Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1999 Page: 14 of 18
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Applications may be picked up in person at Bastrop County
Restitution Center @122 Fisher Street, Elgin, Texas 78621,
telephone 512-281-3441. Equal opportunity employer.
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A simple remedy for nitrite
poisoning: common cattle salt.
problem before the summer is
over," Higginbotham said.
The BASTROP COUNTY RESTITUTION CENTER is accept-
ing applications tor a full-time Residential Supervisor/
Transportation Specialist. Minimum qualifications include:
High school or GED graduate, submission of a Texas
Department of Public Safety MOTOR VEHICLE RECORD for
the past three years to document insurability and be at least
25 years old. Job related driving skills is a plus. Excellent
communications skills, honesty, flexibility and a positive
professional attitude are strongly preferred. Starting base
pay, plus benefits, is $15,000 per year/$625 semi-monthly.
Any job opening MAY require shift work at the 24-hour
facility.
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Rep. Paul's mobile
office to be in area
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's mobile
office will be in the area Tues-
day, Aug. 3, and Monday, Aug.
16.
The special white van, which
is the mobile office, will be at
the Bastrop Courthouse at 11
a.m., Smithville City Hall at 12
noon, LaGrange City Hall at 1
p.m., and Round Top Post Of-
fice at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.
3.
It will be in Elgin at the City
Hall at 10 a.m., Giddings
Courthouse at 11 a.m., Cald-
well Courthouse at 12 noon,
and Dime Box Post Office at 1
p.m. on Monday, Aug. 16.
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will also be participating with
another cool down with water
at the City Park soccer fields.
Residential locations can call
Lt. Garnett Damewood Sr. for
supplies and to register with
the police department so that
the officers can visit the dif-
ferent National Night Out lo-
cations not listed. Locations
already on the list are 497 S.
Polk, Trudy-Carter Apts., and
115 Colene St.
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"My fish are dying!"
DB trustees hire Peggy Chapman
as new principal for school district
Disapproves appraisal nextyear., .shops for August 12,19 and a
The board took no action on regular board meeting for Au-
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it 'too excessive'
The Dime Box School Board
hired Peggy Chapman as
Dime Box ISD Principal on a
one-year probationary admin-
istrative contract. Mrs.
Chapman was principal at
George West High School last
year.
The board disapproved adop-
tion of the Lee County Ap-
praisal District annual bud-
get. They felt that the in-
creases in the budget are too
excessive.
Each year the Appraisal Dis-
trict presents their budget to
the taxing authorities they
represent for their approval.
Trustees voted to raise the
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The first step is to determine fish per acre to diagnose oxy- uptake of nitrites by fish. A
if your pond is at risk. Begin by gen depletion. Oxygen-starved water test is recommended to
estimating the surface area of fish can be seen gasping at the determine if nitrite levels are
a pond in acres. It's a process surface or swimming weakly to high enough to affect fish
which sounds simple, but in the edge of the pond. Oxygen health. If ammonia levels are
practice Higginbotham has depletion will affect all sizes the problem, remove some wa-
found that most pond owners and species of fish to various ter off the pond bottom,
over-estimate the size of their degrees. Because photosynthe- For more information on fish
ponds two or three times. If the sis shuts down during the diseases, Higginbotham recom-
pond is rectangular, the sim- night, fish showing symptoms mended that pond owners con-
plest way to determine its size of oxygen depletion will be tact their local county exten-
is to measure the length and most obvious during early and sion agent. The agent will have
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measurement by the other to Pond owners who have a mo- fer special problems to Higgin-
get surface area in square feet, tor-equipped boat can easily botham.
