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Blood drive in Brady March 26
Recent changes
have lifted some re-
strictions and have
streamlined the
donation process
A blood drive will take
place at Heart of Texas
Health System on Tues-
day, March 26, from noon
until 6 p.m. Each donor
will receive a T-shirt and
a complimentary total
cholesterol screening.
Recent changes have
been made that will
streamline the donation
process. There are now
13 fewer screening ques-
tions and there are only
18 medications that will
temporarily or perma-
nently defer a donor. Donors
do not have to bring a list of
medications, since there is
no longer a need for docu-
mentation.
There is now a two-year
deferral after completion
of treatment for most types
of cancer (previously five
years). There is no deferral
following a tattoo or pierc-
ing if the procedure was
done in a State of Texas
licensed facility.
Meek Blood Center
must collect 60 pints of
blood each day in order
to supply blood to 17
area hospitals, including
Heart of Texas Healthcare
System.
Those who have eli-
gibility questions can
speak with a Meek Blood
Center technician at 325-
670-2798.
Multi-county Wildlife
Management Field Day
set for Thursday, April 4
The Texas A&M AgriL-
ife Extension Service will
conduct a multi-county Hill
Country Wildlife Manage-
ment Field Day beginning
with registration at 9 a.m.,
Thursday, April 4, at the
Doss Community Center in
Doss on Ranch Road 783.
Activities will conclude
around 3:15 p.m.
Three hours of continuing
education units (one percent
integrated pest management
and one percent general), re-
quired for renewal of private
pesticide applicator's license,
will be available.
Costoftheeventis $25 per
person. The fee includes the
noon meal and educational
materials.
The event will include
a tour of the White Ghost
Ranch in Doss and the fol-
lowing presentations:
• Dr. Dale Rollins speak-
ing about "Feral Hogs: The
Good, The Bad and The
Ugly"
• "Trapping & Snaring
Predators" demonstration by
Tom Glasscock
• Forrest Annke speaking
on "Utilizing Livestock in a
Wildlife Operation"
• Ryan McClintock from,
NRCS, speaking on "Wild-
life, Water & Guzzlers"
Participants are reminded
to RSVP by Monday, April
1, to the A&M AgriLife
Extension office in Gillespie
County, located at 95 Freder-
ick Rd., in Fredericksburg,
or by calling 830-997-3452.
Educational programs of
Texas A&M AgrLife Exten-
sion service are open to all
people without regard to race,
color, sex, disability, religion,
age or national origin.
"We seek to provide rea-
sonable accommodations for
all persons with disabilities,"
said Extension Agent, Brad
Roeder.
For more information,
contact Roeder at 830-997-
3452 by March 28, to advise
of the auxiliary aid or service
required to attend.
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Brady Eye Clinic
Richard I. Lane, O.D.
•Evaluation and/or treatment of ocular emergencies.
•Removal of metal and other foreign bodies in the eye.
We have the latest in high tech diagnostic equipment
that helps us detect eye disease. If needed, we work
with all area surgeons to provide specialized care.
We do routine vision evaluations and fit all types
of glasses and contact lenses.
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What are city charters and
why are they important?
By Shelly Perkins,
Charter Review
Commission, Chair
Unlessyou’ve been asleep
under the proverbial rock,
you already know that our
Brady City Charter is being
considered for some changes
in the coming May 11 elec-
tion.
Some of the items on the
ballot were proposed by the
city council, some by the
Charter Review Commis-
sion, and some are the result
of petitions filed by the voters
of Brady. The ballot will con-
sist of the General Election
and three Special Elections,
plus a School Board Election.
AGeneral Election occurs
every year and, this year, we
will be selecting two city
council members. We will
be selecting council members
for places 4 and 5, filling
the places currently held
by City Council Members
Brendan Weatherman and
Missi Davis.
Because our current char-
ter has been approved by the
voters of Brady, it can only be
changed by the voters. Those
changes are made through the
amendment process, one idea
at a time. And, the Texas Con-
stitution directs that amend-
ments may only be made
every two years, (actually, the
state of Texas can pass a stat-
ute or law, any time, which
always takes precedent over
a charter. An example is the
Open Meetings Act, passed
in 1993, which over-rules
any statements that continue
in charters.)
We can think of our charter
as our, “city constitution,”
our city council is our, “city
legislature,” which passes
our ordinances or our, “city
laws.”
There are two major cat-
egories of cities in the state of
Texas: Home Rule and Gen-
eral Law. Home Rule cities
are larger cities. Any city with
more than 5,000 citizens,
in which the citizens have
adopted a home rule charter,
is a Home Rule municipality.
The charter is the document
that establishes the city’s
governmental structure and
provides for the distribution
of powers and duties among
the various parts of the city
government.
Our charter also can be
compared to a contract be-
tween the voters of Brady
and our municipal govern-
ment. The current charter
was written and approved by
the voters on August 7,1982.
In that election, the charter
was, “...so constructed that
in order to enable it to work
and function, it is necessary
that it should be adopted in
its entirety. For these rea-
sons.. . it was voted upon as
a whole.”*
Prior to the charter’s ap-
proval, the city was governed
by a set of ordinances which
had been codified and put in
place in 1975.
“During the years that
Texas was a Republic (1836-
1846), city charters were
written by the legislature of
the Republic. This practice
continued into the early years
of the state of Texas, until
1912, when the Home Rule
Amendment of Texas was
passed. Only 19 (six percent)
of the 309 Texas cities of
more than 5,000 population
have not adopted a home rule
charter. One city, Galveston,
still maintains its Commis-
sion Form of city govern-
ment, which was adopted in
1901.”**
* Brady City Charter,
Section 13.10, Submission
of Charter to Voters, August
7, 1982.
** Terrell Blodgett,
“HOME RULE CHAR-
TERS, ” Handbook of Texas
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