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Volume 74, No, 285
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Friday, September 27,1996
Baytown, Texas 77520
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Baytown gearing up for 50th birthday
By CHRISTIAN MESSA
The Baytoum Sun
Ready for a party?
Although it’s more than a year away,
plans are already brewing to prepare for
probably the biggest birthday party ever
thrown in Baytown — the city’s own 50th
birthday.
Wanda Ellis Mitchell, director of the
Baytown Historical Museum, confirmed
YMCA
calls for
tutors
By MAIKE van WUK
The Baytown Sun
For people wanting to know
how they can reach out to children
and help them overcome educa-
tional difficulties, the Baytown
YMCA has an answer. The
YMCA is looking for tutors who
can help elementary and junior
school students with their home-
work in the afternoon.
A tutor training session will be
held Monday at 7 p.m. at St.
John’s United Methodist Church,
501 South Alexander Drive.
The purpose of the YMCA tu-
toring program is to provide free
academic services for children in
grades 2 through 8 who reside in
the South Alexander Drive area.
The tutoring program begins
Tuesday at St. John’s UMC and
will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Thursdays dur-
ing the semester. Tutors would
volunteer two hours of their time
one day a week.
“This is one way of giving back
to the kids,” said Margie Garcia,
community outreach director. She
said many people are concerned
about today’s youth, but not many
know what to do to help.
As tutors, volunteers will help
children with their homework,
provide creative ideas and leader-
ship, enforce rules to maintain a
safe environment, build a student’s
self-esteem, instill the importance
of a good education, and encour-
age the students to reach their full
potential and set goals for the fu-
ture, Garcia said.
A tutor should be a good listen-
er, a motivator, an organizer, a
communicator. He or she should
also be patient, understanding and
have a positive attitude. Bilingual
skills are helpful, but not required.
The YMCA also needs dona-
tions of school supplies like paper
and pencils, non-perishable snack
foods, magazines, comic books
and reading books for grades 2
through high school,
i “We are really focusing on read-
ing this year,” said Garcia. To
spark an interest in reading, the
YMCA would like to provide
books to students who exhibit
good behavior during their tutoring
sessions.
To volunteer, make donations or
obtain more information about the
program, contact Margie Garcia at
427-1797.
Tuesday that suggestions are circulating for
the extravaganza scheduled for sometime
in January 1998.
“What we hope is to involve every orga-
nization that is willing to get involved,” she
said.
Mitchell, who will co-chair the birthday
bash committee with Bay Area Heritage
Society President John Tucker, said the two
will work closely with Mayor Pete Alfaro
as plans are solidified for the party.
On Jan. 24, 1948, the three surrounding
cities of Pelly, Goose Creek and Baytown
consolidated to form the city of Baytown.
Mitchell, who grew up in Goose Creek
before the consolidation, said the sur-
rounding communities were bound by a
common school district (Goose Creek) and
a common employer (Humble Oil).
“We really didn’t think about it being
three separate communities,” she said.
A special afghan and coin are some of
the ideas considered to commemorate the
celebration, Mitchell said, and a song con-
test about Baytown has been planned.
“We want anybody who’s interested to
enter to kick off a song for our celebra-
tion.”
In addition, author Buck Young is devel-
oping a book that follows up Baytown’s
history after consolidation, essentially
picking up where Dr. Margaret Henson’s
“The History of Baytown” ends, Mitchell
said.
As for Mitchell’s involvement in the
birthday plans, she considers it an honor.
“I’m loving it; I’m tickled to death,” she
said. “I love Baytown. I’m awfully proud
to be a Baytonian and love to have a part in
it. I welcome all the ideas and help we can
get.”
For those interested in participating in
the planning stages of the city’s birthday
party, call the museum at 427-8768.
Council planning
comprehensive
map of pipelines
PtxXo by Caro) Thobae
What a catch!
Cameron Tims, 4, enjoys fishing, crabbing and feeding the birds at Roseland Park Thursday.
Cameron and his great-grandmother, Beatrice Frazier, spent the day at the park while
Cameron’s mother was teaching at Harlem Elementary School in McNair. “I bought him a new
fishing pole, but he's too busy feeding the birds,” Frazier said.
Heavy rainstorms batter area
By MAIKE van WUK
The Baytown Sun
The Baytown City Council is moving
closer to implementing a new ordinance
that will provide local officials with a
map of area pipelines and their contents.
