Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 24, 1996 Page: 1 of 12
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Summer Readers
Open Time Capsule
Archeologists Ready
For Belle Excavation
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BY KRISTEN GIBBS
flstsetae Seecan Staff Writer
election to be held on Oct. 8 and every two years programs through the Mid-Coast Higher Education other information via television. With this program
thereafter. Consortium at the Texas State Marine Education a profesrorin Rosenberg or Wharton could “lecture
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Voters in Matazorda Countv Navigation District All three commissioner positions currently held Center-Palacios. to studentsin Palacios.
(MCND) #1 will have the oooortunitv to elect the byTed Bales Jr. MarvinL. Curtis and Holsworth will With enrollment atTexas State Technical College The MCND #1 commissioners voted to partici-
three individuals who s^e^CNDBlcommis- be up for election in October. (TSTC) and Wharton County Junior College (WOO pate in “cost sharing” for the program,
skmere when they go to the polls on Oct 8 Although the terms for commissioner are for six in Palacios growing, “the long range, continuing The MCND #1 is continuing to contnbute to the
The currentMCND #1 commissioners approved years, the three elected initially in October will problem is housing," said Leon Bullock, Superinten-
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be elected instead of appointed bv the county com- In other action during their regular meeting last Bullock also described a program of using fiber The commissioners approved the installation of
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Palacios council
considering tax
abatement policy
BY KRISTEN
Staff Writer
Palacios City Council is considering a tax abatement policy in an
effort to attract new industry and encourage growth of existing indus-
‘^Mike Sherrod, director of the City of Palacios Economic Devek
mestt Corporation, presented a policy to the Palacios City Council I
consideration at last week's regular council meeting.
“Communities that have tax abatements are the communities that
are growing,” Sherrod said.
He explained that when companies are looking for places to build
or expand there is a “checklist” they follow. If the answer to whether
a city has a tax abatement policy is “no”, they go on to the next town,
if tire answer is “yes” they go on to the next question Sherrod said
industries will give Palacios greater consideration^ the city has a tax
abatement policy.
A policy could also include incentives for established business to
expand.
Sherrod said that Palacios was “hutting in the housing market and
retail businesses.” He added that a tax abatement policy could be
tailored to fit tire needs of those types of business. He explained that an
abatement policy “runs out" every two ears when it can be revised to
fit the changing needs of tire city.
Mayor George Holst felt that an abatement policy might be a good
way to “entice” industry to tire area.
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Holst also said that Palacios has needs that other communities and
> cities do not have and that he knew it (the abatement policy) would
help Palacios and the Palacios area. He said “if it gets one job for
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LCRA water quality
monitoring workshop
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Saturday at TSMEC
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) will sponsor a
free one-day workshop on citizen monitoring of water quality la
Matagorda Bay from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday (July 27) at the
Texas State Marine Education Center (TSMEC) in Palacios.
Regular monitors—citizens who biweekly or monthly monitor
water quality already—are encouraged to attend the workshop.
Methods of sampling and field techniques will be emphasized. The
results of tire 1995-96 monitoring data from Malflgorda Bay will be
presented in the afternoon.
Baywatch is a part of the LCRA’s Colorado Riverwatch Network
and is recognized as a component of the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Committee's Texas Watch.
To sign up for the free workshop or to become a monitor contact
Cathy Porter, (512)972-2559, or Cynthia Gorham, LCRA,
(800)776-5272.
Setting sail on a Sea Safari
SOME of the 77 youngsters from throughout the state who arrived in Palacios on Sunday to
participate in the week-long Texas 4-H Sea Safari being held here wait their turn to set sail
on Tres Palacios Bay. The youngsters and some of their parents, who came from places
ranging from Midland to Texarkana to Uvalde, have a full week of activities in store for
thew Headquartered at the Texas State Marine Education Center-Palacios, the Sea Safari
participants will study marsh and bay habitats, seafood preparation, diving^ redfish fishing,
sailing and fish printing. (Beacon Photo by Nick West) _
Annual St. Anthony’s Shrimporee,
Blessing of the Fleet set for Aug. 4
The annual Shimporee in Palacios will take
place on Sunday, Aug. 4.
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The traditional Blessing of tire Reel will be-
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with Fathers
Pham.
Following Maas, the remainder of the day-
long festivities will be held of the grounds ot
St Anthony’s Catholic Church. Shrimp as well
as barbecue brisket, barbecued chicken and
trimmings will be served 11 a.m.-l:30 pjn.
Activities will include booths and a live
Polka band. There will also be a large auction
with several quilts being auctioned.
Gulf shrimp season off to a slow start
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Like their cotton and wheat-growing brethren on tire this year’s brown shrimp catch to be between 500,000 to 2
land, shrimp fishermen along the Texas Gulf may expert- million pounds lighter than the 1960-1994 historical aver-
ence a lean 1996 harvest
While lack of rain plays some pan in the shortfall, Juvenile shrimp usually make their way into the bays
experts place more blame on late cold fronts for thedimmer from February through early April, after the water tem-
prospccts peraturcreaches more than 60 degrees. The marshes in the
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Impacted tilings," said Gary Graham, fisheries specialist the north winds Mew water out of the bays, which meant
with the Texas Marine Advisory Service, lower water levels In the marshes. All this led to a shorter
The (JalvcMon-bused Southeast Fisheries Science Cat- gi^n| season ami smaller shrimp,
ter of the National Marine fisheries Service is predicting Tony Ranger, marine agent lor Cameron County,
which contains the fishing ports of Port Isabel and
Brownsville, said first day catches were not good.
"They were bringing 5 to 9 boxes,” he said. "They
usually do more than 10."
Each box contains 100 pounds of shrimp.
Nancy Webb, marine agent for Matagorda County, which
contains the fishing port of Palacios, said reports from the
first two nights of shrimping indicated a very slow start to
the 1996 season.
One shrimping fleet reported 700 to 1,200 pounds per
boat on the first night, compared to about 2,000 forthc firs
night last year, Webb said. The second night was even
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■ TPO-VFD
fund raiser BBQ
held Saturday
The Tres Palacios Oaks
(TPO) Volunteer Fire Dept,
will hold its annual fund
raiser BBQ starting at 11
a.m. Saturday (July 27) at
the TPO fire department.
Plates are $5 for adults
and $3 for children. The
event will include a raffle,
auction, games and dart
tournament starting at 12
noon. 1
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U PJHS Pep
Squad conducts
camp July 29-30
The Palacios Junior High
Cheerleaders will hold a Pep
Squad Camp July 29-30
from 8 a.m.-12 noon for all
6th, 7th, and 8th grade
students interested in
joining the Pep Squad. The
camp will be held at the
PHS gift’s gym.
The cost is $10 for the
two days and $25 for the T-
shirt and pom-poms.
■ Docents for
Belle project
being sought
Palacios Area Fund is
seeking volunteers inter-
ested in training as docents
for the LaSalle Shipwreck
excavation project and tour
guide training for other
area sites and activities.
Docents on the project
are limited to the first 50
volunteers with others being
placed on a waiting list.
Those interested must con-
tact PAF at 972-3960 no
later than Thursday (July
25).
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