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TEXAS RELAYS ACTION HEATS UP FRIDAY • SPORTS, B1
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Volume 157, Number 10
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BRIDGE SIGNS
City council mulls ban on signs on
downtown bridge.
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CHILD PROTECTION
April 6 gathering on courthouse
lawn to raise awareness of child
abuse.
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MOMS RULE
At-home moms in the Bastrop/
Smithville area support one an-
other.
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POLICE BLOTTER
■ On March 26 at 10:40 p.m., Of-
ficer Christopher Chavez was
called to the All-Star convenience
store on Chestnut Street for a report
of a hit and run, regarding the store
building, Chavez saw that someone
had hit the main front door to the
station.
■ On March 27 at 6:30 p.m., Offi-
cer Travis Lucas was dispatched
to Wal-Mart for a report of a theft.
The complainant said he observed a
male take several watches, conceal
them on his person and then exit
the store without paying for them.
Lenorris Wilson, 57, of Elgin was
arrested for misdemeanor theft of
more than $50, less than $500,
■ On March 27 at 11:30 p.m., Sgt.
Ken Yarbrough observed a male
stumbling along the shoulder of
Texas 95 near the intersection with
Farm Street. Yarbrough determined
the subject was intoxicated. David
Camacho Jr., 42, of Paige was
arrested and charged with public
intoxication and taken to jail.
■ On March 28 at 12:10 p.m.,
Officer Dale Hamilton was dis-
patched to a local bakery for a re-
port of a "green leafy substance" on
the floor. What was determined to
be marijuana was confiscated and
placed into the police department's
property evidence locker.
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THIS WAY AND THAT
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Staff photo by Terry Hagerty
Susan Wendel, Bastrop Chamber of Commerce president, and Joe Newman, CEO of the Bastrop Economic Development Corpora-
tion, study a map in preparation for the annual Rotary Club Road Rally, slated for April 10.
A drive in the country
Rotary Club Road Rally set for April 10
BY TERRY HAGERTY
Assistant Editor
With the bluebonnets and
Indian paintbrush dotting
Bastrop County fields and the
weather warming up, what bet-
ter time to take a drive in the
country among friends and en-
joy a challenging game?
That's the plan for the third
annual Rotary Club Road Rally
on Saturday, April 10.
"The road rally is an excel-
lent opportunity to combine a
test of your mental skills with
a pleasant ride through the
scenic back roads of Bastrop
County," said John Eaton, rally
chair and member of the Rotary
Club of Bastrop County. "The
rally will be similar to a rolling
scavenger hunt."
Entrants will automati-
cally be eligible to win either
a 2010 Dodge Ram truck or a
Caribbean cruise for two, plus
cash prizes.
During the rally, two-per-
son teams composed of a driver
and assistant will drive one of
five rural routes through the
See RALLY, page A6
DISTRICT COURT
' arver
guilty
in 2008
robbery
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
A Bastrop man on trial this
week for his role in a 2008 armed
robbery of a local convenience store
has been found guilty and will face
the sentencing phase of his trial
beginning Monday.
After pleading
not guilty earlier
in the week be-
fore 423rd Dis-
trict Judge Chris
Duggan, Tyson
Tarver, 29, was
convicted on
Thursday of first-
degree aggra-
vated robbery by
a jury of six men
and six women in
relation to the Nov. 26, 2008 rob-
bery of the All-Star convenience
store at 902 Chestnut St.
Tarver, whose arrest history
with Bastrop County includes 15
arrests between 1998 and 2009,
will face a minimum of 25 years
incarceration in the Texas Depart-
ment of Criminal Justice.
Bastrop County District Attor-
See COURT, page A6
TYSON TARVER
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Indian paintbrush mingles with bluebonnets along Texas 71, a sure
sign of spring being well underway
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CRIME
High speed
chase ends in
likely suicide
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
A high-speed chase
that began Wednesday
evening in Bastrop end-
ed in Fayette County
with the male suspect
shooting himself in
the head and crashing
through a fence, accord-
ng to reports from the
Fayette County Sheriff s
Office.
Ronald Leon Field,
who was on parole for
a homicide and had
an outstanding parole
warrant, was airlifted
to University Hospital
at Brackenridge after
his eastbound vehicle
veered from Texas 71
and crashed through a
barb wire fence near the
KJT complex located at
6116 Texas 71.
According to reports
from the Bastrop County
Sheriffs Office, the pur-
suit began around 7:49
p.m. after the Bastrop
Police stopped Field's
vehicle on Texas 71.
As a BCSO deputy
arrived, the suspect re-
portedly drove off, strik-
ng a motorcycle and
an unidentified person
who were parked on the
shoulder of the highway.
Details of the traffic stop
scene and collision were
unavailable as of press
time Friday due to the
See CHASE, page A6
TRANSPORTATION
Another overpass for Hwy. 71
TxDOT heads off 'choke-point' at FM 20 intersection
BY TERRY HAGERTY
Assistant Editor
In another sign of
growth in Bastrop - and
especially traffic conges-
tion - the Texas Depart-
ment of Transportation
announced plans earlier
this week to build an
overpass at the Texas 71
ntersection with FM 20.
"The idea is to keep
that intersection from
becoming a choke point,"
John Hurt, TxDOT's pub-
lic affairs officer, said on
Friday.
Hurt said TxDOT's
latest traffic count
showed an average of
nearly 40,000 vehicles
per day traveling Texas
71 within a few miles of
the intersection.
A stoplight was :n-
See OVERPASS, page A6
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TxDOT has approved the construction of a Texas 71 overpass at the highway's intersection with FM 20,
Construction is expected to start in November 2011.
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Wright, Cyndi. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 157, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 2010, newspaper, April 3, 2010; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252671/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.