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THE STATE OF BASTROP ATHLETICS • SPORTS, B1
W\t Bastrop aduertise
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper Since March 1, 1853 Semi-Weekly Since Sept. 5, 1977
Volume 156, Number 84
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2009
INSIDE
HOUSE FIRE
Couple loses home in fire blamed
on Christmas tree.
—Page A3
TEEN BOOKS
What's hot on the shelves for
teens.
—Page A2
PARK NEWS
New park due to efforts of many.
—Page A3
POLICE BLOTTER
■ On Dec. 15 at approximately
5:50 p.m. Officer Travis Lu-
cas responded to a call at H-E-B
in regards to a theft. Upon arrival
Lucas discovered the complain-
ant had chased down the sub-
ject and was keeping him at the
scene. The subject was cited for
class C theft, under $50 and is-
sued a criminal trespass warning
for HEB.
■ On Dec, 11 at 1:30 p.m. Of-
ficer Kevin Rogers observed
a car with no front i:cense plate
traveling south on the 500 block
of Jefferson. Rogers performed
a traffic stop on the vehicle and
after a brief search of the inte-
rior discovered a small bag of
marijuana. Joshua Scott Dunkle,
23, of Pflugerville was arrested
and transported to the Bastrop
County Jail,
■ On Dec. 11 at approximately
11:50 p.m. Officers Andres
Resales and Sandra Hernan-
dez were dispatched to a major
vehicle crash in the 3200 block
of Highway 71 East. Officers dis-
covered a single vehicle crashed
into a large tree and broke out
the windows to help a male vic-
tim who was removed from the
vehicle by the fire department
and hospitalized with minor in-
juries.
WEATHER
SATURDAY FORECAST
HI: 61
LO: 35
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WATER
Well permit requests halted
Flood of applications prompt district to instigate moratorium
BY DENIS MCGINNESS
Special to the Advertiser
The local groundwater conser-
vation district has put a stop, at
least temporarily, to issuing per-
mits for pumping large amounts
of water from area aquifers. The
move came in response to a flood
of permit requests from "water
marketers" hoping to sell water
to other areas of the state not po-
sitioned on top of plentiful water
supplies.
Citing its mission statement
to protect the water supply for
the residents of Bastrop and Lee
counties, the Lost Pines Ground-
water Conservation District
board has agreed to place a tem-
porary moratorium on new per-
mits for large production wells
tapping into the areas aquifers.
Board members referenced
the mission statement several
times during discussions on the
moratorium, which came in re-
sponse to water marketers hop-
ng to tap nto the district's ac-
cessible groundwater and ship it
to thirsty municipalities to the
west.
"When you look at the amount
of permits that have been re-
quested, it's a scary amount of
See WATER, page A8
WILDLIFE
Rii le blast
alarms area
subdivision
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
When Tahitian Vil-
lage resident Bill Bur-
ton stepped into his
garage on a Friday
morning two weeks
ago, he was startled by
a sudden noise he as-
sumed to be an explod-
ing transformer box.
Climbing in his car
and driving down the
road to investigate, Bur-
ton realized the sound
had instead come from
a neighbor who had
just shot a buck with
a high powered rifle in
his yard on Upolo Drive
- just a short distance
from Burton's house.
The incident- a clear
violation of a county or-
dinance banning the
shooting of firearms on
subdivision lots of five
acres or less - has since
caused something of a
stir within the Tahitian
See DEER, page A8
CHRISTMAS
Tree farm
adventure
BY DENIS MCGINNESS
Special to the Advertiser
For some families,
buying a Christmas
tree is accomplished
with the annual trip
over to support the
local tree lot. For oth-
ers, it's an adven-
turous hike through
piney woods with the
kids and dogs, laugh-
ing, singing Christmas
songs and searching
for that perfect living
tree.
A holiday tradition
for many families is
the drive out to Loma
Alta, a Christmas tree
farm located between
Bastrop and Smithville
along Alum Creek Road
to spend time trekking
through the woods and
looking at dozens of
See TREE, page A3
t
photo by Denis McGinness
Jessica and Eamon McHarg and their Whippets, Liam and Olivia,
found the right live Christmas tree to take home during their adven-
ture at Loma Alta Tree Farm.
ARTS
I
S
Photo by Terry Hagerty
Artist Barbara Hock is a retired art teacher whose work is featured at Bastrop's Silver Pines Nursing and Reha-
bilitation.
A poet and artist at heart
BY TERRY HAGERTY
Assistant Editor
Barbara Hock's unique
combination of colored-
pencil drawings and com-
pelling poetry are a de-
light to encounter.
The drawings are as
easily accessible as a trip
to Silver Pines Nursing
and Rehabilitation at
503 Old Austin Highway
where Hock lives.
Her work stands out
in a long hallway of rooms
not far from the main lob-
by, simply because no oth-
er resident has quite the
mini-gallery of artwork
displayed on the door to
their room.
One particular draw-
ing by Hock - a young In-
dian woman with a long
colorful scarf, flowing tur-
quoise skirt and reddish-
pink blouse - is particu-
larly interesting.
See ARTIST, page A8
ANIMALS
Shelter asks or volunteers
Shelter orientations
planned in new year
BY CYNDI WRIGHT
Editor
Volunteer: Someone
who works on behalf of
others without being mo-
tivated by financial or ma-
terial gain.
What does motivate a
volunteer, then? Maybe
the answer can be found
in the places where people
choose to volunteer - and
if it is at the animal shel-
ter, then the motivation is
easy to name.
It is the desire to help
See VOLUNTEER, page A8
Photo by Cyndi Wright
Volunteer coordinator Joyce Gaddis and shelter manager Erica Baker are
hoping people will answer the call to help the shelter by volunteering.
Baker is holding Coco, a friendly two-year-old female Chihuahua who is
looking for a home.
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