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October 9, 1986
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“The Voice of Community-Minded "
Vol 11 Number 37
PISD trustee filing begins
The Pasadena ISD has announced that filing has begun for three positions on
the board of trustees following the filing of a Pasadena man last month for the
at-large position now held by Cecil Ghormley.
The Jan. 17, 1987 election will be for At-Large District 1 and Single Member
Districts 1 and 2 currently held by Dr. B.J. Garner and Rudy Schubert, respectively.
Under revised state law, there is no beginning date for filing before a school
board election, said Gene McCarley, who is in charge of the election for PISD.
He said that in the past, filing has been formally opened 60 days prior to the
election in conformance with the state election code.
Filing has been formally opened for this year’s election because one person
has already filed, McCarley said.
Pasadena resident Denny Delafield, 39, filed for the at-large position Sept. 16,
McCarley said.
Persons interested in running for one of these three positions have until 5 p.m.,
Dec. 18, to file.
There is no filing fee required. Prospective candidates must present a valid voter
registration certificate when filing.
Normally, in order to serve on the PISD school board from a single member
district, a person must have lived in that district for at least six months and have
been a resident of Texas for one year. Since this year’s election will be the first
under the new single member format, that district residence requirement will be
waived although candidates must have lived in the school district for six months
and in Texas for one year. The law requires that the newly-elected trustee move
into the district he or she represents within 90 days after the election.
Candidates for at-large positions must also have been a resident of the Pasadena
school district for at least six months and a resident of Texas for one year.
Applications for filing are available in the district’s Business Office located
in the Administration Building, 3010 Bayshore Drive, Pasadena.
Creek to hold tax hearing
The Clear Creek ISD Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing Tuesday,
Oct. 14 on the proposed tax rate of 92 cents for the 1986-87 school year.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Central Administration Building at 2301
E. Main St., in League City.
The 92-cent rate, if accepted, will mean no tax increase for the district, as last
year’s rate was 92 cents. An increase in property values in the district and in state
funding has allowed the district to maintain the same rate while giving salary in-
creases, said George Carlisle, assistant superintendent of Business and Finance.
The tax rate is expected to be passed at the board’s regular meeting on Oct. 28.
Burnett celebrating birthday
Planning third annual dinner
Chamber only just beginning
A.C. Czigan, with HL&P, prepares for an interview which will be part of “Mov-
ing Tomorrow Into Today,” the South Belt-Ellington Chamber of Commerce’s
new promotion film which will be unveiled at the Oct. 16 dinner.
“We’ve Only Just Begun” is the theme
for the South Belt-Ellington Chamber of
Commerce’s third annual dinner, slated for
Thursday, Oct. 16.
“The theme is quite appropriate,” said
Marie Flickinger, president of the two-year-
old chamber. “The success our chamber
has achieved in the last two years has been
termed ‘remarkable’ by many who have ex-
perience in chamber activities.”
One of the major achievements of the
Chamber will be unveiled at the dinner
when an area promotions film will have its
premiere showing.
Also scheduled are a welcome to
Memorial Southeast Hospital which is
relocating from Bellfort to the South Belt
area in December and a short talk from a
representative from Grumman Corporation
which is relocating a unit of its Space
Systems Division to Houston.
Moving tomorrow into today
Crews have been at work in the area dur-
ing the summer, recording on film the
area’s lifestyles as well as its advantages for
economic development. Reproductions of
the film, “Moving Tomorrow Into Today”
will be invaluable in the promotion of the
area, particularly to major companies look-
ing to relocate near Ellington and the
Johnson Space Center area, Flickinger
said.
Film highlights include area schools, in-
cluding classroom shots at Dobie High
School; Memorial Southeast Hospital; El-
lington Field; and local activities such as
Little League baseball and high school
football games.
Narration of the film addresses the small
town atmosphere of the South Belt area
and its attributes of being easily accessible
from both Houston and the Clear Lake
areas.
“The progressive community that still
maintains a small-town spirit” is how the
narrator describes South Belt-Ellington.
