The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 105, Ed. 1 Monday, March 4, 1985 Page: 1 of 18
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Volume 63, No. 105
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Filing deadline Wednesday
8 have announced for council, mayor races
By LISA OCKER
Two full days remain before
the March 6 deadline for filing
for mayor and City Council posi-
tions and, so far, eight persons
have officially announced their
candidacy.
In the mayor’s race, incum-
bent Mayor Allen Cannon and
former. Mayor Emmett Hutto
will square off again. Cannon
View, held the top city post serv-
ing as mayor from 1978 to 1981
and previously represented
District 2 for three years. A 55-
year resident of Baytown, Hutto
describes himself as a semi-
retired developer.
The District 3 rate has at-
tracted the most interest with
three candidates now vying for
that position.
defeated Hutto in a runoff in the T.in,.mtl.n.
-last mayoral electtonTwo years Incumbent Councilman Fred
ago-
Cannon, 54, of 1601 Donovan,
served about 12 years as the
District 5 representative on City
Council before being elected to
his first term as mayor. A
Baytown native, Cannon is
employed as administrative
manager for Cosden Oil &
Chemical Co. in Deer Park.
Hutto, 66, of 4604 Country Club
T. Philips, 63, of 204 Woodside
Driye, is seeking re-election tp
the District 3 feat. A 39-yea?
resident of Baytown, Philips, a
professional engineer retired
from Exxon, is now serving his
third term on the council.
Another District 3 candidate,
Quint Carter, 61, of 324 Briar-
wood, rail unsuccessfully for the
District 3 seat in 1983. A resident
of Baytown since 1967, Carter is
the owner of a floor covering
business.
Political newcomer Steve
Fischer, 36, of 2001 Wright Blvd.
is the third contender in the
District 3 race. A 23-year resi-
dent of Baytown, Fischer is
employed as business manager
for Gulf Coast Industrial
Workers Union.
Two candidates are vying for
the District 6 position’On City
Council : •
Incumbent Ron Embry, 41, of
5118 Ashwood was appointed last
year to serve the unexpired term
of Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks,
who resigned her District 6 posi-
tion. A 19-year resident of
Baytown, Embry serves as head-
of Public Relations and Plant
Services at Exxon’s Baytown
Reflna£
Political newcomer Robert H.
Bradford, 52, of 401 Pamela is
challenging Embry for the seat.
Bradford, a 28-year Baytown
resident, is a school ad-
ministrator.
Incumbent Councilman Roy
Fuller is running unopposed for
the District 2 seat. Now saving
his second term on City Council,
Fuller, 67, is a 46-year resident
of Baytown Retired from Exx-
on, hd is now president of a con-
struction and engineering firm.
The deadline for filing for the
April 6 election is midnight
March 6. Mayor Cannon will ac-
cept materials from those-who
wish to file after City Hall closes
at 5 p.m. _ _ ■ ■■ \
Absentee voting in the city
clerk’s office will take place
from March 18 through April 2.
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Option to insurance
City eyes health maintenance plan
By a vote of 3-2, Baytown City
Council authorized city ad-
ministrators to advertise for
bids on a health maintenance
organization as an alternative to
the city’s current health in-
surance plan.
Councilman Fred Philips and
Mayor Pro Tem Perry Simmons
voted against going out for bids,
which will begin the process for
introducing the progi^im to the
city. Councilmen Gerald
Dickens, Ron Embry and Jim-
my Johnson voted in favor of go-
ing out for bids.
Dickens indicated that federal
law requires employers to offer
a health maintenance organiza-
tion as an alternative.
“I don’t have any problems
with it, ” he said, “as long as it’s
optional (to city employees).”
Richard Hare, director of per-
sonnel, said the city’s group
health plan, offered through the
Texas Municipal League would
“stay in place.” ,
However, if many employees
choose the benefits of a health
maintenance organization, it
could have “a negative effect on
us, ” with rates currently paid by
city employees to increase, Hare
said. ,
Philips argued that the closest
health maintenance organiza-
tion -plan is currently in
Pasadena, even though there are
scheduled to be three such plans
in Baytown: Sanus, United
Medical and Humana.
