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Burnet County Bulletin (Newspaper) - August 1, 1977, Burnet, Texas Burnet fair Parade Ibbs winners named Energy conservation slide show available Highland lakes save some Money for a Quot switch Quot. Turn off your lights for some Quot change Quot. Quot your meter is running. And Energy is running out Quot is the title of a 13 minute slide show available for loan from the Highland lakes Board of realtors the show gives some hints and tips on ways to save Money by saving Energy. Also available free of charge is Quot the Energy crisis hits Home Quot a leaflet with Energy conservation advice. A Booklet which accompanies the slide show also lists ways to spare your pocketbook needlessly High Light and Power Bills bookings for the program and copies of the printed tips can be arranged by contacting the Highland lakes boar d of realtors 512 693 3581, drawer 736, Marble Falls 78654 Burnet Square businesses turn into Art gallery this week Burnet a shopping trip on the Burnet Square will this week be a virtual museum tour until saturday local artists and craftsmen will display their works in the shops around the courthouse. They Are members of Burnet creative arts and their works Range from needlepoint to Oil painting. Participating in artists and craftsmen week around the Square Are White Auto where c Warren Culler will show his water colors Howell furniture where Amy Haynes Handiwork will be displayed Donna s Flowers and plants where to Neely s works will be shown and Burnet variety with creations by Lora Martin. Other stores and artists who will exhibit there Are Dilbeck a Mary Brooks Wofford s jewelry Lynn Christian Seiden amp ticker s outlet Ruth Wolf Clendennen s Mart Elvis Perry Jennings bookkeeping and tax service Ruth Crabtree Bill s Dollar store Sandy Melton the feed store Elizabeth Schnelle Daves to and appliances Ben Cruce Burnet county Supply Alice Conner Taylor and Pratt Law offices Grace Taylor James Herbort Law offices Mary Nyquist Galloway insurance co Louise Dugas Seidensticker s ladies store Quot Pete Quot Kinsey Seidensticker s men s store Edith Withers Sears Catalon sales Kate Wolf the fabric Center Jol Ard and Hill country office systems and custom frames Lucille Frazier other sights to look for this week on the Square Are paintings by Anna Hurley and Backy Pratt whose work will be on display St first 5tate Bank of Burn t. Inside wrangler club plans meeting tuesday Marble Falls the Marble Falls wrangler club will Hod an organizational meeting tuesday August 2, at 730 . In the High school cafeteria club president Martin Mclean urges ail members and prospective members to attend. The topic of discussion will be plans for the upcoming football sea son Burnet the Burnet county fair and Rodeo Parade made its circuit through downtown thurs Day afternoon and passed into memory but not before the citizens who lined the sidewalks had their Chance at bubblegum and hard Candy and not before the Parade judges picked the outstanding entrants. Of the Home demonstration clubs who participated in the Parade the Marble Falls h d club was awarded first prize Burnet h d went away with miss Burnet of 1977. Patti Bridges added Beauty to thursday afternoon s Burnet county fair and Rodeo Parade through downtown Burnet the Parade also included Many Lovely Burnet county Young ladies tha fair Queen him Shelnutt. The fair Princess. Donna Davenport All the contestants for those honors and sos sewing Center sewed up third. Stonewall chamber of com Pierce was named As the most Beautiful out of town float with Austin Aqua festival second and people s savings and loan of Llano placing third Burnet pig producers hammed it up just right and Wert adjudged the most comical White or chips took second most comical and Hoover s antique car honked and whistled its Way into third most comical the Rodeo quam contestants the Rodeo Queen was announced during thursday night s performance Missy Nippy of warble Falls who was last year s fair Queen and last Yaar s Marble Falls Rodeo Queen Jennifer Burnam of Marble Falls was first runner up for Burnet county Rodeo Queen second and Sundown h d took third Sammy Leverett and Laura Dishman wore named Best dressed Cowboy and cowgirl respectively Gillespie county had the most beautifully decorated car. While horned welding and Bertram Beta Sigma rho rolled in second anti third the fair and Rodeo asset Tabon had the most Beautiful in town float. Burnet county processing Plant had the second most Beautiful and Bertram s waiting Fer the p Rade last thursday was this among the Many lining the Parade Routs in Burnst on group of Young citizens and their older friends who the first Day of the Burnet county Rodeo and fair. A monday edition hornets nest see Page 4 vol. 104 no. 57 August 1,1977 Doggett plans to push for property tax Law Reform Burnet a state senator Lloyd Doggett plans to resume his push for Reform of Texas property tax Laws during the next session of the legislature. In an interview at the bulletin offices thursday Doggett expressed his interest in equalization Board to meet next monday Burnet the Board of equalization of the Burnet consolidated school District will consider citizens cases and queries concerning taxes at its meeting monday August 8, at 9 in the school tax office. Assessor collector John Grissom and Board members Ramsey Clinton Houston Hill and mrs. G. A. Glimp will assemble in order to meet the Public in open discussion of tax assessment in the Burnet . Changing the basis of taxation of farm and ranch lands from the Standard of fair Market value to one of productivity. In the last session of the legislature Doggett presented legislation which would provide tax Relief for Farmers and ranchers by assessing property at its agricultural value rather than at the value dictated by the current real estate Market. Through Doggette legislation passed the Bill cannot be implemented until an amendment to the state Constitution meets the Public s approval at present the Constitution requires an equal basis of taxation a single vote blocked the attempt to put the necessary amendment to a referendum vote. Doggett told the bulletin that the heaviest opposition to his proposal came from lumber interests and land speculators who would not Benefit by the alteration of the tax system. From county to county there Are no standards or qualifications mandated for tax assessors collectors a situation which congressman Peveto attempted to Correct Doggett said. Quot family Farmers and ranchers will lose out for the next two years Quot Doggett said. He emphasized that the tax Relief would Only apply to family farms and ranches and those which fit the chapters descriptions in the internal Revenue code which covers Small businesses and corporations with limited Stock ownership. Land and Timber interests were unwilling to see the Farmer gets a tax break which would be denied the Large corporations and land syndicates according to Doggett. On the subject of the Public utilities commission Doggett expressed Quot Confidence in the commission staff Quot and said he Felt they had a Overall done an outstanding the Puc which regulates rate hikes of Telephone and Power enterprises is hampered in its duties Doggett says by having no authority Over natural Gas rates that authority rests with the Railroad commission. Sen. Doggett rep. Stan Schleuter visit Burnet matters personal and political were brought to office in Burnet Don Palmer discusses the problems of sen. Lloyd Doggett and rep Stan Schulter last the retired with his representatives to the two houses thursday while they met constituents at the bulletin of the Texas legislature

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