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Volume 68, No. 291
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Friday, October 5, 1990
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Baytown, Texas 77520
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Rep. Fields
among no’s
on budget
By Betsy Claggett
of The Baytown Sun
Calling proposed tax in-
creases “grossly unfair,” U.S.
Rep. Jack Fields, R-Humble,
joined 15 other Texas congress-
men in voting against President
Bush’s budget compromise.
Despite pleas from Bush and
leaders of ■. both parties, the
House rejected the package,
- which would have cut the deficit
in part by raising taxes on gaso-
raising Medicare premiums and
deductibles, by a vote of
254-179.
“I can’t support the second
largest tax hike in our nation’s
history,” Fields said. “Our peo-
ple are taxed enough.”
Fields said he would support
a budget compromise that called
for a reduction in spending with-
out an increase in taxes.
“Ther e was no reduction in
foreign aid. There was no reduc-
tion in domestic discretionary
spending until 1994, which
means spending reductions
would never have happened,” he
said.
Those who would have been
hit hardest by the proposal —
senior citizens — would be the
least likely to be able to adjust,
Fields said.
The government’s authority
night, leading to $85 billion in
arbitrary cuts in many govern-
ment programs unless Congress
approves stopgap legislation de-
laying the action. The House
was to vote on that action early
Friday afternoon, Fields said.
President Bush, however, has
promised to veto the legislation
unless Congress has approved a
deficit -cutting plan.
Photo by Angie Bmcey
United Way goal reached
Chevron Chemical’s Cedar Bayoui Plant is the first Bay-
town corporate contributor to reach its 1991 United Way
goal. More than 99 percent of plant employees gave to
the drive, for a total of $80,000 from employees and the
company. Fritz Lanham, left, United Way executive direc-
tor; presents a certificate of achievement to Charlie Leh-
derman, center, United Way chairman for the Cedar
Bayou Plant; and Larry Lucchesii, plant manager.
Senior Olympics Oct. 15-19
Events open
to Baytonians,
area residents
Photo by Angie Bracey
Barbara Kolaja, left, and Lynne Foley, right, hear about some of the Baytown Senior
Olympics events that Mary Cushman and Melvin Jordan plan to enter. Ms. Kolaja is a
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department supervisor. Ms. Foley is Lee College Senior
Citizens coordinator. The Senior Olympics, set for Oct. 15-19, will be held at several
locations including the Baytown Community Building, Highlands Community Center and
Lee College. The parks and recreation department, the college and Harris County Precinct
2 Commissioner Jim Fonteno are sponsors.
By Jane Howard
of The Baytown Sun
Senior citizens will have
the opportunity to compete
for prizes in the 1990 Bay-
town Senior Citizen Olymp-
ics Oct. 15-19.
Sponsored by Baytown
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, in conjunction with Lee
College Continuing Educa-
tion and Harris County Com-
missioner Jim Fonteno, the
events are open to all senior
citizens in Baytown and sur-
rounding areas.
Events will be held at dif-
ferent locations, including
Baytown Community Build-
ing, Higlilands- Community
Center and at Lee College.
Buses will run between
Baytown and Highlands for
various events which will in-
clude indoor and outdoor
competition for individuals,
pairs and teams. Competition
will be held in skip-bo
checkers, dominoes, bridge
spelling bee, an egg toss
three-legged race, water bal
loon battle, swimming, danc-
ing, frisbee flinging, hula
hooping, pool, ping pong,
dancing horseshoes, softball
and more.
On the final day of the
Olympics, morning events
will be followed by. a. lunc-
heon, awards. presentation
and entertainment at Baytown
Community Building begin-
ning at noon.
Pre-registration is required
for all participants. For more
information, or to register,
call Baytown Parks and Re-
creation Department at
427-7477.
School plan to involve 1,000 citizens
By Katherine Feibleman
of The Baytown Sun
The citizens of the Baytown school dis-
trict will have a chance this spring to set the
direction for the district and decide how best
to proceed on that path.
“You’ll be offered the most significant
voice you’ve ever been offered,” Dr. Harry
Griffith, school superintendent, told the Ki-
wanisQub Thursday.
Griffith hopes to involve 1,000 citizens in shelf,” Griffith said his job description and
a comprehensive school improvement prog- those of the school trustees will be altered to
ram that will begin in the spring of 1991 and include the objectives,
continue through the fall. A more immediate project is a “business
Representatives from all sections OfThe' education coalition,” Griffith told Thurs-
community will meet to define the district’s day’s gathering. '
long-range goals and identify strategies for Griffith is also planning a few changes in
achieving them. The school board will then the top-down structure of management,
be charged with seeing those 10-year plans “We’re going to turn the organizational chart
implemented.__._♦*,_,__._,_______of our district upside-down. We’re going to
To ensure the goals “will not sit oh the take the team management approach.”
