page 4-Palacios Beacon-Wed., Sept 21,1994
Deadline 1? Noon Monday
Beam Earl; Files
5 YEARS AGO-1989
The Palacios Shades pulled off another heist against the Industrial
Cobras by winning their second game of the season 37-15.
The Palacios Sharkette cross country team won its first meetof the
season taking the Sharpstown Invitational Title with 44 points.
Mrs. Alice Hardy was honored with a party celebrating her 103rd
biithday.
15 YEARS AGO-1979
Completion of the new Counhouse annex in Palacios had been
delayed 37 days due to time lost because of the relocation of an
antenna pole and bad weather.
Steel work began going into place at the new fleldhouse and
gymnasium last week at Palacios High School.
The site for the community swimming pool was approved and
plans were scheduled to be completed in about a month.
25 YEARS AGO-1969
More than half of Palacios’ goal of $8,589.55 had been collected
to date in the current United Fund drive.
The Blessing Volunteer Fire Department’s annual barbecue will
be held Sunday at die Blessing Community Center.
30 YEARS AGO-1964
The Fighting Sharks defeated the highly favored AAA El Campo
Ricebirds 16-6 in their season opener.
Merle Ramsey was elected assistant chief of PVFD to replace Jim
Treybig who had moved to Port Lavaca.
W.C. Morris resigned as city patrolman.
The Alpha and Ethela Clubs opened their new club year with a
joint “Kid Party” at the Palacios Recreation Center. The Athena Club
opened with a dinner at the Y-Restaurant.
35 YEARS AGO-1959
The Palacios Municipal Airport was a beehive of activity Monday
when 14 planes landed and were serviced. Many of the planes were
enroute home after being in the Rio Grande Valley for the opening
of the whitewing season.
A confirmation election for the Matagorda County Water Im-
provement District No. 5 will be held Saturday at the Blessing
Community House.
Mr. Granberry, fiscal agent of San Antonio, conferred with
members of the city council Thursday night in regard to the bond
potentials of the forthcoming sewer and water extensions to the
recently annexed territory.
40 YEARS AGO-1954
The annual PTA reception for teachers will be held Tuesday night,
at which Mrs. Jerome Kimball will be presented a Lifetime Member-
ship certificate.
Partain Food Market moved into its new building over the
weekend.
45 YEARS AGO-1949
Miss Susie Jordan was selected as representative of the Local
Lions Qub in the queen’s race at the Bay City Rice Festival.
The Corps ofEngineers had completed dredging the Pass Cavallo
Channel, located between Matagorda Island and Matagorda Penin-
sula.
50 YEARS AGO-1944
Foster Field defeated the Palacios Tarpons 4-2 in an exciting
game Sunday. Ernest Hogg hit 3 for 3, and Lefty Sanchez struck out
10 men and allowed only 6 hits.
The dredge “Omega” had completed the deepening and widening
of the Palacios Channel to the Intra-Coastal Canal.
55 YEARS AGO-1939
A banquet for the football boys was held at the Green Lantern Inn
sponsored by die Palacios Athletic Association.
S.O. Eidman, tax collector, reported 3314 passengers cars had
been registered in Matagorda County since January 1st.
The tax rate for the county was set £ $1.44 on the $100 valuation
by the Commissioners Court, two cents less than 1938.
60 YEARS AGO-1934
Palacios schools opened with an enrollment of 535.
H. Bentz moved here from Francitas to take charge of the Baptist
Encampment grounds.
Boys off for school were Cecil Teller and John Glares, University
of Texas; John F. Barnett, Alton Queen and Jesse Dismukes, Texas
A&M.
65 YEARS AGO-1929
J.F. Barnett was selected to the Greenwood Post No. 476 as
Palacios’ most distinguished citizen.
Cotton ginning for this section up to Sept. 10 was Palacios 300
bales; Citrus Grove 115 and El Maton 15.
