The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1988 Page: 2 of 26
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS
Thursday, Jane 30, 1988
Here's the Royal Court for the Schwartz with Margaret Taylor, Becky King, David Long and
1988 Mi Dade Watermelon Fes- Pedro and Eva Castillo, Brock Ginger SchrefYles. Staff Photo by
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June 18. From left: Billy King Harry Lemming and Queen
Show site
Callahan vowed the March
livestock show will be in a perma-
nent home next year.
If the city agrees to a long term
lease of the Mayfest Hill site, fun-
draising could begin this fall and
construction could be complete in
30 to 45 days this winter, he said.
Chief
the First Baptist Church to hear Dr.
David Kimberly's praise of Powell
and his life. He said ttfe chief will
be remembered forever.
Bastrop Mayor David Lock, who
also spoke at the service, said
Pywell brought stability to the Bas-
trop Police Department for more
than 20 years. He said while other
small cities have had trouble with
their police departments the chief
provided the leadership needed to
keep the department together and
running smoothly.
Lock said what he will miss the
most is Powell's occasional visits
to his drug store where the two
talked about the city and about
things in general.
"I like the concept," Lock said
as the council voted unanimous en-
dorsement of the plan.
Mayfest Hill has long been the
site of popular recreation activities
and civic celebrations for Bastrop,
formerly including a rodeo arena
and a dance pavilion.
He said he will also miss the
chiefs one liners that he would
often recall at night when he was
home from work and laugh about
all over again.
I, as a reporter, will miss the
chief the most on Monday morn-
ings when he, with sunglasses fold-
ed in his shirt pocket, was nearly
always the first person to pick up
the latest edition of the Bastrop Ad-
vertiser and County News.
A graveside service was officiat-
ed by Kimberly followed by a serv-
ice by the Masonic Lodge 244 of
which he was a member.
Powell would often make arrest
a last resort after all other solutions
to a problem had been exhausted.
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Garfield council considers
giving up river subdivision
Continued from Page 1, Section I
The rodeo arena was removed
when the city beg°kn developing the
nearby well field about five years
v ago. At the same time facilities us-
ed for what was then the Bastrop
FFA Livestock Show were also
removed.
. Continued from Page 1, Section I
For less serious offenses it was not
uncommon for him to issue a warn-
ing unless he felt a stiffer punish-
ment was needed.
The chief could almost always be
seen driving around town and talk-
ing with citizens, monitoring the
heartbeat of the city with the infor-
mation he collected through friends
and other sources.
Chief Powell was a veteran of
World War II and married Cecilia
B. Powell in 1955. He was a num-
ber of the Bastrop Lions Club, Ma-
sonic Lodge 244 and American
Legion Post 533.
Powell worked briefly for the
Austin Police Department beftpre
accepting a position with the city
of Bastrop.
Powell is survived by his vvJfe,
Cecilia B. Powell of Bastrop; one
son, Bubba Powell of Bastrop; one
daughter, Donna Young of Smith-
ville; his mother, Adelia K. Powell
of Bastrop; one sister, Burnell
Kresge of Bastrop; six grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild,
Robbery—
Continued from Page 1, Section I
of Austin.
The three men were described as
follows:
A hispanic male in his early 30's,
approximately 4-feet 9-inches to
4-feet 10-inches tall, weighing 200
or more lbs., real chubby with dir-
ty black hair, beard and moustache.
A hispanic male approximately
25 years old, approximately 5-feet
4-inches to 5-feet 5-inches tall,
weighing 150 to 200 lbs. with
messed up black hair, wearing a
white^hort-sleeve shirt with a
pockef; blue jeans and (ennis shoes.
A hispanic male approximately
19 years old, 5-feet 4-inches to
5-feet 5-inches tall, weighing ap-
proximately 120 lbs. with clean cut
>lack hair with a punk tail in back,
wearing a blue shirt with cut off
! sleeves and blue jeans.
The three were last seen in a
1976 Pontiac Trans Am.
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Garfield's City Council is think-
ing about giving up the Colorado
River Ranchettes part of the city.
Property owners in the Ran-
chettes who attended last Thurs-
day's rancorous Garfield Council
meeting, in a show of hands, divid-
ed evenly between those wanting
to stay in the city and those want-
ing to get out.
Council members are consider-
ing deannexing or releasing the
Ranchettes subdivision, which has
around 100 lots and over 200 resi-
dents, because the city's been yn-
able to straighten boundary lines to
reach the tract and some residents
say they want out.