Good Afternoon.
Pearce Street Journal AROUND TOWN
Baytown’s big leaguer
We can’t let Heinie
Schuble’s death go
unnoticed.
Heralded on sports
pages throughout the
world, Heinie once said
his best mention was in
The Baytown Sun.
Our sympathy to all
the Schubles.
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INDEX
Brian Brock of Bay-
town is representing
Colorado Christian Uni-
versity at the 1990
Collegiate National
Track Championship at
the Alkek Velodrome in
Houston.
Alvin Soileau makes
an interesting but re-
ally weak pot of coffee
on a Friday morning
that just cam§ a little
too early.
, , Becky Edmondson
enjoys her first guitar
lesson.
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Sports................ 1-B
Teen Times..........5-A.
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WEATHER
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy, low in low 70s.
Saturday: Partly cloudy, 20
percent chance of rain,
nigh near 90. From 8 a.m,
Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday,
high of 89, low of 70.
Rainfall: .95 of an inch.
Goose Creek awaits beautification
By Jane Howard
of The Baytown Sun
The Goose Creek Develop-
ment Committee, appointed by
the city to study and make re-
commendations for the city-
owned land bordered by Goose
Creek, took a boat ride the other
day.
Although there are many
problems, they found a water-
way waiting to be nurtured and
restored.
With County Marine Exten-
sion Agent Bob Nailon, John
Cheesman of the Galveston Bay
Foundation, Eddie Seidensticker
of the U.S. Army Corp. of Engi-
neers and Baytown’s paries and
recreation director David On-
drias as guides, die committee
traveled from the mouth of the
creek as far as their boats could
take them — somewhere behind
Garth Road.
“People just don’t realize the
resources that are down here,”
said Nailon.
“People have turned their
back to the creek,” added Chees-
man. “It fell through the
cracks.”
By combining the experts’
ideas on conservation with the
community’s need for beautifi-
cation and recreation, the com-
Just imagine, you put the boat in at
Bayland Park, cruise up the creek . .
have a bite to eat at a cafe that over-
trie water, then cruise back .
looks ft
David Ondrias
mittee hopes to come up with a
master plan fpr the development
of Goose Creek.
Nailon pejinted out that deve-
lopment should encompass dif-
ferent viewpoints and aspects.
Habitat development for the en-
vironmentalist standpoint must
be considered along with beauti-
fication and development of
shoreline facilities for both the
recreational and commercial de-
velopment standpoints. ,
“If it’s planned right, you can
have a lot of common goals and
mutual benefits,” Said Nailon.
“If you’re promoting recrea-
tion and tourism, you also need
to promote the environmental
aspects, not only to make the
place more aesthetically pleas-
ing to come visit, but also to
support the fishing industry and
contribute to tourism.”
One of the most obvious
problems is dumping and trash.
For years, Goose Creek has
been a collection point for old
tires, shopping carts and all the
refuse civilization has to offer.
Abandoned oil rigs, disused
pipelines and the paraphernalia
that goes with any drilling area
. have failed in -other areas and
many absentee owners may-
sometime,Inspect their land only
to find it is well under Goose
Creek.
The experts, Nailon, Chees-
man and Seidensticker, recom-
mend a comprehensive approach
to saving the Goose Greek
shoreline, using natural methods
wherever feasible. A soft-edge
shoreline, they said, with
smooth cordgrass or other
plants, would be aesthetically
pleasing, attract birds and ducks,
offer shelter for marine life and.
be functional in preventing
erosion.
also litter the creek,
“That’s a problem we can ad-
dress,” said Baytown’s director
of planning and traffic, Richard
Harris, who serves as a consul-
tant to the committee. Harris
suggested identifying owners'of
rigs and pipelines as a first step.
Another problem, the com-
mittee learned, is shoreline ero-
sion. Over the years a variety of
materials, from rocks to huge
concrete blocks, have been used
to slow erosion along the creek.
Unfortunately, much of the land
adjoining the creek has been
left, quite simply, ugly as sin,
from these methods. Efforts
Interspersing that soft edge
with a hard edge shoreline
would give access for crabbing,
fishing or boating or just dan-
gling toes in the “water to beat
the summertime heat.
“Just imagine,” Ondrias told
committee members, “you put
the boat in at- B a viand Park.
cruise up the creek, put in and
have a bite to eat at a cafe that
overlooks the water, then cruise
back to the park . . . There are
lots of possibilities.”
Committee members hope
that some owners may donate
land along the creek to the city.-
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 291, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1990, newspaper, October 5, 1990; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1043917/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.