The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1980 Page: 3 of 16
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Thursday, August 21,1980
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS
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Aug. 1 8 to Aug. 30
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Lamps - Chains- Parts
Electrical Supplies
To first 90 customers with purchase
of $5.00; Discount ticket to Astroworld
or Six Flags over Texas
(Valid through Nov. 30, 1980)
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Cedar Creek’s tin-roofed Methodist Church has been shared by Baptist and Methodist
congregations. Staff Photo by Kathleen Claps.
Sewers needed along
Texas 71, Bastrop told
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I OF BASTROP
When you come by our
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don’t forget to pick up
your free iron-on decal.
Water
problems
Continued from Page 1
Services strained by a growing Cedar Creek
Like a sentinel of the past, this operating windmill stands
in a pasture off Highway 21 in Cedar Creek where wide open
spaces are luring new residents. Staff Photo by Kathleen
Claps.
Bastrop Dairy Queen
supervisor Charles Hanes
voiced concern Monday
about what he called “tre-
mendous sewer problems”
plaguing businesses and
residents south of Texas
Highway 71 in an area
annexed by the city last year.
Businesses fronting the
highway are now served b y
septic tanks. Hanes told the
City Council Monday he was
willing to install a “bigger
tank” to serve the fast-food
restaurant, "but the ground
just won’t take any more
water.”
“It’s an intolerable situation
Continued from Page 1
commute to Austin for their
work. Ronnie McAdams is
another example; he works
in Austin remodeling homes.
YOUNG FAMILIES
McAdams is typical in
other ways of the new
residents, too. McAdams has
two children, aged 10 and 12.
Both Alexander and Shell
said most of the new
residents are young families
with young children.
According to Shell, "The
people who move out here
have kids who are in
elementary school."
That fact is important to
Jack Bell, Superintendent of
Bastrop Independent School
District, "A majority of
those kids come to Bastrop
schools." Rell continued,
“For our future building
we're thinking to buy land
back that way...that's specu
lation based on looking at the
situation since I've been
here, but out there is where
the growth has been."
A more immediate affect
of the growth has been felt
on county roads. According
to Alexander the roads were
"built to accommodate agri
culture. Now 90 percent of
those rural roads are taking
from four to ten times the
traffic of ten years ago. The
roads are wearing out
faster.”
To illustrate his point
Alexander cited the example
of a road that had been
carrying about 10 cars a day
when he became a County
Commissioner in 1977.
“Eight months later, after a
subdivision went in, that
road was carrying 250 cars a
day."
Other county services
have felt the impact of the
increased population. Alex
ander said the law enforce-
ment services have been
strained because the com
muter nature of the resi-
dents leaves their homes
vulnerable to burglary.
Some Cedar Creek resi-
dents feel that law enforce-
ment and other county
services may be strained a
little too much. McAdams, a
Cedar Creek resident since
1974 said, “I haven’t talked
to anyone that is satisfied,
particularly with law en
I don’t mean to live with,” he
added.
The only long-term solution
is to connect the area to city
sewers, Hanes suggested.
“What can we do to help?" he
wanted to know. “We need to
get something together."
Hanes said 75 residences
and 15 businesses are
affected.
“We know it’s a problem,”
said Mayor James P. Sharp.
Sharp recalled that at one
time the Bastrop Chamber of
Commerce indicated willing-
ness to pay part of the cost of
extending city sewers across
the Colorado River to
New Cedar Creek Baptist Church is nearing completion along Highway 21, one of the
signs of growth in the rural preserve between Bastrop and Austin-San Marcos. Staff
Photo by Kathleen Claps.
Christian
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school
Continued from Page 1
added.
Asked to explain the
purpose of the school, he said,
"The main reason is that
scripture tells us we are to
train our children to Christain
standards. We can’t do that in
public schools at present"
because of Constitutional
issues raised by Madyln
O’Hair and others, he noted.
“We feel this is something
we don’t have a choice about,
since the public schooLs are
not emphasizing these areas.
It's something we must do,”
he said.
The new school’s
curriculum will be
"compleCely Bible oriented -
reading, math, all subjects,"
he said.
increase the value of
Chamber property in the
area.
Engineering consultant
Joel Wilkinson indicated he
too was aware of the
problem. He promised to
draw up cost estimates for
tying the area into the sewer
system.
Some city officials have
also worried that overloaded
septic tank and drain field
systems may be dangerously
close to city water lines
serving the area.
The situation may "get
worse before it gpfs better,"
warned Sharp.
about double, he said.
In a telephone interview
Tuesday, Echols said his
offer to install 4,200 feet of
ine is "sort of up in the air."
He repeated he "would be
glad to do what I ran" and to
“cooperate with the cjfy and
work any way I </an" to
improve the water delivery
system.
Echols, however, indicat
ed he is “not sure" he would
undertake to lay an addition-
al 1,700 feet of pipe beyond
the 4,200 feet covered in his
initial proposition to the city.
He said City Manager
C.W. Patek had urged him to
expand his original offer.
At the same time Echols
called for steps to solve the
water crisis. The water
problems along Pershing
Drive have “got to be
solved," he said.
An
old flame
can
break your
heart.
forcement."
McAdams is one of those
who has had property
burglarized.
Alexander mentioned in-
creases in the number of
cases on the county court
calendars and the need for a
number of new county jobs
as other problems Bastrop
County has had to face
because of the increase in
residents.
WELCOMED
For the most part,
reactions has been good to
the new residents. Schell,
who will take office as the
Justice of the Peace in
January, said, “The people
who are moving out here, I
would say in general are
pretty high quality ’ people.
Considering how many peo-
ple who have moved out into
this area it’s quiet."
Thorne said, “We've been
real fortunate to have good
people move in."
Looking to the future,
Cedar Creek can expect a
new restaurant and a new
Baptist Church.
Church member McAdams
said that the 36 member
Baptist congregation which
has been meeting in the
Methodist Church expects to
be in its new church in about
60 days. The church, which is
on Highway 21, has been
built entirely through the
volunteer efforts of its
members.
More residents are also in
Cedar Creek’s future.
Shell said Cedar Creek "is
still growing and I expect
this area to be a big one for
the county in the next couple
of years."
So the neighborly people
of the Cedar Creek commun-
ity can expect to become
even more neighborly.
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August 27.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1980, newspaper, August 21, 1980; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth736266/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.