The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 92, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1986 Page: 3 of 10
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Members of the Bastrop County
Rural Fire District Committee met
Wednesday evening with Donnie
Carriker from the Texas Depart-
ment of Community Affairs in an
effort to gather information con-
cerning the establishment of fire
districts in the county.
It was the second time the com-
mittee has met with Carriker, who
is the state’s expert advisor regard-
ing fire districts and what the law
says regarding their creation.
Thelcommittee, headed by Mary
Ann Maley of the Heart of the
Pines Volunteer Fire Department,
was selected in order to gather in-
formation about the precise proce-
dures involved in creating the
district and what limitations those
procedures have.
Carriker informed the commit-
tee about contracting services from
existing Fire departments, circum-
stances and laws governing county-
wide participation or partial county
participation, how taxes for the fire
district will be set up and collect-
ed and cost involved in collecting
the tax and establishing the district.
Committee members who met
with Carriker included Bastrop
County Fire Marshall Mike
Bames, John Summers of the Lake
Bastrop Acres VFD, Mike Carter
of the Elgin VFD, Mike Fisher of
the Bastrop VFD, Maley and
representatives from the Three-in-
One and Five Points VFDs.
The committee will evaluate its
findings and report back to the
general membership of the Bastrop
County Firefighters' Association
when it holds its annual meeting
Feb. 11. According to Bastrop
VFD Chief Mike Fisher, whether
or not a decision will at that time
be made is uncertain.
Head lice reported in BISD
By De’Ann Weimer
For children it’s embarrassing,
for adults it's frustrating. The
problem is head lice.
The Bastrop Independent School
District has reported cases of lice
infestions in its primary, middle,
and high schix>ls during this school
year.
"It’s always worse in the
elementary level,” explained Janie
Tomlin, the Bastrop High School
Nurse and the District Coordina-
tor for Health Services.
There have only been three
reported cases of lice in Bastrop
High School and three in the Mid-
dle School since September. But
one Middle School student has
been infected eight times since Sep-
tember The student and the mother
blame the school for the repeated
infestations.
“There’s not any place in school
that they can get it. There’s no
place it will live,” said Superinten-
dent Pat Deviney Friday.
But after spending about $20 on
shampoos and a special spray to
delouse her home on eight differ-
ent occasions, Susan A Pieper. is
convinced that the school and other
parents are not taking enough ac-
tion to rid the schools of lice.
Tve treated the problem be-
fore. I operated a day care before
and we had lice, but we took care
of it and it wasn't a problem like
this,” Pieper said.
Tomlin said that the key to get-
ting rid of lice is the parents.
“In the primary school we get
permission from the parents to
w ash the hair of some of our chil-
dren,” Tomlin said Elementary-
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age children from homes without
running water or whose parents do
not have the money to repeatedly
sterilize their homes will receive
treatment with special shampoos at
the school, Tomlin added. The
shampoo is bought with funds do-
nated to the school.
“If you can't afford to do this,
then your re-infected,” Tomlin
said.
Older children: in the middle
schixil and high school are capa-
ble of looking after their own
hygiene, so there are not as many
cases there. Tomlin said.
“It s so frustrating,” Pieper
said. ” because you by yourself
can't do it (get rid of the possibili-
ty of lice infestation.”
The following information about
how to cope with lice is from
material released by the Texas
Department of Health
Lice can only be spread by phys-
ical contact with an infested area.
For example if one sleeps in the
same bed or sleeps on the sheets
or pillow ol a person w ith hair lice;
if one uses the comb of a person
who has lice; if one shares a hat
or sits in a bus seat or theater seat
after an infected person has used
it, one can contract lice.
The best sign that a person has
lice is the appearance of nits, w hich
are lice eggs, attached to a hair
shaft
Lice live about 48 hours when
removed from the human body
They feed on human blood. With
an adequate ftxxJ supply a louse can
live 4b days, the female louse w ill
lay between 50 and 150 eggs or nits
during her lifetime.
To rid someone of lice, their hair
should be washed at least twice a
week or follow ing the instructions
given on the special kinds of sham-
poos that are made to kill lice.
Two of the brands of lice-killing
shamptx) sold over the counter are
A200 and Rid A perscription
shamptxY can be obtained from a
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.... At Loop 150 and Hwy. 71
dix'tor. The prices may vary from
$2.50 for an over-the-counter
shampoo to $12 for a prescription
shampoo. Nonprescription medica-
tions usually kill only the adult lice,
but not the nits.
Trying to kill lice with soap and
water, vinegar, high temperatures
under hair dryers or insecticides
will not work. Hair oils do not pre-
vent lice from attaching nits to the
hair
Water that is heated above 120
degrees will kill lice.
The Texas Department of Health
also reports, "Recliners, couches
and other items of stuffed furniture
have reportedly been found infest-
ed with head lice; however, it is
doubtful that such furniture plays
a significant role in head louse in-
festations.”
Friskes earn
prep honors
Stephen and Paul Friske. sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Friske of
Bastrop, attending Subiaco Acade-
my. a college prep school in Ar-
kansas. were among the students
recognized for their academic
progress at semester.
Stevg. a senior, was named.to the
Honor Roll, while Paul, a junior,
was named to the Faculty List.
Eligibility requirements for the
Honor Roll include earning a "B”
or above in all courses. A ”B”
average with no grades below a
"C” is required for the Faculty
List Responsible conduct and ap-
plication to studies also determine
membership in the honor groups.
The Baron dee Bastrop Chapter
of the Daughters of the Repub-
lic of Texas present a crape myr-
tle sapling to Bastrop High
School administrators. The gift
was part of Arbor Day obser-
vances in Bastrop Friday. Staff
photo by De’Ann Weimer.
Bastrop 1st grade teachers Lisa
Young and Kellie Walker super-
vised shrub planting during Ar-
bor Day ceremonies at the
elementary school Friday. Staff
photo by Stu Osborn.
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Osborn, Stu. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 92, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1986, newspaper, January 20, 1986; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth738780/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.