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Burnet County Bulletin (Newspaper) - August 18, 1977, Burnet, Texas Fifth annual of time fiddler in civil. First threatened by rain appears to have been a financial Success. Thanks and appreciation is due to Many 8urnet chamber of Commerce members who worked hard to make it a Success once again. See Ben s Burnet. Page b4 now. Burnet school students can a pass Quot with a Grade of in for details on How and card arrived at that see Page a3. P. 0. B of j 4 -3 o 7gi Dallas Texas 75235 xxx annual Lake Victor Send. See Page b7 county commissioners the same the world Ever see ramblings. Page a4 three Days of Fidolin May be Okay but out of Tow net wonders Why thursday and Friday when working people can to get away from their jobs to take part. Why not sunday see letters to the editor Page a4 planning to take your Chilo out of school for Burnet s annual ski trip those absences every Winter Are hurling burners average daily attendance so the school Board tuesday night came up with a plan to make the trip possible if see Page a2 Hill country highlights a regular mature column about people you knew comings and goings see Page a5 coming in monday s bulletin lawyers have been Given the go ahead to advertise their services and charges. And in Many cities including nearby Austin they Are cautiously beginning to do so. When can you look Forward to such advertising in Burnet county and How do local attorneys feel about the new ruling. Monday bulletin. Aug 22, 1977 City of Bertram Given go ahead to buy seven acres of Burnet school property there a bits Legal a a see Page a bulldog annuals ready Burnet High school principal Cliff Var it Deventer announced that All students of Burnet High can pick up their school annual beginning at 8 . Today. A Burnet students to Register Burnet a the Burnet consolidated school District will Register All elementary students on september 2nd, starting at 9 . Through 11 . Students should Register at the school they plan to attend. Kindergarten students those who will be five years old before september 1, 1977 will Register at 811 North Vanderveer Burnet elementary school and Bertram elementary. At registration parents of children entering school for the first time should bring the child s birth certificate and immunization records showing immunization against polio diphtheria pertussis tetanus measles and rubella. Only students new to the Burnet District need Register at the intermediate school and High school on september 2, 1977, or they May Register at any time before that. Seniors at Burnet High school Are invited to come to the High school at 1 30 . On thursday september 1st juniors Are invited to come at 9 . On Friday september 2nd sophomores at 11 . On Friday and freshman at 2 . On Friday afternoon september 2. The purpose of these invitations is so that students May review their pre registration schedules and graduation requirements. The first Day of classes will be tuesday september 6th. Buses will make their regular runs at the regular times on that Day. Lunches will be served in All cafeterias on tuesday. They will be 50c for elementary students and 60c for intermediate and High school students. The Burnet county budget okayed Buheng a a a a $816 640 Iron of we we he warn was ii Burnet a despite the intermediate sources a thursday edition vol. 104 no. 62 32 pages 4 sections August 18,1977 Psi St i so in i a a i -51 by Joan Puckett Burnet a despite the protests of a member of the news Media that Quot any adoption or action on the budget is subject to being contested Quot the Burnet school Board tuesday night adopted a $2.4 million budget for the 1977 78 school year representing an increase of $262,000 Over last year s budget. Tile Board also approved a change in the tax rate but not in the Overall tax rate total of $1 50 per $100 valuation. In discussing the budget supt. Bob Wilkin pointed out that Texas school districts will receive $110 per student per Day average daily attendance for the coming fiscal year an increase of $10 Ada Over last year. Wilkin also told the Board that Quot it does t take much imagine Tion to figure out that our expenditures next year will be greater than our income Quot since the carryover on sept. I 1977, is expected to be $272,344, and a year later sept. 1, 1978, the carryover figure is Only $74,682. A Little More than two thirds of % for a blow out of the right rear tire of this 1977 Blazer sent the Auto and trailer out of control on Highway 281 North Friday. Robert d. Hall a minister from Viburnum Missouri and his family escaped major injuries and their vehicles suffered Only minor damage in the Accident. Public schools comes from the state. The Board raised the maintenance tax from $1.30 to $1.35 and lowered the debt service tax from $1.20 to $1.15. Quot our bonded indebtedness is less than three per cent Quot Wilkin said Quot and the state allows us ten per cent. We Are in extremely Good the school District expects to receive $816,640 from local and intermediate sources next year and $1,459,750 from state sources estimated expenditures include payroll costs $1.8 million purchased and