The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 209, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Page: 3 of 12
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
The Baytown Sun
Where
to vote
today
Polls will be open from
7 a.m.-7 p.m. today for
the general election.
Harris County
For questions or
additional Harris County
locations, visit www.
harrisvotes.com or call
713-755-6965.
Baytown
Pet. 12 - Stuart Career
Center, 300 Wye Drive.
Pet. 13 - St. James
House, 5800 W. Baker.
Pet. 28 - Windham
Park Apartments, 2700
Rollingbrook Dr.
Pet. 99 - Sterling
Municipal Library, 1
Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks
Avenue
Pet. 100 - Ashbel
Smith Elementary
School, 403 E. James St.
Pet. 102 - Knights of
Columbus Hall, 2600 W.
Main St.
Pet. 103 - Comfort
Suites, 7209 Garth Road.
Pet. 248-City Hall
Annex, 220 W. Defee St.
Pet. 249 - De Zavala
Elementary, 305 Tri City
Beach Road.
Pet. 250 - Harlem Ele-
mentary, 3333 1-10.
Pet. 386 - Gentry Ju-
nior, 1919 E. Archer.
Pet. 414 Cedar Bay-
ou Junior, 2610 Elvinta.
Pet. 456 - Harris
County Courthouse An-
nex, 701 W. Baker Road.
Pet. 532 - James
Bowie Elementary, 2200
Clayton Drive.
Pet. 533 - Northside
Baptist Church, 300
Cedar Bayou Road
Pet. 739 - Coady Bap-
tist Church, 5606 Wade.
Pet. 740 - Church on
the Rock, 7123 Decker.
Crosby
Pets. 97, 1008, 1009
•- Newport Elementary
School, 430 N. Dia-
mondhead Blvd.
Pet. 251 - Drew Inter-
mediate, 223 Red Oak
Dr.
Pet. 502,988 - Crosby
Kindergarten Center, 805
Runneburg Road
Pet. 531 - Crosby VFD
Sta. 1,2502 Highway 90.
Pet. 604- Indian
Shores Community
Center, 20700 block of
Appaloosa Trail.
Highlands
Pet. 63 - Highlands
Community Center, (y04
Flighland Woods Dr.
Pet. 387 - Highlands
Elementary, 200 E. Wal-
lisville Road.
Chambers Co.
For questions or addi-
tional Chambers County
locations, visit www.
co.chambers.tx.us and
select “Elections” or call
409-267-2421,
Pet. 1 - Wallisville
Community Building,
524 Number 9 Road.
Pet. 2 - Hankamer
Community Building,
9511 Highway 61.
Pet. 3 - Pine Island
School Building, 9310
FM 562, Anahuac.
Pet. 4 - Mont Belvieu
Senior Dining Hall,
11607 Eagle Drive.
Pet. 5 - Beach City
Community Building,
12723 Tri City Beach
Road.
Pet. 6 - American Le-
gion Hall, 1704 S. Main
St., Anahuac.
Pet. 8 - Cove Commu-
nity Building, 5757 FM
565.
Pet. 9 - Oak Island
Community Building,
1126 W. Bayshore Road.
Pet. 10-West Cham-
bers County Annex,
10616 Eagle Drive, Mont
Belvieu.
Pet. 11 - Cedar Bayou
Community Building,
7711 Highway 146,
Baytown.
Pet. 14-Anahuac
Airport, Road and Bridge
Office, 201 Airport Road
Election features
7 amendments to
state constitution
BY WILL WEISSERT
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas - Vot-
ers statewide can give
themselves tax breaks,
pump billions of dollars
into roads and make hunt-
ing and fishing constitu-
tional rights by support-
ing seven amendments to
the Texas Constitution on
Tuesday’s ballot.
And Houston will choose
a new mayor and decide
whether to extend nondis-
crimination protections
to its gay and transgender
residents in a referendum
being watched nationally.
Here’s a guide to the elec-
tion:
TURNOUT
TURNAROUND?
The secretary of state’s
office is spending $4 mil-
lion through next year’s
presidential election on
an educational and pro-
motional blitz, designed to
boost Texas’ typically dis-
mal voter turnout.