70 YEARS AGO-1924
Miss Josephine Callaway was voted the use of the scholarship
fund of the Matagorda County Federation of Women’s Clubs at the >
regular meeting in Collegeport.
E.H. Boyd purchased the stock and goodwill of the L. Paine and •
Son Jewelry in Wharton.
75 YEARS AGO-1919
The Moore Gin, a modem plant valued at $10,000 was destroyed
by fire. There was no insurance.
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City's public notices
on hearings a day late
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BY WCK WEST
Palacios Beacon Publisher
I fir:
What good is holding a public hearing to solicit public com-
ments when the public is not notified of the hearing until after it has
already taken place? No good at all. Obviously, it violates the
mtent of the public notice.
However, that is what the City of Palacios has done for the past
three weeks in connection with public hearings held in connection
with its application a $350,000 Community Development Pro-
gram (TCDP) grants from the Texas Department of Community
Affairs for water and sewer improvements.
All three putdic hearings were held on Tuesdays (Sept 6,13 and
20). However, the required public notice for each was submitted
for publication in the Palacios Beacon which is officially dated a
Wednesday publication (Sept 7,14 and 21). Thus the hearings had
already taken place before the notice was officially published.
Although the Palacios Beacon is printed on Tuesday mornings
and the paper is normally available on newsstands that day, it is
nevertheless a Wednesday newspaper as it’s date indicates. It has
been for the past 13 years. Wednesday’s are the day which local
subscribers to the paper receive it in the mail.
City of Palacios officials are aware of the newspapers date of
publication and, in fact, it had been pointed out to them when they
submitted the TCDP notices for publication—technically their
notices were being published after the fact We even suggested that
such after-the-fact notification to the public about the hearings
could possibly jeopardize the notices’ legality and could conceiv-
ably cause the grant application to be rejected.
When such notices are published, the city is required to obtain
a notarized Publisher’s Affidavit attesting to the date the notice
was published in the paper, along with a copy of the published
notice. If those affidavits are looked at they show the notices were
published the day after the hearings were held.
Despite our observations, the City of Palacios has again submit-
ted a public hearing notice for publication this week. The hearing
was scheduled for5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 20. Look at the date at
the top of this page. It says Wednesday, Sept. 21. (Even if the
hearings were heldon the same day as the newspapers is dated, it
would seem afew hours is insufficient notification to the public Most
public notices require publication 3-7 days prior to the scheduled
event.)
The City of Palacios’ view regarding after-the-fact notification
would appear to be ‘better late than never’. In this case we feel it
should be ‘better never than late. ’
Letters to
the Editor
Nice to have hometown medical care«...
Dear Editor,
After a year of good health, I have needed the help of Dr.
Aung recently on several occasions. It made me think how
awful it would be for Palacios citizens if we did not have the
services of Dr. Aung and Physicians Assistant John Neese.
They both work very hard.
I appreciate very much that they are there at the Family
Clinic. I don’t ever want to travel to Bay City or further when
feeling terrible even if I could find a friend, or another senior
citizen, in good enough shape to take me.
Very sincerely,
Pat Howarth
Senators’ attendance sparks debate
V
,1
AUSTIN - Lt. Gov. Bob
Bullock underwent heart bypass
surgery Sept. 16, three days
after greeting more than 1,000
supporters who contributed more
than $1.5 million toward his re-
election campaign.
Eight of 11 Republican state
senators running for re-election
attended die Austin fund-raiser
for Bullock, a Democrat, who is
serving his first term as lieutenant
governor.
“The fart that you’re hde, that
you’re my friends, I will never for-
get if as long as I live," Bullock
told the conspicuous eight senators:
Ifeel Bivins, Amarillo; Jerry Patter-
son, Pasadena; Chris Harris, Ar-
lington; Don Henderson, Houston;
Jane Nelson, Flower Mound; BUI
Ratliff, Mount Pleasant; David Sib-
ley, Wko and Jeff Wentworth, San
Antonio.
