Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1989 Page: 1 of 14
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City, school incumbents re-elected
Bowers defeats Colling for
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THE MARIACHI CRYSTAL band played played well, □ played loud □ played
at the Cinco de Mayo Festival at Central long □ must have a pret y tedious time of
Elementary last Friday. They (mark any ironing their trousers. [Beacon photo by
one, or any combination of boxes) □ Michael Scheihl_
BY MICHAEL SCHBB
Beacon Staff Writer
I've been reflecting about the relationship be-
tween a newspaper writer and a newspaper reader,
it's an odd one. The writer attends events (some
of which are great fun, like the one 1 attended at
Central Elementary last Friday), and then reports
his observations to the reader. On the surface, it
seems an example of mutual depcndcncy-if the
writer didn't write it, the reader couldn't read it,
and if ihe reader wouldn't read it, there wouldn't
be much point in writing it. However, upon fur-
ther reflection, there seems an imbalance in the
relationship. It is not a fifty-fifty sort of thing, not
by any means.
Because all too often, reading a newspaper
story is a distinctly passive exercise. The readers
of a newspaper (those blessed readers) frequently
do little more than settle back into an easy chair,
casually adjust their lights and their spectacles,
and aside from ruffling the pages a few times and
flicking some eye muscles, iliey don’l do a lick of
work. Some readers even equate reading with re-
laxing! It's high time you faced the facts squarely;
reading a newspaper story is a piece of cake and
readers are a pack of softies.
On the other hand, the person who writes the
newspaper story often fidgets in front of a com-
puter for hours (biting his nails, thumbing a dic-
tionary and wiping the cold sweat from his brow)
with the ticking of the clock thundering in his care
and a menacing man with a whip standing over his
shoulder. And no one ever accuses the reader of
misspelling words, making typos, garbling the
syntax.... Docs the writer ever criticize the reader
for incorrect reading? No, of course not! Bullet
the writer put one itty-bitty word out line of and all
those smug readers will dismiss the writer as a
brainless boob of zero aptitude and doubtful
sobriety.
(See WRITE, Page 4)
BY NICK WEST
Beacon Pulbisher__
Harold Bowers successfully
retained his Position 4 seat on
the Palacios ISD Board of
Trustees by winning re-election
to a third term over challenger
Joe Colling in Saturday's school
district election.
Bowers was the only one of
five incumbents to be opposed
on the ballot in cither the school
or city election. All incumbents
were returned to office. Along
with Bowers, James R. Murry,
Jr, was re-elected to the school
board while city council incum-
bents Joanna Hendricks, Donald
Kopecky and Neil Hartsfield
were also re-elected.
The lack of contested races
drew a relatively light turnout of
voters. A total of 436 voters cast
ballots in the PISD election while
only 282 voted in the city's gen-
eral election.
Because it was the only con-
tested position, the race for the
Position 4 seat on the board of
trustees was the focal point of
Saturday's election. Bowers,
The Palacios Independent
School District has secured the
services of the McClelland Man-
agement Services of Houston to
review the district's Asbestos
Management Plan. The consul-
tants will prioritize abatement
action, develop a complete bid
package for the remedial action,
monitor abatement procedures
for compliance to specifications
and prepare the abatement report.
Abatement action is planned to
occur during the summer while
students and staff arc not in
school.
The school district's Asbestos
Management Plan is being re-
viewed at this time for approval
by the Texas Department of
Health. Federal regulations re-
getter in the city council election,
receiving 264 to claim a second
two-year term at Position 5.
Kopecky likewise was re-elected
to a second term at Position 4
with 258 votes. Hartsfield was
returned to Position 3 with 216
votes.
A number of unofficial write-
in votes were cast for all the
positions, both city council and
school board.
For Position 3 on the Palacios
City Council two votes were cast
for both Ted Bates, Jr. and
George Holst. Receiving one
vote each were Dollie Hamlin,
Joe D. Garcia, Wallace Barr,
Dale Porter, Eric Brenner, Ricky
Moffitt, Mike Nova! Richard
Joyce, Abel Lucio, Bob Hayes,
Jessie Alvarez, Lucy Mata, Oiris
Woll, Jim Dale, Jim Dailey,
High Wallis, Donald Duck, R.
A. Porter, Faye Bates, Jane
Arnold, Stella Alamia, Herbie
Gonzales, Ted Bates, Jr.,
George Holst, Mickey Mouse,
Ronnie Callahan and Dub
Arrington.
Position 4 on the council
drew single votes for Bill
Armstrong, Doug Blanton,
Ricky Moffitt, Bruce Herlin,
Mickey Mouse, Vernon Bates,
George Holst, 0. B. Thompson,
Joe Kana, Chipper Holt, Dub
Arrington and Abel Lucio.
Single votes for city council
Position 5 went to Abel Lucio,
Keith Wallis, Esther Smith,
Julius Aguilar, Ricky Moffitt,
Phris Woll. Dub Arrington and
Robert Solis.
