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BY ALAN C. SCHULMANPalacios Beacon - Reporter

WEDNESDAYOCT. 23, 2019VOL. 112 • NO. 43

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■ Early votingunderway

Early voting for the Texas Constitutional Amendments began on Oct. 21 and runs thru Fri. (Oct. 25) and re-sumes on Mon. (Oct. 28) thru next Fri. (Nov. 1) Polls will be open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. for ballots to be cast at the Matagorda County Annex, located at 405 Commerce in Palacios.

■ Halloween Extravaganza Sun. at SanfordCommunity Ctr.

The Palacios Com-munity Conversation Youth will host a Hal-loween Extravaganza from 6-8:30 p.m. on Sun. (Oct. 27) at the Sanford Community Center, located at 907 8th St. in Palacios. Come enjoy the free for all event featuring chil-dren games & activi-ties, candy & refresh-ments and a haunted house.

Start planning what you will wear for the “Monstrous 5K Glow by the Bay” scheduled for Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. The start and finish line is near the city park in Palacios.

Enjoy the music, wear a glowing cos-tume, and light up the night in support of the Boys & Girls Club of Palacios.

The whole family is sure to enjoy this fun filled nighttime experience by walk-ing, strolling, jogging, racing, whichever way works for you. To add to the excitement, par-ticipants are encour-aged to dress up in costumes that rock and glow.

9th annual B&G Club’s

Monstrous 5k Glow by the Bay this Sat.

The 11th A n n u a l P e d a l P a l a c i o s Bike Ride will hit the s t reets of P a l a c i o s , Blessing and Matagorda County this Sat. (Oct. 26).

Hundreds of cyclists from throughout Texas will gather on South Bayshore Drive in Palacios to travel the route along Tres Palacios Bay. The event offers rides of

12, 36, and 60 miles of quiet scenic roads excellent for team training or for a family outing.

All routes are supported w i t h n u m e r o u s v o l u n t e e r s a n d l a w enforcement officials to

promote a safe and enjoyable ride.

Rest stops are strategically

11th annual Pedal Palacios Sat.

- 2019 -BP MS/150 Recommended Ride

“Everybody takes advantage of the school. It’s not right.”

As last Monday’s PISD Regular October Board Meeting was wrap-ping up, trustee Brandon Bowers expressed his disdain for the smelly situation at the junior high school. Bowers attributed the odors to a lack of performance by facilities service company ABM in their climate con-trol treatments at PISD facilities. Their contract included new a/c units and humidity control. As the continu-ing problem appears to be humidity control, Bowers stated, “We didn’t

pay all this money for them to just come out and change the a/c units. Anybody can do that.”

Principal AppreciationA video was presented with individ-

ual students from all PISD campuses expressing their appreciation for their principals and assistant principals.

Swimming pool reportDr. Brian Williams reported that,

though revenues and expenses at the swimming pool were both down, so was the net loss. This year, “it was a net total loss that was lower than has been observed in the last six years,” stated Williams. The loss was $25,193.82, and the City of Palacios will pay for 1/2 the total.

Communications/PresentationsDr. Julia McMains presented the

Bilingual/ESL Program Report, and noted that there are several changes in requirements for entering and ex-iting the program, and moving to a single state-wide assessment for re-classification of English language learners. She also presented District & Campus Improvement Plans & ESF, which will be updated three times throughout the year by the prin-cipal to report progress toward the goals that were set.

Approved ItemsThe Minutes of the Sept. 9 Tax Rate

Adoption/Regular Board Meeting,

PISD sweating humidity control

St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Bless-ing will hold their annual barbecue tur-key with homemade dressing dinner on Sunday, October 27, 2019. Serving will start at 11:00 a.m. at the parish center with dine-in or drive-thru avail-able. Plates are $12.00 each. The menu

will include barbecue turkey, home-made dressing, green beans, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, dessert, and tea/coffee.

The live auction will start at 12:00 noon. There will also be a raffle and country store.

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be held on Sun. (Oct. 27) at 9:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church.

Everyone is invited to join the pa-rishioners of St. Peter’s Catholic Church for a day of fellowship and fun.

