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Smithville 94
Halletsville 67
Lady Tigers 58
Halletsville 33
Elgin Girls 50
Hearne 24
Lady Bears 57
McNeil 42
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Vol. 140, No. 97
Hospital
wins okay
by FmHA
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Since March 1,1853
500
Bastrop, Texas
Thursday, February 3, 1994
By Janice Butler
Staff Writer
Construction on a new $4.3
million hospital in Smithville is
expected to begin in late March
or early April, according to
Hospital Administrator Jim
Langford.
"We received a letter today
from Farmers Home Adminis-
tration saying that we can go out
for bids. We plan to advertise
immediately," he said.
Langford said he called board
president Bobby Hennesey first
and admitted he kept his phone
busy for awhile calling others.
"We're all very excited
around here," he said.
"There are a few things that
the architects have to do with
the plans before we go out for
bids, but as soon they are fin-
ished well be ready," the ad-
ministrator added.
FmHA is the lending agency
• HOSPITAL, Pag* 2
CHARITY GALA
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Bastrop sent a festive contingent to La Grange Saturday to help raise funds for the Family
Crisis Center which serves a three-county area. For more on the fun, see Page 7.
Toad slowing
development,
say lenders
By Davis McAuley
Editor
Trustees adopt BHS class plan
An attempt Tuesday to ease
fears in the Bastrop develop-
ment community about new
construction in area inhabited
by the endangered Houston toad
apparently fell short of its goal.
Real estate appraisers and
lenders took little comfort from
suggestions by U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service officials on
ways to avoid needless compli-
cations in meeting requirements
under the Endangered Species
Act.
; Some said the law could
bring new home construction to
a halt, at a time when housing
demand in the area is rising.
Officials said it could lake at
least a year to draft and win ap-
proval of a regional conserva-
tion plan for the tiny toad's
habitat which includes roughly
the Lost Pines area of Bastrop
County and may extend far
south of the Colorado River.
Approval of a regional plan
would free up development con-
straints in other areas where the
toad is known to live.
Lisa O'Donnell of the Fish
and Wildlife Service outlined
steps which developers can take
See TOAD, Page 2
Police snare
drug suspects
Four drug suspects were ar-
rested last week in Bastrop and
Smithville for delivery of a
controlled substance.
The suspects, who are ac-
cused of selling crack cocaine to
undercover narcotics agents,
were named in sealed indict-
ments handed up by a Bastrop
County grand jury last month.
Thirty-seven year-old Iris
Lynn Lindley and Cleve Othar
Jones, age 41, were both ar-
rested in Bastrop on January 28.
Bennett Charles Cephus, age
31 and Danyeal Pernell Jones,
See SUSPECTS, Page 2
Bastrop school trustees re-
cently approved what may
prove to be a significant change
for high school students and
teachers.
At the January 18 school
board meeting, trustees agreed
to implement a modified block
schedule at BHS.
Beginning next fall, students
will be able to enroll in eight
classes each semester.
"The school day will consist
of four 90 minute classes, and
the classes will meet every other
day," according to BHS Princi-
pal Van Pryor.
The new plan is designed to
offer advantages to students by
allowing them more class elec-
tives.
While the new plan may meet
skepticism from some, the
changes probably will not stop
there, according to BISD Su-
perintendent Dr. Paul Fleming.
He and Assistant Superinten-
dent of Instruction James
Richardson attended a group of
seminars last week to study the
newest ideas in strategic plan-
ning.
Fleming said the basic phi-
losophy behind the series of
workshops was designed to help
school districts determine where
their organization wanted to be
in one, three or 10 years.
"The workshops were geared
to help us identify what our
goals as a district are and how to
put a plan into action," he said.
Fleming described the pro-
cess and said it begins with a 25
to 30 member committee com-
prised of educators and citizens.
"Their job is to determine
what the values of the school
district should be and the mis-
sion of the district," he ex-
plained.
