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BERNARD BLAKE SEEKS REDEMPTION AT TEXAS RELAYS • SPORTS, B1
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Volume 157, Number 9
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010
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INSIDE
COWBOYS & CAVIAR
Fundraiser for the Children's Advo-
cacy Center spotlighted in photos.
- Page A10
BRIGHT FUTURE
College Connection program gives
area students a boost,
- Page B3
GIRL ROCKERS
'The Runaways,' a new film starring
Kristin Stewart, is spotlighted.
- Page B8
POLICE BLOTTER
■ On March 26 at approximately
6:17 p.m. Officer Christopher
Pierce was dispatched to the
1900 block of Wilson Street for a
report of a man down on the side
walk that was injured. Upon arrival
the victim was discovered to have
a facial wound. The subject could
not recall what had happened and
was taken to the Lakeside Hospital
Emergency room. The case is un-
der investigation.
■ On March 27, at approximately
5:25 p.m. Officer Travis Lucas
observed a white Chevrolet truck
traveling east on Chestnut Street
displaying expired registration
and inspection stickers. Upon
a probable cause stop, the pas-
senger was discovered to have an
active warrant out of the Bastrop
County Sheriff's Office for delivery
of a controlled substance, Donald
Wayne Baker, 43 was arrested
on the warrant.
■ On March 28 at approximately
12:14 a m Officer Christopher
Chavez was dispatched to Fires-
tone Tire and Automotive for a ve-
hicle crash. Dispatch reported that
a white pickup truck had crashed
into the business. Chavez encoun-
tered what was reported to be the
female driver who appeared to be
intoxicated Rita A. Naikelis,
61, was arrested for driving while
intoxicated.
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RURAL LIFE
Country catfish heaven
Red Rock raises funds for community center
BY TERRY HAGERTY
Assistant Editor
When one is talking to the
"chefs" at the Red Rock Com-
munity Center's annual fish
fry, expect some humor tossed
your way.
Some prime knowledge
shared about how to properly
fry catfish is also contributed.
The community came out
en masse at last Friday's
annual fundraiser for the
vintage white building that
serves as the community's fo-
cal point on Red Rock Road.
"This here is not good for
you, but it's good to eat," joked
Gerald Hanna as he surveyed
several boiling pots of vegeta-
ble oil that contained catfish
and various versions of pota-
toes. Hanna was referring the
approximate 210 pounds of
catfish that were about to be
consumed by a hungry crowd
inside the center.
Nearby, two of "the Beck
brothers," as they are known -
Dan and Beefy - were teamed
up with brother-in-law Mike
Cox as they rolled the catfish
in cornmeal before frying.
A third brother, Tim Beck,
was helping stir a pot a few
feet away.
They, and others helping
out, carried on rolling conver-
sations with whoever might
See CATFISH, page A3
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Staff photo by Terry Hagerty
Asher Edwards, 1, enjoys a tour of a fire truck at Red Rock's annual fish fry.
Back to the days of Robin Hood
i
Rick Warren enjoys a hearty drink after an event-filled day,
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Staff photos by Terry Hagerty
Will The Bowman, played by Cyrus Thiebeault, left, tussles with an actor playing a deputy during last weekend's Sherwood Forest Faire :n
McDade. The faire continues this weekend. See page A12 for more photos.
ENVIRONMENT
Standing
their
g round
LPGCD extends
new well
moratorium
BY DENIS MCGINNESS
Special to the Advertiser
Plans by water retailers to
pump large volumes of water
from local aquifers and sell
it to heavily populated areas
along the 1-35 corridor will
have to be put on hold for a
while. The Lost Pines Ground-
water Conservation District
voted at last week's meeting to
extend a moratorium on new
well permits for the Simsboro
Aquifer until the Texas Water
Development Board has ap-
proved available groundwater
numbers and certified a water
management plan for the dis-
trict.
Dr. Robert Kier, hydrologist
for LPGCD, said that water al-
ready permitted by the district
may have reached or even ex-
ceeded the amount that might
be available in the aquifer.
The board believes that
House Bill 1763, legislation
that authorizes how ground-
water conservation districts
issue permits, prohibits fur-
ther well permitting until
the districts Desired Future
Conditions (DFCs) are ap-
proved by the TWDB and the
amount of groundwater avail-
able for withdrawal from the
aquifer over the next 50 years,
called the Managed Available
Groundwater, is incorporated
into the LPGCD water man-
agement plan.
"The reason for this move
is, when we study HB 1763,
the law even questions wheth-
er we can issue permits with-
out having DFCs in place and
a management plan," LPGCD
general manager Joe Cooper
said. "We need for the TWDB
to establish our desired fu-
ture conditions and certify our
management plan."
Cooper also said that the
moratorium is not unprec-
edented and that the Post
Oak Savannah Groundwater
District and others have used
the practice to manage water
resources.
"We are very disappoint-
ed by the decision," said Joel
Katz, manager for water de-
veloper group End Op. "The
board did not appear to listen
to us, there was no exchange of
See WATER, page A8
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
New gym
or county
employees
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
As part of what Bastrop
County Sheriff Terry Pickering
calls an "unbelievable transfor-
mation," a brand new county
fitness facility is set to open in
what was not so long ago a ne-
glected basement.
The basement located be-
neath the Bastrop County Jail
received its first order of equip-
ment from Marathon Fitness on
Monday, an exciting develop-
See SHERIFF, page A5
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Staff photo by Terry Hagerty
From left, Sean Samuel and Chris Meurer
with Marathon Fitness help set up a piece
of equipment in the county's new fitness
facility as Bastrop County Sheriff's Office
Chief Deputy Charlie Littleton looks on,
GRAND JURY
Sex o ender is
indicted for assault
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
(An indictment is a formal
accusation of a felony that is
delivered by the grand jury af-
ter carefully considering the
evidence that is presented by the
prosecutor. An indictment is not
a guilty verdict.)
The Bastrop County Grand
Jury met on March 23 and
handed down its latest list of
indictments last week which in-
cluded a convicted sex offender
charged with sexual assault of a
child, a man charged with injur-
ing his infant
daughter and
a man wanted
by authorities
for a hit and
run last Au-
gust that left
a woman in-
jured. JERRY BRADFORD
The sex offender, 26-year-
old Jerry Lynn Bradford of Bas-
trop, was indicted for aggravat-
ed sexual assault of a child and
indecency with a child, both
charges enhanced.
According to the indict-
ment, Bradford inappropriately
See GRAND JURY, page A5
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