The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 2001 Page: 3 of 28
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RECORD THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER2001
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pay raise all state workers got ef-
fective September 1, however.
Also going on the "one of theee
days” list will be planned replace-
ments and upgrades of some
transportation department
buildings.
State Capital
Highlights
nUIMBMNMTM
AU8T1N—That highway con-
struction project yarn’ city or
county may have been counting
on may be put off for a while.
The problem Is a shortfall in
Texas' highway fluid, the money
source for the state Department
of Transportation.
At one point earlier this
month, the balance in that fund
dropped to as low as $4 million.
While $4 million is still a lot of
money, it’s wily a drop in the pro
verbial bucket for an agency with
an annual budget of some $6
billion.
Lower-than-projected vehicle
registration revenues caused the
shortfall, a factor of the general
slowdown in the economy. Also
contributing to the problem was
higher than anticipated pay-
ments to contractors able to work
extra day* on projects because of
good weather
Since that low point, the fend
has been recharged with some
$100 million in gasoline tax reve-
nue. But that will drop again
when the transportation depart
ment has to meet another payroll
and fend general operating ex-
penses and necessary road
repair*
TxDOTs 25 district offices
have been asked to suspend pend
ing road projects The process of
deciding which projects will be
delayed still is under way.
In addition to postponing con-
struction projects, the depart-
ment will put off promotions and
pay raises until December, or
perhaps longer. The money prob-
lems wont impact the legislative
Getting rid of mold is not easy.
Neither is the controversy that
has grown up around the issue
After the last of four public
hearings on the issue of insurance
coverage for mold damage, State
Insurance Commissioner Joae
Montemayor announced he was
organizing a task force to take a
look at the way mold claims are
adjusted and to develop stan-
dards for mold cleaning
companies.
Ttie hearings were to get pub-
lic input on an Insurance Com-
mission staff recommendation
that household mold coverage be
capped at $5,000. The staff pro-
posal also would require insur-
ance companies to make available
additional coverage up to full pol-
icy limits. That would enable
homeowners to buy coverage
at levels of25,50 or 100 percent of
the policy limit.
At the final hearing, neither
the insurance industry or con-
sumer groups were particularly
happy with the proposals.
Homeowners and consumer
advocates want a higher ceiling
than proposed, at least $15,000.
Insurance companies, on the
other hand, aay the proposal
would only make the mold cover-
age crisis worse by increasing
their liability.
Neither mold or household in-
surance are new phenomenon or
concepts, of course. If mold is
caused by water leak or some
other covered form of discharge,
household insurance will pay for
mold testing and cleanup.
The problem has been the ris-
ing number and the extent of
claims. That caused the three
largest insurance companies in
the state to Mop writing home-
owner policies or limit coverage
Some providers also increased
premiums.
Montemayor says he intends
to continue to receive written
public comments on the proposal
through October 29. He will make
his decision shortly after the cut-
off date, he said.
For more information on the
mold coverage issue, visit the in-
surance commission’* welwite st
www.tdlaUte.tx.ua.
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to the editors
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Proposition 19 important for Texas water
TEXAS HAS BEEN AND WILL continue to be a
rapidly growing state. The population is projected to
double by the year 2050, reaching nearly 40 million.
Water conservation, sound water management
strategies and adequate investment in cost-effective
water and wastewater infrastructure will be critical
to the future of Texas
Planning for Texas’ growth and providing suffi-
cient financing for needed water-related infrastruc-
ture will be a challenge. Through its many funding
programs, the Texas Water Development Board
(TWDB) provides much-needed financial assistance
to communities for water and wastewater infra-
structure projects that address bask health needs
and regulatory compliance requirements. Since
1967, the Texas Legislature and voters have ap-
proved constitutional amendments authorizing the
TWDB to issue up to $2.68 billion in general obliga-
tion (GO) bonds for financing water-related pro-
jects. Over the years, the TWDB has issued these
bonds to provide loans to hundreds of communities
across Texas for water and wastewater projects, and
estimates that the remaining balance of approxi-
mately $500 million will be exhausted by early 2006.