Interviews with representatives of local
community and business institutions in-
clude Parker Williams, president of San
Jacinto College South; Steve Sanders, ad-
ministrator of Memorial Southeast Hos-
pital; A.C. Czigan, district manager with
Houston Lighting and Power; and Bob
Perry and his son, Bobby, owners of
Perry’s Butcher Shop.
Hospital to be welcomed
The dinner will also pay tribute to
Memorial Southeast Hospital during which
the facility’s doctors will be introduced.
Memorial will move into its Beamer
Road/Astoria Boulevard location in early
December. The $43.5 million facility will
contain 270 beds, totalling 278,000 square
feet within its four-story complex.
Grumman rep to speak
Addressing the Chamber on behalf of
Grumman Corporation will be Jerry Bos-
tick, vice president of Grumman Space
Systems Division, Houston Operations.
Grumman, it is speculated, will locate its
Civil Space Programs Unit to Ellington
Field, although the corporation has not for-
mally announced its chosen Houston
location.
Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire last
week said that she had encouraged Grum-
man to locate at Ellington.
Bostick will enlighten dinner attendees of
what Houston can expect from the location
of the unit into its town.
Be there
The dinner will be at the Hobby Hilton
Hotel at 7 p.m. with a reception beginning
at 5:45. Tickets are $20 and reservations
may be made by calling the Chamber of-
fice at 481-5516.
Officers for the coming year will be
named and awards will be presented to
outstanding chamber and community
members.
Also, a grand door prize will be
awarded to a lucky Chamber member. That
prize is a trip for two to Puerto Vallarta.
Flickinger urges community residents
who are interested in the development of
the community to come to the dinner.
Burnett Elementary will celebrate its 10th anniversary Friday, Oct. 17 with a
Country Fair from 5:30-9 p.m.
There will be activity booths, food booths, a country store and an auction.
Burnett Elementary is located at 11825 Teaneck.
Area projects on Flood Control’s wish list
Sagemont meeting Tuesday
The Sagemont Civic Club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sage-
mont Recreation Center.
Topics of discussion will include the South Belt Security Alliance, the Dec. 13
Christmas party, deed restrictions and the spraying of culverts and ditches for
mosquitoes.
Lariaettes plan garage sale
The Dobie Lariaette Booster Club will be hosting a giant garage and barbecue
sale at Dobie High School on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The sale will feature goods from 63 families and will include a working trash
compactor, a non-working TV and various other items besides delicious barbecue
sandwiches.
Crafts booths available
An arts and crafts sale will be part of this year’s Dobie Octoberfest on Friday,
Oct. 24.
Booth space is available by calling Linda Arnone at 481-6657 after 1 p.m.
The festival, sponsored by the school’s music department, and taking place
from 5 p.m. to midnight, will feature a spaghetti supper from 6-8 p.m. Cost of
the supper is $3 for adults and $2 for children.
Also featured will be a haunted house, a children’s play by Dobie’s drama
department and performances by the school’s choirs and orchestras.
League directors election set
There will be a Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League Board of Directors meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at The Point, an apartment unit on Windmill Lakes
Boulevard.
The purpose of this meeting is to select coaches for the major division. All
applications for this division need to be completed prior to this date.
Cokesbury slates bazaar
A churchwide Fall Bazaar will be held at Weber Elementary School by
Cokesbury United Methodist Church on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Numerous crafts, plants, baskets, baked goods, jellies, toys and decorations
will be sold in booths.
Children will have a special shop and games.
Lunch will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Art group sets meeting
The South Belt Art Group will meet Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in room 122S
of the San Jacinto College South campus.
There will be a panel of three artists to do a group critique. The artists are
Neva Miculicz, John Sturtevant and Margaret-Crump. Each member and guest is
asked to bring one piece of work for the panel to discuss.
A donation of $3 at the door is requested.
A watercolor workshop is planned for the Nov. 16 meeting.
In this week’s issue
• The Calendar is loaded with varied activities. Check page 2A for details.
• Pictures of Dobie’s class officers appear on page 3A.
• Lingerie sewing classes are being offered. See page 4A.
