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Seawall Commission assesses damage, eyes lengthy recovery effort after HarveyBY TERRY MOSIER

BY RYAN WESTPalacios Beacon-Publisher

(See MCND, Page 4)

A Bird Is A Bird, Unless It’s An Egret

See Page 2 See Page 11

Sharks Snap Skid, Sink

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PEDC’s hotel, apparel manufacturing projects take next steps

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MCND weathered Harvey, seeks bids for Jensen Point land

Food, fellowship, family & fun

■ Palacios PD hosts National Night Out Tues.

This year’s National Night Out, hosted by the Palacios Police Depart-ment, is a free commu-nity event, and will be held on Tues. Oct. 3 from 6-8 p.m. at Railroad Park located at 6th and Main. Free finger-printing, games and food for all at-tendees.

Clean-up underway...

It’s that time once again for the annual Fall Clean-Up sponsored by the City of Pala-cios and Waste Connections. This Saturday, September 30, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Pa-lacios residents can dispose of a variety of junk items for free, while there will be a fee for some items. There will be no charge for junk, trash, old furniture, and appliances (except refrigerators and air conditioners), and no hazard-ous material can be accepted.

There are fees, however, for some items, which in-clude; 50¢ per pound for all electronic material, $2.50 per regular tire, $7.00 for regular tires with rim, $9.00 for tires over 16 inches, $13.00 for tires over 16 inches with rim, and $20.00 per refrigerator or air conditioner.

Clean-Up day is for Pala-cios residents only, and you will be required to present a City of Palacios utility bill and picture ID. Any fees in-curred can be added to resi-dents’ utility bill by signing a charge authorization. For those whose utilities are paid by their landlord, a proof of residence will be required.

Residents can call City Hall at 361 972-3605 for as-sistance with large items, otherwise, bring all items to 6th St. and Commerce.

City’s annual Fall Clean-Up

Saturday

City’s annual Fall Clean-Up

Saturday

The Commissioners of the Matagorda County Seawall Commission are being cau-tious when it comes to the clean-up in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey as they dis-cussed preliminary plans at the recent regular monthly meeting.

With all of the storm damage to assets along the bayfront, the Commissioners are being careful to document the costs involved

in emergency repairs for public safety, recre-ational asset repairs, and improvements. The exact documentation will mean the difference in getting reimbursed completely, partially, or not at all in some cases.

The commissioners realize and acknowl-edge that the public wants the piers, boat ramps, and lights all repaired immediately, but some repairs will not be done quickly in some cases due to paper work and prior ap-

Sometimes well made plans do pan out.

They did at least at the Port of Palacios with planning and response after Hurricane Harvey.

In the Promrtion & De-velopment, and Operations Reports, Port Director Deb-bie Morris reported prepara-tions for Hurricane Harvey were underway for several days prior to landfall, which helped to minimize damage to District property. Post-storm recovery included re-questing Port commercial operators to report any dam-

age, removal of debris, repair of safety hazards and restora-tion of utilities.

Morris noted visits to the area by U.S. Congressman Blake Farenthold and State Senator Lois Kolkhorst, as both visited the area and were told that the Port weathered the event well with few inci-dents.

Land for SaleAlso in her reports, Port

Director Morris reported the Notice of Bid Requests for two parcels of land owned by the District off Jensen Point Road was to be posted on

BY TERRY MOSIER

The public is invited to join the fun at the 9th Annual Palacios Community Medical Center (PCMC) Box Supper Fundraiser. This event will be held Thurs. (Sep. 28) beginnag at 5:30 p.m. at the Palacios Rec-reation Center, located at 2401 Perryman Ave..

The Box Supper Fundraiser is a delight-

ful evening which the citizens of Matago-rda and adjacent counties look forward to every year. Local chefs prepare a culinary feast and place it in a decorated “Mystery” box. The box supper will consist of a complete hot or cold meal for two or more and will be sold to the highest bidder. All

9th annual PCMC Box Supper fundraiser Thurs.

