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Monday, June 20,1983
Number32
Hospital here
may aid Elgin
By Eric Williams
Final approval" for leas-
ing Bastrop Memorial
Hospital to Memorial
Hospital Systems, based in
Houston, was granted last
week as the new
oraanization eyed
possible service expansion
into Elgin.
Bastrop Hospital Ad-
ministrator Ben Snead said
Friday that the subsidiary
corporation which will
manage the lease is consid-
ering staffing an Elgin
clinic of one or more
physicians that would
hospitalize patients in Bas-
trop.
Memorial Hospital and
Health Care Center of Bas-
trop is the name of the cor-
poration which will
manage the local hospital.
Evidence of th6 interest in
the Elgin marke^was the
election of W.E Jhmckle
Jr. as a director.
Snead said no definite
decision has been made to
open an Elgin clinic, but'
noted that Memorial
System is examing the
market for health services
there.
New Board
Many of the other mem-
bers of the nine member
board have been a part pf
the Bastrop Memorial
Hospital AuthorityBoard,
including Cecil Long,
James Kershaw, Jack A.
Griesenbeck and Bill
Townsend. Other local
members of the board of
directors are Snead and
Dr. Harvey WorcheKt^*'
Other board members
are Bob Shaw, vice presi-
dent of regional affairs for
Memorial Hospital
Systems and Bill Warren,
president of the Houston
based corporation.
Shaw, appearing in Bas-
trop Thursday when direc-
tors unanimously ap-
proved a resolution author-
izing the lease, said that thfc
takeover will make few
visible changes to the hos-
pital. But he noted that the
management expertise
Houston Memorial will be
able to provide along with
greater capital availability
of th£ nine hospital system
will pay off in long term •
benefits to the local
hospital.
Snead noted that the ac-
tual final approval of the ,
lease agreement was. kind ,
of an anti-climax since it
has been'worked on and
expected for more than a
year.
"I've been working
toward this end since
December 1980," Snead
noted.
Consumation^ of the
Continued on Page 4
Texas Army National
Guard officer candidates
week at Camp Swift during
mock air mobile raids, part
of their year-long training,
including weekend drills
api.L°jy. weeks at Swift,
Camp Mabry and other
locations. Thirty-eight
candidates are left out of put ther candidates under
over 60 that started laSt tough physical and mental
summer. Training offices U«to,
said they are searching for didate# "Wtffiffciriifted by
leaders and that's why they helicopter tdlocations they
attacked, then they retur-
ned to the whirlybirds un-
der fire. Staff Photo by
JackFraser.
BISD hires architects
Smithville orders election for mayor
Smithville voters Aug.j
13 will ballot on a new
mayor and councilman,
the City Council deoicfcd at
a short session Wednes-
day night.
By unanimous vote, the
council ruled that an elec-
tion be held to replace
James Reader who resigned
as mayor and Emil Vacek
who resigned as council-
man, both last week.
Mayor Pro Tem W.R.
Davison, a former mayor
now serving as Acting
Mayor, said Friday he does
not plan to run for niayor
at the Aug. 13 special elec-
tion where voters will also
decide on adopting the city
manager form of govern-
ment. -
Davison said at Wed-
nesday night's meeting
that the council did not ac-
cept Vacek's resignation
last Monday night because
it wanted a chance to at
least consider making ap-
pointments to fill out the
terms which expire next
April. If the two resigna-
tions had been accepted,
appointments would not
have been possible under
state law.
However, at the Wednes-
day meeting there was no
support voiced for filling
the vacancies by appoint-
ment.
"I have felt that election
of public officials should
be left to the electorate,"
said Councilman James
Caldwell.
"There will be no extra
expense to have the election
Aug. 13," pointed out
Councilman Robert
Smith, since the city mana-
ger election had already
been set for the same day.
"We might as well put the
positions before the
voters..." —
Davison then moved to
accept Vacek's resignation
which made the election
Aug. 13 automatic.
Municipal Judge
The council then voted
to amend a city ordinance
so that the mayor pro tem,
in this case Davison, can
act as municipal judge.
Only the mayor could do
that before.
The council made the
change an emergency or-
dinance amendment so
that it could go into effect
immediately.
Davison explained that
this was necessary to save
revenue from fines for the
city that otherwise would
be collected by the Prednct
2 Justice,of the Peace and
go to thetounty.
By Eric Williams
Atf architects study of
Bastrop Independent
School District's existing
facilities with an eye of
immediate expansion
needs was ordered by BISD
Trustees last week.
Architect Joe Stoeltje of
the firm Wilson-Stoeltje-
Martin, Inc. Architects,
said it should take ap-
proximately 60 days to
complete the study. He
said they study should
provide a reasonable
analysis of what facilities
the district has and needs.
BIDS Superintendent
Jack Bell said whatever
plan is arrived at Will, need students, but there will
to solve overcrdwding have to be an increased
SISD teachers seek raises
Smithville board mem-
bers can expect to hear a
request for a teacher salary
increase tonikhl (Mon-
day).
Pat Vacek, president of
the Smithville Classroom
Property values jump
Teachers Association, and
Doug Kusey, high school
English teacher have
requested to be on the
agenda.
Superintendent Don
Hestand stated Friday that
he didn't have "any idea"
of the amount that they
would request, but
speculated that it would be
an "across the board"
raise request.
"This year they get a
very small raise," he ad-
ded, "abbut one percent,"
which is a step increase.
"Since the legislation
didn't take any action this
past session, "I'm sure
they're wanting some in-
crease."
problems at each of the
district's four campuses.
