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Volume 156, Number 68
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper Since March 1, 1853 Semi-Weekly Since Sept. 5, 1977
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009
500
INSIDE
Riding the bus
DPS troopers went back to school
on Wednesday.
—Page A3
Ra lispeuts
The area received some much
needed rain.
—Page A2
Keep it beaut ful
County residents are working to
Keep Bastrop Beautiful.
—Page A3
POLICE BLOTTER
■ On Oct. 19 at 2:45 p.m., Officer
Dale Hamilton was dispatched
to the Bastrop County Sheriffs
Office for a 47-year-oid male who
turned himself in on outstanding
warrants.
■ On Oct. 19 at 4:33 p.m., Offi-
cer Hamilton went to a residence
after a report of a male kicking in
an apartment door. A female tenant
said there was a misunderstand-
ing between her and her boyfriend
and there was no need for crimi-
nal charges to be filed, according
to the police report. Dispatch told
Hamilton that the female had two
outstanding county warrants.
■ On Oct 19 at 8 p.m. Officer
Christopher Chavez went to
Lakeside Hospital emergency
room for a report of an individual
bitten by a dog. A male ;uvenile
told Officer Chavez that he was
riding his bike when a dog came
out of a yard, knocked him off his
bike and bit his arm. The male had
a few scrapes and one small punc-
ture wound on his arm, He was
released from the ER, The case was
forwarded to an animal control of-
ficer for further investigation.
See BLOTTER, Page A6
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LO: 54
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Celebration
• • -•
Bastrop varsity football
players celebrate with their
fans Thursday night after
the Bears defeated Austin
High to remain undefeated
and move to within one
game of the District 25-5A
title. For full coverage, see
page B1.
Photo contributed
by Larry Overall
BISD STADIUM
Congestion persists
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
With frustration mounting
over ongoing traffic problems at
the Bastrop Independent School
District's new $14.4 million Me-
morial Stadium, school officials
and law enforcement are re-
evaluating the logistical ability
of hosting large events at the
venue.
Although traffic flow issues
have been a concern since the
Bears first football game in the
multi-purpose stadium this sea-
son, last Friday's homecoming
game against Anderson - where
a line of cars approaching the sta-
dium reportedly backed up more
than five miles onto Hwy. 71 -
left no doubt that issues need to
be resolved, say members of the
BISD Board of Trustees.
"The phone calls we are get-
ting are from people saying they
were sitting an hour and a half
in the car to go two miles," said
BISD board member James Al-
len during Tuesday's monthly
meeting. "We have got to come
up with something."
Henry Gideon, chief opera-
tions officer for BISD, said the
most recent game saw a dra-
matic rise in attendance figures,
evidenced in ticket sales jumping
from $6,000 at the second home
game to $18,000 for homecom-
ing. He stressed that the large
crowd was expected, and for the
first time this season shuttle
busses were used to carry people
from Cedar Creek Middle School
to the game. The extent of traffic
congestion, however, did come as
somewhat of a surprise for plan-
ners, according to Gideon.
"We knew the reserve seating
was sold out and we knew that
we had sold record numbers of
See TRAFFIC, page A6
HALLOWEEN
A howling
good time
BY CYNDI WRIGHT
Editor
Halloween is a cele-
bration that allows kids
to be kids and adults to
be, well, kids, too. And
the organizer for this
year's downtown Bas-
trop Halloween Fest
says she expects ev-
eryone to have a great
time.
Terry Moore, a for-
mer event planner,
always comes to the
JOURNALISM
festival dressed as the
pumpkin fairy.
"As the pumpkin
fairy, I give everybody
the right to dress up
See HALLOWEEN, page A8
HALLOWEEN
What: Downtown
Halloween Fest
When: Saturday,
Oct. 31, 5-9 p.m.
Where: Main
Street, Bastrop
Staff photo by Terry Hagerty
Mina Elementary School students and parents got a jump on next weekend's downtown Halloween celebration with
a carnival at the school Thursday evening. Isaac Eaves, 5, and his mother, Anna Eaves, react to a colorful Halloween
display at the school. See page A8 for more photos.
Advertiser welcomes Ross
BY CYNDI WRIGHT
Editor
The Bastrop Advertis-
er is delighted to welcome
Andy Ross to its editorial
staff.
Ross hails from Clarks-
dale, Miss., where he
worked as a reporter for
the three-times a week
The Clarksdale Press Reg-
ister from January 2008
until moving to Bastrop
last week.
Ross graduated from
Winthrop University in
Rock Hill, S.C., where he
majored in mass commu-
nication/journalism and
minored in environmental
studies and political sci-
ence.
He says he decided on
reporting as a career for
See ROSS, page A6
Staff photo by Terry Hagerty
Andy Ross has joined the Advertiser as a reporter, He hails from Mis-
sissippi.
HEALTH
One county
H1N1 death
BY TERRY HAGERTY
Assistant Editor
While the Center for
Disease Control is re-
porting that influenza is
"widespread" in the U.S.
and hospitalizations and
deaths continue to in-
crease, Bastrop County
has had only one death
reported from the Novel
Influenza A-H1N1 virus
so far, according to state
officials.
However, few circum-
stances of that death,
including the name of
the person and where
it occurred, are being
revealed by the Texas
Dept. of State Health
Services.
Even Bastrop County
Emergency Management
Coordinator Mike Fisher
said on Thursday he does
not know the details of
the local death.
A TDSHS spokesper-
son said she can only con-
firm that the deceased
person was a Bastrop
County male resident
who died in September.
As of Friday, Tra-
vis County has had five
deaths due to H1N1,
according to the health
agency.
Region 7 (which in-
See H1N1, page A6
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