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Volume 76, No. 107
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Thursday, March 5,1998
Baytown, Texas 77520
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Dayton man rescued in Gulf
Coast Guard search crews will
decide this morning if they will
continue searching for a missing
fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico
who disappeared off Galveston on
Monday, according to officials.
John Chessher, 37, of Saratoga,
was one of two men forced into
the Gulf after their boat capsized
Monday in rough waters, said Pet-
ty Officer Richard Hupf.
The other fisherman and owner
of the boat, 23-year-old Keith
Gaedchens of Dayton, was res-
cued Ibesday morning after being
spotted with a lifejacket op about
35 miles southeast of Galveston,
Hupf said
He and Chessher spent Monday
night floating with life jackets and
clinging to coolers they had tied
together. They were separated
sometime during that night, Hupf
said.
Gaedchens was taken to the
University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston where he re-
mained in stable condition
Wednesday after being treated for
severe hypothermia.
Hupf said an extensive search
throughout most of Wednesday
yielded no clues as to where
Chessher might be.
Search crews were recalled at 4
p.m. Wednesday. Coast Guard of-
ficials said this morning they were
reevaluating die situation and were
expected to decide today whether
the search would resume.
Newspaper reports San Angelo
coach has accepted Sterling job
ByJEORGEZARAZUA
The Baytown Sun
Kyle Gandy, the head football coach of Lake
View High School in San Angelo, will be
named the new head coach at Ross S. Sterling
High School on Friday, accordingto published
reports in his hometown today.
The San Angelo Standard-Times printed a
front-page story in today’s editions with the
headline: “Reports: Gandy to leave Lake
View.” The story is also on the paper’s web site.
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent
School District Superintendent Jerry Roy said
he would not confirm the news report.
“They (the San Angelo Standard-Times) are"
going out on a limb,” Roy said.
A special meeting intended to name a new
coach for the Rangers has been scheduled by
the GCCISD school board for 6:30 p.m. Friday
at the district’s administration building.
Roy is expected to make a recommendation
then for a replacement for Mike Manley, who
was reassigned to another position in the dis-
trict on Jan. 26.
. School district officials said interest in Man-
ley’s coaching position drew 106 applicants
from around die state, but they declined to re-
lease any names of the candidates.
The Sun, however, learned that six coaches,
including Gandy, were invited to Baytown last
week for interviews. The others were: San An-
tonio Lee Coach Jimmy Burkholder; Killeen-
Ellison Coach Robert Walker; Cuero Coach
Mikey Finley; Tyler Lee Coach Mike Owens;
and Jacksonville Coach Danny Long.
Gandy declined to.talk about the job prospect
to the Standard-Times on Wednesday, saying
he wasn’t commenting until Friday.
The Standard-Times reported he has in-
formed Lake View players of his decision to
accept Goose Creek’s offer, moving him from
District 4-4A competition to the larger District
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San Angelo sports insiders say Gandy is a
winner, known for his ability to turn around
struggling football programs.
The son of longtime football coach Dan
Gandy, Kyle Gandy joined Lake View in 1993,
inheriting a program that had won only 15
games in seven seasons. He has coached the
Chiefs for five seasons, compiling a 37-18-1
record and has become the school’s third all-
time winningest coach.
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County death toll
from virus hits 9
ByJEORGEZARAZUA
The Baytown Sun
Avenue building
ByJEORGEZARAZUA
The Baytown Sun
The Lee College Board of Regents
agreed Wednesday to pay $75,000 to
buy a vacant building on West Texas Av-
enue that could be renovated for campus
use.
Regents voted unanimously during a
special meeting at the Moody Center
Conference Room in Rundell Hall to
purchase the property at 900 W. Texas
Ave.
College President Jack Sasser said an
environmental study of the property will
be done before the sale agreement is
The number of reported cases of a poten-
tially deadly strain of bacterial streptococcus
in Harris County grew Wednesday to 45, with
the latest victim a 5-year-old Channelview
boy, officials said.
While no group A streptococcus cases have
been reported from Baytown, Harris County
Health Department spokeswoman Lynda
Forys said awareness is being promoted
throughout the area.
“I think the message we want to get out is
that it can happen anywhere,” Forys said. “It
wouldn't be unlikely for it to happen in Bay-
town.”
