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WEDNESDAYJulY 11, 2018
VOL. 111 • NO. 28
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PalaciosPalaciosBEACONBEACONProudly Serving The City By The Sea Since 1907USPS 418460 1 SectiON, 10 PAGeS
Ante up & deal ‘em out
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LaSalleMakes
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ChamberBusiness Of The Month
Jobless rate ticks back up
Porter’s Ace Hardware takes spotlight at CofC
(See SALES, Page 2)
City coffers benefit from bumper May
■ PISD Surplus Auction Sat.
Palacios ISD will be holding a surplus auction on Sat. (July 14) begin-ning at 9 a.m. at the Pa-lacios ISD Bus Barn, lo-cated at 1209 12th St.
■ Vacation Bible Schools aplenty
There is no shortage of options in Palacios when it comes to vacation Bible school. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church began Mon. and runs thru Fri. (July 13). Beginning next week will be the First Bap-tist Church in Palacios (ad on Page 7), Bible Baptist Fellowship Church (Page 2), Living Word Church (Page 9). Trinity Baptist Church will begin on July 22 (Page 4).
Claim your seat at the table because seats are sure to fill up fast for the 7th annual Pok-er in Palacios Texas Hold’em Series Fundraiser sponsored by the Palacios Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for Sat. (July 14).
The event will be held at the Palacios Recreation Cen-ter, located at 2401 Perry-man Ave. Players must be 21 years or older to participate in the event.
Poker in Palacios features the Texas Hold’em Main Event plus side games of Hi-lo, Blackjack, Bingo and more.
Tickets for a seat in the Main Event are $100 and in-cludes the seafood lunch, a seat at the game, drink tick-ets and a Poker in Palacios T-shirt. Additional buy-ins will be allowed.
Dealing the cards for the Main Event begins at 1 p.m.
and concludes with a final table of eight, where every player is a winner. The Grand Prize is a $4,500 cash value card and a Champion’s ster-ling silver bracelet.
The second place winner also receives a cash value prize, plus a designer belt buckle.
Want to join the fun, but don’t want to play in the Main Event? For $25 indi-viduals can attend the event, enjoy the seafood lunch and play in various side games.
The fundraiser kicks off with a seafood lunch starting at 11 a.m., followed by a live auction. Don’t forget to bring some extra cash to purchase a ticket for the gun raffle.
Tickets and information are available at the Palacios Chamber of Commerce of-fice, located at 420 Main St.; by phone at 361-972-2615; or via email at [email protected]
CofC’s 7th annual Poker in Palacios Texas Hold ‘em Poker Tournament Sat.
“We’re here to stay, we’re not go-ing anywhere, and we will be your hometown hardware store,” stated Porter’s Ace Hardware owner Dale Porter, the featured speaker at last Thursday’s Palacios Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting.
Porter purchased the former Knights of Columbus building on Main St. last year and recently moved his Ace Hardware business from his old building just down the street. “We wanted to put together
a store that Palacios could be proud of,” he said.
Porter purchased the hardware store at its former location in 1994, but for the last eight or nine years had been searching for a way to ex-pand the facility, to no avail, when the solution to his problem present-ed itself in the form of the Knights of Columbus building. A deal was struck, and “the past six months have been seven days a week, 12 hours a day, we go home tired, we get up tired, but it’s a good tired. We’ve done a lot of work down there on that store already, and we
intend to do a lot more yet, and we have room to grow,” concluded Por-ter.
Business of the MonthThe ‘Business of the
Month’ was awarded to Gateway Mortgage Group. Branch Manager Teri Tread-way stated, “I thank you for all the business that we have done in Palacios, and we look to be your mortgage lender here for a long, long time.”
Sunset Advisory Commission
“We’ve got folks with the
Central Texas Water Coalition who could care less about us down here,”
stated Judge Nate McDonald as he
The bad news is Matagorda County’s unemployment rate rose slightly in May, but the good news is that it remains below 6 percent, a mark that it had been above for several years prior to April 2018.
While the U.S. unemploy-ment rate fell slightly com-pared to the prior month, and the Texas rate remained the same, all other area counties saw their rates likewise fall or remain the same.
The only negative eco-nomic number to be found in the area in May is that of Bay City’s year-to-date sales tax rebate amount, which falls slightly below last year’s total. Palacios, on the other hand, saw healthy increases in its May and year-to-date rebates.