All of the school buildings
are structurally sound and
in good condition, he said,
but added that there has
been a steady increase in
student numbers.
The BISD finished the
1982-83 school year with
an enrollment of 2,789
compared to a beginning
enrollment in 1981-82 of
2,378. Bell expects to start
the next school year with
an enrollment level of
2,850 to 2,900.
At the high school the
growth will be especially
apparent next year as
enrollment is expected to
grow from approximately
725 students to ap-
proximately 825.. .
Principal Ronald Lan-
drum said that the campus
can accomodate all the
number in each class.
Currently the BISD
houses grades kindergar-
ten, one and two in the
Primary School; grades
three, four and five in the
Elementary School; grades
six, seven and eight in the
Junior High School and
grades nine, ten, eleven
and twelve in the High
School. -
Ideally a new campus
would be constructed so
that it would allow each of
the existing schools to have
one less grade with extra
room to accomodate new
growth, Bell said.
After that, "We hope
not to have to build again
for another four to six
years," Bell said. Fie said
that there is no reason to
expect that the district
won't continue to grow at
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Gym to get lights
Bastrop School Trustees
approved the installation
of new flourescent lights in
the high school gymnasium
Bastrop County Appraisal
District should have pre-
liminary tax rolls to send to
the county taxing jurisdic-
tions by the end of next
week and they'll show sub-
stantially increased values.
Chief Appraiser Roy,
Humble reported last Fri-
day that 4,000 new parcels
were added to the district's
rolls since this time last
year and the values on a
number of other parcels
were increased.
Humble said that each
time the district either
located a new piece of
homes and businesses, the
new rolls should mean
millions of dollars in in-
creases to Bastrop County
tax rolls.
Once he runs the pre-
liminary tax roils, Humble
will provide them to the
various taxing entities so
they can be audited for
errors.
After a limited period,
, changes suggested by the
audit will be made, and tht
tax rolls will be ready to
run.
A problem remains that
property or had increased the many deed transfers
appraisal must
said that th
his off
rolls up to
but still
catch the r
deed redder in
as caught the
vember 1982
H month to
up to
---i nailed.
Although he ides not
have final figures yet, he
predicts that he will mail
out more than 20,000 for-
ms. He $aid that taxpayers
whose values wefe not
raised $1,000 since the last
tax roth will receive no ap-
praisal notice.
Millions More - •
Since many of the added I lV&tcfl fOf
January 1983.
Until the deed record
changes are noted on ap-
praisal district rolls, taxing
entities have no correct
name or mailing address to
deliver tax notices to.
BISD Plea
"We need the records
caught up to two weeks
ago," said Bastrop Inde-
pendent School District
Business Manager Lonnie
Wilhelm. *
Wilhelm said that a lack
of caught-up deed transfers
is decimating the BISD's
tax collections, which are
more than $200,000 (ess
than projections.
Wilhelm notes that there
are several other factors
involved in collection prob-
lems, but said the lack of
firoper name and address
or the property owners is a
significant one.
Wilhelm said the matter
is important enough that
he would be willing to ac-
cept a three-week delay in
obtaining the tax roll after
Oct. 1, in order to haye the
deed transfers caught up.
Other taxing officials
with the county and the
school districts concurred.
Humble was instructed
by the district's board
board of directors to hire
part-time help if it is
available to bring the
records up to date more
quickly.
(fumble notes that it is
difficult to find someone
capable of reading deed
records and entering them
into a computer, but said
he wquld check applica-
tions in the district of fice to
try to find a qualified per-
son.
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Smithville's
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lay last week at
a big chic luncheon. See
Page 5 for more about this
remarkable man.
because of difficulty in
keeping the current ones
working.
BISD Business Manager
Lonnie Wilhelm recom-
mended last week that the
changes be made because
the VHO (very high out-
put) flourescent light bulbs
keep burning out them-
selves, their transformers
and their sockets.
Wilhelm said that the
new lighting system will
pay for itself in reduced ex-
penditures within two
years of its installation.
Wilhelm also announced
that the new lights have
been installed at the
baseball field. The lights
were authorized by the
board in February.
In other action last week
At the BISD Trustees
meeting:
- "The board approved
the continued hiring of a
drug dog to inspect the
high school and junior
high campuses at irregular
intervals. High School
Principal Ronald Lan-
drum said that the dogs
seldom locate drugs on
campus, but added thatthe
fact that they come to
Bastrop afnomcheduled
times provides a strong
deterrent to youngsters
bringing drugs to schodtT
•BISD Superintendent
Jack Bell announced that
the district has received
$2,300 towards the pur-
chase of additional com-
puter equipment. Bell said
that the money was avail-
able to add to the $27,000
grant the district obtained
last year to buy its com-
puter system. He said that
officials might be able to
locate two used computer
terminals compatible with
BISD's system for the
$2,300.
•Approved the use of
$200 in BISD funds to help
send Terry Bates to the
national meeting of the
Future Homemakers of
America in Washington,
D.C. Bell said that Miss ,
Bates, an area officer for
FHA, had raised all. but
$ 150 of the $(35 needed for
the trip. ,
•Approved the hiring of
Harold V. Simson Com- "
pany to conduct the an&tlal
audit of BISD books for
between $5,250 and$J,720.
Wilhelm said the cbst in-
creased from $4,200
because of additional state
audit requirements.*
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Williams, Eric. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, June 20, 1983, newspaper, June 20, 1983; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth602115/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.