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'^i m mw ^ ' Page 2, Thursday, September 23, 2004 News for Southern Colorado County, Texas — The Eagle Lake Headlight THE EAGLE LAKE HEADLIGHT Advertising and News Deadline: 5 P.M. Monday Single Copy Price : 50* MEMBER Produced and 2004 (USPS 163-760) Subscription Rates Second class postage paid P.O. Box 67 - 220 East Main Distributed By: at Eagle Lake, Texas TU CITY OF EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS 77434-0067 Colorado County (including Lissie & Egypt) $13.50 TEXAS PRESS 979-234-5521 • Fax: 979-234-5522 Carol Cardenas • Jeannine Fearing Fayette, Lavaca, Wharton & Austin Counties $15.00 Address Corrections ASSOCIATION email: [email protected] Shirley Luedecke Other Texas Residents $16.50 Published Weekly-Every Thursday Katherine Smith • Cathy Fearing Outside of Texas; Inside U.S $18.00 should be sent to P.O. Box 67, The Eagle Lake Headlight reserves the right to reject, edit or omit editorial content and/or advertisement for any reason in order to conform to the paper's policy. Foreign Rates Available By Request Eagle Lake, Texas 77434-0067 See You at the Pole Held at Local Schools State Capitol Highlights By Bonnie Jones Often, religion has become "taboo" "schools may explain that they do not around the campus. Clarification is endorse speech by permitting it. If pu- By Mike Cox See You at the Pole was observed needed in this area. The students, as pils do not comprehend so simple a at Eagle Lake schools Wednesday, well as teachers, have the right to meet lesson, then one wonders whether the Texas Press Association Sept. 15. Attending were students and and participate during non-instruc- Wauconda schools can teach anvthing adults, with the Primary School hav- tional hours. The Supreme Court has at all." Judge gives Legislature 1 year to fix school ing nine; Middle School, approxi- ruled that the government cannot have I tried to paraphrase these next mately 20; and 12 at the High School. anything to do with prayer, or carrying lines, but came up short, so I'll just As the preparation unfolded for this a bible, in schools. The government quote, "Students have never lost their finance plan event, I realized how many citizens had cannot tell students when or what they ability to pray or read Bibles while in A Travis County district judge last on the backs of local property taxpay settlement of a federal antitrust law- not heard of it. I would like to share should or should not pray or read. school. Students have also not lost their week ruled the state's school finance ers. suit involving the sale of George Fore- with those interested some reasoning, Teachers do have the right to pray ability to talk about their religious be- system is unconstitutional. Bottom line: For the time being, no man grills — $585,000 — will go to history, and legalities of this event. and participate in the activities as long liefs with others, so long as such dis- Judge John Dietz said Texas' fund- matter Judge Dietz' ruling, the status the child diabetes prevention efforts of See You at the Pole is a student-ini- as they are not representing themselves cussion is not otherwise disruptive to ing of schools is inadequate and the quo continues. the Texas Department of Health Ser- tiated and student-led movement that as a "teacher", but rather a citizen. A classes and the school generally. "God" $1.50 cap on local property taxes vices, Attorney General Greg Abbott started in the Ft. Worth suburb of U.S. District Court found that teach- has not been expelled from public causes districts to lack meaningful dis- New chief justice named... announced last week. Burleson in 1990. It originated with ers, in their official capacity, could be schools. If anything has been expelled, cretion on setting tax rates, which is Gov. Perry has named Wallace The program will use the funds to just one youth group, meeting at night present at student prayer at the school it would be government involvement unconstitutional. Jefferson the new chief justice of the educate children and parents in proper at several schools around Burleson flagpole as long as they are acting in a with God - dictating to students what But the judge's ruling that the Texas Supreme Court. nutritional habits to prevent childhood during a weekend retreat. During the supervisory capacity, without partici- to believe about God, how to worship state's $30 billion school funding for- The San Antonio jurist became the diseases such as diabetes. past 14 years, millions of young people pating in the prayer. God, and what the nature of God is. mula must go will not be executed fast. court's first African-American justice The settlement stems from a