The TWDB uses the bond proceeds to purchase a
community’s bonds. A community repays the princi-
pal and interest collected to pay debt service on the
state’s bonds. Therefore, state taxpayers do not pay
for the use of the majority of these bondt
On November 6, Texans can vote on a constitu-
tional amendment that will help ensure the public
health, water quality, and economic viability of
Texas for yean to come. Proposition 19 will autho-
rize the TWDB to issue up to $2 billion in additional
GO bonds and use the bond proceeds to make
low-interest loans to Texas communities to make re-
pairs, improvements and expansions to existing fa-
cilities that may include water towers, transmission
lines, water wells, and building or upgrading water
or wastewater treatment facilities. Funds may also
be used for flood control projects and to help imple-
ment water management strategies recommended
through the Senate Bill 1 regional water planning
process.
Projects financed by the TWDB heip ensure a
safe, reliable water supply and provide needed im-
provements to wastewater systems essential for
protecting the quality of the rivers and streams of
this state. These activities are essential to protect
human health, the environment and the economic vi-
ability of Texas. The passage of Proposition 19 will
allow the TWDB to continue providing this needed
financial assistance.
WALES MADDEN. Jr.Vice Chairman,
Texas Water Development Board
‘Beyond Chance’ episode features local story
amn nn On* Dial wanted rcaden to know
about the Lifetime channel awing of a program featur-
ing the story of her granddaughter, Adnenne Cisneros
Adrienne uas bom on August 25, 2000, She was deliv-
ered prematurely by emergency C-seaumjust hours be-
fore her mother, Kimberly Lay Cisneros, died from
infuries sustained in a car wreck m Sarasota, Florida At
birth. Addle weighed only I pound and 13 ounces. She
is now at home with her father and stepmother, Joseph
and Lisa Cisneros, and the miracle baby is doing fine.
WELL, JUST AN UPDATE to those of you who
wailed expectantly for Beyond Chance to air last
Saturday night. It didn't! 1 spoke with a representa-
tive from Triage Entertainment Monday, and she
didn’t ham an explanation for why it didn't air, but
assured me that they have plans for the show to air
this Saturday, October 27. at lfrOO p.m. (CST) on the
Lifetime channel.
On Tuesday, we received our copy of the program
in the mail. The program was very well done, but I
was disappointed that they managed to remove
nearly every reference to God and our faith in Him
from the segment. The announcer begins the seg-
ment by saying that Joseph and Lisa didn't know
where their strength and courage would crane from.
Those are ter words, not ours! We want everyone to
know that we know our strength and courage to face
this difficult time has come from our Lord, Jesus
Christ, and none otter.
We do not believe that “fate” had anything to
with the events in our lives, but that God orches-
trated a beautiflil family out of a terrible tragedy.
Our hope in doing the program originally was that
God would get the glory and that lives would be
touched and reached for Him.
I do hope and pray that those who see the show
will be touched and blessed by it, and that it will be a
tribute to Kimberly and a hope for the future to Jo-
seph, Lisa, Addie and the new baby who will arrive
sometime in May 2002.
Thanks for your patience and understanding. I
hope to hear from you if you see the show. If it does-
n’t air, we attribute that to the prayers that we’ve
pray’d that if God would not be glorified in it, it not
be shown!
Blessings to you. DAWN DIAL
A further apology to CMS students
I READ WITH INTEREST your Field Notes *»l
ogy, all the while cringing in my own personal
shame. Perhaps it runs in families. 1 don’t know. I
considered it an honor to have been asked to partin
pate in the “swearing in” ceremonies tor officers of
the Seventh Grade last Tuesday at 11:16 am That
morning I hit the door running and never looked up
until Administrative Assistant. Janet Gray, caught
me in the hall about 11 45 am. and asked if I wasn't
supposed to be somewhere else, and the lightning
bolt of reality hit me square in the face, thirty mue
utes late to do anything about it
The stomach-churning, heart flopping feeling of
an indiscretion unable to be rescinded froze me to
my tracks and I instantly thought of many excuses
with which to justify my failure to be where 1 should
have bw«. rather than where I was; board meeting
day, phone calls, employee concerns, etc Nothing
vindicated me of my guilt especially as the day wore
on and others who had attended the ceremony told
of the blatantly vacant chair on stage in the very
front (not back) row to which I should have teen
sitting
I meekly wrote a letter of apology to Principal
Kyle Lynch, all the while feeling that it was woefully
inadequate, and dreaded meeting face-to-face the
young man who had asked me to swear him to. Your
column has served to pour salt to the wound which 1
will continue to lick for some time to come.
To the Seventh Grade, I can only offer my heart-
felt apologies
ROBERT W EZZELL.
Hemphill County Hospital Administrator
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 2001, newspaper, October 25, 2001; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth736533/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hemphill County Library.