"All you have to do is adopt the
Colorado Riverbed as a boundary
to straighten the lines," said Dofs
Gossiat.
"Wouldn't it be the simpler way
just to annex the river?" asked
Council member Fay Hulsey.
A new state law "says you can't
annex more than 1,000 feet as a
general'law city," said Council
member Dorothy Burt. Hulsey and
Mayor Richard Hanshew disputed
her statement, saying the city had
been given legal advice that the
river annexation is proper. Hulsey
asked that the city's lawyer be at
the next meeting to clear up the
issue.
"As to letting the Ranchettes go,
it's to their advantage," said Mrs.
Burt. Others in the audience said
Austin would like to claim Garfjeld
or parts of it but Mrs. Burt said
"With property values in this area
as they are, it's not in Austin's ad-
vantage to annex this with the
deficit they have, it's going to take
them 20 years to get out of the
problems they have."
Council member Lonnie Stabe-
no said "I personally feel the
majority of people in the Ran-
chettes want out. I propose an elec-
tion as soon as possible on the
Ranchettes..."
The council instead set one more
public discussion, on June 30, of
the possible deannextaion and then
a council decision July 7.
"If you disannex this (the Ran-
chettes plus some land on Highway
71 and Tucker Hill Lai^e which is
also up for action), you will not
have enough people to have a
city," said Mrs. Elsie Perez.
"The real idea of this disannex-
ing is to destroy Garfield," she
claimed.
At this point Ben Ellis asked, as
he has in past months, for the coun-
cil to call an election on disincor-
porating the entire city. "I'd like
to see you put it to an election.. .as
soon as possible," he said.
"I believe they'll have that right
(to vote) in 1889," said Mayor
Hanshew.
"What are you going to do in the
meantime—limp along with no
money?" said Shirley Ellis.
As for the Ranchettes issue,
James Crawford said "I've lived
here for 17 years. I don't see that
we will benefit..I'd like to be
released" from Garfield. "All you
people need to turn it over to
Austin and Travis County," said
one spectator. "These councilmen
can't do it." Liz Rye, who lives
just outside the city, said "Roads
were better maintained before."
John Plato, who also lives just out-
side the city, said, "Why are you
so hellbent on connecting up the
Colorado Ranchettes? You can't
take care of what you've got.
Courthouse
Chairman Nan Olsen on Court-
house renovation planning, said
state officials are urging the county
to hire a preservation architect to
draft a master plan, set repair pri-
orities and help win grant funds.
Now is a good time to launch
such a program, Raesz said, in part
because many qualified preserva-
tion architects are eager to find new
work.
With the third floor of the Court-
house also empty now, Raesz
urged development of an overall
renovation plan before the vacant
space is put to new uses.
He warned, however, that the
Courthouse may need expensive
work, including major renovation
of the plumbing and electrical
systems
You're trying to get a water sys-
tem, a sewage system, and you
can't even fix a hole in the road."
The council has been working on
establishing a municipal water sys-
tem as a means of raising revenue
for the city as well as improving
the River Timbers system which
does not meet all Texas Health
Department standards at present.
Betty Cronin said "I live in the
Ranchettes. I'd like to stay in
Garfield but if you release me, I'd
like to have some assurance that
Travis County will maintain our
roads!
Mrs. Burt said Council member
Clara Fry talked with Commission-
er Hank Gonzalez and was told
roads would be maintained.
"You are giving these people
false information," said former
Council member Lillian Jones.
Others said the county wouldn't
take good care of roads unless resi-
dents complain enough.
"The county wasn't really doing
that good a job before," said Alfre-
do Valencia. "Getting the city es-
tablished has been hardvWe've had
growing pains... But I want to stay
in Garfield. If the Ranchettes is out
of our tax base, we'll have that
much less tax base to work with."
Mrs. Jones charged "I am go-
ing to the Attorney General's
office. Every one of you (new
council members) has broken the
oath of office you took the night
you were elected to work for the
city of Garfield...Let me tell you
people, you are not working for
Garfield."
Hulsey complained the council
was not following an agenda that
was circulated before the meeting
and the meeting was "fhvalid."
.Continued from Page 1, Section I
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A master plan can help establish
priorities for renovation und end
the practice of "patchwork"
repairs, he said. _ . ,
State experts can supply lists of
qualified restoration experts and
help select one, Alexander said.
A restoration master plan could
cost $8,000 toN$10,000, Raesz
said.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1988, newspaper, June 30, 1988; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390924/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.