Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Page: 4 of 12
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15 YEARS AGO-1997
The City of Palacios was planning to reinstate its ad-hoc
Infrastructure Committee to study drainage and sewage prob-
lems following complaints by residents on East Bayshore Dr.,
Sanders Circle, Foley Addition and other parts of town.
The PHS Sharkette Cross Country team qualified for the
State Meet, while the Shark team missed qualifying by 4points.
The Sharks’ Jaime Valdez, however, qualified individually
and will advance along with Sharkette harriers Stephani Cink,
LeAnn Duran, Nina Martino, Linda Le, Anabel Salinas, and
Susan Blackmon.
20 YEARS AGO-1992
An infrastructure committee appointed by the City Council
reported that both the water and wastewater systems needed
substantial improvements. Noting that the city only had one
working water well, committee chairman George Holst told
the council that it should take priority over the city’s sewer
system.
The familiar road will lead to Georgetown this Saturday
for the Palacios Sharkette cross country team as they advance
to the State Class 3A Meet for the second straight year. Team
members are Tiffany Johnson, Brenda Barrios, Julie Stuhren-
berg, Cassie Kubecka, Lisa Stoffel, Matilda Guerra, Debra
Stoffel and Eileen Constancio.
25 YEARS AGO-1987
Dr. E.B. Sanford was honored for his 40 years of service
to the Palacios community during a ceremony at Wagner
General Hospital.
Chamber of Commerce directors re-elected to two year-
term’s were Chris Woll, Leonard Lamar, and Sonny Brhlik.
New directors elected were Lynda Richter and Billy Har-
rison.
The Palacios Knights of Columbus Council No. 6889
newly installed officers for the coming year were Robert
Duran-Deputy Grand Knight, Ollie Vargas-Grand Knight,
Armando Espinosa-treasurer, Dennis Smith-financial secretary
and Father Gerry Cernoch-Chaplain.
The Class of 62 celebrated their 25th reunion after home-
coming football game with approximately 50 guests attending
an open house at the home of Russell and Janice Corporon.
30 YEARS AGO-1982
Actions and hard work on the part of residents in the Pa-
lacios area resulted in the realization of yet another dream
Saturday, with the formal Open House festivities of the new
Senior Citizens Center at 805 Commerce.
35 YEARS AGO-1977
The 1977 football season came to an end for the Palacios
Sharks as they were edged by Boling 12-9.
Bobbie and Bob Middleton of Stavanger, Norway, formerly
of Palacios, are home for a month’s vacation and visit with
family and friends.
45 YEARS AGO-1967
In a ceremony at their home, Mr. and Mrs. Reagan Ham-
lin were presented the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medals
awarded posthumously to their son, W.L., who was killed in
Vietnam on June 22, 1967.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearce were honored with a surprise
party.
50 YEARS AGO-1962
Miss Linda Dillard was selected as Palacios High School’s
winner of the D.A.R. award.
55 YEARS AGO-1957
Georgia Hurta of the Round-Up 4-H was the Gold Star
Award winner at Matagorda County’s annual award’s ban-
quet.
60 YEARS AGO-1952
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bullington purchased the Gulf Station
and Grocery on the Hwy. 35 cutoff.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower swept to a resounding
victory. A total of 1,071 votes were cast at city hall.
70 YEARS AGO-1942
Mary Mildred Bentz was given a Gregg Award in typing
and shorthand at Mary Hardin Baylor College.
Weldon Sullivan was enroute to Sheppard Field after
completing a course of instruction at Miami, FL.
80 YEARS AGO-1932
Rev. R. Paine, who had served as pastor of the local Meth-
odist Church, returned here.
90 YEARS AGO-1922
Rev. G.L. Hester was sent to Palacios to take over the
Methodist Church in place of Rev. H.S. Goodenough.
Lee Tompkins easily won over George Lundis in the third
wrestling match sponsored by the Palacios Athletic Associa-
tion.
PEDC invites businesses, non-profits to lunch Thurs. to get grant info
Store and business owners in Palacios who col-
lect city sales tax, and representatives of local non-
profits are invited to have lunch at City Hall with
the Palacios Economic Development Corporation
onThursday (Nov. 14).
The come-and-go meeting, in the Council room at
City Hall, starts at 11:30 a.m. and is aimed at explain-
ing and answering questions about the PEDC’s two
Enhancement Grant programs that were established
last year.
“There’s no set format. We just invite potential
applicants to come in anytime between 11:30 and 1
p.m., and ask any questions about either of our two
grant programs, then perhaps pickup an application,”
says PEDC President Butch Bowers.