• King of Glory Lutheran Church has ground breaking ceremony. Story and
picture appear on page 6A.
• Page 8A tells about a single parents dance.
• Dobie’s netters win district 23-5A. Pages IB and 10B tell the story.
By Floretta Bush
Two area projects have been included in
the Harris County Flood Control District’s
package of proposed projects to be
funded by the county’s upcoming 1987
bond election for the 1987-1991 capital im-
provements plan.
The projects, which account for $5.2
million of the $185 million requested from
the bond by the flood district, are the con-
struction of two detention basins, one serv-
ing the Turkey Creek ditch and one serv-
ing the Beamer Road ditch.
Even though enrollment has stabilized
this year and the predicted decline in stu-
dent attendance has not occurred, Pasa-
dena Independent School District Super-
intendent Dr. E.T. Lon Luty told members
of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee last
week that the district faces critical budget
decisions for the 1987-88 year.
The statement echoes the concern dem-
onstrated by the board of trustees which
last week instructed district officials to find
ways to trim 3 percent from next year’s
budget. The expected loss of revenue is tied
to the decreasing property values in the
area. District projections are for a $3
million shortfall that could be higher if the
state Legislature passes along expected
budget cuts in January.
“We are going to do the things we have
to do to make our budget balance,” Luty
said. “We will be looking to teachers and
members of the community for help. With
community involvement, we will be able to
broaden the way we develop our budget.”
Luty said the board’s commitment to
academic achievement means that instruc-
tional programs will be the last areas af-
fected by budget cuts. Among other things,
district officials will be studying the advan-
tages ‘ and disadvantages of contracting
The purpose of the basins is to hold
water coming from the two flood ditches
so that it will empty into Clear Creek
gradually, eliminating the potential for
flooding Clear Creek, said Gary Greene,
HCFC engineering contract manager who
compiled the 1987 bond list.
The projects are among seven proposed
for Harris County Precinct 1 which will be
scrutinized at a countywide public hearing
in the courtroom of county Judge Jon
Lindsay on Oct. 28.
At the meeting, Flood Control Director
some services to private businesses.
“We want to see if we can find a way
to save money and keep the services we
have,” he said.
Luty said he hopes to have recommen-
dations on his desk by February, in order
to begin planning next year’s budget.
PISD is making strides this year in im-
proving teacher administration relation-
ships, Luty told the committee. He cited
as evidence the “Beyond the Rhetoric”
conference last month, where ad-
ministrators and teachers sat down together
to work out plans to address seven key
issues.
“The top priority item from this group
was to meet the special needs of students,”
he said. “I think this speaks well for the
caliber of teachers we have in the Pasadena
system. This is their number one concern
and this is how it should be.”
The Citizen’s Advisory Committee is a
group of 13 community leaders who meet
monthly with the superintendent as a means
of getting input from the community.
Those involved are Wanda Bedenbaugh,
Delores Brogna, Marie Flickinger, Eva
Goulding, Carl Jeter, Ellawese Neely, Dick
Nichols, George Poe, David Pomeroy,
Yolanda Reyes, Harry Riley, Gail West and
Kathryn Whitfill.
Jim Green will explain the rationale for the
plan.
The rationale for the local projects is
simple, said Gary Greene. Without the con-
struction of the two basins, no further
flood control improvements affecting the
two ditches can be made.
Improvements over the past few years in
the South Belt area, creating a greater
quantity of runoff, have posed the poten-
tial for a problem at Clear Creek, said
Greene.
“Our studies show that more im-
provements in the area would have an
adverse effect on Clear Creek,” Greene
said.
He said that without the basins in place,
the district would not be in line with federal
regulations regulating runoff if more im-
provements creating increased flow were
made.
Greene said the district will buy sites of
greater than 10 acres on which to build the
basins and that two potential sites have
been identified. He would not give the loca-
tion of those two sites, pending the pur-
chase of the land.
The district expects to work with the
county to landscape the sites so they will
have a parklike quality. Should the sites
become parks they will be turned over to
the county for maintenance, he said.