Passing the time before setting sail...WHILE awaiting the races to begin at last week’s Cannonball Regatta, hosted by the Palacios Yacht Club, one young sailor passed the time building a sandcastle along the waters of South Bay. Dozens of youth sailing com-petitors flocked to the serene waters of Tres Palacios Bay for the annual Texas Sailing Association Youth Cir-cuit Regatta. This year’s original event was scheduled for September but was rescheduled due to unforeseen issues, but the hard work of the PYC ensured the 2019 race would continue. (Beacon Photo by Ryan West)

PALACIOS High School inducted 40 members into the WIT (Workforce Industry Training) Program. The program sponsored by NPI, Nuclear Power Institute, encourages and supports young men and women who wish to pursue a career in the fields of Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering, and Math. WIT members pictured are: (first row, l-r) Caitlin Rodgers, Anh Dang, Angela Sanchez, Lizbeth Guillen, Sabrina Lopez, Vivian Nguyen, Cindy Lopez and Patricia Castanon; (second) Ingrid Martinez, Evelyn Aparicio, Emly Pena, Xuan Pham, Guadalupe Mancera, Huyen Ha, Macy Wilson and Brianna Gonzalez;(third) Nikki Nguyen, Kimberly Phan, Olivia Filip, Taylor Stoecker, Karla Goytia, Jennifer Sifuentes, Lizette Sustaita, Lauren Post, Sara Tran and Johanna Serrato; (fourth) Caneil Carrillo, Tony Lam, Kevin Tran, Casey Huffman, Jacob Malone, Samantha Otto, Mai Nguyen, Avery Kubecka, Jordan Peeples, Mishell Nguyen and Teresita Lopez; (fifth) Alonso Rubio, Flavio Nunez, Eric Rynchek, Slone Greaves, Edan Tran, Truc Nguyen, Xavier Ortiz and Hec-tor Hernandez; (back) Alex Morales, Omar Muniz, Griffin White, Kaleb Mikeska, Miguel Sanchez, Reed Bowers, Eric Alvarez, Elisha Garcia Julian Diaz and Damian Manrriquez. (Submitted Photo)

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Prasek’s donates $22k in sausage to food bankHILLJE: Prasek’s Hillje Smokehouse donated a

$22,000 load of sausage to the Houston Food Bank Thursday, an act which will mean about 8,400 meals for hungry families. The donated sausage is a new and recently-developed Prasek’s product that came out too small for marketing, but with all the taste the company is known for throughout Wharton County and Texas. The Houston Food Bank distributes food via 1,500 community partners in Southeast Texas. Last year, it provided 104 million nutritious meals. Prasek’s Family Smokehouse will be focusing their next donation on Cowboys 4 Heroes, an organization that exists to serve and support soldiers as they transition from military service and return to civilian life. - El Campo Leader-News

Hempstead Mayor, pastor arrestedHEMPSTEAD: Hempstead Mayor Michael Shayne

Wolfe was arrested Thursday on a state jail felony charge of abuse of official capacity, according to the Waller County district attorney’s office. Wolfe, who also pastors at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Anderson, was arrested after an audit of the city budget showed inconsistencies in the delinquent utility accounts of Wolfe and his daughter Demetria Wolfe. According to findings, Wolfe was showed to owe over $10,000 in delinquent utility bills to the city of Hempstead. Wolfe admitted to knowing that he was behind on his bill but stated he never removed his name from the disconnect list. Investigators stated Wolfe confessed to remov-ing his daughter’s name from the list who owed over $9,000. According to reports Wolfe said he gave oth-er residents extensions and saw no reason to treat his daughter differently. - The Navasota Examiner

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BBQ Turkey. Homemade Dressing, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Dessert & Tea/Coffee

Mass at 9:30 a.m.

Everyone is invited to join the parishioners of

St. Peter’s for a day of fellowship & fun.

Sunday, October 27th

Live Auction begins at 12:00 (Noon)Country Store & Raffle

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The Boys & Girls Club along with participating organizations will provide the children an oppor-tunity to “Trunk or Treat” along the 5K.

