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NATURE
Trails Day at Bastrop State Park June 6
Bastrop State Park will join
eight other Texas state parks on
Saturday, June 6, in suggesting
the community "go take a hike"
to commemorate National Trails
Day.
Jennifer Bristol, Bastrop State
Park's resource manager, said the
park would have a trail work party
and guided hike on a portion of
the more than 10 miles of hiking
trails that traverse the park's hilly
pine forest. Bristol was involved
a few years ago in updating the
accuracy of the park's hiking trail
map through the use of Global
Positioning System technology.
"We have one of the larger trail
systems in Central Texas," Bristol
said. "Few realize that part of the
frontier-era Gotier Trace - a trail
that connected several of the origi-
nal Texas colonies - exists within
the park."
For more information about
Bastrop State Park's planned activi-
ties, call (512) 321-1673.
The American Hiking Society-
sponsored National Trails Day
comes on the heels of a momen-
tous victory for hikers who can
access thousands of miles of trails
in the United States. On March
25, Congress passed the Omnibus
Public Lands Management Act that
protects 2 million acres of wilder-
ness, 1,000 miles of rivers, more
than 5,000 miles of trails and affirms
the 26-million National Landscape
Conservation System.
National Trails Day is held the
first Saturday in June to inspire the
public to seek out their favorite trails
to discover and celebrate while par-
ticipating in educational exhibits,
trail dedications, trail work projects,
gear demonstrations, instructional
workshops and planned hikes.
Other Texas state parks paying
tribute to National Trails Day on
June 6 are: Brazos Bend, Caddo
Lake, Daingerfield, Franklin
Mountains, Lake Texana, Mother
Neff, Seminole Canyon and Stephen
F. Austin.
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Mart donated a reusable bag to every student in Mrs. Williams' and Mrs. Frank's homeroom. PTA parent Sally Keinarth contributed to the students'
efforts by purchasing a reusable H-E-B shopping bag for each student as well. Thanks to these supportive members of our community, Emile's
fourth graders were able to help Keep Bastrop Beautiful.
COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL VISIT
hosts Republic o Georgia
On May 11, the Family
Crisis Center was host to
five international leadership
guests from the Republic of
Georgia.
The guests, accompanied
by two U.S. Department
of State interpreters, were
Irma Aladashvili, law-
yer and head of the Anti-
Domestic Violence Program
and member of the Georgian
Young Lawyer Association
(GYLA); George Kakachia,
head of Social Protection
Division, Ministry of
Labor, Flealth and Social
Affairs; Nana Nadiradze,
psychologist and member
of Anti-Domestic Violence
Center 'Sakhli'; Nato
Shavlakadze, chair of the
Anti-Violence Network
of Georgia (AVNG); and
Natalia Zazashvili, chair of
the Union 'Sapari-Family
Without Violence' program.
This delegation was
invited to the United
States under the auspic-
es of the department of
state's International Visitor
Leadership Program.
Sherry Murphy, execu-
tive director of the Bastrop
Family Crisis Center,
was contacted by the
International Hospitality
Council in Austin (IHCA)
requesting approval for the
Georgia delegation to visit
the center, tour its shelter
and learn of the various pro-
grams offered by the cen-
ter that address the issues
of domestic and sexual
violence in the communi-
ties it serves. The group's
objective was to gather data
that will help create viable,
comprehensive programs
in their own country and
advance existing efforts to
address domestic violence.
While in the U.S., the
delegation will visit other
shelters, victim assistance
COMMUNITY
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Cedar Creek Elementary
PTA is hosting the annual
Almost There Fair on Friday,
May 22 from 4-7 p.m. at
Cedar Creek Elementary, at
the corner of Texas 21 and
FM 535.
The event includes games,
food, a silent auction and a
themed basket drawing. The
CCE choir will perform at
5:30 p.m. The fair will have
a rock climbing wall as well
as a moonwalk and giant
slide.
The silent auction has
many items to offer, includ-
ing tickets to Schlitterbahn,
Texas Rangers, Texas
Rollergirls, Austin Steam
Train Association, Texas
State Railroad, Volente
Beach, Capital of Texas Zoo,
Austin Zoo, Austin Children's
Museum, Austin Aztex,
Dallas FC, Wonderworld,
Innerspace Caverns and gift
certificates to the newest res-
taurant in Cedar Creek, The
Texas Hot Spot, and more.
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Survey: ASA
relied on legally
A new survey states that
judges rely heavily on the
opinions of Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASA)
when hearing cases about
abused and neglected children.
"I am gratified but not sur-
prised at the results," said Joan
Martin-Thurmaii, executive
director of CASA of Bastrop,
Inc., serving Bastrop, Lee and
Fayette Counties. "CASA vol-
unteers represent the best inter-
est of foster children in court.
CASA volunteers are every-
day people that step forward
to help judges make the very
difficult decisions and speak
up for the best interest of the
child in court. The volunteers
get to know the child and talk
to everyone involved in that
child's life from doctors to
teachers to parents."
The survey, conducted by
the University of Texas at
Austin, showed 94 percent of
all the judges surveyed said
when CASA is involved, the
odds of a positive outcome for
these children go up. Ninety-
seven percent of the judges
said the personal knowledge
that CASA brings to the legal
processing helps their deci-
sion-making.
The board members of
CASA said, "CASA volun-
teers are invaluable in serving
these most precious children.
CASA of Bastrop, Inc., serv-
ing Bastrop, Lee and Fayette
Counties does an excellent job
supporting those volunteers.
I urge any citizen willing to
make this commitment to find
out more."
Last year, CASA of Bastrop,
Inc. served more than 400 chil-
dren in all three counties.
"A CASA volunteer is
the child's voice and hope in
the courtroom", said Martin-
Thurman, "We urge any citizen
interested in making a differ-
ence in a foster child's life to
visit www.casaofbastrop.com
or becomeacasa.org.
centers, law-enforcement
agencies and criminal jus-
tice entities to explore best
practices, legislative frame-
works and policies in five
cities across the nation.
"The Family Crisis
Center was truly honored
to be asked by the Office
of Violence Against Women
in Washington D.C. and
the International Visitor
Leadership Program to
showcase our work and dis-
cuss the various programs
we offer throughout our
rural communities to vic-
tims of domestic violence,"
Murphy said.
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