The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 14, 2008 Page: 1 of 12
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, TOMORROW!
Wm Bastrop SdDcrtiscr
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper Since March 1, 1853 Semi-Weekly Since Sept. 5, 1977
Volume 155, Number 32
Bastrop, Texas
16 pages in two sections
Stay cool, protected from heat
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Avery Bezner, 2, enjoys the pool at Bastrop State Park Thursday.
Hey, it's hot out there!
When the temperature climbs and combines
with humidity, it's time to take some basic pre-
cautions, according to health authorities.
The most susceptible part of the population
for heat exhaustion and the more severe heat-
stroke are senior citizens, says the National
Institute of Health. One of the main causes of
heat exhaustion is dehydration and a loss of
electrolytes, such as sodium.
Eight glasses of water per day is a basic
necessity, for most people, during the summer,
even if you re not thirsty. "Take in extra salt,
for those of you who can use salt," the NIH
suggests. And use sunscreen for all ages.
The Bastrop Advertiser photos/Terry Hagerty
Ann Marie Cowan, 6, makes good use of sunscreen and
covers up from a hot sun.
2nd high school
site challenged
By Terry Hagerty
Assistant Editor
At recent school board
meetings some district resi-
dents voiced safety concerns
about the new Cedar Creek
High School being too near
heavily-traveled Texas 71.
The school, which is yet
to begin construction, is
scheduled to open in August
2010. It is just south of
Texas 71, bordered by South
Pope Bend and Union
Chapel Road.
On Thursday, Chief
Operations Officer Henry
Gideon, said that when the
school opens in 2010 a traf-
fic stoplight will be in place
on Texas 71.
He added that Texas
Dept. of Transportation
(TxDOT) officials have told
the district there will eventu-
ally be a vehicle overpass on
the portion of Texas 71 by
the high school — similar to
the current Texas 71 over-
pass at the intersection with
Texas 21 West.
Gideon's responses are
part of a three-page summa-
ry paper titled, "2nd High
School Discussion and
Facilities Planning."
The document contains a
discussion of traffic safety
and accessibility concerning
the high school and a short
history review of the dis-
trict's efforts to get the bond
package passed, which
occurred in Spring 2007.
The paper will soon be
available on the district's
Web site under "bonds and
construction," Gideon said,
part of an overall revamping
of the site.
Gideon said the Cedar
Creek area near Texas 71
was chosen because of the
concentration of students in
that area. Other concentra-
tions of students are in the
downtown and Tahiti an
Village areas as well as north
of town — in the Texas
95 I NI 1441 area.
Gideon said the location
of Cedar Creek near the
major thoroughfare of Texas
71 is not problematic.
"Our development, along
with the Hyatt Lost Pines
Resort, has pushed up the
time-line for upgrading traf-
fic features at this intersec-
tion (Texas 71) to include
the red/green light opera-
tions in two year's time, as
well as the future overpass,"
Gideon said.
See SCHOOL, Page 5A
Bastrop shops hit in suspected shopliftings
Wild Horse Creations, My Boutique, Ink Buddy Promotions report missing items
By Jacqueline Davis
Staff Writer
Three Bastrop businesses
have reported that valuable
items have gone missing
from their displays in recent
months.
The most recent hit
involved six pieces of hand-
made jewelry owned and
pieced together by Jennifer
Bristol, owner of Wild
Horse Creations. Bristol's
business sells scrapbooking
and crafting supplies and
shares a space with the
Book Basket on Loop 150
West.
Bristol said someone
broke into a shadow box
frame to get to some of her
samples, including one
expensive and intricate
piece made with rainbow
fluorite that took almost six
hours to make. The thefts
occurred over a three-week
period starting in mid-May,
she said. The most recent
theft was Monday or
Tuesday of last week, she
added.
"One of them in particu-
lar was this really beautiful
sterling silver and fluorite
rosary that I made," Bristol
said. 'That's the hard part.
With all of these pieces, you
put your creativity and per-
sonality into it. This piece
was not for sale."
Bristol said no other
items but her "chunky"
style jewelry—her larger
and more intricate neck-
laces—went missing and
that thieves seemed to be
looking for pre-made items
rather than the beading she
offered for sale.
"One of them was a very
large choker style necklace
with large red coral beads,"
Bristol said. "Another one
was a three-strand necklace
with amethysts and fresh-
water pearls and jasper. The
most expensive one was
blue lace agate—which is
very difficult to get —
Swarovski crystal and
freshwater pearls. None of
them were cheap."
Bristol said she feared
the thieves would try to sell
the pieces at an out-of-town
consignment store, and
planned to report the thefts
to police yesterday.
My Boutique, a small
high-end consignment store
that operates out of the busi-
ness incubator on Main
Street, was also hit, co-
owner Yvette Davis said.
Davis said a three-stone
pendant and a matching
bracelet went missing last
week, and a big square
turquoise ring set in silver
had gone missing last
month from her inventory.
The first two pieces togeth-
er were worth $150, she
said.
Also,, Janice Sheppele,
owner of Ink Buddy
Promotions on Main Street,
said that a man's pock-
etknife with silver filigree
and wood, so it could be
engraved, went missing in
late April from her store dis-
play window. Sheppele said
a few others of her
Leatherman tools and pock-
etknives were gone too.
The storeowners said
they want to encourage
other Bastrop business own-
ers to keep a sharp eye out
for shoplifters in their
stores.
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Author finds muse along Appian Way
By Jacqueline Davis
Staff Writer
First time author Steve
Cooper's travels have taken
him far away from Bastrop,
where he graduated from
high school inl970.
But now Cooper, 56, is
returning to Bastrop to
share a book he's written
describing his extensive
travels on foot through
Europe — including Italy,
France and Spain—follow-
ing an 1,500-year-old road
known as El Camino de
Santiago.
Cooper's book is titled
Six Months Walking the
Wilds (Of Western Europe):
The Long Way to Santiago,
and is described as part
travelogue and part comedy
with meditations on life,
love and pasta. The book
was released the beginning
of this month, and Cooper
will be present June 26,
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a
signing at the Book Basket
at 75 Loop 150 West.
The inspiration for
Cooper's book was found in
his 2,000-mile walking trip
last year starting on Jan. 12
and ending on July 12. His
trip took him from the heel
of the boot of Italy, up
through Rome and Siena,
beside the sea at Cinque
Terre and northward to
Genoa. Cooper then turned
west across the south of
France over the Pyrenees
into Spain near Pamplona.
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Steve Cooper pauses in front of the stunning landscape at the end of the
French trail at the Pyrenees in St. Jean Pied-de-Port. Cooper just released a
book detailing his travels.
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