“What we want to provide is
good health care for our city em-
ployees — as long as the skills
are here in Baytown,” Philips
said.
There are two types of health
maintenance organizations for
which the city will seek bids. The
clinic model limits an in-
dividual’s, choice of primary
care physicians while the^in-
dependent model allows Choice
between physicians who are con-
tracted with the health
maintenance organization. «
In other business, City Council
slated a March 28 work session
for council and members of the
city’s Planning Commission.
Council has been asked to con-
sider a recommendation of the
Planning Commission that a
comprehensive drainage plan be
prepared to designate area or
regional multi-purpose
facilities.
A letter to council from James,
E. Kelley, Planning Commission
chairman, indicated that for
(See HEALTH, Page 2-A)
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Special athletes
MORE THAN 260 contestants from Baytown; Spring, La' Ported
Anahuac, Sheldon, Crosby, Channelview, Aldine, Spring Branch and !
Beaumont competed in Saturday’s Baytown Special Olympics at ]
Memorial Stadium. Opening ceremonies for the Olympics began at 9
a m. with a parade led by the Robert E. Lee High School Junior
Reserve Officer Training Corps’ Drum and Bugle Corps, and David
Gosnay of Channelview, a 1984 Summer Olympics torch runner.
Mayor Allen Cannon lit a permanent Olympic flame. In the top pic-
ture, Ed Church, left, of the West Kiwanls Club, presents Josuha
Graves with a medal. Josuha, the son of Mr, and Mrs. Richard
Graves of Baytown, is a student at Kilgore Center in Baytown. In the
bottom picture, Brandi Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Hughes of Channelview, gets a big hug from sister, Andrea, after she
crosses the finish line. Brandi is a student at McMullan Primary
School in Channelview. The Olympics, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club
of Baytown and the Baytown Parks and Recreation Department, in-
cluded 50-, 100- and 200-meter dashes, 400-meter run, standing long
jump, soccer skills, frisbee and softball throws, 400 meter-relay, 200-
meter shuttle relay and two wheelchair events
jl (Sun staff photos by Angie Braceyi
Heisele new Mobay manager
Martin C. Heisele has been Shamrock Chemical Co. in 1948
named general plant manager of at the Kearney, N.Y., plant. He
Mobay Chemical Corp. in graduated with a bachelor’s
Baytown. Heisele, who will take—degree in chemistry from Seton
over the post April 1, succeeds Hall University in 1953 and spent
Gordon E. Christman. the next two years in the U S. Ar-
Christman has been appointed my. ,Irt 1955, he rejoined Dia-
director of Manufacturing Sup- mondT Shamrock and held
port Systems at the company’s various positions with that com-
MARTINC. HEISELfe
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sburgh, Pa.
Heisele joined Mobay in 1675
as general production manager
for Mobay’s Agricultural
Chemicals Division in Kansas
City, Mo.
He began his career in the
chemical industry with Diamond
pany, including plant manager
of the Greens BayoU facility and
operations manager of the
Agricultural Chemical Division.
In 1977, Heisele was appointed
when he transferred tp New
Martinsville, W.Va.; as general
plant manager.
Heisele is in the process of
relocating to the Baytoton area.
Christman joined Mobay in
1962 after.graduating from Ota
State University with Ur
bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering. He- has been*
associated with the Baytown
plant since its start-up in 1971.
He has held various
maintenance, engineering and
director of manufacturing of , production positions at the plant
Mobay’s Agricultural Chemical and was appointed general plant
Divison in Kansas City. He held manager in 1980. In his new posi-
that position until April 1980 (See MOBAY, Page 2-A)
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i.. Ed Shackelford goes golfing
... Larry Patterson has an
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tree’s much-talked-about plan
for action,
Richard Hare likens -Ron
McLemore’s speed and agility to
that of another Scotsman, one
portrayed in the movie,
“Chariots of Fire.” ' -r
Matt Singleton talks about his
Sister who appeared in the
movie, “Paris, Texas” .. . Nor-
man Dykes attempts to walk on
water.
Billy and Susan Rosamond
and son, Nathan; from Timpson
visit The Baytown Sun ...
Marcee Hardy helps win some
band medals .,. Genella
Latham loads up on bopks . ..