Although you should never count your chickens before they hatch nor point at a rain-bow for it will make it disappear - but if you listen to the discussions at the Palacios Eco-nomic Development Corp. (PEDC) Board of Directors meeting, you may just believe that Palacios really may be on the verge of some-thing.

The long imagined efforts to bring a new hotel to town are no longer a lush oasis on the endless desert horizon, but truly happening.

“The hotel project is moving forward and has taken the next step in the process to be-coming a reality,” noted PEDC Executive Di-rector Mike Ferdinand. “It has been presented

to us there is sufficient equity interest moving forward.”

After the most recent site visit by the de-veloper, Ferdinand said, “There seemed to be positive enthusiasm and support to move the project forward.

In other ‘possible’ hotel news following Ex-ecutive Session, the Board unanimously ap-proved the motion to allow PEDC Executive Director Ferdinand to develop a sales agree-ment for the location of 0 Duson.

Apparel ManufacturerThe answer will come sooner than later n

the code named Project CS, the garment man-ufacturing facility, looking to relocate with Palacios as a finalist.

“They have accepted our employment sur-vey and we will be meeting to discuss the re-

sults. We should get a strong indication within the next week or so if we are selected,” Fer-dinand said.

Asked by Director Robert Garrett on his feeling on the upcoming decision, Ferdinand replied, “We made the deadlines and the ques-tion really becomes - when he comes back and talks to Workforce Solutions and some of the other folks - and I think we’re very favor-able as long as he believes he can get the labor here.”

“Other than that, I think we have a very strong chance. Everything else is very much in our favor.”

“That’ll mean jobs,” added PEDC President Mary Crocker.

Pedal Palacios GrantPedal Palacios co-chair John Harrison ad-

dressed the Directors on the upcoming Pedal Palacios, a MS/150 Bike Ride, to be held Oct. 28.

“This is a great event in Palaicos that brings in 100-200 riders a year,” Harrison said. “We brought in people from 25 different cities around the state and even a rider from Cali-fornia.”

Harrison added, “We profited last year near-ly $10,000 and the proceeds go towards sig-nage and other tourism related items.”

Harrison provided corresponding data with the PEDC Grant Application, and noted that last year the event had 24 hotels rooms in Pa-lacios booked up for the event.

Director Robert Garrett noted the event has been successful for the past nine years and

(See PEDC, Page 3)

The Living Word Church, located at 1405 12th St., will feature Rudy Guerra Ministries on Sun. (Oct. 1) with services in English at 10 a.m., and in Spanish at 6 p.m.

■ Rudy Guerra at Living Word Church Sunday

The Matagorda County Retired Teachers’ Associ-ation will hold its monthly meeting on Tues. (Oct. 3) at 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church Gym-nasiumin Bay City. The K-2 Steak House catered meal will feature chicken fried steak. The speakers will be Representative Dennis Bonnen, who will provide a Legislative Up-date report, and Michael Hames, who will speak on member benefits. For more information call 979-245-5109.

■ County Retired Teachers meet Tues. in Bay City

Community Trauma: Hurricane Harvey’s Impact On Children &

Families in Matagorda Co.See Page 5

A welcomed sight around the City by the Sea came after the City and County joined forces to tackle the mess made by Hurricane Harvey. Work be-gan on removal of brush and tree debris last week.

Beacon Photos by Ryan West

(See SEAWALL, Page 3)

(See BOX, Page 5)

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BY MICK SCHEIBPalacios Beacon

Dr. Jerry Young, D.O. is now offering services

at Palacios Medical Clinic. To make an appointment

with Dr. Young in Palacios, call (361) 972-2000.

Dr. Jerry Young, D.O. General Surgery

(361) 972-2000

For appointments in Bay City, call (979) 241-6186.

“I believe it will do extremely well when it reaches the coastal prairies of Texas. The veld-

like, semiarid terrain, oak clumps, thicket-lined rivers, and hybrid Brahman livestock are made to order for the cattle egret’s needs.” So said Roger Tory Peterson in a 1954 National Geographic. Dr. Peterson (who, according to

the Geographic’s brief biog-raphy, “…is one of the out-standing ornithologists of our time,” and is now known for the Peterson Field Guide se-ries), had journeyed to Spain in 1952 to study cattle egrets, among other birds. Until that time, the cattle egret had never been seen in North America and Dr. Peterson was some-what surprised to hear, upon his return, of sightings of the bird in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Florida.