Less than 34 percent
of registered voters cast
ballots last year, despite a
governor’s race. And it was
8.5 percent in 2013, which
like this election featured
mostly state constitutional
amendments.
TAX TRIMS
Voters will decide on
Proposition 1, which
would increase homeown-
ers’ school property tax
homestead exemption from
$15,000 to $25,000, saving
the average family roughly
$ 125 annually while cost-
ing the state about $1.2
billion in tax revenue for
school districts during the
first two years. The Legis-
lature has budgeted extra
funding so schools won’t
see shortfalls, at least in the
short term.
Proposition 2 also is on
the ballot. It offers prop-
erty taxexemptions to the
spouses of totally disabled
veterans who died before
January 2010. Similar ex-
emptions already exist for
spouses of totally disabled
veterans who died in 2011
or later.
ANYWHERE BUT
AUSTIN
The land and agriculture
commissioners, comptrol-
ler, attorney general and
members of the Rail Road
Commission would be al-
lowed to live somewhere
other than the state capital
if voters approve Proposi-
tion 3.
Supporters argue that
modern technology al-
lows elected officials to do
their jobs from anywhere,
though none of those cur-
rent officeholders say
they’ll move if given the
chance.
it wouldn’t apply to the
governor and the 1856
Greek Revival-style Austin
mansion he occupies, nor
the lieutenant governor.
RAFFLE RIGHTS
Professional teams
would be able to hold char-
itable raffles at all home
games, rather than just
twice annually as currently
allowed, under Proposition
4. The Dallas Cowboys
back it.
GONE FISH IN’
Proposition 6 “recog-
nizes the right for people
to hunt, fish and harvest
wildlife.” Supporters say it
will protect those activities
from future lawsuits.
Though such legal chal-
lenges 'have been sparse,
18 states already have so-
lidified such guarantees in
their constitutions.
ROAD
REFERENDUMS
Proposition 5 would al-
low counties with fewer
than 7,500 people to pri-
vatize road construction
and maintenance up
from the current maximum
of 5,000 residents. Abjiut
70 counties qualify.
Under Proposition 7,*
when sales tax revenue ex-
ceeds $28 billion per fiscal"
year, the next $2.5 billion
would go to road construc-
tion and maintenance. This
would start in September
2017.
Then, beginning in Sep-
tember 2019, if tax reve-
nue from vehicle sales and
rentals exceeds $5 billion
per fiscal year, 35 percent
of the amount exceeding
$5 billion would go road
funding.
lop conservatives say
the amendment will bolster
transportation infrastruc-
ture that’s been taxed by
Texas’ booming population
without raising taxes.
EQUAL RIGHTS
RERERNDUM
Voters in the country’s
fourth largest city are de-
ciding on a nondiscrimi-
nation ordinance protect-
ing gay and transgender
people. The Houston City
Council passed one last
year, but the Texas Su-
preme Court ordered that it
be put'to a public vote.
The fight for and against
the ordinance has been bit-
ter, pitting Houston’s may-
or, Annise Parker, who is
gay, against conservatives
worried about men being
allowed to use women’s
public restrooms.
The results could send
a signal nationally. Some
gay rights groups see local
equal rights protections as
their next major fight, after
the U.S. Supreme Court
awarded them the right to
marry.
MAYORAL
MATCHUP
Houston also is voting
to replace the term-limited
Parker as mayor and has
no fewer than 13 choic-
es. The race is technically
nonpartisan, but the city’s
last five mayors have all
been Democrats and so
are the favorites this time:
state Rep. Sylvester Turner
and former Harris County
Sheriff Adrian Garcia. A
field of longer-shot hope-
fuls includes former con-
gressman and unsuccessful
2006 gubernatorial can-
didate Chris Bell, also a
Democrat.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
Man held in
slaying of his
grandfather
LIBERTY, Texas (AP)
— A 24-year-old Southeast
Texas man is charged with
murder for the fatal stab-
bing of his grandfather. )
Liberty County author-
ities say 66-year-old Mel-
vin James Linck was killed
Sunday night during an ar-
gument that turned violent.