Judy Culbreath ready toput her
walking shoes on again for a
fund-raiser. \
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Comics............____6-A
Crossword Puzzle.».: . 6-A
Dimension........ ... 7-A
Editorial.............. 4-A
Fire News ...........! 2-A
Markets....:.'!...... 10-A
Movie Theaters....... 8-A
Obituaries...... .. 10-A
Police Beat.......... ..2-A
School Menus............2-A
Sports ......... 1-3-B
Television Log.........8-A
Weather........____... 9-A-
WE ATHER
BA YTONIANS CAN expect
fair skies through Tuesday,
a spokesman for the ^Na-
tional Weather Service
said. Temperatures are ex-
pected in the upper 40s
Monday night and in the
low 70s Tuesday. From 8
a.m. Sunday to 8 a.m. Mon-
day, k low of 68 degrees
and a high of 74 degrees
were recorded.
Individuals earn*a wards
REL academic decathl 11 th
By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM
In its first year of competition,
the Robert E. Lee High School
Academic Decathlon Team plac-
ed 11th at the state finals Satur-
day in Richardson.
Winner of the Texas nieet for
the second year was J.J. Pearce
High School of Richardson, host
of the state meet and 1984 na-
tional champion.
REL coach Chris Bffcon said
he thinks Pearce has an ex-
cellent chance of again bringing
national honors to Texas.
“I have a lot 6f respect for
them. We were -competing
against the best in Texas,”
Bacon said. ,.yf
Although vying against many
students with previous ex-
perience in state competition,
REL team members did bring
home several individttaf awards.
......In the honors qr “A student”
category, David Thomas earned
a silver medal in social science
competition and Rhonda Rogers
earned bronze medals in the
speech and interview categories.
In the varsity or “C student”
category, Gene Cooke won silver
medals in the language and
literature category and in fine
arts. John Moreno also brought
home a bronze medal in
economics. ....
Both Bacon *and coach Ann
Sullivan praised the efforts of
the REL team and the entire
academic decathlon concept. *
“It is the most meaningful
educational competition l ve
ever seen,” Mrs. Sullivan said.
“I would stick with it even, If we
yere never in the top winners.”
She quickly pointed out,
however, that returning to the
state meet and eventually going
to national is the REL goal.
“We’re eager to plan for next
year. We’re heavy on juniors
and will; have a super strong
start next year,” Mrs. Sullivan
said.
She said that during the period i
between regional and state com-
petition the team improved its |
ability to work as a unit and in- L, j
creased its overall scores.
“There was'a sense of belong-
ing which developed within the
group,” Bacon said. “Every
(See ACADEMIC, Ppge 2-A) ; , \
Baytonian apparently drowns in Chambers
ANAHUAC - A Sunday
fishing outing at a Wallisville-
area sand pit turned into tragedy
when a Baytown man apparent-
ly drowned after he left his
fishing party.
A Chambers County Sheriff’s
Department spokeswoman said
At approximately noon, Nfettle
was found by a relative lying
with his face in water at the
pond’s edge, the spokeswoman
stSS. An attempt at car-
diopulmonary resuscitation pr&
ved unsuccessful.
At 12;,34 p.m.. the Sheriff’s _Jf«T]
last Seen By the four
relatives he was fishing with at
approximately’ll a.m. Sunday**
when Nettle decided to walk to
another fishing spot. ..
spokeswoman added.
The body was taken to the Har-
ris County Morgue for an autop-
ay-
Services for Nettle will be held
at 2„{un. Tuesday at Navarre’s
Paul U- Lee Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Gene Lind-
sey officiating. • ,
A native Baytonian. Nettle
was employed as gn oilfield B town
\ker, He was a member of So -
Burial %ill
Gardens.
cond Baptist Church and he at-
tended Robert E. Lee High
School, where he participated in
football and track.
William Jackson Nettle of El
Campo; a sister, Rhonda Lee
.Nettle of El Campo; his parents,
Mr, and Mrs. Roy D. Nettle Sr.
of Baytown; and his grand-
mothers, Ethel Nettle of San
Leon and Pearl Anderson of
be at Memory
Services are under direction of
Navarre’s Paul U. Lee Funeral
He is survived by a brotner, Home.
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