You’ve no doubt seen cattle egrets yourself. You know, they’re those mostly-white birds that stagger and lurch alongside cattle in the pastures, sometimes even riding on the cattle’s backs, and flocking behind farm machinery in the fields – they look sort of like anorexic bowling pins.

If you’ve seen one you’ve seen a thousand of ‘em and anyone who travels the Texas Coast can tell you Dr. Peter-son’s prediction was 100% correct. In the roughly 60 years since first seen in North America, the cattle egret has indeed done “extremely well on the coastal prairies of Tex-as.”

Not that the bird hasn’t done extremely well just about ev-erywhere in the tropical or

warmer temperate zones of the earth. And, I have person-ally seen them as far north as North Dakota. By its own wing-power, the bird has ex-panded its range from its na-tive Africa – where it hung out with Cape Buffalo, elephants, hippopot-ami and the like – across Asia, into Southern Europe, the South Pacific and Australia. It is probably the only Old World bird to settle in the New World under its own steam; probably aided by the wind, it made the 1700-mile trip from Africa to South America hence to Central America and northward. It is now found on ev-ery continent of the planet except Antarctica, where there are no cows. For as man has ex-panded his cattle operation, the cattle egret has gone along for the ride.

Some say the bird blew into Texas with Carla, came in the eye of the hurricane, but surely no one has asked it to leave. For the bird eats big bugs and small snakes and one local rancher even saw one choke down a rat. The cattle egret, a clever rascal, uses cattle as “beat-ers” to flush his fair game for him. As a cow grazes, she kicks up all sorts of insects for the egret to gobble. A study confirmed that egrets following cows fed at one-and-a-half times the rate of, and took only two-thirds the number of steps of birds that were hunting by themselves. The birds also ride the animal’s backs, pluck-ing ticks as they go. So it’s an easy lunch for the birds, and a bit more comfortable for the cows. Now the cattle egret has discovered the advantages of modern technology and often follows tractors in even greater numbers than they follow cows.

Farmers, cows, hippopotami (and the like) all look with a benevolent eye upon the cattle egret, for they all know that big bugs beget lit-tle bugs and small snakes are known to grow. They’re particularly friendly creatures as well; in some places, they’re reported to “be as tame as chickens.”

Of course, it isn’t a chicken nor is it a “cow-bird,” a much different bird. The cattle egret is a member of the heron family. (Hint: if a long-legged gawky, gangly bird flies off and it crooks its neck into an “S” shape, it’s a heron. If it flies with neck outstretched, it’s likely a crane.) Unlike its cousins, the snowy egret and the great white heron, the cattle egret doesn’t have the delicate recurved back plumes on the back of its head and neck. Plume hunters hunted the snowy and great white heron nearly to extinction in the late 1800’s, selling to the millinery trade. The “cross aigrettes,” as the plumes were called when attached to m’lady’s hat fetched as high as $32 per ounce, more than the price of gold at that time!

Now, I’ve been thinking that a person might utilize such a smart, adaptable, adventurous creature for some purpose other than merely

keeping bugs out of cows’ faces. It would be a shame to use a cattle egret for flesh and eggs; after all, a stupid chicken does just fine for those purposes. You could keep the egret in the yard or the garden, where he would no doubt do great service to you eating big bugs and small snakes.