She said the death of the 5-year-old Chan-
completed and a use for the building an- to continue negotiating the cost of the nelview boy on Sunday — the county’s ninth
nounced . new software. since Dec. 1 — symbolizes the threat the con-
Sasser said the College has been inter- Regents also approved the following tagious disease poses in the highly-populated
ested in either buildmg or renovating a on Wednesday: region.
facility near the campus to help meet • A bid from CCS for the purchase of The deadly strain of bacterial infection
growing demand for its technological "10 Epson 5000XB LCD projectors for caused by group A streptococcus is found in
programs. $49,999. throats and on the skin of 15 percent to 20
He also said the additional parking is • Buying a new ceramic gas kiln for percent of the population and usually causes
also needed. $19,727 from Bailey Pottery Equipment no problem.
Also on Wednesday, the board of re- Corp. It is the same bacterium that often causes
gents tabled a proposal to select a vendor • A proposal by Tower Performance of “strep throat,” but in its more severe form can
to provide the college with software that Texas to dp repairs on the cooling tower lead to necrotizing fasciitis, also known as the
would replace the school’s current stu- for $30,420. “flesh-eating bacteria” and streptococcal toxic
dent information and financial/human • Authorized the issuance, sale and de- shock syndrome. - ‘ .
resources systems. liver of the general obligation refunding The Channelview boy died as a result of the
College officials indicated they hoped. bonds series 1998. toxic shock syndrome, according to officials.
Channelview Independent School District
Superintendent" Larry Curry said the Mc-
Mullen Primary School student was released
from classes on Friday‘after a nurse found
him to have a high fever.
' Health officials returned to the campus on
Wednesday to continue testing other students
in the boy’s early childhood class as a precau-
tion, Cuny said.
He said the district sent another letter to all
of the students ’ parents alerting them of the
disease and how to spot it.
Nurses in the Goose Creek Consolidated
Independent School District have also been
made aware of the bacterial illness.
Forys said symptoms of the illness are like
those of the common flu and often include a
violent skin rash.
She said it can only be spread by direct con-
tact with secretions from the nose and throat
of an infected person or by contact with in-
fected wounds or sores on the skin.
Officials said the infection usually can be
treated successfully with antibiotics if detect-
ed early. ; ,
While the number of cases continues to
grow in Harris County and in the state, Forys
said the amount is not unusual.
" She said about 3 cases are expected to be
found for every 100,000 people in the county.
The Texas Department of Health reported
Wednesday 89 cases and 18 deaths due to
group A streptococcus have been confirmed
in the state.
Safe Shelter
Bay Area Women’s Center offers critical help and services in times of crisis
By BETSEY ENNIS
The Baytown Sun
Two staff members from the Bay Area
Women’s Center made a house call at the
Goose Creek Country Club on Wednesday
afternoon.
Bay Area Women’s Center Outreach
Counseling Coordinator Nancy Hill and
Hispanic Outreach Caseworker Ruby
Fuentes spoke to Rotarians during their noon
meeting about several services offered by
the center. ———— -
Hill, who has a masters from the Universi-
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ly environments. 1
Hill thanked the Rotary Club members for
their support throughout the years.
She said the center’s original vision has
been expanded to a number of other services
to address problems. She said the BAWC is
devoted to helping victims in East Harris,
South Liberty, and West Chambers counties.
Hill said when most people think of
BAWC, the shelter is the first thing that
comes to mind
“We are emphasizing the prevention and
intervention of family violence and sexual
assault,” Hill said
She said because the BAWC is such a
small organization, they all “wear many
hats” in order to make it ah work.
The BAWC provides much more than a
shelter and thrift shop. BAWC provides a
24-hour hot line that accepts collect calls
from victims, a sexual assault team, and
coufiseling for victims and much more.
They also'provide a caring friend for those
who have no one else to turn to. "
Fuentes, who has a bachelor’s degree from
University of Houston, discussed her role in
crisis intervention. She said she sometimes
goes to the victim’s house and informs them
of their possible options.
“As an outreach case manager, I ride with
a Baytown police officer every Friday and
Saturday night as part of the Baytown Police
Department’s zero-tolerance program for do-
mestic violence,” Fuentes said.
Hill also suggested possible volunteer op-
portunities to Rotarians.
Thursday: Partly cloudy,
with highs near 80.
Friday: Mostly doudy, with
highs near 80. Thunder-
storms forecast throughout
the weekend..
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