He said the district would like to pur-
chase the properties as soon as the bond
election, scheduled for the first quarter of
1987, is held.
The facilities, as planned, should be in
place in two years, he said.
Meanwhile, channel improvements, to be
funded from money left over from the 1982
bond, are included in the five-year capital
improvements plan.
Improvements to the Beamer Road ditch
downstream of Southbend to the mouth of
Clear Creek, are scheduled at a cost of $2.4
million. A portion of this ditch runs
through the Brio Refinery which is under
EPA jurisdiction at this time. Greene said
the district is working with the EPA in an
effort to expedite the cleanup.
A second project involves the expansion
of the Beamer Road ditch from Hall Road
to a smaller ditch which services the Kirk-
mont area at a cost of $1.1 million.
The smaller ditch, which extends from
Beamer at Kirkfalls northeast to Fuqua is
listed on the five-year plan as an un-
funded priority to become a concrete ditch,
Greene said. The cost of that project is
estimated at $1.4 million.
Indirectly affecting the South Belt area
is a $500,000 computer drainage study of
the Clear Creek Watershed which will result
in a master plan of improvements, Greene
said.
The combined projects will be the
finishing touches on alleviating flood prob-
lems in the South Belt and should provide
the capacity for further development,
Greene said.
Ketchum letter
not yet sent
A letter of intent to terminate PISD
employee Charles R. Ketchum has not yet
been delivered to Ketchum, according to
Kirk Lewis, administrative assistant to
Supt. of Schools Dr. Lon Luty.
The district’s board of trustees accepted
at the Sept. 23 meeting Luty’s recom-
mendation that the Food Services director
be given notice of the proposed action to
terminate his employment with the district
and suspended him with pay until after an
appeal from Ketchum is heard.
Ketchum will have five days after receipt
of the letter which will be signed by Luty
and Assistant Superintendent for Service
Operations Jack Donnell, according to
district policy.
Ketchum has stated that he will appeal
and that he will request a hearing open to
the public rather than a closed hearing.
If a hearing is not requested, Ketchum
will be terminated, Lewis said. “The board
would have no reason to look much fur-
ther,” he said.
School officials are not commenting fur-
ther on the issue, due to possible litigation.
It is speculated that the recommendation
to fire Ketchum stemmed from controver-
sy regarding the awarding of a food service
contract earlier this year.
Critical budget decisions
facing district: Luty
Photo by Sharon Goudy
Brand spanking new
This new 1,450 gallon-per-minute pumper arrived at Houston Fire Station 70
last week. It is among 22 that are being placed in stations citywide, replacing
the 1970 Ward La France pumper. The new Seagraves pumper cost approx-
imately $174,000 and will be ready for use in two to three weeks when the license
plates arrive. Left to right are firemen Larry Matlock, Randolph Scott and
Jeff Baker.
Hall Road paving
nearing completion
The long-awaited paving of Hall Road
was, at press time, scheduled to be com-
pleted “in two days,” according to an of-
ficial with Harris County Precinct 2 which
coordinated and funded the project.
This estimation, made by commissioner
aide Brent Miller, would have the project
complete no later than Friday.
Precinct 2 Commissioner El Franco Lee,
promised the South Belt Civic Coalition
last year that he would pave the 2.3-mile
stretch which lies in the city and connects
Kingspoint and Telephone Roads.
The Coalition presented both the com-
missioner and city Councilman Frank Man-
cuso petitions containing 2,000 signatures
of residents asking that the road be paved.
“We didn’t care who did it. We just
wanted to get it done,” said Coalition
chairperson Mary Obenauf. “The county
came through. The county serves the South
Belt area.”
The county will be able to fund the pro-
ject due to a state law passed two years ago
allowing the county to improve and main-
tain a city road if the city turns it over to
the county, Miller said.
The cost of the project upon completion
will near the $500,000 mark, he said.
The road is some 24 feet wide and has
six inches of asphalt on a six-inch base. The
road will be striped and the speed limit will
be posted at 35 mph.
The road is expected to be open to the
public as soon as the paving is complete,
he said.
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