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ing the 25-year payout or collect- the annual Teacher of the Year
awards luncheon in Austin.
Keeton Rylander gave a status re- Graham High School.
Tierce was named Texas El-
ementary Teacher of the Year and to avoid aggressive driving and
Cody was named Texas Second-
I said that innovation would be our ary Teacher of the Year.
Cody will be Texas’ represen-
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Letters to the Editor
Winnie Murray, Llano
extra careful during this hunting fishing licenses for up to five years.
Turner stated, “All hunters should
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Dear Editor:
make sure they understand just how the increased penalty for poaching
convicted of violating safe-hunting understand the consequences.”
MEMBER 1999
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Velma Denham, Llano
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
ELECTED OFFICIALS
KEN WESNER • PUBLISHER
JIMMY STEPHENSON • EDITOR
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■ The Texas Department of
Public Safety challenged drivers
TEXAS GOVERNOR
George W. Bush
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX., 78711
512-463-2000
■ Most Texans support student-
led prayers at athletic events, ac-
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season, said Turner.
The legislation. House Bill 2526,
creates a new State Jail Classifica-
tion for the Parks and Wildlife
Code. That means that individuals
to continue that trend.
Representative Turner states that
four-year term as Texas Comptrol- School in Corpus Christi, and Jack cide whether such prayers violate
ler of Public Accounts, Carole Cody, an English teacher from the Constitution.
should enhance the long term avail-
ability of game, as well as improv-
ing the hunter/landowner relation-
ship.
The Llano News
P.O. Box 187
Llano, Texas 78643
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U.S. SENATORS:
Kay Bailey Hutchison
283 Russell Senate Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
202-224-5922
Thanksgiving, yes, for living here
once again in the Hill Country
where one finds blessings in a com-
munity-held church service; where
singers of so many denominations
joined in such beautifully different
offerings of music, as their pastors
read scriptures so fitting and pray-
ers, too.
I rejoiced at our coming together
and in Llano’s beautiful Catholic
church, so vibrant with color!
Then once more seeing such unity
in the bountiful Thursday meal in-
stituted six years ago by the Meth-
odist Mission group under Mike
Reagor, now having other churches
joining to serve over 300 folks!
Those who came to the Legion,
those who were homebound- caring,
sharing-oh so splendid!
Yes, because of such outpourings
of God’s grace, one can anticipate a
blessed Christmas and no fear of the
year 2000 and Y2K, hooray!
P.S. Two men who died while we
were back East this summer, Ray
ing $2.3 billion in legal fees from
the state.
Rylander Touts Improvements
Almost 11 months into her
port on her pledge to improve ser-
vice to Texas taxpayers.
“When I was sworn into office.
PRESIDENT
Bill Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
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TEXAS IT. GOVERNOR
Rick Perry
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, TX., 78711
512-463-0001
STATE SENATOR
Troy Fraser
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, TX., 78711
512-463-0124
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Dist. 73
Robert Turner
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX., 78768-2910
512-463-0644 • 512-463-7637
LLANO COUNTY JUDGE
J.P. Dodgen
Courthouse, Rm., 101
Llano, TX., 78643
915-247-5054
LLANO CITY MAYOR
Terry Hutto
301 W. Main
Llano, TX., 78643
915-247-4158
LLANO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Sam Oatman
P.O. Box 725
Llano, TX., 78643
915-247-5755
road rage over the long Thanks-
giving weekend.
■ Department of Public Safety
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 21st DIS.
Lamar Smith
2443 Rayburn House
Washington, D.C. 20515
202-225-4236
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PHIL GRAMM
370 Russell Senate Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
202-224-2934
VICE-PRESIDENT
Albert Gore
Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
music and precision marching, yet
it seems that the athletes and wha-
tever sport is being played is the
only thing written about in the pa-
per.
For instance, the recent light
show performed by the Llano High
School Band was one of the best
I’ve witnessed. With a son having
been a band member of that band
and two grandsons currently partici-
pating, I’ve witnessed quite a few
over the years. The light show is
good every year, but this one was
the biggest and best so far. Yet,
there was no mention of it in the
paper.
Come on, let’s give these kids the
credit they deserve! True, they don’t
end the playing period with a score,
win or lose, like the athletes do.
But they are “Llano students” just
like the athletes. I, for one, would
like to say “thank you” to the band.
Keep up the good work!
daily companion and that treating
Texas taxpayers as second-class
citizens must come to a screech-
ing halt,” she said Nov. 18.
Her four-point program, the
“Taxpayer Fairness and Accessi-
bility Plan,” reshapes the relation-
ship between taxpayers and state
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Sumrall and Beverly Hardin, we
know will long be remembered by
their bountiful sharing of their tal-
ents and time.
Now without the electrical exper-
tise of our beloved Gene Russel,
my husband. Bob, tells me, “It was
he who kept the gravy hot and
those delicious rolls from Jeanette’s
warm.”
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severe these punishments can be.