The PEDC has established two enhancement
grant programs. One is the $40,000 Business Retail
Enhancement Grant program in which grants for
50% of the total approved project cost, not to exceed
$10,000 will be reimbursed upon completion of the
project.
In the Community Services Grant program, local
non-profit organizations/services, grants for the 50%
of the total cost, not to exceed $5,000 will be reim-
bursed when the project/activity is completed.
All existing stores and businesses in the city limits
that collect a City of Palacios sales tax are eligible
to apply for the Retail Enhancement grants.
The Retail applications are rated on a series of points
and the applicant must have a completed Business
Plan, prepared with assistance of the University of
Houston Small Business Development Center in Bay
City. This is a free service.
In the Community Services Grant program, eli-
gible applicants are non-profit organizations within
the Palacios trade area— defined as within 10 miles
of the Palacios city limits, in either Matagorda or
Jackson County.
The PEDC plans to award its 2013 grants next
March, although applications can be submitted at
anytime before March.
Possible Projects
The PEDC Enhancement Grant program is mod-
eled after a similar program of the Yoakum EDC. In
its recent awarding of grants in the Retail Business
programs, grants were awarded for assistance in
new roofs, roof repairs, a gun vault, signage, alarm
system & security lights, windows and a carport,
parking lot improvements & sidewalk.
Community Service grants were awarded a child
care facility for new windows; shower improvements
for the hospital, a deep freeze for the Food Pantry
and attic insulation for the Museum.
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PCMCan asset to our community....
Dear Editor,
As an employee of Palacios Community Medical Center
(PCMC), I am proud to say I work with an outstanding
team of professionals. This team works together to pro-
vide quality medical services to our community, surround-
ing areas, and those that are “just passing through”. Our
PCMC Hospital Board members, along with our commu-
nity have come to expect the highest quality of patient care
out of each of us. Continuing to make decisions and ac-
quire resources to make improvements that enable PCMC
to provide more up-to-date services and patient care are a
constant goal of the PCMC Hospital Board.
Now, setting aside that I am an employee of PCMC, I would
like to say, like most of you, I am a member of this commu-
nity. I am also, like most of you, someone who has utilized
our PCMC for care of myself, a family member, or knows
someone who has. Because of the quality care provided by the
knowledgeable staff of PCMC, whom recognized the emer-
gency, administered lifesaving medication and care, stabilized
my child and made arrangements for air transport to another
facility who could continue with the care already established,
I still have my child today. A 30 minute drive to a neighbor-
ing town with a hospital was not an option in this situation;
my child would have possibly not survived. I believe I am
not the only one who has experienced or witnessed a medical
emergency, and who realizes that PCMC is an asset to our
community and the surrounding area. Half an hour sometimes
is just too long.
PCMC Hospital Board members have given countless
hours away from family to ensure that this community has
quality medical services available. The recent comments
to the effect that, “...the hospital won’t survive...” and “this
hospital will close...”, referring to PCMC have been made
out of anger, not out of realization of the need for this
facility in our community. So stop, take a moment, and
remember or imagine that you, your loved one, neighbor
or friend needed emergency medical treatment and needed
it immediately and PCMC wasn’t here. Then, you too like
myself, would be grateful for what the Palacios Medical
Foundation worked so diligently to bring back to our com-
munity and the PCMC Hospital Board continues to ensure
us it is available for all.
To the PCMC Hospital Board: “Never doubt that a
small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has” -
Margaret Mead.
Maria Aurora Vargas, LVN
CoC election day fish fry a success....
Dear Editor,
Your Palacios Chamber of Commerce hosted our tradi-
tional Election Day Lunch Fish Fry Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the
Palacios Volunteer Fire Station. Nearly 200 people came by
for fried fish and all the trimmings, including some delicious
desserts. It was a good time to sit and enjoy good food and
fellowship with friends around the table.
It was noted by some attendees after the event that the
table decorations used were of a mostly “one-sided” political
nature. It was certainly not the intent of the Palacios Chamber
volunteers to portray the event as a statement in favor of any
political party and we apologize if anyone misconstrued the
table decorations as such. Your Chamber is apart from and
will always separate itself from partisan politics.
Special thanks to Julius Aguilar & Carlos Duran for pre-
paring a great lunch and also to Leonard Lamar, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, and the Palacios Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment for the use of your facilities. “Thank you” to the many
Chamber volunteers who took time to bake and help out.
This is a Chamber tradition we look forward to keeping it
alive and well in Palacios.
Debbie Morris
Legislative Committe Chairman
Palacios Chamber of Commerce
Palacios CofC holds
Seaside Holiday at
Luther Hotel Dec. 1
The holiday spirit will kick into high gear for Palacians and
visitors to the City by the Sea as the Seaside Holiday, sponsored
by the Palacios Chamber of Commerce, comes to the shores of
South Bay and the grounds of Palacios’ landmark, the Luther
Hotel on Dec. 1 from 6-8 p.m.
