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VOLUME 78, NUMBER 14
NEW ULM, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS 78950
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,1988
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News
For anyone who watched or saw the film clips or read thei
accounts of the recent high policital muckracking Iran-Contra
Hearings, you couldn't miss Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
showing his true feelings about this nation and the Constitution.
Some folks stood up to his dictatorial manner and some even tried
to point out his flawed view of the three branches of government.
His twisted explanation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
sparked the most heated exchange of the hearing. Inouye was so
far off base that most people simply regarded it as theatrical and
political overkill. At best, it could be passed off as poor judgement
or a muddled knowledge of history. Most people let it pass
because Inouye, like millions of other Americans, served this
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nation in uniform and did the job that was necessary. All accounts
say he served with distinction. His disruptive live-mike comments
during the previous Watergate Hearings were also passed over
and explained away even though they were insulting to a witness. |
His attempt at ridiculing Oliver North backfired, but that carried (
no ramifications. It made North a popular figure. It also started {
people to think about the seriousness of a heavy-handed Senator ;
absolutely answerable to no one except l/50th of the population of i
this great nation. Inouye is almost completely untouchable
election-wise in his far-away power base in Hawaii where a
communist foothold in Central America cannot be too worrisome. :
In recent weeks the Senator from Hawaii has been blistered by
porkbarrel charges. Now everyone knows about Senators and $
porkbarrels where they channel as many dollars to their state's \
projects. Inouye blew his big time. He won authority for $8 million i
for a parochial school in France. Not Hawaii, but France. So far,
there is no indication that Inouye has even bothered to deny,
confirm, or comment on the foreign porkbarrel. That's a far cry
from his days as Iran-Contra Chairman when he howled about the
money earmarked to fight communism in Nicaragua. Maybe
that's a Senate tradition - after all, Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen
once wanted an appropriation for “freedom of the press in
Nicaragua". One thing is certain - the Senate no longer seems to
be representative of the states that elect Senators.
Commissioners
Court Session
The Austin County Commissioners
Court met for their regular monthly
meeting on Monday, January 11th
with all members of the Court
present.
Included in a lengthy 65 item
agenda were approval of routine
reports, setting of 1988 salaries and
allowances for various officials and
employees of Austin County, open-
ing and acting on bids, setting jury
fees, appointments, selecting a Co-
unty Grievance Committee and
payment of claims and accounts.
Routine reports received and filed
came from the County Court at Law,
Grand Jury, County Clerk, Ambu-
lance. State Health Department on
rabies control and from J.P. *1, *3
and M.
There were two new cases of
rabies reported in December; of the
103 ambulance calls made in De-
cember, 52 were made by Adam 1,33
by Adam II, and Adam IV responded
eleven times, and Adam V was
called 7 times. J.P. *1 reported
*4.841.75 in fines and fees for
December; J.P. »3 collected *13,586;
and J.P. »4 received *16,210.67 for
last month.
The Commissioners' accepted
with regret the resignation of Mrs.
Pat Remmert as presiding judge in
election precinct two and appointed
Mrs. Barbara Hintzel. Also approv-
ed was the purchase of four replace-
ment radios for the ambulance
system including accessories and
encoders for total cost of *4,230.00
from Professional Communications
Inc. of Brenham.
The Court, after considerable dis-
cussion, voted to retain their mem-
bership in the National and State
Association of Counties for 1988 and
also to continue membership in the
South Texas Commissioners' and
County Judges Associations.
Selected and pending their accep-
tance on the Austin County Salary
Grievance Committee for 1988 are:
Max Clough, Wallis; Mrs. Annabelle
Grawunder, Bellville; and Gene
Remmert of Sealy.
Bids for a new copy machine were
opened and received from the
following firms: Gestetner Corpora-
tion, Houston; Brenham Office Sup-
ply; Sealy Office Supply; and Savin
Corporation. Because of a technical-
ity in the bid specifications, the
Court decided to reject all bids and
re-bid same.
Salaries and allowances were
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Around Here
This is a New Ulm Enterprise feature about your friends and
neighbors around here......
Wilma Jones of New Ulm is bookkeeper for her husband, Kenneth, at KJ
Upholstery in New Ulm. She enjoys reading and baking in her spare time.
Kenneth and Wilma have three children, Stacy, Kenneth Jr. and Leola.
Blood
Drive
Scheduled
A blood drive sponsored by the
area churches is scheduled for
Tuesday, February 2, at the Catholic
Center in Industry from 1 p.m. to 9
p.m.
Blood is essential! Don't wait for
someone to call you to sign up to
donate blood. Call and make an
appointment today - it could be you
needing blood the next time.
Rabbit
Project
Meeting
The Austin County 4H Rabbit
Project Group will meet Friday,
January 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Courthouse Basement.
All 4-Hers interested in the rabbit
project are uged to attend, and pass
along meeting time and place to
anyone interested.
P.T.O.
Banquet
Slated
The West End P.T.O. Banquet will
be held Tuesday, January 26, at 7:30
p.m. in the school cafeteria. This
will take the place cf the regular
meeting for January.
The evening will begin with a
catered meal followed by the out-
standing speaker and pychothera-
pist, Eugene Webb of Houston. He is
a very dynamic, comical and infor-
mative speaker - don’t miss this
opportunity to hear and learn from
him. Since this is a speaker
banquet, the P.T.O. is asking for
adult attendance only.