multi- have lifted voices, bended knees and Daughtery v. Vanguard Charter This is an appropriate expulsion be- Dietz gave the Legislature a year to in 2001 on an appointment from Perry state antitrust action filed in May 2003 joined hands to pray for their schools Sch. Academy, 116 F. Supp. 2d 897, cause those are inappropriate actions come up with a better system before and is the first African-American chief against Salton Inc. as part of See You at the Pole National 910-11 (W.D. Mich. S.D. 2000). If on the part of school administrators and his order takes effect. justice. Jefferson won election in 2002. Day of Student Prayer, asking God to teachers, however, are acting as citi- state employees. The state has said the case will be Jefferson replaces Tom Phillips, Antiquities Code turns 35... bring moral and spiritual awakening to zens, then they can pray at See You at Some times we get separation of appealed to the Texas Supreme Court. who recently retired after 16 years on Texas' biggest treasure find, the dis- their campuses and countries. In 2003, the Pole. The U.S. Supreme Court has church and state backwards. Its not that And Gov. Rick Perry said last week he the court. covery of a Spanish galleon lost off more than 2 million teenagers met for held that teachers cannot be "com- we can't have church in state, but that would call a special session immedi- Mini-civics lesson for those not fa- Padre Island in the spring of 1554, re- See You at the Pole in all 50 states. pelled to relinquish the First Amend- the state, or government, cannot man- ately if the leadership told him it had miliar with the court: In Texas, the Su- sulted in a state law that will have an Many prayed about the looming war ment rights they would otherwise en- date or dictate church. (That's part of come up with a plan for a passable bill. preme Court is not quite like the U.S. impact on any future treasure caches in Iraq. Internationally, reports came in joy as citizens to comment on matters the reason we separated from England Sen. Florence Shapiro (R-Plano), Supreme Court, which is the ultimate found in the state. from countries on six continents, in- of public interest in connection with right?) I hope this is encouraging to all chair of the Senate Education Commit- court of appeal for both civil and crimi- The Antiquities Code went on the cluding Australia, Canada, Brazil, Ger- operation of the public school in which who had doubts and questions. The tee, said she thinks waiting for the nal cases. The Texas Supreme Court books Sept. 1,1969 and gives the state many, Ghana, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, they work." National Legal Foundation has a state's highest civil court to rule on the has that status only in civil cases. control in protecting all cultural arti- South Korea, Morocco, Nicaragua, Ni- I also thought the courts made a wealth of information on this subject. matter would be ill-advised. Criminal cases going to the highest facts from traditional treasure such as geria, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, clear point in Hedges v. Wauconda, 9F They can be found on the Internet at "The ruling didn't alter my opin- state level are heard by the Court of gold or silver to prehistoric stone tools South Africa and Turkey. 3d 1295 (7" Cir. 1993) when stated, www.nlf.net SYATP 2005. ion that we need fundamental changes Criminal Appeals. and weapons. in our school finance system," she told Child diabetes prevention efforts For more information, check the The Dallas Morning News. "We can- get boost... Texas Historical Commission's Web Casino Night is this Saturday not continue to fund public education Texas' portion of an $8 million site at www.thc.state.tx.us Casino Night is this Saturday, Sep- Friends of Main Street events make program. tember 25th at the Farris Hotel. The possible the continued work that the The program is by no means lim- third annual night for fun and gaming, program has started in the downtown ited to the downtown area. Because Lets Look Back. sponsored by the Friends of Main area. much of the focus of the program is on Street will begin at 6:30 PM. Tickets economic growth, Main Street-Eagle are $25.00 each and include a snack Think back about 5 years to how Lake promotes what is beneficial to all 24 & 48 YEARS AGO buffet provided by the Farris Hotel and downtown Eagle Lake looked before of Eagle Lake and the surrounding ar- V Aug. 28,1980 Aug. 23 at the Colorado River... 10,000 gaming chips. Blackjack, rou- this program began. It consisted eas. The Eagle Lake High School New Raider football team coaching lette and craps tables will open at 7 PM.

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