Kerrville Times (Newspaper) - June 3, 2003, Kerrville, Texas Tuesday June 3 2003 Fifty Cents World G8 Summit Protesters police clash during demonstrations in Geneva PAGE 2 Sports NBA Spurs Kid goes up against Nets Kidd in NBA finals PAGE 8 KERRVILLE DAILY TIMES Weather Forecast Low Mostly cloudy See more on 10 Volunteers needed to help with Moving Wall display It will be a healing process for Alan Hill president of the Hill Country chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America By Melissa McEver Times Staff Writer When The Moving Wall a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial comes to visit Kerrville in July orga will need volunteers to help dur ing its visit The wall will be stationed at the South Texas Veterans Health Care Sys tem Kerrville Division from 8 July 11 to 4 July 17 While the wall is stationed here volunteers will be needed to set up stand guard and look up names for visitors said Alan Hill president of the Hill Country chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America Were going to need people there 24 hours a day for seven Hill said Volunteers can commit to as much or little time as they are able he said Organizers said they have raised suf funds to pay for the walls stay in Kerrville and for accommodations and advertising The Vietnam Combat Veterans which owns the wall replica informed organizers in February that the wall would be visiting Kerrville The local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of Amer ica had petitioned the organization to bring the wall to the area Two replicas of the memorial wall have toured the country for about 20 years visiting cities from April to November The Moving Wall has nev er visited Kerrville before Its closest visit was to San Antonio in 1990 Organizers have invited local and dignitaries to visit the wall during its stay in Kerrville Hill said Relics from the war supplied by local See WALL page 3 HAPPY CAMPERS Boys arrive for Camp Stewarts 80th season Left A counselor holds a cabin door open for two campers as they bring a Into their quarters at Camp Stewart on opening day Below Noel White 11 a Stewart camper ascends the climbing wall Monday Counselor Nick Vettlesen from South Africa acts as Delayer balancing Whites safety rope Story by Gerard MacCrossan Times Staff Writer Photos by Joe Skymba Times Staff Photographer HUNT For 80 summers boys have made their way along the familiar trail of Texas 39 turning onto 1340 for the last few miles to their final destination on the banks of the Guadalupe River When the gates opened Monday morning for the 2003 season Camp Stewart welcomed 275 boys to their cabins for four weeks of fun and adventure Since 1966 the camp has been under the direction of owners Si and Kathy Ragsdale Si connection with the camp began in the when he was a camper Were so Kathy Ragsdale said pausing for a moment from taking pictures one of her busiest tasks on opening day Its Stewarts 80th summer 1 have to tell some of the little boys Ive not been here all 80 Name badges revealed the names of boys and their progress at Stewart Second year campers with their Pathfinder designation mingled with boys and older ones working to become Braves and Warriors Campers and parents greet each other and the as old friends 1 grew up said John Clanton who was a longtime camper and later worked at the camp Now he makes the annual pilgrimage with his own two sons and a nephew 1 look forward to it every he said Its going to be a great Si Ragsdale said We were blessed last night with a shower 1 couldnt believe With the help of modern technology fields can be irrigated yearround but rain helps everything grow better Ragsdale said Driving around the camp in a golf cart with dog Rebel in the back Ragsdale is constantly stopped by young boys and their beaming parents ready to say hello In a typical summer well have somewhere around 98 Texas towns 20 to 25 states and a dozen other Ragsdale said If you count the counselors its probably more than About 275 boys aged 6 to 16 years come for each of the two terms and more than 100 come for a term Midland resident Eben Sutherman 12 toured the camp with his parents Missing his parents was not an issue for Sutherman as he prepared to CAMPERS page 5 Texans get pledges and higher tuition INDEX CLASSIFIEDS COMICS 1114 LOTTERY 6 OBITUARIES 9 OPINION 5 SPORTS 4 STATE 89 TV By Jim Associated Press Writer AUSTIN Welcome to Texas Its a land where your child ren must pledge allegiance to the American and state flags You soon may play a new lotto game and if youre pulled over while driving your kids to school or rushing to buy that ticket its going to cost you more than ever before While the state budget is the only that must be passed legislators cant help but tinker with myriad issues over 140 days of meetings debates and votes on bills that affect Texans in every corner on the state From insurance to college tuition to abortion big changes are in store In a legislative session when politicians vowed not to raise taxes they chose instead to look at fees college education and the lottery as ways Texans can contribute extra money to the state on their own initiative A transportation sent to the governor would impose additional fines on people repeatedly cited for traffic viola tions The money would pay for trauma care facilities Moving violations will cost more and a drunken driving tion means an automatic With the lottery lawmakers initiated the start of Texas par in a multistate lottery Supporters said play ers could bring in an extra million A massive overhaul of the way the state regulates auto and homeowners insurance had some lawmakers promising homeowners rates could fall 12 to 18 percent As for paying for college the solid bet is that tuition is going up overall at public universities Lawmakers are loosening their grip on setting tuition rates allowing the schools to do it next year Supporters of the plan say schools need the money to cover decreased spending in the state budget Not everything thats new affects the average Joes wallet Some laws require a change of lifestyle either major or minor depending on a Texans point of view School children will be required to observe a minute of Passed failed A look at some bills that made it and some that didnt in the regular session of the Texas Legislature which ended Monday PASSED SIGNED BY GOV RICK PERRY Unions Bans recognition in Texas of marriages or civil unions formed in other states Minute of SHence Requires schoolchildren to observe a minute of silence each school day Also requires students to pledge allegiance to the and Texas flags TuUa Drug Bust Allows for the release on bond pending final court action of 14 people who remain imprisoned from a discredited 1999 Tulia drug bust PASSED AWAITING ACTION BY GOVERNOR State for a billion budget including state and federal spending that relies heavily on cuts to health care services education and other areas Lawsuit Changes the way Texans can pursue civil lawsuits Caps damages for non economic damages such as pain and suffering in medical malpractice lawsuits at for physicians for hospitals and for nursing homes and other institutions for a maximum of per claimant Trauma Care Imposes additional fines on people who are repeatedly cited for traffic See page 5 silence during their day which will include the pledges of alle Women will face a 24 hour waiting period before they can have an abortion Offroad driving enthusiasts wont be allowed to drive in or near rivers anymore And the angry Little League dad or soc cer mom will face suffer penal ties for assaulting or threatening a sports official Some pieces of legislation never amounted to anything more than the paper they were written on Even though passed video gambling allowing video gam bling at horse and dog race tracks did not 2 WEATHER 10 VOL 95 No 54 KERRVILLE DAILY TIMES 429 JEFFERSON ST KERRVILLE TEXAS 78028
