Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1989 Page: 2 of 10
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Tage 2-Palacios Beacon, Feb. 8, 1989
Laughlin sponsors resolution
on payments to rural hospitals
U. S. Congressman Greg
Laughlin became an original co-
sponsor of a Congressional
Resolution urging that Medicare
payments to hospitals not be re-
duced below current service lev-
els for Fiscal Year 1990.
"Ordinarily, I don't like to
take anything off the bargaining
table before we start working on
the budget," Laughlin said, "but
we are in the midst ol a health
care crisis in our nation that is
particularly acute in rural Amer-
ica. Throughout the 14th Con-
gressional District (which in-
cludes Matagorda County) hos-
pitals are struggling to keep their
doors open. Too often they are
losing that struggle with painful
consequences for the communi-
Body of missing man
recovered from water
The body of a 51-year old
Palacios man, missing since he
reportedly fell overboard while
oystering over two weeks ago,
was recovered last week two
miles west of Camp Hulen.
The body of David Garcia
was found shortly before 1 p.m.
Fco. 2 by was found by Lloyd
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Terrell, a worker on an off-shore
drilling rig. Garcia was
pronounced dead by Pet. 5
Justice of the Peace Ray
O’Connell.
Garcia had been oystering
with three other men when he fell
overboard from a small boat near
Oliver's Point. Garcia’s body
was taken to the Harris County
Medical Examiner's Office for
autopsy to determine the cause of
death.
HAPPY'
BIRTHDAY!
FEBRUARY 9
Donald Washington
FEBRUARY 12
John Cody Perez
FEBRUARY 13
George Capak
FEBRUARY 14
Betty Kirby
ANNIVERSARIES
FEBRUARY 14
Mr. & Mrs. H. T. Anderson
VALENTINE DflNjjE
p Sat. Feb. 11th
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Music by
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Vocal by
Eddie Ray
ties they serve
During the last eight years, the
Reagan Administration and
Congress have looked to Medi-
care to contribute to deficit re-
duction. Again, under President
Reagan's budget proposal for
Fiscal Year 1990, hospitals will
be reimbursed at 1.5-pcrcent be-
low the rate of inflation. The fi-
nal Reagan budget seeks more
than $5 billion In Fiscal Year
1990 reductions. Medicare pay-
ments to hospitals have been cut
by $53.8 billion since 1982.
While Medicare payments only
account for nine percent of fed-
eral outlays, Congress has used
Medicare to make up 3b-perccnt
of all budget savings in the Fiscal
Year 1988 budget.
Hardest hit are the rural hos-
pitals which are reimbursed at a
lower rate for Medicare paymcnLs
than the hospitals in urban
counties. Laughlin pointed out
that 83-perccnt of all hospitals in
the red were rural hospitals.
"The rural make-up of the
14th Congressional District
means that our communities arc
particularly hit hard. This is why
it is so important to ensure that
Medicare reimbursements are
maintained at the current level for
Fiscal Year 1990," Laughlin
said. "The 'Medicare 90' resolu-
tion is the first step toward the
survival of many of our district's
hospitals. We have to do more
than stand by and shake our
heads as one hospital after an-
other closes its doors. We have
to draw the line on Medicare
cuts."
Citing the fact that Texas led
the nation in hospital closings for
the second straight year, Laugh-
lin also announced that he has
become an original co-sporisor
of 'The Equity for Rural
Hospitals Act of 1989'.
"This legislation will take us
even one step closer to saving
rural hospitals by eliminating the
reimbursement differential be-
tween rural and urban hospitals
which often reaches 33 percent
of the cost for vital services,"
said Laughlin. "The 'Medicare
90' resolution and 'The Equity S
for Rural Hospitals Act of 1989'
arc a meaningful start to elimi-
nating the health care threat to
niral America."
Palacios. Texas
77465
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State Bank
OF PALACIOS
Member FDIC
Pitching in to fight ice
A SHOVEL -full of sand is tossed out of the bed of a dump truck to help alleviate
icing conditions on the East Bay Blvd. bridge over Brooking's Harbor. Although
the icy of roadways was fairly limited over the weekend, the situation worsened
significantly Monday as freezing-rain, sleet and occasional snowflakes fell on the
area making for hazardous driving conditions. (Beacon Photo by Nick West)
WEATHER
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hold classes as usual. A short time later, however,
freezing drizzle and sleet began to fall, but by that
lime it was too late to call back the busses. School
officials said that attendance was off by neatly
one-third due to the weather.
As the situation worsened, Reaves and other
school officials met around 11 a.m. to discuss
whether to cancel the remainder of the school day
after receiving a weather advisory that the weather
was expected, to worsen later in the,,day. Reaves
said that one of the district's concerns was if
school was iet out early there may be some parents
who would not be there when young students re-
turned home. At the same time, he said, was the
concern about how bad the roads would be if
classes remained in session for the regular time
period.
Reaves described the dilemma as a "no-win sit-
uation". However, the decision was made to can-
cel classes about 1:30 p.m. Monday in order to al-
low busses and parents adequate time to get stu-
dents home.
The superintendent said that if the weather con-
ditions remained the same Tuesday morning there
was no doubt that school would be canceled. He
said officials would check early Tuesday morning
with weather stations and county officials before a
decision on Tuesday’s classes were made. Even
then, the routes were difficult for bus drivers, es-
pecially along FM 521 between the Carancahua
and Trcs Palacios River bridges.
Palacios workers who had to commute from
outlying areas found the going treacherous as they
drove to town early Monday morning. A number
of vehicles were reported off the road along Hwy.
35 west ofPala,cios and between Palacios and
Blessing. Others opted to take the day off rather
than test their luck under the inclement conditions.
Mail delivery to the Palacios post office was
one of the victims of the weather as the icy roads
delayed mail trucks from Bay City Monday.
For the most part, residents had gained some
lessons from the last severe cold spell which af-
fected the Palacios area. The "Big Freeze" of 1983
saw temperatures fall as low as 15-degrees and
resulted in numerous water pipe breaks. This time
around, most residents took the wise precaution of
wrapping their pipes and ensuring their car's
radiator had plenty of anti-freeze.
Officials advise motorists to stay off the roads if
at all possible, and if travel is necessary, to use
extreme caution.
Trygstad to host
club meeting
The Carancahua Extension
Homemakers Club will meet
Thursday, Feb. 9 at 1:30 p.m. at
the Community Center. Hostess
will be Penny Trygstad.
"Growing Older, Self Help
Devices for Daily Living" will be
the program presented by Shelly
Newsom.
Visitors are welcome.
Rice Clinic
winners named
At the Jackson County Rice
Clinic in Edna on Feb. 2, the
Carancahua Extension Home-
makers Club members won nine
out of 12 places as follows:
Dessert-1st, Mary Abraham-
son, 3rd, Ellen Talley; Side
Dish-1st, Dorothy Peterson, 2nd
Juanita Dick; Main Dish-lst,
Mary Abrahamson, 2nd, Helen
Stuhrcnbcrg; Salads, lst-Edith
Kocurek, 2nd, Mary Abraham-
son, 3rd, Adclla Farley.
Valentine social
slated Feb. 13
The Carancahua Extension
Homemakers Club annual fund
raise Valentine social will be
held Monday, Feb. 13 starting at
6:30 p.m. at the Community
Center.
There will be a cake walk,
games, and a king and queen will
be chosen. Everyone is invited to
attend.
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