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Burnet County Bulletin (Newspaper) - October 20, 1977, Burnet, Texas The Burnet Couf Fly vol. 104 no. 78 3 sections 32 pages october 20,1977 flirt Center inc. X p. 0. Box Rny Dallas to it exas 75235 m a my Jyh Burnet High sting in a newspaper pages b 3-4 moves up to s a a moves to a b?pageb1 i five arrested in liquor store theft Burnet a two adults and three juveniles were arrested at the siesta Motel Here saturday on a warrant from the Illano county sheriff s department in connection with a liquor theft at Lively s liquor store at the Quot a Quot in Buchanan dam. Arrested were Danny Morgan and Kevin mouser both of Burnet. Two of the juveniles Are students at Burnet High school. The saturday theft was reported by the owners of the store who gave the Llano lawmen a description of the car and its License plates. The owners reportedly recognized three of the suspects. Burnet Deputy sheriff Gene schillings made the arrest on a Llano county warrant at the request of the Llano sheriff s department. Llano Deputy Frank Overstreet declined to give any information concerning the arrests except to name the place and Date of the crime. Chamber elects new directors Burnet four new Dine tors who will begin their three year terms in january of 1978, have been elected by Burnet chamber of Commerce members they Are Markle Williams Richard Sanders or. Dan Bailey and Dwayne Teague election judges met monday to count the ballots and certify the election election judges were Roy Oakley chairman Robert Barber Bill Weaver Don Wallace and Charles Nyquist. Out of 215 ballots mailed out 126 were returned. Balloting was As follows Williams 79. Sanders 74 Bailey 65, and Teague 65. Other candidates and the votes they received were Douglas Moses 50, Marie Banks 61 David tipple 56 and Paul Shell 42. Bertram buys Ball Field firefighters still shopping trustees discuss school property Burnet a the discussion and action at the Burnet school Board meeting tuesday night at the High school entered on land buildings and school buses. Three tracts of land belonging to the school District came under consideration. First the trustees opened bids for the Bertram athletic Field seven acres of land More or less which the Bertram City Council has expressed interest in purchasing for their City. The school Board was legally obliged to take bids on the land before Selling it and the Only bid submitted was that of the City of Bertram. The Price offered by Bertram was the same As previously discussed with the trustees $7,000 at $1,000 per year with 5 per cent simple interest. The Tyft was accepted. Next came or. . Bowden 1978 Homecoming Queen candidates for Burnet High school Are left to right Patty Bridges Ionia Nyquist Julie Greenlees and Donna Millsap the of Austin appearing for his Mother mrs. R s. Bowden a Long time resident of Burnet who formerly owned the land where the High school is now. Or. Bowden presented the trustees with Quot certain problems which he said were annoying mrs. Bowden. Quot this is not meant As a threat in any Way Quot Bowden said. Quot it s peaceful sort of petition. He asked that the Board investigate the boundaries of the High school grounds which 57 acres were sold to the school District by the Bowden family. He also asked for clarification about the Street North of the High school whether it was Ever formally dedicated to the City and also asked for help in solving drainage problems from the agn cultural lands around the school. Mrs. Bowden lives next to the Homecoming Queen will be crowned october 28 at the halftime of the Burnet san Saba football game. Photos by Richard Gunther school property and has become concerned about the boundaries especially since she is paying City taxes on land which she believes has been sold to the school District. Bowden also noted that the students seem to be using More land than belongs to the school Quot but these things happen with kids. If you Don t set a Boundary they set it Bowden said. Because the Bowden s concerns had not been placed on the Agenda the trustees agreed to put the matter on next month s Agenda so they could legally take action. The third piece of school property was brought to the boards attention by a. Underwood and Lesley Holder representatives of the Burnet Volunteer fire department the fire department said Underwood is Quot experiencing growing pains a and in looking for a new site for the fire Hall the firemen had grown curious about the chances of obtaining the land where the old slab of the gymnasium of the old Junior High school which was blown away in a Tornado is on Pierce Street. Underwood said that their inquiry about the land was to help the fire department establish contingency plans and that if the Board were to go ahead and give to to the fire department