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Palacios Beacon-Wed., May 22,1996-Page 5
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Traffic fatalities register sligkt
Increase in state during 1
> Traffic deaths increased by
one-percent in Texas in 1995
Compared with the year before,
|>ut the number of fatalities per
100-million miles driven
dropped to the lowest level in
the state’s history, Department
[>f Public Safety statistics show.
“What this record-low death
ate of 1.7 means is that the
thance of being killed in a
traffic accident in Texas was
the lowest it has ever been,"
said DPS Director Col. James
R. Wilson. “We are concerned
that the actual number of
deaths was up slightly, but
considering our large popula-
tion, rapid growth and the
amount of driving we do in
Texas, the situation certainly
could have been much worse."
Statistics compiled by the
?PHS teacher.students
ttend Houston lecture
<y Nobel Prize winner
Back again to serve
Thirty-six students and
bight teachers from Palacios
ligh School went to Jones Hall
In Houston recently to hear a
lecture by Nobel Peace Prize
dinner Hie Wiesel, now a pro-
essor at Boston University.
Professor Wiesei has worked
behalf of oppressed people
for much of his adult life. Mr.
^eisel’s personal experience
of the Holocaust has led him to
jlse his talents as an author,
teacher and storyteller to de-
$nd human rights and peace
throughout the world,
if The sophomore English
classes of Mrs. Shongh Smith
and Mrs. Mary Kay Porter
study the literature and art of
the Holocaust as a unit
“This was the opportunity
of a lifetime," said Mrs. Smith.
“We were glad we were able to
Offer this opportunity to our
students. It's not often that any
students gets to see and listen
to the author of a book they
have read in school. Our stu-
dents read “Night" by Mr.
Wiesel."
H. “We appreciate the fact that
die Palacios ISD administration
supported this extra circular
activity and helped fund the
trip so that the students could
go, even though it was a school
night, and we got home late,”
said Mrs. Porter. “It was well
worth the time and effort just
to hear Mr. Wiesel’s lecture "
Mrs. Porter added that Mr,
Wiesel’s message was “mainly
that we must all remember and
teach what happened, that we
must connect with what people
see in evbry day life, gangs,
violence et cetera. Most impor-
tantly, his message stressed that
we all need to woik to teach
everybody to be able to live
and woik together.”
Students attending the lec-
ture were Robert Allums, Es-
tella Alvarez, Monica Arroya,
Mathew Bates, Joseph Bear,
Martha Blackmon, Amanda
Bowers,-Kristen Bowers,
Amelia Castellanos, Bonnie
Dearen, Richard Duran, Char-
ish Flores, Mathew Fuhrman,
Erasmo Garcia, Jack Gillett, Iris
Gonzalez, Robert Houpt, Rett
Hutto, Kandace Junek, Lisa Le,
Vanessa Loredo, Marie Lucio,
Robin Malone, Nina Martino,
Ha Nguyen, Yen Nguyen, Eliz-
abeth Steiher, Mary Tran, Peter
Tran and Hillary Labay,
Teachers involved in the
educational trip were Shongh
Smith, Mary Kay Porter, Greg
Fore, Cyndy Elliott, Nancy
Jordan, Mike and Lisa Petrisky
and Betty. Jean Ramsey.
DPS show 3,172 persons died
in traffic crashes in 1995, up 1
percent from 1994, when
3,141 fatalities wercreported.
“Another oVcounigingr sign
we see is that alcohol-and
drug-related traffic fatalities
were down in 1995;” Wilson
said. “Accidents involving in-
toxicated drivers; were down
2.7 percent’Wot /rirtnc;' , •••*
Still, intoxicated drivers ac-
counted for 1,138 deaths -
35.9 percent of all fatalities.., ; >.
‘Though the speed limit on,
some Texas highways in-
creased beginning December 8,,
last year, it is too early to tell f
what effect this will have on
traffic safety in the state,” Wil-,
son said. “Even so,* motorists
need to keep in mint}, that ex-
ceeding the speed limit is dan-
gerous.” •j'l
Traffic fatality reports for* -HkTTfc f** • f'X-ahiigz’itowfcKt? * * <
in JN KC. evaluation
fatalities (from 126 in 1994 to i‘ , - r >
/nrrirJ9fnSoiith Texas Project Electric
No traffic ntfllllM wOT re- wotaS
ported in Texas on Feb. *28, ln two 0,hers in ^ NjJSr
ReguIatofy^Commission’s latest
♦Systematic Assessment of Li-
:nsee Performance (SALP) re-
Holst gnd Alafnia wCre elected to their second terms. (Beacon photo by Kristen Gibbs.)
SfP gets ‘superior’, ‘good’
engineering work activities.
South Texas Pro/
itioi
1995, the only day dtirini
year no traffic deaths
curred. Twice during 1
single accidents claimed si
more victims.
“I encourage all Texans
obey speed limits, wear s;
belts and avoid alcohol when
they plan to drive,Wilson*
said. “Keeping iraffic safety in
mind can save lives during
*1996.”
PAEMS Open
House Friday
The Palacios,, Area Emer-
gency Medical Service will be
having an Open House May 24
from 5-7 p.m. to celebrate
EMS week (May 19-25).
The public is invited to at-
tend. There will be free food
and drinks and ambulance and
EMS building tours. '
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The City State Bank
of Palacios
Member FDIC • 459 Main Street • 512-972-2585
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Owned Bank
In Matagorda County.
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The report was sent May 1 to
mston Lighting & Power Co.
(HL&P), which operates the
plant. It evaluates the plant’s
performance betwefen Sept: 25,
1994 and March 23 of this year.
NRC and HL&P officials
discussed the report during a
meeting set last Thursday in the
Nuclear Support Center Audito-
rium at the South Texas Project.