The meal to be served is smother-
ed steak, potatoes, green beans,
fruit and bread. The meal will cost
*4.50 per person. If you wish to
attend, please notify the school
office before Monday, January 25.
Sales Tax Checks
AUSTIN - State Comptroller Bob
Bullock has sent checks totaling
*53.7 million in local sales tax to 891
cities that levy the one-percent city
tax.
Austin County received a net
payment of *28,193.91 this period
comparable to *25,082.87 the prior
year. Of this the city of Wallis
received *1,006.16, Sealy *16,167.83,
San Felipe *2,711.54 and Bellville
*8,308.38.
Bullock said this month's allocat-
ions showed an increase of *5.1
million over last year's January
allocations, an increase of 10.6
percent.
The actual increase in statewide
sales tax allocations was about *2.8
million, of 5.6 percent, Bullock said.
“This year’s increase is also due
to the wider tax base enacted by the
Legislature and the slow but steady
healing of our state’s economy,”
Bullock said.
WECCO
Distribution
Date
Changed
WECCO distribution has been
changed from Friday, January 15 to
Friday, January 22, from 10 to 11
a.m. at the Industry Fire Station.
There will be no CCA distribution of
USDA surplus food in January,
WECCO distribution only.
All recipients are asked to come to
the January WECCO distribution to
meet with Mrs. Rhodes to be
recertified for the CCA program
The next CCA and WECCO distri-
bution will be on February 19 at the
Industry Fire Station. For the
remainder of the year distributions
will be on the third Friday of each
month.
JUST SAY NO - The Industry Telephone Company
presented erasers and pins imprinted with “Just say
No To Drugs!' to West End Elementary School
students last week. Pictured here are representatives
of each class at West End as they accept the pins and
erasers for their classmates from C. S. Ackley and
Mark Ackley of the Telephone Company. Left to right,
front row, are Chance Weige, Brandee Tiemann,
Jordan Barnett; back row, CJS. Ackley, Cecilia
Vasicek, Crystal Brending, Josh Falke, Sacey Vasicek
and Mark Ackley. The Industry Telephone Co., in
conjunction with other agencies throughout the State of
Texas, is continuing an effort to educate the public
about the dangers of drugs and drug abase. The above
is just one of the programs Industry Telephone
Company uses to inform the public that drugs do not
have a place in our society.
Water Corp. Annual Meeting
The New Ulm Water Supply
Corporation held its annual mem-
bership meeting Monday evening at
the New Ulm State Bank meeting
room.
David Schulz and Kenneth Jones
were re-elected as directors with
both assuming three-year director
terms.
The financial report indicates that
there are good prospects ahead for
the Corporation providing that no
major breakdown occurs. Activities
during the past year included major
re-working of the original well, thus
giving the system two fully fun-
ctional wells.
Membership suggestions included
the necessity of a fire plug on the
south side of the railroad tracks plus
Chamber Meeting
January 28
The New Ulm Chamber of Com-
merce will meet Thursday, January
28 at the New Ulm Fire Station.
All Chamber members and any-
one interested in becoming a mem-
ber is urged to attend this meeting.
the hopefulness that all goes well for
the sewer system project applica-
tion.
West End
Lioness Club
Meeting Jan. 25
The West End Doness Club will
meet Monday, January 25, begin-
ning at 7:30 p.m. at the Industry Fire
Station.
Don Sid Stevenson will present
the program on Drug Awareness.
Go Texan
Events Set
In County
The Houston Livestock Show Tic-
ket Trailer will be at the Sealy
Citizens State Bank Saturday, Feb-
ruary 6, from 1:30 p.m. till 4:00 p.m.
and then at the Fair Exhibition
Building in Bellville from 7:30 pm.
till 12:30 a.m. with good tickets
available for all performances.
There will be a Country Western
Dance in the Fair Exhibition Build-
ing that evening from 8:30 p.m. till
12:30 a.m. with music by Night Shift.
Buy your tickets in advance and
save. Advance tickets are *3.00,
tickets at the door are *4.00. Sign
your admission tickets for drawing
for free rodeo tickets.
A cake auction will be held during
the first intermission. Proceeds
from this event will go toward
scholarships for qualifying students
enrolled in Austin County schools.
The Houston Livestock Show will
give a *2,000.00 scholarship to the top
qualifying student .Others qualifying
will receive scholarships from funds
raised by this event. There are a
number of Austin County Students
already enrolled in colleges on
scholarships because of the County
Area Go-Texan Committee's efforts.
All County Go-Texan Committee
members have advance tickets for
sale.
Your support toward this event
will be greatly appreciated. Helping
our youth of today will produce
better leaders of tomorrow.
For tickets or other information,
call one of the following committee
members: Everett Tomlinson,Sealy;
Greg Buenger, Industry, Ray Wlll-
rodt, Bellville; David Marek, Wal-
lis; Stanley Jackson, Bellville; Bill
Konesheck, Sealy; Jewell Tomlin-
son, Sealy; Chartie Brandes, Sealy;
and Lillie Brandes, Sealy.
COUNTY EH OFFICERS - The Annual Christmas Party and installation of
officers of the Austin County Extension Homemakers was held Friday,
December Hat the American Legion Hall in Wallis. A catered meal was
provided by City Meat Market for members and their families. Pictured
above are Austin County Council Officers for IM. Left to right. Birdie
Grawunder, Evelyn Janecek, Sherry Benton, Jesse Kokemor, Bitsy
Buenger, Lou Cinda Jones, Adeline Rudel and Ema Meischen.
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