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Crosby
Thursday, February 22,2001
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He said his decision to run for
the school board conies from die
urging of parents in the school
district
“I have a lot of support from
the community. A lot of people
asked me to run,” Blomstrom
said.
Blomstrom, 39, grew up in
Crosby and is a graduate of
Crosby High School.
He teaches seventh-grade
social studies at Woodrow Wilson
Junior High in Dayton.
Before going to Dayton, he
taught in Hardin and Huffman
school districts. He also has
worked at Texas Southern
University in Houston.
Blomstrom is a familiar face
to the Crosby school board. ^
In 1999, Blomstrom alleged
that members of die districts ath-
letics staff violated 11 conduct
Baytown
SWAT isn’t volunteer work
policies of the school district and
the University Interscholastic
League. Some of Blomstrom’s
allegations involved his son, a
Crosby High School student.
> Blomstrom alleged that mem-
bers of the high school’s coaching
staff sold creatine, a legal muscle
enhancer, to students.
Blomstrom’s allegations led
to an athletics department investi-
gation by the school district and
an outside consultant.
Die investigation showed no
grourlds for dismissal of any dis-
trict employee.
“Obviously I was disappoint-
ed (the school district) didn’t do
anything about it,” he said.
The incident has nothing to
do with his decision to run for the
school board, Blomstrom said.
Crosby school district has two
expiring board seats, Places 3 and
4. Clarence Baumbach has held
the Place 4 seat for 15 years.
Crosby and other area school
board elections will be held May
5. Candidate filing started
Monday in most school districts.
Anahuac, Goose Creek and
Dayton school districts have
already called elections in their
school districts to fill expiring
seats on their boards.
Expiring seats on area school
boards are: Places 1 and 2 on the
Anahuac school board, Places 1
and 4 on the Goose Creek board,
and Places 1 and 2 on the Dayton
school board.
No one had filed for seats on
those boards as of late
Wednesday afternoon.
Barbers Hill school trustees
expect to call the school district’s
May 5 election at a regular school
board meeting on Monday.
Place 1 and Place 2 seats on
the board expire this year. Place 1
is a seat vacated by Jeanne
Sanders, who moved out of the
school district. Sanders resigned
her position in August.
Lyle Malechek holds the
Place 2 seat.
The deadline for candidate
filling in all school districts is
March 21.
According to Chapter 141 of
the Texas Election Code, candi-
dates must be United States citi-
zens and eligible Texas voters.
According to Chapter 141 of
the Election Gode, candidates
also must have resided in the dis-
trict they represent for at least six
months prior to the election.
Candidate applications and
maps of district boundaries are
available at each school district’s
administration office.
Early voting begins April 18
and ends May 1.
Contact Melissa Renteria by
e-mail at melissa.renteria@bay-
townsun.com or by phone at
(281)425-8022.
The Baytown SWAT team
is a part-time volunteer group
comprised of full-time police
officers trained to handle
adverse situations.
Capt. Byron Jones and Sgt.
David Alford are among the 13
officers who are members of
Baytown’s A Team SWAT
force.
The team is used when a
situation “exceeds capabilities
of a patrol officer,” Alford
said.
“That’s not to say a patrol
officer could not handle the
situation, but we are a small,
well-trained group which is
designed to handle these types
of situations,” he said.
Situations include
hostages, bomb threats, high-
risk warrants, suiciije threats
and barricaded suspects, Jones
said.
The group is trained to use
non-lethal methods of attack
in high-risk situations.
“You don’t want anyone to
be killed,, even the suspect,”
Jones said. “The officers are.
taught to shoot someone in the
leg as opposed to the heart.”
The SWAT team uses a
“taser” gun that sends an elec-
trical shock through the sus-
pect.
Tve been hit by all cars,
bulls, anything, you name it,
but nothing will stop you,as
quickly as the taser,” Alford
said. “It eliminates the sus-
pect’s capabilities, but the hurt
is only temporary.”
