The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 99, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1991 Page: 2 of 24
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Page 2
Thursday, February 14,1991
Optimists who welcomed over 250 visiting Optimists to Bastrop include:(Back row-left to right)
President-Dock Jackson, Roseanne Anderson, Ed Travis, Mike Prokop, Dave Cheshire, Henry
Barber. (Front row-left to right) Treasurer-Francis Gonzales, Terry Taylor, Gary Rassner, Shirley
Muns, Twain Schieffer, Rob Hunt and Robin Peyson. The Hello Party was held at the Old
Bastrop Opera House. _
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Opera House unveils new project
For the Feb. 8-10 Optimist Club
district meeting in Bastrop,
Opera House representatives
unveiled a new project by model-
ing authentic reproductions as
well as vintage period clothing.
For example:
• Kay Linenberger and grand-
daughter Dera wore 1840s style
dresses.
• Jan Givens wore an 1880s
style prairie dress.
• Loretta McClure wore a turn
of the century black silk dress ac-
cented with antique jet jewelry
Lower Colorado River Authority
officials about cooperation with
property adjacent to the retention
pond tract.
Cunningham warned, however,
that the pond alone will not solve
all northside drainage problems,
in part because much of it is in
low lying areas.
Mrs. Pape recalled that five
years ago the city narrowly miss-
ed a grant award to help relieve
northside drainage problems.
Cunningham said street and
drainage projects will soon have
higher priority for state com-
predecessor. The remaining
funds must last Dildy until Sept.
30.
Commissioners canvassed a
number of possible adjustments
to make up for the higher costs
but postponed a decision for fur-
ther study.
“Let’s let things settle out for a
month so there are no more sur-
prises,” said Fritz. “Then we’ll
have to look at potentially un-
popular changes.”
Sheriff’s department Sgt. Cary
Thylor said further cuts in the jail
and law enforcement to cover
higher insurance costs “would be
almost impossible.”
As commissioners faced the
grim news, Fritz warned that the
worst may not be over. “Get
ready. We’re not.out of the woods
yet,” he said.
For instance:
• Almost half the cdunty’s
$259,000 indigent health care
budget has already been spent
with eight months yet to go in the
fiscal year. The possibility of
reimbursement by the state for
costs above the budget is lower
because a substantial number of
bills from the previous year were
not paid on time, said Fritz.
•The county’s professional
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and a black velvet hat with mour-
ning veil.
• Reeda Peel wore an 1899 style
dress complete with train, large
picture hat and walking stick
parasol.
The Opera House costume pro-
ject calls for creating authentic
replicas of clothing worn in and
around Bastrop from the 1820s to
the present. Organizers hope the
costumes can help bring to life
historical skits for tour groups
and larger scale theatrical
productions.
munity development block
grants.
De La Rosa suggested the city
should not wait on grant funds.
“We have to bite the bullet and do
it” over the next several years, he
said.
In'other business Tuesday the
council:
• Charged the staff to study the
feasibility of allowing the city to
collect voluntary contributions of
$1 a month on utility bills to help
needy residents meet their water
and electricity expenses.
The city could collect such con-
I
services budget is $3,200 in the
red because of a lag in posting
payment of $8,200 for surveying
and ertgineering work on Pearce
Lane, said Fritz.
• The county will soon be
receiving bills for the unbudgeted
cost of housing juvenile offenders
in special detention facilities out
of the county. Chief Probation Of-
ficer Charles Lucas said funds
allocated for jailing juveniles
have already been spent and his
governing board has instructed
him to send any additional bills to
county officials.
The governing board includes
judges from the four-county
judicial district including
Bastrop. The judicial district does
not operate a juvenile detention
facility and is forced to pay $40 to
$125 a day when criminal
suspects younger than 17 must be
detained, said Lucas.
Lucas estimated the county
could face $20,000 in unbudgeted
juvenile detention costs this year.
They also hope to expand the
project.
“If you have vintage clothing
you would like to wear or lend, or
if you would like to create
reproductions of your own, please
give us a call at 321-6283,” said
Reeda Peel. “We have patterns
and reference books and would be
happy to have you join us.”
Opera House managing direc-
tor Chester Eitze said the historic
costume project will be a long
term effort. Especially needed
now are examples and patterns of
male costumes, Eitze said.
Continued from Page 1
tributions, but some other agen-
cy should probably administer
any aid program, said Acting Ci-
ty Manager JoAnn Wilcoxen.
• Approved an extra highway
sign for Johnson Oil Co.’s Tiger
Tote store at the intersection of
Ttexas 71 and Loop 150 East.
• Reappointed Ann Crider, C.A.
Eskew and Kenneth Kesselus to
the city library board.
• Reappointed Larry Beck, An-
nie Hyder and Curtis Sanders to
the planning and zoning
commission.
Continued from Page 1
Fritz warned that other unfor-
seen expenses may yet appear to
plague a budget already cut to the
quick.
“We budgeted tight,” said Mrs.
Seidel.
“Tight isn’t the word for it,”
replied Fritz. “We’re down to the
bone. It seems to me that layoffs
are inevitable. It’s just a question
of when.”