The meeting was open for pub-
lic observation. NRC officials
were available afterward to
speak with reporters, state and
local officials, and members of
the public.
NRC systematic assessment
reports rate licensees in four
.functional areas - plant opera-
tions, maintenance, engineering
iSpd plant support - and assign
Ratings of Category 1, 2 or 3
m swpwoj, -good, 05. adequate,
f-fflhojrefm.w South. T§*?s as-
signs ratings of “Category 1” in
maintenance and plant support.
YCategory 2” ratings were as-
ftigned to operations and engi-
neering.
' In his cover letter to the re-
port, NRC Regional administra-
tor L. Joe Callan said, “Overall,
safety performance improve-
ments were noted in all four
functional areas.” In the mainte-
nance area, safety performance
improved from a good level to a
superior level based on the im-
proved mateija! condition of the
plant, facility upgrades, and the
resolution of many long-stand-
ing equipment problems. In
plant support, the areas of emer-
gency, preparedness and security
were significantly improved,
while the radiological controls
program remained strong.
Engineering safety perfor-
mance improved; however,
weaknesses were noted with
plant, modifications and other
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its operations si
mance by reducing significant
operator errors and enhancing
procedures and programs. How-
ever, a number of operator per-
formance weaknesses, Of which
several involved supervisors,
occurred during the latter part of
the SALP period.
Mr. Callan noted that, “ ...a
key element of your overall im-
proved safety performance was
the implementation of self-criti-
cal, integrated, and continual
line and independent self-as-
sessment activities in all four"
functional areas. Initiatives to
further enhance human and
hardware performance must
continue to be effective in order
to sustain the overall improving
safety performance trend that
was noted during this SALP pe-
riod.”
ATTENTION CLASS
OF 1976
The class cf 1976 is
having its 20 year
reunion on July 13.
Anyone having informa-
tion about classmates
addresses, please
contact Cathy Gillett
Hunter at
(512) 972-3856
after 6pm
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Sunday May 26th
11am - 2pm
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Roast Beef
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Happy May Birthdays
To our very Special Patients from
Russell Matthes, D.D.S. and Staff
Code Aldington
Becky Ballard
Nicole Borfare
Rebecca Benevides
Jason Bohoc
Mock Brown
Aaron Bryant
Matthew Cannon
Ully. J CflnnAn
mlCnuel vunnon
Chase Cantu
Paige Carroll
Amanda Champion
Jeff Crutcher
Whitney Damborsky Krystal Krenek
Angia Darby Laurie Kunkel
Kim Delgado Ashley LaComb
Austin Bdridge Crystal Longoria
James Elliott Tommy Mason
Adrian Garay., Jjj’, Chris McDonald
David Gentiles
Sarah Gonzales
Erk Hartman
Erk Henderson,
Ferol Jackson
Steve Jordon
Clint Kalina •
Kyle Milner
Heather Mutchler
laTresa Patterson
Michele Pheronka
Marie Rayburn
Ryan Richmond
Susan Silverthorne
Karah Southall
Goeff‘..rnid
Dusty Suggs
Juana Thomas
Daniel Tielke
Haley Vanddoecht
Becky Vernor
Chelsea Warren
Garrett Watkins
SaraWeams
Sara West
Kristen White
LoCheHe Yount
Shown Zarate
Orthodontics II
Russell Matthes D.D.S. HAM>V
iIRTHDA
For appointment call
409-245-4615 1-800-38-TEETH
Palacios Office - 304 4th Street
Office* in Edna. Port Lavaca. SwOUAv. West Columbia and Wharton
Edward Jones to Sponsor 1996 Farm Act
Discussion Via Satellite
Jolm Dickerson, the lay City investment representative for the financial services firm Edward
Jones iri host olvesotelHebfoodcast May 29 titled “FARM UPDATE'96: the FAIR Act and Its
Impact os Amerkoa Agriculhire.'The program is being produced i* conjunction with the $1. Laws
Agri-lusmas Chib.
The FAIR Act of '96 wil impact bow formers wil run their txisiness in the future,' Dkkerscw soid.
This broadcast wA oulkne and highlght semi of die provisions feted under this new piece of
Hie guests scheduled for the program include Daniel Glkkman, Secretory of Agriculture; PM
Robertt {R-KSJ, chairman of dm House Agriculture Committee; Sara Wyant, vice president,
editorial director for Farm Progress Companies; Jerry Vap, President of Nationol Association of
Conservatioo Districts. The discussion ei caver the specific provisions of the Federal Agriculture
lmprevementandleform(FAlR)Ac1ofl996,bswelostheoutlookthisnewlegisbtionwillKive
ee the future of the form industry. ^ '
"We an looking forward to bearing the panelists discussion on die issues that wil affect the
agricultural community. Edward Jones is glad to In able to offer this program," Dklunon said.
Ihe program which is fret of charge wil be hraadcast five via satolite, and oudi«Kt members
wil hove on opportunity to col a and ask questions of the speakers Mowing their prepared
remarks.
For mart Morantim wv or ie reserve a seat for, the May 29 seminar, coated
John Dickerson at 409/2454717 or 1400-4354029.
Edward Jones specializes in helping business owners, retired people and those pkmniag for
retirement achieve their long-term goals. It currently has moro Him 3,200 offices in 49 states
and serves moro than 2 million investors, making it the largest BnonckiUwvkts firm in the
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lb* St. louh Agri-lusines Club Includes leaden of agri business companies, formers, agricul-
tural manufacturers, marketers and transporters. They promote agri-business and work to
attract businesses and other orgoriiolMns to the St. Louis Irodo territory.
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West, Nicholas M. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 22, 1996, newspaper, May 22, 1996; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727082/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.