Recently released figures from the Texas Comptroller’s Office show all area cities re-ceiving more in sales tax re-
BY ALAN C. SCHULMANPalacios Beacon - Reporter
(See JOBS, Page 2)
Truck consumed by flames near Palacios High School
THE Palacios Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to a vehicle fire in a pasture in the southern end of Newsome Blvd. The early 2000 model Chevrolet pickup was fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived. (Beacon Photos by Brandi G. West & Alan Schulman)
Booming over the bay...
(See CofC, Page 2)
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SALES (Continued From Page 1)
Two arrested for money launderingFLATONIA: Luis Carlos Trevino-Clemente, 63, of
Humble, the driver of a 2010 Dodge pickup, and his pas-senger, Gabriel De Real Rodriguez, 34, of Mexico were charged with money laundering after a routine traffic stop as they were traveling westbound on Interstate 10 near Fla-tonia. After contact with the two men, Investigator David Smith observed many criminal indicators, including their travel itinerary. Smith was given consent to search the ve-hicle where he discovered a hidden trap compartment in the center console with wrapped bundles of U.S. curren-cy inside. Both men denied the money belonged to them. Smith reportedly removed 26 bundles of currency, totaling $279,750, from the hidden compartment. The two were ar-rested and transported to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center in La Grange. - The Banner-Press Newspaper
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CofC (Continued From Page 1)
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encouraged attendees to participate in an online survey to review the performance of the Lower Colorado River Au-thority (LCRA) in order to keep the proper amount of wa-ter flowing down the Colorado River to Matagorda Bay. McDonald said that proponents of upstream recreational lakes want to keep them full, but recreation is NOT one of the four beneficial uses of river water, according to state law.
Upcoming EventsWith a larger $4,500 grand prize this year, Poker in Pa-
lacios and Seafood Dinner at the Palacios Recreation Cen-ter will be on July 14. St. Anthony’s Golf Tournament will be on August 4, followed by St. Anthony’s Shrimporee Seafood Dinner on August 5.
In an attempt to draw fisherman in from “all over”, there will be jus four categories at this year’s Chamber of Com-merce FishFest Fishing Tournament at East Bay Park on August 10 & 11.
Upcoming MeetingsChamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting on
July 12, Palacios Economic Development meeting on July 18, and Palacios Chamber of Commerce General Mem-bership Meeting on August 2.
JOBS (Continued From Page 1)
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, in May 2018, 103 of the 254 counties had an over-the-month decrease in their unemployment rates, nine-ty-one counties were un-changed, and sixty counties increased. Seventy-one coun-ties had an unemployment rate of 3.0 percent or less. Unemployment rates varied widely across counties, rang-ing from a low of 1.6 percent in Hartley County to a high of 11 percent in Willacy County. The number of people not in the labor force because they are discouraged over job prospects in Texas stands at 35,300, down from a level of 40,000 a year ago.
U.S., Texas, and surround-ing counties’ unemploy-ment rates for May 2018 are shown below, with April 2018 and percentage change in parentheses. U.S.: 3.8 per-cent, (3.9) (-0.1%) Texas: 4.1 percent (4.1) (0.0%) Brazo-
ria: 4.4 percent (4.4) (0.0%) Calhoun: 4.3 percent (4.5) (-0.2%) Colorado: 3.1 per-cent (3.2) (-0.1%) Fort Bend: 3.9 percent (3.9) (0.0%) Jack-son: 3.3 percent (3.3) (0.0%) Matagorda: 5.9 percent (5.8) (0.1%) Wharton: 3.5 percent (3.7) (-0.2%).
bates in May than in the same month in 2017, and only Bay City receiving less in 2018 than it had at this time of year in 2017. This robust economy seems to lend credence to the aphorism “a rising tide lifts all boats.”
The State Comptroller’s Office col-lects sales tax and distributes rebates to cities, transit systems, and special pur-pose taxing districts monthly.