There are only seven full-
time SWAT teams in Texas,
including one in Houston. The
remainder are part-time vol-
unteer units like Baytown’s.
Police officers apply to be
on the team, then must pass
the basic training course.
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the mayor. Everyone involved in
the process has been a big help to
me and I appreciate their sup-
port”
Passage of the proposed city
bond and sales tax packages in
May is “vitally important” to the
future ofDistrict 3 and Baytown,
Mundinger said.
“The simple facts are our
neighborhood streets are in dire
need of repair,” he said, “and our
water, sewer and drainage infra-
structure are in dire need of repair.
We need to upgrade our parks, '
athletic and conservation projects,
we need to promote smart growth
and last but not least we have to
clean this place up.”
Wallace, 51, of 2009,
Montana St. is running for the
District 1 seat held by Victor
Almendarez.
Wallace is a science teacher
at Baytown Junior School. He
has lived in District 1 for 19 years
and in Baytown for 19 years. He
said his candidacy is an out-
growth of civic work in his area.
“Actually, I decided to run
because I wanted to represent my
district,” Wallace said.
“Last year, I was elected pres-
ident of the Southwest Addition
Civic Association and that drew
my attention to what I want to do
for this area of Baytown. I think I
have some leadership skills that
go beyond my specific neighbor-
hood that I would like to apply to
the entire district”
The filing period opened Feb.
19 and will close March 20.
“We’ve had several folks who
have, picked up candidate packets
but who have yet to file,” Smith
said, noting that there is no fee for
filing.
For information about filing,
call Smith at City Hall at (281)
420-6504.
Contact M A. Bengtson by e-
mail at ma.bengtson@baytown
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them,” he said. “You don’t want
to panic in a crisis situation
because you are experiencing it
for the first time.”
As he regained his balance
and exited the chamber, Vice
yelled, “That was nothing.”
Officers had to pass a stren-
uous physical fitness test before
they could participate in the
sun.com or by phone at (281) class.
425-8025. *
In October, the Texas
Tactical Police Officers
Association held its annual
competition and seminar in
Baytown. Alford said the SWAT
course continues to show the
department’s presence.
“This isn’t as big as the
competition but Baytown is
showing itself as a key partici-
pant and a leader in the tactical
association,” Alford said.
District
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from contractors.
The school district hopes to
accept a guaranteed maximum
price on the project on April 23.
The 60-day period is mandat-
ed for entities forming a lease-
purchase agreement
Pete Cote, Goose Creek exec-
utive director of business ser-
vices, said the 60-day period
allows anyone who objects to the
lease-purchase agreement to
voice his concerns.
The School Community
Guidance Center, the district’s
alternative school, is currently
located at 710 Massey St near
Pruett Street. The new, 24,500-
square-foot center will be built
near the intersection of Garth
Road and Decker Drive.
The center will house admin-
istration offices, a gymnasium
and a cafetorium. Portable class-
room buildings used at the cen-
ter’s current site will moved to the
new site.
Students and staff at the cen-
ter will be moved to portable
buildings at the new site in May.
The old Massey Street site will j
be demolished in early June.
The Massey Street site will
house the new Carver
Elementary School, a replace-
mentschool paid forwith money
from the $91.9 million bond con-
struction program apjfrov<
voters in 1999.
The School Community;
Guidance Center is not a bond
project, although $460,000 was ,
targeted for center renovations in
the school district’s 1999 bond
construction program.
Plans at the time of the 1999
bond .election were to place
Carver Elementary next to the
center. • .
The decision to move the cen-
ter to another site, instead of ren-
ovating the existing building, was
made about a year ago. Project
architects said the center would
interfere with the construction of
the new Carver Elementary, said
Jim Owens, Goose Creek director
of facilities services, planning and
construction.
The,lease-purchase agree-
ment will pay . for the construc-
tion of the new School
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