WEDNESDAYJulY 24, 2019VOL. 112 • NO. 30

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■ Fundraiser Sat. in Blessing to benefit teen with cancer

‘Let’s Help Cainen Conquer Cancer’ is a fundraiser for teenage Cainen Sengsourivong of Blessing battling cancer. Beginning at 10 a.m. at the Blessing Park, BBQ plates of brisket, sausage, rice, beans and trimmings will be sold for $10. Also to be held are a gun raffle, silent auc-tion and more.

(See MCND, Page 2)

Top Officials Attempt To Clarify

New Hemp LawSee Page 4 See PageS 8

PHS CheerEarns

Camp AwardsSee Page 8

Hotel Blessing

Fundraiser

PYFL Sharks treated to camp by Shark great

MCND hears pleas of help from local health care

providers

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P r o j e c t s lead PEDCdiscussion

(See PEDC, Page 2)

BY ALAN C. SCHULMANPalacios Beacon - Reporter

PISD meets turf contractor in the middle after change order dispute

■ Open House Thurs. at Trull Foundation

The Trull Foundation would like to invite the community to an Open House welcoming their new Executive Direc-tor, Nellie Claybourn Lee. The Open House is scheduled for July 25 from 2-4 p.m. at the Trull Foundation, 404 4th St.

The heat was on last week at Palacios ISD, and not just the air temperature, as two company reps were being roasted by school board members for asking for additional money via change orders to the contract.

“It almost looks like you kinda low-balled us first, and then come back and say “oh, we need this, and this”,” stat-ed PISD School Board Trustee Bran-

don Bowers at last Monday’s Regular Board Meeting. Bowers’ comments were pointed at a representative of Hel-las Construction, the company that is building the new track and turf at Shark Stadium.

“It’s going to be a $1.6 million dol-lar project, right? By the time we spend $1.3 million and we keep going through all these change orders, it’s going to be a $1.6 million dollar project.”

Representatives from both of Palacios’ health care providers were on hand at last Tuesday’s Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Matago-rda County Navigation Dis-trict #1 seeking support, fi-nancially and otherwise.

Dr. Barbara Hayes, from Matagorda Family Prac-tice, stated her mission in seeking the Navigation Dis-trict’s support is “Trying to find some non-profit ways to support those people in our community who cannot provide for themselves.”

Gail Purvis, Chairman of the Palacios Community Medical Center (PCMC) Board, along with CEO Bob Pascasio, were more specific in their request, as they are seeking donations and grants for projects at PCMC that include a gen-erator, a new roof for the

Projects near and (not-so) far fueled last week’s meet-ing of the Palacios Economic Development Corp. (PEDC) Board of Directors.

Mike Ferdinand, PEDC and Matagorda County EDC Executive Directors, led off locally with details of a re-cent inquiry for a commer-cial retail prospect in Pala-cios. He was optimistic of a site visit to come within in the next 30 - 60 days. Fer-dinand also noted the hotel project along the waterfront is still active.

Ferdinand said he was anticipating an abatement application within the week and a site visit on an indus-trial project.

While Matagorda County is still in competition with another neighboring county,

PLAYERS in the Palacios Youth Football League (PYFL) were treated to a free foot-ball camp by Shark gridiron legend Terrell Lee. With the assistance of PYFL coach-es and fellow former Sharks, Lee ran the youngsters through a multitude of drills and excercises ahead of the PYFL season, set to begin in August. Lee, a 2004 PHS graduate, was a four-year letterman for the Sharks (including a unanimous selection as Dis-trict MVP on an 0-10 team), played colle-giate football at Angelo State University and played professional indoor arena football. He is currently a coach in Angelton.

PALACIANS were forced to take a detour around Brookings ‘Big Cat’ Bridge on East Bayshore Dr. last week as work to replace the force main line, utilizing grant funds made availabe thru Hurricane Ike Recov-ery, diverted traffic from crossing the bridge. (Beacon Photo by Ryan West)

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Area BriefsBee attack claims life of Yoakum man

YOAKUM: A local minister was laid to rest Sat-urday in Yoakum following what’s become a swarm of recent bee attacks across the region. The Reverend Lawrence Hall, 59, a pastor at the Beth Elder Baptist Church, passed away Monday at an Austin hospital after sustaining several bee stings while mowing near some abandoned houses along Herder Road three days prior. He was the fifth area person hospitalized because of recent bee attacks, and the second to die as a result of those attacks. Hall had already been stung dozens of times when a passing motorist spotted him and called for help. - Yoakum Herald-Times

Monster melons in Luluing, two over 120-lbs.LULING: The watermelons grown for this year’s

Watermelon Thump weigh in and auction were mas-sive, with the top two weighing 141.1 pounds, grown by Mike Donaho, and 123.5 pounds, grown by David Johnson. The total weight of all the melons this year was 716.4 pounds. The third place melon was just shy of 100 pounds, at 96.4 pounds, grown by Rodolfo Her-nandez. - The Luling Newsboy & Signal

Rockdale hopes to become Texas’ Hemp HubRockdale: The leaders of a company who want to

bring an industrial hemp business to Rockdale and Milam County visited Monday and promise activity by fall. Jerry Walters II, chief executive officer of Op-pidian, and Timmie Lane, co-founder, are planning an effort they promise will turn Rockdale into the state’s hemp hub. “We’re looking at bringing 45 to 50 jobs,” Walters said. “And we plan to get started after Labor Day.” While Oppidian’s stated goal is to develop phar-maceutical formulated products derived from hemp, Walters says hemp has “a multitude of other uses that includes clothing. We will, with the assistance of Texas A&M, teach farmers how to grow this new crop with which they won’t be familiar.” Oppidian envisions land-lease agreements. “They won’t need crop insur-ance. We will provide that,” Walters said.- The Rockdale Reporter

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Each year the Shrimporee is a home-coming of many Palacios natives and this year St. Anthony’s Catholic Church will be hosting the 55th Annual Shrimporee on Aug. 3rd and 4th.