Quot we would t know what to do with Holder supported Underwood s presentation saying the firemen were Quot scouting for land and checking out possibilities for a site for the fire Hall which the City of Burnet has promised to help construct. Another site has been located near Wallace Ridden Park and according to Holder Quot it might be the Ideal the problems facing the fire department Are Many Holder said. Since the Library was built on the Square the firemen have less space to Park when they go to the fire Hall to take the trucks to a fire. Also the present fire Hall was built in 1943 when the department s trucks were Model As and Model to but the newer trucks take up More room. School Board president Gene Taylor took a Pool of trustees who All expressed sympathy with the fire department but chose to keep the land since it is part of the Long Range plan and is expected to be used in the future As the site for a kindergarten. Mayor Howard Benton and draped the Board concerning the fire Hall saying the school property Quot is a Good location and that s the principle Factor behind the be Moil received a round of applause after superintendent Robert Wilkin paid him the compliment of Quot having a better working relationship than we the school administrators have Ever had with a mayor. Trustee Johnny de Spain said Quot i Don t think the kids would mind the fire trucks being there. I think it d tickle them to death but there is a Hazard there Holder said there would be no hard feelings about it whatever the trustees chose to do. The general consensus of the Board was that they might need the land in years to come and had Best hold onto Board approved Wilkin s recommendation to Purchase two new buses one a 16-passenger, the other a 72 passenger with an estimated combined Cost of $22 too at the Board s meeting next month november 15the trustees will Start interviewing architects to work on the District s proposed building program. Two hearings before the state commissioner of education were also discussed. A letter from commissioner m l. Brocket concerning mrs. Ted Baker s Case against the school Board was read. Brocket said mrs. Baker s complaint was not one which he could remedy. Mrs. Baker s son Michael a injured in a schoolyard altercation with another student during which Michael received several injuries especially to his Mouth which resulted in some costly medical Bills which mrs. Baker was attempting to have the school District pay november 1 has been set As the Date for another hearing with the commissioner of education this one concerning mrs. Patricia huckster whose contract the school Board elected not to renew for the present school year. Burnet sales tax rebate $ 10,133 Marble fals $ 6,949 Burnet the City of Burnet this month received a sales tax receipt Check for $10,133.47, compared to Marble Falls Check for $6,949.99. Statistics released by the state comptroller show that Burnet county cities Are thriving at a rate above the state average while Blanco county is doing business far below the average the statistics Are the monthly report of sales tax rebates made by the comptroller s office to Texas cities Marble Falls has so far this year received $106, 190 98 in rebates an increase of 46 percent Over last year s rebates. Burnet likewise has increased their rebates 21 percent Over last year. Bertram which received no Money for the september period has for the year As a whole increased its receipts 22 percent to $6,920.20 Granite Shoals also received no Money for the september period but shows a 27 percent increase for the year to Date Over last year during the same period Blanco and Johnson City both fell below the state average increase of 20 8 percent John son City decreased one percent and Blanco increased 17 percent. Rebates received by the Blanco county cities were $2,493.31 for Blanco and $1,241.30 for Johnson City in Williamson county Cedar Park shows no increase Over last year while round Rock increased their rebates a whopping 52 percent up for the september period from $1,732,15 last year to $7,170 10 Tor this year. Comptroller Bob Bullock remarked Quot this is a pretty Good indicator of the strength of the Texas Economy and from an economic standpoint things could t look better for the state a Bertram Blanco Burnet Marble Falls Granite Shoals Johnson City Cedar Park round Rock net Pym. This be riot cd 2,493.31 10,133.47 6949 99 0 1,241 30 1,942 19 7,170 10 net Pym. A year ago 0 1,341.68 3.174 43 2.580.49 0 742.37 1,065 18 1,732 15 1977 pyms to Date 6,920.20 24,478 27 88,980 03 106,190 98 3,563 17 19,115.03 25.098 86 99 432 22 1976 pyms. Percent to Date increase 5,638.97 22 20,797 01 17 70,104,18 21 72,508 84 46 2,784.55 27 19.390.88 1 25 087.27 0 52,196.10 52 period ending to 7 77

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