Sales tax rebates to 13 area cities are as follows: (May 2018, May 2017) (% change) (Year-to-date 2018, Year-to-date 2017) (% change). Bay City: $450,934, $443,980 (1.56%) $2,824,031, $2,896,056 (-2.48) East Bernard: $35,377, $27,146 (30.32%) $222,249, $171,903 (29.28%) Edna: $97,902,
$87,062 (12.45%) $589,355, $508,374 (15.92%) El Campo: $328,492, $274,488 (19.67%) $2,026,363, $1,784,289 (13.56%) Ganado: $32,438, $26,135 (24.11%) $219,686, $195,036 (12.63%) La Ward: $1,173, $544.52 (115.49%) $6,179, $4,140 (49.27%) Palacios: $55,066, $48,859 (12.70%) $375,635, $309,091 (21.52%) Point Comfort: $19,290, $18,986 (1.60%) $127,208, $ 1 0 3 , 6 2 1 (22.76%) Port Lavaca: $236,964, $210,704 (12.46%) $ 1 , 5 3 9 , 5 8 1 , $ 1 , 3 4 6 , 9 9 6
(14.29%) Seadrift: $12,531, $11,964 (4.73%) $91,210, $86,329 (5.65%) Sweeny: $37,003, $30,301 (22.11%) $232,693, $196,882 (18.18%) West Columbia: $75,160, $68,345 (9.97%) $451,053, $435,640 (3.53%) Whar-ton: $173,867, $170,881 (1.74%) $1,193,644, $1,069,259 (11.63%).
Gateway Mortgage named CofC Business of the Month...GATEWAY Mortgage was named the Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month at last week’s general mem-bership luncheon. Pictured in the center is the Gateway Mortgage branch manager from Matagorda, Teri Tread-way. Fellow chamber members joined with Treadway as she posed with the Business of the Month signage. (Beacon Photo by Alan Schulman)
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ARRESTSThanh Ngoc Vu, 35, 106 Sweetwater,
was arrested in the 1300 block of 3rd St. at 11:54 p.m. on June 30. Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Stanley Ray Ethridge, 60, Victoria, was arrested in the 600 block of S. Bayshore Ave at 7:48 a.m. on July 2. Warrant Service Out of County.
Jason Rodriguez, 38, 701 Lucas Ave, was arrested in the 900 block of Lucas Ave at 7:04 p.m. on July 3. Public Intoxication W/3 Prior Convictions, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Juan Antonio Jimenez, 37, 514 Perry-man Ave, was arrested in the 100 block of Henderson Ave at 6:26 p.m. on July 4. Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance.
INCIDENTSTraffic: Officer conducted a traffic stop
in the 900 block of Main St. at 3:30 a.m. on June 29.
Welfare Concern: Officer transported an adult female to Houston Behavioral Health Care Hospital at 1:00 p.m. on June 29.
Agency Assist: Officer was dispatched to Green Ave at 3:17 p.m. on June 29 in reference to a person who was unconscious laying in the road.
Burglary of a Habitation: Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Rorem Ave at 12:52 a.m. on July 1 in reference to a theft.
Assault: Officer was dispatched to the 300 block of W. Craymer Ave at 4:45 p.m. on July 2 in reference to an assault.
Concerned Citizen: A pastor arrived at the Police Department at 1:20 p.m. on July 4 to report a female confided in him while staying at the Baptist Encampment.
Animal Complaint: Officer was dis-patched to the Palacios Community Medi-cal Center Emergency Room at 2:40 p.m. on July 5 in reference to a woman who was bitten by a cat.
Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Family Member: Officer was dispatched to the 400 block of Commerce Ave at 10:12 p.m. on July 5 in reference to requested advice.
Individuals listed have been arrested and/or charged with an offense. Inclusion in this report does not imply that the person is guilty of any crime. The following are offense and arrest reports submitted by the Palacios Police Dept. to the Palacios Beacon as of noon Friday.
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Applications for the Com-munity Development Part-nership Program grants will be available at lcra.org/cdpp beginning July 1 and are due by July 31.
The grant program recently helped fund 22 projects, in-cluding providing emergency equipment to firefighters and other first responders, replac-ing outdated air conditioning systems in meeting halls and renovating a historic court-house.
To date, LCRA and its wholesale electric customers have awarded 1,672 com-munity grants totaling than $44 million. When combined with more than $223 million in community-raised match-
ing funds, the total invest-ment in projects is almost $268 million.
Eligible organizations in-clude volunteer fire depart-ments, emergency respond-ers, local governments, schools, libraries, civic groups, museums and other nonprofit organizations. For-profit entities, individuals,
professional associations and nonprofits with limited group memberships are not eligible for CDPP grants.
For a list of eligibility re-quirements or more informa-tion, visit lcra.org/cdpp or call the grant coordinator at 800-776-5272, ext. 3140.
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