In the school board election,
(See ELECTION, Page 2)
Firm hired to review
asbestos management
plan for Palacios ISD
quire school districts to begin to
implement the Management Plan
by July 9,1989.
All school districts in the
United States are required to in-
spect its facilities for asbestos.
Districts then must develop plans
for removal or containment of
asbestos materials. In inspections
conducted earlier in the school
year the laboratory tesi on sam-
ples of construction materials in
the local school district facilities
were found to contain no friable
asbestos (that which will crum-
ble to touch). A few areas were
found to contain non-friable as-
bestos materials. Non-friable as-
bestos is not required by
AHERA to be removed.
(See ABESTOS, Page 2)
PTO Spring Carnival
at Central Saturday
The Parent-Teacher Organization of Central Elementary is holding
its annual Carnival at the Central gym from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May
13. The Girl Scout Troop #41 will be presenting a puppet show,
"The Three Lillie Pigs" (with a friendly woiiiman) and the Lions Ciub
will set up their horse and swing rides.
Food items available include hot dogs, popcorn, pickles. Cokes
and Sprite and assorted baked items.
But that's not all! Games and activities will run the full gamut
from the ball swing to t! 1 fishing booth to die tunnel crawl, cake
walk and duck pond. And for all the "toss" fairs, there will be ring
toss, football toss and bean bag toss.
All proceeds will be tossed in the PTO kitty for future projects
with Central Elementary School.
For further informailon, throw Joyce Brunnemann a call at 2-
2346.
Readers become writers
in turning Cinco de Mayo
into a do-it-yourself story
INSIDE THIS WEEK\--
Letters to the editor.............................................Page 4
Lifestyles..............................................................Pages 6-7
Winning the Name Game....................................Page 8
Sports...................................................................Pages 10-11
Classified Advertising...........................................Page 12
Youth...................................................................Pages 13-14
GOOD LUCK AT STATE!
Shuronda-Natasha-Valerie
—- Barbara-Phillip
Class 54 Slate Track & Field Meet This Weekend
Palacios,
Texas
Proud Home
Of
Wallace
Broussard
30-CENTS
14-PAGES
PALACIOS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY
May
10
1989
VOLUME
82
No.
19
Let's All Help To
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"Polish Up Palacios
Dear Friends in Palacios-
I am writing this letter to each of you asking that you
read it and take action upon reading it.
We are trying to unite our town's people in a drive to
clean up--"poli8h up,” if you wifl-our home town.
Now you ask, "What can I do?" You can begin today by
picking up litter (even if it’s not yours), mowing yards and
ditches, moving old abandoned cars and trucks, ice boxes, etc.,
or by helping an elderly person clean up areas that need to be
cleaned.
The Alapha Club, Rotary Club and S.T.N. sorority have
volunteered to maintain the area from the Point Drive Inn to
the tennis courts along the Bayshore area. You’ll see them
there weekly with their trash bags cleaning the bay area. The
Lions Club has adopted the highway coming into Palacios
from Blessing.
We will have a ” Yaid-of-the-Month" in our town. The
Athena Club has volunteered to be in charge of this. City
State Bank has offered to pay for our signs tor the Yard-of-
thc-Month and the “Busincss-of-thc-Month. Time and talent
for signs were donated by Sharky and Charlene Shelton.
We need volunteers for out Saturday, May 13 and May
20 clean-up days-stmng backs and pick-up tmeks. City and
county crews wm »wimjuha m
This Is our town, yours and mine. Let’s work together.
Please come out and help. Call 972-3555 to volunteer your
services, young and old!
We appreciate y’all.
Jeannine Adams
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Polish Up Palacios
Thanks to Chipper Holt and Dr. Bcb Mahoney for cash
donations for our campaign. ' _______
Annual city Rabies Clinic
scheduled for Saturday
The City of Palacios, in conjunction with the Palacios
Veterinarian Clinic is sponsoring a
rabies clinic from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on
May 13 at the Palacios Vet Clinic,
located near the junction of FM2853
and Highway 35. Rabies shots will
be $5 and the price of City tags will
be lowered that day only from $5 to
$3.
In order to keep humans present from being cut off at the
knees, Dr. Kubccka insists that dogs and cats must be confined
by a leash, or carried in boxes.
Position 3:
Murry 379
Position 4:
Bowers 329
Colling 123
CITY COUNCIL
Position 3:
Hartsfield 216
Position 4:
Kopecky 258
Position 5:
Hendricks 264
lowever, was an easy winner
or another three-year term,
lefeating Colling by nearly a 3-1
nargin, 329 to 123 based on the
inofficial count. Both the school
ward and city council were ex-
acted to convene this week to
;anvass the returns and make
hem official.
Murry polled 379 votes to
win a second term at Position 3.
Hendricks was the top vote-
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West, Nicholas M. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1989, newspaper, May 10, 1989; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730933/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.