But I would think that such a beautiful bird, one who is welcomed everywhere, could per-form some sort of social service for you if it were properly domesticated. Many cats and dogs play the role of social ice-breaker when people meet; why couldn’t a suitably-trained flock of egrets perform the same service? Can you imagine the look of amazed delight on your guests’ faces as they walk towards your door between two columns of white birds standing rigidly at attention? Or let’s say your kids came home from a camping trip and you noted a tick or two. With a mere snap of your fingers, or a gentle wave of your hand, you would alert hundreds of hungry egrets to their plight. They would soon have those kids picked clean! Yessir! As time went on, of course, it would become widely known that you maintained a flock of trained egrets and you could use them as your personal representatives, ambassadors of good will. Then, when you receive an in-vitation to attend some function or social get-together you couldn’t or didn’t care to attend, you could simply send your egrets.

****** Authorities have informed me that the last

line of the story above really doesn’t work because egret is pronounced “EE-grit,” rather than ee-GRETTE” as I have been pronouncing it, and produced pounds of reference material to support their point.

As far as is known, there is no jail sentence or wallet-strangling fine for pronouncing egret as “ee-GRETTE” and the worst that I can see happening is that I’d be exposed as a backwater bumpkin, especially in the presence of refined and cultured people. As I have never claimed to be anything other than a backwater bump-kin, my habit of saying “ee-GRETTE” holds little penalty. Nonetheless, one must have re-spect for the language and uniformity in pro-nunciation seems a laudable goal. It all seems another of those insoluble dilemmas I seem to face with increasing frequency as I age; an-other conflict between comfort and propriety.

My solution is to sidestep the entire issue and use the Latin for cattle egret, bubulcus ibis; a decision that should hold me in good stead anywhere, especially in the company of dead Italians.

Pirate Festival hands out booty...HEy ho’ me hearties! The good Pirates of Palacios docked this week with a treasure chest full of loot ($25,000) to support programs that serve children and families at the City by the Sea Museum and the Palacios Area Fund. Pictured are: (left to right) Edith Gower, Isaak Ricio, Sally Kurtz, Donna Brune, Paula Whitney, Margie Wier, Margaret Doughty, Sarina Riccio, Lynda Bible, Jonathan Cuellar, Vikijane Mosier, Brigid Riccio, Lavery Riccio, Daniel Cuellar. (Beacon Photo by Brandi G. West)

A friend of cow and hippopotamiA bird is a bird - unless it’s an egret

CATTlE egrets are not discriminatory when it comes to help with lunch. Although named for their habit of associating with cattle who flush the birds’ diet of big bugs and small snakes, the cattle egret is only too pleased to allow a horse the same privilege (or a stalk-chopper or 24-foot tandem disc for that matter).

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SEAWALL (Continued From Page 1)

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Saturday, September 30th

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One-Day Clean Upfor City of Palacios Residents Only

1. Bring a City of Palacios utility bill and picture ID. These must be presented before off-loading.

City employees will help unload and check ID.

2. Fees for some items: .50¢ per pound for all electronic material. (Electronic material will be weighed on site) $ 2.50 per regular tire $ 7.00 for regular tires with rim $ 9.00 for tires over 16 inches $13.00 for tires over 16 inches with rim $20.00 per refrigerator or air-conditioner

3. Residents may sign a charge authorization sheet and fees will be added to their utility bill.

There will be NO CHARGE to residents for junk, trash, old furniture, and appliances (other than refrigerators and air-conditioners).

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Working to move Palacios forwardThe Palacios Economic

Development Corporation hosted a second Comprehen-sive Strategic Planning ses-sion last Tues., Sept. 19 at City Hall.

Host Mike Ferdinand, Ex-ecutive Director of Matago-rda and Palacios Economic Development Corporations explained that all entities: the City of Palacios, Pala-cios Economic Development, Palacios Chamber of Com-merce, the Port of Palacios, Palacios Community Medi-cal Center, businesses, faith-based organizations and non-profits all have independent plans but the purpose of this meeting was to “More broad-ly coordinate the plans across the various platforms” and to collaborate on some “Com-mon goals that we can actu-ally move forward on and ac-complish some things.”

The next step from this meeting was to bring the findings to the Palacios Eco-nomic Development Corpo-ration for input then to seek out commentary and feed-back from the general public on this strategic plan for the city of Palacios.