contracted services $203,660 supplies and materials $181,466 other operating expenses $54,065 debt service $153,622 and capital outlay $67,607. Further breakdowns on expenditures were scanty. That fact plus Highlander reporter David Crowder s Contin Tion that a Legal Public notice was not published prior to tuesday night s budget nearing caused a minor juror Between Crowder and supt. Wilkin. Crowder contended that notice of the hearing should have been published to 30 Days prior to the meeting and that a front Page Story in the Burnet county bulletin announcing the meeting does not constitute Public notice according to his sources at the Texas education Agency. Wilkin explained that the notice should have run under the Quot Legal notices Quot Section in the bulletin and that a we be never had any foul up before Quot on having such notices published to hide anything Quot Wilkin said would go along with the neighbors take petition to Council dogs garbage Merit Council attention by Miles Hawthorne Burnet a persons using the City dump who Aren t residents of Burnet will have to pay about $3 per pickup Load and resident commercial dumpers will be charged $1.75. Such was the decision of the Burnet City Council at their tuesday night meeting in Council Chambers. Other matters which received the consideration of the Council were issues of Highway repaving and traffic control development charges for users of Large amounts of electricity Barking dogs annexation Low water pressure and restructuring and renaming of the zoning commission. Garbage the solid waste garbage ordinance As approved by the Council states that non resident user of the dump will pay $3 per Yard of garbage disposed of a Yard of garbage being defined As 27 cubic feet or about one pickup bed Uil. Highways and traffic . A red Wilson and Aubrey Fariss of the Texas Highway department presented the Council with plans to resurface highways 29 and 281 within the City limits with an Inch and a half of hot mix. The Highway engineers also proposed striping a Central left turn Lane when the roads Are resurfaced to Cut Down the risk of rear end collisions and also to synchronize the Light at the Post office with the Light at 281. The City would pay the Tab for the curbs and storm sewer drains at the time of repaving. The Highway plans included a prohibition of parallel parking on the two major thoroughfares a proposal which met with concern cont. On p. A4 Quot i do not feel we were trying Aid. Pm �?~9 bulletin editorial that said More people probably saw it there on the front Page than would have seen it in a Quot Legal notice Quot of we Are going to be matted on something like this i d Call it splitting hairs Quot he added. Board president Gar Taylor said Quot at the risk of being in error i think Well go ahead and consider it. Of anyone wants to contest it they can and we can reconvene and readout and Board member Joy Taylor added that a was far As i m concerned the front Page Story in the bulletin is Good enough for when the audience was Given an Opportunity to question the cont on p. A2 Morris is top fiddler fourth time Winner Ano still Champion Tarry Morris of Decatur took first place for the fourth year running at saturday s fifth annual old time fiddlers contest Burnet a the fiddles Are in their cases and the garbage in its cans and Terry Morris has another trophy after being named Texas old time Champion fiddler for the fourth consecutive year. The championship play offs saturday night saw the Field of contenders narrowed to Morris Larry Franklin who placed second and Wade Stockton who showed for third the three of them aiming for the $650 purse with enough concentrated musicianship to Goose flesh the entire Industrial Park audience. Jan Kassaw kept Busy All Day saturday in his role As emcee announcing events and winners and keeping things rolling As the players went through their paces with breakdowns Waltzes hornpipe tunes and country swing. Roy Murray vice president of the Burnet chamber of Commerce and miss Burnet Patti Bridges presented the prizes to the winning fiddlers and also to the guitarists who took top honors in the accompanist category Ray Franklin first Charlie Smith second and buddy weeks third. In the trick and fancy fiddling judging the audience applause gave first place to Ricky Boen who showed that a fiddle can be played a and played Well the festival while wearing leather work gloves. Wade Stockton took second in the trick and fancy Field by slackening his Bow and fiddling Over under while Young Nancy Henson took third by standing on a piano Stool. Carl Hazlewood and Terry Morris took fourth and fifth in the fancy Competition respectively. Other award winners were Lewis Franklin who was named the favorite fiddler pop Harria the oldest fiddler at 86 years of age and three year old Nancy Henson was a shoe in for youngest fiddler. Aside from Morris Franklin and Stockton others in the top ten among old time fiddlers were Carf Hopkins fourth Jimmy Don Bates fifth Robert Langford sixth . Hopkins the new association president seventh Lewis Franklin eighth Valerie cont on p. A4

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