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B2 Austin American-Statesman Monday, Dripping Springs April 3, 1989 waste water project drifts into limbo said the council "wouldn't listen to the people." "They thought it was just a few soreheads out there" who were opposed to the project, he said. With the wastewater project on hold, the council is expected Tuesday to formally freeze expenditures related to the design of the system. Dripping Springs Mayor Bob Burke said such a freeze has been in effect since the referendum. City records show the city has spent $70,230 on the project since the 1986-1987 fiscal year. During that period, the city received $30,306, mostly from an Environmental Protection Agency grant.

The city will continue to pursue an application for a state permit to irrigate a field with treated waste water, he said. Getting the state permit would allow the project to go forward at some future date, Burke said. been pointed out by council members as the main reason Dripping Springs needs a waste-water treatment system. A draft report by a Texas Water Development Board geologist who examined 95 wells in the city last August shows high bacteria counts in eight water samples taken from springs and abandoned wells. However, all but one of the samples indicate animal fecal matter, not human fecal matter, was the source of the bacteria, geologist Dan Mueller said.

The study doesn't conclusively show that failed septic systems are polluting ground water in the city, although the potential for such pollution exists, he said. Eight samples taken from domestic wells equipped with pumps showed bacteria levels well within acceptable standards, Mueller said. In the meantime, Burke and County Health Department Administrator Terry Ewald said they planned to discuss how to enforce regulations governing existing septic systems. Ewald's inspection, conducted at the city's request with the help of Texas Health Department inspectors, found 21 failed septic systems and 18 illegal cesspools within the city limits. Ewald said he planned to send notices to owners of land where the problems were observed, but wanted the council's cooperation in case he had to use the city's municipal court to take enforcement action.

"It's something we've got to get started working on," Burke said. "We have to get together and find out what we have that we can enforce and then enforce it." The crowding of septic systems and the failure of older systems has Council Member Terry Garnett said. "You have to assume that the (February vote) was an indictment of some of the City Council, (but) all we did was bring an option forward for people to vote on," he said. Garnett said he withdrew from his re-election race Friday to take a job with the non-profit Dripping Springs Economic Development Foundation. He said he wasn't afraid to defend his record of support for the waste-water project, but took the job because "it was an opportunity to benefit the community and do some good." The two other council members whose terms end in May, also supporters of the project, decided not to seek re-election.

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Opponents of the project said residents couldn't afford the $500 mandatory hookup fee or the property tax, which would have been the city's first. "I think most of the people realize the necessity of such a system in the long run," said Mack Crow, a businessman opposed to the project. A citizens group formed to defeat the property tax has endorsed a slate of council candidates who favor a reduction in city spending and a rollback of some city ordinances, he said. "If this group keeps cohesive, they can pretty much elect any three candidates they want," Crow said. One of the candidates endorsed by the group, Melvin Harrington, Christopher John Carr, 10, died Sunday in an Austin hospital.

transplant, and two of his heart valves will be made available to other sick children. "Anyone who was as tough as Christopher deserves to live on," Renee Cook said late Sunday from her home in San Antonio. "He was a very special child. I wanted him to live on." Renee Cook said her son suffered from several physical disorders including seizures and was a slow learner as a result of his diffi i Dr Jorgenson NEUROFIBROMATOSIS A genetic nerve disease that afflicts 1 in 3,000 Americans, which in some cases leads to severe disfigurement. It has historically been mistaken as "Elephant Man's Dr.

Jorgenson will discuss the birthmarks which can signal the presence of the disease, as well as impending breaktliroughs in the development of a cure. Monday, April 3, 1989 Cable Channel 40 By Henry Krausse American-Statesman Staff DRIPPING SPRINGS A two-year effort to build a wastewater treatment system in Dripping Springs has been shelved indefinitely since voters rejected a property tax to help pay for it, officials said. Meanwhile, city and Hays County officials said they have not decided when and how to correct failing septic systems and other county health code violations found by county and state inspectors two months ago. The rejection of the property tax by a 2-1 margin in a city election Feb. 11 was seen as a referendum on the sewage system.

Opponents said it showed widespread dissatisfaction with the Dripping Springs City Council. I "It's really been a bloodbath," Fellow prisoner testifies Witness said soldier shot cabbie in 4fun' KILLEEN (AP) Convicted murderer Pvt. Dwight Loving said he shot the first of three cab drivers to see if he could get away with it, but shot the second for fun, a fellow prisoner told a court-martial panel. Pvt. Forrest Brown, who had been a prisoner at Fort Hood Installation Detention Facility where Loving has been incarcerated since his December arrest, said Loving confessed in January to killing two Killeen cab drivers and shooting a third.

Loving said he "did it the first time to see if he could get away with it, and did it the second time because it was fun," Brown told a court-martial panel at Fort Hood Saturday. The panel was to continue hearing pre-sentencing testimony today against Loving, who was convicted of robbing and murder--ing two Killeen cab drivers on the of Dec. 12 and morning of Dec. 13. Loving is accused of rob- -Lung euiu attaining a tuiiu iau ujiv- "er nnn rnhhinff two convenience "stores the same nisht.

Loving was convicted naay ot jnAtu fuuumg tutu Biiuuuug ucam i-uit. Hood Pvt. Christopher Fay, 20, a part-time cab driver, and Bobby Sharhinn. 44. a retired Fort Hood soldier, in ine taxicaos iney were i .1 it anving, me iiueen uauy neruiu reported.

Loving also was convicted of the robbery and attempted murder ot a third cab driver, Howard Harrison, 28. Although he was bitten on the head, hand and back while fighting with Loving in the cab, Harrison managed to escape from the vehicle and run to safety, officials said. Brown said Loving later told him "if he had to do it over, the only difference would be that he would not get caught." Austin man killed in sports argument An Austin man was fatally stabbed Sunday night during an argument over a basketball game, police said. The stabbing occurred at 833 Fairfield Drive shortly after 8 p.m., said Police Lt. Mike Huckabay.

The name of the victim was not immediately released. The victim was taken to Brack-enrdige Hospital by Emergency lice said one man was being sought. No other details were available. A fire Sunday night damaged Capital Compacts, a caused structural damage to the foreign car garage in the 3500 block of Darby foot facility, and damaged a car Inside. The cause Street.

Firefighters contained the fire in about 20 of the fire remained undetermined late Sunday. No minutes, and no injuries were reported. The blaze damage estimate was available. 7:00 LIVE CALL Life cut short 10-year-old who overcame odds in life, school dies after wreck PM IN SHOW ACUVUE8 DISPOSABLE Staff photo by Taylor Johnson culties at birth. He was a fourth-grader at Valley Hi Elementary School in San Antonio at the time of his death.

"Every time the doctors said he couldn't do something he did it," Renee Cook said. "That's how he learned to play baseball. I backed him up a lot but he did a lot on his own. He was helping tutor first-graders at his school. They all loved him, and looked up to him.

"He was the kind of child that if he couldn't do something, he would do it again and again. He beat the odds. He was a fighter." Renee Cook said one of her son's greatest triumphs took place last year, when his Valley Hi Dodgers Little League baseball team took first place in its division. Christpher was the only special education player who made the squad. The team's first game this year is scheduled for tonight, and Christopher had made the team as a catcher, she said.

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