Next there is some intensive
time spent identifying the short
and long term goals of the dis-
trict
Then eight to 10 strategies
will be targeted. Afterwards the
action teams mil meet and
identify the plan of action for
carrying out the strategies, ac-
cording to the superintendent
"The process is difficult to
define and explain without
knowing what the steps and
strategies will be. It's a build-as-
you-go plan," explained Flem-
ing.
"Much of the concept comes
from industry and business val-
ues. Although they are based on
profits, our profits become edu-
cated and successful students,
and the morals of the program
are similar to those taught in
business," he added.
"Success is the same, regard-
less," Fleming concluded.
He said that he has talked
with some board members unof-
ficially about implementing the
program in BISD, but he added
that he is a little reluctant to be-
See SCHEDULE, Page 2
8-year-old phones 911
as mom is gunned down
Criminal investigators voiced
admiration for the cool headed
courage of an eight-year-old
who hid behind a home enter-
tainment center with his
younger sister, grabbed a
portable telephone and called
911 when their father opened
fire on their mother about 6:30
p.m. Friday.
'This kid is something," said
sheriffs department investigator
David Campos. "He did an out-
standing job. He called 911 and
then ran to his grandfather's
house (next door)."
When authorities arrived they
found Mary Beth Stach, 32,
dead in the kitchen of the Upton
area home where she lived with
the children. She had been shot
six times, said Campos.
Council listens
Tahitian voices city issues
Streets, sidewalks, crime and
development opportunities were
among the issues raised Tues-
day as Tahitian Village area
residents talked to Bastrop city
officials about issues to address
in a comprehensive plan being
drafted.
Karen Pinard, a member of
the Tahitian water district board,
urged the city to consider the
need for sidewalks near schools,
cooperation among local agen-
cies and incentives to attract
new development.
Coming Up pi 5
Bill Chess focused on the
need for daytime community
college course offerings in Bas-
trop, cooperation among the
cities in Bastrop County and
tapping die volunteer talent of
local service clubs and
organizations.
Ralph Russell urged consid-
eration of extending city sewers
and street improvements to the
Pine Forest section which lies in
Bastrop.
Water board president Nor-
man Hansen said Tahitian's road
needs should be considered as
the city council discusses the
possibility of issuing bonds to
finance a major street improve-
ment program.
Richard Kesselus praised the
work of city police but called
for stepped up crime prevention
efforts. City Manager Michael
Talbot introduced Officer Kel-
lea Miller to the crowd, saying
See Tahitian, Page 2
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Parents Joined pupils Tueeday evening at the Emile Elementary School gym in Bastrop for
a family Read-In where they were Joined by Austin author Travor Romain.
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In the master bedroom they
found the body of her ex-hus-
band, Edwin Frank Stach Jr., 37,
lying on the bed with a single
gunshot wound to his right tem-
ple. .
A .45 caliber Ruger semi-
automatic pistol was recovered
from the scene, according to a
statement released by the sher-
iffs department
The couple were divorced in
September 1993. Subsequently
she moved from Elgin with their
children to a rural residence on
County Road 284 about six
miles south of Smithville.
Investigators said Stach was
expected to pick up the children
for a weekend visit when he ar-
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See 911, Page 2
Candidates set
for Elgin forum
Bastrop County Democratic
Chairman Mike Roach an-
nounced a revised schedule of
three public forums for candi-
dates seeking county offices,
beginning in Elgin on Feb. 3.
The Elgin event featuring
candidates for district attorney
and precinct posts, begins at 6
p.m. at the Texas Utilities com-
munity room on Main Street.
Slated to appear are District
Attorney Charles Penick and his
challenger, Bastrop lawyer
Lamar Wigmton.
Also on the program are
Precinct 4 Commissioner Lee
Dildy and Precinct 4 Justice of
the Peace Tommy Moseley,
both unopposed for reelection.
Roach said scheduling prob-
lems forced the Bastrop forum
to be shifted to Saturday, Feb.
12. The 1 p.m. session will take
place in the courtroom at the
Law Enforcement Center.
Candidates for county judge,
district clerk, county clerk and
FORUM, Page 2
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