Sheriff's Sgt. Josh Cum-
mins said that Linck had
demanded his grandson,
Preston Rapman, move
from his home. He says
Rapman grabbed a steak
knife and stabbed Linck in
the chest.
Linck was pronounced
dead at the scene. Rapman
was taken into custody
there and is being held in
the county jail.
Harris County
officer halting
theft shot 5 times
HOUSTON (AP) —- An
off-duty Harris County
detention officer has been
shot and wounded outside
his apartment in a confron-
tation with men trying to
steal his truck.
The officer, whose name
hasn’t been released, told
deputies he heard some-
one breaking into his truck
late Sunday night, grabbed
his gun and ran outside to
find two people inside the
vehicle. When they ran and
jumped into another pick-
up truck waiting nearby
and tried to flee, they w ere
stopped at a security gate.
Authorities say one of the
men got out and fired at the
officer who was running
after them.
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OBITUARIES
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Fredrick
Thomas
Philips
Frederick Thomas
Philips died peacefully on
October 28, 2015 in Cor-
pus Christi, Texas.
He was born July 22,
1921 in San Antonio,
Texas to Ford Hamilton
Philips and Myrtle Wall-
hoeffer Philips.
After graduation from
Breckenridge High
School in San Antonio,
he attended Texas A&M
University-College Sta-
tion and earned a degree
in mechanical engineering
in 1943. While at A&M
he was elected Captain of
B. Battery Field Artillery,
“The Old Man." lie was
commissioned and served
in the Third Corps Field
Artillery, then trained at
Yale University for ser-
vices as Engineering Offi-
cer, Fifth Air Force.
During service over-
seas, he was assigned to
the 433rd Troop Carri-
er Group in the Pacific
Theater where he earned
five battle stars and three
squadron Presidential Ci-
tations. As an Air Force
Captain, he left the mil-
itary and began a 37-
year career with Exxon.
His work took him to
Baytown, Houston, bjew
York City, Chicago, and
Baltimore. His work was
principally devoted to re,-
search, development, and
administration for Exx-
on’s burgeoning plastics
business. These moves
were always looked upon
as exciting adventures by
the entire family.
On February 14, 1947
he married the love of
his life Wilhelmina Sarah
“Billie” Carr and together
they raised three children
Fred, Joe, and Elizabeth
"Betsy.”
He was strongly com-
mitted to his church,
Trinity Episcopal Church,
Baytown where he served
as teacher, lay reader/
minister, vestry member,
Junior, and Senior War-
den. A special source of
pride was his design of
the stained glass “ Trinity
Window” and his involve-
ment in the church expan-
sion.
His election to five
terms as a Baytown City
Councilman and mayor
pro temp was a source of
honor and great satisfac-
tion because of the op-
portunities to work with- <,
citizens to improve the
quality of life in Baytown.
Dealing with the many
flooding problems, and
establishing the Emergen-
cy Medical Service were
highlights of this period
of service to his commu-
nity.
For recreation, Fred
loved to play golf at
Goose Creek Country
Club where he was a reg-
ular contributor to the
“Mild Bunch” - as op-
posed to the wild bunch.
At Goose Creek he was
involved with the re-
construction of the golf
course and served on the
board. He was very proud
of his hole in one! I le was
a passionate award win-
ning artist working mostly
with oils and watercolors.
Painting Texas landscapes
featuring bluebonnets in
the Hill Country were an
annual ritual to paint out-
doors "en plein aire.” His
stepfather had nurtured
in him a love of the out-
doors, fishing, and boat-
ing. He greatly enjoyed
his time on the water out
from The Houston Yacht
Club on his motorboat
“Lollipop” and his sail-
boat “Indecision.”
He is preceded in death
by his devoted wife Bil-
lie, his vivacious daughter
Betsy, his loving grand-
daughter Stacy Philips,
and his beloved stepfa-
ther G.B. Droemer Also,
his sister Dorothy and
her husband Dean Crane.