Cost for adults, 18 & up, is $20 per person and students, ages 6-17, are $10 per person. Palacios Boys & Girls Club members and children 5 and under are free. For an additional $10, participants may purchase an “official” Monstrous 5K t-shirt.

For additional information, call the Boys & Girls Club @ 361-972-2642 or email: bgclub@palaciosisd.org.

Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst of Brenham was honored today by the Texas Organization of Rural & Com-munity Hospitals which serves as the official association of the 158 rural hospitals across Texas. Kolkhorst was awarded the Texas Rural Hospital TORCHbearer award for her efforts in the recent 86th Texas Legislature supporting rural hospitals.

John Henderson, President and CEO of the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (also known as TORCH), said “Senator Kolkhorst has a heavily rural district spanning 21 counties and including 17 rural hospitals. She understands how important these rural hospitals are to their communities, and how important rural Texas is to the state.”

Henderson added that “rural hos-pitals face tough challenges such as lower patient volume, weaker pur-chasing power, and the fact they don’t benefit from the more advanced and profitable health services. They find it difficult to reach an economy of scale. But rural hospitals do provide

emergency and basic care and are an economic driver in our rural com-munities. We must keep them open. Sadly, we are facing a rural hospital closure crisis but Senator Kolkhorst has worked to reverse that.”

Don McBeath, Director of Govern-ment Relations for TORCH added, “Lois Kolkhorst was a leader all leg-islative session in the fight to save ru-ral hospitals. High on her agenda was partially restoring Medicaid payments to rural hospitals. Rural hospitals were promised by the state of Texas more than 25 years ago that their cost to treat Medicaid patients would be cov-ered. That promise has not been hon-ored in recent years and the hospitals are losing money. Senator Kolkhorst worked with several other senators to get a partial correction of the Med-icaid payments and is determined to continue working until rural hospi-tal payments are fully corrected.”

Kolkhorst also spearheaded bills

last session to provide rural hospi-tals some regulatory relief from state rules and chart a future strategic path in how Texas addresses the closure crisis in a manner that continues to provide access to care in rural areas.

The rural hospital organization’s TORCHbearer award is given to members of the Texas Legislature who exhibit actions far above the call of duty to support rural hospitals. Three other members of the Texas Legislature are also being honored for their efforts on behalf of Texas rural hospitals – Senator Charles Perry of Lubbock, Representative Dustin Bur-rows of Lubbock, and Representative Four Price of Amarillo.

The Kolkhorst presentation today was held at El Campo Memorial Hos-pital in El Campo which is one of the hospitals in her district.

PICTURED are: (left to right) Don McBeath - Director of Government Relations for TORCH; Senator Lois Kolkhorst; El Campo Memorial Hospital CEO Nathan Tudor; and John Henderson, CEO of TORCH.

Senator Kolhorst honored by Texas Rural Hospitals

placed along all routes at intervals of 8-12 miles offering homemade baked treats, fresh fruit, snacks and drinks. Various school and civic organizations generously man the rest stops that are sponsored by local area businesses.

Following the ride, from 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. participants will be treated to some real Palacios flavor as they take part in a shrimp boil in the downtown Palacios City Park. The Outrigger Grill will have a beer stand in front of the restaurant (across from the City Park) from about 11a.m. through the end of the Shrimp- Boil. Each rider will receive one complimentary ticket and may purchase additional tickets in advance at $15 each.

The Pedal Palacios bike ride has been selected as a Pedal BP MS 150 Recommended Ride. This allows riders to help earn qualifying status for the Houston to Austin MS 150 ride later in the ride season.

SponsorsCorpora te sponsors

include: STP Nuclear Operations Co., Mc ADA Drilling Fluids, Matagorda Regional Medical Center, Matagorda County, HEB, OXEA, Subway, Port of Palacios, Sun & Ski Sports, Lowes, and Matagorda County Visitors Bureau. Also the event’s rest stop sponsors include: Commercial State Bank, ReMax, First State Bank of Louise, Subway, and Lagasse Marine.

VolunteersVolunteers are still needed

and if you would like to help out contact Pam Oliver at the Chamber office 972-2615.

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