Meeting OverviewThe group discussed, re-

viewed and revised: potential 2017 Palacios ‘Tag Lines’, lists entitled ‘Palacios in the Past’ and Palacios Today, Strengths/Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Threats.’

The group also split and brainstormed to develop a ‘Vision’ and ‘Mission’ state-ments.

Proposed Vision Statements

The two proposed vision statements were: “To maxi-mize quality of life for all community members through understanding of diversity, embracing opportunity and building economic prosper-ity” and “Palacios will be a forward looking inclusive community with a diverse population where everyone has a sense of responsibil-ity and ownership supported by local entities, making it a great place to live, work and visit.”

Proposed Mission Statement

The proposed mission statement was: “To collabo-rate with educational and other institutions on promo-tion of our cultural diversity, maximize our unique assets and talent to provide an en-hanced quality of life and in-crease employment opportu-nities by supporting existing

business and new ventures.” Additional Commentary “We need to expand on

why folks are coming to this point of destination,” Ferdi-nand said.

Summarizing Ferdinand, he expressed desiring Pala-cios to be a “quality place”, explained that micro-busi-nesses and entrepreneurial businesses seek out rural ar-eas. He also stated, “main street revitalization is becom-ing critical to the survival of small communities,” that rural communities still need manufacturing, and touched on value added to agriculture/aquaculture, and attractive-ness to the retirement com-munity and touched on the service industry and business development, and e-com-merce which “has to be dealt with.”

In response to Hurricane Harvey recovery Ferdinand indicated that a compre-hensive tool developed by FEMA during Hurricane Ka-trina called the National Di-saster Recovery Framework encompasses these such meetings and that Palacios has already accomplished these necessary tasks towards recovery.

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proval requirements for FEMA assistance to be recovered.

Inspector’s ReportThe Commission’s contract inspector, Lar-

ry Lanfear briefed the Commissioners in the following presented Inspector’s Report:

East Bay Boat Ramp: The breakwater handrail and deck is 90% destroyed. The vi-nyl sheeting appears to be in good shape.

The south boat dock is missing several deck boards and not usable.

The north boat dock is missing deck boards at the two end sections and the handrail on the handicap ramp is damaged.

Bay Front Park Walkway (East Bay): Walk-way and handrail fared well.

One AEP sidewalk light is out. The steps to access the water at the flag pole were dam-aged.

Bay Front Park Walkway (Baptist En-campment): Asphalt on road received a lot of damage with pavement completely miss-ing in places. Aluminum handrail received some damage. The bollards and guardrails on the south side were damaged with all of the guardrails destroyed and 50% of the bollards are missing.

Bay Front Park Walkway (South Bay): The majority of the aluminum hand rail was dam-aged or destroyed.

There are four sidewalk lights out. Lanfear-will notify AEP. Two of the lights are behind the Pavilion construction site with no access. The walkway and bulkhead do not show any additional damage from the storm.

Bayshore Stress Wall: There was a lot of ad-ditional erosion behind the wall between Mc-Glothlin St. and the Yellow Windmill due to the tidal surge going over the wall. Rhoades started repairs to the erosion today.

Bay Front Park Playgrounds: The new playground equipment appears to not have any damage.

River Road : There was a large wash-out next to the bridge. The County filled the wash-out.

First Street Pier: The table at the covered area at the pier entrance has rusted thru and needs to be replaced for safety.

The deck on the walk and the T-head is completely missing. There is stringer and some header damage.

The electrical wiring and conduits are dam-aged. (Power has been cut off to the pier).

The pier sign was destroyed. East Bay Pier: The deck on the walk and

the T-head is completely missing. Most of the stringers and some of the headers are missing. The electrical system is destroyed. (Power to the pier has been cut off)

Fourth Street Pier: The deck is completely missing at the T-head and there is damage to the stringers and headers.

The electrical system on the T-head is dam-aged. (Power to the pier has been cut off)

South Bay Boat Ramp: A section of the alu-

minum handrail was damaged The boat dock appears to be in good shape.

The high water moved the sand back to the concrete bulkhead. The table at the covered area has a lot of corrosion damage and needs to be repaired for safety.