A Bullock spokesman told The
Dallas Morning News that the
Tfcxas Republican Party warned
those senators not to attend die
annual reception for Bullock or risk
censure by the party’s executive
committee.
Bivins said he and other legis-
lators received complimentary tick-
ets to the event, and that he would
support Bullock’s opponent, Tfcx
Lear, on the November ballot.
Lezar, however, said he thought
it “inappropriate” for Republicans
to attend, and accused those who
attended of being “afraid” of
Bullock.
Bill Price, president of the “pro-
life” group, Ifcxans United for
Life, said the GOP senators who
attended “betrayed” their party and
“engaged in political treachery and
back-stabbing of die worst sort."
In die Morning News report,
Patterson said he respects Bullock,
and “Whether you agree with him
or not, he does provide leadership
for this state.”
Bullock, angered fay die threats,
sent a letter to all GOP senators
telling them that he would not
be offended if they skipped the
reception.
“My respect for you won’t be
diminished one bit if your poiiticai
safety prevents you from attending
this event,” be said in his letter.
Grover Mots on Nov. Ballot
Henry C. “Hank” Grover has
filed an emergency motion in U.S.
District Court for a restraining or-
der prohibiting the Tfcxas Secretary
of State from printing Nov. 8 elec-
tion ballots without his name on
them.
Secretary of State Ron Kirk,
Ifcxas’ chief election officer, blamed
political campaign professionals
putting the negative slant on races
for public office.
“I think they are hurting voter
turnout,” Kirk said. “They can
justify it because they can sy,
‘Our job is to get somebody
elected.’ They don’t care about
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndsll Williams • Texas Press Association
Grover, a former state
from Houston, who tan for die
U.S. Senate as a Republican in
1984, also wants the state election
law declared unconstitutional be-
cause, he said, it is “specifically
designed to keep die name of any
prospective independent candidate
for statewide office from appearing
on the general election ballot."
According to die Tfcxas Election
Code, an application must be filed
not later than the 30th dry after
the runoff primary election <hy, and
the candidate must secure a petition
signed fay 1 percent of the total
number of people who voted hi foe
last governor’s race.
By the 1 percent rale, Grover
needed more than 38,000 people
o sign his petition, and the
law also required he collect the
signatures during the 30-day period
that followed the March 8 primary
election. With that deadline long
past, Grover decided to seek relief
through die federal court system.
But Atm McGeehan, director
of die election legal section of
die Secretary of State’s office,
said Secretary of State Ron Kirk
certified candidates on Sept. 12 and
counties are now authorized to print
die ballots.
Negative Ads Hurt Elections
Attack ads may be helpful at
catting down an opponent, but
they also cut down the turnout at
election pells.
voter turnout.”
Kirk estimated about 9 milium
Tfcxans will be registered to vote fay
tee Oct. 9 deadline, and that about
50 percent of those would actually
vote.
I Smoke in Prisons
- and lawsuits - about secondhand
cigarette smoke are getting the
attention of the Tfcxas Board of
Criminal Justice.
More than half of Tfcxas 92,000
convicts smoke, and though TBCJ
chairman Carol \bnce said
didn’t think a smoking ban
under consideration, tee did
Hut establishing derigsated smot
mg areas ought be the
Prison system spokesman Chari
Brown said smoking policies
from prison to prison,
no smoking, smoking in
areas only, and stocking in most
eas.
Other Highlights
last week to four months in
for evading taxes and
justice. Villalpando, 54, a native
San Marcos, pleaded guilty earl r
in tee year to time felony charge i,
which included conspiring to hi e
outride income white she served a
tee Bute administration.
■ Eighty-six percent of Tfcxa s
say the Legislature should
voters to decide whether
state legalizes casino _
according to a new opinion
the Houston-based Tkrrance
The survey also found t
percent of respondents said
favor allowing a limited
casinos.
Keeping an eye on Texas
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