Divide this number by 44,000 and cheaply counteract oxygen Some county offices will have
to get the approximate area in depletion, Higginbotham said, water testing equipment ca-
acres. A pond 200 feet wide by Just back the trailer into shal- pable of determining levels of
200 feet long will have 40,000 low water and leave the motor ammonia and nitrites as well
square feet of surface area, or running in gear until the fish as alkalinity and pH.
about one acre. recover. The submerged prop
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Oxygen depletion fish die-offs experiences a rise in its meta- some species offish, mostly cat-
in catfish ponds are so common bolic rate, increasing its need fish, are susceptible to nitrite
this time of year that Higgin- for oxygen at the same time poisoning. High nitrite levels
botham recommends pond less oxygen is available. Cloudy cause a fish's blood to change
owners follow a simple set of days slow down photosynthe- from a normal bright red to a
steps to determine pounds of sis, making even less oxygen brownish color.
fish per surface area of pond. available to the fish. If the pond Nitrite-poisoned fish may
"If the total pounds of fish ex- is too heavily stocked, fish can come to the surface and gasp
ceeds 1,000 per surface acre - run into oxygen debt even in for air, or sickly swim to the
that's only 100 pounds offish in cooler weather. Hot weather shore. The worst effects of oxy-
a tenth-acre pond - then your can even bring about oxygen gen depletion will be seen in
pond is a prime candidate to debt in moderately stocked the mornings.
Extension agents throughout the pounds of fish in the pond, to cause oxygen levels to in-
East Texas will hear this la- Usually, the pond owner knows crease. If you don't have a
ment often during the next two how many fish have been taken trailer, lodge the boat against a
to three months of hot weather, since stocking. By catching a stump or in deep water against
Though disease or parasites few fish and weighing them, the bank.
might be a problem, the most the pond owner can closely es- Pumps can also be used to in-
likely cause this time of year is timate the the total pounds of crease oxygen, but the intake
oxygen depletion, said Dr. Billy fish currently in the pond. should be within two or three
Higginbotham, wildlife and Hot, still, cloudy days cause feet below the pond surface.
fisheries specialist with the oxygen levels in ponds to de- Higginbotham cautioned that
Texas Agricultural Extension cline. Ordinarily, aquatic using boats and pumps to in-
1830 E. AUSTIN ST. GIDDINGS, TX. 78942
(409)542-3171 1-800-245-8393
Don’t Get Clobbered!
They accepted bids for pro- dent, reported that the TEA
pane from Maass Butane DEC monitoring visit for April
Company and gas and diesel has been cancelled by TEA,
bids from Alford Oil Company, the results of the site based
They approved student insur- decision making committee,
ance bids from United Insur- training dates for the board,
ance Company. a comparison of the Lee
The board approved the an- County Appraisal District es-
nual teacher appraisal calen- ti mates with the state comp-
dar. troller property values for
Trustees took no action on 1998, a response by Sabinas
endorsing a Region 13 ESC Construction Company con-
TASB board member. They cerning a construction prob-
accepted the quarterly invest- lem; housing for the TASB
ment report. convention in Houston in Oc-
The board approved the tober; a response by WSM Ar-
Dime Box student handbook chitectural Firm concerning a
and the student code of con- construction problem and the
duct. proposed budget.
Trustees set budget work-
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afraid to do. There can be no
courage unless you're scared.
— Eddie Rickenbacker
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the drivers involved in this wreck. James Carroll Brown, Otto Owen Hebbe died after
head-on collision Sunday at the 16-year-old driver of the being airlifted to Bryan. (See
7:14 a.m. on Hwy. 21 near pickup truck pictured at left, Story on front page)
Deanville. A 56-year-old sustained incapacitating in- - Times & News Photo
Caldwell man died from inju- juries in the wreck and was
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"Oxygen depletion problems gae, produce enough oxygen as temporary solutions.
account for about 85 percent of a byproduct of photosynthesis "If the real problem is too
all fish die-offs in Texas farm to maintain oxygen levels in many fish, it's time to go fish-
ponds," Higginbotham said. ponds. Wind also helps to aer- ing and significantly lower the
Futhermore, catfish ponds ate the water. fish population," he said.
are those most likely to suffer Hot weather slows down Hot, dry weather causes other
fish die-offs from oxygen deple- these processes in a number of water quality problems. Pond
tion. This is because catfish ways. Warm water holds less water evaporates and waste
ponds are more likely to be in- oxygen than cool water. As the products, primarily nitrites
tensively managed and stocked water temperature rises, a fish, and ammonia, are not flushed
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Preuss, L. M., III & True, David G. Giddings Times & News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1999, newspaper, July 29, 1999; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1611938/m1/14/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.