The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 180, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1992 Page: 1 of 32
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Special section today on Academic Achievement
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Thursday, May 28, 1992
Volume 70, No. 180
50 Cents Per Copy
Baytown, Texas 77520
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Dickerson city judge at Mont Belvieu
Dutton recommended rescinding the require-
ment that the municipal judge live in the city,
but no discussion was held and the subject was
tabled until the next council meeting.
The council also voted 3-2 in favor of a mo-
tion sponsored by Dutton to meet on a bi-
monthly, rather than monthly, basis. Council-
men Lonnie Follis and Vernon Kemp and
Councilwoman Gaynell Leming voted in favor
of the motion, while Councilmen Carrell Ri-
chardson and Arthur Barrow dissented.
After several minutes of debate on the mo-
tion, Dutton said, Tve heard the arguments
both pro and con. We have a responsibility to
do what we can for the city and we just can’t do
that on a monthly basis.”
Richardson retorted that the school board
“runs a $12 million budget, and they meet once
a month.” He argued that bimonthly meetings
result in reports about “how many mosquitoes
we kill and how many dogs we catch."
By Josh Daniel
of Hie Baytown Sun
Mont Belvieu Gty Council has appointed
Perry Eugene Dickerson of Mont Belvieu as
municipal judge.
Dickerson, who got the job over two other
candidates, graduated from Sam Houston High
School in Houston. He served in the Navy from
1942-1946, after which he attended the Depart-
ment of Public Safety Academy. He served as a
Texas DPS highway patrolman for more than
12 years.
Mayor Joe Dutton has been serving as mun-
icipal judge for the past two weeks. The term of
the previous municipal judge, K.P. Turner, en-
ded with the term of former Mayor Fred Miller
earlier this month.
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City Administrator Ruthie Sager said Dicker-
son, a resident of the city, took office at 3 pm.
Wednesday.
Award honors
J.F. Hickerson
Possible
expansion
at Exxon
International recognition
for longtime coordinator
Baton Rouge also
being considered
Exxon Chemical Co. is
considering a $100 million
expansion at either its plas-
tic plant in Baton Rouge or
the one in Baytown, ac-
cording to an Associated
Press story Thursday.
The Baytown plant man-
ager could not be reached
for comment
The new plant would
create 40 permanent jobs
worth $30,000 to $50,000
a year, and up to 150 con-
struction jobs, it was noted
in an advance tax exemp-
tion application filed by
Exxon with the Economic
Development Department
of the state of Texas.
The plant would use ad-
vanced new technology to
make ethylene polymers,
which are used to make
plastics such as food pack-
aging films and electrical
wire and cable insulation.
Part of the Baton Rouge
plant already uses the “Ex-
xpol” technology to make
high-pressure ethylene
polymers which are stron-
ger, purer, more elastic and
stable.
award named after him.
The J. Fletcher Hickerson
Award, given for meritorious
Baytown residents bring service in the field of emergen-
home a variety of awards each cy management, will not neces-
year, but few on an international sarily be an annual award, but
will be given only when it is
Fewer still have the award warranted, said David Griffith,
EIS vice president
“Baytown’s use of the EIS
By Jane Howard
of Tlie Baytown Sun
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level.
named after them.
Fletcher Hickerson, the city’s
“retired” emergency manage- system is considered a model
ment coordinator, was so hon- use on the city level,” said
ored last week by Emergency Griffith, “and of course Fletcher
Information Systems Interna- was instrumental in that.”
tional (EIS, formerly known as
Resource Alternatives Inc.), a son is considered responsible for
company that produces compu- getting Exxon involved in the
ter software designed for system, which has led to many
emergency management needs, other industries and communi-
In its first such presentation, ties along the Houston Ship
EIS bestowed the J. Fletcher Channel becoming part of the
Hickerson Award on J. Fletcher system.
Hickerson.
In fact, Griffith said, Hicker-
Photo by Carrie Pryor
Katie L Weaver, visitor at the Bay Area Rehabilitation Center, joins in the fun in the play
room with Russell Smith, 5, and Drew Smith, 8. Mrs. Weaver was at the center to make a
personal donation when she took time out to meet these two young clients.
We’ve always been in awe
A map-based system, the EIS of Fletcher’s ability, especially
computer program involves the given his age and the limited
use of information to predict resources he has had, working in
probabilities related to chemical a city the size of Baytown, ”
accidents, thus providing added Griffith, who has known
emergency responders with the and occasionally worked with
knowledge necessary to handle Hickerson for about 11 years,
landfills. an incident in the best way. “Fletcher reminds me of
“The state was hoping that filling stations By analyzing information like some sports figures. They may
would handle the recycling problem,” Brandon the type of chemical involved, be famous across the country,
said Tuesday. “But (Chambers County is) so rural, wind speed and direction, hous- but the people in their home
that most people do their own oil changes. And ing in the area, along with town never really appreciate just
there just aren’t the filling stations available to identifying other factors, such as how good they are, how their
dispose of the motor oil.” pipelines and roadways running talents are recognized outside
Each igloo-shaped repository carries a $2,000 through the affected area, the that community. Fletcher is like
price tag. But Brandon pointed out that, once program helps responders deter- that When people in the field
purchased, they cost nothing to maintain because mine what to do in emergency talk about emergency manage-
the private contractor collects and recycles the oil situations. ment, they talk about Fletcher
for free.
