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Texas’ oldest weekly newspaper since March 1,1853 Semi-weekly since Sept. 5,1977
Thursday, May 15,2014
Vol. 161, No. 29 | $1.00
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INSIDE
COMMISSIONERS COURT
SPORTS: Bastrop runner
brings home the gold. B1
BASTROP SCENE: Gina
hits the links. A4
Good stuff at Pine Street
Market Days. A5
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, MAY 16
7 p.m.: Shiloh Primitive
Baptist Church, 385 FM 20
will host guest speaker the
Rev. Fred Blackman and Lone
Star Baptist Church. Guest
churches will include Mt.
Woodrow Baptist Church,
Cedar Creek, Antioch
Baptist Church, Bastrop., Mt.
Pleasant Primitive Baptist
Church, Cedar Creek, and
Pilgrim Rest Primitive Baptist
Church, Austin.
7 a.m.: Come out to the
annual event Relay for Life
event to raise money toward
finding a cure for cancer at
Erhard Field, 1614 Chambers
St. For more information,
contact Jennifer McPhaul at
512-304-0072.
SATURDAY, MAY 17
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Paws
on the Patio will be held at
Pockets in Smithville, 205
Fawcett St. There will be
pets available for adoption, a
rabies clinic, a silent auction
and a dog contest. Plus,
there will be great food from
Pockets starting at 11 a.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 20
7 p.m.: Mark Klym of Texas
Parks and Wildlife and author
of the book“Hummingbirds
of Texas” will be the featured
speaker for the Bastrop
County Audubon Society. The
monthly meeting begins at
7 p.m. at the First National
Bank Building Meeting Room,
Hasler Blvd. in Bastrop.
Refreshments will be served.
The event is free. For more
information, contact Mary
Ellen Branan at 51 2-303-
2734.
SATURDAY, MAY 31
9 a.m. to noon: Bastrop
Church of Christ, 287 FM
Highway 20, will be hosting
a seminar designed to
enable attendees to more
effectively support family and
friends during times of grief
or when they are suffering
from serious illness. For more
information, contact P J
Barker at 51 2 985-5688.
Vote ends job creation program
‘It’s incredibly disappointing for
the community members and
businesses that were looking
forward to the benefits produced
from the program.’
Rebecca Rivas
Project manager
Seven businesses
already approved
to receive funds.
By Wes Gardner
wgardner@acnnewspapers.com
The Bastrop County Com-
missioners Court at their Mon-
day morning meeting voted
to discontinue the upcoming
county-wide job creation pro-
gram after roughly six months
of planning.
The program would have al-
lowed eligible businesses to ap-
ply for up to $90,000 in for-
givable loans to help them off-
set the cost of hiring 3 full-time
17th annual Relay for
Life Bastrop/Smithville
this weekend.
By Sarah Acosta
sacosta@acnnewspapers.com
Almost 30 years ago, Relay
For Life founder Gordy Klatt
raised $27,000 for the Ameri-
can Cancer Society by walking
and running around a track
for 24 hours while friends
paid to run or walk alongside
him.
Since then, the RFL move-
ment has captured the hearts
of many worldwide, raising
more than $5 billion to fight
the disease that has affected
so many, cancer.
On May 16-17, from 7 p.m.
on Friday to 7 a.m. on Satur-
day, cancer survivors, care-
takers and supporters will
walk for a cure at Bastrop
High School’s Erhard Field for
the 17th annual Relay For Life
Bastrop/Smithville.
“It takes a village to put
on this event,” said Sarah
equivalent employees. The
plan was derailed after the Tex-
as General Land Office, who
was administering the pro-
gram on behalf of U.S. Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban De-
‘As a survivor, I
would say never
lose your faith
nor hope. We
will find a cure.
I will relay until
we do.’
Debbie Horton
RFL Survivor chair
Hughes, event co-chair. “Sur-
vivors are the reason we ‘re-
lay’ - they are the life force of
any Relay For Life event.”
With May being Melanoma
Awareness Month, local sur-
vivors speak out about their
battle as everyone’s reason to
“relay” is as unique as their
personal story.
“Hearing the words ‘You
have cancer’ is an experi-
ence I never want to relive
and will do everything in my
power so others won’t have to
velopment, notified planners
the proposal was not consis-
tent with what they wanted to
see from the program, accord-
ing to project manager Rebec-
ca Rivas.