He is survived by son
Dr. Frederick T. Philips,
Jr. and his wife Merce of
Corpus Christi, Texas;
son Joe C. Philips and
his wife Jody of Bryan,
Texas; grandson Scott
Philips and his wife Jen-
nifer and their daughter
Allison of Virginia Beach,
Virginia; granddaugh-
ter Sarah Donate and her
husband Miguel and their
two children Marco and
Sofia of Savannah, Geor-
gia; and granddaughter
Bea Steeves of Virginia
Beach, Virginia. Also,
two special nieces Linda
Gore and Virginia Chris-
tian.
Fred will be remem-
bered as an Aggie, a sol-
dier, an engineer, and- an
artist. Most of all, he will
be remembered as a hus-
band, a father, a son, and a
Christian - everything he
did was done wholeheart-
edly and with convic-
tion. As a member of the
“Greatest Generation,” he
appreciated opportunity,
education, and hard work.
He often said his life had
been living the American
dream.
The family would like
to thank Dr. Mike Neff
and his wonderful staff.
Also, special thanks to
the staff of Trinity lowers
and New Century Hos-
pice for their thoughtful-
ness and attention. Most
especially we express our
deepest gratitude to Rosie
Chapa for her tireless sup-
port and loving care.
A Funeral Service is
planned for Friday, No-
vember 6, 2015 at II
a.m. at Trinity Episcopal
Church in Baytown. Fol-
lowing will be a Commit-
tal Service and interment
for Fred and his recently
deceased daughter Bet-
sy at Harthman Memory
Garden Cemetery at ap-
proximately 12:30 p.m.
The family requests that
in lieu of flowers do-
nations be made to: St.
James School, 602 S. Ca-
rancahua Street, Corpus
Christi, Texas 78401 or a
charity of your choice.
To view the online
obituary and post a trib-
ute for the family, visit
www.earthmanbaytown.
com. Services are under
the Direction of Earth-
man Funeral Home, 3919
Garth Rd., Baytown. Tex-
as 77521:(281)422,8181.
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Gateway Inc. co-founder dies at age 53
Wind ford
Paul Aker Sr.
Windford Paul Aker
Sr., 71, of Baytown
passed away on Mon-
day, October 26, 2015.
A memorial service
will be held at Mt. Rose
Missionary Baptist
Church, 1132 Carver
St., Baytown, Texas on
Thursday, November 5,
2015 from 7:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m.
. An honor service will
be held promptly at
12:45 p.m. on Friday,
November 6, 2015 at
Houston National Cem-
etery', 10410 Veterans
Memorial Dr., Flouston,
Texas.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa
(AP) Mike Hammond,
who co-founded comput-
er maker Gateway in an
Iowa farmhouse in 1985
and helped turn it into an
American success story by
shipping PCs straight to
customers in boxes with
a spotted-cow design, has
died at age 53.
Hammond died Thursday
at his home in Sioux City,
Iowa, said Monday.
Hammond started Gate-
way Inc. with brothers Ted
and Norm Waitt. selling
what became among the
most popular computers
on the market. The success
was short-lived, though, in
the fast-changing computer
industry.
The firm began by sell-
ing components for Texas
Instruments computers out
of a farmhouse on a cattle
farm that Waitt’s family
owned outside Sioux City
in northwest Iowa. The
Gateway brand of comput-
ers began shipping directly
to consumers later.
In 1991, the company
started shipping its comput-
ers in distinctive containers
decorated w ith cow spots.
I lammond helped man-
age the company’s oper-
ations in Iowa and South
Dakota. After retiring from
Gateway, he started Dakota
Muscle to restore and repair
classic cars.
Former Sioux City
Mayor Jim Wharton, who
worked with Hammond,
said he thinks Hammond’s
contributions were under-
appreciated at the company.
"He was always in the
background," Wharton
said. “He was the nuts and
bolts of the organization. ...
So widely respected, and
one of the smartest guys I
ever met.”
Gateway used a business
model similar to Dell’s by
waiting to build computer's
until orders were placed.
But Gateway mostly target-
ed consumers, not the busi-
ness market that Dell went
after.
Gateway struggled as
more players entered the
personal computer business
and profit margins shrank.
The company tried to ex-
pand into consumer elec-
tronics and opened retail
stores, but didn't succeed
there.
TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER
is what community is all about.
EARTHMAN
MEMORY GARDENS CEMETERY
BAYTOWN
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. 281-421-1288
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