The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 154, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 2007 Page: 2 of 15
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City okays county plans
By Davis McAuley
Editor
Last week the Bastrop
City Council blessed a con-
ceptual plan for how Bastrop
County officials could devel-
op 14 acres it owns in town
over the coming years. The
property lies both east and
west of the Bastrop County
Jail and the Bastrop Central
Appraisal District offices on
Jackson Street.
County Engineer Joe
Ternus, who negotiated the
agreement with the city,
said city approval now of
a planned development dis-
trict will ease the way for
future construction when
officials see a need to build
more office space or new
additions to the jail. In turn,
the agreement will enhance
the Jackson Street entry to
the Bastrop Industrial Park
and include additional pub-
lic open space, said Ternus.
The conceptual plan envi-
sions as many as two three-
story office buildings on the
east side of Jackson across
from the jail. The plan also
calls for enhanced landscap-
ing on the site, and most
parking areas will be east of
the buildings.
Ternus noted that the
plan also allows for up to
three future additions to the
county jail west of the cur-
rent facilities, plus required
parking. Immediately west
of the jail a new 192-bed
addition is nearing comple-
tion. The $9 million project
should be ready to open by
the end of 2007, according
to officials.
Ternus said the county
has no specific plans for
additional new construction
on the site.
In the 1990s county offi-
cials hoped the property
east of Jackson Street would
become the site of a Federal
courthousee.
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will be difficult.
Federal funding to the cen-
ter has come from the Victims
of Crime Act money awarded
to the state of Texas that this
year totaled $27.9 million.
According to Krista Moody,
spokesperson for Governor
Rick Perrry, federal money
from the Victim of Crimes Act
was cut by $2 million by the
federal government.
Moody said allocations
to organizations like the
Childrens Advocacy Center
are based on population and
crime data and have not been
finalized by the governor. She
said the allocations will be
final in four weeks.
"We want to support com-
munities to help victims of
crime and deter crimes,"
Moody said.
Because of the funding
cuts, four agencies have been
notified they may not receive
funding. The Hill Country
Advocacy Center in Burnet,
Center for Child Protection
in Austin, Austin Children's
Shelter
and the Children's
Advocacy Center in Bastrop
have all been notified they
may not receive funding.
Scott Huckabee, Criminal
Justice Director for the Capital
Area Council of Governments,
said the organization priori-
tized 14 agencies that applied
for grant money from the
Victims of Crimes Act. The
top seven received funding,
but those agencies have not
been notified, Huckabee said
The bottom seven were not
given funding, including the
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center in Bastrop, Huckabee
said. Huckabee said three
applications were from ogani-
zations that have not been
funded in the past.
"We are trying to negotiate
with the governor," Huckabee
said.
Lee Nusbaum, a sergeant in
special services at the Bastrop
County Sheriffs Department,
said the cuts in the center
budget will mean the cycle of
abuse will get worse.
"The whole idea is to break
the cycle of child abuse,"
Nusbaum said.
Nusbaum is a former child
abuse investigator who worked
daily with the Children's
Advocacy Center in Bastrop.
Nusbaum said services pro-
vided by the center are "very
crucial" for the community.
Koch said the center han-
dles 28-30 child abuse cases
a month. She said 95 percent
of the cases involve sexual
abuse. Koch said the center
conducts about 300 forensic
interviews a year to investi-
gate child abuse cases. Koch
said the center has weekly
meetings with officials from
the three counties it serves to
staff services needed for pros-
ecution and therapy referal in
child abuse cases.
In the last 12" months the
center has conducted 22 exams
to investigate sexaul assault
cases that occurred 96 hours
after the sexual assault was
committed, Koch said.
She said all other sexual
assault cases that are reported
before 96 hours are handled
by a hospital in Smithville.
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reached out to the community
and they shared that vision."
Born and raised in Bastrop,
Hodges left at age 25 to
work in retail management
in fashion and clothing in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
After 40-plus years she
returned to Bastrop.
"There were a lot of needs
in Bastrop when I came
back," Hodges said. "There
were hardly any social servic-
es in the community 21 years
ago, except for some church-
es which had food pantries.
But this pantry here serves
the whole of the county.
"The Bastrop community
stayed like a sleepy little
community on the Colorado
River for years, but there's
been phenomenal growth the
last 15 years."
Hodges also helped start,
with former Advertiser pub-
lisher Jack Fraser, the Martin
Luther King Jr. scholarship
program for Bastrop High
School students.
"The Bastrop community
is a very compassionate and
giving community," Hodges
said. "Our whole community
is your neighbor — our motto
is Tend a hand and help feed
your fellow man.'"
"Jewell Hodges has been
— just as her first name
implies — one who has been
truly treasured," said Bastrop
City Councilman Dock
Jackson. "She returned to
Bastrop and single handedly
spearheaded the develop-
ment of the Bastrop County
Emergency Food Pantry.
Also, through her insight, a
meals-on-wheels program
was expanded to include the
Bastrop Senior Center."
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submitted for publication, in its sole discretion.
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misleading, deceptive, offensive, discriminatory, that may infringe the rights
(including trademark and copyright) of any person or entity, or that otherwise
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that itself may be unlawful, harmful, or inappropriate for inclusion in a general
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advertisement, and urge readers to contact the advertiser directly if they have
any issue with either the content of the advertising or the product or service
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advertisements, for failure to publish in a timely manner, or for any damages
caused thereby. The sole remedy for failure to publish in a timely manner
shall be refund of any monies actually paid by the advertiser for the desired
publication. The sole remedy for errors or omissions shall be refund of monies
actually paid by the advertiser for the space in which the error or omission
occurred, which may be less than the cost of the entire advertisement. We
reserve the right to correct or republish an advertisement in lieu of any refund.
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recycling (321-3941), and Recycling Options is located at 217 Pershing Blvd.,
around the corner from the former County Recycling Station. For information,
call 303-6665.
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