IF YOU GO
What: Relay For Life
Bastrop/Smithville
When: May 16-1 7,7
p.m.-7 a.m.
Where: Bastrop High
School’s Erhard Field,
1 61 4 Chambers St.
Info: Visit relayforlife.
org/bastroptx for more
information.
hear those same words,” said
Heather Proctor, RFL teams
chair and five-year survivor of
melanoma.
Proctor was diagnosed
with melanoma skin cancer
in 2010.
Since joining RFL, she has
been a participant, team cap-
tain, committee member,
event co-chair, teams chair
and online fundraising chair.
“I love working together
Relay continued on A7
“It’s incredibly disappoint-
ing for the community mem-
bers and businesses that were
looking forward to the benefits
produced from the program,”
added Rivas.
Seven businesses had al-
ready been approved to receive
loans through the program.
The story will be explored in
detail in Saturday’s edition of
the Advertiser.
The Commissioners Court al-
so approved expanding a part-
time position with Bastrop
County Animal Control to full-
time status to assist in data op-
erations.
Program continued on A7
ELECTIONS
Kesselus,
Gilleland
win
races
Ken Kesselus defeated
Bill Haschke in the race
to be mayor.
By Wes Gardner
wgardner@acnnewspapers.com
The votes have been cast,
the ballots counted and it ap-
pears the Kesselus name re-
tains its staying power in Bas-
trop.
Ken Kesselus, a fifth gener-
ation Bastrop native and five-
year City Coun-
cil member,
won the may-
or’s race against
Bill Haschke,
treasurer for
the Pine Forest
Property Own-
ers Association.
Final results
from election
day and early
voting show Kesselus won with
78.8 percent of the vote, 569
votes to Haschlce’s 153.
The results aren’t set in
stone, but they’re very close to
being official, according to the
Bastrop County Elections De-
partment. The only votes that
haven’t been tallied are com-
ing from provisional ballots.
“I’m feeling really good
about it,” said Kesselus. “I
think it’s a strong affirma-
tion of what our community is
looking for and I look forward
to continue serving the city.”
Kesselus’ campaign ran with
a focus on long-term planning
for development and growth
within the city, as well as se-
curing future sources of water
as the area continues to deal
with that growth amid linger-
ing drought conditions.
The race for City Coun-
cil Place 5, which featured
political newcomers Kelly Gil-
leland and attorney Victor
Gonzalez, was more tightly
Races continued on A7
Relay For Life Bastrop/Smithville committee members, cancer survivors, caregivers and youth gather on the
Old Iron Bridge in Bastrop, contributed
Relaying a message of
hope by fighting cancer
Ken Kesselus
WORDS TO LIVE BY
“Do unto others as you
would have them do unto
you.” — Chris Files, Bastrop
Submit your“Words to live by”to:
thagerty@bastropadvertiser.com
INDEX
News
A2-A8
Obituaries
A2
Soorts
Bl-4
Classifieds
B3
Newsroom: 51 2-321 -2557
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CRIME
Two men dead in Smithville shooting
Truck crashes into back
of First Baptist Church;
2nd victim in roadway.
By Terry Hagerty
thagerty@acnnewspapers.com
Two males are dead and a
woman was transported to
Austin after two shooting inci-
dents in Smithville early Sun-
day afternoon, Smithville Po-
lice Chief Rudy Supalc said.
Supalc said police received a
911 call at approximately 1:45
p.m. of a shooting in the alley-
way between the 7-Eleven store
and First Baptist Church at the
corner of Loop 230 downtown
and Hudgins Street.
“A Hispanic male was found
in pickup truck with multiple
gunshots to the body” and had
crashed his truck into the rear
of the church, Supalc said.
He was pronounced dead
at the scene by a justice of the
peace. A short time later, po-
lice were alerted by a firefight-
er who heard gunshots around
a home on Bunte Street, near
downtown.
“A male was found dead in
the roadway “with an apparent
gunshot wound to the head,”
Supalc said. A female was found
shot inside the home and
Shooting continued on A7
A truck driven by a man who was shot and killed Sunday afternoon
crashed into the back portion of Smithville’s First Baptist Church, terry
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