McGlothlin Street Drainage Ditch: 90% of the bag wall collapsed during the storm al-lowing a great deal of erosion to occur.

Conger Vinyl Wall: Have not found any damage.

Collegeport Community Bulkhead: I found a few minor wash-outs which don’t appear to be the result of the storm.

Carl Park: Have not found any damage. The breakwater was completely under the water. The walkway has a lot of silt on top and may become a slipping hazard. The parking lot had approximately a foot of silt on top of the limestone. The County has started working on the removal.

Oyster Lake: The break water is in good shape. There is an area where the vinyl sheet-ing and the whaler has been burned.

The beach at the south end of the wall is growing and the beach at the north end is eroding away behind the wall.

Citizen/Private Property Inquires: I have re-ceived calls from Scott Tran and the Gil Nel-son heirs pertaining to wash-outs behind the wood bulkhead at their properties.

Lanfear identified the following areas as yet to be inspected: Jensen Point, GLO property & Wells Point, and Beachside.

Lanfear highlighted the following as prior-ity areas for the Commission: Boat docks at East Bay Boat Ramp and bollards at the Bap-tist Encampment.

Palacios Coastal Pavilion UpdateDavid Kocurek reported the new Pavilion

lost a few of the ridge row shingles during Hurricane Harvey.

The letter of termination to the contractor has been sent and now the bonding company will be taking over.

Seawall Repairs-East Bayshore Stress Wall Project

Charlie Rhoades has started digging today with engineers on hand to check for problems.

Boat Ramp Improvement Grant: Is still pro-gressing.

Seawall Splash ApronThe splash apron along the bay front got

some serious damage from Hurricane Harvey. The engineers’ plans are being readdressed to incorporate new damages and repairs into the planning.

Margerum Road BulkheadRhoades Land Leveling and Excavation has

now completed the final grading of the proj-ect.

Next MeetingThe next regular meeting is scheduled for

September 13 at 7 p.m. at the Matagorda County Navigation District #1’s Administra-tion Building.

“gives great exposure to the city,” via the bike routes.

The Board unanimously approved the grant request for $2,500.Economic Comprehensive Strategic Plan

MeetingOf the recently held local Economic Com-

prehensive Strategic Plan Meeting, attended by approximately 20 people, Ferdinand said, “We’ve been able to come up with Mission and Vision Statements and the next step is or-ganizational action steps, with a meeting to be scheduled in the near future.”

Harvey RecoveryThe PEDC will be engaged with FEMA and

other government agencies in the recovery process.

Ferdinand noted, the Small Business Ad-ministration (SBA) is active in the county and if businesses have been af-fected there is opportunity for low interest loans. The SBA is also supporting homeowners who didn’t have flood insur-ance but did receive damage and there is a loan opportunity for repair.

Other NotesPalacios City Manager Da-

vid Kocurek noted the Pala-cios Community Hub’s up-coming move from the former Palacios City Hall in the 400 block of 4th St., to the for-mer Palacios Medical Clinic across town at 1519 Fourth St.

Kocurek also told the board of the planned demolition of the former administrative of-fice of the Friends of Elder

Citizens (FOEC), located in the 300 block of Main St. The FOEC had a small addition added to the Senior Citizens Center and relo-cated there to have operations all under one roof. Korcurek said the demolition would make another City-owned property available for development.

After a mishap while removing vines at Mikes on Main in the 500 block of Main St., renovation continues to move forward , ac-cording to Ferdinand.

Director Garrett asked the board to mark Oct. 27 down as the 1st Food Truck Friday at the Outrigger Event Center, with plans to have future FTF’s on the last Friday of each month.

Next MeetingThe next meeting of the PEDC Board of Di-

rectors will be held on Oct 18 at 1:15 p.m. at the PEDC Office, located at 420 Main St.

PEDC (Continued From Page 1)

PALACIOS Economic Development Corp. Exeuctive Director Mike Ferdinand led last week’s Comprehensive Strategic Planning Meeting held at City Hall. (Beacon Photo by Brandi G. West)

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