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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper Since March 1, 1853 Semi-Weekly Since Sept. 5, 1977
Volume 154, Number 71
Bastrop, Texas
18 pages in two sections
Parks would bene: it from Prop. 4
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Sunday, November 4 - don't forget
to set your clocks back one hour
before you go to bed Saturday night.
By Jacqueline Davis
Staff Writer
Tucked within vague language
and intermingled with 16 other
Texas constitutional amendments
is an item on the November ballot
that would fund several repairs
and improvements in Bastrop's
own backyard—Bastrop and
Buescher State Parks.
Bastrop State Park would
receive $3,670,193 for repairs
and Buescher State Park would
receive $861,372—small chunks
out of the $1 billion bond pack-
age offered under Proposition 4.
The Proposition 4 ballot lan-
guage reads "The constitutional
amendment authorizing the issu-
ance of up to $1 billion in bonds
payable from the general rev-
enues of the state for mainte-
nance, improvement, repair and
construction projects and for the
purchase of needed equipment."
"These are improvements that
have been needed for a number of
years, and this is an opportunity
to make this happen," said Todd
McClanahan, superintendent for
the Lost Pines complex including
both parks.
Some of the problems at the
park are obvious—such as the
rot and ferns growing out of the
1930s-era wooden shingles at the
Lost Pines Golf Pro Shop, and
some are not as visible, such as
replacing the electrical lines at
the refectoiy, a rental area in the
park.
Other projects at Bastrop State
Park include replacement of
two restrooms, ADA-accessible
upgrades to the park for people
with disabilities, parking, renova-
tion of the bathhouse and swim-
ming pool, wastewater upgrades
on six cabins and replacement of
wooden signs throughout the park
that have rotted. Improvements
at Buescher State Park include
renovation of the recreation hall,
such as ADA accessibility, foun-
dation repair and other upgrades,
McClanahan said.
"The pool has had leaks in it for
a number of years," McClanahan
said. "We lose 3 to 6 inches of
water a day."
See PROP. 4, Page 2A
40 arrested in
rest stop sting
Bastrop man charged
with felony indecency
By Jacqueline Davis
Staff Writer
An undercover sting
operation at a rest area near
the Fayette and Bastrop
county lines resulted in
40 arrests by last week,
12 of whom were people
from Bastrop County, the
Fayette County Sheriff's
Office reported Friday.
Michael D. Park, 38,
of Bastrop was arrested
and charged with inde-
cency with a child by
exposure, a third degree
felony, while 11 others
from Smithville, Elgin
and Bastrop were charged
with indecent exposure,
public lewdness or both.
The sting operation
took place at Scenic
Overlook Park, a rest area
on the north side of Texas
71, a mile east of the
Bastrop/Fayette County
line in the Kirtley area of
Fayette County. The sting
began Sept. 26.
Fayette County Sheriff
Keith Korenek authorized
the sting after his office
received complaints alleg-
ing that underage drink-
ing, drug use and lewd
behavior were occurring
in the area during all
hours of the day, the press
release stated. Korenek
assigned an undercover
investigator to look into
the situation and Korenek
said the results were
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"quite shocking."
"To put the problem
into perspective, our
investigator arrested nine
defendants and filed elev-
en charges in just three
days from Oct. 12 to Oct.
14," Korenek said. "On
Tuesday, Oct. 16 alone,
five defendants were
arrested."
Eight others were
arrested from Travis
County, three from Hays
County, three from Harris
County and five from
Fayette County, with oth-
ers arrested from Austin,
Henderson, Lavaca,
McLennan, Washington,
Colorado, Galveston,
Fort Bend and Bexar
Counties.
It appeared that Scenic
Overlook Park was serv-
ing as a meeting place for
the group, said Lieutenant
David Beyer with the
Fayette County Sheriff's
Office.
"It's been somewhat of
a problem, but we didn't
know it was this serious
of a problem," Beyer
said. "The problem was
brought to our sheriff's
attention, and our sheriff
addressed the problem."
Beyer said the rest area
would soon be opened up
and cleaned.
"We're going to clean
the brush up from around
the park and that ought to
deter the behavior from
that area," Beyer said.
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The Bastrop Advertiser photo/Terry Hagerty
A piggy ' proclamation
City Manager Jeff Coffee dressed appropriately while reading a proclamation for Elgin's
20th Annual Hogeye Festival held last Saturday. See page 10A for more photos.
Former
sheriff
pleads
not guilty
By Terry Hagerty
Staff Writer
Former Bastrop County
Sheriff Richard Hernandez
and County Commissioner
David Goertz pleaded not
guilty to corruption charges
in district court Monday in
Bastrop.
Hernandez, who resigned
in May, is alleged to have
used inmate labor and mate-
rials to make barbecue pits
that he later sold for $4,500.
He is also accused of remov-
ing jail fencing that he put
up around his home. Five
other corruption charges are
also alleged, including the
sale of surplus county prop-
erty.
Hernandez resigned last
May while serving his third
term as sheriff, a term which
would have expired at the
end of 2008.
Goertz, who remains in
office, is charged with also
using inmate labor for vari-
ous projects at his home
including putting in electri-
cal wiring.
Visiting Judge Debbie
Mantooth Stricklin set the
next pre-trial hearing for
Dec. 17.
Knitters create snappy hats for vets
By Terry Hagerty
Staff Writer
The center table at the
Bastrop Senior Center was
likely one of the more color-
ful indoor spots in town last
week.
The table was filled with the
rich colors and fine fabrics of
knitted hats a group of women
at the center are making for
veterans at the Olin E. Teague
Veterans Center in Temple.
Mickie Scott, who was
knitting with friends, said, "I
was up at the V.A. hospital
in Temple and they said they
needed hats. I replied, 'That's
easy to do.' Then they said
they needed 600!"
"They give them out as
Christmas gifts for the veter-
ans," Scott said.
Last year was the first
year the ladies did the work
for the veterans and got so
much response from the V.A.
staff, that they decided to do
it again.
"They called us to see if
we were interested in doing it
again," Scott said.
The ladies are making a
varied assortment of hats that
should please any wearer,
including snug-fitting pullover
hats and colorful berets.
"We have material, but we
need more knitters and cro-
cheters," Scott said, adding
those who want to volunteer
can pick up the material at the
Senior Center and take it home
to do the work.
After a few moments of
reflection, Scott said, "We do
have material, but we would
also gladly accept anyone's
spare yarn for the project, too."
"We'll make the goal of
600," Betty Weaver, another
member of the knitting group,
said confidently. "There's a lot
of people around town who
crochet, and if they just knew
there's a need for the V.A,,
I think they would respond.
Our aim is to get more people
involved."
If interested, call the Senior
Center at 321-7907.
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The Bastrop Advertiser photo/Terry Hagerty
Wanda Deen sports a beret at the Bastrop Senior Center last week. A group of women
at the center hope to send 600 hats to the V.A. center in Temple.
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