Game Wardens will enforce the
laws, so we need to make sure we
RAECHEL COOKE • CLASSIHED/RECEPTIONIST
SANDY WESNER • OFFICE MANAGER
A.C. KINCHELOE • PRODUCTION
RUTH PENCE • TYPESETTER
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P.O. Box 187, Llano, Tx 78643 • 915-247-4433 • FAX: 915-247-3338
(USPS 316-700)
Serving Llano, Llano County and the Highland Lakes Area since 1889
Published weekly at 813 Berry Street, Liano, Texas 78643
Entered in the Llano Post Office as periodical postage paid at Llano, Texas under the
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Vera Honig, Verna Dick, Bernice Schuy ler, Hope Causey, Philip Cook, Jack Patton
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Llano and Burnet Counties -1 year $10,2 years $35,3 years $50
Elsewhere in Texas -1 year $26, 2 years $48, 3 years $65 Out of State 1 year $40, 2 years $70,
3 years $90 All payable in advance. Overseas - call for a quote.
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Letters must be signed and no longer than two standard pages, double-spaced and
typed, if possible A day time phone number must also be included We will not
accept political letters endorsing or opposing a particular candidate. The staff
reserves the right to edit all letters according to accepted standards For further
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and anti-poaching laws could face
up to two years in a state jail and a
fine of up to $10,000.
The new law established stiffer
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Gamering the highest honors cording to the latest Texas Poll,
were Mary Beth Castillo Tierce, a taken earlier this month, after the
teacher at Kostoryz Elementary U.S. Supreme Court agreed to de-
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tative in the National Teacher of and Laredo police officers seized
the Year Program in which one approximately $3.6 million in
U.S. teacher will be named Na- cash and 2,795 pounds of cocaine
tional Teacher of the Year next with a street value believed to be
spring. $78 million. Three suspects, all
TNRCC Cites Chevron from Nuevo Laredo, were ar-
The Texas Natural Resource rested.
I would like to know why school
sports and athletes are considered to
be the only things that are news-
worthy in your paper. The band
members practice just as hard and
for just as many hours preparing
for their presentations at the sports
events as any of the athletes. They
have earned pennants, awards, and
first place achievements for their
HIGHLIGHTS
Compiled by Ed Sterling
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Remember, hunt safely —
government, she said. Conservation Commission has
Point 1: Interest must be paid, announced it will take action
Effective Jan. 1, a new law will re- against the Chevron Chemical fa-
quire the state to pay interest (1 cility in Baytown.
percent over the prime rate) to Enforcement action relates to
Texans who overpay their taxes. unreported emissions on Oct. 7
Point 2: Settlement authority. A that may have contributed to the
new law gives the comptroller au- highest ozone reading in the Hous-
thority to close tax cases more ton area in the last 10 years, the
quickly and avoid litigation, sav- agency reported.
ing a projected $44 million over According to the TNRCC, the
two years. facility violated Texas law by re-
Point 3: Self-audits. A new law leasing and failing to report exces-
allows taxpayers with a good track sive emissions of ethylene and
record to perform “managed self- propylene, two types of volatile
audits” with state oversight, free- organic compounds.
As Texas heads into the height of of vehicle, hunting with a light and This Legislation is expected to
the hunting season. State Represen- hunting at night. The law carries significantly curb the tide of poach-
tative Bob Turner (D-Voss) encour- serious consequences for using or ing in Texas. When the legislature
ages Texans to hunt safely and law- possessing a fish-shock device, and stiffened penalties on poaching in
d fully, and he reports that legislation for failure to retrieve and keep big 1997, the number of cases of hunt-
passed by the 76th Texas Legisla- game carcasses in edible condition. ing without a landowner’s consent
ture has significantly increased pen- In addition to the stiffer criminal dropped by 50% in the following
alties for poaching. penalties, the law also provides for year. The Texas Parks and Wildlife
“I urge the people of Texas to be the mandatory loss of hunting and Department expects this legislation
1 ing up more time for the The violations could be re-
AUSTIN — Private attorneys comptroller’s office to do more solved through a fine and/or cor-
J who fought for and won a $17.3 audits. rective action.
billion settlement against tobacco Point 4: Before Rylander took Other Highlights
companies have withdrawn their office, taxpayers had to travel to ■ An estimated 10,000 people
claim for about $2.3 billion in le- Austin to resolve tax matters with from UT and Texas A&M gath- «
gal fees from the state. the comptroller. Now, the comp- ered on the University of Texas 2
The lawyers still will collect trailer’s office uses its 52 audit campus Nov. 22 to set aside the
about $3.3 billion over the next 25 and enforcement bureaus across schools’ 106-year old football ri -
years from a national fund paid Texas to conduct administrative valry and honor the 12 students
into by the cigarette industry. hearings, making them more con- killed when the Aggies’ four-story
Michael Tigar, a former Univer- venient for taxpayers. bonfire collapsed. Twenty bus
sity of Texas law professor repre- Top Teachers Singled Out loads of A&M students and fac-
senting the private attorneys, told Forty outstanding teachers ulty traveled from College Station-
the Austin American-Statesman from across Texas were honored for the gathering, the Austin
his clients chose between accept- by the Texas Education Agency at American-Statesman reported.
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