What’s it ‘oil’ about?
Dump motor fuel ‘goo’ in igloo in Chambers County
By Josh Daniel
of Hie Baytown Sun
As Chambers County residents are discovering,
rural areas are proving increasingly prone to the
big-city problem of waste management.
Since recent environmental developments have
made it unacceptable to dump motor oil in a
landfill or pour it in a back yard creek, county
officials have devised i. nesW plan for handling the
waste: igloo-shaped dbmed'containers that serve
as black gold collection sites.
Residents can dispose of their used motor oil —
no antifreeze, gasoline, paints or solvents — free
of charge at one of three county collection sites.
Each white fiberglass container can hold up to 360
gallons of oil and features an automatic fire
extinguisher.
A private contracting company periodically
removes the oil from the container and recycles it
into hearing oil or motor oil.
According to County Engineer Don Brandon,
the containers represent the county’s response
both to environmental concerns and a new state
law forbidding the depositing of motor oil in
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Hickerson tied the city of Hickerson.”
Since the containers are only about one week Baytown and Exxon into the Hickerson retired from the
old, Brandon said that the jury is still out on their program when it first became Baytown Office of Emergency
populanty, and that their success will affect available about five years ago, Management in 1991 but con-
whether the county sets up more collection sites, revolutionizing the city’s capa- tinues to work as a consultant in
“We’ll probably wait another 60-90 days before bility for quick response to ^ fieW oS lofal SnaTanS
we decide to bring in any more,” he said. ”We industrial and chemical S’'^
want to see what the response is to these emergencies. uuernauonat levels,
containers first There is also the $2,000 cost per The program now has about He s amazm8 and we’ve all
igloo to consider.” 1,490 users internationally learned a lot from him. I like to
County residents can find the containers at the At EIS’ fifth annual users’ say . . . if you can’t leam from
following sites: in Mont Belvieu at 10610 Eagle conference, held in Rockville, Fletcher, you can’t leam from
Drive; in Anahuac at 1811 Belton Lane; and in Md., Hickerson received the anybody,” Griffith said.
Winnie at 47414 Interstate 10 East
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City asked to reopen McElroy Park pool
THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly
cloudy with a SO percent chance
of showers or thunderstorms,
low in mid-
60 percent
told council.
nothing to do. . .we want our pool reopened,” he
John Brady, a Craigmont resident since 1959,
jsaid he has no children of his own to worry about
but felt it was the city’s responsibility to reopen
the pooL
“that pool was given to the city with the
understanding that it would remain open,” he said.
“We want it open and I’ll be up here talking about
it every day this summer if that’s what it Takes.”
City officials offered little hope that the pool
could reopen this summer, especially since it
would take extensive recondiuoning, but they
urged the men to gather signatures for a petition
and present it during budget work sessions in
hopes of reopening the pool in 1993.
“There is no money in this budget for it,” said
Councilman Pete Alfaro. “Let us consider it at the
budget sessions.”
“We see your frustration . . . Bear with us.
We’ll see what we can come up with,” said
Councilwoman Eva Benavides.
By Jane Howard
of Hie Baytown Son
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60s. Friday: Cloudy,
chance of showers
torms, high in upper
From 8 a.m. Wednesday to
8 a.m. Thursday, high of 81, low
of 65. Rainfall: .38 of an inch.
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Two residents of the Craigmont subdivision
have asked Gty Council to authorize the reopen-
ing of the small swimming pool at McElroy Park.
That pool, donated to the city by the subdivi-
sion’s homeowners association in the early 1960s,
was closed in 1990 with council approval on the
recommendation of the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board and the city staff.
Reasons cited were poor attendance and the
high cost of maintenance.
Speaking at a Tuesday meeting of City Council,
Mackey Beers, a Craigmont resident since 1971,
said he moved to the subdivision at least in part
because of the pool.
Without a nearby swimming pool, he said he is
concerned about his children.
“Are we supposed to tell our kids to get on their
bikes and ride all the way down Baker Road
through the traffic to swim this summer?” I just
can’t see putting the kids out on the streets with
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Charles Shaffer takes his oath of office as the new chief
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 180, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1992, newspaper, May 28, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154034/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.