Shrimporee SundayShrimporee Sunday begins with Sunday

Mass at 8:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catho-lic Church located at 1004 Magnusson. Shrimporee activities will be held at the Palacios Recreation Center located at 2401 Perryman and lunch will begin at 10:30 a.m. Choose from shrimp or BBQ (beef or chicken) plus all the trimmings for $10 per finger licking plate. Stay and enjoy DJ Rudy C or opt for take out. Desire a more cultural experience? Many will admit to driving miles each year to dine on the de-licious Vietnamese Cuisine always fresh and ready to feast upon. The Shrimporee is fun for all ages and all are invited to attend. Some of the activities include kid’s games and the live auction starting at 12:30 p.m.

Boat RaffleInterested in a new boat?

Purchase your $25 ticket today for the Annual Tran’s Sport Boat Raffle. Tickets are limited and are going fast. Contact 361-972-2446 for details and tickets. The Boat Raffle and gift card raffle drawings will be on Shrimporee Sunday at 4 p.m.

22nd Annual Golf Scramble

Saturday tees off with the 22nd Annual Golf Scramble at 8 a.m. for the A Flight and at 12 noon for B and C Flights at the Palacios Golf Course. Entry fee is $300 per team or $75 per person and the fee includes green fee, 1 mulligan, and meal and drink tickets. Golf carts

are available for rent for $20 and personal carts are welcome. For more information contact Isidro O. Castanon at 361-972-6006.

Everyone is invited to attend this years Shrimporee and for more information or questions contact the church office at 361-972-2446.

Is proud to introduce

Robin Yue, MD Cardiologist

Dr. Yue, Cardiologist (heart specialist) graduated with honors from Zhejiang Medical University in 1985 and has more than 34 years of diverse experience, especially in cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Yue is board certified in internal medicine and cardio-vascular disease. He specializes in the treatment of cardi-ovascular disease, heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmia for patients age 16 years and older.

Dr. Yue completed his residency at Pittsburgh Shadyside Hospital and his cardiology fellowship at Heart & Vascular

Institute at Ochsner, New Orleans. He most recently practiced at Beaure-gard Memorial Hospital in Louisiana.

Dr. Yue is excited to be moving to the area along with his wife and chil-dren.

For Appointments Call 979-578-5228 Fax: 979-578-5103

Dr. Yue will be in Suite 210 (upstairs) at Mid Coast Medical Clinic.

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hospital, paint and a new roof for a storage building, and an ambulance canopy. Their current goal is $300,000.

During a question and answer session, several commissioners expressed their displeasure with the arrangement whereby PCMC receives no taxpayer funding from Matagorda County. While the parties dis-agreed on several points involving funding throughout PCMC’s history, etc., ultimate-ly, providing for the healthcare needs of the Palacios area is at the forefront of the motivations of both entities.

Approved ItemsThe minutes of the June 23 meeting,

Lease Activity since that meeting, and au-thorizing Port Director Victor Martinez to

solicit Request for Proposals from a firm to perform the FY2019 independent Audit for MCND #1 were approved. Also approved were the Current Voucher Control Report, Current Register Reports, and Current In-vestment Activity Report. Commissioner David Aparicio urged the board to invest locally, if possible.

Port Director’s Operations, Promotion & Development Report

Port Director Victor Martinez reported attending the Matagorda County Econom-ic Development Corporation (MCEDC) regular board meeting on June 28, and the Texas Oyster Aquaculture Summit at Tex-as A&M Corpus Christi, where the Marine Eduction Center was featured in one of the

presentations as being a key component in the new en-deavor. Martinez also met and hosted several other meetings with potential cli-ents and attended the Coast Guard’s AMSTEP Exercise Planning Meeting.

Contractor’s Port Maintenance Report

Port Maintenance Con-tractor Jose Ortiz reported performing 22 pump-outs resulting in 7,185 gallons of bilge water/oil, and no reportable incidents. Ortiz also reported, along with other repairs, etc., that he helped with a sinking sail boat and has been constant-ly checking on it and the sump pumps to make sure it stays afloat.

Next MeetingThe next Regular Board

Meeting will be on Aug. 15, at 1:00 p.m.

What in the new well???

PALACIOS’ newest and deepest water well, No. 6 located behind Lowe’s Market, is out of service while work to replace the well pump and motor which short-ed out recently from a power surge and/or lighting strike is underway. (Beacon Photo by Brandi G. West)

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church’s 55th annual Shrimporee next weekend

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