Short of laying off employees,
commissioners could consider
cutting back the county’s work
week to four days.
Such a move slashes payroll
costs, “but people keep their
jobs,” said Sanders.
He blamed the county’s finan-
cial woes in part on requirements
for jail construction and indigent
health care imposed by the state
but without any state funding.
Driven in part by indigent
health costs and jail expansion,
the county’s budget has increas-
ed from $3 million in 1986-87 to
some $5.3 million this year.
Homecoming
is coming back
to Bastrop
Bastrop High School’s Class of
1971 and the American Legion
Post are taking the lead in reviv-
ing a Homecoming celebration
for the town this summer.
Dropped as a chamber of com-
merce sponsored event last year,
Homecoming will be back for a
one-day stand Saturday, Aug. 3,
according to County Commis-
sioner Johnny Sanders and
Bastrop Council Member Dock
Jackson, both members of the ’71
class.
“The American Legion will
host the traditional Homecoming
once again,” Sanders said. “It
will be the 20-year reunion of the
Class of ’71, and we want all
graduating classes of BHS to
celebrate with us.”
Organizers are especially
targeting the classes of 1931,1936,
1941, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971,
1976 and 1981.
Sanders said planning is not
complete, but classes are organiz-
ing separate gatherings during
the day to climax with an evening
dance at the Legion.
He promised a big name band
to be announced.
“We are determined to bring
Homecoming back,” Sanders
said. “Please work with us in get-
ting the word out so we can have
an outstanding turnout.”
By August 1992 the organizers
hope to add a traditional rodeo
performance to the events.
For more information, call
Sanders at 321-1818 or 321-2781.
BHS-
Continued from Page 1
their own lives with a positive
outlook, free from drugs and
alcohol,” Fleming said.
“The tension seems to be im-
proving and we’re getting along
with business,” said Cathy Felder,
an assistant principal at BHS.
“We were vigilant before and we
are continuing,” she added.
WCID--
The district’s road authority ex-
pires in September unless it is ex-
tended by the current state
legislative session in Austin.
For Rep. Robert Saunders to
sponsor an extension measure, he
has called for the city, the coun-
ty, WCID and the Tahitian Village
Property Owners Association
(TVPOA) to agree on terms by
the end of February.
Cunningham and Commis-
sioner Johnny Sanders, whose
precinct includes the subdivision,
said they will meet Feb. 14 with
WCID attorney Ernest Bogart to
continue negotiations.
Cunningham said he wants any
agreement to include:
•A cap of seven percent of
road funds allowed for WCID ad-
ministrative costs.
•An oversight committee of ci-
ty, county, WCID and TVPOA
representatives to approve im-
provement contracts and control
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Valentine-
became the bride of Adren Long
of Bastrop on a Sunday afternoon
at the Paige Lutheran Church.
The alter was covered with
white candytuft, carnations,
gladioli and ferns. Mrs. Ernest
Long of Yoakum sang “I Love You
Truly,” and Mrs. Cecil Long
played the wedding music.
The bride wore dusty pink,
featherweight wool and white ac-
cessories, with an off-the-face
dusty pink hat with veil and a cor-
sage of double white gardenias.
She carried a prayer book with a
white carnation attached.
Ushers were Dietrich Orts and
Judge C.B. Maynard. Best man
was Cecil Long.
After the reception the new Mr.
and Mrs. Long went to Mexico,
then returned to Bastrop to live.
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Son Ray was born in the Elgin
Hospital while Red was manager
of the Elgin Piggy Wiggly and
Ruth was, commuting from
Bastrop to work for the draft
board there.
Then war called and Red join-
ed the Army and the young fami-
ly moved to Fort Sam Houston in
San Antonio.
Younger son Donny was born at
the Camp Swift Military Hospital
after Red had been transferred
back here.
Following the war, the family,
as we all happily know, made
their home in Bastrop, where they
have worked and participated in
endless voluntary activities.
Tb Ruth and Red, Happy Valen-
tine’s Day. And a Happy 50th Wed-
ding Anniversary. May you have
many more.
Continued from Page 1
other road fee proceeds.
The panel should first develop
a master plan to establish pro-
jected improvements, their cost
and relative priority, said
Cunningham.
The arrangement could also
make provision for emergency
repairs when necessary and
allow WCID and TVPOA officials
to carry out routine road
maintenance, he said.
With an agreement in hand, a
master plan could be completed
in four to six months, leaving the
district four years to build a
record of substantial accomplish-
ment, according to Cunningham.
A good record could be crucial
to persuading legislators to
renewing the road district
authority after its extension ex-
pires, if necessary, he said.
WCID General Manager
Sharon Eaves said directors also
approved a $40,000 contract Mon-
day for improvements to 1,000 feet
of Tahitian Drive near the in-
tersection with Kana Pali. The
project includes cutting some
four feet from the top of a hill and
rebuilding the road base and
pavement, she said.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 99, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1991, newspaper, February 14, 1991; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth746898/m1/2/?q=%22Texas+Press+Association%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.