The council held a work session
Thursday to discuss changes in a
pipeline ordinance that will require all
pipelines and its contents to be regis-
tered by the city. “The purpose of the or-
dinance is to ensure the safety, health
and welfare of the community,” said
Mayor Pete Alfaro. “We need to know
where the pipelines are.”
Drafts and surveys of the ordinance
have been passed back and forth from
the city to pipeline companies, and more
questions were raised during the work
session.
“It is a complicated and involved ordi-
nance,” said City Attorney Ignacio
Ramirez. However, once approved the
ordinance will serve a positive purpose.
“It provides a mechanism where indus-
try can provide the city with information
about the pipelines for the safety of the
city,” Ramirez said.
Another work session is scheduled for
Oct. 10, and the ordinance may be voted
on at the next council meeting on the
same date.
At Thursday’s City Council meeting,
Langford Engineering Inc. was awarded
a contract to design and oversize the lift
station and force the main from the new
Lakewood Estates subdivision to the
west district wastewater treatment plant.
The estimated cost of the construction is
$300,000.
This is the first phase toward alleviat-
ing sewage problems in the Lakewood
Drive and Greenbriar area, said City
Manager Bobby Rountree.
After phase one of this project has
been completed, a portion of the Lake-
wood sanitary sewer collection system
will be directed to the oversized lift sta-
tion and force the main to relieve bypass
conditions during heavy rainfall in the
Lakewood subdivision.
In other business, City Council autho-
rized the purchase of an ambulance in
the amount of $109,453.
City Council approved a 51-month
lease of a mailing machine from the
State Purchasing and General Services
Commission Contract for $71,037. The
cost for the first year of the lease is
$19,116.
An annual contract to install velocity-
type small water meters and turbine-type
water meters by the Public Works De-
partment was approved. Master Meter
Inc. will provide velocity meters for
$41,657, and Industrial International
will provide turbine meters for $16,519.
New playground equipment will soon
be installed at various park sites in the
city.
One modular play unit will be in-
stalled at J.C. Holloway Park for
$14,276. Three modular play units, cost-
ing $3,094 each, will be installed in vari-
ous parks based on need.
From staff and wire reports
A rainstorm that moved through
the Baytown area early this morning
left residents in northern Liberty
County struggling to find their way
to work through flooded streets.
The storm dumped up to six inches
of rain overnight in areas north of
Baytown.
The storm was part of a front that
roared across Southeast Texas during
the night, triggering heavy rainfall,
high winds and some reports of tor-
nado sightings.
No one was injured and there were
no reports of significant damage.
Memorial Baptist to host candidate’s forum
A second Meet the Candidates Fo-
rum featuring contestants in upcom-
ing congressional and district judge
races has been scheduled from 7:30
to 9 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Bap-
tist Church, 600 W Sterling Ave.
Sponsored by the church’s Christ-
ian Life Committee, the event will
include presentations by Democrat
Nick Lampson, a candidate for the
9th Congressional District and Re-
publicans John Sanchez, John
Devine and Ron Meinke, all seeking
the 25th District seat.
State Supreme Court Republican
candidate James A. Baker and Re-
publican Mark Kent Ellis, who is
running for Criminal District Judge-
351st Court, will speak.
Call 427-1725 for information.
San Jacinto Mall hosts voter
registration drive Saturday
Weather
Friday: Mostly cloudy
with a 70 percent chance
of thunderstorms, some
possibly severe.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy
with a 30 percent chance
of rain.
Art by Holly Lewis.
As the Oct. 6 deadline to regis-
ter to vote nears, voter registra-
tion efforts are hitting high gear
in Baytown.
San Jacin-
to Mall an-
nounced this
week it will
host a voter
registration
drive this
weekend.
The drive,
organized by
the League of Women Voters of
Baytown, will take place this
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at the mall’s Butterfly Court.
Voter registration forms are
now available from City Hall, the
municipal courthouse, schools
and Sterling Municipal Library.
The deadline for the Nov. 5 elec-
tion is Sunday, Oct. 6. Since the
last date is a Sunday, applications
that are postmarked Oct. 7 will
still be accepted.
The Harris County Tax Office
and its branch offices will be
open for the public to register
during the following special
hours: 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon-
day, Sept. 30 through Friday, Oct.
4; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
5 and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 6.
Voters in the Baytown area
may register at the Harris County
Court Annex, 702 W. Baker
Road.
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