At last week’s Chamber Board of Director’s meeting, event
chair Barney Gulley said the decorating will get underway on
Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. - noon with the decorating of the gazebo
and caboose at City Park. Installing of the lighting on the South
Bay seawall will take place at 8 a.m. on Nov. 20.
Anyone interested in helping just need show up.
Gulley saidthe entertainment this year will feature, “Palacios’
diverse culture with performances from: the Palacios High
School Choir and St. Anthony’s Catholic Church’s Spanish
Choir, and that invitations to perform have been made to other
Palacios cultural communities.
Election Day Fish Fry
The Chamber Legislative Committee chair, Debbie Morris
said that last Tuesday’s Fish Fry was a success, with a near
record number of 181 plates served.
Pedal Palacios
This year’s Pedal Palacios, under the umbrella of the Chamber
for the first time, was a rounding success with 147 riders and
bringing in over $9,500 to the Chamber.
Winter Texan Chili Supper
Already onto the next calendar year, the 2013 Winter Texan
Chili Supper will be catering to the ‘Snowbirds’ on Jan. 24 at
the KC Hall. The Shiner Hobo Band will be tooting out the
tunes from 5-7 p.m. and treating the winter Texans to some
Lone Star tunes. It’s still to be determined whose spoon will be
stirring (and cooking) the chili, but several ideas were tossed
around. If anyone would like to offer their chili cooking services,
contact the Chamber at 972-2615.
CofC accepting nominations for
Man, Woman, Business of the Year
Nov. 14,1835: Consulta-
tion at Washington-on-Bra-
zos adjourned; provisional
government assumed its
duties. 1851: Post estab-
lished on Clear Fork of
Brazos River, about 15
miles north of present day
Abilene, to protect settlers.
Sometimes known as Post
Phantom Hill, it was aban-
doned April 6,1854.1862:
A.J. Hamilton appointed
Federal Military Governor
of Texas.
Nov. 15, 1863: U S.
Army occupied Corpus
Christi. 2001: Storms and
weak tornadoes in Edwards
Plateau, South Central and
southern portions of North
Central regions, cause flash
flooding; 8 deaths and 198
persons injured.
Nov. 16,1961: Sam “Mr.
Sam,” Rayburn, Speaker of
the U. S. House for 17 years,
longest tenure in U.S. his-
tory, dies at age 79; buried
at “adopted” hometown of
Bonham.
Nov. 17, 1861: Union
forces capture “battery” at
Aransas Pass; locals “hide”
lighthouse lens. 1882:
Cornerstone laid for first
building at University of
Texas-Austin.
Nov. 18, 1947: Alley
Theatre, founded by former
Yoakum school teacher
Nina Vance, opens in
Houston.
Nov. 19, 1854: Sam
Houston baptized in a creek
near Independence.
Nov. 20, 1862: Matago-
rda Island shelled by U.S.
Navy. 1875: State Constitu-
tional Convention reserved
3-million acres of land, the
sale of which would be used
for building a State Capitol.
1908: Howard Hughes, Sr.,
applies for patent of his
rock bit, a drilling bit that
changes the “Oil Patch.”
Nominations for the Palacios
community’s three most pres-
tigious annual awards— the
Man, Woman and Business of
the Year— are now being ac-
cepted at the Palacios Chamber
of Commerce, with Dec. 31st
the deadline for nominations.
Presentation of the awards
will be a highlight at the
Chamber’s annual member-
ship and awards banquet. The
banquet, noting the start of
the Chamber’s 103rd year of
service to the community is
scheduled for Jan. 24, 2013.
Official nomination forms
are available at the Chamber
office, 420 Main St.
The Man & Woman of the
Year honors have been an an-
nual presentation since 1977
when Garland T. Brooking
and Florence M. Trull were
the inaugural honorees. Joe
Kana was last year’s Man of
the Year, while Kelly Rynchek,
DDS won Woman of the Year
laurels.
The Business of the Year
award has been ongoing since
1983 when Leonard and Joan
Lamar’s Pier Drive-In was
saluted. The honor last year
went to the Jan Pierce and Old
Main Bookstore.
For more information, call
the Chamber of Commerce at
972-2615.
New Arrivals ,Sl
CECELIA SOFIA SALINAS
Rebecca Ruth Salinas of Palacios, Tx.
is proud to announce the birth of her
daughter, Cecelia Sofia Salinas, born
Nov. 5, 2012 at Matagorda County Re-
gional Hospital in Bay City.
Grandmother is Nancy Ruth Robertson
of Palacios.
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